178 Duck v Ralegh

178 DUCK V RALEGH

Cause of office promoted by Arthur Duck LL.D., King's Advocate v Carew Raleigh of East Horsley, co. Surrey, esq

October 1639 - February 1640

Abstract

This was a cause of office in which Dr Duck prosecuted Raleigh for attempting to fight a duel with Sir William St Ravie, also involving Henry Percy and John Carey esqs. The testimony of Duck's prosecution witnesses was published on 4 February 1640; but no further proceedings survive. [For further details of the original incident, see cause 574].

Initial proceedings

17/5a, Articles (Necessary Promotion)

Damaged Latin articles:

3. Windsor forest mentioned.

4. '...with a coate... let us end it strucke Sir William St Ravie in the face and drewe blood of him, and holding the naked sword in your hand you said... two to two, come lett us to it, lett us dispatch itt...' Carew Raleigh, Henry Percy and John Carey, esq also mentioned in this article.

6. Carew Raleigh was provoking Sir William St Ravie to a duel.

No date but filed under 12 October 1639.

Signed by Arthur Duck.

Summary of proceedings

Dr Ryves acted as counsel to Raleigh. The testimony of Dr Duck's witnesses for the prosecution was published on 4 February 1640, in proceedings before Lord Maltravers in the Painted Chamber at Westminster.

Notes

P. Stein, 'Arthur Duck', Oxford DNB (Oxford, 2004).

Carew Raleigh did not appear in the Surrey Visitations of 1623 or 1662-8, but he was involved in a project to bring spring water to London in September 1639.

J. Broadway, R. P. Cust and S. K. Roberts (eds.), A Calendar of the Docquets of Lord Keeper Coventry 1625-1640 (List and Index, spec. ser., vols.34-37, 2004), p. 235; W. B. Bannerman (ed.), The Visitations of the County of Surrey, 1530, 1572 and 1623 (Publications of the Harleian Society, 43, 1899); G. J. Armytage (ed.), A Visitation of the County of Surrey, 1662-8 (Publications of the Harleian Society, 60, 1910).

Documents

• Initial proceedings
  • Articles: 17/5a (12 Oct 1639)
• Proceedings
  • Proceedings before Maltravers: 8/31 (4 Feb 1640)

People mentioned in the case

• Carey, John, esq
• Duck, Arthur, lawyer
• Howard, Henry, baron Maltravers
• Percy, Henry, esq
• Raleigh, Carew, esq
• Ryves, Thomas, lawyer
• St Ravie, William, knight

Places mentioned in the case

• Berkshire
  • Windsor
• Middlesex
  • Westminster
• Surrey
  • East Horsley

Topics of the case

• cause of office
• challenge to a duel