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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… fellow or sharke or cheat' at a hearing before Dr English and other gentlemen, thereby provoking him to strike … Beverley maintained he was descended from knights, and that his father had fought in Ireland in Queen … affirminge a matter of truth before Mr Doctor English and divers gent of good quality, Gardiner in a very rude and …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Morgan of Bedwas, co. Monmouth, gentleman v Thomas John and John Thomas of the same, yeomen December 1640 - January … in Bedwas parish, Monmouthsire, in July 1640, John Thomas and Thomas John abused him in the presence of 'many credible … that he was a better man than Morgan, giving him the lie, and calling him 'knave and polter', thereby much provoking …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… presented the libel on Morgan's behalf on 18 November and a commission headed by William Thomas, esq., was … of Penhow, yeoman on behalf of Morgan. Sealed, subscribed and delivered in the presence of Humphrey Terrick. 3/123, … Westminster'. Signed by John Morwent. Sealed, subscribed and delivered in the presence of John Watson. Summary of …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… co. Hereford, gent January 1640 Abstract The cause and result of this case remains unknown as only Rogers' bond … Signed by Richard Rogers, Charles Rogers of the same and William Warren of the same, yeoman. 'Sealed, subscribed and delivered by the within named Richard Rogers in the …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… fellow'. Their quarrel, which stretched back to 1637 and beyond, was over Rookes's possession of the searcher's office for Sandwich and Dover. This office had previously been held by his son … but in August 1635 George had obtained the reversion to it and, after a series of suits resulting in his son's …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Berkshire, where Richard Turner defamed Thomas Morres and his son in August 1639, showing the seventeenth century … Morres complained that Turner publicly defamed him and his sons on 24 August 1639 in Faringdon, Berkshire, saying that Morres 'was a base fellow and not a gentleman' and that Turner 'was a better gentleman …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… that Fowlkes called him a base fellow, 'a bastard and the sonne of Cap. Lloyd', between August and October 1638 in the parish of Poole, Montgomeryshire. He … thee upon any place or mountaine as thou shall appoint, and I dare thee to meete me upon Bwlch Rhewulin [place name …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… of them are base.' Process was granted on 29 June 1639 and Morrice entered bond to prosecute on 12 July; but no … petitioner is a gentleman descended of a generous family and hath beene lately sheriffe of the county of Denbigh. That … in the county of Denbigh hath much abused your petitioner and his whole family in publishing and speaking these words …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… restored after the Great Fire, where Richard Morris and Michael Andrews clashed at the Court of Assistants in … of Barber Surgeons in London, Andrews called him 'viper and of a viperous disposition', and accused him of having been 'an old viper to his company'. …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… May 1637 - May 1638 Peterborough, where Thomas Billiard and Matthew Robinson quarreled at the Three Tuns Tavern in … Robinson gave him the lie, calling him a son of a whore and challenging him to fight. Robinson claimed that he had … telling him that he was 'no gentleman nor honest man' and Billiard, in turn, insisted that he responded to Robinson …