This project provides abstracts, calendars and transcript of the surviving material relating to 738 cases heard in the Court of Chivalry (otherwise known as the Court of Honour or the Earl Marshal’s Court) between 1634 and 1640. The original case papers are located at the College of Arms in London and the Earl Marshal’s archive at Arundel Castle, Sussex. The cases cover a wide variety of topics relating to the social, political and cultural history of the period, from ship money and the Bishops Wars to pew disputes and duelling, from heralds’ visitations and grants of arms to brawls in the street and quarrels at race meetings.
British History Online (no series).
This free content was Born digital. CC-NC-BY.
Richard Cust, Andrew Hopper, The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640, ed. Richard Cust, Andrew Hopper, British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/court-of-chivalry [accessed 3 December 2024].
Richard Cust, Andrew Hopper, The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640. Edited by Richard Cust, Andrew Hopper, British History Online, accessed December 3, 2024, https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/court-of-chivalry.
Richard Cust, Andrew Hopper. The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640. Ed. Richard Cust, Andrew Hopper, British History Online. Web. 3 December 2024. https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/court-of-chivalry.