128 Copley v Mountney

128 COPLEY V MOUNTNEY

Lionel Copley of Rotherham, co. York, gent v Richard Mountney of the same, esq

June 1638 - February 1639

Abstract

Copley's libel was based on a series of incidents in which Mountney had accused him of being a liar, in his absence. At the house of William Watson, a vintner in Rotherham, on 10 August 1637, before Sir Francis Foljambe and several other gentlemen, he had said 'Lionell Copley was or is a base lyinge fellowe, and a base lyeing knave, and I will prove it to be true.' He had repeated the allegations during October, at Nicholas Cosin's house, also in Rotherham. And on another, undated, occasion during 1637, at Foljambe's house in Ecclesfield, he and Mr Tamworth Reresby had quarrelled concerning a matter between Sir William Savile and Copley, whereupon Mountney 'in very angry manner' said that he would prove Copley 'to be a base condiconed fellowe'. Copley also claimed that he was from an ancient gentry family and a revenue collector for the Earl of Pembroke, while Mountney was merely a counsellor at law. Mountney did not deny the words, but insisted that they had been provoked by the revelation that Copley was going around boasting about how he had 'opposed himselfe against the chiefest of the towne and the major parte' and succeeded in securing the election of the schoolmaster by deceiving Dr Esdaile, Chancellor to the Archbishop of York, into signing an order. He had also been told that Copley had tenure of several of the town's common lands, contrary to local custom.

A commission to examine Copley's witnesses met at the White Hart Inn, at Doncaster, Yorkshire, 4-6 September 1638, headed by Thomas Vincent and William Saunderson, gents. Mountney launched his defence on 20 September and a witness was summoned before the court on his behalf during February 1639; but no further proceedings survive.

Initial proceedings

Acta (5), fo. 102, Libel

1. Copley was descended from an ancient gentry family and also the collector of revenue for the Earl of Pembroke.

2. Mountney said 'Lionell Copley was or is a base lyinge fellowe and a base lyeing knave, and I will prove it to be true and I will justifie all them that shall say soe of me Lionell Copley.'

Signed by Clere Talbot and William Merrick.

No date, but 1638.

R.19, fo. 14r, Summary of libel

'Copley and his ancestors is and were of an ancient family of gentry, and that he was and is supervisor and collector of the rents and revenue of the right honourable the Earl of Pembroke, Chamberlaine to the King andc. And that Mountney (att such time and place) before many gentlemen and others, said that Copley was and is a base lying fellow, and a base lying knave, and that he would prove it to be true, and would justify all them that should say soe, thereby to provoke and c.'

1638

No signature.

Plaintiff's case

Acta (5), fo. 101, Letters commissory for the plaintiff

Addressed to commissioners Thomas Vincent, gent, William Saunderson, gent, William Goode, clerk, and Nicholas Broadeley, clerk and also, [blank space left] West, esq, Richard Burrows, gent, Henry Leadbiter, clerk, and John Newton, clerk, to meet in a cause of scandalous words provocative of a duel, from 4 to 6 September 1638, at the White Hart Inn, Doncaster, co. York.

Gilbert Dethick assigned William Freer as notary public.

Dated 19 June 1638.

Signed by Gilbert Dethick.

Acta (5), fo. 100, Defence interrogatories

'Interrogatories on the behalf of Mountney, these are to remaine sealed until the witnesses are sworne and are to be examined thereupon.'

1. The witnesses were warned of the penalty for perjury and bearing false witness.

2. Was the witness a relative of Copley, if so to what degree? Was the witness a household servant or tenant to Copley? Which side would the witness give the victory if it were in his power?

3. Had there been discord or controversy among the witnesses?

4. Had the witness talked with anyone or been directed or instructed how to depose? If so by whom?

5. When exactly were the words spoken?

6. Upon 'what occasion were the words spoken and what provocation did Mr Copley give Mr Mountney to speake those words and what words passed between them at that time both before and after'?

22 June 1638

Signed by Thomas Exton.

14/2nn, Defence interrogatories

1. The witnesses were warned of the penalty for perjury and bearing false witness.

2. Was the witness a household servant or retainer of either party? Was the witness a relative of either party and if so, by what degree? Which party did they favour and to whom would they grant the victory if it were within their power?

3. Had there been discord or controversy among the witnesses?

4. Had the witness talked with anyone concerning the cause and had the witness been instructed how to depose? If so, by whom?

5. What year or month or time of the year and what day of the month and day of the weeke and what houre and time of the day or night.'

6. 'Upon what occasion were the words spoken and what provocation did Mr Lionel Copley give Mr Mountney to speak those words and what words passed between them at that time both before and after.'

7. 'How long he hath attended to be produced and examined in this cause and at whose request', and 'at whose cost and charges hath he continued in towne and was produced, sworn and examined at.'

Introduced 14 July 1638.

No signatures.

Acta (5), fos. 82-89, Plaintiff's depositions

Taken before commissioners Thomas Vincent, gent, William Saunderson, gent, Richard Burrowes, gent and Henry Leadbetter, clerk, from 4 to 6 September 1638, at the Hart Inn, Doncaster, co. York, with William Freer as notary public.

fos. 82r-83r (Witness 1), Francis Dickinson of Rotherham, co. York, yeoman, aged 37, had known Copley for 7 years

To Copley's libel:

1. 'Mr Lionell Copley nowe is, and his ancestors were, commonly accompted, reputed and taken to be gentlemen and discended of generous and auncient families. Lionell Copley was and is servant and receiver of the rents of the right honorable the Lord Chamberlane.'

2. On 10 August 1637 he was in the house of William Watson, a vintner in Rotherham with Mr Richard Mountney, Sir Francis Foliambe Baronet, William Green, Mr John Cowper and others when Mountney said aloud that Copley 'was a base lying fellowe and that he would justify it and would justify all them that should call him so'. In October 1637 he was in Nicholas Cosin's house in Rotherham when he saw and heard Mountney say the same 'and then desired [Dickinson] to tell Lionell Copley soe much in the presence of William Stainforth and divers others'.

Signed by Francis Dickinson and commissioners Tho: Vincent, William Saunderson and Richard Burrowes.

To Mountney's interrogatories:

2. 'He favoureth both parties a lyke in a matter of justice and would give the victory in the cause to him that hath right thereto in case it were in his power, and that he is tenant unto Mr Lionell Copley, of a parcel of grounde to the value of xiii^li per annum.'

5. The first defamatory words were spoken in the afternoon of 10 August 1637 'but cannot remember upon what day of the weeke', nor upon what day of the weeke or of the moneth the second words by him deposed upon were spoken, but verily believeth that the same were spoken in the forenoon of a day in the moneth of October.'

6. The defamatory words were spoken in Copley's absence and he knew of no provocation given Mountney by Copley to speak those words.

Signed by Francis Dickinson and the above three commissioners.

fos. 83r-84v (Witness 2), Seth Baites of Aldwarke, in the parish of Ecclesfield, co. York, clerk, MA, aged 26, had known Copley for 2 years and Mountney for 10 years.

To Copley's libel:

1. As witness 1.

2. Within the month and year mentioned in the libel, 'and about a year agoe, (the more certaine time this examinate cannot remember)', he was in Watson's house in Rotherham with Mr Richard Mountney, Sir Francis Foliambe Baronet, Francis Dickinson, Mr Tamworth Reresby, John Cowper and others, when Mountney spoke of Copley 'and of a schoolemaister here, did say (amongst other things) that he would prove Mr Lionell Copley to be a base condiconed fellowe.' That he afterwards heard Mountney say to Reresby at the house of Sir Francis Foliambe at Aldwarke in Ecclesfield in the presence of Thomas Bland, Mr John Younge and others that 'he would prove Mr Lionell Copley to bee a base condiconed fellowe.'

Signed by Seth Bate.

To Mountney's interrogatories:

2. 'He favoureth both parties a lyke in matter of right and justice and would give the victory in this cause to him that hath right thereto in case it were in his power.'

5. The defamatory words were spoken in the afternoons, 'but in what moneths or dayes this examinate cannot particularly sett downe.'

5 [sic]. The defamatory words were spoken by Mountney in Copley's absence, yet Mountney spoke of Copley 'aboute a schoolemaister at Rotherham, which then was to be believed, and said that... Mr Copley had gotten divers men within that parish to sett their hands to blanke papers, and they heare not what; and one William Watson, then present said that he himself had sett his hand to a paper brought by Mr Copley but knewe not what it was.' That Mountney also said that Copley had 'interlined a letter of Mr William Dickonson's, vicar of Rotherham, written and sent to Dr Easdall, Chancellor of the Lord Archbishop of York, concerning the schoole maister then to be elected or in controversye.' Mountney said that Copley brought 'an order from ecclesiasticall authority (as he said), that a gentleman of his naming should be schoole maister there and told the parishioners he had it from such a man; whome when Mr Mountney demanded whether he made such an order or noe, he denyed; soe that Mr Mountney said that Mr Copley had <forged> not carried himself fairely in the procureing the order; which [Baites] conceiveth was the cause that provoked Mr Mountney to speake soe of and against Mr Lionell Copley.'

Signed by Seth Bate and by the three commissioners.

fos. 84v-85r (Witness 3), Walter Maddison, of Rotherham, co. York, vintner, aged 17

To Copley's libel:

1. As witness 1.

Signed by Walter Maddison

To Mountney's interrogatories:

2. As witness 2.

6. Copley and Mountney quarreled about the election of a schoolmaster at Rotherham, which was the cause why Mountney spoke the words against Copley 'if any such words were soe spoken by him.'

Signed by Walter Maddison and by the three commissioners.

fos. 85r-v (Witness 4), Thomas Dickinson of Rotherham, co. York, draper, aged 40, had known Copley for 16 years and Mountney for 30 years.

To Copley's libel:

1. As witness 1.

Signed by Thomas Dickinson and by the three commissioners.

fos. 85v-86v (Witness 5), John Young of Rotherham, co. York, gent, aged 41, had known Copley for 4 years and Mountney for 10 years.

To Copley's libel:

1. As witness 1.

2. He was at Sir Francis Foliambe's house at Aldwarke, in Ecclesfield parish 'about a yere ago', when Mountney and Mr Tamworth Reresby 'did fall to some controversie in words, concerning Sir William Savile and Mr Lionell Copley'. That he heard Mountney say 'in very angry manner' that what he had said of Copley was true, and that he would prove Copley 'to be a base condiconed fellowe'. That there were present: Sir Thomas Bland knight, Mr William Blytheman, Mr Seth Bate, clerke, Mr William Dickinson, vicar of Rotherham, and others. That Mountney 'did utter and iterate the words predeposed against Mr Copley two or three times over'.

Signed by John Young.

To Mountney's interrogatories:

2. As witness 2.

5. Mountney's defamatory words were spoken in 'the afternoone of the day but on what day or month he cannot nowe sett downe.'

6. At the time and place when Mountney's defamatory words were spoken, Mountney and Mr Tamworth Reresby were in disagreement concerning Copley, and 'Mr Reresby taking Mr Copley's parte, Mr Mountney gave some displeasing language against Mr Copley', and said that what he had spoken of Copley was true and that 'he would prove him to be a base condiconed fellowe'. Although he did not hear them, he believed that Reresby gave Mountney the lie which he 'conceiveth was the occasion of speaking the words', although Copley was not then present.

Signed by John Young and by the three commissioners.

fos. 86v-87v (Witness 6), William Stanyforth of Rotherham, co. York, ironmonger, aged 39, had known Copley for 4 years

To Copley's libel:

1. As witness 1.

2. He went to Mountney's house at Rotherham in or about September, 1637, and told him that he had heard that Mountney had spoken words against Copley 'for which [Stanyforth] was sorye that he had given Mr Copley any advantage'. Thereupon Mountney asked him what he had heard that Mountney had said, and Stanyforth replied that he had heard that Mountney had said that Copley was 'a base lyinge fellowe'. That Mountney then answered 'they doe me wronge; but I did say that he was a base condiconed fellow and a lyeing fellow and that I will justifye.'

Signed by William Stainsforth and by the three commissioners.

fos. 87v-88r (Witness 7), William Greene of Rotherham, co. York, mercer, aged 38, had known Copley for 10 years and Mountney for 12 years

To Copley's libel:

1. As witness 1.

2. He was at William Watson's house in Rotherham 12 months ago with Mr Richard Mountney, Sir Francis Foliambe, Francis Dickinson, Mr John Cowper, Mr Tamworth Reresby where before all of them and others, he heard Mountney say that Copley 'was a lyeing fellowe'.

To Mountney's interrogatories:

2. As witness 2.

5. As witness 5.

6. Copley was not present at the speaking of the words.

Signed by William Greene and by the three commissioners.

fo. 88v (Witness 8), Nicholas Cosin of Rotherham, co. York, maltster, aged 37, had known Copley for 4 years

To Copley's libel:

1. As witness 1.

Signed by Nicholas Cousin and by the three commissioners.

fos. 88v-89r (Witness 9), Henry Revell of Rotherham, co. York, shoemaker, aged 60 or thereabouts, had known Copley for 6 years

To Copley's libel:

1. As witness 1.

2. Within the last year he had heard Mountney say that he did not hate Copley 'but hated some of his condicon.'

Signed by Henry Revell and by the three commissioners.

fos. 89r-v (Witness 9), Thomas Revell of Rotherham, co. York, shoemaker, aged 26 or thereabouts, had known Copley for 4 years

To Copley's libel:

1. As witness 1.

Signed by Thomas Revell and by the three commissioners.

fos. 89v (Witness 9), William Watson of Rotherham, co. York, vintner, aged 25 or thereabouts, had known Copley for 7 years and Mountney for 4 years

To Copley's libel:

1. As witness 1.

Signed by William Watson [his mark] and by the three commissioners.

Acta (5), fos. 98-99, Notary public's certificate

Certificate in Latin signed by William Freer, notary public that the examinations had been completed and were now being returned.

Also signed by commissioners Thomas Vincent, William Saunderson and Richard Burrowes.

Dated at Doncaster, 6 September 1638.

Notary's mark.

Defendant's case

EM3153, Defence

1. Mountney denied the words he was alleged to have spoken and denied that they were uttered at the time and place mentioned in the libel. He also challenged the credibility of Copley's witnesses, Francis Dickinson, Seth Bates, Walter Madeson, Thomas, Dickinson, John Young, William Stanforth, William Greene, Nicholas Cozin, Henry Revell, Thomas Revell, William Watson, and Henry Bates.

2. 'That controversie arising in the towne of Rotheram before or about the time mentioned in the libel, about the election of a schoolmaster there, Lionell Copeley opposed himselfe against the chiefest of the towne and the major parte and endeavoured to bringe in a man formerly rejected. And Richard Mountney was at the time and place mentioned in the libel and was, in the presence of all or some of the pretensed wittnesses in this cause produced, tould that Lionel Copley had used some indirect meanes to obtaine his purpose and that he pretended he had an order renewed by the Chauncellor to the Archbishop of Yorke, his Grace, his approbacon and appointment, which was utterly denyed by his Grace, and that he boasted that he himselfe had drawne up the former order and procured the chauncellor without perusall thereof to signe the same. And was then tould that Lionel Copley had, to effect his purpose, interlined a letter of certificate sent by the vicar of the towne of Rotherham to the Chancellor. And that he had given evill wordes and language of Richard Mountney sayinge that he was a sorry fellow and a scurvie fellow. And that he scorned Richard Mountney should carrie the business against him. And that, at the same time and place, complaynt was made unto Richard Mountney, he beinge a counsellor at lawe, that Lionel Copley did at that time hould and keepe in severall diverse commonable grounds about Rotherham, contrarie to their auncient custome, to the great damage and hindrance of the poor people of the towne which indeed he did and had done'.

3. In response to Lionel Copley's words described above, Richard Mountney said that Lionel Copley 'was a base conditioned man to say and doe as was then related unto him, or if he did say or doe as was then related unto him, or uttered wordes to the same or very like effect. And other words of, against, or concerninge Lionel Copley... Richard Mountney neither said nor spake'.

Dated 20 November 1638.

No signatures.

14/2o, Plaintiff interrogatories

1. The witnesses were warned of the penalty for perjury and bearing false witness. Of what age, occupation and condition was the witness during the last seven years? How did the witness know the litigants and to whom would they give the victory were it in their power?

2. Whether the witness was kindred, a tenant or a servant to Mountney, whether he was taxed at the last subsidy or ship money, at how much, and how much was his worth with his debts paid?

3. Was Copley a gentleman descended of an ancient family and did he live in that fashion?

4. Whether he was in Rotherham and Ecclesfield in 1637 and heard 'any uncivil and reproachful language that passed against Lionel Copley' from Mountney 'saying that Lionel Copley was a base lying fellow, a base lying knave, and that he would prove it to be true, and justify all them that shall say so of him?'

5. In case the witness deposed of any 'evil language' from Copley against Mountney (as Mountney had deposed), where and when were such words spoken and who was present; and what words had Mountney first said to provoke Copley?

6. Whether Mountney had previously been a counsel for the witness and aided them in their affairs; whether they often met in taverns and alehouses and were 'very familiar and intimate in acquaintance together'?

7. Whether the witness had, before the speaking of the words in interrogatory 4, informed Mountney 'of some matters that occasioned the words unto of or against Lionel Copley'; or who else informed Mountney against Copley, 'and what was the effect or substance of the information'?

8. Whether there had formerly been 'any controversy, dissention, hatred or malice between such witness, and Lionel Copley', and whether the witness had been truly reconciled to Copley?

9. Whether the witness had declared himself Copley's enemy and a friend to Mountney, and had the witness 'raised, maintained, animated and continued a faction of differences and dissentions against Mr Copley and on behalf of [Mountney]?' Whether the witness had counselled or assisted Mountney in 'plots and devises' against Copley?

10. In case the witness deposed of any complaint made of Copley to Mountney, let him be asked who made the complaint and were they not enemies to Copley and friends to Mountney. What was the substance of the complaint and what words were uttered by Mountney against Copley?

11. In case the witness deposed of differences between Mountney and Copley, 'was not such witness the occasion of such dissention or difference, the cause of the continuance of it', and 'the instrument to stir up the party producent to speak the words in the fourth preceding interrogatory?' What words or actions were spoken or done by Copley, and in whose presence?

12. Whether the witness had been or was a solicitor in the cause, and whether Mountney had used the witness for 'his business in the countrye'?

No date.

Signed by Arthur Duck.

Summary of proceedings

Dr Talbot acted as counsel to Copley, Dr Exton to Mountney. On 22 October 1638 Dr Talbot produced the witness Henry Bate to give testimony on the libel. On 6 and 20 November Dr Exton was to relate material for the defence on Mountney's behalf. On 28 January 1639 Mountney was to relate the material for his defence, and on 9 and 21 February following Gervase Eyre was summoned to appear as a witness on behalf of Mountney.

Notes

The matter between Copley and Sir William Savile was possibly related to a charge of poaching against Copley at the Quarter Sessions at Doncaster on 11 October 1637.

J. Lister (ed), West Riding Sessions Records: Orders 1611-1642, Indictments 1637-1642 (Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Records Series, 53, 1915), p. 39.

Lionel Copley was reportedly the parliamentarian who slew Sir Edmund Verney, knight marshall of England at Edgehill, thereby temporarily capturing the King's standard. He was subsequently muster-master-general to the parliamentary army commanded by the Earl of Essex, with whom he supported Sir John Hotham against the Fairfaxes. Imprisoned by the war party, he was released in May 1645 due to pressure from Denzil Holles and Sir Philip Stapleton. By 1646 he was recruiter MP for Bossiney, but stood accused of electoral corruption and bribery. After the Restoration he was prosecuted for having beaten Richard Frith of Rotherham, having 'put a bridle in his mouth, got on his back, and ridden him about for half an hour, kicking him to make him move.' This was clearly a response to the Leveller saying that no man was born with a saddle upon his back, with others booted and spurred to ride upon him.

D. Hey, 'Lionel Copley', Oxford DNB (Oxford, 2004); BL TT E126(1), Special Passages , 25 October-1 November (London, 1642), p.101; J. R. MacCormack, Revolutionary Politics in the Long Parliament (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1973), pp 73, 101; James Raine (ed), Depositions from the Castle of York Relating to Offences Committed in the Northern Counties in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (Surtees Society, 40, 1861), p. 125.

Lionel Copley of Rotherham was the second son of William Copley of Wadworth and Ann, daughter of Gervase Cressy of Birkin, co. York. He married Frizalina, daughter of George Ward. His elder brother was Christopher Copley of Wadworth. [For his case against the Earl of Kingston, see cause 274].

J. Foster (ed.), Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire: The West Riding (London, 1874), vol. 1, unpaginated.

Richard Mountney of Rotherham (c.1598-1669) was the son of Nicholas Mountney (d. c.1615) of Rotherham and Ellen, daughter of Richard Burrows of Rotherham. He was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1617 and married Katherine, the daughter of Sir George Fitz-Geffrey, knight.

J. W. Clay (ed.), Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire with additions (Exeter, 1909), vol. 3, part, 9, p. 54.

Documents

• Initial proceedings
  • Libel: Acta (5), fo. 102 (1638)
  • Summary of libel: R.19, fo. 14r (1638)
• Plaintiff's case
  • Letters commissory for the plaintiff: Acta (5), fo. 101 (19 Jun 1638)
  • Defence interrogatories: Acta (5), fo. 100 (22 Jun 1638)
  • Defence interrogatories: 14/2nn (14 Jul 1638)
  • Plaintiff depositions: Acta (5), fos. 82-89 (4-6 Sep 1638)
  • Notary public's certificate: Acta (5), fos. 98-99 (6 Sep 1638)
• Defendant's case
  • Defence: EM3153 (20 Nov 1638)
  • Plaintiff interrogatories: 14/2o (no date)
• Proceedings
  • Proceedings before Arundel: R.19, fos. 434r-449v (20 Oct 1638)
  • Proceedings before Marten: R.19, fo. 453r (22 Oct 1638)
  • Proceedings before Maltravers: R.19, fos. 454r-468v (6 Nov 1638)
  • Proceedings before Maltravers: R.19, fos. 400v-412v (20 Nov 1638)
  • Proceedings before Marten: R.19, fos. 413v-416v (27 Nov 1638)
  • Proceedings before Maltravers: 1/9 (28 Jan 1639)
  • Proceedings: 1/7, fos. 36-47 (9 Feb 1639)
  • Proceedings before Arundel: 1/6, fos. 20-33 (21 Feb 1639)

People mentioned in the case

• Bate, Henry (also Bates)
• Bate, Seth, clerk (also Bates, Baites)
• Bland, Thomas, knight
• Blytheman, William, gent (also Blythman)
• Broadeley, Nicholas, clerk
• Burrows, Ellen
• Burrows, Richard, gent
• Copley, Ann
• Copley, Christopher, gent
• Copley, Frizalina
• Copley, Lionel, gent
• Copley, William, gent
• Cosin, Nicholas, maltster (also Cozin)
• Cowper, John, gent
• Cressy, Ann
• Cressy, Gervase
• Dethick, Gilbert, registrar
• Devereux, Robert, earl of Essex
• Dickinson, Francis, yeoman
• Dickinson, Thomas
• Duck, Arthur, lawyer
• Eden, Thomas, lawyer
• Esdaile, William, Dr (also Easdall)
• Exton, Thomas, lawyer
• Eyre, Gervase
• Fairfax, Ferdinando, baron of Cameron
• Frith, Richard
• Fitz-Geffrey, George, knight
• Fitz-Geffrey, Katherine
• Foljambe, Francis, knight
• Freer, William, notary public
• Goode, William, clerk
• Green, William, mercer (also Greene)
• Herbert, Philip, earl of Pembroke
• Holles, Denzil, esq
• Hotham, John, baronet
• Howard, Henry, baron Maltravers
• Howard, Thomas, earl of Arundel and Surrey
• Leadbiter, Henry, clerk (also Leadbetter)
• Maddison, Walter, vintner (also Madeson)
• Marten, Henry, knight
• Merrick, William, lawyer
• Mountney, Ellen
• Mountney, Katherine
• Mountney, Nicholas
• Mountney, Richard, esq
• Newton, John, clerk
• Reresby, Tamworth, gent
• Revell, Henry, shoemaker
• Revell, Thomas, shoemaker
• Saunderson, William, gent
• Savile, William, baronet
• Stainforth, William, ironmonger (also Stanyforth, Staniforth, Stanforth)
• Stapleton, Philip, knight
• Talbot, Clerus, lawyer
• Verney, Edmund, knight
• Vincent, Thomas, gent
• Ward, Frizalina
• Ward, George
• Watson, William, vintner
• West [William?] esq
• Young, John (also Younge)

Places mentioned in the case

• Cornwall
  • Bossiney
• London
  • Gray's Inn
• Warwickshire
  • Edgehill
• York
• Yorkshire, West Riding
  • Birkin
  • Ecclesfield
  • Rotherham

Topics of the case

• Archbishop
• Chancellor
• denial of gentility
• giving the lie
• hunting
• inns of court
• Knight Marshal
• member of parliament
• military officer
• office-holding
• other courts
• parliamentarian
• quarter sessions