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Proceedings

Records of the proceedings in court, taken down by the officials, have survived (mainly in Latin, but with a few early proceedings in English) for a large number of court days. These proceedings have not been transcribed or calendared in detail here, but where they survive for a particular a summary of the proceedings is given at the end of the case papers. 

The court days for which records of proceedings have survived are listed below, with an asterisk denoting full sessions of the court. Dates are followed by manuscript references. Where these have the prefix EM this denotes that they are to be found amongst the Earl Marshal’s papers at Arundel Castle. The remainder are in the archives of the College of Arms. 

26 Feb* and 5 Mar 1633/4*: 7/16

1 Mar 1633/4*: 8/22a; 8/22b

14 Apr 1634*: 7/8; 7/9

26 Apr 1634*: 7/9

Apr-May 1634*: 7/18

3 May 1634*: 7/10; 7/11; 7/12; 7/13

21 May 1634*: 7/12; 7/14

24 May 1634*: 7/15

7 Jun 1634*: 7/17

30 Jun 1634*: 8/23

20 Oct 1634*: 1/1

13 Nov 1634: 1/13

unknown date, 1634: 7/7

Book of  Court of Chivalry proceedings for February 1638/9 – April 1639
(By permission of the Chapter of the College of Arms)

24 Jan 1634/5*: 1/2

9 May 1635*: EM348

30 May 1635*: EM349

9 Jun 1635: 8/24

16 Jun 1635: 1/13

19 Jun 1635: 1/13

20 Jun 1635*: 8/25

 Jun 1635: R.19, fos. 390-399;  1/13

Apr 1636*: 68C, fos. 64r-67r,

7 May 1636*: 68C, fos. 74r-83v

9 May 1636: 68C, fos. 68v, 84r-88v

28 May 1636: 68C, fo. 102r,

30 May 1636: 68C, fos. 101v, 102r

May 1636: 68C, fos. 69r, 89r-100r, 102r

3 Jun 1636*: 68C, fos. 122r-124v

14 Jun 1636: 68C, fo. 111r

15 Jun 1636: 68C, fos. 111r-v

Jun 1636: 68C, fos. 112r-121v

8 Nov 1636*: 68C, fos. 105r-110v

28 Jan 1636/7*: 68C, fos. 43r-49v, 51r-59r; R.19, fos. 381-2

8 Feb 1636/7: 68C, fo. 59r

11 Feb 1636/7*: 68C, fos. 23r-36v

16 Feb 1636/7*: 68C, fos. 1r-11r, 14r-20v

20 Feb 1636/7: 68C, fo. 11r

24 Feb 1636/7: 68C, fos. 11r-12v

29 Apr 1637*: 68C, fos. 37r-41v

14 Oct 1637*: 8/26; 8/27

18 Oct 1637: 8/26

30 Oct 1637: 8/26

31 Oct 1637*: 8/28; 7/20

7 Nov 1637: 7/20

10 Nov 1637: 7/20

15 Nov 1637: 7/20

18 Nov 1637*: 8/29; 1/3

20 Nov 1637: 8/29

22 Nov 1637: 8/29

23 Nov 1637: 8/29

24 Nov 1637: 8/29

28 Nov 1637*: 8/30

2 Dec 1637: 8/30

6 Dec 1637: 8/30

27 Jan 1637/8*: 1/5, fos. 1-15

3 Feb 1637/8*: 1/5, fos. 23-35

10 Feb 1637/8: 1/5, fo. 36

12 Feb 1637/8*: 1/5, fos. 38-56, 59-69

13 Feb 1637/8: 1/5

14 Feb 1637/8: 1/5

20 Feb 1637/8: 1/5

21 Feb 1637/8: 1/5

22 Feb 1637/8: 1/5

1 Mar 1637/8: 1/5

13 Mar 1637/8: 1/5

16 Mar 1637/8: 1/5

10 Apr 1638: 1/5

19 Jun 1638: 7/38

20 Oct 1638*: R.19, fos. 434r-449v

22 Oct 1638: R.19, fo. 453r

30 Oct 1638: R.19, fo. 449v

6 Nov 1638*: R.19, fos. 454r-468v; R.19, fo. 469r-v

10 Nov 1638: R.19, fo. 470r

13 Nov 1638: R.19, fo. 470v

15 Nov 1638: R.19, fos. 470v-471v

20 Nov 1638*: R.19, fos. 400v-412v

24 Nov 1638: R.19, fos. 412v-413r

26 Nov 1638: R.19, fo. 413r

27 Nov 1638: R.19, fos. 413v-416v

28 Nov 1638*: R.19, fos. 422r-428r

30 Nov 1638: R.19, fo. 429v

Nov 1638: 1/13

3 Dec 1638: R.19, fos. 429v-431v

5 Dec 1638*: R.19, fos. 474r-484v

12 Dec 1638: R.19, fos. 488r-490v

15 Dec 1638: R.19, fo. 490v

19 Dec 1638: R.19, fos. 490v-491r; R.19, fo. 491r

19 Jan 1638/9: R.19, fo. 491v

22 Jan 1638/9: R.19, fo. 491v

24 Jan 1638/9: R.19, fo. 492r

25 Jan 1638/9: R.19, fo. 492v

28 Jan 1638/9*: 1/9; 68C, fos. 125r-v

9 Feb 1638/9*: 1/7, fos. 36-47

20 Feb 1638/9: 1/6, fos. 20-33

21 Feb 1638/9*: 1/6, fos. 20-33

23 Feb 1638/9*: 1/6, fos. 1-9

26 Feb 1638/9*: 1/6, fos. 20-33

2 Mar 1638/9: 1/6, fos. 9-12

9 Mar 1638/9: 1/6, fo. 12

18 Mar 1638/9: 1/6

19 Mar 1638/9: 1/6, fos. 12-17

2 Apr 1639: 1/6

4 Feb 1639/40*: 1/10; 8/31

12 May 1640: 7/48

30 Jul 1640: 1/12

10 Oct 1640*: 1/11, fos. 73r-78v; 1/11, fos. 56r-64v

14 Oct 1640: 1/11, fo. 72r

22 Oct 1640: 1/11, fo. 72v

24 Oct 1640*: 1/11, fos. 41r-44v; 1/11, fos. 49r-52r

30 Oct 1640*: 1/11, fos. 13r-16v; 1/11, fos. 19r-30v

6 Nov 1640: 1/11, fos. 39v-40r

20 Nov 1640*: 1/11, fos. 5r-9r

Oct-Nov 1640: 1/12

4 Dec 1640*: 1/11, fos. 79r-87v; 1/11, fos. 1r-4v

Unknown dates 1636-8: 68C, fos. 60r-61r, 70r-73v, 100v-101v, 102v, 124r-v

No date: 1/13