491 Officers Of Arms v Yelverton

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Citation:

Officers of Arms v Sir Christopher Yelverton, of Easton Maudit, co. Northampton, knt

November 1636 - February 1637

**Figure 491:**
The funeral monument to Sir Henry Yelverton, judge (d.1630), father to Sir Christopher, in Easton Maudit church (Photograph: Richard Cust)

Abstract

This was a cause of office promoted by the Officers of Arms against Yelverton for speaking derogatorily of the Earl Marshal and his court, and for not paying the fees due to the heralds on the funeral of his father who died on 24 January 1630 and was buried at Easton Maudit, Northamptonshire. This was one of a series of cases over funeral fees, most of which were brought in November 1636. The case had been settled by February 1637 when it was referred to by Sir Roger Twysden's account of the similar action that he faced [see cause 489].

Summary of proceedings

Latin description of a cause of office promoted by the officers of arms against Sir Christopher Yelverton for speaking derogatorily of the Earl Marshal and his court, and for not paying the fees due to the heralds on the funeral of his father.

Notes

G. D. Squibb, Reports of Heraldic Cases in the Court of Chivalry, 1623-1732 (London, 1956), p. 5.

Sir Christopher Yelverton of Easton Maudit, co. Northampton (c.1602-1654) was the son of Sir Henry Yelverton (d.1630) and Margaret, daughter of Robert Beale. Educated at Queen's College, Cambridge, he was knighted on 6 May 1623. He was M.P. for Newport in the Isle of Wight in 1626 and 1628. He was high sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1639-40 and was prosecuted for failing to fully collect ship money. He was granted a baronetcy in 1641, and served as M.P. for Bossiney, co. Cornwall, in the Long Parliament from 1640 until he was secluded by Pride's purge in December 1648.

M. F. Keeler, The Long Parliament, 1640-1641: A Biographical Dictionary of its Members (Philadelphia, 1954), pp. 403-4.

Documents

Proceedings
- Order for particulars: 1/13 (no date)

People mentioned in the case

Beale, Margaret
Beale, Robert
Howard, Thomas, earl of Arundel and Surrey
Twysden, Roger, baronet
Yelverton, Christopher, knight
Yelverton, Henry, knight
Yelverton, Margaret

Places mentioned in the case

Cambridgeshire
- Queen's College
- University of Cambridge
Cornwall
- Bossiney
Isle of Wight
- Newport
Northamptonshire
- Easton Maudit

Topics of the case

cause of office
funeral ceremony
Herald
high sheriff
Long Parliament
office-holding
parliamentarian
ship money
taxation