Depositions & Examinations
ZQSE 11/9
CRO
Slander / Sedition
1611
Chester, Cheshire, England
Plaintiff
Hugh Harvey
male
Swordbearer
Chester, Cheshire, England
Defendant
Richard Kirkes
male
Event
Insult from an alehouse doorway
11 November 1611
morning
Chester, Cheshire, England
Components
Commercial hospitality
Inferred
Trade and economic exchange
Mentioned Only
Verbal abuse
Setting
Alehouse > Doorway
Location of Event
Inferred
Statement
11 November 1611
Hugh Harvey
Saith that as he was coming by Mr Daniel Burall’s house this morning Richard Kirkes standing at doors said I hope the shops be open now that I may buy victuals whereunto this examinate answered, there is a shop ready for you unless you be quiet, and thereupon the said Kirkes replied, Come kiss my cunt.