The cities aduocate in this case or question of honor and armes; whether apprentiship extinguisheth gentry? Containing a cleare refutation of the pernicious common errour affirming it, swallowed by Erasmus of Roterdam, Sir Thomas Smith in his common-weale, Sir Iohn Fern in his blazon, Raphe Broke Yorke Herald, and others. With the copies of transcripts of three letters which gaue occasion of this worke.

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Title: The cities aduocate in this case or question of honor and armes; whether apprentiship extinguisheth gentry? Containing a cleare refutation of the pernicious common errour affirming it, swallowed by Erasmus of Roterdam, Sir Thomas Smith in his common-weale, Sir Iohn Fern in his blazon, Raphe Broke Yorke Herald, and others. With the copies of transcripts of three letters which gaue occasion of this worke.
Author: Bolton, Edmund, 1575?-1633?
Publication: London :: Printed [by Miles Flesher] for William Lee, at the signe of the Turkes Head next to the Miter and Phœnix in Fleet-street,; 1629.
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Subject terms: Apprentices -- England -- Early works to 1800.; England -- Social conditions -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800.
Cite this Item: "The cities aduocate in this case or question of honor and armes; whether apprentiship extinguisheth gentry? Containing a cleare refutation of the pernicious common errour affirming it, swallowed by Erasmus of Roterdam, Sir Thomas Smith in his common-weale, Sir Iohn Fern in his blazon, Raphe Broke Yorke Herald, and others. With the copies of transcripts of three letters which gaue occasion of this worke." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A16306.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2024.

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The Fathers Letter.

Cousin, I pray peruse the enclosed, which troubleth me as much as it doth my sonne, and seeke satisfaction of such as are skilfull indeed. I care not for charge, for looke whatsoeuer it costs I will beare it. In the meane while comfort my childe, for if it bee so as hee writes, hee shall not stay in London, though it cost me fiue hundred Pounds. And so in great hast I leaue you to our Lord Christ, &c.