The occupation of the father of the man who acted as counsel for Edmund Hampden in the Five Knights' case was musician.
The Five Knights' case refers to a case in English law fought by five knights (among them Thomas Darnell) in 1627 against forced loans placed on them by King Charles I in a common law court.
Thomas Darnell, John Corbet, Walter Earle, John Heveningham, and Edmund Hampden requested King's Bench a writ of habeas corpus to be set free.
