| 1H4 IV.iii.62 | [Hotspur to Blunt, of King Henry] He came but to be Duke of Lancaster, / To sue his livery |
| R2 II.i.203 | [York to King Richard, of Bolingbroke] If you ... / Call in the letters patent that he hath / By his attorneys general to sue / His livery [i.e. to obtain Gaunt's lands] |
| R2 II.iii.128 | [Bolingbroke to York] I am denied to sue my livery here |