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The said witness when asked concerning the second article, 
which is, That it is baptismal: he says that it is baptismal. Asked 
how he knows this: he says because he has baptized children in 
it. Asked who constituted it baptismal: he says he does not 
know. Asked by what acts, or by what words, and how and in 
what way he knew this, that the said church was constituted bap- 
tismal: he says that he does not know otherwise, except that he 
has baptized children in it. Also asked concerning the place, 
time, month, day, hour, and those present, where and when the 
said church is said to have been constituted baptismal (and how 
he knew this) : he says he does not know. 
Moreover, the same witness when asked concerning the third 
article, which is: That there is a font in it: answers that there is. 
Asked how he knew this: he says because he has baptized 
children in it, and other chaplains likewise, as he heard. Asked 
who appointed the font there; and by what acts or by what 
words : he says he does not know. Asked if anyone has blessed 
that font: he says that it isso. Asked who he was who blessed 
that font: he says that Roger, now Bishop of Coventry, at the 
time when the said witness ministered there as priest. Asked 
what words he used in the blessing: he says he does not know. 
Asked how many fonts there are in the same church : he says one, 
between the doors, and this he knows because blessed. 
Asked at what time, in what month, on what day, and who were 
present when this font was blessed: he says he does not know. 
Asked if he has seen any boys or girls baptized in this very font : 
he says that he has. Asked what (boys) or what (girls) he saw 
baptized there: he says the boys of Richard Daniel and Richard 
de Haselbeche and others, and this frequently, and he says that 
he himself has often baptized children there, and likewise Ralph, 
the Chaplain, in his absence. Concerning the time, month, day, 
hour, and those present he does not otherwise recollect, except 
that during the whole term of his administration when children 
came for baptism by himself or the aforesaid Ralph, the Chaplain, 
they were baptized, but in whose presence he does not remember. 
Also asked whether he performed baptism solemnly there on the 
