ENCLOSURE RIOTS AT CHINI.EV. C^"] 



" Itni. Whether Edward Shower Richard Kyrk Anthonye 

 Bradshawe and other of the p'sons aforesayd dyd ryotously, 

 and at another tyme by nyght, a bout the tenth daye of Aprill 

 in the xi"" yere of the Quenes Ma"'^ Reigne that nowe is, the 

 sayd p'cell of grounde beinge newlye enclosed agayn by the 

 sayd Godfrye by ther consents, beinge quick setts w"" xHii 

 hundreth quicksetts willowes and willowe stacks, pull downe 

 the same agayne, and utterlye destroy and cutt the sayd stacks 

 and quick-setts in peics — and howe you know the same to be 

 trewe ? 



" Itm. Whither dyd Edward Kyrke Otwell Kyrke Raulphe 

 Mellour w"' the moste parte of the sayd p'sons before named 

 agree in May last paste and before grass tyme that the sayd 

 Godfrey should take in a peice of ground in the sayd herbage 

 and erecte a howse therevpon, and afterwards in ryotouse manner 

 pulled downe the same inclosure, and how many p'sons were at 

 the doyinge thereof, and what weapons had they, and what ther 

 names ? 



" Itm. Whither dyd Reynold Kirke aboute May daye last 

 paste, and dyverse tymes synce, and before, or any other tyme 

 confederate, consulte, practise, or other wise confer and talke 

 w' one M' Bircles of the Countye of Chester, at the howse of 

 the sayd Reynold in the countie of Derb. : or elsewhere, touching 

 or concerning prophesies by noblemen or otherwise, and what 

 tiooks of prophesie have you or the said Bircles seen or heard, 

 and what is the effect thereof, and howe often have you or he 

 perused, used, or conferred of the same, or about such purposes, 

 and with whom ? 



" Itm. Whither did you after any such conference practyse 

 consultacon or talke, assemble, or confederat in companye or 

 compan\es, to, or about a place in the sayd countye of Derb. 

 called the Lord's Yate, and who were the p'sons soe assembled, 

 howe many were they, and when and howe often have they soe 

 done, and whether were not William Beard in the sayd countie 

 of Derbie gent, and Raulphe Bradley of Haughe in the same 

 countye yeom. then thereat eny suche assemblye, what meant 



