The Society’s MSS. Chiseldon, &c. 159 
Soveraigne Lord the Kinges Majestyes most gracions proces of sub pena to 
be directed unto the sayd Sir John Earnely Knighte and Martha Calley [é&e.| 
Digges. 
The family of Lisle, de Lisle, or de Lyle, as spelt in the above 
Bill, was very anciently seated in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, 
and a family of Blake, near Anne Calley’s home, at Calne; but 
neither of these ladies’ husbands have been, so far, identified. 
“The executor’s year,” mentioned in Mrs. Martha Calley’s Answer, 
was a custom widely prevalent :— 
Jur. ult. Octobr. 
1606 Mat. Carew [?] 
The severall answere of Martha Calley 
widdowe one of the defendauntes to 
the Bill of Complaynt of Anne Blake 
widdowe complainaunte. 
Evelyn. 
The said defendaunt by protestacioh not confessinge the said bill of complaint 
in the materiall partes thereof concerninge this defendaunt to be true in 
manner and forme therein sett forth And saveinge to her selfe now and at all 
- tymes hereafter [&c.] for aunswere to soe muche therof as consearneth this 
said defendaunt, shee this said defendaunt saith, that shee thinketh it to be 
true that Raphe Callye in the said bill of complaint named was in his liffe 
tyme lawfully seised in his demesne as of fee or fee tayle of and in the mannor 
of Cleevauncye with thappurtenaunces in the said bill of complaint mencioned, 
= and the said Ralphe beinge thereof so seised, he the said Raphe Calley by 
good and sufficient conveyaunce and assurance in the lawe and for good 
_ consyderacion of money to him therfor paid by John Calley his sonne and heire 
_ deceased in the said bill of complaint also named and late this defendauntes 
husband did convey and assure unto the said John Calley and his heyres the 
_ said mannor of Cleeveauncye with thappurtenaunces, by vertue wherof the 
said John Calley into the said mannor and premysses with thappurtenaunces 
_ entred and was therof lawfully seised accordinglye, and shortlye after he the 
_ said John Calley by good and sufficient conveyaunce and assurance in the 
_lawe did convey and assure the said mannor and premysses to and for the 
_ joynture of this defendaunt dureinge her naturall lyffe, to be had and held 
after the decease of the said John Callye, sythence which tyme the said John 
Calley is deceased and the said mannor and premysses doth nowe remayne 
and is to come to this defendaunt, and this defendaunt ymmediatelye after 
_ the decease of the said John Calley entred therinto and was and yet is therof 
_ lawfully seised accordingely, and this defendaunt further saith and confesseth 
it to be very true That ther are within the said mannor and tyme whereof the 
