152 Purton. A Case in the Star Chamber. 




































soo meyntenutly dydd withouzt that the said Sir Edmound Brigges with 
James More and other his seruauntes in the said bill of compleynt mencioned 
to the nombre of xij persons did ryoteosely assemble them selvis at Puryton— 
aforsaid on the said xxixth day of Januarij or at any other tyme did enter 
into the house of the said Pleyntyffes or did ther make any assawte vpon the 
said George Browne or any other the seruauntes of the said Pleyntyffes 
mencioned in the said bill Or did then beate any of them or put them or 
any of them in danger of their livys Or that the said Defendaunt with other 
in said bill of compleynt [mencioned] did with force or otherwise breke vp 
any wole house of the said pleyntyffes as in the same bill verie sclaunderosely 
and yntrulye ys alleagid Or that Jamys More John Edwardes and Perie 
seruauntes vnio the said Defendaunt by his comaundement or otherwise the 
vth day of Februarie mencioned in the said bill of compleynt did enter with — 
force or ryoteosly or other wise the duffehouse of the said Pleyntyffes at 
Puryton aforesaid or any of their dovis dyd take away destroy or kill to the 
Defendauntes knowleage But were at the same tyme at their rest As verie 
vntrulie by the said Pleyntyffes is also alleagid And without that that yf any 
such leasse wer made by the said Abbott and Covent of the late Monasterie — 
of Maumesburie mencioned in the said bill of Compleynt as by the same is 
surmysed that the same is or evir was of any efflicacie or strengith in the 
Lawe For that that the said lyuerie and seisen was never given therof by — 
John Frankleine Clerk and John Precie or by any of them as by the said bill 
is surmysed And yf any such liverie were yet the said Defendaunt saith that 
the same avayleth not to the said Isabell nor she any thing can clayme 
therbie for that the seid Isabell at the tyme of the said surmysed leasse to 
be made was not borne nor come into the orlde. Or that the said Defendaunt 
at any tyme hath put or vsed to put his horsis in to the coort of the said 
Pleyntyffes for any such purpose in the said bill vntrulye declared And 
without that the said Defendaunt did ever beatt or manasse the seruauntes of — 
the said Pleyntyffes But in a certen tyme wheras the Defendaunt had one of 
his horses going in the High weie and vnder the wall of the said Pleyntyffes _ 
the said Pleyntyffes commaunded George Browne his seruaunt to kill the — 
same horse Whervpon the same Browne standing vpon the wall threwe 
greatt stoonys vpon the horse and soo brake his back Wherof the said De- } 
fendaunt knowing said vnto the said Browne yf he soo ysid his cattell he ; 
wold provide worthie ponyshment for him And then with a little rodd or — 
wand which he held in his hand gave the said Browne ij or iij strips abought — 
the shulders in the waie of correccion And withouzt that the seruauntes of — 
the seyd Pleyntyffes dare not abide at their plough and work or goo oute of © 
the house of the said Pleyntyffes for feare of the said Defendaunt and his | 
servauntes. Or that the said Sir Edmound wold not suffer the said Playntyff — 
to receaue their Twyths at Ester last or was any lett therof or that he kepith 
away any Tewyths from the said Pleyntyffes which they ought lawfullye to 
haue as in the said bill ys lykewise sclaunderously alleagid. Or that the said 
Sir Edmounde hath vnlawefully enterid into xix acres of land at Puryton 
aforesaid or that they ar parcell of the scite of the said manor let to the said _ 
Pleyntyffes as they have surmysed Or that the Defendaunt hath done therin — 
otherwise than he mought lawfully doo by the lawes of this Realme For th 
