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said Defendaunt saith that the said Pleyntyfles occupieng the said parcell of 
xix'*"* acres of land at the will of the said Defendaunt and not by any lease 
‘or lawfull interest And vppon dyscharge yeven to them by the said De- 
fendaunt they did clerely give up the same into thandes of the said Defendaunt 
at a coort holden at Puryton aforesaid in the presence of diverse ther. And 
withoute that the said Edmounde Brigges hath denyed or restreyned the 
Pleyntyfies of having of certen woodes in Braadon according to the purport of 
their surmysed leasse but the said Defendaunt saith that that he hath permytted 
and given to the said Pleyntyffes for every ther lodes of woodd demanded 
asmoch as xvj oxen could drawe awey vp an hyll adioyning to the same wodd 
ed Bradon. Or that the said Defendaunt hath sufferid or doth suffer 
ten his trees which he hath cutt doune as lawfull was for him soe to doo 
to lie fur purpose to destroye the grasse of the said Pleyntyffes but hath and 
Joth and so myndyth to carie the same awey with asmoch spede as he may 
haue cariage and as the tyme of the yere shall serue And withoute that the 
eward and Coke of the said defendaunt haue ether broken or caried awey 
edges of the said Pleyntyffes from their severall pastur to the defendauntes 
owleage or that by reason of any suche actes the corne of the said Pleyn- 
es hath bin destroid by the catell of the said Defendaunt or any other 
sons as vntrulie ys alleagid Or that the said Defendaunt vpon the 
nding of the said cattell or any other persons by the said Pleyntyffes hath 
ken any pounde or caused any such pounde to be broken or so delyverid 
ny cattell ther being ageinst any lawe therof provided Or that one Bridges 
nd Jamys More seruauntes to the said Sir Edmound dyd at any tyme by 
he 6 comaundement of the said Sir Edmound or otherwise enter into the coort 
the said Pleyntyffes or ther did shote at or kill any ther hennes or kapons 
a hand gunne or that they doo or have daylie shott at the doves or 
ie of the said Pleyntyffes as verie naughtelie and contrarie to all truth is 
ysed and alleaged Aud withoute that the sayd Briges dyd at any tyme 
a pellot out of a hand gunne into the kycchin of the said compleyn- 
to the said Defendauntes knowleage Nor that therbie the said 
ityffes haue any occacion to absent them selvis from their howsez for 
er of their livis Or that the said Defendaunt at any tyme hath caused 
is tenauntes to put their horsis into the severall pasture and corne fyldes 
@ said Pleyntyffes to thentent to destroie their corne or grasse nor that 
were put ther at any tyme And without that the said Defendaunt the 
tenth day of March last past or at any other tyme did procur and cause 
id Henrie Bridges his brother being a child of tenne yeres of age and 
s bereward or any of them to goo into a certen parcell of pastur called 
yndmyll Hyll being parcell of the premisses whereas the said Pleyntyffes 
ed ther kyne and calves to bee or that theie then by the said Defen- 
ntes comaundement toke one calf of the said Pleyntyffes or cuttof the 
ee of him / or cutof the yeares of the said calf nere by the hedd or cutt his 
by any comaundement appoyntment or condiscent of the said 
annt as most sclaunderosely is also surmysed For the same Defen- 
unt saith he was never acknolege therof nor at home when the same was 
But vpon relacion thereof made to him he did not onlie correct his 
d brother being a verie childe and his seruaunt the bereward which is 
