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same Richard Pulley and the resideue namyd in the same bedensyee aboute 
@ Xxxij or xxxiij yeres past /. 
“To the viij he cannot depose /. 
‘To the ix he cannot depose |. 
«To the x" he saithe that the same xix acres mencyoned in this interrogatory 
haue allwayes by all the tyme of his remembraunce byn occupied by the 
fermors of the same manor of Puryton / But whether the saide Mr. Bridges 
hathe or dothe now take the profettes therof he saithe he knowith not /. 
“To the xj he cannot depose /. 
“To the xij he saithe that the same Sir [Edmund] Bridges hathe fellyd 
certen trees vpon the [land] of the complainauntes wherof he saithe the 
{most parte] he hathe carryed awaye and some yet [remain] ther behinde / 
And he supposithe no great [hurt] or losse to be in the grasse of the [com- 
plainauntes] ther by lyeng of the trees ther /. 
“To the xiij and all the residewe of thes interrogatories he saith he can 
nothinge depose.” 
[ Attested by mark. } 
* Witt1am Rossyns of Puriton aforesaid husbandman of thage of Ix. yeres 
- sworne, «ke. 
**To the first second iij iiij and v'" he cannot depose to thes interrogatories 
‘To the vj'" he saithe that he hathe byn inhabitant in Puriton by the space 
of xx" yeres. In the wiche tyme he saithe he hathe knowen that the same 
_ Richard Pulley during his lyfe tyme dyd occupie and enioye the same manor 
of Puriton and the parsonage of Puriton with all thappurtenaunces as fermor 
to the late abbotes of Malmesbury for the tyme being and after his decease 
Margaret his wife dyd occupie and enioye the same by the space of [a] dosen 
_yeres vntyll she dyed / And after her decease whiche was aboute a ii) yeres 
_ past the same Isabell her daughter now complainaunt dyd enter the same 
‘and hathe euersythe occupied and enioyed the same quyetly withoute any 
contradiction / And this deponent neuer herde the contrary / but that they 
_ have enioyed the same successyvely by vertue of an indenture therof made 
_ knowith not. / 
To the vij'" he saith he hathe herde John Precy saye that he was an 
attorney namyd in the same dede indentyd and dyd delyuer seisyn and 
possession of the same premysses accordingly /. 
“To the viij he cannot depose /. 
‘To the ix he cannot depose /. 
To the x'" he saithe that trew yt is that the same Sir Edmond Bridges 
_ hathe enterid into the same xix acres mencyoned in this interrogatory by the 
name of borde Lande / whiche this deponent saithe that he hathe knowen 
_ the fermors of the manor of Puriton allwayes occupie as parcell of theyr ferme / 
To the xj he cannot depose / 
“To the xij he saithe the same Sir Edmond hathe fellyd certen trees for 
_ fewell vpon the grounde of the ferme of the saide [pleyntyfes which] he hathe 
 carryed awaye to this deponentes [knowledge] / 
