206 | Purton. A Case in the Star Chamber. 
‘‘JoHN OxpbLAND of Puriton aforesaide husbandman seruaunt to the 
plaintiff of thage of liiij yeres sworne, &c. 
‘‘To the first second and iij™ he deposith that a lytell before Candelmas 
[2nd February] last past this deponent beinge in the Courte yarde of the 
house of the saide complainaunt sawe ther the same Sir Edmond Bridges 
accompanyd with John Bradley Gabryell Rede oone Westbrooke John 
Edwardes and oone or two persones mo beinge his seruauntes come to the 
same house with theyr swerdes by theyr sydes. And ther the same Sir 
Edmond_-Bridges went into the house and came to the kechin where he founde 
Agnes Spinkes a mayden seruaunt wasshing of dishes and ther askyd her for 
her mystres and demaundyd the keye of the woll house wiche the saide 
mayden answerid that she knew not wher yt was And then the same Mr. 
Bridges bett her / and frome her he came into the hall and ther mett Jane 
Webbe an other mayden seruaunt and askyd the same woll house dore key 
of her / wiche she denyed to haue any knoledge of and ranne her waye frome 
him into the buttry whome he folowyd and ther also bett her as the same 
mayden reportid. And so frome thens he came into the courte yarde ageyne 
and ther mett George Browne oon of the pleyntyfes seruauntes To whome 
he gave two or thre blowes also bycause he wolde not tell him of the key 
of the same woolhouse / And so he and his saide seruauntes went to the same 
wolhouse and ther broke open the [same] withe a piked staffe and went into 
the same [and] ther toke furthe an image of St. George and [caried it] thens / 
And more therof he cannot depose / 
‘* To the iiij'" he saithe he sawe not the bre[aking] vp of the same dovehouse 
nor the kylling of the same doves. But saith that trew yt is that the same 
dove howse dore was broken vp and as yt is saide by Mr. Bridges seruauntes 
And this deponent hath seene his seruauntes dyuerse tymes with theyr 
handgonnes shote at the doves sytting on the same dovehouse and haue 
therby scaryd awaye all the doves thens as he saithe / 
“To the v'" he saithe that he hathe sondry tymes seene Mr Bridges horses 
come into the same courte yarde and eate awaye the haye wherwith the 
playntyfes cattall were fotherid. And at oone tyme he sawe the same Mr. 
Bridges with a white styke beate Wylliam Brayne seruaunt to the plaintiff 
for dryving furthe of his same horses frome the fother gyven to the playntyfes 
cattall / 
‘‘To the vj'" vij and viij he saithe he cannot depose but sayth that he 
herde the same John Precy namyd in this vij'" interrogatory saye that he 
beyng attorney namyd in the same dede indentyd dyd delyuer possession 
and seasyn accordinge to the same / 
‘‘To the ix. he saith he knowith that the same Sir Edmonde Bridges 
dyd commaunde certen of the parishners ther that [they] shulde paye 
no tythes to the same playntyfes / And otherwise therof he cannot de- 
pose / 
“To the x't he saithe that trew yt is that the same Mr. Bridges hathe 
chargid the tenauntes of the same xix acres that they shall not paye theyre 
rente therof vnto the saide playntyfes wherby he saithe he lackyth his hole 
yeres rent therof. And this deponent saithe he hathe knowen the same xix 

