208 Purton. A Case in the Star Chamber. 
mansion howse of the saide playntyfes And the saide Mr. Bridges enteringe 
the same howse founde this deponent in the entre betwene the parlor and 
the buttrye saying thes wordes wher ys that hore thy mystres by Godes blode 
and yf I had her here I wolde bete her that she shuld neuer helpe her selfe. 
And so departyd into the courte yarde and ther fynding George Browne an 
other seruaunt of the house demaundyd of him where the Image of St. George 
was who answeryd that he coulde not tell And so then he toke him by the 
hedde and gave him two or thre blowes vnder the eare / And then went to 
the kechin adioyninge to the same courte and ther founde Agnes Symkes a 
mayden skalding of tripes whome this deponent dyd see him beate And so 
from thens he went to the buttry and ther bette Jane Webbe an other mayden 
seruaunt wiche came furthe wep[ing] And therupon [erased this deponent 
hide himselfe behind a . . . in the parlor and durst not be seene] he 
went to the wolhowse and with pyked staffe [broke] open the dore and toke : 
furthe the ymage of St. George and departyd / And more therof he saithe he 
cannot depose / 
“To the iiij he saithe that aboute a sevenight after that this deponent — 
beinge above in his mystres chamber in caryeng of wood to the fyer aboute ix _ 
of the cloke in the night tyme herde a noyse about the dovehouse dore And | 
so his saide mystres and he lokyd furthe at the wyndowe being a moneshine 
{night} and espied James More, John Edwardes and oone Pery seruauntes f 
to the saide Mr. Bridges brekyng up of the same dove howse dore and feryng 
awaye the doves being above a c. cople in nomeber as he saithe To whome ; 
his saide mystres saide that better yt wer that she shulde lose her doves then ~ 
that they shulde lose theyr occupation And so therupon they departyd / And — 
his saide mystres incontynent{l]ye went vnto Mr. Bridges house and ther — 
made complaynt vnto him therof / And more therof he cannot depose / 
“To the v he saithe that he hathe knowen the same Mr. Bridges — 
seruauntes often tymes put in theyre horses into the playntyfes courte yarde /— 
wiche haue eaten ther the fother gyven to the playntyfes cattall “And this — 
deponent sawe Mr. Bridges beate Wylliam Brayne seruaunt to the playntyfes — 
for dryvyng furth of his horses owte of his saide masters coarte and not 
suffring them to eate the fother of the playntyfes cattall / ‘ 
‘© To the vj'" vij and viij he canne not depose / ; 
‘““To the ix he saithe he herde the vicar of Puryton saye in the house a 
the playntyfes that Mr. Bridges had commaundyd him that he shulde not 
gyve housell at Easter to suche as wolde not paye theyre tythes to him the 
saide Mr. Bridges / 
“To the x. he saith that Mr. Bridges dothe take the profett of the same 
xix acres mencyoned in this interrogatory And more therof he knowith not / 
“To the xj" he saithe that when this deponent and other the playntyfes 
seruauntes went to fateche wood in Bradon for theyr master as they wer 
wonte to do oone Bradley seruaunt to Mr. Bridges denyed them to take any 
ther / 
““To the xij he saithe that of suche trees as the saide Mr. Bridges hathe 
fellyd ther he hathe lefte xxij lyeng on the grounde to the greate hurte and 
losse of the grasse ther to his estimation aboute a xx° / 
‘«To the xiij he saithe that in the tyme that this deponent dwelte with the 
















