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‘To the last he saithe that he iudgethe the Bereward of Sir Edmonde 
Bridges to be a foole and is so comonly taken as he saithe 
*Wint1Am Rospyns of Puriton aforesaid husbandman of thage of lx. yeres 
sworne &c. / 
“To the first second iij! and iiith he saithe that the same Image of St George 
was taken awaye and carryed to the house of the saide Benet Jaye but by 
whome he knowith not nor by what meanes And saith that trew yt is that 
Mr Bridges beinge movyd therwith causyd the same to be broughte to the 
churche ageyne / And more therof he knowith not 
“To the vth he saithe that Mr. Bridges dyd in as shorte tyme as he coulde 
gett cariage cary the trees by him fellyd vpon the same Jeyes farme / and 
dyd not suffer them of purpose to lye ther to the distruction of the grasse of 
the grounde to this deponentes supposall / 
“To the last he saithe that the saide Mr. Bridges Beareward is a fools and 
so comonly taken ther ” 
Endorsed : 
«Testes ex parte Magistri Bridges” 
Star Chamber Proceedings, Edward VT. 
Bundle 8, No. 41. 
(15 Dece., 1548.) ‘‘ Edwardus Sextus dei gratia Anglie Francie et Hibernie 
Rex fidei Defensor et in terra ecclesie Anglicane et Hibernice supremum caput 
Dilectis et fidelibus suis Henrico Long Anthonio Hungerford et Willelmo 
Wrotton militibus ac dilecto sibi Johanni Hamlyn armigero Salutem. Sciatis 
quod dedimus vobis vel tribus vestrum plenam potestatem et auctoritatem 
audiendi et examinandi quoscumque testes coram vobis vel tribus vestrum 
producendos tam ex parte Benedicti Jaye et Elizabethe uxoris eius quam ex 
parte Edmundi Bridges militis de et super quibusdam interrogatoriis hiis 
presentibus interclusis ac testes predictos et eorum quemlibet viis modis et 
mediis quibus melius sciueritis aut poteritis tactis per eos prius coram vobis 
vel tribus vestrum sacrosanctis Dei evangeliis diligenter examinetis exami- 
nacionesque suas recipiatis et in scriptis in pergameno redigatis Kt cum eas 
sic ceperitis nos inde et Consilium nostrum apud Westmonasterium de toto 
facto vestro in hac parte in Octabis Sancti Hillarij proximo futuris sub sigillis 
vestris vel trium vestrum distincte et aperte certificetis Remittentes nobis 
interrogatoria predicta unacum hoc brevi. Teste me ipso apud Westmonas- 
terium xv die Decembris Anno regni nostri secundo. Smyth.” 
*Interrogatories to be mynistred in the behalf of Sir Edmond Brigges 
knyght ageinst Benet Joy Xe. 
“1 First whether Browne and Jaakes seruauntes vnto Benet Joy did stele 
take and convey awey the Image of Seint George ozt of Puryton Church and 
caryed the same to the mancion house of the seid Joy or noo. 
“2 Item whether the same Browne and Jackes hyd the said Image in 
the woll house of Joys ther and by whose comaundement, by the Churwardens 
or noo, : 
