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Purton. A Case in the Star Chamber. 219 
seith that he hard John Jaakes say that the said Jackes (sic) toke the Image 
of the (sic) George oute of the church of Puryton and brought hym to Benet 
Joys house by whose comaundement he knoith not. 
“ Ttem to the second iijde iiijth yth and vjth Interrogatoris he knoith nothing. 
‘Ttem to the vijth Interrogatory the said deponent seith that in the fellyng 
of certen trees by the said Sir Edmund Bridgis the said Bennet Joy hath no 
_ hurt nor damage 
‘“Ttem to the viijth artycle the said deponent saith that he herd the said 
Sir Edmund sey that he wold recompence the said Bennet Joy for the cutting 
of his calfes feete which was done vnknowen to the said Sir Edmund Bridgis 
‘‘Ttem to the ixth article he saith he knoith nothyng 
“Item to the xth artycle the said deponent saith that the said Bennet Joys 
wyffe was not born at the tyme of possession taking And to the rest of the 
said artycle he knoith nothing 
“Ttem to the xjth artycle the said deponent saith that Gylis namyd in the 
said Indenture shuld haue had the premisses before Isabell Joye And that 
Richard Pulley and John Franklyn were not frindes in one yere before the 
said Pulleys deth. 
‘“‘Joun Hays clerk parson of Lydyatt Myleent in the countye aforsaid of 
the age of lxiiij yeres sworn and examenyd from the first to the ixth artycle 
the said deponent knoyth nothing 
Item to the xth the said deponent saith that the said Isabell Joy was not 
present at the delyuery of possession of the premisses nor namyd in the said 
Indenture for she was not then borne / 
_ “Ttem to the xj'® artycle he knoith nothing 
‘*Ttem to the last he saith that the said Richard Polley and John Frankleyn 
were not fryndes by the space of one yere before the said Pulleys death. 
*Wyntyam Ropyns of Puryton aforsaid of the age of Ix yeres sworn and 
examenyd from the fyrst to the ixth Interrogatory saith he knoith nothing: 
“Ttem to the xth artycle he seith that he hard sey that Gylis was namyd 
in the Indenture and not the said Isabell And sence the delyuery of possession 
of the premisses hyt ys abought xxxvij yeres or more. And the said de- 
ponent saith that the said Isabell [is] of the age of xxxiij yeres or therabought 
and more he knoith not./ 
“Ttem to the last he saith that the said Franklein and Polley were not 
fryndes as the last deponent before hath said And more he knoith not. 
“Joun Ware of Puryton aforsaid yoman of the age of xxxti yeres or ther 
abought sworn and examenyd to the first artycle he saith that the same 
deponent and John Jaakes dyd carye the Image of the George into the house 
of Bennet Joy. 
“‘Ttem to all the rest of the Interrogatories he seith he knoith nothyng.” 
Joun Ramspury saith vpon hys othe as John Ware before hath said and 
more he knoith not./ 
