224 Purton. A Case in the Star Chamber. 
Interrogatory for terme of theyr lyves and the longest lyuer of them. And 
saithe the same lease was so graunted and made xxxiij yeres past And that 
he saithe he knowith for that the same was made and the saide Richard 
Pulley dyd occupie and enioye the same accordingly in that yere that this 
deponent was fyrst marryed and that this deponentes brother Christofer 
Webbe the Sondaye nexte before this deponentes marriage dyd also marry 
Jane Pulley doughter to the saide Richard Pulley and syster to the same 
Isabell now complainaunte wiche was as he saithe at Mydsomer last xxxiij 
yeres past. 
“To the iiijth he saith he knowith that the saide Richard Pulley was seasyd 
of the same premisses by vertue of the same lease and occupied the same all 
his lyfe tyme after / And after his decease Margaret Pulley his wife dyd 
occupie the same by the space of xvij yeres and dyed / sythe the wiche tyme 
wiche is aboute a iiij yeres the now complainaunte hathe byn seasid therin 
and occupied the same / 
““To the vth he saithe that trew it is that all the persones namyd in the 
same lease be dede saving the same Isabell the now complainaunte who as 
survivor hathe occupied and enioyed the same by the space of thes iiij yeres 
or nere theraboute / 
“To the vjth he saithe the same Isabell now complainaunt is of thage of 
XXxxvj yeres and was borne before the same lease so made And that he saithe 
he knowith for that that when his sayde brother was maried whiche is xxxiij 
past as he hathe predeposid the same Isabell beinge a lytell gyrrell of a iij 
yeres of age or somewhat more was bryde mayden at the same mariage / 
‘‘To the vij he saithe he knowith not nor euer herde saye but the same 
Indenture of lease before specifyed was and ys the very trew dede of the late 
abbote and convent of Malmesbury then for the tyme beinge / And this 
deponent herde saye that oone Sir John Frankeling Vicar of Puryton now 
deceased dyd delyuer possession of the same premisses accordingly / 
‘““To the viij he saith he knoith that the same Richard Pulley in his tyme 
and Margaret his wife after him dyd allwayes occupie the same xix acres as 
parcell of the manor of Puryton by vertue of the saide lease therof / And more 
to this Interrogatory he cannot depose / 
‘‘To the last he saith he neuer knewe the same Richard Pulley Margaret 
his wyfe or the now complainaunte interrupted or disturbyd in the occupieng of 
the saide manor and parsonage of Puriton vntyll this present tyme as he saithe 
[ Attested by mark NN] 
‘William Lafne of] Puriton aforesaid Laborer of thage of xlviij yeres 
sworne &c. 
“To the first he saithe he hathe knowen the same Lordeship of Puriton 
by all the tyme of his remembraunce and was borne and broughte vp in the 
same Towne by all his lyve tyme / 
*‘To the second and iijrd he saithe he hathe herde the same Lease specifyed 
in this Interrogatory redde / And saithe the same lease was so made to the 
persones namyd in the same and to the longest lyver of them xxxiij yeres ago 
And that he saithe he knowith for he saithe that the same yere that possession 
was gyven of the same manor of Puryton by oone Frankelyn Vicar ther vnto 
