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tharchedeacon of Wiltes then beinge / who dyed as he saithe aboute a xxx. 
yeres past / And saithe that the possession of the same premisses was 
delyuered accordingly by oone Sir John Frankelyng then Vicar of Puryton 
as he herde saye / And more therof he knowith not / 
“To the viijth he cannot depose / 
“To the last he saithe he hathe knowen the same Richard Pulley and 
Margaret his wife and the now complainauntes occupie and enioye the 
premisses according to the same lease withoute any interruption of any 
persone vntyll this present strife as he saithe And neuer knewe or herde of 
the contrary as he saithe / 
[ Attested] ‘‘ per Joh’em Dyer.” 
** RICHARD VAUGHAN [alias Ashe |ton clerke late monke of the late dissoluid 
house of Malmesbury and nowe curate of Churcheham in the county of 
Gloucester of thage of liij yeres sworne &c. 
“No the first he saithe he hathe knowen the lordeship of Puryton with the 
landes therto belongyng by the space of xxxvj yeres and aboue / 
“To the second and iij‘. he saithe that xxxiij yeres past this deponent then 
beinge ij yeres monke professid after his yere of probation was present in the 
Chapiter House of the late Monastry of Malmesbury at suche tyme as the 
lease mencyoned in this interrogatory was ther agreed vpon by the hole covent 
ther present to be made to the saide Richard Pulley Margaret his wife Ambrose 
Edmonde and Isabell theyr childerne for terme of theyr lyves and the longes 
lyver of them . for the yerely rent of xxiij'. to his now remembrance / 
“To the iiijt® he saithe that before the dissolution of the same late monastry 
of Malmesbury the same Richard Pulley was possessid and occupied the same 
premisses by all his lyfe tyme after the grante therof wiche was by the space 
of xj yeres And after his decease Margaret his wife occupied the same by the 
space of xvj yeres vntyll she dyed / 
“To the vth he saith he knowith perfytly well that the same Richard 
Pulley Margaret his wife Ambrose and Edmonde theyr childerne be dede and 
the same Isabell now complainaunte is survivor and occupieth the same. 
“To the vj he saithe [that by his] estimation the same Isabell is now of 
thage of [a x]xxvj yeresor more / for he saithe that aboute[a] . . . yeres 
after the grante of the same lease this deponent with other of the monkes of 
the same house according to the custome of the house was attendante vpon 
the then abbote of Malmesbury at a courte holden vpon the same manor / 
And saithe the same Isabell was then v or vj yeres olde in her fathers howse 
at the same manor To whome the same Abbote had muche countynance and 
did playe with all / : 
“To the vijth he saithe the same lease was the dede of the same abbot and 
covent and was writen by oone Lawrence who had all the makyng of the leases 
of the same house and dyed xxx yeres past to his remembrance / And saith 
the possession therof was delyuerid accordingly by oone Sir John Frankelyng 
then vicar of Puryton as he herde saye / 
“To the viij he cannot depose / 
“To the last he saith he newer knew or herde that the same Richard Pulley 
