228 Purton. A Case in the Star Chamber. 
Margaret his wife or the now complainauntes were euer interupted or trowbled 
in the occupation of the same premisses vntyll this present strife as he saithe / 
[Attested| ‘‘RicHaRD VAUGHAN.” 
** Wittiam Harm[er] of . . . uley in the county of Gloucester weuer 
of thage of lvj yeres sworne, &e. 
‘“To the first second and iij™ he saithe that he cannot perfytly depose of 
the [lease] of the saide manor of Puryton made to the saide Richard Pulley 
nor of the tyme therof But saithe that xxxiiij yeres past this deponent then 
being seruant to Thomas Harmer of Stonehowse was with the same Thomas 
Harmer at the same manor of Puryton wher the saide Richard Pully then 
dwelte and ther the same Thomas Harmer boughte certen woll of the same 
Pulley at the same manor and so contynewyd with him in bargayning of 
wolle sondry yeres after and sent this deponent then his seruant often tymes 
for the same wolles . and aboute a v or vj yeres after this deponent fyrst 
comyng to the same manor for woll as he hathe predeposyd the same Thomas 
Harmer his master maryed and toke to wife the same Richard Polleys 
doughter whiche was the yere folowyng that the highe and mightye prince 
Charles now /mperor was recyvyd into England as he saithe / [1520.| 
‘To the iiijt® and vth he saithe he cannot depose / 
‘““To the vj he saithe that to his estimation that the same Isabell now 
complainaunte is of thage of xxxvj yeres or theraboute And that he saithe he 
knoith for that she at the mariage of her syster to the same Thomas Harmer 
as he hath predeposid dyd ryde behinde Richard Selwyn this deponentes 
neighbor to the same mariage and was then to his estimation a ix or x yeres 
of age. 
‘To the residew of [thes interrogatories] he saith he cannot depose more 
then that he [knoith] the same Richard Pulley and Margaret his wife [did 
occu|pie and enioye the farme of Puryton during [thei|r lyfe tymes by the 
space of a xxix yeres to[gether] vntyll they dyed Sythe the wiche tyme the 
now complainauntes by the space of thes iiij yeres or nere theraboutes haue 
occupied the same And he neuer knew them interrupted therin vntyll this 
present strife as he saithe / 
[Attested by mark.] 
‘Bix, ix® Maij RicHarpD GaacE cler’ chapeleyn to Mr. Charles 
An°® iij° E. vjt Herbert in the county of Monmouthe of thage 
of liiij yeres sworne &e. 
‘To the first he saithe he hathe knowen the same manor of Puryton with 
thappurtenaunces by the space of thes xxxvij yeres as he saithe 
“To the second and iij' he saithe that xxxvij yeres past this deponent was 
made monke of the late dissoluid howse of Malmesbury and aboute a iij yeres 
after that this deponent was present in the Chapiter Howse ther with his 
cobretherne at suche tyme as the same lease mencyoned in this Interrogatory 
was ther redde and agreed vpon by the prior and the hole convent then ther 
assemblyd and so then by the same prior was sealyd with the convent seale 
and afterward by the [same] prior broughte vnto thabbot of the same howse 
