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[to be sealyd] with his seale / whiche abbot causid the same [to] be redde to 
him by oone John Dyer scolemaster in the [same] monastery in the presence 
of the same prior this [deponent and] the same Richard Pulley And so then 
vpon [hearing] therof he commaundyd this deponent beinge h[is chape Jleyne 
to setto his seale of office whiche this deponent so dyd and had yj.s. viijd. for his 
fee therin accordinge to the custome of the same monastry as he saithe / 
And so then incontynentlye the same Abbot delyuerid the same lease so 
sealyd vnto the same Richard Pulley in the presence abouenamyd And 
saithe the same lease was so made to the same Richard Pulley and his wife 
and to certen childerne wherof the same Isabell was ooone namyd therin of 
his perfyt remembrance as he saithe And ther was reseruid vpon the same 
lease the yerely rent of xxiij'/ And more therof he dothe not now re- 
member / 
“To the iiijtt he saithe that incontynentlye after the graunte of the same 
lease the saide Richard Pulley dyd enioye and occupie the same farme yntyll 
his decease whiche was to his remembrance aboute a dosen yeres after / 
“To the vth he saithe that to his knoledge all the persones namyd in the 
same lease be dedde and the same Isabell now complainaunte as survivor 
dothe enioye and occupie the same farme by vertue of the same lease 
“To the vjth [he saithe that] within a yere after that the same lease was 
[grauntid] this deponent as chapeleyn to the then Abbot [was att]endant 
vpon the same Abbot at courte h{olden upjon the same manor and so dynid 
in the h[ouse of] the same Pulley fermour ther Atwhattyme . . . he 
remembrith that he sawe the same Isabell then ther a lytell gyrle of a iij or 
ilij yeres of age playng in the house ther / 
“To the vijth he saithe he herde saye that St John Frankelyn Vicar of 
Puryton dyd delyuer possession to the same Richard Pulley accordingly. 
And saith that he remembrith that the then Abbot wrote his letter to the 
saide Frankelyn to put the said Pulley in possession of the same ferme / 
‘To the viij he cannot depose / 
**To the last he saithe he neuer knew or herde of any of the persones 
namyd in the same lease to be interrupted in the occupieng therof vntyll this 
present strife as he saithe / 
[Attested] ‘‘ By me RicHARD GaGE.” 
Chancery Proceedings, Edward V1., 
Bundle I., No. 39. 
“‘Interrogatories to be mynystred on the behalf of S' Edmund Bryddges 
Knight agenest Benett Joy & Isabell his wyffe. 
“1. First how long is hyt agoo sence the lesse was made by the Abbott 
and Covent of Malmesbury of the maner & Parsonage of Puryton in the 
Countye of Wiltes to Richard Polley &c. and by whom and in what place was 
hyt delyvered and how know you byt to be true 
“2. Item what was the Abbottes name at the enselyng & delyvery of the 
lesse And how long wasse the Abbot Abbott before that tyme. 
