230 Purton. A Case in the Star Chamber. 
“3. Item who was Abbott next before the Abbott in whose time the lesse 
was made & how long agoo is hyt sence they [‘‘ he” substituted] dyed & who 
was next Abbot after hym that made the lesse 
‘4, Item how long any of the deponentes had byn monckes at the tyme 
of the sealyng & delyvery of the saide dede & of what age were they then & 
who was Prior then. 
“5. Item whether any of the deponentes dyd knowe one John Frankelyn 
onys vicar of Puryton And how long was hyt that the said vicar died before 
the delyvery of the said lesse. And whether Rychard Polley & he were 
fryndes abought halfe yere before Frankleyn dyed or noo, And yf they were 
not fryndes what was the cause therof & wherupon rose hyt by meanys of 
denyall of Comen to the tennauntes or noo.” 
Star Chamber Proceedings, Henry VIII, 
Bundle 24, No. 6. 
‘“* Hix, xxvjti Aprilis Super interrogatoriis ex parte 
An° H. yj. iij°. Edmundi Bridges Militis 
(26th April, 1549.) ultimo loco ministratis 
‘‘Joun Dyer of Tetbury in the County of Gloucester of thage of lix yeres 
sworne, &e. 
“To the first he saythe yt is xxxiij yeres ago sythe the same lease was so 
made to the saide Richard Pulley and thother persones namyd in the same / 
whiche dede was delyuerid in thabbottes lodgyng of Malmesbury by the then 
abbote ynto the same Richard Pulley And saithe he knowith the same to be 
the trewe dede of the same abbot and Convent bycause yt was sealyd with the 
seales of thabbot and Convent and by the same abbot as theyr dede delyuerid 
to the saide Richard Pulley / 
‘*To the second he saithe the the abbote of Malmesbury that so made and 
delyueryd the same lease was callyd abbot Camme and dyd so graunte the 
same in the fyrst yere that he was so made abbote 
“To the iij’ he saithe that the abbote nexte before abbote Camme was 
eallyd Richard Frampton who dyed aboute a xxxiiij yeres ago or theraboute 
And ther nexte after abbote Camme succeded oone Robert Frampton 
Chaunter of the saide monastery 
“To the iiijth he saithe he had dwelte in the same late monastry before 
the graunte of the same lease aboute a iij yeres And doth not now remember 
the name of the then prior ther 
‘To the last he saithe that he knew perfytly well the same John Frankelyn 
some tyme vicar of Puryton who dyed xxxj yeres past and aboute a twelve 
moneth after possession by him delyueryd of the same manor of Puryton to 
the saide Richard Pulley And whether the same Frankelyn and Pulley were 
frendes halfe a yere before the dethe of the saide Frankelyn he saith he knowith 
not nor knew of any variaunce betwene them / ” 
‘* RICHARD VAUGHAN alias ASHETON Clerke late monke professid of the 
late dissolued howse of Malmesbury of thage of liij yeres sworne, &c. 
“To the first he saithe yt is xxxiij yeres past sythe the lease specifyed in 
