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this interrogatory was made to the same Richard Pulley and thother persones 
namyd in the same lease And saithe the same being agreed vpon in the chapiter 
howse the prior ther for the tyme being toke the same into his handes / and 
how or by whome or in what place yt was delyueryd to the same Richard 
Pulley he knowith not / And saithe he knoith the same lease to be the trew 
dede of the same abbot and convent bycause yt was fully agreed vpon in the 
chapiter house by the hole convent ther assemblyd / 
“To the second he saithe the abbot that sealyd to the same lease was callyd 
Rychard Camme and sealyd the same in the fyrst yere that he was made 
abbot to his nowe remembrance / 
“To the iij’ he saithe that the abbote nexte before the said abbote Camme 
was callyd Richard Frampton and dyed aboute a xxxiiij yeres past And next 
after abbote Camme succeeded oone Robert Frampton and was abbote of 
Malmesbury / 
“To the iijth he saithe that at the tyme of thensealing of the said lease 
this deponent had byn professid monke of Malmesbury aboute a iij yeres and 
was then to his now remembraunce aboughte an xviij or xix yeres of age / 
And at the ensealing of the same lease oone Bourton [‘ Cuttering” erased | 
was prior ther to his now remembrance. 
““To the last he saithe he dyd not knowe the same John Frankelyn some 
tyme vicar of Puryton nor can depose any thing of this interrogatory.” 
Star Chamber Proceedings, Edward VI. 
Bundle 8, No. 41. 
“Interrogatories to be mynystred on the behalf of Sir Edmund Bridges 
knight agenst Benet Joy and Isabell his wiffe./ 
“1 First dyd yow euer knowe John Frankleyn clark onys Vicar of Puryton 
in the countye of Wiltes / And yf yow dyd how long ys hyt sence yow knew 
hym fyrst./ 
“2 Item dyd yow euer dwell with hym / And how long dwelt yow ther./ 
“3 Item were yow dwellyng with the same Frankleyn at the tyme of his 
death or noo / And yf yow dyd how long dyd the same Frankleyn lye sycke 
before he departyd./ 
“4 Ttem how long agoo ys hyt sence the same Frankleyn dyed And how 
know yow that to betrue. And what tyme of the yere dyed the said Frankleyn 
to your knowledge./ 
“5 Item dyd yow know Richard Polley onys farmer of Puryton And yf 
yow dyd what frendship and amytye was ther bytwyxt the same Polley and 
the said Frankleyn at the tyme of Franklens deth 
“6 Item yf they were not fryndes then how long was hyt that they 
contynowed enemyes before the same Frankleyn dyed one yere or ij / And 
what was the cause of their debate. 
“7 Ttem what hard yow the same Frankleyn sey touchyng Polleys hauyng 
of the same farme after the tyme that such varyaunce was./ 
“8 Item dyd yow euer here Frankleyn talk that Isabell Joy should haue 
the same farme / And how long is hyt since yow herd she shuld haue hytt./ 
**9 Item how long is hyt sence the same Richard Polley dyedd to your 
remembraunce And whether were Marg{arjett Polley wyffe to the said 
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