234 Purton. A Case in the Star Chamber. 
“To the v'". and vj". he saithe ther was variaunce and grud[g]e betwene the 
same Richard Pulley and the same Vicar Frankelyn at the dethe of the saide 
Frankelyn and xii monethes before whiche arose throughe that that the same 
Frankelyn toke part with his parishners ageinst the same Richard Pulley 
towching the inclosure of a parcell of grounde callyd Sowthemore and 
Puryton Hill, whiche the saide Pulley went aboute to inclose / wherupon 
muche strife arose as he saithe / 
‘To the vij he saith he herde Vicar Frankelyn saye that yf Pulley had 
not allredy gotten to his handes the farme of Puryton he wolde spende x1" 
rather then he shulde haue yt so to trowble his parishners / 
‘To the viij he neuer herde the Vicar Frankelyn talk any thinge that the 
same Isabell now complainant shulde at any tyme haue the same ferme. 
Nor euer herde any voyce therof vntyll long after the dethe of Gyles Pulley 
within this v. or vj yeres as he saithe 
‘‘To the ix he saith to his now remembrance yt is sythe the dethe of the 
same Richard Pulley xvj yeres / And the same Margaret Pulley wife of the 
saide Richard was very famylier with the last abbote of Malmesbury and gott 
many voyde holdes in the towne ther at the same abbotes handes by copie of 
Court Roll after her saide husbandes decease and usyd to ryde very often to 
the same abbey of Malmesbury / 
‘“‘To the x" he saithe thys article concernyth him not nor can depose therof / 
““To the xj he saithe he was not present at any lyvery and season gyven 
ther nor herde of any gyven within this xxxiij yeres of any parte of the 
same manor and parsonage of Puryton / And saithe that he knewe the same 
Richard Pulley now deceasyd fermour of Puryton and occupie the same xl* 
yeres past / this deponent beinge then a yonge boye dwelling with the same 
parson Frankelyn 
[ Attested by a cross. | 
‘ Witi1am Roppyns of Puryton aforesaide husbandman of thage of Ix yeres 
sworne &e. 
‘*To the first he saithe he knew the same John Frankelyn vicar of Puryton 
xl" yeres past 
“To the second and iij* he knowith nothing. 
“To the iiij'" he saithe that yt is to his remembrance xxxiiij yeres ago 
sythe the saide Frankelyn dyed / and dyed aboute Bartylmew tyde as he saithe / 
‘To the v'" and yj he saithe that he knewe the same Richard Pulley to be 
fermour and to occupie the ferme of the manor of Puryton xl" yeres ago and 
long before this deponentes comyng to the Towne of Puryton wiche is xxxvj 
yeres past as he saith that he so came to Puryton And saithe that ther was 
greate variaunce and grudge betwene the same Pulley and the same Frankleyn 
then vicar of Puryton xij monethes and more before the dethe of Frankleyn 
which arose as he saithe for that the same Pulley wolde haue inclosyd a 
parcell of grounde from the parishners ther wherin the same Frankelyn toke 
parte ageynst him and holpe his parishners therin / And so they contynewyd 
vntyll the dyeng daye of the saide Frankelyn by asmoche as this deponent 
coulde euer know or here / 
