Appendix XIV, xciii 



of them at a certen daie and under a certen payne by your honors to be appoynted 

 to make their personall apparaunce before your honors in the quenes maiesties 

 honorable court of eschequer chamber and then and ther to yelde them selves 

 to such order as your honours shall take therein accordinge to lawe and equitie. 



The Answer of Thomas Lounde def[endant] to the bill of complaynte or 

 enformacion of Sir Henry Lee Knyght Complaynante. 



The said def[endant] for answer to somoche of the said bill or enformacion 

 as concerneth him the said def[endant] saythe that the def[endant] dothe not 

 knowe whether the Quenes majestic be seized of and in the mannor of Fornecett 

 in the said bill or enformacion mencioned in suche maner and forme as in the 

 said bill or enformacion is supposed or no and further the said def[endant] saithe 

 that yf the Quenes Majestie be seized of and in the said mannor as in the said bill 

 or enformacion is supposed yet he the said def[endant] saythe that he the said 

 def[endant] is free and of free condicion and not a bondman in blodde regardant 

 to the said mannor of Fornecett. With owt that that^ yt can evydentlye and 

 playnely appere as well by the view and syght of the courte rolles concerninge 

 the said mannor of Fornecett as also by any other wayes and meanes that the said 

 def[endant] is the Quenes maiesties bondman regardant to the said mannor of 

 Fornecett as in the said bill or enformacion is supposed and withowt that there 

 is any cause as the def[endant] thinketh why he showlde or awght to confesse and 

 acknowledge any bondge^ to the Quenes majestie as villen regardant to the said 

 mannor and withowt that ther is any other matter or thinge in the said bill 

 contayned and towchinge this def[endant] materiall to be answered unto and in 

 this answer not suffycientlye confessed avoyded denyed or traversed is to the 

 knowledge of the def[endant] trewe all which matters the defend[ant] is redye 

 to averre as this honorable courte shall awarde and prayeth to be dismissed. 



1 Sic. 



