XIV. xciii 



of tlu-in .it ,i erten daic and undei a rerten paynr l>y your honor, to be appoyntcd 

 to make thru personal! apparaum e before \our honors in the quencs maicstics 

 honorable court of es(he<|iier < hamlier and then and ther to yclde them selves 

 to such order as your honours shall take tin-rein a<< ordin and cquitie. 



The Answer of Thomas Lounde defendant] to the bill of complaynte Of 

 cnformacion of Sir Henry Lee Knyght Complaynante. 



The said defendant] for answer to somoche of the said hill or cnformacion 

 as concerneth him the said defendant] saythe that the defendant] dothe not 

 knouc whether the Ouenes 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 defendant] saithe 

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

 or enformacion is supposed yet he the said defendant] saythe that he the said 

 defendant] is free and of free condicion and not a bondman in blodde regardant 

 to the said mannor of Fornecett. With owt that that 1 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 

 defendant] 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 defendant] thinketh why he showlde or awght to confesse and 

 acknowledge any bondge 1 to the Quenes majestic 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 defendant] materiall to be answered unto and in 

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

 knowledge of the defendant] trewe all which matters the defendant] is redye 

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



1 Sic. 



