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Burbadge performed and accomplifhed the faid Arebitrement 
ackordinge to the faid order yea or noe/ 
22 Item in what poyntes haue the faid James Burbadge and Cutbarte 
Burbadge or eyther of them or any other perfon comprifed in the 
faid order broken or infringed the faid Arebitrement or order and 
herein difcouer yo™ whole knowledge// 
DEPOSITIONS 
Ex parte Margarete Braynes viduae querentis 
verius Jacobum Burbage et Cuthbertum Bur- 
bage defendentes Telte examinatore per Hen- 
ricum Johnes in Cancellaria Examinatorem/ 
Johne Grigges of Puddinglane london Carpinter of the age of 
xliij yeres or theraboutes {worn and ex‘ the xxix daye of Julye 
in the xxxiiij yere &c To the firft Jnterrogatory. that he doth 
knowe all the parties p! and Defend‘'¢s/ And knoweth Gyles Allen 
gentleman named in this Jnterrogatory. And faith that the faid 
Gyles Allen was owner & feyfed of A pece of voyd grounde, A 
mill houfe, and other howfes or tenem'’* in the parifhe of St 
leonardes in Shordiche wout Bifhops gate london/ 
To the 2. that he doth knowe that James Burbage one of the nowe 
Defend'®*, and John Braynes deceffed named in this Jnterrogatory 
the now compl'e® late hufbande/ did take A leafe of the faid 
Gyles Allen of the faid voyde pece of grounde & of the faid myll 
houffe/ & other the faid premiffes/ But what conference or 
convercacion paffed betwene the faid James and the faid Jo. 
Brayn concerning the taking of the premiffes of the faid Mr” 
Allen/ or concerning what profitt & commoditie wold grow vnto 
them therby by building A playe houfe thervppon/ he faith he 
was never pryvie therof nor prefent therat/ 
To the 3. that he did heare it crediblye reported/ that it was 
agreed betwene the faid James Burbage/ and the faid Brayne/ 
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