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12./ To the xij“ Jnterrogatory this deponent faythe he knowethe that 
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James Burbage did in his lyffe tyme fayle in the paym* of his 
Rent and in performance of couenantes w the defendt./ and 
the defendt hath Suffered muche Difquyetnes by occacion 
thereof: for the faid James Burbage placed fuch tenantes in the 
Barnes and tenem*'®* w™ he held by leafe from the defendt as the 
officers of the parifhe there haue ffound muche falte therw™ and 
haue geuen the defendt ill fpeeches for Sufferinge the fame. And 
the Complainant itill Contynewethe fuche lyke tenantes there for 
his proffytt: And he knowethe the fame to be true for that he 
hath hard the defendt demaund his rent of James Burbage and 
Could not then haue yt, And he hath bene officer there and hath 
had fome of the parifhners fynd much falte w™ fome of thofe 
tenantes./ And more he Cannot depofe to his nowe remembrance./ 
[Signed] Henry Johnfon 
Idem. Depositions ex parte Burbage 15 May, rI6o0. 
INTERROGATORIES 
[In dorso] 
Termino Trinitatis 
xlij4° Regni Regine 
Elizabethe 
Jnterrogatories myniftred for thexamynacion of 
witneffes produced on the parte and behalf of 
Cuthberte Burbadge Compl* againfte Giles Allen 
defend 
. Jnprimis doe yo knowe the parties plaintiff and defendt and 
howe longe haue yo’ knowen them or either of them, And did 
yo" not likewife knowe one James Burbadge father of the faid 
Complainant nowe deceafed. 
. Doe yo” knowe that the faid Defend Giles Allen and Sara his 
wief aboute the thirteenth daye of Aprill in the eighteenth yere 
of her ma*s reigne did demife vnto the faid James Burbage cer- 
teine garden groundes lyinge and beinge in Hollywell in the 
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