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1/ To the ffirfte Jnterrogatory this deponent faythe he knowethe the 
Complainant and Defendant, and hath knowne the Complaimant 
thefe ffyfteene yeare or there aboutes and the defendant but about 
three yeares And faythe that he did knowe James Burbadge 
mencioned in the Jnterrogatory nowe deceaffed./ 
(2 / To the feconde Jnterrogatory this deponent faythe he hathe feene 
An Jndenture of Leafe whereby yt appeared that the defendt and 
Sara his wyffe did about the thirteenthe daye of ‘Aprill in the 
eighteenthe yeare of her ma:*** raigne that nowe is demife vnto 
him the faid James Burbadge Certayne garden groundes lyinge 
and beinge in Hollywell in the parifhe of St: Leonardes in Shor- 
ditche in the Countye of Middlefex for the terme of one and 
twentye yeares yealdinge and payinge therefore yearlye duringe 
the faid terme ffoureteene poundes per Annum w prouifoe in 
the fame leafe that the defendt win or at thend and terme of 
the firfte ten yeares in the faid Leafe he the faid defendt fhould 
make him the faid James Burbadge or his Affignes A newe leafe 
for one and twentye yeares then to Commence at thend of the 
{aid firfte tenn yeare graunted him in his faid Leafe of the date of 
the Thirteenthe of Aprill in the Eighteenthe yeare of her ma:*% 
Raygne aforefaid: And faythe that he remembrythe not the 
feuerall Couenantes comprifed in the faid Leafe made vnto the 
{aid James Burbadge. but for Certentye thereof referrithe him 
felfe vnto the faid leafe now expired and remayninge in the Com- 
plainantes Cuftodye And more he Cannot depofe to his nowe 
rememberance./ 
3./ To the thirde Jnterr this deponent faythe he hathe harde the de- 
fendt diuerfe and manye tymes Confeffe that the faid James Bur- 
badge did in his lyffe tyme and before thende of the firlte Terme 
of Tenn yeares (mencioned in the faid firfte leafe) require him 
the faid defendant to make vnto him the faid James Burbadge A 
newe leafe of the faid premiffs accordinge to the purporte and 
effecte of the Couenant mencioned in the faid former leafe, And 
that he hard the defendt confeffe that James Burbadge aforefaid 
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