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INTERROGATORIES. — SECOND SET. 



[Ex parte Belott, for ig June, 1612. Written on parchment, and attached 

 to the following set of depositions.] 



Inter to bee mynistred to witnesses to bee 

 produced on the parte and behalfe of 

 Stephen Bellott Comp" againste Chris- 

 topher Mountioy def 1 . 



1 Inprim/s whether doe you knowe the parties p u . and def 1 and 

 howe longe haue you knowen them and ither of them? 



2 Itm of what estate or abillity is the said def 1 accompted to bee 

 of and what Lease or Leases of howses or tenementes hathe hee, 

 and where doe the said howses or tenementes lye, and what is the 

 veerely vallue thereof? and what tyme or tymes are to come in 

 the said Leases and whether doe you not thinke that the said def* 

 receiueth fforty pounds per annum de claro by his said Leases? 

 or howe muche dothe hee receiue by the same as you haue 

 Credibly heard or verily beleeue in yo r Conscience to bee true, and 

 whether hathe not the said def 1 giuen forthe speaches that hee will 

 rott in prison before hee will giue any thinge vnto the said 

 Comp u vf the Cause should bee decreed agaynste him in this 

 honorable Courte declare the truthe of yo r knowledge herein as 

 you knowe verily beleeue or haue Credibly heard./ 



f hrey 3 Itm who apparelled the said Comp". duringe the tyme of his 

 seruice \v th the said def 1 ? whether not the ffrends of the said 

 Comp". and for howe longe tyme did the said Comp ltes ftrendes 

 soe fvnde him w th apparell? whether not duringe the terme of 

 two yeares or howe muche longer declare the truthe of yo r 

 knowledge therein. 

 4 Itm whether did not the said def 1 or some other by his appoint- 

 ment send you or any other person to yo r . knowledge vnto the 

 said Comp 11 . to make a moc/on of marriadge betwixt the said 

 Comp". and the said Mary Mountioy beinge the def tes sole Childe 

 and daughter, and what wordes did the said def 1 vse vnto you or 



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