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Purton. A Case in the Star Chamber. 



soo meyntenutly dydd withouzt that the said Sir Edmound Bridges with 

 James More and other his seruauntes in the said bill of compleynt mencioned 

 to the nombre of xij persons did ryoteosely assemble them selvis at Puryton 

 aforsaid on the said xxixth day of Januarij or at any other tyme did enter 

 into the house of the said Pleyntyffes or did ther make any assawte vpon the 

 said George Browne or any other the seruauntes of the said Pleyntyffes 

 mencioned in the said bill Or did then beate any of them or put them or 

 any of them in danger of their livys Or that the said Defendaunt with other 

 in said bill of compleynt [mencioned] did with force or otherwise breke vp 

 any wole house of the said pleyntyffes as in the same bill verie sclaunderosely 

 and vntrulye ys alleagid Or that Jamys More John Edwardes and Perie 

 seruauntes vnto the said Defendaunt by his comaundement or otherwise the 

 vth day of Februarie mencioned in the said bill of compleynt did enter with 

 force or ryoteosly or other wise the duffehouse of the said Pleyntyffes at 

 Puryton aforesaid or any of their dovis dyd take away destroy or kill to the 

 Defendauntes knowleage But were at the same tyme at their rest As verie 

 vntrulie by the said Pleyntyffes is also alleagid And without that that yf any 

 such leasse wer made by the said Abbott and Covent of the late Monasterie 

 of Maumesburie mencioned in the said bill of Compleynt as by the same is 

 surmysed that the same is or evir was of any efficacie or strengith in the 

 Lawe For that that the said lyuerie and seisen was never given therof by 

 John Frankleine Clerk and John Precie or by any of them as by the said bill 

 is surmysed And yf any such liverie were yet the said Defendaunt saith that 

 the same avayleth not to the said Isabell nor she any thing can clayme 

 therbie for that the seid Isabell at the tyme of the said surmysed leasse to 

 be made was not borne nor come into the orlde. Or that the said Defendaunt 

 at any tyme hath put or vsed to put his horsis in to the coort of the said 

 Pleyntyffes for any such purpose in the said bill vntrulye declared And 

 without that the said Defendaunt did ever beatt or manasse the seruauntes of 

 the said Pleyntyffes But in a certen tyme wheras the Defendaunt had one of 

 his horses going in the High weie and vnder the wall of the said Pleyntyffes 

 the said Pleyntyffes commaunded George Browne his seruaunt to kill the 

 same horse Whervpon the same Browne standing vpon the wall threwe 

 greatt stoonys vpon the horse and soo brake his back Wherof the said De- 

 fendaunt knowing said vnto the said Browne yf he soo vsid his cattell he 

 wold provide worthie ponyshment for him And then with a little rodd or 

 wand which he held in his hand gave the said Browne ij or iij strips abought 

 the shulders in the waie of correccion And withouzt that the seruauntes of 

 the seyd Pleyntyffes dare not abide at their plough and work or goo oute of 

 the house of the said Pleyntyffes for feare of the said Defendaunt and his 

 servauntes. Or that the said Sir Edmound wold not suffer the said Playntyff 

 to receaue their Twyths at Ester last or was any lett therof or that he kepith 

 away any Tewyths from the said Pleyntyffes which they ought lawfullye to 

 haue as in the said bill ys lykewise sclaunderously alleagid. Or that the said 

 Sir Edmounde hath vnlawefully enterid into xix acres of land at Puryton 

 aforesaid or that they ar parcell of the scite of the said manor let to the said 

 Pleyntyffes as they have surmysed Or that the Defendaunt hath done therin 

 otherwise than he mought lawfully doo by the lawes of this Kealme For the 



