THE 



WILTSHIRE MAGAZINE. 



" MULTORUM MANTRTTS GRANDE LEVATUR ONUS." — Ovid. 



June, 1904. 



Ipwrtoit % Case fa t\t Mnx Cbamber. 



(Continued from page 168.J 



" Interrogatories on the part of and behalf of Benett Jey and Isabell hys 

 wyfe ayenst Sir Edmund Brydges knyght. 



"1. In primis whether the xxix th daye of January last [1547 — 8] or 

 theraboutes the seyd Sir Edmund Brydges James More John Bradeby 

 otherwyse Taylour Gabryell Kede and other riotous persons to the seyd 

 Benett and Isabell vnknowen to the nombre of xij persons dyd ryotously 

 assemble them selfes togeyther at Puryton in the Countye of Wiltes and 

 then and there in forcyble maner arrayed ayenst the Kynges peace forcybly 

 and ryotously entred into the manor of Puryton af orseyd with thappurtenaunces 

 beyng the mancion house of the seyd compleynauntes or not. / or howe many 

 persons then and there were present that dyd so entre into the same and 

 what were theyr names and what weapyns they then had to your knowlege./ 



"2. Item whether the aforenamed persons or any of them dyd then and 

 there make assault vppon oon George Browne Jane Webbe and Agnes Symkes 

 or vppon any of them then beyng seruauntes to the seyd compleynauntes 

 and then and there dyd beate them or any of them or putt them in danger 

 or feare of theyr lyues or in any feare or not / and who it were and what 

 were theyr names and with what weapyns they then and there dyd so bete 

 assault or feare the same persons or any of them. / 



" 3. Item wheder the seyd defendaunt and other the aforenamed ryotous 

 persons or any of them dyd with force and armes or ryotously breke open a 

 wolle house doore of the seyd compleynauntes there beyng nere theyr seyd 

 mancion house or not. / 



" 4. Item whether James More John Edwardes and oon Pery seruauntes of 

 the seyd Sir Edmund Brydges or any of them the v th daye of Februarye last 

 past at Puryton aforseyd with lyke force and armes as aforseyd ryotously 

 and forcybly dyd breke and entre into the duffe house of the seyd com- 

 pleynauntes and all theyr doues being aboue iij c couple then and there dyd 



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