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Purton. A Case in the Star Chamber. 



" To the xiii and all tlie residewe of thes interrogatories he saithe he knowith 

 nothing of the contentes therof / 



[Attested by mark.] 



" George Browne of Puriton aforesaid husbandman servant to the 

 plaintiff of thage of xxiiij yeres sworne, &c. 



" To the first second and iij rd he saithe that at the tyme articulid the same 

 Sir Edmond Bridges accompanid with John Bradley James More John 

 Edwardes oone Perye Gabriell Rede Nicholas Brewer and John Ayleworthe 

 came to the mansion house of the same complainauntes they being then from 

 home and ther meting this deponent seruant in the howse ther the same Mr. 

 Bridges demaundyd him wher the ymage of S l George was that was caryed 

 furthe of the churche / this deponent anwering that he coulde not tell / And 

 then [he] facyd this deponent saying that he had stolen yt awaye this 

 deponent denyeng the same And then the same Mr. Bridges gave this 

 deponent two buffettes on the face / wher with this deponent stopid backe and 

 went from him / And therupon he went into the kychin and ther founde 

 Agnes Symes a mayden seruant whom he bett also And from thens went to 

 the buttery and ther fynding Jane Webbe an other mayden seruant he bett 

 her also and threw her ageynst a cupborde And so hering saye that the 

 same image of S l George was in the woll house ther he with a pycked staffe 

 causyd the dore to be broken open and so entrid and toke away the same 

 ymage of S l George with him and so departyd And saith he so bett the 

 maydens bycause they wolde not tell him wher theyr mystres was nor 

 delyuer him the key of the same woll house And saithe the same persones 

 had swerdes and daggers and oone a pykd staffe / 



"To the iiij th he saithe that within a vj dayes after James More John 

 Edwardes and oone Pery seruauntes to the same Mr. Bridges and other 

 personnes with them came to the same house of the pleyntyfe ther in the 

 nighte tyme and ther brake open the dofe house and kylled the younge dofes 

 and fearyd awaye the olde beinge then [above] a ccopleashe saythe and with 

 [staves] beate rounde aboute within the same dovehouse so that the same 

 doves so fearyd came not [ageyn] to the same howse as he saithe / And saithe 

 he knowith perfytly well that James More and John Edwardes seruauntes 

 of [Mr. Bridges] by him before namyd wer therat / for he saith [he] sawe 

 them and spake to them oute of a window And as towching the valor of 

 the doves so destroyed he saithe he knowith not / 



" To the v th he saith that the same Mr. Bridges horses hathe sondry tymes 

 byn put in to the yarde of the saide pleyntyfe and ther eaten suche heye as 

 his cattail wer fotheryd with all / And none of the saide pleyntyfes seruauntes 

 durst turne them furthe for the saide Mr. Bridges and his seruauntes haue often 

 tymes beaten this deponent and other seruauntes of the pleyntyfe for so 

 turning his horses furthe / and he hathe stonde by whiles the childeren of 

 the howse haue dryven them furthe and sayde what harlot is that (meanyng 

 the wife of the howse as he saithe) that cannot suffer her Lande Lordes 

 horse to eate a bytt of haye emongest her beastes / 



