Pwrton. A Case in the Star Chamber. 



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" To the vj vij and viij he cannot depose / 



" To the ix he saithe he herde the prest of Puriton saye that Mr. Bridges 

 had chargid him to cornmaunde the parishners to paye no tythes to the 

 pleyntyfe / 



" To the x th he saithe that the same Mr. Bridges taketh the rent of the 

 same xix acres whiche is parcell of the manor of Puryton and hathe allwayes 

 byn occupied by the fermors of the same manor as he hathe herde seye / 



" To the xj th he saithe that the saide Mr. Bridges hathe restrayned xx li loodes 

 of wood this yeare from the saide pleyntyfe wiche he shulde have had in 

 Braidon wood as he saithe / 



" To the xij th he saith that the same Mr. Bridges hathe fellyd aboute a lx 

 trees in oone of the pastures of the saide pleyntyfe and hathe sufferid a 

 greate parte of them to lye styll on the grounde to the hurte and losse of the 

 grasse but how muche he knowith not / 



" To the xiij he saithe he sawe John Bridges kyll with his hand gonne 

 oone henne of the pleyntyfes within his yarde and vsyth muche to shote 

 therwith aboute the pleyntyfes house / 



" To the xiiij he cannot depose / 



" To the xv he saithe the sayd Mr. Bridges horses hathe sondry tymes byn 

 put into the corne feldes of the saide pleyntyfe the corne grene on the grounde 

 and this deponent durst not put them furthe but at oone tyme tolde the same 

 Mr. Bridges therof and askyd whether he shulde put them furthe or no / who 

 answerid and chargid this deponent to lett them be ther styll / 



" To the xvj he saith that Henry Bridges and J . . . Nicholas toke a 

 calfe of the saide pleyntyfes of . . . dayes age and cut of the tayle 

 therof and [the] eares by the hedde and also the hoves of . . . wherat 

 he saith he was not present / but sawe [the] calfe afterwardes so handelyd 

 wiche the same persones haue not denyed the doyng therof / but [sythe] 

 that tyme Mr. Bridges dyd offer mony for the same calfe so handelyd and 

 destroyid / 



" To the xvij he saithe that Mr. Bridges Beareward and his seruauntes dyd 

 course a beare vpon the grounde callyd Wyndmyll Hill wher the pleyntyfes 

 kyen beinge greate with calfes dyd pasture And of the same kyen oone dyd 

 cast her calfe and two other of the kyen dyed greate with calfe / And as he 

 supposyth yt came miche throughe the coursing of the same beare emongest 

 them / 



" To the xviij he saith ther was aboute a carte lood of dunge cast in to the 

 well of the plaintiff but by whome he knowith not / And by that meanes he 

 saith the water was stopid vntyll yt was therof clensid / 



" To the xix he saithe he herde Mr. Bridges demaunde oone Anthony 

 Dodeswell a laborer whither he went to worke / who answered to Bennet 

 Jayes And then he sayde ageyne yf thou go thither to worke I shall beate 

 the that thou shalt not be able to helpe thiself And therwith the same 

 Dodeswell retornyd backe ageyne 



" To the last he saith he cannot perfytly depose 



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