206 Purton. A Case in the Star Chamber. 



"John Oldland of Puriton aforesaide husbandman seruaunt to the 

 plaintiff of thage of liiij yeres sworne, &c. 



" To the first second and iij rd he deposith that a lytell before Candelmas 

 [2nd February] last past this deponent beinge in the Courte yarde of the 

 house of the saide complainaunt sawe ther the same Sir Edmond Bridges 

 accompanyd with John Bradley Gabryell Bede oone Westbrooke John 

 Edwardes and oone or two persones mo beinge his seruauntes come to the 

 same house with theyr swerdes by theyr sydes. And ther the same Sir 

 Edmond Bridges went into the house and came to the kechin where he founde 

 Agnes Spinkes a mayden seruaunt wasshing of dishes and ther askyd her for 

 her mystres and demaundyd the keye of the woll house wiche the saide 

 mayden answerid that she knew not wher yt was And then the same Mr. 

 Bridges bett her / and frome her he came into the hall and ther mett Jane 

 Webbe an other mayden seruaunt and askyd the same woll house dore key 

 of her / wiche she denyed to haue any knoledge of and ranne her waye frome 

 him into the buttry whome he folowyd and ther also bett her as the same 

 mayden reportid. And so frome thens he came into the courte yarde ageyne 

 and ther mett George Browne oon of the pleyntyfes seruauntes To whome 

 he gave two or thre blowes also bycause he wolde not tell him of the key 

 of the same woolhouse / And so he and his saide seruauntes went to the same 

 wolhouse and ther broke open the [same] withe a piked staffe and went into 

 the same [and] ther toke furthe an image of St. George and [caried it] thens / 

 And more therof he cannot depose / 



" To the iiij th he saithe he sawe not the bre[aking] vp of the same dovehouse 

 nor the kylling of the same doves. But saith that trew yt is that the same 

 dove howse dore was broken vp and as yt is saide by Mr. Bridges seruauntes 

 And this deponent hath seene his seruauntes dyuerse tymes with theyr 

 handgonnes shote at the doves sytting on the same dovehouse and haue 

 therby scaryd awaye all the doves thens as he saithe / 



"To the v th he saithe that he hathe sondry tymes seene Mr Bridges horses 

 come into the same courte yarde and eate awaye the haye wherwith the 

 playntyfes cattail were fotherid. And at oone tyme he sawe the same Mr. 

 Bridges with a white styke beate Wylliam Brayne seruaunt to the plaintiff 

 for dry ving furthe of his same horses frome the fother gy ven to the playntyfes 

 cattail / 



"To the vj' th vij and viij he saithe he cannot depose but sayth that he 

 herde the same John Precy .namyd in this vij th interrogatory saye that he 

 beyng attorney namyd in the same dede indentyd dyd delyuer possession 

 and seasyn accordinge to the same / 



"To the ix. he saith he knowith that the same Sir Edmonde Bridges 

 dyd commaunde certen of the parislmers ther that [they] shulde paye 

 no tythes to the same playntyfes / And otherwise therof he cannot de- 

 pose / 



"To the x th he saithe that trew yt is that the same Mr. Bridges hathe 

 chargid the tenauntes of the same xix acres that they shall not paye theyre 

 rente therof vnto the saide playntyfes wherby he saithe he lackyth his hole 

 yeres rent therof. And this deponent saithe he hathe knowen the same xix 



