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Purton. A Case in the Star Chamber. 



mansion howse of the saide playntyfes And the saide Mr. Bridges enteringe 

 the same howse founde this deponent in the entre betwene the parlor and 

 the buttrye saying thes wordes wher ys that hore thy mystres by Godes blode 

 and yf I had her here I wolde bete her that she shuld neuer helpe her selfe. 

 And so departyd into the courte yarde and ther fynding George Browne an 

 other seruaunt of the house demaundyd of him where the Image of St. George 

 was who answeryd that he coulde not tell And so then he toke him by the 

 hedde and gave him two or thre blowes vnder the eare / And then went to 

 the kechin adioyninge to the same courte and ther founde Agnes Symkes a 

 mayden skalding of tripes whome this deponent dyd see him beate And so 

 from thens he went to the buttry and ther bette Jane AVebbe an other mayden 

 seruaunt wiche came furthe wep[ing] And therupon [erased this deponent 

 hide himselfe behind a ... in the parlor and durst not be seene] he 

 went to the wolhowse and with pyked staffe [broke] open the dore and toke 

 furthe the ymage of St. George and departyd / And more therof he saithe he 

 cannot depose / 



" To the iiij th he saithe that aboute a sevenight after that this deponent 

 beinge above in his mystres chamber in caryeng of wood to the fyer aboute ix 

 of the cloke in the night tyme herde a noyse about the dovehouse dore And 

 so his saide mystres and he lokyd furthe at the wyndowe being a moneshine 

 [night] and espied James More, John Edwardes and oone Pery seruauntes 

 to the saide Mr. Bridges brekyng up of the same dove howse dore and feryng 

 awaye the doves being above a c. cople in nomeber as he saithe To whome 

 his saide mystres saide that better yt wer that she shulde lose her doves then 

 that they shulde lose theyr occupation And so therupon they departyd / And 

 his saide mystres incontynent[l]ye went vnto Mr. Bridges house and ther 

 made complaynt vnto him therof / And more therof he cannot depose / 



" To the v th he saithe that he hathe knowen the same Mr. Bridges 

 seruauntes often tymes put in fcheyre horses into the playntyfes courte yarde / 

 wiche haue eaten ther the fother gyven to the playntyfes cattail And this 

 deponent sawe Mr. Bridges beate Wylliam Brayne seruaunt to the playntyfes 

 for dryvyng furth of his horses owte of his saide masters coarte and not 

 suffring them to eate the fother of the playntyfes cattail / 



" To the vj th vij and viij he canne not depose / 



" To the ix he saithe he herde the vicar of Puryton saye in the house of 

 the playntyfes that Mr. Bridges had commaundyd him that he shulde not 

 gyve housell at Easter to suche as wolde not paye theyre tythes to him the 

 saide Mr. Bridges / 



"To the x. he saith that Mr. Bridges dothe take the prof ett of the same 

 xix acres mencyoned in this interrogatory And more therof he knowith not / 



" To the xj th he saithe that when this deponent and other the playntyfes 

 seruauntes went to fatche wood in Bradon for theyr master as they wer 

 wonte to do oone Bradley seruaunt to Mr. Bridges denyed them to take any 

 ther / 



"To the xij he saithe that of suche trees as the saide Mr. Bridges hathe 

 fellyd ther he hathe lefte xxij lyeng on the grounde to the greate hurte and 

 losse of the grasse ther to his estimation aboute a xx s / 



" To the xiij he saithe that in the tyme that this deponent dwelte with the 



