Purton. A Case in the Star Chamber. 



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"To the last he saithe that he iudgethe the Bereward of Sir Edmonde 

 Bridges to be a foole and is so comonly taken as he saithe 



" William Robbyns of Puriton aforesaid husbandman of thage of lx. yeres 

 sworne &c. / 



" To the first second iij' 1 and iii th he saithe that the same Image of S 1 George 

 was taken awaye and carryed to the house of the saide Benet Jaye but by 

 whome he knowith not nor by what meanes And saith that trew yt is that 

 Mr Bridges beinge movyd therwith causyd the same to be broughte to the 

 churche ageyne / And more therof he knowith not 



" To the v th he saithe that Mr. Bridges dyd in as shorfce tyme as he coulde 

 gett cariage cary the trees by him fellyd vpon the same Jeyes farme / and 

 dyd not suffer them of purpose to lye ther to the distruction of the grasse of 

 the grounde to this deponentes supposall / 



" To the last he saithe that the saide Mr. Bridges Beareward is a foole and 

 so comonly taken ther " 

 Endorsed : 



" Testes ex parte Magistri Bridges " 



Star Chamber Proceedings, Edward YT. 

 Bundle 8, No. 41. 



(15 Dec, 1548.) " Edwardus Sextus dei gratia Anglie Francie et Hibernie 

 Rex fidei Defensor et in terra ecclesie Anglicane et Hibernice supremum caput 

 Dilectis et fidelibus suis Henrico Long Anthonio Hungerford et Willelmo 

 Wrotton militibus ac dilecto sibi Johanni Hamlyn armigero Salutem. Sciatis 

 quod dedimus vobis vel tribus vestrum plenam potestatem et auctoritatem 

 audiendi et examinandi quoscumque testes coram vobis vel tribus vestrum 

 producendos tarn ex parte Benedicti Jaye et Elizabethe uxoris eius quam ex 

 parte Edmundi Bridges militis de et super quibusdam interrogatoriis hiis 

 presentibus interclusis ac testes predictos et eorum quemlibet viis modis et 

 mediis quibus melius sciueritis aut poteritis tactis per eos prius coram vobis 

 vel tribus vestrum sacrosanctis Dei evangeliis diligenter examinetis exami- 

 nacionesque suas recipiatis et in scriptis in pergameno redigatis Et cum eas 

 sic ceperitis nos inde et Consilium nostrum apud Westmonasterium de toto 

 facto vestro in hac parte in Octabis Sancti Hillarij proximo futuris sub sigillis 

 vestris vel trium vestrum distincte et aperte certificetis Remittentes nobis 

 interrogatoria predicta unacum hoc brevi. Teste me ipso apud Westmonas- 

 terium xv die Decembris Anno regni nostri secundo. Smyth." 



" Interrogatories to be mynistred in the behalf of Sir Edmond Brigges 

 knyght ageinst Benet Joy &c. 



" 1 First whether Browne and Jaakes seruauntes vnto Benet Joy did stele 

 take and convey awey the Image of Seint George ozt of Puryton Church and 

 caryed the same to the mancion house of the seid Joy or noo. 



"2 Item whether the same Browne and Jackes hyd the said Image in 

 the woll house of Joys ther and by whose comaundement, by the Churwardens 

 or noo. 



