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Purton. A Case in the Star Chamber. 



Interrogatory for terme of theyr lyves and the longest lyuer of them. And 

 saithe the same lease was so graunted and made xxxiij yeres past And that 

 he saithe he knowith for that the. same was made and the saide Kichard 

 Pulley dyd occupie and enioye the same accordingly in that yere that this 

 deponent was fyrst marryed and that this deponentes brother Christofer 

 Webbe the Sondaye nexte before this deponentes marriage dyd also marry 

 Jane Pulley doughter to the saide Eichard Pulley and syster to the same 

 Isabell now complainaunte wiche was as he saithe at Mydsomer last xxxiij 

 yeres past. 



" To the iiij th he saith he knowith that the saide Kichard Pulley was seasyd 

 of the same premisses by vertue of the same lease and occupied the same all 

 his lyfe tyme after / And after his decease Margaret Pulley his wife dyd 

 occupie the same by the space of xvij yeres and dyed / sythe the wiche tyme 

 wiche is aboute a iiij yeres the now complainaunte hathe byn seasid therin 

 and occupied the same / 



" To the v th he saithe that trew it is that all the persones namyd in the 

 same lease be dede saving the same Isabell the now complainaunte who as 

 survivor hathe occupied and enioyed the same by the space of thes iiij yeres 

 or nere theraboute / 



" To the vj th he saithe the same Isabell now complainaunt is of thage of 

 xxxvj yeres and was borne before the same lease so made And that he saithe 

 he knowith for that that when his sayde brother was maried whiche is xxxiij 

 past as he hathe predeposid the same Isabell beinge a lytell gyrrell of a iij 

 yeres of age or somewhat more was bryde mayden at the same mariage / 



" To the vij he saithe he knowith not nor euer herde saye but the same 

 Indenture of lease before specifyed was and ys the very trew dede of the late 

 abbote and convent of Malmesbury then for the tyme beinge / And this 

 deponent herde saye that oone Sir John Frankeling Vicar of Puryton now 

 deceased dyd delyuer possession of the same premisses accordingly / 



" To the viij he saith he knoith that the same Kichard Pulley in his tyme 

 and Margaret his wife after him dyd allwayes occupie the same xix acres as 

 parcell of the manor of Puryton by vertue of the saide lease therof / And more 

 to this Interrogatory he cannot depose / 



" To the last he saith he neuer knewe the same Richard Pulley Margaret 

 his wyfe or the now complainaunte interrupted or disturbyd in the occupieng of 

 the saide manor and parsonage of Puriton vntyll this present tyme as he saithe 



[Attested by mark 



" William La[ne of] Puriton aforesaid Laborer of thage of xlviij yeres 

 sworne &c. 



"To the first he saithe he hathe knowen the same Lordeship of Puriton 

 by all the tyme of his remembraunce and was borne and broughte vp in the 

 same Towne by all his lyve tyme / 



" To the second and iij rd he saithe he hathe herde the same Lease specifyed 

 in this Interrogatory redde / And saithe the same lease was so made to the 

 persones namyd in the same and to the longest lyver of them xxxiij yeres ago 

 And that he saithe he knowith for he saithe that the same yere that possession 

 was gyven of the same manor of Puryton by oone Frankelyn Vicar ther vnto 



