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[to be sealyd] with his seale / whiche abbot causid the same [to] be redde to 

 him by oone John Dyer scolemaster in the [same] monastery in the presence 

 of the same prior this [deponent and] the same Kichard Pulley And so then 

 vpon [hearing] therof he commaundyd this deponent beinge h[is chape]leyne 

 to setto his seale of office whiche this deponent so dyd and had vj.s. viijc?. for his 

 fee therin accordinge to the custome of the same monastry as he saithe / 

 And so then incontynentlye the same Abbot delyuerid the same lease so 

 sealyd vnto the same Kichard Pulley in the presence abouenamyd And 

 saithe the same lease was so made to the same Eichard Pulley and his wife 

 and to certen childerne wherof the same Isabell was ooone namyd therin of 

 his perfyt remembrance as he saithe And ther was reseruid vpon the same 

 lease the yerely rent of xxiij 1 ' / And more therof he dothe not now re- 

 member / 



" To the iiij th he saithe that incontynentlye after the graunte of the same 

 lease the saide Richard Pulley dyd enioye and occupie the same farme vntyll 

 his decease whiche was to his remembrance aboute a dosen yeres after / 



"To the v th he saithe that to his knoledge all the persohes namyd in the 

 same lease be decide and the same Isabell now complainaunte as survivor 

 dothe enioye and occupie the same farme by vertue of the same lease 



" To the vj th [he saithe that] within a yere after that the same lease was 

 [grauntid] this deponent as chapeleyn to the then Abbot [was attendant 

 vpon the same Abbot at courte h[olden up]on the same manor and so dynid 

 in the h[ouse of] the same Pulley fermour ther At what tyme . . . he 

 remembrith that he sawe the same Isabell then ther a lytell gyrle of a iij or 

 iiij yeres of age playng in the house ther / 



" To the vijth he saithe he herde saye that S r John Frankelyn Vicar of 

 Puryton dyd delyuer possession to the same Richard Pulley accordingly. 

 And saith that he remembrith that the then Abbot wrote his letter to the 

 saide Frankelyn to put the said Pulley in possession of the same ferme / 



" To the viij he cannot depose / 



" To the last he saithe he neuer knew or herde of any of the persones 

 namyd in the same lease to be interrupted in the occupieng therof vntyll this 

 present strife as he saithe / 



[Attested] "By me Richard Gage." 



Chancer y Proceedings, Edward VI., 

 Bundle I., No. 39. 



"Interrogatories to be mynystred on the behalf of S r Edmund Bryddges 

 Knight agenest Benett Joy & Isabell his wyffe. 



" 1. First how long is hyt agoo sence the lesse was made by the Abbott 

 and Covent of Malmesbury of the maner & Parsonage of Puryton in the 

 Countye of Wiltes to Richard Polley &c. and by whom and in what place was 

 hyt delyvered and how know you hyt to be true 



" 2. Item what was the Abbottes name at the enselyng & delyvery of the 

 lesse And how long wasse the Abbot Abbott before that tyme. 



