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Purton. A Case in the Star Chamber. 



" 3. Item who was Abbott next before the Abbott in whose time the lesse 

 was made & how long agoo is hyt sence they [" he" substituted'] dyed & who 

 was next Abbot after hym that made the lesse 



" 4. Item how long any of the deponentes had byn monckes at the tyme 

 of the sealyng & delyvery of the saide dede & of what age were they then & 

 who was Prior then. 



" 5. Item whether any of the deponentes dyd knowe one John Frankelyn 

 onys vicar of Puryton And how long was hyt that the said vicar died before 

 the delyvery of the said lesse. And whether Eychard Polley & he were 

 fryndes abought halfe yere before Frankleyn dyed or noo, And yf they were 

 not fryndes what was the cause therof & wherupon rose hyt by meanys of 

 denyall of Comen to the tennauntes or noo." 



Star Chamber Proceedings, Henry VIII., 

 Bundle 24, No. 6. 



" Ex. xxvj" Aprilis Super interrogatoriis ex parte 



An° E. vj. iij°. Edmundi Bridges Militis 



(26th April, 1549.) ultimo loco ministratis 



" John Dyer of Tetbury in the County of Gloucester of thage of lix yeres 

 sworne, &c. 



" To the first he say the yt is xxxiij yeres ago sythe the same lease was so 

 made to the saide Kichard Pulley and thother persones namyd in the same / 

 whiche dede was delyuerid in thabbottes lodgyng of Malmesbury by the then 

 abbote vnto the same Richard Pulley And saithe he knowith the same to be 

 the trewe dede of the same abbot and Convent bycause yt was sealyd with the 

 seales of thabbot and Convent and by the same abbot as theyr dede delyuerid 

 to the saide Richard Pulley / 



" To the second he saithe the the abbote of Malmesbury that so made and 

 delyueryd the same lease was callyd abbot Camme and dyd so graunte the 

 same in the fyrst yere that he was so made abbote 



"To the iij d he saithe that the abbote nexte before abbote Camme was 

 callyd Richard Frampton who dyed aboute a xxxiiij yeres ago or theraboute 

 And ther nexte after abbote Camme succeded oone Robert Frampton 

 Chaunter of the saide monastery 



" To the iiij fch he saithe he had dwelte in the same late monastry before 

 the graunte of the same lease aboute a iij yeres And doth not now remember 

 the name of the then prior ther 



" To the last he saithe that he knew perfytly well the same John Frankelyn 

 some tyme vicar of Puryton who dyed xxxj yeres past and aboute a twelve 

 moneth after possession by him delyueryd of the same manor of Puryton to 

 the saide Richard Pulley And whether the same Frankelyn and Pulley were 

 frendes halfe a yere before the dethe of the saide Frankelyn he saith he knowith 

 not nor knew of any variaunce betwene them / " 



"Richard Vaughan alias Asheton Clerke late monke professid of the 

 late dissolued howse of Malmesbury of thage of liij yeres sworne, &c. 



" To the first he saithe yt is xxxiij yeres past sythe the lease specify ed in 



