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this interrogatory was made to the same Eichard Pulley and thother persones 

 namyd in the same lease And saithe the same being agreed vpon in the chapiter 

 howse the prior ther for the tyme being toke the same into his handes / and 

 how or by whome or in what place yt was delyueryd to the same Eichard 

 Pulley he knowith not / And saithe he knoith the same lease to be the trew 

 dede of the same abbot and convent bycause yt was fully agreed vpon in the 

 chapiter house by the hole convent ther assemblyd / 



" To the second he saithe the abbot that sealyd to the same lease was callyd 

 Eychard Camme and sealyd the same in the fyrst yere that he was made 

 abbot to his nowe remembrance / 



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

 was callyd Eichard Frampton and dyed aboute a xxxiiij yeres past And next 

 after abbote Camme succeeded oone Eobert Frampton and was abbote of 

 Malmesbury / 



" To the iijth he saithe that at the tyme of thensealing of the said lease 

 this deponent had byn professid monke of Malmesbury aboute a iij yeres and 

 was then to his now remembraunce aboughte an xviij or xix yeres of age / 

 And at the ensealing of the same lease oone Bourton [" Cuttering " erased] 

 was prior ther to his now remembrance. 



" To the last he saithe he dyd not knowe the same John Frankelyn some 

 tyme vicar of Puryton nor can depose any thing of this interrogatory." 



Star Chamber Proceedings, Edivard VI. 

 Bundle 8, No. 41. 



" Interrogatories to be mynystred on the behalf of Sir Edmund Bridges 

 knight agenst Benet Joy and Isabell his wiffe./ 



" 1 First dyd yow euer knowe John Frankleyn clark onys Vicar of Puryton 

 in the countye of Wiltes / And yf yow dyd how long ys hyt sence yow knew 

 hym fyrst./ 



" 2 Item dyd yow euer dwell with hym / And how long dwelt yow ther./ 



" 3 Item were yow dwellyng with the same Frankleyn at the tyme of his 

 death or noo / And yf yow dyd how long dyd the same Frankleyn lye sycke 

 before he departyd./ 



" 4 Item how long agoo ys hyt sence the same Frankleyn dyed And how 

 know yow that to be true. And what tyme of the yere dyed the said Frankleyn 

 to your knowledge./ 



" 5 Item dyd yow know Eichard Polley onys farmer of Puryton And yf 

 yow dyd what frendship and amytye was ther bytwyxt the same Polley and 

 the said Frankleyn at the tyme of Franklens deth 



"6 Item yf they were not fryndes then how long was hyt that they 

 contynowed enemyes before the same Frankleyn dyed one yere or ij / And 

 what was the cause of their debate. 



" 7 Item what hard yow the same Frankleyn sey touchyng Polley s hauyng 

 of the same farme after the tyme that such varyaunce was./ 



" 8 Item dyd yow euer here Frankleyn talk that Isabell Joy should haue 

 the same farme / And how long is hyt since yow herd she shuld haue hytt./ 



"9 Item how long is hyt sence the same Eichard Polley dyedd to your 

 remembraunce And whether were Marg[ar]ett Polley wyffe to the said 

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