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and the saide Pulley by the space of a hole yere before the dethe of the saide 

 Frankelyn / And this deponent herde the same Frankelyn saye / that he 

 wolde he had gyven xl u that the same Pulley had neuer byn fermor ther nor 

 euer come amongst his parishners / 



"To the viij th he saith he neuer herde the same Frankelyn talke at any 

 tyme that the same Isabell now complainant shulde at any tyme haue the 

 same ferme nor euer herde therof at any other mans mouth as he saithe 

 saving that aboute a x yeres past upon the dethe of Gyles Pulley her brother 

 ther was a voyce that the same Isabell shulde haue the same ferme after her 

 mothers decease. 



" To the ix and x he saithe he dothe not remember how long yt is sythe 

 the dethe of Eichard Pulley / And saithe ther was famelyarytie betwene 

 Margeret Pulley the wife of the saide Eichard and the last abbote of Malmes- 

 bury after her saide husbandes decease / And she obteynid at thandes of the 

 same abbote iij seuerall holdes by copie of this deponentes perfyt knoledge / 

 And the same Margaret Pulley in token of suche famylyarytie and frendship 

 toward the same abbote sent her sonne Gyles Pulley now decesyd to this 

 deponent to desyre this deponent at her request to lende to the same abbote 

 xl H . to ryde vp to London with all he being then destitute of mony / and 

 promised that she wolde be bonde to this deponent for the repayment therof 

 and also helpe him to a good turne at thabbotes handes for advouson of a 

 benefice or other holde of the same abbotes gyfte / 



" To the last he saith he neuer knew or herde of any lyuery and season 

 made of the same farme of Puryton by the saide Frankelyn vnto Eichard 

 Pulley within thes xxxiiij yeres. / But saithe that xxxvij yeres past being the 

 second yere after his comyng to seruice to the same Frankelyn as he hath 

 predeposyd this deponent was present with Sir Henry Egmanton prest John 

 Glede and Thomas Goldsmith when the saide Frankelyn Vicar of Puryton 

 dyd delyuer possession of the saide ferme vnto the saide Eichard Pulley to 

 thuse of the saide Eichard Pulley Margaret his wife Edmonde Ambrose and 

 Gyles theyre chyldrene and no otherwise as he saithe. And whether the 

 persones then ther present with him be on lyve he knowith not but supposith 

 them to be dede onles the same Henry Egmanton prist be on lyve And 

 more therof he cannot depose / 



" John Hayse parson of Lydeard." 



[Autograph signature.~\ 



" Thomas Eles of Puryton aforesaide husbandman of thage of lij yeres 

 sworne &c. / 



" To the first second iij a and iiij th he saithe he knewe the same John 

 Frankelyn Vicar of Puryton xl. yeres agoo and some what more and dwelte 

 with him aboute a x. yeres vntyl he dyed And saithe he lay sycke viij or ix 

 dayes before he dyed. And dyed some what before Bartylmew iyde to his 

 now remembraunce being at last Bartylmew tyde xxxiij or xxxiiij yeres ago. 

 And that he saithe he knowith for that this deponent after his dethe was 

 singleman and labored for his lyving abrode iiij yeres and then marryed and 

 hathe byn now a maryed man thes xxx yeres as he saithe / 



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