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Purton. A Case in the Star Chamber. 



" To the v th . and vj th . he saithe ther was variaunce and grud[g]e betwene the 

 same Kichard Pulley and the same Vicar Frankelyn at the dethe of the saide 

 Frankelyn and xii monethes before whiche arose throughe that that the same 

 Frankelyn toke part with his parishners ageinst the same Richard Pulley 

 towching the inclosure of a parcell of grounde callyd Sowthemore and 

 Puryton Hill, whiche the saide Pulley went aboute to inclose / wherupon 

 muche strife arose as he saithe / 



" To the vij th he saith he herde Vicar Frankelyn saye that yf Pulley had 

 not allredy gotten to his handes the farme of Puryton he wolde spende xl u 

 rather then he shulde haue yt so to trowble his parishners / 



" To the viij he neuer herde the Vicar Frankelyn talk any thinge that the 

 same Isabell now complainant shulde at any tyme haue the same ferme. 

 Nor euer herde any voyce therof vntyll long after the dethe of Gyles Pulley 

 within this v. or vj yeres as he saithe 



"To the ix he saith to his now remembrance yt is sythe the dethe of the 

 same Richard Pulley xvj yeres / And the same Margaret Pulley wife of the 

 saide Richard was very famylier with the last abbote of Malmesbury and gott 

 many voyde holdes in the towne ther at the same abbotes handes by copie of 

 Court Roll after her saide husbandes decease and usyd to ryde very often to 

 the same abbey of Malmesbury / 



" To the x th he saithe thys article concernyth him not nor can depose therof / 



" To the xj he saithe he was not present at any lyvery and season gyven 

 ther nor herde of any gyven within this xxxiij yeres of any parte of the 

 same manor and parsonage of Puryton / And saithe that he knewe the same 

 Richard Pulley now deceasyd fermour of Puryton and occupie the same xl u 

 yeres past / this deponent beinge then a yonge boye dwelling with the same 

 parson Frankelyn 



[Attested by a cross.'] 



" William Robbyns of Puryton aforesaide husbandman of thage of lx yeres 

 sworne &c. 



" To the first he saithe he knew the same John Frankelyn vicar of Puryton 

 xl u yeres past 



" To the second and iij d he knowith nothing. 



" To the iiij th he saithe that yt is to his remembrance xxxiiij yeres ago 

 sythe the saide Frankelyn dyed / and dyed aboute Bartylmew tyde as he saithe / 



" To the v th and vj he saithe that he knewe the same Richard Pulley to be 

 fermour and to occupie the ferme of the manor of Puryton xl li yeres ago and 

 long before this deponentes comyng to the Towne of Puryton wiche is xxxvj 

 yeres past as he saith that he so came to Puryton And saithe that ther was 

 greate variaunce and grudge betwene the same Pulley and the same Frankleyn 

 then vicar of Puryton xij monethes and more before the dethe of Frankleyn 

 which arose as he saithe for that the same Pulley wolde haue inclosyd a 

 parcell of grounde from the parishners ther wherin the same Frankelyn toke 

 parte ageynst him and holpe his parishners therin / And so they contynewyd 

 vntyll the dyeng daye of the saide Frankelyn by asmoche as this deponent 

 coulde euer know or here / 



