By the Rev. J. E. Jackson. 



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crosse bowe and kylled the geldynge, noysynge abroed that the 

 sayd William Hartgill hadd that nyght bene huntynge in the sayd 

 parke uppon the geldynge. Thus the sayd Lord Stourton con- 

 tynued his mallice styll durynge all kynge Edwarde's regn and 

 with violence and force toke from the sayd "William Hartgyll all 

 the corn and catall that he could any way come bye whiche were 

 the sayd Hartgilles. When kynge Edward was dedd the sayd 

 William Hartgill and John hys sonne made humble sute to Quene 

 Marye hyr honorable Councell for some redresse, hyr majestie lyinge 

 then att Basynge in Hamshyre ; whiche sayd Councell called the 

 sayd Lord Stourton and the sayd William Hartgyll before them 

 and there the sayd Lord Stourtcn promysed that yf the sayd 

 William Hartgill and hys sonne woolde come whome to hys house 

 and desyre his good will they shuld not only have yt but also shuld 

 be restored to theyr gooddes and catalles that he hadd of theyrs. 

 Wheruppon they, trustynge hys faythfull promesse made before 

 suche a presence, toke one John Dackombe Esquyer with them to 

 be a wytnesse of theyr submyssion : and when they came nygh 

 Stourton house, in a lane, half a dussen of the Lord Stourton's men 

 russhed foorth and lettynge Mr. Dackombe and the sayd William 

 Hartgyll passe them, stept before the sayd John Hartgyll, and 

 when he torned hys horsse to have rydden awey whomeward agayn 

 syx of the sayd Lords men were there with wepons to staye hym, 

 and so beynge besett boathe before and behynd they strake at hym, 

 and before he could drawe hys swerd and gett from hys horsse, 

 they hadd woonded hym in thre or foure places : then he gat his 

 backe to a hedge and there defended hymself as well as he could, 

 albeit they woounded hym in the hedd, the hand, the body and the 

 legges, and left hym for dedd. Neverthelesse when he had lyne so 

 almost half an houre he came to hymself agayne, and by the helpe 

 of a coke of the sayd Lord Stourton's who toke pytye uppon hym, 

 he got uppon hys horsse and so rode to th'ouse of one Rychard 

 Mumpesson of Mayden Bradley gent for he[lp]." \_Here this Manu- 

 script, being only a fragment, abruptly terminates], 



"This" (says Strype) "at last became a Star-Chamber business ; 

 and, in fine, the matter appear'd so heinously base on the said Lord 



