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house than the next three parishes could eat at one meal ! " The 

 document (here much reduced in length) is thus marked on the 

 fly-leaf, "This Boke containeth the matter between Argill (Hartgiil) 

 and Richard Zouche Esq." Mr. R. Zouche was son and heir to 

 John 9th Lord Zouche. 



(No. 16.) 1540, April 8, Depositions taken at Bruton before Sir Giles 

 btrangeways Kt., Sir John Horsey Kt., Sir Hugh Paulett Kt., Nicholas Fitz- 

 James and George Gilbert Esqrs.* 



" Thomas Amys off South Bruham, co. Som. saythe that one 

 John Webbe als Smythe being servaunt to William Hartgell of 

 Kylmyngton aboute ix yeres past with one John Crase, John 

 Bryant and oders, did stele a mare with a colt of the price of xxvjs. 

 viijd. of the goodes of this deponent, for which felonye the said 

 Crase was arraigned and put yn execucon at Yevilchestre, and 

 Crase at the tyme of his deth didd confesse that John Webbe was 

 the principall doer of the stelynge of the mare and colte, and 

 Bryant toke sanctuarij for the some felonye at Charter housse 

 Witham, and ther beyng, confessed the like mater for Webbe and 

 hym selff as Crase before confessed ; and apon knowlege that Crase 

 was taken for the same felonye, Webbe fledd the con trey for it. 

 And sithen that tyme apon boldenes of Hartgiil, Webbe bathe 

 dyvers tymes resorted yn to this countrey and hath byn maynteyned 

 by the seide Hartgiil yn his house at dyvers tymes." Being a 

 witness against Webb, the deponent was arrested under a warrant 

 "granted by (Wm.) Lorde Stourton and thereapon was put yn the 

 stockes by the space of iiij howres, being ther extremly thretenyd 

 and ynforced by the same to fynde nywe sewertyes for the peace 

 and also paide ther iiijs. for his fees or he cowlde departe. 



" Henry Moore alias Smithe of Kylmyngton saithe apon his othe 

 that the seide Hartgiil and his sonnes Wyllyam and John hathe 

 dyvers tymes layen yn a wayte and pykked quarrelles to this 

 deponent, and made dyvers assaultes as well ageyn him as agayn 

 som of his servauntes, yn so moche that Willyam son of the said 

 Hartgyll did chace this saide deponent with his swerd drawen, the 



• Star Chamber Proceedings, Henry VIII., vol. ii., pp. 24—30. 

 VOL. VIII. — NO. XXIV. BB 



