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and chamber of the said parsonage house, and them did then and there grevously 

 beate, and also then and there the said ryotous persons did grevously wounde 

 the saide Coker in the right legge so that he is in great daunger of his life and 

 not able nother to help hym self nother to do any service to your grace's said 

 subjecte, and moreover, gracious soveraigne lorde, where your poore subjecte in 

 the last term past, for dyvers and sondry greatte and urgent riottes and assaultes 

 by the saide Henry Symmys, Owyn at Yow, John Blanforde and others comytted 

 and done agaynst your ma ties peace and lawes upon your said subjecte and dyvers 

 others his servauntes wife and children, obteyned and got out of your high Corte 

 of Sterr Chamber your gracious writtes of subpena directed unto the said ryotous 

 and misruled persons there to appeare before your Majestie and the Lordes of your 

 most honorable counsaille to answer unto the saide riottes ; and your said orator 

 intendinge to have your said proces served upon the said riotous and mysruled 

 persons, delyvered the same writtes for that only purpose to one John Butler 

 servaunte to your said orator, wheruppon the said John Butler in the day of the 

 feast of the Natyvytie of our Lord Grod last past in the parish churche of Stourton 

 aforsaid delyvered your said proces to one John Blanforde and Roger Elys, which 

 Blanforde, perceivinge the said writte, beganne with hast to ronne out of the 

 said churche and amongest all the parisheners there then beinge, with a high 

 voyce began to cry oute " Kill hym, kyll hym," sweringe " by Godes blode," and 

 with that crye one John Grene alias Smyth of Stourton aforesaid, Nicholas 

 Mershe of the same, William Cokley of the same, John Prewett, J esper Grype, 

 of the same towne, Henry More of Kylmyngton yoman, Alexander More of 

 Kylmyngton, Thomas Reynolde of Kylmyngton yoman, Richard Welor alias 

 Suddon of Kylmyngton, husbondeman, being all servauntes and reteynors to 

 the said Lorde Stourton, the said day then and there forthwith assembled them 

 selfes together riotously with billes, staves, swerdes and daggers, and then and 

 there the said riotous and mysruled persons made assaulte upon the said John 

 Butler and then and there at the doore of the said churche, the said John Butler 

 beinge in Goddes pece and your highnes, and thinkynge no maner of evell, but 

 beinge bare-hedded without any maner of weapon upon hym, the said riotous 

 persons that is to saie the said Nicholas Mershe with a dagger, and other of 

 them with staves, did then and there not regarding your Ma tie nor your lawes 

 nor yet the said sacred place, did grevously wounde the said John Butler upon 

 the hedd with too grete woundes and leftt him lying at the said church dore for 

 ded, untill his wyf and other of his neighbours conveyd hym home to his house 

 in greate perell of deathe to his utter undoinge, of whiche beatinge and woundes 

 the said John Butler is and shalbe the worse in his body all the daies of his life 

 to his greate payne and shortninge of life : the manyfolde mysdemeanors of 

 whiche riotous persons not beinge ponysshed dothe daily give occasion that 

 many greate riotes, assaultes, and manslaughters be daily comytted and done 

 in your said countie, for reformacion wherof it may therefore please your highnes, 

 the premysses tenderly considered, to graunte your Ma tes . most gracious writte of 

 subpena to be directed unto the said Henry Symes, John Blanforde, Richard 

 Sudden alias Wheeler, and the other riotous persons aforesaid comaundinge 

 them thereby personally to appear before your Grace in your high Court of Sterr 

 Chamber there to answer to the premysses and to abide suche order therin as to 

 your highnes and your honorable councell shall seme to stando with equitie right 



