Wilis/iire Quarter Sessions. 



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"The Examynacon of Thomas Eaye thelder of the 

 cittye of Newe Sarum aforesayde Clothier taken 

 before the right wor 11 Tho 8 Hancock Maor of the 

 sayd Cittie S r Edward Penruddock Knight Edward 

 Estcourte Esq re and Richard Godfrey gent Justices 

 of His Mat 8 peace in the sayd Cittie the Thirty eth 

 daye of Maye in the fowerth yeare of the Raigne 

 of O r Sovereigne lord James the King's Mat ie that 

 now is. 



" This Exate saythe Tht he and one Barnabye sometime the servant of John 

 Stallenge went to Grene Crafte nere unto the Cittie wher the sayd Barnabye 

 p'swaded Will m Smythe to go w th hym and this Exate unto Claringdon P'ke to 

 kill a deare and metinge w th Stephen Boman was enticed or p'swaded to go w th 

 them who uppon Twesdaye about Ten oi\; Eleven of the clocke in the nighte went 

 all together from Grene Crafte aforesayd unto Claringdon Parke havinge with 

 them one horse and two greyhounds and when they were come nere to the P'ke 

 pale they lefte the horse nere unto Laverstocke peninge and theruppon the sayd 

 Barnabye together w tn the other two went into the Parke wher they killed one 

 male deare w ch they broughte unto this Exate wheruppon this Exate came awaye 

 from them to his owne house and the others followed hym and broughte the sayd 

 Deare to this Exats howse w c ' ie deare was broken uppe by the said Barnabye 

 . . . . and pte thereof was baked by one Cragge and eaten in this Exats- 

 howse on Assencon daye at supper. 



" T Hancock Maior Edw Penruddok Ric Godfrey 

 " Edw Estcote." 



A few further examples may be pardoned. 



Michaelmas, 1609. Depositions that William Hall and Jeffery 

 Benger, of Milton : — 



" Made an appointment to meete in Mylton Heathe that night between nyne 

 and ten of the clocke wheare they met a horse backe accordinglie and from thence 

 rode togeather throughe Wootton Laune to tbe gate of the Greate P'ke of 

 Savernake called Wootton Gate * . . . . Benger and he ... . had 

 ether of them a crosse bowe and as soone as they weare entred w tn in the P'ke 

 they went up and downe .... to wyn a shoote at a deare but killed none 

 . . . . and towardes the morninge retourning back to the gate of the sayd 

 p'ke wheare they came in they weare theare incountred by the keep's of the sayd 

 P'ke." 



At the same sessions Robert Shepperd deposes : — 



" That being at the Church of Melkesham that day at a sermone, his wife sent 

 unto him by direction of on W m Nolly .... to repare to his house . . 

 s . to make a start with him into the Forrest [of Blackmore] ther to shew 



• The unlocking of this gate vras rather a troublesome business— and there is a suggestion of the 

 manufacture of a key for future needs. 



