restrayned the seyd pleyntyffes of hauyng of xxti lodes of wodde in Bradon Wodde yerely accordyng to the purport of the seyd Indenture of lease or not and howe long and duryng what tyme he hath so restrayned and kept them from the seyd wodde. / "12. Item wheder the seyd defendaunt hath caused lxx trees to be cutt down in oon of the seuerall pasture of the seyd pleyntyffes and hath suffred the same trees to lye there ever sithen Cristynmas last past or not / and to what sum of money you esteme the grasse to be of that ground which the seyd trees have dystroyed in the same pasture by reason of lying thereof. "13. Item wheder oon John Brydges and James More seruauntes to the seyd defendaunt at ij or iij seuerall tymes haue entred in the court of the seyd pleyntyffes with a hande gunne and then and there dyd shote and kyll with the seyd gunne -hennes and -capons of the seyd pleyntyffes or not or howe many hennes and capons they then and there kylled and what the same were worth. / "14. Item wheder the seyd John Brydges dyd shote a pellett out of a handegunne into the kechyn of the seyd pleyntyffes / theyr seruaunttes then beyng in the same or not./ "15. Item wheder the seyd defendaunt hath caused hys seruauntes to putt horses into seuerall pastures and corne feyldes of the seyd pleyntyffes or not / and how many horses and howe often they were so putt in and what was the corne worth that they haue eatyn of the seyd pleyntyffes. / "16. Item wheder the seyd Sir Edmund Brydges aboutt the xth daye of Marche last past procured and caused oon Henry Brydges hys brother and hys seyd Bereward to come and entre into a certen pasture called Wyndemyllhyll beyng parcell of the premyssez graunttid to the seyd pleyntyffes as aforeseyd and then and there to take oon calue of the seyd pleyntyffes and to cutt of the tayle of the same calue hard by the rompe and to stone or cutt of the eares of the same calue nere by the hedde and also to cutt of the clawes of the fete of the same calue or not. / and of what age the seyd calf was and what he was worth. / "17. Item whether the seyd Bereward and dyuers other of the seruauntes of the seyd defendaunttes dyd lately lede and dryue a beare of the same defendauntes into the seyd pasture called Wyndemylhyll and dyd there lett the same beare lose and putt grett dogges at the same beare or not / and wheder iij of the pleyntyffes kyne beyng then in the same pasture and beyng grett with calues dyd cast theyr calues or not and wheder both the same kyne and calues dyed within iij or iiij dayes then next ensuyng after the seyd yvyll handlyng feare and chacyng which they then had by reason of the seyd beare and dogges so then beyng in the same pasture or not. / And what were the names of the seid defendauntes seruauntes that so dyd the same and wheder they dyd the same by the procurement of the seyd Sir Edmund or not. And what ye thynke the same kyne and calues were worth. / "18. Item wheder the seyd James More and other of the seruaunttes of the seyd defendauntes aboute the xxvjth daye of Februarye last past [1547-8] dyd cast downe into a welle of the seyd pleyntyffes beyng at the seyd mancion house of the same pleyntyffes oon cart lode of dunge and other thynges or not. and wheder the water of the same welle by occasion therof was clene stopped and dystroyed vntyll the tyme the seyd pleyntiffes caused the same welle to be clensed or not. / and wheder the same were doon by the cummandement assent or procurement of the seyd defendaunt or not / and wheder ye thynke in your conscience that the seyd Sir Edward (sic) were priuey assentyng or agreying to the same or not./ "19. Item wheder the seyd defendaunt hath so threapened and manassed oon Anthony Doswell-beyng poore laboryng men which were accustomed to come and labor and to doo worke with the seyd pleyntyffes for theyr hyre and wages that they ne any of them dare not nowe come and worke ne do any labour with the same pleyntyffes for feare of the dyspleasure of the seyd defendaunt or not. / "20. Item whether the seyd Sir Edmund Brydges hath stretly warned forbydd and monysshed oon John Ware John Wevyng and Wylliam Webbe who were accustomed to kepe the seyd mancion house of the seid pleyntyffes when they were absent that they ne any of them shuld no more lye in the seyd mancion house of the seyd compleynauntes ne yet kepe the same / And wheder the same Ware Wevyng and Webbe or any of them at any tyme sythen the seyd monycion kept or leyn in the same house or not. /” "Ex. xiij Nouembris Ano secundo E. vj. [13th Nov., 1548.] Star Chamber Proceedings, Edward VI. "Examinacio testium facta super [interrogatoriis] per Benedictum Jey ministratis. "JOHN MESSENGER of Puriton in the [county] of Wiltes' yoman of thage of xlij yeres [and] aboue sworne, &c. "To the first second iijd iiijth and vth he sayeth he cannot depose to the contentes of thes interrogatories. / "To the vjth he saithe that by all the tyme of his remembrance whiche is aboute a xxx yeres this deponent hathe knowen that Richard Pulley father to Isabell Jeye oone of the complainauntes during his lyfe dyd occupye and enioye the ferme the of same manor of Puryton with the parsonage of Puriton vnder the late abbotes for the tyme being of the late monastry of Malmesbury, and dyd percyue receyve and take the profettes and commodyties therof by all his lyfe tyme / And after his decease whiche was a xv or xvi yeres paste Margaret Pulley his wife dyd occupie and enioye the same during her lyfe tyme / And after her decease whiche was aboute a iij yeres past the same Isabell now complainaunt her daughter dyd occupie the same and hath euersythe enioyed the same in peaseable [maner] / And this deponent neuer herde the contrary but that they haue so occupied and enioyed the same by vertue of an Indenture of lease to them made therof by the late abbote and covent of Malmesbury / And ne contradiction made therin by any persone to his knoledge as he saithe / And more towchinge this interrogatory he canne not depose /. "To the vijth he saithe he herde John Precye saye that he was attorney namyd in the same Indenture to delyuer seison and possession of the same premisses and that he accordingly dyd delyuer possession therof vnto the same Richard Pulley and the resideue namyd in the same Indenture aboute a xxxij or xxxiij yeres past /. "To the viij he cannot depose /. "To the ix he cannot depose /. "To the xth he saithe that the same xix acres mencyoned in this interrogatory haue allwayes by all the tyme of his remembraunce byn occupied by the fermors of the same manor of Puryton / But whether the saide Mr. Bridges hathe or dothe now take the profettes therof he saithe he knowith not /. "To the xj he cannot depose /. "To the xij he saithe that the same Sir [Edmund] Bridges hathe fellyd certen trees vpon the [land] of the complainauntes wherof he saithe the [most parte] he hathe carryed awaye and some yet [remain] ther behinde / And he supposithe no great [hurt] or losse to be in the grasse of the [complainauntes] ther by lyeng of the trees ther/. "To the xiij and all the residewe of thes interrogatories he saith he can nothinge depose." [Attested by mark.] "WILLIAM ROBBYNS of Puriton aforesaid husbandman of thage of lx. yeres sworne, &c. "To the first second iij iiij and vth he cannot depose to thes interrogatories "To the vjth he saithe that he hathe byn inhabitant in Puriton by the space of xxti yeres. In the wiche tyme he saithe he hathe knowen that the same Richard Pulley during his lyfe tyme dyd occupie and enioye the same manor of Puriton and the parsonage of Puriton with all thappurtenaunces as fermor to the late abbotes of Malmesbury for the tyme being and after his decease Margaret his wife dyd occupie and enioye the same by the space of [a] dosen yeres vntyll she dyed / And after her decease whiche was aboute a iij yeres past the same Isabell her daughter now complainaunt dyd enter the same and hathe euersythe occupied and enioyed the same quyetly withoute any contradiction / And this deponent neuer herde the contrary / but that they have enioyed the same successyvely by vertue of an indenture therof made to them frome the same late abbotes of Malmesbury / And more therof he knowith not. / "To the vijth he saith he hathe herde John Precy saye that he was an attorney namyd in the same dede indentyd and dyd delyuer seisyn and possession of the same premysses accordingly /. "To the viij he cannot depose /. "To the ix he cannot depose /. "To the xth he saithe that trew yt is that the same Sir Edmond Bridges hathe enterid into the same xix acres mencyoned in this interrogatory by the name of borde Lande / whiche this deponent saithe that he hathe knowen the fermors of the manor of Puriton allwayes occupie as parcell of theyr ferme / "To the xj he cannot depose / "To the xij he saithe the same Sir Edmond hathe fellyd certen trees for fewell vpon the grounde of the ferme of the saide [pleyntyfes which] he hathe carryed awaye to this deponentes [knowledge] / "To the xiii and all the residewe of thes interrogatories he saithe he knowith nothing of the contentes therof / [Attested by mark.] GEORGE BROWNE of Puriton aforesaid husbandman servant to the plaintiff of thage of xxiiij yeres sworne, &c. "To the first second and iijd he saithe that at the tyme articulid the same Sir Edmond Bridges accompanid with John Bradley James More John Edwardes oone Perye Gabriell Rede Nicholas Brewer and John Ayleworthe came to the mansion house of the same complainauntes they being then from home and ther meting this deponent seruant in the howse ther the same Mr. Bridges demaundyd him wher the ymage of St George was that was caryed furthe of the churche / this deponent anwering that he coulde not tell / And then [he] facyd this deponent saying that he had stolen yt awaye this deponent denyeng the same And then the same Mr. Bridges gave this deponent two buffettes on the face / wherwith this deponent stopid backe and went from him / And therupon he went into the kychin and ther founde Agnes Symes a mayden seruant whom he bett also And from thens went to the buttery and ther fynding Jane Webbe an other mayden seruant he bett her also and threw her ageynst a cupborde And so hering saye that the same image of St George was in the woll house ther he with a pycked staffe causyd the dore to be broken open and so entrid and toke away the same ymage of St George with him and so departyd And saith he so bett the maydens bycause they wolde not tell him wher theyr mystres was nor delyuer him the key of the same woll house And saithe the same persones had swerdes and daggers and oone a pykd staffe / "To the iiijth he saithe that within a vj dayes after James More John Edwardes and oone Pery seruauntes to the same Mr. Bridges and other personnes with them came to the same house of the pleyntyfe ther in the nighte tyme and ther brake open the dofe house and kylled the younge dofes and fearyd awaye the olde beinge then [above] a c cople as he saythe and with [staves] beate rounde aboute within the same dovehouse so that the same doves so fearyd came not [ageyn] to the same howse as he saithe/ And saithe he knowith perfytly well that James More and John Edwardes seruauntes of [Mr. Bridges] by him before namyd wer therat / for he saith [he] sawe them and spake to them oute of a window And as towching the valor of the doves so destroyed he saithe he knowith not / "To the vth he saith that the same Mr. Bridges horses hathe sondry tymes byn put in to the yarde of the saide pleyntyfe and ther eaten suche heye as his cattall wer fotheryd with all / And none of the saide pleyntyfes seruauntes durst turne them furthe for the saide Mr. Bridges and his seruauntes haue often tymes beaten this deponent and other seruauntes of the pleyntyfe for so turning his horses furthe/ and he hathe stonde by whiles the childeren of the howse haue dryven them furthe and sayde what harlot is that (meanyng the wife of the howse as he saithe) that cannot suffer her Lande Lordes horse to eate a bytt of haye emongest her beastes / "To the vj vij and viij he cannot depose / "To the ix he saithe he herde the prest of Puriton saye that Mr. Bridges had chargid him to commaunde the parishners to paye no tythes to the pleyntyfe / "To the xth he saithe that the same Mr. Bridges taketh the rent of the same xix acres whiche is parcell of the manor of Puryton and hathe allwayes byn occupied by the fermors of the same manor as he hathe herde seye / To the xjth he saithe that the saide Mr. Bridges hathe restrayned xxti loodes of wood this yeare from the saide pleyntyfe wiche he shulde have had in Braidon wood as he saithe / "To the xijth he saith that the same Mr. Bridges hathe fellyd aboute a lx trees in oone of the pastures of the saide pleyntyfe and hathe sufferid a greate parte of them to lye styll on the grounde to the hurte and losse of the grasse but how muche he knowith not / "To the xiij he saithe he sawe John Bridges kyll with his hand gonne oone henne of the pleyntyfes within his yarde and vsyth muche to shote therwith aboute the pleyntyfes house/ "To the xiiij he cannot depose / "To the xv he saithe the sayd Mr. Bridges horses hathe sondry tymes byn put into the corne feldes of the saide pleyntyfe the corne grene on the grounde and this deponent durst not put them furthe but at oone tyme tolde the same Mr. Bridges therof and askyd whether he shulde put them furthe or no / who answerid and chargid this deponent to lett them be ther styll / "To the xvj he saith that Henry Bridges and J... Nicholas toke a calfe of the saide pleyntyfes of ... dayes age and cut of the tayle therof and [the] eares by the hedde and also the hoves of wherat he saith he was not present / but sawe [the] calfe afterwardes so handelyd wiche the same persones haue not denyed the doyng therof/ but [sythe] that tyme Mr. Bridges dyd offer mony for the same calfe so handelyd and destroyid / "To the xvij he saithe that Mr. Bridges Beareward and his seruauntes dyd course a beare vpon the grounde callyd Wyndmyll Hill wher the pleyntyfes kyen beinge greate with calfes dyd pasture And of the same kyen oone dyd cast her calfe and two other of the kyen dyed greate with calfe / And as he supposyth yt came miche throughe the coursing of the same beare emongest them/ "To the xviij he saith ther was aboute a carte lood of dunge cast in to the well of the plaintiff but by whome he knowith not / And by that meanes he saith the water was stopid vntyll yt was therof clensid/ "To the xix he saithe he herde Mr. Bridges demaunde oone Anthony Dodeswell a laborer whither he went to worke / who answered to Bennet Jayes And then he sayde ageyne yf thou go thither to worke I shall beate the that thou shalt not be able to helpe thiself And therwith the same Dodeswell retornyd backe ageyne "To the last he saith he cannot perfytly depose [Attested by mark.] |