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the said Elizabeth and her husband. Et aliter
nescit deponere.
Ad quartum et quintum dicit quod necsit deponere.
6. Ad sextum dicit that the articulate ffraunnces
Whitton is the naturall and lawfull
sonne of the foresaid Elizabeth Whitton
Et aliter nescit deponere.
Ad 7 dicit quod nescit deponere.
Ad vltimum dicit predeposita sua fuisse et esse
vera etc.
Idem examinatus super Interrogationibus ex parte
Elizabeth Whitton ministratis dicit vt
sequitur videlicet.
Ad primum Interrogationem dicit respondet negative.
2. Ad secundum articulum dicit that this examinate did
Heare that the sa articulate ffraunces Inkes alias
Iones had a Child of her bodie vnlawfully
begotten Et aliter nescit deponere.
3 Ad tertium interrogationem dicit that aboutes eight yeares
past this examinate did see the articulate Thomas
Lane lie vppon the bed of the said Elizabeth
whitton in manner and forme as th is in his des deposicions to the first article \of the matter exceptive/ declared
vnto which he referreth himself, being in the
presence of mistres ffox of stoke, ffraunces Iones
alias Inkes and somme others whose names he
doeth not nowe remember. Et aliter nescit deponere.
Ad quartum Interrogationem nescit deponere.
the said Elizabeth and her husband. And otherwise he knows nothing to depose.
To the fourth and fifth he says he knows nothing to depose.
To the sixth he says that the articulate, Frances Whitton, is the natural and lawful son of the foresaid Elizabeth Whitton. And otherwise he knows nothing to depose.
To the seventh he says that he knows nothing to depose.
To the last he says his depositions made above were and are true.
Concerning the interrogations administered on the part of Elizabeth Whitton the same examinate says as follows, namely.
To the first question he responds in the negative.
To the second article he says that this examinate did hear that the articulate, Frances Inkes alias Iones, had a child of her body unlawfully begotten. And otherwise he knows nothing to depose.
To the third question he says and deposes that about eight years last past this examinate did see the articulate, Thomas Lane, lie upon the bed of the said Elizabeth Whitton in manner and form as is in his depositions to the first article (of the matter exceptive) declared unto which he refer himself, being in the presence of Mistress Fox of Stoke, Frances Iones alias Inkes, and some others whose names he does not now remember. And otherwise he knows nothing to depose.
To the fourth question he knows nothing to depose.