f. 231v
Ad quintum Interrogationem dicit that he doeth
knowe that the articulate Thomas lane
did teache and instructe fower of the
chilldren of the articulate Elizabeth whitton
begotten by her husband ffraunces whitton
(as he beleaveth) together with diuers
other Chilldren in the Countrie thereaboutes
in the Chappell at whitton, and had
his table\ free /with master whitton as he hath
heard Et aliter nescit deponere.
Ad sextum et septimum dicit quod nescit
deponere.
Edmunde shermonde
Iacobus Ballard
ffrancisca Iones vxor david
Iones parochie de Hopton wafers
in Comitatu Salopie, ætatis v
lijo annorum aut eo circiter testis producta
iurata et examinata dicit et deponit
vt sequitur.
1 Ad primum articulum dicit et deponit That
for twoo or three yeares last past, there have
benne a speach in the Countrie, that the articulate
Thomas lane hath liued incontinently with the
articulate Elizabeth whitton. Et vlterius dicit that
aboutes seaven yeares\ last/ past, this examinate cam to visite
the ar said Elizabeth whitton then lieng sicke being
vpon a munday as ffarre as she nowe remembreth
And at her coming th to the said Elizabeth
she found the said Elizabeth lieng in her bedd
and the said Thomas lane in the bedd with
her in his clothes betwixt the sheetes and she
comming to the bed \did put in her hand and did feele/ s<aw>e the said Thomas lane his
right legge betwixt the said Elizabeth whitton
her legges, her smocke being trussed vpp so vppon
her belly, and one of her armes was vnder his
necke and her other arme vpon him and one
of his armes laie ouer her bodie about her girdle
And this examinate demaunding of the said Thomas
lane whie he laie in such manner he
To the fifth question he says that he does know that the articulate, Thomas Lane, did teach and instruct four of the children of the articulate Elizabeth Whitton begotten by her husband Francis Whitton (as he believes) together with diverse other children in the country thereabouts the chapel at Whitton, and had his table free with Master Whitton as he had heard. And otherwise he knows nothing to depose.
To the sixth and seventh he says that he knows nothing to depose.
Edmund Sherman
Jacob Ballard
Francesca Jones, wife of David Jones, of the parish of Hopton Wafers in the county of Shropshire, aged fifty-two years or thereabouts. The witness, produced, sworn, and examined, says and deposes as follows.
To the first article she says and deposes that for two or three years last past, there has been a speech in the country that the articulate, Thomas Lane, has lived incontinently with the articulate, Elizabeth Whitton. And otherwise she says that about seven years last past, this examinate came to visit the said Elizabeth Whitton, then lying sick being upon a Monday as far she now remembers. And at her coming to the said Elizabeth, she found the said Elizabeth laying in her bed and the said Thomas Lane in the bed with her in his clothes between the sheets and she coming to the bed (did put in her hand and did feel) the said Thomas Lane, his right leg between the said Elizabeth Whitton her legs, her smock being up so upon her belly, and one of her arms was under his neck, and her other arm upon him and one of his arms lay over her body about her girdle. And this examinate demanding of the said Thomas Lane why he lay in such a manner, he