f. 135v
xxo Iunij
1598
Iacobus Ballard
Examinaciones testium ex parte et
per partem Thome Lane contra
Willelmum Whitton in Causa diffamationis. super
libelo etc.
Richardus Shrawley de westmore
parochie de Burford in Comitatu Salopie
yeoman vbi moram fecit per 2 Ann
Biennium ætatis xxiiij annorum aut eo
circiter testis productus iuratus
et examinatus dicit et deponit vt sequitur.
Ad primum articulum dicit eundem esse verum etc.
Ad 2 et tertium articulos dicit quod refert se ad
leges et Constitucionem articulatas.
Ad quartum articulum dicit et deponit That
diuers times within this twelvemoneth last
past, he this Examinate hathe heard the articulate william
whitton saie, that Elizabeth whitton articulate, did
not lie with her husband ffraunces whitton
named in this article, for seaven yeares together
before her last Childe was borne Et aliter
which this examinate did heare spoken in the parishe
of Coreley or Nashe. Et aliter nescit deponere.
Ad 5 dicit that the articulate Thomas Lane
is vexed with expenses in this suite, by reason
and occasion of this suite. Et aliter nescit deponere.
Ad vltimum dicit omnia et singula per eum predeposita
fuisse et esse vera etc.
Richard Shrawley
Iacobus Ballard
Edmundus Aldred Cleruicus Rector ecclesie
parochialis de hopebaggard in Comitatu Salopie
ætatis lij annorum aut eo circiter Testis
productus iuratus dicit examinatus dicit et
deponit vt sequitur. videlicet.
Ad primum articulum dicit eundem esse verum.
Ad 2 et 3. dicit quod refert se ad leges articulatas etc.
30 June, 1598
Jacob Ballard
Examinations of the witnesses on behalf of and for the party Thomas Lane against William Whitton in a cause of defamation. Upon the libel etc.
Richard Shrawley de Westmore, yeoman, of the parish of Burford in the county of Shropshire where he has lived for half the year, aged twenty-nine years or thereabouts. The witness, produced, sworn, and examined, says and deposes as follows.
To the first article he says the same is true.
To the second and third articles he says that he refers to the articulate laws and constitution.
To the fourth article he says and deposes that diverse times within this twelvemonth last past, he, this examinate, had heard the articulate William Whitton say that Elizabeth Whitton articulate did not lie with her husband, Francis Whitton, named in this article, for seven years together before her last child was born, which this examinate did hear spoken in the parish of Corely or Nashe. And otherwise he knows nothing to depose.
To the fifth he says that the articulate, Thomas Lane, is vexed with expenses by reason and occasion of this suite. And otherwise he knows nothing to depose.
To the last he says that all and singular deposed above by him were and are true.
Richard Shrawley
Jacob Ballard
Edmund Aldred, cleric rector of the church of the parish of Hope Baggard in the county of Shropshire, aged forty-two years or thereabouts. The witness, produced, sworn, and examined, says and deposes as follows.
To the first article he says the same is true.
To the second and third he says that he refers to the articulate laws etc.