f. 136r
Ad quartum articulum dicit et deponit That in oate
harvest 1596 this examinate, conferring with the
articulate william whitton, at a field of oates of this examinates called hope field within the parishe of
hope baggard, he this ex said william whitton
said to this examinate that the articulate Thomas lane noe man but a hooremaister wold haue
denied him to come over an old piece of land
meaning thereby the said \articulate Thomas/ Lane \as he thinketh/. ffurther he
deposeth that aboutes September following this
examinate and william whitton aforesaid met together in
a lane by the Corte of hill, and as as they were
talking, there passed by the ffraunces whitton
Elizabeth his wief and the articulate Thomas lane
and after they were gonne by the said william whitton
said to this examinate that the litle Child that the
litle Child that the said Elizabeth had last
was not his brothers (meaning master ffrancis
whitton,) but the foresaid Thomas lanes.
Et aliter nescit deponere.
Ad quintum dicit eundem esse verum etc.
Ad vltimum dicit omnia et singula per eum predeposita
fuisse et vera etc.
per me Edmundum Alred
xxj die mensis
Octobris 1598
Iacobus Ballard
Richardus Nashe parochie de millson in
Comitatu Salopie husbandman vbi
moram fecit per xv annos aut eo
circiter natus in parochia de Nashe in
Comitatu predicto testis productus iuratus et examinatus
dicit et deponit vt sequitur.
1 Ad primum articulum dicit eundem esse verum.
2 3. Ad secundum et tertium articulos dicit quod refert se ad
leges articulatas etc.
4. Ad quartum articulum dicit et deponit That aboutes
the feast of all saintes last past This examinate
being in company with william whitton articulate
in the howse of one Shrawley in ludlowe
having speache and Comunicacion concerning diuers
matters amongst other speche then and there
To the fourth article he says and deposes that in the oat harvest 1596 this examinate, conferring with the articulate William Whitton, at a field of oats called Hope Field within the parish of Hope Baggard, he, this said William Whitton, said to this examinate that no man but a whoremaster would have denied him to come over an old piece of land, meaning thereby the articulate Thomas Lane as he thinks. Further he deposed that about September following this examinate and William Whitton aforesaid met together in a lane by the Corte of hill, and as they were talking, there passed by Frances Whitton, Elizabeth his wife, and the articulate Thomas Lane. And after they were gone by, the said William Whitton said to this examinate that the little child that the said Elizabeth had last was not his brothers (meaning Master Francis Whitton), but the foresaid Thomas Lane’s. And otherwise he knows nothing to depose.
To the fifth, he says it is true etc.
To the last he says all and singular deposed above by him were and are true.
By me Edmund Aldred.
21st day of the month of October 1598
Jacob Ballard
Richard Nashe, husbandman, of the parish of Millson in the county of Shropshire where he has lived for fifteen years or thereabouts, born in the parish of Nashe in the aforesaid county. 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 etc.
To the fourth article he says and deposes that about the feast of All Saints last past, this examinate being in the company with William Whitton articulate in the house of one Shrawley in Ludlow, having speech and communication concerning diverse matters, amongst other speech then and there