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Iacobus Ballard
Humfredus Hill parochie de Ey in comitatu hereford
ætatis xix annorum aut eo in circiter. Testis
productus iuratus et examinatus dicit et deponit
vt sequitur.
1. Ad primum articulum dicit eundem esse verum
2. Ad secundum refert se ad leges articulatas.
3. Ad tertium articulum dicit et deponit That betwixt
the feast of all saintes last and the feast of christmas
last past the time certaine otherwise he nowe
remembreth not The articulate william Caldoe the
elder being much offended with his wief for that
she had made longe tarriaunce at Kington
market vsed may reprochfull wordes towardes her
And amongst them \speches/ this examinate did heare him
speak these wordes following viz. speaking of his
wief he said she is taken vpp with my lordes
men and she is gonne a hooring with them
as wanklens wief that was and ffremans wief
that is (meaning the articulate Anne \ffreeman/ wauc klens) did
whose father was fame to giue a Couple of
kyne and a score of sheepte to marry her againe
which wordes the said william Caldoe did speake
in his owne howse \in luston/ at what time one Mary
Caldoe being neere vnto this examinate di the
time and place aforesaid did heare the said
wordes as he doeth beleawe Et aliter nescit
deponere.
4. Ad 4 dicit eundem esse verum.
5. Ad 5 dicit predeposita sua fuisse et esse vera etc.
Idem examinatus super Interrogatione ex parte
Caldoe ministrata etc.
Ad primum dicit quod refert se ad predeposita etc.
Jacob Ballard
Humphrey Hill of the parish of Eye in the county of Hereford, 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 he says that he refers to the articulate laws.
To the third article he says and deposes that between the feast of All Saints and the feast of Christmas last past (the time certain otherwise he now remembers not), the articulate, William Caldoe the Elder, being much offended with his wife for that she had made long tarriance at Kington market used many reproachful words towards her. And amongst those[1] speeches, this examinate did hear him speak these words following namely, speaking of his wife, he said, "She is taken up with my lord’s men and she is gone whoring with them as did Wanklen’s former wife [who is now] Freeman’s wife"[2] (meaning the articulate Anne Freeman) "whose father was fame to give a couple of cows and a score of sheep to marry her again," which words the said William Caldoe did speak in his own house in Luston, at what time one Mary Caldoe being near unto this examinate [at] the time and place aforesaid did hear the said words as he does believe. And otherwise he knows nothing to depose.
To the fourth he says the same is true.
To the fifth he says that his depositions made above were and are true.
The same [Humphrey] examined upon the questions administered on the part of Caldoe etc.
To the first he deposes and says that he refers to the deposition above etc.