f. 262v
Vltimo die Iunij
1599
Iacobus Ballard
Exaiat Examinaciones testium
ex parte et [pro] partem Sibille
Smith contra Iohannam davies
alias Pynner in Causa diffamacionis siue
Convitij sequu[n]tur.
Iohannes Geynes parochie de homlacy in
Comitatu hereford husbandman Vbi moram
fecit et domicilium fovit per vndecim annos
Annos aut eo circiter testis productus iuratus
et examinatus dicit et deponit vt sequitur.
1 Ad primum articulum dicit eundem esse verum.
2 Ad secundum articulum dicit et quod
refert se ad leges in ea parte.
Ad tertium articulum dicit et deponit that
vpon the fridaie in the Clensing weeke being
the fridaie next after Shrove sundaie last
past this examinate hapening to be in the howse
of Iohn Pynner alias Smithe within the how
parishe of homlacie articulate h And having
conference aboutes the plaintiffe Sible Smithshe the said , with Iohan davies alias Pynner
the wief of the said Iohn Pynner alias Smith
concerning the plaintiffe Sible Smith
the said Iohan the defendant said to this examinate that
she would tell him a thing it he wold not
vtter it againe, and this examinate answered her
that he wold not disclose it if it did not
concerne a frend of his, and therevpon
she said it did not, and therevpon she said
that Sible Smithe the plaintiff was deliuered
of a Child at henrie Phellpotes howse at
the boote of Biford, and that it was
she that the said Sible that was there
delivered of a Child and whoe should it be but
shee Et aliter nescit deponere.
The last day of June 1599
Jacob Ballard
Examinations of the witnesses on and for the part of Sybil Smith against Joan Davies alias Pynner in a cause of defamation or insult follow.
John Geynes, husbandman, of the parish of Holme Lacy in the county of Hereford where he has lived and made his home for eleven years of 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 article he says that he refers to the laws in that behalf.
To the third article he says and deposes that upon the Friday in the cleansing week, being the Friday next after Shrove Sunday last past, this examinate happening to be in the house of John Pynner alias Smith, within the parish of Holme Lacy articulate. And having conference with Joan Davies alias Pynner, the wife of the said John Pynner alias Smith, concerning the plaintiff Sybil Smith. The said Joan, the defendant, said to this examinate that she would tell him a thing if he would not utter it again, and this examinate answered her that he would not disclose it if it did not concern a friend of his, and she said it did not, and thereupon she said that Sybil Smith, the plaintiff, was delivered of a child at Henry Phellpotes’ house at the boot of Byford, and that it was she, the said Sybil, that was there delivered of a child and who should it be but she. And otherwise he knows nothing depose.