f. 263r
Ad quartum dicit eundem esse verum.
Ad quart quintum dicit quod nescit deponere
Ad sextum dicit that the articulate Sible
Smith is put to chardges and
expences by reason of this suite Et aliter
nescit deponere.
Ad vltimum dicit sua predeposita fuisse et esse vera etc.
Iohn gines
Iacobus Ballard
Willelmus woodward parochie de
homlacie in Comitatu hereford husbandman
vbi moram fecit a Cunabulis ætatis
xxiiij annorum 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 quod refert se ad
Leges in ea parte
4. Ad quartum articulum dicit et deponit that some
what above a moneth last past, it was this
examinates chaunce to meate with the articulate
Iohanne Pynner alias davies the defendant within the
parishe of homlacie articulate, where she the said
defendant Iohan Pynner alias davies tould this
examinate that she had imparted to Iohn Gines[1]
this examinates maister that Sible Smith the plaintiff
in this Cause was deliuered of a Child at Phellpotes
howse at the boote of Biford and that he the
said Gines promised her not to discouer her the Counsaile same againe, and yet he haid vttered
it. Et aliter nescit deponere.
[1] It is possible that this is Gunds but it seems this is the same person named four lines below and in the previous deposition.
To the fourth he says it is true.
To the fifth he says that he knows nothing to depose.
To the sixth he says that the articulate Sybil Smith is put to charges and expenses by reason of this suite. And otherwise he knows nothing to depose.
To the last he says that his depositions made above were and are true.
John Geynes
Jacob Ballard
William Woodward, husbandman, of the parish of Holme Lacy in the county of Hereford where he has lived from the cradle, aged about twenty-four 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 article he says that he refers it to the laws in that behalf.
To the fourth article he says and deposes that somewhat above a month last past, it was this examinate's chance to meet with the articulate, Joan Pynner alias Davies, the defendant within the parish of Holme Lacy articulate, where she the said defendant Joan Pynner alias Davies, told this examinate that she had imparted to John Gines this examinate’s master that Sybil Smith, the plaintiff in this cause, was delievered of a child at Phellpotes’ house at the boot of Byford and that he the said Gines promised her not to discover the same again, and yet he had uttered it. And otherwise he knows nothing to depose.