f. 265v
xxvij Iulij 1599
Iacobus Ballard
Iohanna Ienninges parochie de Homlacy
in Comitatu hereford spinster vbi nata fuit
ætatis xvij annorum aut eo circiter testis
producta iurata et examinata dicit et
deponit vt sequitur.
Ad primum articulum dicit eundem esse verum.
Ad secundum dicit quod refert se ad
Leges in ea parte editas.
Ad tertium articulum dicit et deponit That
in the lent last this examinate happening to
travaile from hereford to homlacy in the
Companie of Elinor Phellpotes her precontest
and the defendant Iohan Pynner heard the
said helinor and Iohan take talke of one
Sible, the said Iohan affirming that
it was Sible Smith, and the said
Elinor Phellpotes denieng it, and saieng that
it was Iohan, then said the said Iohan
Pynner said she hath changed her name
for her name was Sible which wordes were
spoken betwixt dynder and vpton in
the parishes of hom and dinder as she taketh
it And afte saieth that after this examinate
cam home she demaunded of the said Elinor
what speech and Conuercacion shee and the said
Iohan Pynner had by the way whoe answered this
examinate that the said Iohan Pynner tould
her the said Elinor Phellpotes that it was
Iohn whoper his wench which was deliuered of a
27 July 1599
Jacob Ballard
Joan Jennings, spinster, of the parish of Holme Lacy in the county of Hereford, where she was born, aged seventeen years or thereabouts. The witness, produced, sworn, and examined, says and deposes as follows.
To the first article she says the same is true.
To the second she says that she refers to the laws set forth in that behalf.
To the third article she says and deposes that in the Lent last, this examinate, happening to travel from Hereford to Holme Lacy in the company of Eleanor Phellpotes, her precontest, and the defendant Joan Pynner, heard the said Eleanor and Joan talk of one Sybil, the said Joan affirming that it was Sybil Smith, and the said Eleanor Phellpotes denying it, and saying that "it was Joan," then the said Joan Pynner said "she had changed her name for her name was Syble" which words were spoken between Dynder and Upton in the parishes of Holme and Dynder as she take it. And said that after this examinate came home, she demanded of the said Eleanor what speech and conversation she and the said Joan Pynner had by the way, who answered this examinate that the said Joan Pynner told her, the said Eleanor Phellpotes, that it was John Whoper his wench which was delivered of a