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xix Ianuarij
1599
ffranciscus Beuans
Ex parte verch howell contra langford
super libello.
Iohannes hurte parochie de leompster
in Comitatu hereford husbandman vbi moram
fecit per spatium vnius anni iam \vltimo/ elapsum
et vltra natus in parochia de Almely in Comitatu predicti ætatis xxj annorum aut eo circiter
testis productus iuratus et examinatus dicit et
deponit vt sequitur.
1 Ad primum articulum dicit eundem esse verum.
Ad secundum et tertium articulos, dicit quod credit dictos
articulos continuere in se veritatem referendo se insuper
ad easdem leges articulatas.
Ad tertium articulum dicit et deponit That one the morowe
next after the feast of saint peeter the apostell last past
This Examinate going in the compane of the articulate
maudle langford the defendant, into a field nere adioyning
to Brierley in the parishe of leompster aforesaid did
there by chance meete with the plaintiff Eliner verch howell
which Elianer then demaunded of he said maude langford
whether she the said maude had sent her husband to
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19 January 1599
Francis Beuans
On the part of verch Howell[1] against Langford concerning the libel.
John Hurt, husbandman, of the parish of Leominster in the county of Hereford where he has lived for the space of one year now passed and before that born in the parish of Almeley in the aforesaid county, aged twenty-one 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 and third articles, he says that the said articles contain in themselves the truth referring in addition to the same articulate laws.
To the third article he says and deposes that on the morrow next after the Feast of Saint Peter the Apostle last past, this examinate going in the company of the articulate Maude Langford the defendant, into a field near adjoining to Brierley in the parish of Leominster aforesaid did there by chance meet with the plaintiff, Elinor verch Howell, which Elinor then demanded of the said Maude Langford whether she, the said Maude, had sent her husband to
[1] verch Howell = daughter of Howell