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he the said Richard gwillim did vtter the like speeches
at another tyme afterwardes, in the parishe of Aylton in
the presence of this examinate Iohn loue and Elizabeth
gwillym Et aliter nescit deponere.
Ad quartum dicit eundem esse verum.
Ad vltimum dicit predeposita sua fuisse et esse vera etc.
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Iohanna Gundie vxor Iohannes Gundie de aylton in
Comitatu hereford, ætatis lxta annorum aut eo circiter
testis producta iurata et examinata dicit et deponit vt
sequitur.
1 Ad primum articulum dicit eundem esse verum.
2 Ad secundum articulum dicit quod credit eundem articulum esse
verum referendo se insuper ad leges articulatas in ea parte editas.
3. Ad tertium articulum dicit et deponit That within a fortnight
after Michellmas last past in Anno domini 1599 articulate tempus
certum aliter non recolit This Examinate being in the
howse of the articulate Richard gwillym the defendant scituate in
Aylton articulate. It fortuned that the said defendant Richard
gwillim entered into speech and conference touching the plaintiff
Alyce hanckins Among which which speeches this deponent
did heare him the said Richard gwillym vtter declare
and giue out these speeches f wordes following speaking
of the said plaintiff Alice hanckins videlicet she is a hoore and
an arrand hoore, and shee is my hoore and I haue had
the vse of her body which wordes were spoken in the
presence of this Examinate and Iohn Gundy her husband
Et aliter nescit deponere saving that he speake the said
wordes afterwardes to this examinate and one Elizabeth gwillym
Ad quartum dicit eundem esse verum.
Ad vltimum dicit predeposita sua fuisse et esse vera etc.
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he, the said Richard Gwillym did utter the like speeches at another time afterwards in the parish of Aylton in the presence of this examinate, John Loue, and Elizabeth Gwillym. And otherwise he knows nothing to depose.
To the fourth he says that he believes the same is true.
To the last he says that his depositions made above were and are true.
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Joan Gundy, wife of John Gundy of Aylton, in the county of Hereford aged forty years or thereabouts. The witness, produced, sworn, and examined, says and deposes as follows.
To the first article she says the same to be true.
To the second article she says that she believes the same article is true, referring moreover to the law articulate.
To the third article she says and deposes that within a fortnight after Michaelmas last past in the year of our Lord 1599 the precise time she does not otherwise recall, this examinate being in the house of the articulate, Richard Gwillym, the defendant situated in Aylton articulate. It fortuned that the said defendant Richard Gwillym entered into speech and conference touching the plaintiff Alice Hankins. Among which speeches this deponent did hear him, the said Richard Gwillym, utter, declare, and give out these words following speaking of the said plaintiff, Alice Hankins, namely: “she is a whore and an arrand whore, and she is my whore and I have had the use of her body.” Which words were spoken in the presence of this examinate and John Gundy, her husband. And otherwise she knows nothing to depose saving that he spoke the said words afterwards to this examinate and one Elizabeth Gwillym.
To the fourth she says the same is true.
To the last she says that her depositions above were and are true, etc.
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