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xvj die
ffebruarij 1599
ffranciscus Beuans
Examinaciones testium ex parte et
per partem Matilde langford
contra Elinoram verch howell in Causa
diffamacionis super libello.
Iohannes Hurte parochie de hope subter dynmor in
Comitatu hereford husbandman ætatis xx annorum
aut eo circiter testis productusiuratus et
examinatus dicit et deponit vt sequitur.
16th day of February 1599
Francis Beuans
Examinations of the witness on the part and behalf of Maud[1] Langford against Elinore verch Howell in a cause of defamation, upon the libel.
John Hurt, husbandman, of the parish of Hope Under Dinmore in the county of Hereford, aged twenty years or thereabouts. The witness, produced, sworn, and examined, says and deposes as follows.
[1]Matilda is commonly shortened to Maud. It is clear from what follows that this is Maud Langford.