f. 311v
and this Examinate being washing of
Clothes at a well in Brierley
within the parishe of leompster articulate
The articulate Elianor verch howell cam vnto
them, and offered to washe the displacthrust vpon occasion of some wordes
passed betwixt the said plaintiff and
defendant the said Elianor verch howell
did call the said maude langford hoore
which wordes were soe spoken in the presence
of this examinate and one wenefred
Price Et aliter nescit deponere.
Ad quartum dicit quod credit eundem
esse verum.
Ad vltimum dicit predeposita sua fuisse
et esse vera etc.
signatum Iohanne X Emonds[1]
xx ffebruarij
1599
wenefreda Price parochie de
Leompster in Comitatu hereford spinster
ætatis xl 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 et deponit that
she is verely perswaded that all those which
doe sclaunder theire neighboures
malisiously are to be punished by the lawes
of the Realme. Et aliter nescit deponere.
Ad tertium articulum dicit et deponit That in the
later end of harvest last past The articulate
Maude langford and Elinor verch howell
being washing at a well in Brierley
[1] Evidently the X is the signature.
and this examinate being washing of clothes at a well in Brierley within the parish of Leominster articulate. The articulate, Elinor verch Howell, came unto them and upon occasion of some words passed between the said plaintiff and defendant, the said Elinor verch Howell did call the said Maude Langford whore, which words were so spoken in the presence of this examine and one Winifred Price. And otherwise she knows nothing to depose.
To the fourth she says that she believes that same is true.
To the last she says that her depositions made above were and are true.
X
Signed [by] Joan Emonds
20 February 1599
Winifred Price, spinster, of the parish of Leominster 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 is true.
To the second article she says and deposes that she is verily persuaded that all those which do slander their neighbours maliciously are to be punished by the laws of the realm. And otherwise she knows nothing to depose.
To the third article she says and deposes that in the later end of harvest last past, the articulate Maude Langford and Elinor verch Howell, being washing at a well in Brierley