f. 372r
xxvij die
Novembris
1600
Examinaciones testium ex parte et per partem Elinore
vxor Philipi ap Thomas contra Elizabeth Smith
in Causa diffamacionis siue Convicij sequ[u]ntur etc.
Christiana Cowsie, parochie de leompster in comitatu
hereford spinster ætatis xx annorum aut eo circiter
testis producta iurata et examinata dicit et deponit vt
sequitur.
1 Ad primum articulum dicit eundem esse verum.
2. Ad 2 articulum dicit quod refert se ad leges articulatas
3 Ad 3 articulum dicit et deponit that within this
twelve moneth last past tempus certum aliter non recolit
the plaintiff Elinor the wief of Phillipp ap Thomas being
in her garden in leominster articulate, and the articulate Elizabeth Smith
being in a back side of her sh husbandes howse next
adioyning to the said garden, did malitiouslie (as she
thincketh) sclaunder the said plaintiff with words of scandale
and defame in effect as followeth videlicet thowe (speaking
to the said plaintiff) arte a hoore and an arrand hoore
I will saie it and stand to it. And then knealed one her
knewes and cursed the said Elinor the plaintiff in this manner
videlicet. a plague of god light one thee, all the world
wonder one the, for I and my children will curse thee
euerie evening and morning, which wordes she speake in the
hearing of this examinate and one Anne Streete and
Catherin Streete Et aliter nescit deponere.
4 Ad 4 dicit quod nescit deponere
5 Ad quintum dicit quod predeposita sua sunt vera etc.
X
signatum christiane Cowsie
Anna Streete parochie de leompster in comitatu hereford
spinster, ætatis xx annorum aut eo circiter testis producta
iurata et examinata dicit et deponit vt sequitur.
1 Ad primum articulum dicit eundem esse verum.
27th day of November 1600
Examinations of the witness on the part and behalf of Eleanor, wife of Philip ap Thomas, against Elizabeth Smith in a cause of defamation or insult follow.
Christina Cowsie, spinster, of the parish of Leominster in the county of Hereford, aged twenty 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 that she refers to the articulate laws.
To the third article he says and deposes that within this twelvemonth last past the precise time she does not otherwise recall, the plaintiff Eleanor, the wife of Philip ap Thomas, being in her garden in Leominster articulate. And the articulate, Elizabeth Smith, being in a back side of her husband’s house next adjoining to the said garden, did maliciously (as she thinks) slander the said plaintiff with words of scandal and defame in effect as follows namely: “you" (speaking to the said plaintiff) "are a whore and an arrand whore, I will say it and stand to it.” And then kneeled on her knees and cursed the said Eleanor, the plaintiff, in this manner namely: “a plague of God light on thee, all the world wonder on thee, for I and my children will curse thee every evening and morning,” which words she spoke in the hearing of this examinate and one Anne Street and Catherine Street. And otherwise she knows nothing to depose.
To the fourth she says that he knows nothing to depose.
To the fifth she says that her depositions made above are true, etc.
X
Signed Christina Cowsie
Anna Street, spinster, of the parish of Leominster in the county of Hereford, aged twenty years or thereabouts. The witness, produced, sworn, and examined, says and deposes as follows.
To the first article she says the same is true.