f. 373v
Luna drayton parochie de leominster in Comitatu
hereford ætatis xl annorum et vltra testis
producta iurata et examinata dicit et deponit
vt sequitur.
1 Ad primum articulum dicit eundem esse verum.
2. Ad 2 dicit quod refert se ad leges
articulatas.
3 Ad 3 articulum dicit et deponit That aboutes half midsomer last past she this examinate
dwelling then and nowe in leominster didarticulate, and comming vf an arrand to a
neighboures howse did heare the defendant
Elizabeth smithe saie that she and her children
wold curse the plaintiff Elinor thee wief of
Phillippe ap Thomas or such like wordes, which
speaches were soe vttered in the hering allsoe
of the wief of Thomas greene, and
Anne Symons and this Et aliter nescit deponere Et vlterius dicit that she this examinate did
then here the said Elizabeth saie that whosoeuer doeth
saie that I am not an honest wooman is a hoore, but
to whom she spake those wordes she is ignorat
Et aliter nescit deponere.
4. Ad 4 dicit quod nescit deponere
Ad vltimum dicit sua predeposita fuisse et esse
vera etc.
L
Anna Trumper parochie de leompster
in Comitatu hereford, ætatis xxx annorum
et vltra 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
Luna Drayton of the parish of Leominster in the county of Hereford, aged forty years and more 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 she says that she refers to the laws articulate.
To the third article she says and deposes that about midsummer last past, she this examinate dwelling then and now in Leominster and coming of an errand to a neighbour’s house did hear the defendant, Elizabeth Smith, say that she and her children would curse the plaintiff, Eleanor the wife of Philip ap Thomas, or such like words. Which speeches were so uttered in the hearing also of the wife of Thomas Green and Anne Symons. And further she says that she this examinate did then hear the said Elizabeth say, “whosoever doth say that I am not an honest woman is a whore,” but to whom she spoke the words she is ignorant. And otherwise she knows nothing to depose.
To the fourth she knows nothing to depose.
To the last she says that her depositions made above were and are true, etc.
L
Anna Trumper of the parish of Leominster in the county of Hereford, aged thirty years and more. 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 refers to the laws.