f. 374r
Ad 3 articulum dicit et deponit that vpon a wensdaie
aboutes a quarter of a yeare \last/ past she this extaminate
being in her owne howse in Leompster articulate
did heare the parties litigantes at wordes, but did
not see them, yet doeth beleave that they were
the same parties for that she this examinate did
knowe theire tongues. where and when she
this deponent did heare the defendant Elizabeth
Smith saie amongst other speeches thowe arte no if thowe whoesoeuer doeth saie that I am not
an honest wooman I saie she is a hoore, but
whether she did speake those wordes to the plaintiff
Elinor the wief of Phillippe ap Thomas or not she
is ignorant, but doeth beleave that she the
said Elizabeth Smith did speake those wordes
to the said Elinor Thomas for that she did heare
others reporte it soe afterwardes. Et aliter nescit
deponere.
4. Ad 4 dicit quod nescit deponere.
Ad vltimum dicit predeposita sua fuisse et esse vera
etc.
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Iohanna Caldowe parochie de leompster in comitatu
hereford spinster ætatis xvij 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 refert se ad leges
3. Ad 3 articulum dicit et deponit That vpon the
wensdaie next before the feast of saint Peeter
the appostell last past this eximinate being in her
To the third article she says and deposes that upon a Wednesday about a quarter of a year last past, she this examinate being in her own house in Leominster articulate, did hear the parties litigants at words, but did not see them, yet does believe that they were the same parties for that she, this examinate, did know their tongues. Where and when she, this deponent, did hear the defendant Elizabeth Smith says amongst other speeches “whosoever doth say that I am not an honest woman, I say she is a whore,” but whether she did speak those words to the plaintiff Eleanor, the wife of Philip ap Thomas, or not she is ignorant, but does believe that she, the said Elizabeth Smith, did speak the words to the said Eleanor Thomas for that she did hear others report it so afterwards. And otherwise she knows nothing to depose.
To the fourth she says that she knows nothing to depose.
To the last she says that her deposition made above was and is true, etc.
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Joan Caldowe, spinster, of the parish of Leominster in the county of Hereford, aged seventeen 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 refers to the laws.
To the third article she says and deposes that upon the Wednesday next before the Feast of Saint Peter the Apostle last past, this examinate being in her