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xxij Ianuarij
1599
Iacob l: r: feod
Examinaciones testium ex parte et per partem
Alice hanckins contra Richardum gwillym in Causa
diffamacionis siue Convicij super libello sequ[u]ntur
videlicet
Iohannes Gundy parochie de Aylton in Comitatu
hereford laborer vbi moram fecit per 3
annos iam vltimo elapsos natus in parochia
de marcle parwa in comitatu predicte ætatis lxta
annorum aut eo circiter testis productus iuratus et
examinatus dicit et deponit vt sequitur.
Ad primum articulum dicit eundem esse verum.
Ad secundum articulum dicit quod credit eundem articulum esse
verum referendo se insuper ad leges articulatas.
Ad tertium articulum dicit et deponit That abo within
a fortnight after the feast of saint Michael the Archangell
in Anno domini 1599 iam currente This Examinate being in
the howse of the articulate Richard gwillym the defendant scituate
in Aylton a foresaid, vpon occasion vf conference and speeches
there passed touching the plaintiff Alice hankins the said
Richard gwillym vttered these wordes following speaking
then of the said Alice videlicet she is a hoore and an
arrand hoore, and she is my hoore, and I have
had the vse of her bodie, which wordes were soe
22 January 1599
Jacob l. r. feod
Examinations of the witnesses on the part and behalf of Alice Hanckins against Richard Gwillym in a cause of defamation or insult, upon the libel following, namely:
John Gundy, labourer, of the parish of Aylton in the county of Hereford where has lived for three years now fully elapsed, born in the parish of Little Marcle in the aforesaid county, aged forty years or thereabouts. The witness, produced, sworn, and examined, says and deposes as follows.
To the first article he says the same is true.
To the second article, he says that he believes the same to be true, referring moreover to the laws articulate.
To the third article he says and deposes that within a fortnight after the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel in the current year of our Lord 1599, this examinate being in the house of the articulate, Richard Gwillym, the defendant situate in Aylton aforesaid, upon occasion of conference and speeches there passed touching the plaintiff Alice Hankins, the said Richard Gwillym uttered these words following, speaking then of the said Alice namely: “she is a whore and an arrand whore, and she is my whore, and I have had the use of her body.” Which words were so spoken and uttered in the presence of this examinate and Joan Gundy his wife. And also he said that