7a. Maud Langford defames Eleanor verch Howell
Examinations of witnesses concerning a cause of defamation arising from a conflict between Eleanor verch Howell and Maude (Matilda) Langford, in which Eleanor accuses Maud of sending her husband to kill Eleanor's master, and Maude using colourful language that reflects some tension between the Welsh and English, comments publicly on Eleanor's unchaste comportment.
People
John Nicols
Associated Locations
Yeoman, born and lived in Burford, Shropshire.
Cause 3 (1598): deponent, 48 years of age.
Edmund Aldred
Associated Locations
Rector, Hope Baggard.
Cause 3 (1598): deponent, 42, rector of church at Hope Baggard.
Other docments:
Record of positions in church until death. 1579-1602. https://theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?PersonID=67275
Richard Shrawley de Westmore
Associated Locations
Yeoman of Burford, Shropshire.
Cause 3: deponent, 29 years of age, yeoman from the parish of Burford, Shropshire.
Mistress Fox of Stoke
Associated Locations
Case 2b: mentioned.
David Jones
Associated Locations
Husband of Frances Jones (alias Inkes). Both of Hopton Wafers, Shropshire.
Case 2a: mentioned. Husband of deponent, Frances Jones.
Frances Jones (alias Inkes)
Associated Locations
Wife of David Jones of Hopton Wafers, Shropshire.
Cause 2b: deponent, 43 years of age.
Edmund Sherman
Associated Locations
Gentleman. Resident of Ludlow, Shropshire.
Cause 2b: deponent.
Eleanor Meredith
Associated Locations
Spinster, living in Burford, Shropshire.
Cause 2a (1598): witness.
Thomas James
Associated Locations
Yeoman, born and lived at Caynham, Shropshire.
Cause 2a (1598): deponent.