7b. Eleanor verch Howell defames Maud Langford (countersuit)

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Examinations of witnesses concerning a counter cause of defamation arising from a conflict between Eleanor verch Howell and Maude (Matilda) Langford. It provides more evidence on the events in which Eleanor accuses Maud of sending her husband to kill Eleanor's master. It also adds accounts of events at the well in Brierly where the two women were doing laundry.

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Hereford, Hereford Archive and Record Centre, HD 4/2/11, ff. 310v-312r
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6. Anna Collins defames Marie Kyntom

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Examinations of witnesses concerning a cause of defamation relating to allegations made by Anne Collins about one of the household maids (Mary Kyntom) of Nathaniel Hereford, who Anne claims was pregnant and used herbs to terminate the pregnancy.

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