Catalogue description Examinations of WILLIAM JENMAN of Wabberton in Sussex.

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Details of 8ANC7/147
Reference: 8ANC7/147
Title: Examinations of WILLIAM JENMAN of Wabberton in Sussex.
Description:

--Notes of his examination before the King.

 

1. Saith he is of the age of twenty years and something past.

 

2. Hath served Mr. Cotton almost three years.

 

3. Came to London with him on a rainy day ; lodged at the Eagle and Child in Fleet Street ; stayed there four or five days ; was in London on May-day and after.

 

4. Left his master one week before his imprisonment because his mistress told him that she could not keep him.

 

5. Believeth his master will not say to his face that he bid him fly, but only that his mistress told him he could not be entertained any longer, by cause they would not keep two.

 

6. Denieth that ever he fled or was advised to fly as a recusant, but on the contrary, was twice at London, to learn what course he should take for his appearance if called into question.

 

7. His master knoweth his father, and the kindred that he cometh of.

 

Endorsed by the Archbishop. "Dr. Scot touching Ginman's examination before the King."

Date: 1613, July 20
Held by: Lincolnshire Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Physical description: ½ page.

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