Talbot County Court Proceedings, 1662-1674.




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   dauid Jonsons house and went and layde himselfe doune in the Liber BB
   orchard and from thence Returned againe to John Madberies my No.2
   husband Sent me againe to looke after him when I came to the
   house againe I found the doore made fast one the inside with a sticke
   and I found the Said Clymer uppon the bedd and Elizabeth Madbery
   hee with his Briches doune and shee with her Coatts upe And her
   armes about him with her knees round his midle I pulled her by the
   Coatte and asked what shee did in that posture and upon that the
   wooman waked and Rune oute of the doore and asked me what I
   had to doe to tare her Coate for Said she I did thinke it had beene
   my husband that had beene with me and uppon this John Clymer
   did beate mee Aboute the heade & face with his fist with that I wass
   Running up to my owne house and my husband mett mee and the
   said Elizabeth Madbery Cryed out still before my husband Dauid
   Jonson that Shee thought had beene her owne husband that wass
   uppon the bed with her att that time and further Saith Nott

     John Clymer being Examined what he did att Joh Madberies house
   saith that he went thether to take his rest for he Could not take his
   rest at whome for Bridgeett Jonsons Scoulding and further Saith
   not

     the exammanacon of Elizabeth Madbery
     Saith that she did not knowe of John Clymers being in the Roome
   with her when she wass Lying asleepe uppon her bed and that John
   Clymer Came Into the house unknowne to her and when first She
   Sawe him the said Clymer hee wass a striueing with Bridgett Jonson
   and further Saith not

     the deposition of John Sergeant aged about 24 yeares Sworne
   before mr William Coursey
     Saith that Bridgett Jonson Came unto me as I lay Sicke in the
   Couch and Sirnond Clymer Lay by me She tould me that she had
   beene up att Madberys And found John Clymer aswifing of Mad- [p. —]
   berys wife and that he wass asleepe in her & that shee wass asleepe
   with her armes about his necke and She finding them both asleepe
   one in the other shee pulled his pricke out of her Cunt with her two
   fingers and she pulled Madberies wifes Coate Soe hard thinking to
   bring the peece with her she tore itt and Could not gitt it butt wass
   forced to leaue it for she Said it wass to Stronge for her and she
   tould me that he thrust the pestle into her body and beate her aboute
   the head and that Madberyes wife Cried out o hang her pay her
   for she will tell and she tould me she tooke a knife to Cutt his
   Briches and left the marke theire butt When wee went to looke for
   the marke She Said She gaue him wee Could not find itt then I
   asked Bridgitt Jonson if he pulled upp her Cloathes to thrist the
   pestle into her body She Said noe she wass Stooping for her heade
   cloathes he had pulled of and he darted the pestle at her and hitt her