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Aprill Court
1723
(38) And whereupon the said Thomas and Mary by Francis Allen their attorney Complain for that whereas she the said Mary is good true honest and Chast Pson and a faithfull subject of Our Lord the King that Now is and as such from the time of her Nativity hitherto hath behaved and demeaned herselfe by reason whereof she hath always deserved had and Obtained the Love favour and good will of all her Neighbours & Other faithfull Lerge subjects of Our Lord King in the County and Else where with whom she was acquainted and Known and ^hath^ Kept and Conserved her good Name fame Creditt Estimation and repute free Clear and wholly untainted from all kind of dishonesty fornication adultery or any such Like wicked and Base Crime Nevertheless the said William being not Ignorant of the Premisses but Envying the happy Estate and Condition of the said Mary Malitiously Plotting and Contriving her the said Mary into the hatred and Evill Opinion of her Neighbours and Other faithfull subjects of Our Lord the King to Induce and Bring and to Cause her thereby to be had in Contempt and derision amongst them to whom her Innocency in that Part was unknown but also thereby to Cause Irreconcileable hatred and discord to arise between the afd Mary and the afd Thomas her husband the twentyeth day of July Ann Dom One thousand seven hundred and twenty two at Stepney Parish in the County afd of Somrsett afd within the Jurisdiction of this Court these falce Infamous scandelous and approbrious words and Lyes of the said Mary haveing Speech and Communication with the said Mary in the Presence of the said Thomas her husband of her the said Mary and in the Presence and hearing of sundry faithfull Liege subjects of Our Lord the King that Now with an audible voice did Maliciously Pronounce Publick affirm release and speak viz.t you (speaking and Meaning the said Mary) had a bastard Child before you was Maried meaneing before She was Married to the said Thomas her now husband John Smith got it you want to your Sister Elizabeth Crapper to be delivered and the Child is there Living Still (the afd supposed Bastard Child meaning) by reason of the Malicious Speaking Publishing and affirming of which falce Infamous scandelous and approbrious words and Lyes the said Mary not Only in her good name fame Creditt Estimation and repute is very much Hurt but also the said Thomas Sundry Sums of tobo for the vindicating of the said Mary his wife in that Part is forced to Expend whereupon they say they are worse and have damage to the value of Five thousand pounds of tobacco and thereupon they Bring suite &c Allen P Qrte Pldgs pldgs def Jno Do R Roe And the said W.m Brereton by George Dashiell his attorney Comes and defends the force and Injury when &c and Prays Leave to Imparle hereunto untill the next Court and he hath it and the same day is given to the Plft also Att which said next to witt the Nineteenth day of March Ann Dom One thousand seven hundred and twenty two Comes again as well the said Plfts by their attorney afd as the said deft by his attorney afd and thereupon the Court adjourns untill the Last tuesday in Aprill next being the thirtieth day of the same month Ann Dom One thousand seven hundred (and) |
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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1723-1725
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