C22/601/28  

DEPOSITIONS: Taken from witnesses in the Chancery disputes between Robert Barker v. Bonham Norton (1626-27)   •  DOWNLOAD DEPOSITIONS (PDF 756 KB)

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Deposicõns of witnesses taken at Skynners hall London the fourth daie of Aprill |

in the third year of the raigne of our sovereigne Lord King Charles before Daniel Hills and | Nathaniell Weston by vertue of his Ma^ties Commisson awarded out of his highnes Court of Chancery | in the cause there depending between Robert Barker Esq. plaintife and Bonham Norton esq, defendan^t.

William Windsor of Vpton Court in the Countie of Buck gent aged fiftye yeares or thereabouts sworne & | examined on the plaintifes behalf deposeth and saith, To the first Interrogatory That he knoweth the parties plaintife & defendan^t | and also the Mannor and farme of Vpton in the Interrogatory mencõned as at this pointe being in his own possession | And that the plaintife between three & fower yeares last past did offer the said Mannor and farme to this deponen^t | to be sould, And that they were then agreed at a price for it, but doth not now certainely remember | what the same price was. And at that time he did not to his remembrance giue earnest for the same § | And he further saith that he did then endeauour to raise moneys to paie for the same; and did also | really intend to buy the same and paie for yt accordingly. And further sayeth that he heard M^ris Sara | Barker the defendan^ts daughter saie that shee would not yeild that yt should be sould, and shee would | not parte with her estate therein. And to his best remembrance vpon that occasion the bargaine broke off.

To the second Interrogatory this deponent saith that afterwardes viz between two and three yeres since | the plaintife and this deponent came to a second agreement for the said mannor and farme and this deponen^t was to | giue him two thousand nyne hundred pounds for the same, and ment bona fide, to goe through w^th it | and paie the money, and saith that yt was not this deponen^ts default that yt was not gone § | through withall, Nor in the said M^r Barker to this deponen^ts knowledge.

To the third Interrogatory this deponent saith that afterwards since the said last agreement with | M^r Barker in the second deposicõn mencõned, this deponent did agree with the defendan^t M^r Norton for the § | said mannor and farme for three thowsand pounds, And that there were assurances drawne betweene the | said defendan^ts M^r Norton and this deponen^t for the same. But that bargaine went not forward. And he saith | that he knoweth not the certaine reason whie yt broke off, but saith that he heard the plaintife, saie that the | cause that yt brake off was for that M^r Barker would not seale except that money might haue gone | towards the paymen^t of the said office of Kings printer. And further to this Interrogatory he cannot depose.

To the fourth Interrogatory he saith That he euer found the plaintife M^r Barker earnest and forward for the | sale of the said Mannor and farme towards the payment of the said office. And that he this deponen^t | is yet well contented to buy it, so he may haue yt worth his money & good assurance. And this deponen^t vtterly denieth that he did euer tell M^r Norton that he neuer ment to buy the said Manner and farme. | And saith that the defendan^t M^r Norton would haue sould yt, but for what vse he would haue the money | to bee, he doth not now remember, And further saith not.

                                                Daniel Hills

                                                Nath Weston.