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350 before the commissioners at Wigan, were sworn to before two justices of the peace for the county of Lancaster at Warrington on the 11th and 19th of February, 8 Car. I., 1632-3, and sent up to the bishop to be used by him if necessary in his defence:

"John Marshall of Warrington, examined upon oath, informes and saith that yesterday beinge Sonday the 10th of this instant ffebruary about two of the clocke in the aftemoone, this exam, goinge towards the church to sermon, there came into theis deponent's howse on [one] Savidge Holland, a scrivener, & on Bartholomew Cade, clarke, who continewed (as this exam, was informed by Robt Willson his neighbour, & his servant man, & verily believeth) drinking there all service and sermon tyme, and this deponent further saith yt after sermon was ended he came home [and] found the forsaid Bartholomew Cade & Holland in his howse soe drinking as aforsaid, whoe as soone as this deponent sawe he indevored to pass by them through his owne howse; but the said parties calling on this deponent to drink with them caused him to make staye only to pledge them, & immediately after went foerth from them to his sister's howse in the forsaid towne of Warrington, where he sate warminge himself by the ffyer side untill towards supper tyme, about wch tyme he, this deponent, returned home agayne to his owne howse: when and where he ffownd the fforsaid parties Cade & Holland and this deponent's owne wyffe all gone together to on Thom. Hurst's howse, another alehowse in the same towne, wher the all continewed drinkinge & deboshing untill after nyne of the clock at night; about wch tyme the forsaid Cade, Holland, and this exam.' wyffe came all home together to this deponts howse; and this deponent further saith that he, sitting with a litle child by his ffyer side, and hearing them juslinge at his dore to come in, rysse up & took up a paer of tongs in his hande, & went to cause the forsaid Cade & Holland to gett them gone foerth of his doers, tellinge them it was no fitting tyme of the night for such persons wch had been soe drinking as aforsaid to come to his howse; neither should the there staye or have any more drink: whereupon the forsaid Bartholomew Cade replyed & answered this depont that he would not goe out thence, but would staye there in this deponts howse, and have devill there, in despight of this deponent's head or nosse: whereupon this deponent tolde him, seeing it was soe he would go call the constables to gett them foerth thence, & thereupon indevoring to go ffoerth to call them as aforsd the