Interrogatories - Catterall1
1.To the first Interr[ogatory] hee saith hee knoweth all the said pl[ain]t[iff]es and def[orcian]tes [or defendants] in the said Interr[ogatory] named.
2. 3.To the seacond and third Interr[ogatory]s hee saith hee cannot certeynly depose.
4.To the 4th Interr[ogatory] hee saith hee hath heard Richard Catterall (in the Interr[ogatory] named), being brother in lawe to the to this deponent, that the annuity of xx li by yeare graunted by his father to him and Samuell Lambert was meant to be to th’use of him, the said Richard Catt[er]all, and to noe others.
5. 6. 7. 8. & 9.To the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th hee saith hee cannot certainly depose.
10.To the xth Interr[ogatory] hee deposeth and saith that div[er]se tymes this depon[en]t hath [?]invited the said Richard Catt[er]all, being in want, to demaund some porc[i]on for his wives marriage good: but hee still made answere that hee, the said Richard, neyther woulde have any of the said marriage good, nor meant that shee shoulde have any thinges that was his.
William Catterall, sonne of John Catterall of Newhall in the County of yorke,
gentleman, aged xxxii yeares or thereaboutes, sworne & examined.
1.To the first Interr[ogatory] hee saith hee knoweth all the said p[ar]ties pl[ain]t[iff]es and def[orcian]tes in the Interr[ogatory] named.
5To the 5th Interr[ogatory] hee deposeth and saith that hee did know Henry Procter in the Interr[ogatory] named, father of the said Jane, one of the now Compl[ainan]tes, w[hi]ch said Henry Procter hath div[er]se tymes tolde this depon[en]t that hee had estated landes unto Thomas Procter his sonne, to th’end the said Thomas Procter, his heires or assig[ne]s shoulde pay unto the said Jane his dau the so[m]me of Two hundreth poundes for and in regard of the marriage porc[i]on or p[re]ferm[en]t,
And hath heard the s[ai]d Thomas Procter confesse the like,
And that the said Thomas Procter hath for many yeares before the death of the said Richard Catterall, and since, paid one yearly annuity or so[m]me of x li unto the said Jane, w[h]ich was imployed wholely to her use, but never any p[ar]te thereof to th’use of the said Richard Catterall for any thing this def[orciant] knoweth depon[en]t ev[er] knew or heard, w[hi]ch said so[m]me the said Thomas Procter doth yett pay (as this depon[en]t hath credibly hath credibly heard), and hee knoweth the rather soe to depose for that hee was servant to the said Thomas Procter and hath beene p[rese]nte when so[m]me p[ar]te thereof was sent unto the said Jane,
And further saith that hee hath heard the said Thomas Procter say that if the s[ai]d def[orcian]t John Catterall woulde assure unto the said Jane xx li p[er] annu[m] during her life, and assurall his landes unto John her sonne, one other of the said Compl[ainan]tes, then the said Thomas, upon so doing, woulde pay to the said John Catterall two hundreth poundes for her porc[i]on or dower.
Interrogatories - Catterall1
[8.]To the 8th Interr[ogatory] hee deposeth and saith that hee was by and p[re]sent together w[i]th Henry Wiglesworth, one of the now Commissioners, and others, when Samuell Lamb[er]t in the Interr[ogatory] named did seale, and as his deede deliv[er], unto John Catterall, one of the now def[orcian]tes, one release in wryting conteyning the releasing of the Annuity of xx li now in question, and hee saith that the release or wryting now shewed unto him att the tyme of his examinac[i]on, and whereupon the is indorsed the Commissione[r]s names, is the said release soe sealed and deliv[er]ed by the said Samuell Lambert.
Chri [?]Shute
Henrie Currer
Hen: Wiglesworth
Atho: Remington