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Depositions & Examinations
DN/DEP 53/58a (unfol.) Office c Youngs
NRO
Immorality
1687
1 October 1694
Haddiscoe, Norfolk, England
Plaintiff
Nathaniel Smith
male
Office promoted by Nathaniel Smyth, clerk
Defendants
Elizabeth Youngs
female
John Holmes
male
Haddiscoe, Norfolk, England
5
Witness
Henry Knowles
male
40
Alby, Norfolk, England
Yeoman
Haddiscoe, Norfolk, England
Signature
Event
John Holmes drunk and helped to bed
1694
Haddiscoe, Norfolk, England
Components
Drunkenness and excessive consumption
Helping to bed
Fornication
Alcohol | Unspecified
Setting
Household
Location of Event
Statement
1 October 1694
Henry Knowles
John Holmes is a parishioner and inhabitant in the town of Haddescoe and hath lived there for the space of five or six years last past... The arlate Elizabeth Youngs is a parishioner and inhabitant in the town of Haddiscoe aforesaid and hath been so for these 15 years last past... He hath heard Elizabeth Townrow report that she hath seen Elizabeth Youngs undress John Holmes when he hath come home drunk and put him to bed.