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That about a month ago the certain day this deponent remembreth not this deponent being in the house of William Moneley his house in West Kirby aforesaid heard Lawrence Bradshaw arlate say to this deponent and the rest then in the house openly in the said Moneley’s house that for 20s to be given to my Lord Bishop’s daughter he the said Lawrence should be restored to his place again upon Easter Day last past immediately after morning prayer, this deponent having received the communion at morning prayer went to breakfast to his host’s house and the said Bradshaw did eat breakfast then in company with this deponent and afterwards ministered the communion the same day at service time before noon he hath heard reported that the said Bradshaw did use the company of a woman who was vehemently suspected to be of light behaviour and lewd conversation about three quarters of a year ago which woman then lay at the house of William Newbold in West Kirby.
That upon Easter day last past after morning prayer the said Lawrence Bradshaw arlate did eat breakfast with John Fletcher his precontest and some others in this deponent’s house and afterwards the same day did minister the Communion at the service before noon.
That about a year ago at the coming home of some marchers from Ireland (whose names this deponent remembreth not) the said Bradshaw did drink in this deponent's house and afterwards the same day did minister the communion to his parishioners in his church... That about a year ago a woman did lie at this deponent's house and at the same time the said Bradshaw being in this deponent's house and his wife coming to him to fetch him home he the said Bradshaw (as this deponent's wife told this deponent) railed against his wife and said he would teach her to know his hands or he would throw the pot at her face and further cannot depose.