Deposeth and saith that as this examinate and his wife were in bed at the house of Roger Bell yesterday night late about 10 of the clock, heard and saw the said Burley coming into a bed in the same chamber wherein this examinate did lay, and was putting of his clothes and saith immediately came in the said Conway and said that he would lie in that bed and that Burley should not lie there and so saith they contented together and at last the candle went out and before the candle was lightened again the said Conway had thrust the said Burley in the thigh with his… dagger but who gave the first blow he this examinate knoweth not. And further saith that the said Burley so much as he could did defend himself with a cloak… the same Conway fighting and thrusting with his poinadow at the same Burley.
Deposeth and saith that the said Burley and one Hugh Conway clerk maker of accounts and others upon Friday at night last the 26th of February last were drinking together in this examinate's house as guests and saith this examinate entreated them to go to bed and appointed the said Burley and one John Thomas and his wife to lie together and the said Conway and one Humfrey Kindston to lie in another bed and one Wetnall and another his fellow in another bed all in one chamber whom this examinate lighted therein and saith that this examinate asked whether she should lock and use the key of that chamber or not and saith when she had locked that chamber door Burley said good hostess let me keep the key and said Burley had the key and this examinate exited and shortly after she heard a great noise and knocking at that door for candlelight wherewith she saith she ran to the chamber door with light and having with the key thereof ready burst open the same door and went into that chamber at whose coming therein she found Conway and Burley down and then Burley cried out saying oh good hostess Mistress Bell I am slain and then Conway answered no by God's grace you are not slain and therewith were parted and this examinate perceived the wound that Burley then had which this examinate did bind up: but who gave the same or in what sort she knoweth not.
Saith upon Sunday in the morning between 3 and 4 of the clock she was present when Griff Evans demanded Burley how he came by his wounds saith she heard the said Burley say that he did defend himself well enough so long as the candle lighted having a cloak about his arm but said that when the candle was out they closed together and were down and being down had this his deadly wound and also saith the said Burley was then moved to make his will for the help of his wife and children.
Saith that upon Friday at night last the 27th of February he this examinate was in his bed in the house of Roger Bell being sickly and being therein about 11 of the clock saw the said Burley come into the said chamber and came to the bed wherein this examinate did lie and pulled up his hose at which time saith the said Mr Conway was in that chamber but not in bed and two fellows were in one bed and a man and a woman were in a troll bed in the same chamber, and the said Burley did put his hose under this examinate's head and said he would lie therein to whom this examinate answered he would not nor shall therein lie for there was another gentleman appointed to lie with this examinate and in his doing saith Conway being talking with the other two men in the bed by heard Burley say he would lie in that bed said what would the knave have: he shall not lie in that bed and thereupon saith the said Conway drew his dagger and being upon the side of the bed and Burley upon the other [struck] at the said Burley over the bed with his dagger… and saith Burley defended himself with a curtain a while and afterwards Burley took a cloak and cast it over his arm and defended him and saith that Conway then said good fellow I have nothing to do with thee and yet contended with the said Burley and said that with the wind of the cloak or otherwise the candle then burning went out and Conway and Burley closed and were down upon the ground together and this examinate cried out for candlelight and pulled at the chamber door and saith before the light came Burley cried out and said he was killed and Conway answered he hoped he was not killed and so saith so being done together the said Burley had his death wound with Conway's dagger but how he knoweth not neither did know of any malice before that between Conway and Burley.
Deposeth and saith that upon Friday at night last past the 31st of this February this examinate being in the house of Roger Bell innkeeper and in bed as a guest about 11 of the clock saw the said Robert Burley whose name then he knew not came into the chamber to the bed, wherein this examinate did lie and asked this examinate whether he should lie with this examinate and this examinate answered he should not so do for there was another gentleman who lay in that bed which before which was to lie therein and saith with these words Hugh Conway clerk maker of accounts being in that chamber then and there said he the said Burley shall not lie there and yet saith the said Burley pulled of his hose and put them under the beds head and therewith saith, Conway was very angry and came to Burley and called him knave and drew out his dagger and [struck] at the said Burley and so missing Burley [struck] this examinate upon the feet yet upon the clothes, and thereupon saith the said Burley being upon the one side of the bed turned to Conway and with a curtain or such like defended himself from the strokes and thrusts which Conway gave to him with his dagger and afterwards saith the said Burley took a cloak which lay thereby and cast it upon his arm to defend himself against Conway and therewith Conway said fellow I have nothing to do with thee yet saith Conway [struck] at the said Burley with his dagger and Burley and he the same Conway for that this examinate could do, contended together in which contending the candle which then was there burning fell out and Conway and Burley were down both together and before the candle was lightened again the said Burley was thrust in with the said Conway's dagger into the flank or belly and therewith… Burley cried out saying I am killed and saith that Conway thereupon answered: saying no thou art not yet killed… Examined whether he hath been with Mr Conway since his commit to gaol: saith this morning he once went to Mr Dermott after the said Burley was dead to let him understand that Mistress Bell claimed the said kirtill but then spake not with him… Examined who were present the time of the contending together of the said Conway and Burley in that chamber saith three men and a woman whose names he knoweth not.
Saith that the same night that the said Burley was slain Cicely Bell came to this examinate and declared to this examinate that this examinate's brother in law the said Burley was slain and said Conway had killed him and she cried out and said woe be to that villain murdered Conway that had murdered him, and saith also that afterwards in the present memory of the said Burley before his death the said this examinate earnestly entreated him to declare unto him how he came to his wounds who then in the presence of the said Widow Askew answered that the said Conway and he contended and did strive together and that Conway did thrust him in the belly with his dagger when they closed together. And further saith that yesterday past the said Cicely Bell reviled this examinate to be earnest against the said Conway in the said fact and asked what had the Mayor or Sheriff to do with the young fellow they had committed and said they looked for Conway's goods but (said she) in the presence of Thomas Richardson… and this examinate let them do what they can she cared not a turd for the Mayor and Sheriff let them do their worst and saith that this examinate's wife told this examinate that the said said Cicely Bell said that if she had known that Conway had killed Burley: she would have conveyed Conway away.