Depositions & Examinations
ZQSE 5/10
CRO
Slander / Sedition
1592
Chester, Cheshire, England
Plaintiff
Mr Walley
male
Sparrowgrove, Tetton, Cheshire, England
Defendant
William Hall
male
Chester, Cheshire, England
Witness
Thomas Proudman
male
Chester, Cheshire, England
Event
A sarcastic offer to bestow wine
1591
Chester, Cheshire, England
Components
Gossip and slander
Treating
Alcohol | Wine
Statement
23 July 1591
Thomas Proudman
He saith that presently after William Hall's his coming from London last he Hardy and said Hall asked his wife for Mr Walley of Sparrowgrove unto whom the said Hall's wife had nursed a child and further said then to his wife that if he had met the said Mr Walley in London he would have bestowed the wine upon him for I had forty pounds of in gold in my purse but a while since and whereupon these speeches were uttered this examinate knoweth not.