Depositions & Examinations
EDC 5/1610/7 (unfol.) Anderson c Ball
CRO
Defamation
1610
1610
Wallasey, Cheshire, England
Plaintiffs
Elizabeth Anderson
female
Anna Booth
female
Defendant
Robert Ball
male
Spouse
Anne Ball
female
Witness
Miles Addison
male
Wallasey, Cheshire, England
Signature
Event
Slander in John Parbold's house
1 May 1610 (About May Day last)
Bidston, Cheshire, England
Components
Commercial hospitality
Inferred
Lodging and tabling
Mentioned Only
Illness
Mentioned Only
Fornication
Gossip and slander
Setting
Alehouse
Location of Event
Inferred
Statement
2 July 1610
Miles Addison
That about May Day last past to this deponent's remembrance he this deponent came into John Parbold of Bidston his house where he found Robert Ball and Anne his wife And saith that the said Robert Ball asked this deponent where the plaintiff Elizabeth Anderson was and this deponent said she was at Robert Righley's house and then the said Robert Ball said to this deponent talk how you come among them for it is suspected that they have the pox: amongst them and saithe he the said Ball did not name anybody but saith that John Deane and his wife do both dwell at the said Righley's house present when the predeposed words were spoken Ellen the wife of Parbold Margaret Parbold and this deponent.