Depositions & Examinations
EDC 5/1666/14 (unfol.) Ridge c Hulton
CRO
Defamation
1666
Chester, Cheshire, England
Plaintiff
Robert Ridge
male
Defendant
Elizabeth Hulton
female
Witness
Elizabeth Britt
female
40
Spouse
Richard Britt
male
Merchant
Elaborate Mark
Event
Allegations of adultery in John Foster's house
1666
Forrest Street, Chester, Cheshire, England
Components
Commercial hospitality
Inferred
Company and drinking groups: female
Inferred
Gossip and slander
Fornication
Mentioned Only
Adultery
Mentioned Only
Setting
Alehouse
Location of Event
Inferred
Statement
2 July 1666
Elizabeth Britt
That a little before the commencement of this suit the defendant Elizabeth Hulton said and declared before this deponent and one Jane Sexton at John Foster's house in the Forrest Street in Chester that she had seen the plaintiff Robert Ridge and Margaret Burgess naughty together in that house there several times one day (meaning that they had committed adultery or incontinency together) and one time afterwards before this deponent and Mr Thomas Pulford the said Elizabeth confessed the speaking of the words predeposed, and said that both she and her husband would justify them upon oath.