‹ E-CIPM 23-721: MAURICE SON OF GILBERT DENYS, KNIGHT ›

[Proof: ms worn and dirty at foot.] John Motsont , aged 64 years and more, sworn and examined on the age of Maurice, swears that he was born at Siston, baptised in the church there, and was 22 years of age and more on 29 September last. He knows because he met the godfathers and godmother of Maurice by the church on the day of the baptism. They told him about the birth of Maurice, and he was overjoyed. Thomas Reome , 54 and more, knows because Elizabeth his mother stood as godmother to Maurice, and Thomas was there too on the day that Maurice was baptised. John Born , 60 and more, held a torch in the church during Maurice’s baptism. Richard Williams , 70 and more, was there and saw John Blount , godfather of Maurice, give him a piece of silver with a cover on the day of the baptism, and give 6s. 8d. to the nurse. Walter Dore , 53 and more, knows because William his son was born and baptised on the same day that Maurice was baptised. Edward Benet , 44 and more, was then in service to Gilbert Denys , father of Maurice, in the office of butler, and carried a silver pot of wine to the church for the godfathers and godmother of Maurice after the baptism. John Seymour , 49 and more, gave Katherine his daughter in marriage to John Pynchepole on the day that Maurice was baptised and in the same church. John Felde , 72 and more, carried a basin and ewer from the manor to the church. He provided water for the godfathers and godmother of Maurice to wash their hands after he was raised from the font. Philip Fermer , 60 and more, knows because Robert his son celebrated his first mass in the same church on the day that Maurice was baptised. John Kyngton , 60 and more, knows because William his son was born on the same day that Maurice was baptised. John Stafford , 55 and more, was in the church when Maurice was baptised, and saw John Grevell , godfather of Maurice, give him a silver ?goblet with a cover immediately after the baptism, and 6s. 8d. to the nurse. John Thorndon , 57 and more, carried a ?torch in front of Maurice from the manor of Siston to the church on the day that he was baptised, and held it during the baptism.