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M^r Willm Grimston of Beckles in Suffolke her first husbandꝭ nanne {sic} M^r Coleby

This M^r Coleby had taken away the Cōons, and done the poore wrong. vpon his death bed he charged his wyfe that she should restore it and make amendꝭ But she being given to pride and excesse neglected the formance of her husbandꝭ will Since w^ch tyme she maryed one M^r W^m Grimston who being gone to London and having layen there a while

vpon Saturday last was sixe weekes as his servauntꝭ at Beckles were at supper before night they hard the walking of one in the hall but sawe nothing but that there were stones and brickebattes throwen amongst then they not knowing from whence they should come were greatly amased.

Their mistres went into her chamber and all her servantꝭ w^th her and went to their prayers, saving one being Butler who went into his owne chamber and lay downe on his bed he was no sooner layd but that he heard one rushe into the chamber and walked about the Chamber then he hard a noyse as if it had powred a skuttle full of pebbles in the floore and so deted. The butler being very fearfull rose and went into his M^rs Chamber where he was no sooner entred but that they heard the flinging of stones at the chamber windowe as though it had broken all the glasse when it ceased they drue aside the Curtaynes and the glasse was whole, they had no sooner drawn the Curtaynes before the window again but that the stones flewe at it agayne After a while they heard a great grone and a noyse as if it would have broken downe the gatehouse and so it deted wherevpon the gentlewoman forsook her howse for a while &c