mercy 2d | Rich Tyler
present in court against
Wm Onger
in a plea of debt he says that on
the sunday next after the feast of michaelmas.5Hen4
the aforesaid
Wm
agreed to pay off his debt by the pledge of
Roger Debenham
for 4s2d to be paid at the feast of easter next following at which day the aforesaid
Wm
did not pay the said 4s2d and denied he should pay it and thereof the aforesaid
Rich
brings a suit and the aforesaid
Wm
comes and says that he paid off the sum to the said
Rich
and does not owe him any money and he is prepared to prove this by jury
and the aforesaid
Rich
says that the aforesaid
Wm
paid off his debt in the form as he alleges and that he owes to him the said 4s2d and concerning this he seeks and enquiry by the jury etc and the aforesaid
Wm
similarly and therefore a jury thereof being sworn elected and tried they say upon their oath that the aforesaid
Wm
paid off the debt to the aforesaid
Rich
by the aforesaid pledge of
Roger
etc and that he owes him the aforesaid 4s2d and they assess damages at half the sum and therefore it is judged that the aforesaid
Rich
should recover the aforesaid 4s2d with the aforesaid damages etc and the aforesaid
Wm
is in mercy
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