(next examination part illegible)
the said
Agnes
being
her near neighbours did
house in Earls Colne upon
lent last past and
remember in the morning of
clock and being come together she did find the said
Agnes Beiston
very sick dying upon a pallet by the fireside in the parlour of the dwelling house of the said
Agnes
and with her mrs
Person
goodwife
Abbott
and
Agnes Sparrowe
her contestis and she saith that shortly after her coming into that same parlour the said
Wm Beiston
mentioned previously being in the same parlour kneeling by the said pallet did ask the said
Agnes
his mother forgiveness whereupon the said
Agnes
taking hold upon the hair of his head with her hands said as followeth or like in effect"Will Will be content all is thine both within doors and without and god bless thee" and she saith that after the premises the said
Wm
departing out of the said parlour this examinant did ask the said
Agnes Bieston
if she did forget her daughter meaning the said
Joan
whereunto the said
Agnes
answered"no" for that she had given her 20li the other day and said all was left and she saith that during all the premises the said mrs
Peirson
goodwife
Abbott
and
Sparrowe's
wife were present and heard the said examinant saith that the said
Agnes Beiston
was during this in sound mind and memory that she did tell this examinant and the rest there of the 20li to her said daughter
Joan
which was
aforesaid for that the said
Agnes Bieston
did well
notwithstanding