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Item the fyrst worde that ever I harde inpottyng forthe of this mater was of palmesonday in docter londons howse of serlys & hym & oder knolege have I none
Item and hit was sett forthe by serlys only with owte the knolege of any man that I know of for my comeng to london was to speke with the chamerlane of london & his errant to oxforde so that I know no conselleres that he had but hym selffe
Item be whosse consell or boldynyg hit was I can not tell be none to me knollege
Item what mater thay had at ther begynnyg mor then he provydyd for of hym selffe I wotte not for I have not abyll to se ony theng aganst one person oder then hersay
Item and wheder they wer of his owne knollege or be here say I can not tell bot he & gardener had bene gadreng of maters aquarter of ayere before I persavyd that by the mossyons thay mayde to me for pottyng of them upp
Item as consernig of knollege of thynges by my lorde I knew nothyng that thai myndyd any thyng toverdes his grace tyll I saw hit in wrytting by whome & whoos devysse god the devell & thay know & not I I know nothyng for my parte hit his the most dessaytefull & dyssobedient contre in the world
Item as consernig the preferment of them to the sessyons I know no thyng ther of at all nor was not in kent at that tyme nor knew of no sessyons as god schall be my hylpe tyll thay were done I ham sure there come none fro me nor throw me to acuse any man
Item for spekyng with any justes of pesse in this mater or yet his preve that any of them dyd I never knew it at the begynnyg of this mater I tolde master moylles & master thwates what master london sayde to me that the justices all wolde be schent that thay sofferde seche prechenges & contencions with owte doyng any theng ther in
Remarques des transcripteurs: In Willoughby's hand, pp. 2. ii. Dr. Willoughby's [first] confession, (fn. 39) containing replies to each of the interrogatories (X.) as numbered, viz. 1, That the first he ever heard of the putting forth of the matter was on Palm Sunday in Dr. London's house, of Serles and him; 2, and it was set forth by Serles only, without any man's knowledge "that I know of, for my coming to London was to speak with the chamberlain of London and his errand to Oxford. 3. Cannot tell by whose counsel or encouragement it was. 4. Cannot tell "what matter they had at the beginning more than he provided for of himself," for I can say nothing against any one but by hearsay. 5. "And whether they were of his own knowledge or by hearsay I cannot tell; but he and Gardener had been gathering of matters a quarter of a year before. I perceived that by the mossyons thay mayde to me for pottyng of them upp." 6. Of things against my lord he knew nothing they minded till he saw it in writing. 7. Nor of their preferment of their articles at the sessions; for he was not in Kent at the time, nor spoke with any justices of peace in this matter, or, 8, with any of them that was privy. At the beginning he told Mr. Moyle and Mr. Thwaytes that Dr. London said the justices would be "shent" for suffering such preaching.