People: Smith, Elizabeth

Sex

Female

Approx Year of Birth

1530

Parish

Middleton

Marital Status

Married

Spouse Name

Alexander

Remarks

In the exceptions to the witnesses she is described as ‘a woman of ill fame, blemished reputation and dishonest conversation, in addition she is a pauper and destitute, having nothing in goods, after deduction of debts, living on alms almost as if she were begging ‘And suche as is Acompted for a Common lier & so reputed and taken amongest her neighbours And that litle that she hath, she hath it vnder the said Robert Ireland and Richard Ireland’ ‘.

Causes

EDC 5/1580/10 – witness on the libel