Dereham claims that he was pre-contracted to the Queen, so he did no wrong by having carnal relations with her, and that their relationship was over when he left for Ireland and the Queen for Your Majesty's court.
Deram tvrdi da se sa kraljicom zavjetovao na brak pa nije zgriješio tjeloseno opštivši s njom i da je njihova veza završila kad je otputovao u Irsku, a kraljica na vaš dvor.