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Transcription

The sayd Godfrey Slade upon the sayd related allegation given in the 10th of October 1655
To the first article of the sayd allegation hee saith that hee this deponent haveing bin a Tennant of the Mannor and hundred of ffaversham for about twenty yeares last past saith that hee this deponent about nyne yeares since did in the behalfe of him selfe and the rest of the tennants of the sayd hundred and mannor disburse in one year thirty pounds to buy oysters in Essex and other places to store(?) the grounds in question and sawe the sayd grounds stored with the sayd oysters and well knoweth that the sayd tenants have for these twenty yeares last soe oft as occasion required stored the sayd grounds with oysters and therein expended very considerable summes of money yearely in such yeares as the same stood neede of storing, and hath heard and beleeveth the sayd tennants have soe stored the sayd grounds tyme out of mynde
And saith hee never heard or knew that any the Inhabitants of Strowde, Gillingham Milton or any but the tennants of the hundred and Mannor of ffavershamdid at any tyme lay out any money in oysters to store or did at any tyme store the sayd grounds with oysters
And further hee cannot to this article depose saving his foregoing deposition
To the 2 article hee saith hee knoweth and hath observed for about these twenty yeares last past that the tennants ffishermen of the hundred and Lordship of ffaversham doe by them selves or others whome they hire to that purpose yearely watch the grounds in question from about Lamas till about a fortnight or three weekes after Michaelmas and doe usually expend thereabout, thirty shillings a week yearely and sometymes more during that tyme they watch this hee knoweth for that hee is a tennant and payeth his part thereof and also for that hee and one John Askew of ffaversham did watch the sayd grounds one yeare and had thirty shillings a weeke allowed them betwixt them for soe doing the sayd tennants of ffaversham mannor and hundred and well knoweth that noe Inhabitants of Stroude Milton Gillingham or any save the sayd Tennants of ffaversham mannor and hundred did at any tyme since this deponent was a tennant which is about XX yeares last ( nor at any tyme before that ever hee knew or heard of ) watch the sayd grounds or pay for watching of them or had any right to fish in them, or did fish in them save secretly and in the night tyme and as by stealth And further hee cannot to this article depose.
To the last hee saith his foregoing deposition is true.

                                                      To the interrogatories

To the first interrogatory hee saith hee was required by Captaine Price one of the tennants of the Mannor and hundred of ffaversham in behalf of the producents to appear and testifie his knowledge in this cause and saith he beareth his parts of charges in this suite as being himselfe a tennant and is to have the rest borne by other the tennants and saith ???

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