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of his fishing in the grounds in question excluding all other ffishermen but
the ffishermen of ffeversham and the hundred thereof, and if they prevaile hee shall
retayne that priviledge, which hee beleeveth is his and their due, And further
to this Interrogatorie hee cannot answere/

To the 2 Interrogatorie hee saith the grounds interrogate lye within the ebbing and
flowing of the sea and is at high water about a myle broard and at lowe
water about a quarter of a myle broad, and saith by reason the mouth of the
river is but shallowe not above seaven foote deepe or thereabouts at lowe
water, and lyes beyweene two sands, shipps of such burthen as is Interrogate
nor any shipp of any great burthen can or doe come in and ride there, and hee
saith hee this deponent never sawe any shipps of one hindred tonne burthen ride
there, And further hee cannot answere/

To the 3 hee saith hee was never at any Vice Admirall Court held in Kent
And further to this Interrogatorie hee cannot answere otherwise then negatively
well lnowing that the ffishemen Tennants of the Mannor and hundred of
ffeversham doe yearely in the Court held for the Lords of the
sayd Mannor and hundred of ffeversham (in which xcourt none can be of the
Jurie but the tennants of that mannor and hundred) sett out and make orders when
the lands in question shall be laid in and when broken open and punish offenders
against the sayd orders and having never heard that any other Court
had any power to doe soe or did doe soe touching the sayd grounds./

To the 4th hee saith hee beleeveth the ffishermen of Stroud Milton and other
places have within the tyme Interrogate fished secretly and as trespassers
on the ground[?X] Interrogate And to the rest of the Interrogatorie hee answereth
negatively for his part having never heard of any such complaint
or order as is Interrogate./

To the 5th hee saith hee can neither write nor reade And to the rest
of the Interrogatorie hee answereth negatively saving his foregoeing deposition/

To the 6th hee saith saving his foregoeing answere to the first Interrogatorie
hee cannot further answere hereto./

To the 7th saving his foregoeing deposition to the arlate allegation
in this cause hee cannot answere to this Interrogatorie

To the 8th hee saith there are divers other fish beside oysters taken in the grounds Interrate by
the ffishermen of ffeversham hundred and mannor Tennants to the sayd grounds, as seales dabbs [?throwbacks GUTTER]
damasells whittings and other smale fish, but not by any fishermen
of any other places whatsoever as hee beleeveth inlesse secretly and
as by stealth And further hee cannot answere./

To the 9th hee never knew heard or beleeveth any such thing as is
Interrogate./.

Repeated before doctor Godolphin/

the marke of the sayd
John [MARKE] Asken [MARKE, RH SIDE]

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The same day [CENTRE HEADING]

Examined upon the sayd allegation in the Acts
of Court/