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To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
… To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith the said Richard hath tould this deponent that<br />
hee was of the West of England and saith hee is a batchelour, and<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose saving as aforesaid.
To the second hee cannot depose.
To the third hee saith that hee this deponent was borne<br />
at Stratford bowe in Middlesex, and hath lived to and againe in<br />
Spaine in Cadiz and Sevill in Spaine theise tenn yeares last, And<br />
otherwise hee answereth negatively, saving as aforesaid.
Repeated with his precontests before doctor Gdolphin.
Nathaniell No[?uel] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The eleaventh of October 1655 [CENTRE HEADING]
William Luson, Thomas Moore and others}<br />
ffishermen and Mariners of ffeversham and}<br />
tennants to the hundred and Mannor of}<br />
ffeversham against Arkenstall and others}<br />
ffishermen of Milton Stroud, ha[?X]lstowe and places adiacent}<br />
ffrancklin. Smith.}
Examined upon an allegation given in the acts<br />
on the behalfe of the said<br />
ffishermen of Milton and<br />
places adiacent the 26th of<br />
September 1655./
'''.j.'''
'''Francis Merrick''' of Rochester ffisherman<br />
aged 70 yeares or thereabouts sworne and<br />
examined.
To the said allegation made on the behalfe of the said ffishermen of<br />
Milton and places adiacent hee saith and deposeth that hee well<br />
knoweth the places allegate called East Swale and hartie-shoare<br />
and hath soe donne for theise fiftie yeares last past and saith they are within<br />
the ebbing and flowimng of the sea, and are an arme of the sea, and<br />
places where shipps of three hundred tonnes may at conveniencie of tide saile and passe in and<br />
out, and saith the same is a part of the sea and soe commonly accompted<br />
and ought to be common to all ffishermen to fish and dredge in for<br />
oisters and other fish, and saith that for theise fiftie yeares last past<br />
the fishermen of Strowd, Milton, hastowe and Gillingham have used to<br />
fish there for herrings, spratts, whiting, flounders and other fish, which hee knoweth<br />
being borne in Strowde and having lived there and in Rochester all his<br />
time, and hath bin a fisherman and boy for theise fiftie yeares last past<br />
and used to fish in the said place or places for the said time. And for<br />
[?declaration] of his meaning touching East Swale and harty Shoare and description<br />
of the place in question for fishingm hee referreth himselfe to a note or schedule<br />
thereof left to that purpose beginning '''From the East end et cetera''' and ending<br />
'''or thereabouts'''. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith hee is a fisherman of Rochester in his owne right and claimes right<br />
of fishing in the places interrogated,
Toof fishing in the places interrogated,
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