HCA 13/70 f.524v Annotate

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from divers aunchient tennants and others Inhabitants of the sayd mannor that
that the ffishermen tennants of the sayd mannor had and ought to have sole priviledge exclusive
to all other persons whatsoever to fish in the sayd grounds and watercourses
tyme out of mynde and memory of men now living And saith that within these twenty yeares last hee hath knowne divers
ffishermen belonging to other places neere adioyning videlicet to Milton and
Stroud arlate sued by the ffishermen tennants of the Mannor and hundred of ffever=
sham aforesayd in the Court of the Exchequer for fishing in the sayd grounds without the leave of
the Tennants of the sayd Mannor of ffeversham and that they have
compounded with the tennants of the mannor and hundred of ffeversham aforesayd
for soe doeing and acknowledged them selves trespassers therein
And saith that tyme out of mynde and memory of men now liveing
the same grounds have bin (as hee hath heard by Common fame and repute) accompted to belonge to the sayd mannor
and hundred and to be part thereof and that noe ffishermen either of Strowde Milton holstowe Gillingham
nor other places adiacent nor any other save the ffishermen tennants
of the sayd Mannor and hundred of ffeversham ough tto fish in the sayd grounds
And further to this allegation hee cannot depose, saving hee saith the producents
have bin Commonly as is allegate for divers yeares and soe Accompted

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The sayd John Cadman upon an allegation
arlate given in the 10th day of October 1655
on the behalfe of the sayd William Luson and
others./

To the first article of the sayd allegation hee saith and deposeth
that hee being a tennant of the Mannor and hundred of ffeversham
and a ffisherman knoweth that within these twenty yeares last
the Tennants of the sayd mannor and hundred have often tymes
stored the oyster grounds arlate now in question called jarty shoare
otherwise the Nebb, the [?Beson] ground the Nesse ground and Pollard ground
with osters at their owne charge and expended therein some yeares
thirty pounds and some yeares more and some yeares lesse according as
necessitie required, and hee this deponent hath within the sayd
tyme brought oysters of Essex and other places bought by the sayd Tennants with their money to store
the sayd grounds and hath knowne divers
other tennants of teh sayd mannor and hundred of ffeversham
doe the like when occasion required which hee saith they did because
the sayd grounds and the right of ffishing in them did wholly
belonge to the tennants ffishermen of the sayd mannor and
hundred of ffeversham and to noe other ffishermen thereabouts
and saith the ffishermen tennants of the sayd Mannor and hundred
of