HCA 13/70 f.627r Annotate
Volume | HCA 13/70 |
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Folio | 627 |
Side | Recto |
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Colin Greenstreet | |
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2015/01/23 |
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To thwe first Interogatorie hee saith hee is a ffisherman of Milton and doth
pretend right as a ffisherman (and beleeveth hee may lawfully doe soe) to
fish and dredge for oysters in the grounds Interrogate, the same being (as
hee hath predeposed) reputed to be common to all ffishermen and to be an
arme of the sea And further to this Interrogatorie hee cannot answere/
To the 2 hee saith hee doth beare a part of the charge of this suite,
and is to contribute towards the maynteyning thereof, and doth endeavour
and desyre to obteyne a power to fish in the grounds Interrogate, (as hee
beleeveth hee lawfully may, And further to this Interrogatorie hee cannot answere./
To the 3 Interrogatorie hee saith that for these thirty yeares last hee hath
knowne and observed that the ffishermen of ffeversham tennants of the
mannor and hundred thereof have constantly fished and dredged upon
harty shoare the Pollard East Swale the [?Beacon] and Nesse grounds
And further to this Interrogatorie hee cannot answere./
To the 4th hee saith that ever since hee this deponent
wasa a fisherman which is about thirty two yeares last the ffishermen
of ffeversham have challenged a right of fishing in tyhe grounds
Interrogate exclusive to all other persons not being of the Mannor and
hundred of ffeversahm, but by what authority they doe soe hee knoweth
not nor hath heard And further saving his answere to the next precedent
Interrogatorie and his foregoeing deposition hee cannot answere./
To the 5th and 6th Interrogatorie hee saith hee well remembreth about two moneths
since one John Eaton ffisherman of Milton was (as hee hath heard) trawling
for fish upon the hrounds in question, and was interrupted by Mathew
Adams and one [BLANK IN MANUSCRIPT] Stevens ffishermen of ffeversham and his trawle
by them cut away, for which the sayd Eaton did (of this deponents
knowledge take out a writt out of this Court against the sayd Adams and Stevens
for disturbeuing him in his fishing and cutting his trawle and this deponent
knoweth that the sayd Adams and Stevens did compound with the sayd Eaton
in this deponents and the producent Arkenstalls presence
and agreed to pay the sayd Eaton three pounds for their trespasse, and as
this deponent hath heard did pay him forty shillings thereof and promise
to pay him the other treaty in a short tyme after An hee further saith that
about a yeare last past henry haycock of Milton ffisherman being (as hee heard)
dredgeing for oysters upon the grounds in question, was interrupted by some
of the ffishermen of ffeversham (but by whome of them hee knoweth not)
and had his boate taken away from him by them (as hee hath heard) and
as hee hath heard they doe still keepe the same boate from him And further to
these Interrogatories hee cannot answere./