| First transcribed
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6 February 2015 +
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| First transcriber
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Colin Greenstreet +
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| Folio
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537 +
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| Parent volume
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HCA 13/70 +
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| Side
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Verso +
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| Status
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Uploaded image; transcribed on 06/02/2015 +
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| Transcription
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To the 2 hee saith hee well knoweth that t … To the 2 hee saith hee well knoweth that the Tennants ffishermen of the<br />
Mannor and hundred of ffeversham doe by them selves as such as they hyre<br />
to that purpose yearely watch the grounds in question from about<br />
a fortnight before Lammas till about a moneth or six weekes after Michaelmas<br />
to prevent any but the tennants of the sayd hundred and mannor from<br />
fishing for oysters or any other fish on the grounds in question and this<br />
deponent being a tennant and having yearely paid his part thereof knoweth<br />
that it hath cost the ffishermen Tennants of the sayd mannor and hundred of<br />
ffeversham yearely any tyme these twenty and odd yeares last thirty shillings<br />
a weeke yearely dureing the tyme they were soe watched, and hee saith<br />
that the Inhabitants of Stroud Milton Gillingham nor<br />
any but the tennats ffishermen of the Mannor and hundred of ffeversham did<br />
at any tyme watch or pay for watcheing the sayd grounds or had<br />
any right to fish for oysters or other fish there that this deponent ever knew or heard of And further to this article<br />
hee cannot depose./
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true./
To the Interrogatories./ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee cometh to testifie in this cause at the request<br />
of the producents without compulsorie and saith the charge of this deponent and<br />
the rest of the witnesses is borne generally by the ffishermen tennants of the mannor and<br />
hundred of ffeversham and hee as a tennant beareth his share thereof, and saith hee<br />
is a ffisherman and useth to fish upon the grounds Interrate and saith if it were in<br />
his power hee would give the victorie in this cause only to them that have right<br />
thereto, and desyreth onlt that right may take place and prevaile therein And saith<br />
hee being a tennant as aforesayd it will be very preiudiciall to him if<br />
this cause be adiudged against the tennants of ffeversham Mannor and hundred<br />
his livelyhood or the greatest part thereof consisting in fishing the sayd<br />
grounds, and soe consequently great benefitt to him if they prevaile And further<br />
hee cannot answere
To the 2 hee saith hee hath lived in ffeversham these fower or five and<br />
fifty yeares last past andis and hath bin a ffisherman soe longe and hath knowne the grounds<br />
Interrogate for three and fifty yeares of the sayd tyme or thereabouts and<br />
saith it lyeth within the ebbing and flowing of the sea but is shallow toward<br />
the mouth not above seaven or eight foote water at lowe water and about a<br />
quarter of a myle broad at lowe water and about a myle broad at high<br />
water betwixt shoare and shoare, but cannot admitt shipps of such<br />
a burthen as is Interrogate or of any great burthen to ride there by reason the<br />
entrance is soe shallowe neither did this deponent ever see any shipp of<br />
such considerable burthen as is Interrogate ride there And further hee cannot<br />
answere./
To the third hee saith hee was never at any Vice Admiralty Court<br />
held in Kent And further to this Interrogatorie hee cannot answere otherwise<br />
then negatively well knowing that the grounds in question are yearely<br />
appointed when to be layed in and when broken open by a Jury only<br />
of broken open by a Jury only<br />
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