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HCA 13/70 f.540r Annotate
Transcription '''10''' '''Thomas Michell''' of ffeversh'''10''' '''Thomas Michell''' of ffeversham in the County of<br /> Kent Mariner and ffisherman where hee hath lived all his<br /> life tyme being there borne aged sixty three yeares and<br /> upwards a wittnes sworne and examined saith and<br /> deposeth as followeth videlicet./ To the sayd allegation hee saith hee hath knowne the grounds allegate called<br /> the Nebb or [?harty] Shoare East Swaile the [?Becon] grounds Nesse grounds<br /> and Pollard grounds these fifty yeares last past and saith they are fishing<br /> grounds and watercourses wherein bedds of oysters lye and during all the sayd<br /> tyme of this deponents knowledge, (and tyme out of mynde and memory<br /> of men now living as hee hath heard by common fame and reporte in ffeversham<br /> and places adiacent) have bin commonly accompted and reputed to be part<br /> and parcell of and to lye within the bounds of the Mannor and hundred of<br /> ffeversham, and saith that for these 42 yeares last past hee hath bin a tennant<br /> of and to the sayd grounds and knoweth that the tennants of the sayd Mannor and<br /> hundred ffishermen, have for the sayd last recited tyme paid yearely to the<br /> Lords of the Mannor and hundred of ffeversham for the tyme respectively<br /> being the yearely Rent of twenty three shillings fower pence yearely<br /> in liew and satisfaction of a priviledge<br /> grannted to them by the sayd Lords to fish in the sayd grounds and water courses<br /> for oysters and such other fish as the sayd places afordeth and converting<br /> then to their sole use and benefit excludeing all other ffishermen whatsoever<br /> from fishing there and saith he knoweth that for the sayd tyme the ffishermen<br /> Tennants of the sayd Mannor and hundred have accordingly enioyed the<br /> free liberty of fishing the sayd grounds and converting them to their owne use<br /> and have soe fished and converted them duuring the sayd tyme exludeing all other<br /> ffishermen whatsoever, saving that hee saith that somtymes within these<br /> twenty yeares last past some fisherman of Melton and Stroude and other<br /> places have bin taken fishing upon the sayd grounds for oysters and other<br /> fish as reespassers and have acknowledged them selves trespassers against the Lord<br /> of the sayd mannor and hundred of ffeversham and his tennants for soe doeing.<br /> and have (as hee hath heard the sayd men<br /> soe taken confesse and acknowledge) compounded with the sayd Lords or<br /> his depouties for such their offence and given satisfaction to him or them for<br /> the same, And saith that by Common fame and report in feversham and<br /> places adiacent the ffishermen tennants of the Mannor and hundred of<br /> ffeversham have tyme out of mynde and memory of men now<br /> liveing bin commonly reputed to have the sole right of fishing in<br /> the sayd grounds in question excludeing all other ffishermen of all<br /> other places, And that hee never knew or heard that any [?XXX] the ffishermen<br /> tennants of the sayd mannor and hundred of ffeversham had at any tyme any<br /> right to fish or did quietly fish in the sayd places if discovered<br /> And saith the producents in this cause are all of them of this deponents knowledge<br /> tennant of the hundred and mannor of ffeversham and soe have bin for<br /> divers yeares last past and are soe commonly accompted And further to this allegation hee<br /> cannot depose./allegation hee<br /> cannot depose./  +
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