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To the said allegation hee saith and depos … To the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that hee well knoweth the<br />
place or places allegate called the East Swale and harty shore being the fishing<br />
places in question, and hath soe donne for theise thirtie yeares last past<br />
and upwards, and for thirtie yeares last past hee this deponent hath<br />
used fishing and hath used to fish in the said waters for herrings,<br />
spratts, soles, place and other fish as being for that time a fisherman and boy of Strowde<br />
and that for all the said time of his this deponents knowledge, and as hee<br />
hath heard for time beyond the memory of man the ffishermen of Striwde<br />
Milton, [?hastowe] and Gillingham have used to fish there from time to<br />
time. And saith the said place or places caleld East Swale<br />
is a navigable river or arme of the sea floweing up to hartie shore<br />
on the water whereof a shipp of three hundred tunnes may saile and<br />
passe in and out, and that the said place is a part of the sea and<br />
within the ebbing and flowing of the sea and common to all fishermen to fish in, and for such the same was and<br />
is commonly accompted and reputed. And otherwuse hee cannot depose<br />
referring himselfe for the description of the fishing place or places in<br />
question to the schedule left whereunto hee hath set his marke.
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee answereth that hee is one of the ffishermen of Strowde<br />
in his owne right, and claimes thereby right of fishing on the waters<br />
or grounds in question.
To the second hee saith that hee as a ffisherman of Strowde taketh himselfe to<br />
be a partie in this businesse with the rest of the producents, and<br />
endeavoureth to make good their right of fishing in the places in question,<br />
and beareth part of the charges of this sute.
To the third and fourth hee saith that the ffishermen of ffeversham interrogated<br />
for all the said time of this deponents remembrance have used to fish and<br />
dredge upon the places interrogated, and for dredging for oisters in those<br />
grounds they have claimed the same to themselves, and interrupted and<br />
deturred others that were not of the mannor and hundred interrogated,<br />
And otherwise hee cannot answer.
To the fifth and 6 hee saith the fishermen of ffeversham have often<br />
interrupted and disturbed the fishermen of Strowde, miltonm and places<br />
adiacent (not being fisher men of feversham) in their fishing in the<br />
said waters by their owne power and strength, and have imprisoned<br />
some of them as John Rippingall, John Saymmon and others, and<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose saving as aforesaid.
To the 7th and 8th hee saith that the fishermen of ffeversham have<br />
often taken the oisters out of the common grounds, and laid them up [?instead]<br />
upon hartie shore and grounds in question, and otherwise hee<br />
cannot answer saving as aforesaid.
To the 9th negatively.
To the tenth hee saith the interrogated John Rippingall and John [Bertensells]<br />
are Imnhabitants of Strowde, and otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the last hee hath not doe deposed, referring himselfe to his foregoing deposition.
The marke of John '''O''' Bartholomew [MARKE, RH SIDE] John '''O''' Bartholomew [MARKE, RH SIDE] +
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