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31 January 2015 +
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| First transcriber
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Colin Greenstreet +
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| Folio
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626 +
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| Parent volume
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HCA 13/70 +
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Uploaded image; transcribed on 31/01/2015 +
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| Transcription
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The 4th of October 1655/ [CENTRE HEADING]
… The 4th of October 1655/ [CENTRE HEADING]
Luson and others ffishermen of ffeversham against}<br />
Arkenstall and others ffishermen of Milton et cetera}<br />
ffrancklin Smith}
Examined upon an allegation given in the Acts of<br />
Court in behalfe of the ffishermen of Milton and<br />
places adiacent the 26th of SDeptember 1655/
'''Thomas Dylight''' of Milton in the County of Kent<br />
ffishermen where hee hath lived from his byrth, there<br />
borne aged 52 yeares or thereabouts a wittnes<br />
sworne and examined saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet
To the sayd allegation hee saith that hee hath bin a fisherman for these<br />
one or two and thirty yeares last and during all or the greatest part of the sayd<br />
tyme videlicet for these 28 yeares last hee hath well knowne the places allegate<br />
called East Swale and harty shoare and knoweth that<br />
they are within the ebbing and flowing of the sea and that [?at ?the ?same]<br />
at lowe water is about 7 pr 8 foote deepe and at some neape tydes<br />
deeper at lowe water, but saith at high water or at three quarters<br />
fludd shipps of three or fower hundred tonne burthen may and doe<br />
passe in and out, And saith the same is commonly accompted t bee an<br />
arme of the sea and part thereof and Common for all fishermen to fish in for oysters and other ffish And hee saith that hee wekk remem=<br />
breth that one William Yonge a ffisherman of Milton did while this<br />
deponent was his servant fish for oysters and alsoe for spratts and<br />
herrings on the sayd grounds quietly and without any interruption that this deponent<br />
knoweth of or remembreth, and saith hee beleeveth the sayd places<br />
are and ought to be Common for all fishermen to fish in for oysters<br />
and other fish, and hee this deponent well remembreth that about sixe<br />
or eight yeares since hee did fish upon harty shoare for oysters<br />
and being layd aboard and interrupted by one John hunt and John Gateman fisherman of ffeversham and others (who came armed with swords and musketts to that purpose) did take out a writt out of<br />
this Court and by authority thereof cause the sayd John Gateman to<br />
be arrested, and the sayd Gateman thereupon did compound with<br />
this deponent and acknowledge that hee had done him iniurie in soe<br />
hindering him of fishing in the sayd grounds and did pay this<br />
deponents charges of the arrest and gave this deponent a summe of<br />
money for compensation to lett fall the sayd action, which was tenn<br />
shillings at least And saith that hee this deponent hath<br />
often within these twenty yeares last past quietly fished for oysters<br />
and other fish in East Swale allegate without any disturbance by any<br />
the ffishermen of ffeversham, and hee beleeveth any ffishermen may<br />
fish in the sayd East Swale for any fish whatsoever as being a place<br />
common to all fishermen And further to this allegation hee cannot<br />
depose./
To the Interrogatories/ [CENTRE HEAADING]
To the Interrogatories/ [CENTRE HEAADING] +
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