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The 12th day of december 1657 … '''A13:-'''
The 12th day of december 1657/
The office of the Judges promoted by daniell}<br />
Vassell and others against Jenkin Ellis.}<br />
Examined upon the sayd articles/
'''Rp. 2'''
'''Peter Howard''' of the parish of Saint Katherine neere the<br />
Tower of London Waterman aged thirty one yeares or<br />
thereabouts a wittnes sworne and examined saith and<br />
deposeth as followeth videlicet.
To the first article and the order therein mentioned for that hee was not<br />
present at the makeing of the order hee cannot depose to the particular contents<br />
thereof but referreth him selfe to the order arlate And further cannot depose/
To the second articles hee saith That hee this deponent hath bin a waterman<br />
by trade as Apprentice and afterwards in his owne right for these foureteene<br />
yeares last past and upwards and hath for that tyme constantly plyed<br />
at Saint Katherines Stayres neere the wharfe of the arlate Jenkin Ellis, and<br />
at other places neere thereabouts and thereby hath well observed that<br />
with in the tyme arlate and since the one and twentieth of March 1653 there<br />
hath often tymes layne severall vessells a brest one of an other betwixt<br />
Saint Cathereines stayres and Saint Katherines dock At and neere the wharfe of the sayd<br />
Ellis, somtymes fower sometymes five and sometymes sixe abrest the<br />
and upon the entertaynement and with the leave as hee<br />
verily beleeveth of the sayd Ellis, for that hee this deponent being a<br />
neighbour to the sayd Ellis (prentice and housekeeper) for these fowerteene<br />
yeares last past, hath thereby observed that the companies of such vessells<br />
did usually make their passage through the sayd Ellis his howse and<br />
this deponent and other watermen who plye thereabout being much<br />
annoyed and hindred by the sayd vessells their lyeing there in that manner<br />
have spoken severall tymes to the Masters and Companyes of them to<br />
make way that such watermen as had occasion to plye there might have<br />
free passage to Saint Katherines stayres, and upon their obstinasie and<br />
refusall soe to doe have threatned them that if they would not make<br />
waye as they ought to doe in that case, they would cut their hawsers And<br />
the sayd Masters and Companyes have replyed that they paid for their<br />
lyeing there, and therefore they would soe who durst cutt their hawsers or<br />
hinder them for lyeing there, or to that effect and being by this deponent and other<br />
watermen asked who they paid any thing to, for lyeing there, they<br />
answered they paid halfe a crowne a weeke to Jenkin Ellis for lyeing<br />
there (meaning the arlate Ellis) and therefor they would lye there, And hee<br />
saith that such their lyeing there is greatly to the preiudice and annoyance<br />
of the neighbourhood and hinderance of navigation and of such as<br />
watermen or lightermen as have occasion to come to Saint Katherines<br />
stayres And further saving his subsequent deposition hee cannot depose/
To the 3 article hee saith hee having bin a neighbour as aforesayd knoweth<br />
that the by reason that severall vessells doe and have actually layne soe<br />
a brest at and neere the sayd Jenkin Ellis his wharfe upon his entertaynment as<br />
aforesayd the Inhabitants neere thereabout have bin and are deprived of<br />
their liberty of shipping off or takeing in goods at their backsides and<br />
wharfes neere adioynig to the River, for that the vessells soe entertaynedver, for that the vessells soe entertayned +
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