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27 February 2013 +
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| First transcriber
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Colin Greenstreet +
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26 +
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HCA 13/72 +
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<u>Richrad Prior (alt. Pryor)</u& … <u>Richrad Prior (alt. Pryor)</u>
" hee well knoweth the arlate Richard Prior and hath soe donne about three yeeres last during which time hee hath bin a Lowe-water man, and owner of foure lighters, or at least part owner thereof, and for such commonly accounted, which hee knoweth having frequently in that space seene him and his servants imploy them"
" "10 JUNE 1656. - Recognizances, taken before Richard Powell esq. J.P., of Richard Pryor and Thomas Underhill blacksmith, both of Stepney co. Midd. in the sum of twenty pounds each, and of Elizabeth Maddison aforesaid widdow, in the sum of forty pounds; For the said Elizabeth Maddison's appearance at the next S.P. for Middlesex, to "answer for uttering scandalous words against the Protectour, and the Lord Cheife Justice John Glynn." S.P.R., 1 July, 1656"UNIQe5adb83b932ddffc-ref-00001410-QINU6"UNIQe5adb83b932ddffc-ref-00001410-QINU +
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The eighth of May 1657.
Ewen against Prio … The eighth of May 1657.
Ewen against Prior}<br />
Clements. Cheeke}
Exámined upon the libell given in this cause.
'''Rp. :ius.'''
'''William Harris''' servant of Mr Monger Water Bayliff of<br />
the citie of London, aged 48 yeeres or thereabouts sworne and<br />
exámined.
To the first article of the said libell hee saith and deposeth that hee<br />
well knoweth the wharfe arlate and hath soe done for<br />
about twenty yeeres last, and well knew the husband of the producent<br />
Mary Ewens for about sixteene yeeres before his death (which happened<br />
about fower or five yeeres since as hee remembreth the time) and hath<br />
knowne the said Mary about two yeeres since, and saith the said Mary<br />
from her husbands death, and hee for all the rest of this time arlate<br />
till his death have bin and are commonly reputed owners of the said<br />
Wharfe and bancke arlate. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the second and third árticles hee saith hee well knoweth the<br />
arlate Richard Prior and hath soe donne about three yeeres last<br />
during which time hee hath bin a Lowe-water man, and owner<br />
of foure lighters, or at least part owner thereof, and for<br />
such commonly accounted, which hee knoweth having frequently in<br />
that space seene him and his servants imploy them and in that<br />
space hath often seene his servants come with and bring the said<br />
Lighters neere to to the said wharfe and bancks, and there<br />
under colour of taking up ballast for shipps, make with others diverse and<br />
sundrie greate pitts and holes, many of which hee saith<br />
áre made neere unto the said wharfe and bancks and the shore<br />
where they are, some of which pitts or holes hee saith are eight<br />
or tenn foote deepe and some three or foure foote deep and some<br />
more, and others neee the mill wharfe about five foote deepe;<br />
and that by reason of the said pitts and digging, diverse hills<br />
are made amongst them, which are very dangerous for shipps, and<br />
boates and other vessells to passe or come neere the said wharfe, which<br />
hee knoweth having often seen and sounded those places by meanes<br />
of his imployment under the citie water bayliff, and seene<br />
the said lighters and servants worke and take up gravell, and<br />
having very often reproved them for the same. And this<br />
working of the said servants with the said lighters hee saith hath bin and is<br />
publique and notorious as hee saith. And otherwise hee cannot depose
To the fourth article hee saith that the bancks of the said wharfe by<br />
meanes of the said working, and digging and making of holes soe<br />
neere them, have broken in, and fallen or calved into the River<br />
of Thames, which hee knoweth having seen and taken notice of the<br />
same. The repairing or worke about mending the same with<br />
wood and materialls hath as hee verily beleeveth withinrialls hath as hee verily beleeveth within +
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