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Saint Catherins staires, neere the wharfe … Saint Catherins staires, neere the wharfe arlate of the said Jenkin Ellis<br />
hath often times Seene severall vessells at a time lie a brest betweene Saint<br />
Catherin's Staires and Saint Catherins dock upon the entertainment and<br />
by the leave of the said Ellis, who was commonly accounted to receive<br />
hire of the same, namely hee hath sometimes seene fifteene billanders<br />
at a time lying there upon the said Ellis his entertainement, and<br />
at other times fewer in the place aforesaid at and neere the said<br />
Ellis his wharfe, and hee the said Ellis hath received<br />
hire or moneys of the masters thereof for their soe lying, as<br />
this deponent hath heard severall of the said masters say and<br />
acknowledge. And lately a shipp being endeavoured to be brought<br />
ashore there to prevent over setting, a flemming that lay [ashore GUTTER]<br />
at the said Ellis his wharfe refusing to slack his fast, to make<br />
way for the said shipp, one mr Cox that was with this deponent<br />
imployed in the bringing the said shipp set ashore, threatened to cutt<br />
the fflemings hawser because hee would not make way<br />
whereupon the ffleming in this deponents hearing said hee paid<br />
Mr Ellis (speaking of and meaning the said Jenkin Ellis)<br />
halfe a crowne a weeke for his vessells lying there, and therefore praid him not to cutt it<br />
And this lying of the said vessells there in that manner, was and<br />
is a greate anoyance of the neighbours, and hinderance of the<br />
matter of much passion.
To the third árticle hee saith that by meanes of severall vessells<br />
soe lying abreast within the time aforesaid at and neere the said<br />
Jenkins his wharfe upon his entertainment, diverse of the<br />
neighbours have had their worth ligter, XXXXXX of office<br />
and XXXXXXXX, (that were neere the said Ellis<br />
his XXXXX or wharfe) broken downe, and the said neighbours<br />
deprived of their XXXX liberties of shipping off or taking<br />
in goods at their backsides and XXXXX adioyning the River, their being<br />
noe accesse thereunto by lighters by reason of many vessells<br />
from time to time soe lying át the said Ellis his wharfe<br />
and neere thereunto upon his entertainement, and by meanes<br />
of such lyeing of the said vessells, many watermen and lightermen<br />
coming upwards against the tide, and comming neere the said wharfe<br />
have bin and are enforced to row and keep {well} off against the<br />
hart and strength of the currant of the tide before they [ran in GUTTER]<br />
XXXX ashore at Saint Catherins staires and thereabouts, to their<br />
greate trouble, toile and preiudice. And otherwise hee cannot<br />
depose.
To the fourth hee saith that they are for the most part ffrench and<br />
dutch vessells that soe lie from time to time at the said wharfe<br />
of the said Ellis, and the companies thereof use to lie aboard and<br />
keep firing in them to dresse their provisions of victuall three or<br />
foure candles burining aboard to the greate danger of firing<br />
them selves and the houses adioyining.
To the fifth hee saith that this deponent hath lived neere thirtie<br />
years in Saint Catherins, and hath used the Thames in the imployment<br />
athe Thames in the imployment<br />
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