HCA 13/72 f.26v Annotate
| Volume | HCA 13/72 |
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| Folio | 26 |
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| 13/02/27 | |
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1. The eighth of May 1657.
2. <margin value="Left">Ewen against Prior}
3. Clements. Cheeke}</margin>
4. Exámined upon the libell given in this cause.
5. <margin value="Left">Rp. :ius.</margin>
6. William Harris servant of Mr Monger Water Bayliff of
7. the citie of London, aged 48 yeeres or thereabouts sworne and
8. exámined.
9. To the first article of the said libell hee saith and deposeth that hee
10. well knoweth the wharfe arlate and well knew hath soe done for
11. about twenty yeeres last, and well knew the husband of the producent
12. Mary Ewens for about sixteene yeeres before his death (which happened
13. about fower or five yeeres since as hee remembreth the time) and hath
14. knowne the said Mary about two yeeres since, and saith the said Mary
15. from her husbands death, and hee for all the rest of this time arlate
16. till his death have bin and are commonly reputed owners of the said
17. Wharfe and bancke arlate. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
18. To the second and third árticles hee saith .... hee well knoweth the
19. arlate Richard Prior and hath soe donne about three yeeres last
20. during which time hee hath bin ........ a Lowe-water man, and owner
21. of foure lighters, or at least part owner thereof, which and for
22. such commonly accounted, which hee knoweth having frequently in
23. that space seene him and his servants imploy them .... and in that
24. space hath often seene his servants come with and bring the said
25. Lighters ˹neere to˺ to the said wharfe and bancke, or neere the same and there
26. under colour of taking up ballast for shipps, make ˹with others˺ diverse and
27. sundrie greate pitts and holes, many ........... of which hee saith
28. áre made neere unto the said wharfe and bancke and the shore
29. where they are, some of which pitts or holes hee saith are eight
30. or tenn foote deepe and some three or foure foote deep and some
31. more, and others neee the mill wharfe about five foote deepe;
32. and that by reason of the said pitts and digging, diverse hills
33. are ˹made˺ ..... amongst them, which are very dangerous for shipps, and
34. boates and other vessells to passe or come neere the said wharfe, which
35. hee knoweth having often seen and sounded those places by meanes
36. of his imployment under the citie water bayliff, and seene
37. the said lighters and servants worke and take up gravell, and
38. having very often reproved them for the same. And this ..........
39. working of the said servants with the said lighters ˹hee saith˺ hath bin and is
40. publique and notorious as hee saith. And otherwise hee cannot depose
41. To the fourth article hee saith that the bancke of the said wharfe by
42. meanes of the said working, and digging and making of holes soe
43. neere them, have ...... broken in, and fallen or calved into the River
44. of Thamesm which hee knoweth having seen and taken notice of the
45. same. The repairing or worke about mending the same with
46. wood and materialls hath as hee verily beleeveth within the time
47. ..............
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