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Transcription

did use to fish in the places in question, when hee did use the trade of
fishing for that hee know by common repute the same belonged to the tennants of ffeversham
mannor and hundred and that hee ought not soe to doe, and saith hee favoureth all the parties litigant
alike and desyreth right may prevaile in this cause and saith it will be
neither profitt nor preiudice to him this deponent which side soe ever
prevaile in this busines And further hee cannot answere/

To the 2 hee saith hee is a fisherman but hath of late left it off and hath knowne
the place in question for these 30 yeares last and saith it lyeth within the
ebbing and flowing of the sea and saith it is in somplaces about a quarter
of a myle broad at lowe water and in some parts broader but saith it is at
the entrance soe shallowe that it is not above 6 or 7 foote deeep off water at lowe
tyde and will not any tyme by reason of shallowness at the entrance admitt shipps of such a burthen as is interrate
to enter and ride therein and further saving his forgoeing deposition hee
cannot answere./

To the 3 hee saith hee hath served as a jury man in a viceadmiralty
court held in Kent for Sir Thomas Walsingham when he this deponent lived at
halstow aforesayd but it being longe since hee remembereth not who
or what other Townesmen served then of the same jurie but never know any
thing done by any jury of that court touching the land in question, but saith
since his coming to live at ffaversham hee hath
bin in the Court there held for the mannor and hundred
of ffaversham, and hath heard the jurie of that court (which
consists only of the tennants of that Lordshipp and hundred) appointe tymes when the
land in question should be layed in and when broke open And therefore further
hee cannot answere to this interrogatory saving negatively/

To the 4th saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot answere
otherwise than negatively

To the 5th hee saith hee cannot write nor reade written hand but
reade any printed thing that is English and therefore cannot answere
touching any such writings as is interrogate./

To the 6th hee saith hee favoureth all the parties litigant alike and desyreth
right may take place and to the rest of the interrogatory answereth negatively./

To the 7th hee cannot depose

To the 8th hee saith hee beleeveth there are other fish besides oysters taken
in the grounds interrate and further saving his foregoeing deposition
hee cannot answere/

To the last hee cannot answere not knowing nor having heard ought
of the matter interrogate./

Repeated before doctor Godolphin

the mark of the sayd William Benson (RH SIDE)