HCA 13/70 f.532r Annotate
| Volume | HCA 13/70 |
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| Folio | 532 |
| Side | Recto |
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| First transcriber | |
| Rachel Carter | |
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| 2014/12/02 | |
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| Edited on 07/12/2014 by Jill Wilcox | |
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The 13th day of October 1655 [CENTRE HEADING]
Examined upon the sayd allegation made in the articles of Court
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John Whitfield of ffaversham in the County of Kent Corde=
wainer where hee hath lived all his tyme being there borne aged
sixty eight yeares or thereabouts a wittnes sworne and examined
saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet./
To the sayd allegation hee saith that hee well knoweth the grounds allegate called
Harly shoare on the Nebb East Swale the Beacon grounds ?Nesse grounds and
Polland grounds and saith during all the tyme of his knowledge of them which
hath bin for above fiftie yeares last past they have bin and are ffishing grounds
wherein bedds of oysters lye, and have bin and are as hee beleeveth part and parcell of
the mannor and hundred of ffeversham and lye within the the bounds thereof
and for such they are commonly reputed, and soe have bin reputed parcell of the
same tyme beyond the memory of men now living as hee hath heard from
others who were [?an XXchient] inhabitants of ffeversham when this deponent was but a
youth of about sixteene or seventeene yeares of age And hee this deponent
having often within these fiftie yeares last past bin at the courts held for
the mannor and hundred of ffeversham hath often observed that the jury of
the sayd Court (tennants of the sayd mannor and hundred of ffaversham and noe other) have yearely
twice a yeare made orders in that court touching the opening and laying in of the sayd
grounds for fishing and punished by fine or otherwise such as transgressed
against their sayd orders And hee alsoe saith that hee the better knoweth the
sayd grounds for that hee hath used to passe over them in a
boate once or twice a weeke for many yeares together upon occasions for
his master with whence hee lived many yeares since, and hee also saith that
for these fiftie yeares last past and better hee hath observed that the ffishermen
tennants of the sayd hundred and mannor of ffeversham have and do fish
the sayd grounds for oysters and other ffish and converte then to their
owne use, as property and of right belonging to them only exclusive
to all other fishermen whatsoever, and beleeveth the fishing of them
to belonge properly to them alone exclusive from all other ffishermen
for that hee hath knowne devrs tymes within the sayd tyme that fishermen
of milton have bin
taken dredgeing for oysters in the night tyme in as ?serret manner as they
could and their boates seized by the ffishermen tennants of the mannor
and hundred of ffeversham and brought to ffeversham and there questioned
by the Court held for the Lord of the sayd mannor, and this deponent being present in Court hath heard the sayd
milton ffishermen soe taken or some of them submitt and acknowledge themselves to be
trespassers for fishing there and promise in court that they would not
offend in the like kinde againe or to that effect, and (as hee hath heard)
some milton ffishermen taken soe fishing and questioned for the same
in the sayd Court have given bonds not to fish there any more And hee
likewise deposeth that there is a publique voice and fame in ffeversham
aforesayd that the ffishermen tennants of the hundred and manner
of ffeversham in lieu of the sayd priviledge and benefitt to fish the
sayd grounds exclusive from all other ffishermen, have tyme out of
wynde and memory of men now living used to pay yearely to the
Lords of the sayd mannor of ffeversham a certaine yearely reat (which
as hee hath heard is twenty three shillings fower pence and this deponent
hath
