HCA 13/70 f.536v Annotate
| Volume | HCA 13/70 |
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| Folio | 536 |
| Side | Verso |
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| Anne Mills | |
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| 2014/12/18 | |
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| Edited on 14/07/2016 by Colin Greenstreet | |
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The 15th day of October 1655 [CENTRE HEADING]
Examined upon the sayd allegation in the Acts of Court
John Cullyford of ffaversham in the County of Kent ffisherman
where hee hath lived for these fower or five and fiftie yeares last
past, borne at Upper Lyme in the County of Devon aged eighty three yeares
or thereabouts a wittnes sworne and examined saith and deposeth
as followeth videlicit
To the sayd allegation hee saith and deposeth that hee hath bin a tennant of the Mannor
and hundred of ffaversham for these fiftie yeares last past and hath knowne the grounds
allegate called the Nebb or Harly Shoare East Swale the Becon grounds, Nasse grounds
and Pollard grounds for these three and fifty yeares last past or thereabouts during all
which tyme they have bin fishing grounds and watercourses wherein were bedds
of oysters lyeing and saith during all the sayd tyme they have bin commonly accompted
to be parcell of the mannor and hundred of ffaversham and to lye
within the bounds of the sayd mannor and hundred and by common fame and
reports and places adiacent have soe bin oyster grounds and fishing grounds part of the sayd Mannor and hundred tyme
out of mynde and memory of men now living And hee saith being a
tennant as aforesayd hee knoweth that the Tennants of the sayd Mannor and
hundred for theses fiftie yeares last past and forty one beyond memory of men now living as hath heard by common fame in ffaversham thereabouts have used to pay and doe pay yearely
to the Lord of the sayd Mannor and hundred of ffaversham or his Stewards the yearely Rent
of twenty three shillings fower pence for libertie to fish in the sayd grounds
for oysters and other ffish exclusive from all other ffishermen whatsoever
and hee well knoweth that for the sayd tyme of fifty yeares the ffishermen tennants of
the sayd Mannor and hundred of ffaversham have bin in quiet possession
of fishing and have fished the sayd grounds watercourses and bedds
of oysters for oysters and other fish exclusive to all other ffishermen whatsoever and converted the
oysters and fish thereof to their owne use in lieu of the sayd yearely rent
(saving that other fishermen came secretly as trespassers fished thereon within the sayd tyme) and well knoweth that noe other fishermen either of Milton Stroude
Halston Gillingham or any other parts adiacent have at any tyme within
the tyme aforesayd quietly fished in the sayd grounds and watercourses either for
oysters or other ffish unlesse secretly as by stealth and as trespassers but have bin fined
and punished divers tymes in the sayd tyme when they have bin discovered and
taken for doeing , as trespassers and this deponent having bin watch
bayly of the sayd Mannor and hundred of ffaversham hath known divers
ffishermen of other adiacent places as Rochester Strowde Milton and other places
(being taken fishing in the sayd grounds, secretly) questioned
by the Lord of the sayd Mannor and hundred of ffaversham and his tennants thereof
and have submitted them selves as trespassers in soe doeing
and have within these fower or five yeares last past paid eight or tenn shillings apeece and some
more to Sir George Sands the now Lord of the sayd Mannor or his stewards as hee trespass
against him and his tennants of the sayd Mannor and hundred by
fishing in the sayd grounds and for persons who have the sole liberty
of fishing the sayd grounds watercourses and oyster bedds exclusive for
all other ffishermen whatsoever the ffishermen tennants of the sayd
mannor
