HCA 13/70 f.542r Annotate
| Volume | HCA 13/70 |
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| Folio | 542 |
| Side | Recto |
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with the sayd Lord for their sayd trespasse and agree before this deponent and others
to pay the sayd Lord for such their trespasse five pounds
And hee saith hee well knoweth that all the producents in this cause
are tennants of the sayd mannor and hundred of ffeversham and soe have bin
for divers yeares last past and soe commonly accompted the premisses hee
deposeth for the reasons aforesayd as alsoe for that hee being waterbayly
hath seene them after serve of the jury in the sayd Lords Court
held yearely twice a yeare at ffeversham And further to this allegation hee
cannot depose./
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The sayd William Thompson upon the arlate
allegation dated the 10th of October 1655/ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first article of the sayd allegation hee saith that for these 18
yeares last past during which tyme hee hath bin a tennant to the grounds
in question he knoweth that the ffishermen Tennants of the mannor and
hundred of ffeversham have used to store the grounds in question
with oysters which they bought with their owne money out of Essex and
other places soe oft as neede required have expended in soe doeing sometymes
forty pounds a yeare sometymes thirty pounds a yeare sometymes twenty
pounds a yeare and sometymes lesse as neede required, the premisses hee
deposeth having as a tennant paid his share thereof and having helped
to dispose and lay them in the grounds in question, And hee hath heard
by Common fame in ffeversham and other places adiacent that the
ffishermen tennants of the mannor and hundred of ffeversham
have tyme out of mynde and memory of men mow liveing stored the
sayd grounds in question with oysters soe oft as neede required and
never heard or knew that any the ffishermen or inhabitants of
Stroude Milton Gillingham or of any other places save the mannor
and hundred of ffeversham did at any tyme store the sayd grounds
with oysters or pay any thing towards the storeing thereof, or ever
had any right quietly to fish for oysters or any other ffish in and upon
the grounds and watercourses in question, And further saving his
foregoeing deposition hee cannot depose./
To the 2 article hee saith that hee well knoweth and hath observed
that ever since hee was a tennant to the grounds in question, and
for divers yeares before that the tennants of the mannor and hundred of
ffeversham have used yearely to watch the grounds in question
from before Lamas till about a moneth after Michaelmas
and knoweth ever since hee hath bin a tennant it hath cost them yearely
during the tyme the sayd grounds were soe watched betwixt thirty shillings
and forty shillings a weeke for soe watcheing the same this
hee knoweth having as a tennant paid his share thereof And
further saving his foregoeing depositions to which hee referreth hee cannot depose
