MRP: C22/460/21 f. 2

C22/460/21 f. 2

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//Ex parte
Def//

//Depocicons of witnesses taken at the Cittie of Rochester in the County of Kent the xxxxxx//

//Anno Dm 1651 before George Robinson John Alleyn Alexander Chancey and Josua Langridge gentes//

//by vertue of a Comission out of the high court of Chancery to them directed to examine witnesses//

//a Cause there depending betweene Maximilian Dallyson as a xxx xx def: at the XXXX of Thomas Stone //

//Comp:lt as followeth (vizt)//

//S:r James Oxenden (sic of Wingham in the County of Kent kn:t 64 yeares or thereabouts sworne & examined//

//deposeth as followeth (vizt)//

//To the first Interr this dep:t Saith that he knowe the def:t in this Suite & hath seene the Comp:lt this dep:t xxxxxxxxxxxx//

//he did knowe S:r Max: Dallison (sic) kn:t & Willyam Dallison Esq:r in this Interr named and that they are both dead and that the said//

//Willyam Dallison dyed about nyne yeares since and the said S:r Max: dyed long before the said W:m Dallison//

//To the fifth interr this dep:t saith that the deed or writing nowe showed unto him at the tyme of his examinaccon dated//

//the 24:th June 1634 was sealed and delivered by W:m Dallison in this interr named and that he this dep:t was present then//

//and subscribed his name as a witness to the sealing and deliverie therof by thessaid Willyam Dallison//

//Thomas Wynter of Wingham in the County of Kent yeoman aged 46 yeares or thereabouts sworne & examined//

//deposeth as followeth (vizt)//

//To the Seaventh Interr this dep:t saith that the def:t Max: Dallison was 17 yeares of Age in the moneth of XXXX//

//past and that he knoweth thesame for that he lately purposely searched the Register books for Christenings in the xxx//

//Wingham aforesaid where thesaid def:t was borne and baptized and found thereupon that the said def:t was born //

//the 15:th day of December 1633

//To the 9:th Interr this dep:t saith That S:r James Oxenden Grandfather to the def:t & on his behalf //

//in Rochester in the Chamber of the said messuage called the garden Chamber in the name of xx xx//

//xx Lands purchased or p:rtended to be purchased of the said William Dallison by the said Comp:lt & did//

//same by vertue of a Remainder thereof lymitted to the said def:t Maximilian by S:r Max: Dallison kn:t his Grandfather//

//And that the note nowe showed unto this dep:t at this the tyme of his examinacon was then & there xxxxxxxxxxxxxx//

//James Oxinden (sic) and by him then & there read in the p:rsence of this dep:t and Henrie Board and he this dep:t xxxx//

//Oxinden//

//Henry Beard of Wingham in the County of Kent carpenter aged fortie yeares or thereabouts swore & examined xxx//

// as followeth (vizt)

//To the 7th Interr this dep:t saith that the def:t Maximilian Dallison was 17 yeares of age in the month of December //

//past and that he knoweth the same for that he lately purposely searched the Register booke for Christenings in the parish//

//of Wingham aforesaid where the said def:t was borne and baptized and found that the said def:t was baptized upon ye xx//

//daie of December 1633//

//To the 9:th Interr this dep:t saith that S:r James Oxenden kn:t Grandfather to the def:t for & on the behalfe & to the use of the def:t//

//Max Dallison on or about the 26:th day of March 1640 did enter into the Messuage or Inn called the White Hart xxxxxxxxxxxx//

//&in the Chamber of the said Messuage called the Garden Chamber in the name of all the Messuages and Lands purchased or//

//p:rtended to be purchased of the said W:m Dallison by the said Comp:lt and did clayme the same by vertue of a Remainder xx//

//lymitted to the said def:t Max: Dallison by S:r Maximilian Dallison his Grandfather And in the name xxxxx//

//him this dep:t at this the tyme of his examinacon was then xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx S:r James Oxinden and xxxxxxxxxx//

//read in the p:sence of this dep:t and Thomas Winter and that he this dep:t xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx//

//named to xxx witnesses to what was soe said & do by that xxxxxx S:ir James Oxinden

//John Heath of the Cittie of Rochester in the County of Kent aged 36 yeares or therabouts sworne & examined//
//deposed as followeth//

//To the 10th Interr this dep:t saith that upon the ?9th day of October 16XX the def:t Max Dallison did enter into the XXX//

//or inn called the White hart in Rochester and did there demand the xxxxxxxxxx then last past for xxxxxxxx//

//Messuage and other Lands and howses upon the lease made by S:r Max: Dallison his grandfather to M:r Phillips xxxx the dep:t//

//that the said def:t Max Dallison did then and there demand all the Arrearages of Rent due to him upon the same by xxxxxxx//

//writing nowe shewed unto him this dep:t dated the XX day of October 1647 was thereupon subscribed by him this dep:t//

//Thomas Lowell and Michaell Gunstead then also present the same conteyning xxx the very words the said dep:t xxxxx//

//then and there upon his demand of thesaid rent & Arrearages thereof//

//To the 11th Interr this dep:t saith that he doth knowe that the yearely value of the Messuages Lands and Tenem:ts in xxxxxxxxxxxx//

//Cittie of Rochester w:xh the Comp:lt did heretofore purchase or p:rtend to purchase of Willyam Dallison Esq:r in this xxxx//

//was and is the some of one hundred & fower poundes and soe the some xxxxxxxxxxxxx be lett//

//Thomas Lowell of the Cittie of Rochester in the County of Kent gen aged 20 yeares or therabouts sworne / examined//

//deposeth as followeth (vizt)

//To the 10th Interr this dep:t saith that upon the XXth day of October 1647 (could be 1649) the def:t Max Dallison xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx//

//Inn called the White Hart in Rochester and did there xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx//

//xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx//

//same lease And that the writing nowe shewed unto him xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx//

//October 1647 was thereupon subscribed by him this dep:t

//said

//Kent & ?Memory thereof

//William Payneter of Gillingham in the Countie of Kent

//XXX deposeth as followeth vizt

//the first Interr this dep:t saith that he doth ??not knowe xxxx in the ?writing but doth very well knowe xxx//

//& that he did also very well knowe S:r Max: Dallison Kn:t & W:m Dallison Esq:r xxxxxxxxxxx & That he said xxxxx//

//dyed about 20 yeares since & as this dep:t veryily beleiveth thesadi W:m Dallison dyed ?in (On) or about the xxx of  ?July xxxx//

//To the third Interr this dep:t saith That he did often heare said S:r Maximillian Dallison in his life xxxxxxxxxxxxxx//

//Maximillian had settled his Messuage ??pasture & Tenem:ts upon his sonn William Dallison for his life xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx//

//dispose of the Inheritance thereof And this dep:t alsoe xxx That ?after the decease of xxxxxxxxxxxxx//

//w:ch Serjeant Whitfeild (deceased) to xxx dep:t that xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx had xxxxxxxxxxx//

//upon those

//the power of thesaid William Dallison

//spoken in Rochester & elsewhere both before & After the death of the said S:r Maximillian Dallison xxxxxxxxx//

//Dallison had setted his reall estate upon his sonn William Dallison for xxxxxxxxxxx

//and aforesaid

//Richard Lee of great XXXXX pish of St Margarett in the County of Kent esq aged 60 yeares

// or thereabouts sworne & examined

//To the first Interr this dep:t saith that he

//Willm Dallison esq:r in this Interr named

//about 20 yeares since//

//To the third Interr this dep:t saith That he was intimately aquainted with the said S:r Max: Dallison xxxxxxxxxxxxx//

//life tyme tould this Dep:t that by ?reason of his sonn (M:r William xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx//

//of life) he was resolved that he would xxxxxxxxxx hxxx upon him the xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx//

//that it should not be in the power of ?the said William to sell or dispose xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx//

//S:r Max Dallison had (for he told this dep:t) xxxxxxxxxx written xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx//

//Dep:t also saith that before & after the death of the said S:r Maximillian Dallison he hath oftentimes xxx ?repeated & xxxxxxxxx//

//severall psons both at Rochester & else where that the said S:r Maximillian Dallison had settled his lands upon his xxxxxxxx//

//William Dallison but for his life ?onelie And that he the said S:r Max Dallison soe did thesame to xxxx xxxxx those xxxxxx//

//to sell or dispose of the Inheritance thereof//

//To the Eigth Interr this dep:t saith that about 16 or 17 yeares ??since this dep:t xxx in the Citty of Rochester xxxxxx//

//of M:r Phillip Ward this dep:t xxxxxxxxxxx being there  ?Master (or Mason) of the said xxxxxx xxxx this Comp:lt xxxx//

//howse there w:ch this dep:t knowe to belonge to M:r xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx//

//ready to be sealed whome this dep:t xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx//

//XXX by this dep:t that he heard M:r xxxxxxxx was upon buying xx W:m Dallisons xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx//

//XXXX

//XXX

[BACKSIDE OF FOLIO TWO]

//Mr Stone thereof ?when thereupon all the said M:r Ward also told this dep:t answered that he was most xxxx//

//in what he did & asked yf he thought That old Birds would be caught with chaffe//

//Phillip Ward of the Cittie of Rochester in the Countie of Kent esq:r aged 60 yeares or //

Thereabouts sworne & examined deposeth as followeth vizt//

//To the Third Interr this Dep:t saith that it was oftentymes spoken in & about the Citty of Rochester//

//& elsewhere both before & after the death of S:r Maximilian Dallison that the said S:r Maximillian Dallison //

//had conveyed & setled his messuage Lands & Tenem:ts upon his sonn Willm Dallison but for his Life onely//

//& that he soe did the same to pvent the said William fro: selling or disposing of them xxxx thereof//

//To the Eighth Interr this dep:t saith That about 16 or 17 yeares since this dep:t wxxxxxxxxxxxxxx//

//Rochester in the company of Richard ?Lee Esq:r This said Mr Lee  ?observing the Comp:lt to ??him xxxxxxx of a xx//

//there w:ch this ?dep:t knowe to be xxx in William Dallison (& w:ch this dep:t much desired x?to have being//

//& xxxxx have being at thesame xxx ?until that he was told that thesaid M:r Dallison had noe power to ?sell//

//the Inheritance thereof) assured this dep:t  ??if he knowe what thesaid M:r Stone did there ?who//

//(unto the said M:r Lee that he heard ??it ??said M:r Stone the Compl:t) was upon buying thesame M:r XXX xxx//

//howses & estate in Rochester & the xxxx thesame M:r Lee wished this dep:t to ?make what xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx//

//xxx heed what he did therein for that as thesaid M:r Lee wished this dep:t to tell him then xxxxxxxxxxxx//

//that the said M:r Dallison xxxx but xxxxxx therein & that he had no power to sell ??that//

//Inheritance thereof & xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxx Acquainted in the said def:t Stone thereof xxx//

//answered that he was well advised in what he did & there upon ???asked this dep:t ??yf xxx of xxxxxx//

//That old Birds would be caught with chaffe//

John Alleyn
Allen Chauncey
J. ??Langridge

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