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Transcription

hath divers tymes within these fifty years last past seene the ffishermen
tennents of the sayd hundreds and mannor of ffeversham in the sayd
Court hole for the sayd mannor to collect of oath other money towards the
payment of the sayd yearly rent and pay the same to stewards of the sayd Court but tooke not soo stricte notice as to
observe what the whole summe collectively came to, but hath heard the sayd yearly
reat is 20 m X m li And hee further saith hee well knoweth William Luson and
the rest of the parties allegate and saith they are commonly of the hundred
and mannor of ffeversham allegate and hee soo have bin for divers
years last past some of them for sixe yeares last and some for more and for such
are commonly reputed And this deponent hath often seene them appeare in the
sayd Court hold for the mannor and hundreds of ffeversham as tennants thereof
and serve in the same as iuries thereof, and seene them fish for oysters
and other fish in the grounds in question as tennants of the sayd mannor and
hundred And further to this allegation hee cannot depose:/

The sayd John Whitfeild upon the article allegation
aforesayd, dated the 10th of October 1655/

To the first and second articles of the sayd allegation hee sayeth and
deposeth that hee hath divers tymes within these twenty years last past
heard the Tennants of the hundred and manor of ffeversham reckon with
oath other touching moneys expended by them in buying oysters yearely
to stowe the grounds arlate and thereby knoweth that their reckonings for
soe doing have some and yeares amounted to twenty pounds and some yeares
thirty pounds a yeare and some yeares tenn pounds a year for stowing the sayd
grounds, and saith according to common fame and reporte in ffeversham and places adiacent the tennants of the
sayd mannor and hundred andthey only have tyme out of mynde used to stoare the sayd grounds
with oysters soo oft as occasion required And hee alsoe saith that hee this deponent
hath often within this twenty or thirty yeares last having occasion to passe by
that way in boates observed that the ffishermen Tennants of the mannor and hundreds
of ffeversham or others for them and in their behalfe have usually watched the sayd
grounds in question yearely from, about Lammas till after michaelemas
to prevent ffishermen of other places from coming
to fish for oysters in the sayd grounds, but what it cost them weekly for soe
doeing hee cannot of his knowledge depose, but saith hee hath hee heard some of the
sayd tennants of ffeversham mannor and Lord shipp saie that it cost them weekely
amongst them all for the tyme they soe watched somtymes thirty shillings a X GUTTER
and sometymes more, And hee further saith hee never heard that any but the
tennants of the sayd mannor and hundreds of ffeversham ever were at any charge
to stowe the sayd grounds with oysters, or watch therein, or ever had any right
to fish for oysters of other fish in the grounds in question and further sayd
his foregoeing deposition made to the allegation made in the acts of Court within
cause to which hee referreth hee cannot depose/

To the last hee saith his forgoing deposition is true./

To the Interrogatories/ [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee is not compelled by any order of this
Court but cameth to testifie in this cause at the request of the producents
who beare his charges, and saith hee is noe fisherman of nor tennant to the grounds in question nor useth to fish in the places
interrogate, and favoureth both parties litigant alike and desyreth right
may