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The sayd '''John Michell''' upon the arlat … The sayd '''John Michell''' upon the arlate allegation<br />
bearing date the 10th day of October 1655 /
To the first article of the sayd allegation hee saith that hee well knoweth that<br />
ever since hee this deponent came to be a tennant to the grounds in question<br />
(which hath bin for these 42 yeares last past) the tennants ffishermen of<br />
the mannor and hundred of ffeversham have soe often as neede required<br />
stored the grounds in question with oysters which they<br />
bought in Essex and other places and layed in the grounds in question<br />
and therein bestowed<br />
sometymes thirty pounds a yeare, somtymes forty pounds a yeare and somtymes<br />
twenty pounds a yeare and somtymes lesse as the grounds required, this<br />
he knoweth having paid his part thereof as a tennant to the sayd grounds<br />
and saith hee never knew any but the tennants ffishermen of the sayd mannor<br />
and hundred of ffeversham pay anything towards the storeing the sayd grounds<br />
with oysters, or store any of them, And saith by common fame and report in<br />
ffeversham and other places adiacent hee hath heard that the ffishermen tennants<br />
of the sayd Lordshipp and hundred of ffaversham and noe other have stored the<br />
sayd grounds with oysters from tyme to tyme beyond the memory of men now living and hee know but they had any<br />
right to fish in the sayd grounds either for oysters or any manner of fish<br />
nor have at any tyme fished there but as trespassers, and further<br />
saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot to the article depose/
To the 2 article hee saith that for and by reason of this tennancie as aforesayd<br />
hee well knoweth that for these twenty yeares last past or thereabouts<br />
the tennants ffishermen of the mannor and hundred of ffeversham have<br />
yearely from Lammas till about a moneth after Michaelmas watched<br />
or payed for the watcheing of the grounds in question, and therein [expect GUTTER]<br />
yearely, during the tyme of such watcheing, thirty or forty shillings a<br />
weeke, this hee knoweth having sometymes watched himselfe and at other<br />
tymes paid his part as a tennant for doeing the same, And knoweth XX GUTTER<br />
noe other but the ffishermen tennants of the sayd mannor and hundred of<br />
ffeversham have during the sayd tyme paid anything towards the<br />
watching of, or watched the sayd grounds, nor beleeveth that any but<br />
they had at any tyme any right to fish for any manner of fish in the<br />
sayd grounds and further saving his foregoeing deposition hee<br />
cannot depose
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true./
To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first interrogatorie hee saith hee cometh to testifie in this cause<br />
uncompelled at the request of the producents and saith hee being a tennant<br />
beareth his part of his owne charges and of other the charges in this? GUTTER<br />
suite for the prosecuting thereof, and is a fisherman of ffeversham and useth GUTTER<br />
to fish in the places interrogate, and would give the victorie in this cause<br />
to whome of right it belongeth, and saith if the ffeversham men prevaile<br />
in thisfeversham men prevaile<br />
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