Folio 10: [Sets out the questions to be answered on behalf of John Churchill]
Interrogatories to be ministered [obscured]_esses to be p[ro]duced on the parte and behalfe of John Churchill, gent __ //
Against Xpofer Rasker Thomas Ea__[obscured] __bt Bitchgood Nicholas Winsor Henry White & Marye Savage widdowe //
[obscured] whether doe you know the pties [obscured] def[endan]ts or any of them and doe you know the Mannor of Fordington in the //
County of dorst and c[er]tayne mills there called the West milles and how longe have you knowne the same//
Item whether doth the same mannor for the most parte consist of coppie holde Tenants holden at thew will of the Lorde //
by copie of Court Roll according to the custom of the same mannor and whether doe the Tenn[an]ts of the same coppieholde //
landes holde theirTenements at the will of the Lord by such sute and service as to their sayd Tenem[en]ts aputeyneth //
Item whether you knowe or have you hearde that the sayd mills called the West mills are p[ar]cell of the sayd mannor //
of Fordington and what other corn milles are there that are p[ar]cell and belonginge to the same mannor, and //
whether doe you knowe or have you heard that the same mills have byne reputed the customarye milles of the //
sayd mannor of Fordington, for the grinding of such corne and grayne as the Tennte there use to spendin //
their howses wthin the same mannor //
Item whether doe you knowe or have you heard that other Mannors lyeing about or neere unto the mannor of Fordington //
being intyre Mannors and not dismembred have for the most pte customarye mills unto them belonginge Att wch//
milles the customarye Tennts of the same mannor ought by the Custome there used to grinde such corne &grayne //
as they spend in their customarye Tenemt and not elsewhere: what be the names of such mannors and how //
farr distant doe they lye from the sayd mannor of Fordington as you knowe or believe declare //
your whole knowledge touching this Interrogatory
Item whether doe you knowe or have you harde that the said plt is seised in fee of c[er]tayne milles lying in Fordington //
Aforesaid called the East milles how farr doe the sayd East Milles lye distant from the p[ar]ish of Fordington are they //
Not neerer unto the Inhabitants of the same mannor then the Princes Milles and more commodious for the Princes Tennts //
to come unto then the West milles And doe you not thinke in your conscience that yf in tyme to come the sayd milles //
could be devided into sev[er]all mens possessions and the Princes Tennte injoyned to grind all their corne att the Princes //
customary mills that it would be verye p[re]judicial unto the [com]pl[ainan]ts sayd milles And whether in respecte thereof//
doe you not thinke that in tyme to come it may be more p[ro]fitable to the pl[ainan]t to have the sayd tennts left att//
lib[er]tye to grinde where they liste then to be bounde to grinde att the Princes Milles onlye //
Item whether are you tennte or under tennte of any coppieholde tenemt wthin the sayd Mannor of Fordington //
or doe you Rent anye Lande meadow or pasture wthin the same mannor whose Tennte are you what & how //
much doe you Rent, and who moved or p[er]suaded you to be a dep[onen]t in this cause, what rewarde or recompense or //
p[ro]mise of rewarde or recompense is their made unto your or doe you expect for your testimonye in this cause: who //
made the same or from whome or how doe you expecte such rewarde or recompense to be unto you made And //
whether have you byn formerly ex[ami]ned as a witnesse in a cause depending in this Court betweene William //
Churchill gent the plts father compl[ainan]t and the sayd Thomas Eames and others the Tennte of Fordington dorst //
(to your nowe best remembrance ^And whether doe you contribute any thing towards the charge of this suite or have you p[ro]mised any contribution^ declare your whole knowledge touching this Inter and any p[ar]te thereof //
Item whether doe you knowe or have you hearde That the sayd def[endan]ts and other customarye Tennte of the sayd mannor //
of Fordington or some of them have lately soulde c[er]tayne Furses growing on p[ar]te of the waste and comon of the same mannor //
how longe sythence is itt that the same were soulde and by whome and for how much money how is the money //
thereof made ymployed or intended to be ymployed, as you know or have of creditt harde is not the same or p[ar]te //
thereof ymployed or intended to be ymployed for & towards the mayntenance of this suite against the //
plt being the Princes Tennte of the West milles aforesayd how much thereof hath there byn soe ymployed or intended to be ymployed as you knowe or have of creditt harde and how much thereof remayneth and in whose//
handes is the same declare your whole knowledge touching this Inter and any p[ar]te thereof and the reasons that moveth you soe to depose
Item whether doe you knowe John Samwayes sometimes Tennte of the sayd milles called the West milles how //
longe tyme is it sithence he was first owner thereof did he use in his tyme to lett p[ar]cell of tharrable landes belonging //
Unto the sayd West milles unto div[er]s of the Tennts of Fordington at a yearly Rent for how much Rent did he lett//
each aker to your knowledge and whether did he not allsoe lett other p[ar]cells of the same landes unto div[er]s p[er]sons inh[ab]iting in //
Monnkton and MartensTowne two milles distant from the same milles att the same rent where did the sayd John Samwayes //
Inhabit when he lett the same, did he manure any of the same Landes himselfe or did he lett the same to others for that //
himselfe was dwelling out of the sayd mannor of Fordington and had sufficient Tillage where he dwelte And whether did he lett the same Landes att an under value and how much to your c[er]tayne knowledge and how doe you knowthe same to be true //
declare your whole knowledge touching this Inter and any p[ar]te thereof and the reasons that move you to depose //
Item whether is not the compl[ainan]t yearly att greate charge in repayring of the sayd milles And whether hathhe //
not lately to his great cost now builte the same milles orp[ar]te thereof how much doe you thinke in your conscience //
that the new buildinge of the same milles hath coste the plt and what is the yearly charge of repayring of them //
as you knowe or believe declare your whole knowledge touching this Interrogatory and the reasons that move youto depose //
Item what other matter thinge or circumstance can you saye or depose on the p[ar]te and behalfe of the sayd compl[ainan]t //
against the sayd def[endan]ts or any of them touching the matters now in question betweene them declare thesame att //
large and the reasons that moveth you soe to depose //
Item whether is John Hennynge Esquire mayntaynor and Abettor of the sayd ef[endan]ts in this suite against the said compl[ainan]t And //
whether is he not owner and occupier of c[er]tayne milles in Fordington called the Fryerye milles, And doe not many of //
the tennte of Fordington aforesaid grynde theire corne at the said Fryerye mylles out of the mannor declare your whole //
knowledge touching this Interrogatory
Jo Notley
Folio 11: [Sets out Depositions]
[obscured but is William Clowter] p[ar]ishe of Fordington in the County of Dorset miller aged //
[obscured] fiftie yeeres or thereabouts p[ro]duced to the first third fowrth fyfth //
[obscured ] nynth tenth and twelvth Inter and there uppon sworne and examined //
To the first Inter this deponent saith that he knoweth the Compl[ainan]t & the defend[an]ts and he knoweth //
the mannor of Fordington and the mills in the Inter menconed called the West mills and hath //
knowne them by the space of Twentye yeares and upwards //
3. To the third Inter this deponent saith that he knoweth that the said mills called theWest //
mills are p[ar]cell of the said mannor of Fordington and that he hath heard Thomas Clowter //
his father saye that mr John Samways when he was Owner of the said West mills did//
Report unto hym that the saide West mills were customary mills and that the //
Customary Tennante of the said mannor ought by the Custome of the said mannor to grinde //
their corne at the same mills //
4. To the fowerth inter this deponent sayth that he knoweth that the mannor of Charmister beinge //
a myle distant from the mannor of Fordington hath belonginge there unto ^A Customary mill^ (as this deponent hath //
heard by the Report of one Johan harbyn widdowe nowe owner of the said mill) //
at wch mill the Customary Tennants of the said mannor by the report of the said //
Johan harbyn ought to grynde their corne and that she hath heard her late husband //
John harbyn saye in his life tyme, that such customarye Tennante as have grownde theire //
corne at other mills have byn compelled to grynd their corne againe at the said mill of//
Charmister by order of the Courte held wthin the said mannor as the said Johan harbyn told this //
desponent, And further this deponent saith that one Thomas Savage late of Sydlinge deceassed //
told this deponent that the myll wthin the mannor of Brade Sydlinge beinge distant from //
Fordington about fyve myles (1) (and where the said Thomas Savage then dwelt) was a //
Customary mill and that the Customarye Tennants of the said mannor of Broade Sydlinge //
ought by the Custom of the said mannor to grinde all theire corne at the said mill. //
5. To the fivth Inter this deponent saith that the Compl[ainan]t (as this deponent thinketh) is ___ //
in Fee of certaine mills lyinge neere Fordington called the East mills ^and that the said mills^ are more neere //
p[re]mise his mills called the West mills and he farther saith that if the saide east mills //
and West mills (beinge nowe both in the possession of the Compl[ainan]t) should hereafter be //
devyded into sev[er]all mens possessions and the Customary Tennants be compelled to //
grynde all theire corne at the prince his mills, it would be verye hurtefull to the //
saide Easte mills for that moste of the Customarye Tennants of the said mannor //
did nowe grynd theire corne at the said East mills and this deponent farther saith //
that he veryly beleeveth that it maye herafter be more profittable to the Compl[ainan]t to //
leave the said tennants at lybertye to grynd where they list, then to Compell them to //
to grinde at the prince his mills called the West mills //
9. To the Ninth Inter this deponent saith that in this deponents judgment if the said Compl[ainan]t //
should be compelled to keepe soe manye s[er]vante & horses to carrie & recarrye the //
corne & grayne of the said Tennant to & from the markett at dorchester and to Carrie //
theire sede corne to theire ploughes at wheate season as the said Tennants would have //
hym that then the whole p[ro]fitt& benefit of the Tolle comminge & any singe of the //
grists of the said Tennants to be grownd at the said mills would hardly count[er]vayle //
his charge in keepinge and maynteyninge his said s[er]vants & horses //
To the tenth Inter this deponent saith that the said Compl[ainan]t hath byn at greate charge in //
buyldinge & repairing of the said West mills for that wthin these sixe yeares last past //
he hath nowe built the said mills, and hath expended therein the some of one hundred //
pownds at the leaste and that over and above the said buyldings the yearly charge //
in repairing them doth amount to the sum of Forty shillings at the least //
To the twelvth Inter this deponent saith that one mr hennynge Esquier menconed //
in this Inter is owner and occupier of certaine mills in dorchester neere //
Fordington called the Fryarye mills and saith that manye of the prince his //
Tennants of Fordington aforesaid doe grynde there corne at the said Fryarye //
Mills out of the mannor of Fordington aforesaid //
Ex p[ar]te querent
Roger Winsor formerly examined ex p[ar]te defendant and now p[rod]duced ex p[ar]te querent //
To the sixth and seaventh Inter only, and there uppon sworne and examined. //
To the sixth Inter this deponent saith that he is a Coppye holder and Customary tennant //
of the saide mannor of Fordington, & that he was moved and spoken to, by Thomas //
Eames, Christopher Rasker and others of his neighbours whoo showed hym //
Angell Smith Tho: Barnes Will: Glesone Jo: Notley
(1) Sydling St Nicholas, actually about 8 mile or 13 km North West of Fordington village
Folio 12: [Continuation of Roger Wynsor's Deposition]
A warrant from some of the Commissioners in this Cause, requiring him //
to appear before the sayde commissioners, and to testifye his knowledge //
in the same cause, but sayth that he was not p[ro]mised any
Reward, neither doth he expect anye, for testifying of his knowledge //
herein. And he farther sayth that he hath not bin formerly examyned //
as a witness in a cause depending in this Courte betweene Willm //
Churchill gent ^then^ Compl[ainan]t, and the saide Thomas Eames, and other tennante //
of Fordington then defendante, And farther he saith that he doth not
Contribute, nor hath he p[ro]mised to Contribute any thinge towarde //
the Charge of this Suite, it defrayed out of the Comon purse of //
the Tennante of the same mannor, wch he knoweth for that he //
is one of the Church Wardens of the sayd p[ar]ishe, and the stock of the //
p[ar]ishe is Remayninge in the hande of this deponent, and in the //
hande of his p[ar]tner Churchwarden. //
To the seaventh Interogatory this deponent saith that aboute a yeere //
paste, and better, this deponent one John White the other Churchwarden //
of the saide p[ar]ishe as aforesaide, Robert Bitchgood, one of the defend[an]ts //
and some other of the tennante of the said Mannor whose names //
he nowe remembreth not, did sell certaine furses growing uppon the //
comon downe of the saide mannor, unto one Luke Bower, for the sum //
of eight pownds, or there aboute. And he farther saith that the saide //
monye is imployed in manner & forme followinge, videl[ici]t, sixteene shillinge //
there of to the maynie[?]souldiers, to the maynten[an]ce of the Church //
five pownds or there aboute, And some more of the saide monye (the //
residue sum whereof this deponent remembreth not) hath bin given //
to the poore of the p[ar]ishe, and the residue of the saide monye remayneth //
in the hande of this deponent, and his said partenor. And this ~ //
deponent farther saith, that he knoweth not, neither hath heard, that //
anye p[ar]te of the monye, made of the saide furses is imployed, or intended //
to be imployed, for and towarde the maintenance of this Suite ~~~ //
Angell Smith Tho: Barnes Will: Glesone Jo: Notley
Folio 13:
Willm Birde of Fordington in the county of Dorst husbandman ^formerly examyned on the defend and nowe p[ro]duced on the pl[aintiff] behalf^ of age of fiftye three yeeres, or thereabouts p[ro]duced //
to thesecond third fiveth sixth seaventh eighth and twelveth Interogatoryes only, and here uppon sworne and //
examyned //
To the second Interogatory this deponent sayth that the said mannor of Fordington consisteth for the moste p[ar]te //
of coppy hold Tenem[en]te holden at the will of the Lord by coppie or Courte Rolle according to the Custom of ~~//
the saide mannor, and that the tennant of the saide coppye hold lande doe holde theire Tenement at the //
will of the Lorde, by such sute or service, as to the saide Tenemente apportayneth//
3. To the third Interogatory this deponent sayth that the sayd mylls, called the West mylls in the Inter menconed //
as p[ar]cells of the saide mannor of Fordington, and that there are other mylls wthin the saide mannor called//
by the name of the Easte mylls, but as this deponent remembreth, are not p[ar]te of the sayde mannor, for this //
deponent have heard that they were belonginge to the Abbye of Byndon. And that he never heard any //
man but mr Willm Churchill, the compl[ainan]te father, and the nowe compl[ainan]t, and theire Grysters, and Loaders saye, that //
the sayd West mylls were reputed to be the Customary mylls of the sayd mannor of Fordington, for the //
gryndinge of such corne, and grayne, as the Tennante there use to spend in theire howses wthin the same //
mannor//
5. To the fiveth Interogatory this deponent sayth that he knoweth that the sayd compl[ainan]t holdeth certeyne other //
mylls on Fordington, called by the name of the Easte mylls, and that he and his father have soe helde //
them by the space of xxti[20] yeeres paste, but what estate the Compl[ainan]t hath in them this deponent knoweth //
not. And that the sayd Eastemylls, are not above forty foote distant from the sayd p[ar]ishe of Fordington //
but are much neerer to the Tennante howses of the sayd mannor then the prince his mylls called the //
West mylls, and are more commodious for the prince his Tennante to come unto then the sayd West//
mylls. And this deponent farther sayth, that yf the sayd mylls, videlt (2) (the East mylls and Weste //
mylls) showld be devyded into sev[er]all mens possessyons and the prince his Tennants enjoyned to grynd //
at the prince his mylls called the Weste mylls that then the sayd Easte mylls would not be soe //
benefitiable to the Compl[ainan]t, as nowe they are, and that he thinketh (yf the Tennante of the sayd //
mannor of Fordington be not compelled by the custome of the sayd mannor to grynd theire //
corne at the sayd prince his mylls as this deponent thinketh they are not) that then in //
Respect of the neerenesse of the sayde Easte mylls, it would be the more beneficial to //
the sayd Compl[ainan]ts as longe as the Tennants be well used. //
6. To the sixt Interogatorye this deponent saith he is one of the prince his coppyhold or Customarye Tennants of the//
said mannor of Fordington And that one Robert Ford one other Customarye Tennant of the said mannor came to//
this deponent and Requyred hym by vertue of a warrant under the hands of the Commyssioners in //
this Cause to appeare before the said Commissioners to testify his knowledge in the said Cause //
And farther this deponent saith that he was never promysed, neither doth he expect any reward //
to be given unto him for his testimonye in this Cause, and that he was not formerly examyned //
in the cause in this Inter menconed, but saith he was a p[ar]tye in the same Cause, but that //
he hath neither given, or p[ro]mised anye Contribution towards the Charge of this Suite. //
7. To the saventh Interogatorye this deponent saith that he knoweth that about a yeere paste //
or upwarde, one Roger Wynsor, and John White then beinge at that tyme Church Wardens of //
the p[ar]ishe of Fordington, as this deponent nowe Remembreth, did sell certayne Furses //
growinge uppon Fordington downe p[ar]cell of the Comons of the sayd mannor, and that they //
were solde (as he Remembreth) for the some of Twenty nobles or eight pownde, but how //
the sayde money is imployed, or intended to be imployed, this deponent knoweth not, nor hath //
credibly heard, otherwise then to the gen[er]all use of the p[ar]ishe, as they by theire gen[er]all //
consent showld dispose of it, And that the sayd monye, as far as this deponent knoweth, or have //
credibly heard, is yet in the hande of the sayd Churchwardens, and is not imployed, or intended to //
be imployed, for & towarde the maynentance of this Suite against the Compl[ainan]t, beinge the //
prince his tennant of the West mylle afore sayde, but saith that the reason why the sayd Furses //
were cut & soe solde as aforesayd was for that the sayd wardens having cutt Furses there //
to the use of the Church Ale, but proving that the same Furses were soe follen [fallen] and wasted, by the poore of dorchester, and others, that the same would yeld noe profitt but ther //
and therefore, & for noe other Cause (for aught this deponent knoweth) it was agreed by comon //
consent, that the same furses showld be cutt, and solde, & the monye imployed to theuses //
aforesayd,And farther this deponent saith that he knoweth not by whomethe charge //of this Suite is maynteyned. //
8. To the eighth Interogatory this deponent saith that he knowe the saide John Samwayes //
in the Inter named to be Tennant to the mylle, called the Weste mylls, and that he was //
owner thereof, before this deponent Remembreth, and he farther saith that he did lett //
p[ar]cell pf the Arrable lande, belonginge to the sayd mylle unto this deponente father, of //
this deponente owne knowledge, and unto one Roger Seager, by the Reporte of the sayd //
Seager (the sayd Seager and this deponente sayd father beinge then Tennante of the sayde //
mannor) in such manner, and forme as hath been formerly deposed to the fowerth Inter on //
on the defend[an]te behalf. And farther this deponent saith that the sayd Mr Samwayes, did //
likewise in his Tyme, lett one Acre of Arrable grownd, belonginge to the saide Weste //
mylle to one John Taylor of Monnkton, and that one Gatchell (beinge a Loader from //
Monnkton) did tell this deponent that he used to Carrye the sayd Taylors gryste, and dyvers //
others of his neighbours there, whoe alsoe Rented grownde of the sayd Mr Samwayes belonginge //
to the sayd Westmylls, to be grownd at the sayd West mylls for that they held some of the said //
grownds,belonginge to the sayd West mylls, as the sayd Gatchell tould this deponent. And //
this deponent saith that he hath likewise heard by the Report of one Andrew Symonds //
beinge a loader to the sayd West mylls from Martens Towne, that in the time of the said //
John Samwayes, some of the p[ar]ishioners of Martens Towne, did hold p[ar]te of the sayd grownd //
belonginge to the sayd West mylls of the saide John Samwayes, and did grynde theire //
gristes at the sayd West mylle, but for what Rent the saide grownd were lett //
the sayde Taylor or p[ar]ishioners of Martens Towne this deponent knoweth not And //
farther this deponent saith, that the sayd John Samwayes did then dwell at Toller //
Fratrum Distant about seaven myles from the sayde Weste mylle, and ___ //
did not (as far as this deponent knoweth) manure any of the sayd grownd [at]//
Fordington but lett the same out to others, but the reason why he did [illegible]//
he knoweth not, other then he hath formerly deposed [illegible]//
in his deposicon to the fowerth Inter on the behalf of the def[endant][illegible]//
12. To the twelveth Inter this deponent saith that John [illegible] //
[obscured] that the defend[an]ts, and some other of the prince his tennants do__ [illegible] //
theire corne at the sayd Fryarye mylle, but whether the sayd John [illegible – possHennynge]
doe abett, or mayntayne the Suite in the Inter menconed this deponent kn__ [illegible]
Angell Smith Tho: Barnes Will: Glesone Jo: Notley
(2) Videlt–that is
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Ex p[ar]te quer[ent]
Luke Bower of Dorchester in the County of dorset Baker aged thirtie eight yeeares or there abouts //
produced to the first Inter this deponent saith that he knoweth the p[ar]ties plt & defendte And the mannor of //
Fordington and the mille called the West mylls in the Inter mencioned and he hath knowne the same by the//
space of seventeene yeeres //
To the seventh Inter this deponent sayth that in the month of Aprill last one Roger Wynsor and John //
White then Churchwardens of Fordington accompanied wth one Anthonye Barnes Robert Bichgood & one //
Willm Barnes thelder as he thinketh did sell unto this deponent certaine Furses growinge uppon the //
waste & common grounds of the said mannor for wch he payed eight pownds fyve shillings wch money he //
payd unto the two wardens aforesaid, p[ar]te of wch money viz Forty shillings thereof ^was^ demanded by one Robt //
Forde and was as the said Robert Forde saide to be imployed towards the mayntenance of the Suite //
against the plt, beinge the prince his Tennant of the West mylls aforesaid neverthelesse he //
this deponent payd the same to the Churchwardens as aforesaid. But whether it were soe imployed //
yea or nae this deponent knoweth not //
Ex p[ar]te querent
John Wynsor of Fordington ^formerly examyned exptes defend[ants] and nowe p[ro]duced on the compl[ainan]te behalfe ^aged three score //
and fourteene yeeres, produced to the first, second, third, fifth, sixth, seaventh and //
eighth Interogatoryes only andthere uppon sworne and examyned. //
To the first Interogatory this deponent sayth that he knoweth the p[ar]tyes plt, and defendt //
the mannor of Fordington, and the said mylles in the Inter menconed and hath knowne //
them by all the tyme of this deponente Remembrance. //
To the second Interogatory this deponent saith that the saide mannor of Fordington doth //
for the moste p[ar]te consist of coppy hold Tenementes holden at the will of the //
Lorde, by coppye of Courte Rolle, accordinge to the Custome of the sayde mannor And //
that the sayd coppye hold tennante holde theire tenem[en]te at the will of the //
Lord by such sute, & service, as the saide Tenent apportayneth. //
To the third Interogatory this deponent sayth, that he knoweth the sayd myll called //
The Wes tmylle in the Interogatorye menconed to be p[cell] of the sayd mannor of Fordington //
And that he knoweth not, of anye other corne myll there that are p[ar]cell of the saide //
Mannor, and that he doth not knowe, neither hath he heard, that the sayd West//
Mylls have byn Reputed to be the Customary myll of the sayd Mannor. //
To the fiveth Interogatory this deponent saith that the Compl[ainan]t is seised of certaine //
mylle in Fordington called the Easte mylls, of an estate of inheritance (as this //
deponent thinketh) and that the saide Easte mulls, are distant from the sayde //
mannor not above Tenn foote, and in Respect if the neerenesse thereof are //
more commodious for the Tennante of the sayd mannor to come unto then the prince //
his mylles called the Westmylls And this deponent further saithe that he Beleveth that yf the said West//
mylls and East mylls should hereafter be devyded into sev[er]all mens possessions, and the prince his Tennants be//
compelled to grynd their corne at the said West mylle it would be hurtful to the said Compl[ainan]t for that //
half the tennants of the saide mannor doe grynd theire grysts at the said East mylls. //
To the sixt Inter this deponent saith that he is a Customarye or Coppie hold Tennant of the said Mannor of //
Fordington and that he received a warrant from some of the nowe Commissioners to testifie his knowledge //
in this Cause and farther this deponent saith that yet he hath neither paid nor p[ro]mised to paye anye p[ar]te //
of the Charge of this Suite, but thinketh that he ought to contribute towards the same as other the //
Tennants of the said mannor not beinge p[ar]tyes ought alsoe to doe as he thinketh //
To the seaventh Inter this deponent saith that about three quarters of a yeare past and before the ~~ //
Commencemt of this Suite, one Roger Winsor and John White thelder beinge then Churchwardens of the //
said mannor did sell certaine Furses growinge uppon the commondowne of he said mannor unto one Luke //
Bower, for the some of seven pownds tenn shillings or there abouts as this deponent thinketh and that //
the said Churchwardens received the said some of money p[ar]te whereof the said churchwardens doe //
already they have bestowed about the Church and the Residue for ought this deponent knoweth is yett //
Remayninge in theire hands. And this deponent farther saith that he never heard that anye p[ar]te of //
the said money was imployed or intended to be imployed about the mayntennante of this Suite, against //
the Compl[ainan]t beinge the prince his Tennant of the West mylle aforesaid and farther this deponent saith //
that the charge of this Suite is to be borne by the whole p[ar]ishe as this deponent thinketh. //
To the eighth Inter this deponent sayth that he know the saide John Samwayes in the Inter namedto be owner //
of the said West mills, and that he did lett some p[ar]te of the arrable grownde belonginge to the said West//
mills to some of the inhabitants of Mounkton and Martens Towne and that the said John Samwaies //
did inhabite some tymes at Martens Towne and some tymes at Toller Fratrum where he lett the same //
grounds, and the reason whye he lett the same land (as this deponent thinketh) was because his nearest //
dwellinge was twoe myles from the said West mylle. //
Angell Smith Tho: Barnes Will: Glesone Jo: Notley
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