Volume 2

The records of the Commissioners of Sewers in the Parts of Holland, 1547-1603 / edited by A. Mary Kirkus.

  • Great Britain. Courts of Sewers.
Date:
1959-
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The records of the Commissioners of Sewers in the Parts of Holland, 1547-1603 / edited by A. Mary Kirkus. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    payn to be made before the feste of All Sayntes next commynge yf so be that yt be possypell that menoure may be gotte for the makynge of the same uppon payne of everye hundrethe nott mayd x li. (Sotterton Goote) Item the sayd jurye sayethe uppon theire othes thatt the goote callyd Sotterton Goote lyenge there in Sotterton to drean theire waters leyethe to heye by one fotte wherby the fresshe waters that comethe owte of the fene & the waters of the towen m{ay]? nott issew owte of ytt except itt be of suche a great surge & hyght, unto the great hy[ndrance]? & undoyynge of the towens and neyghboures next adioynynge unto them wherfore we p[resent] that ytt may be layd lower except some other juste cawse may be . . . your worsshypes discressions beynge nowe Commissioners for that porpose to survaye &... (A brydge att Symon Were by S[olt’ Allga’ G Fosd’) Item the sayd jurye doo thynke uppon there othes yt is verye requis[ite] that ther be one foote brydge mayd & erectyd new over the com- monde sewer nyghe Symone Were that the quens subiectes may passe whiche ledynge over ther horsse & other cattell save . . . towne to markyt towne & the sayd brydge to be mayd by two hundrethes . saye Sotterton Hundrethe & Fosdyke Hundrethe. (473. VIII.2] 147 By Thomas Roper yoman and hys felowes etc. (1 Sott’ towne dreane) In primis the sayde jurye sayithe that a drenn or common sewer begynnes at a place called Symon Werie and frome thens by the est syde of a gatte called Mores Gatte to a place called Acrelande Stowe in Sutterton and from thens to a brydge in Fyschemerend called Wasse Brydge in Sutterton aforesayd & frome thens to a place called John Dycconson House and from thens to the sowthe end of a pasture in Sutterton aforesayd the which pasture ys called Squyertofte and buttes of a waye called Boston Gatt or Strugges Waye and so from the sayd Strugges Waye to the gotte of Algerkyrke and Fosdycke the which sewer is in decaye for lacke of dyckinge as well in brede as in deapnis by the space of i1j** rooedes at the least from Symonde Were to a bredge in Sutterton aforesayd callede Wasse Brigge and oughte to be dycked in breade x fotte and in deapnys two fotte by the inabitauntes of Sutterton Algerkyrke and Fosdycke by common menwarke accordynge to ther olde custome that ys to saye Algarkirke and Fosdycke two pens or two rodes or els two spaydes & Sutterton one penye or j rode or els one spayd and from the sayd brigge in Fyschmerend called Wasse Brigge to a howsse called John Dycconson Howsse is in decaye for lacke of dyckinge aswell in brede as in deapenes the space of xxt#i rodes and ought to be dycked in brede x fotte and in deapnes 1j fotte more then yt ys nowe by the inhabitauntes of Algerkyrke and Fos- dycke by common menwarke and from the sayde house called John Dycconson House to the sowthe end of a pasture cane Squyertofte 1 There is a small hole in the folio here.
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