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-
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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![ledynge from Swinshed belonginge to Sutterton Allgerkerke and Fosdycke and one banke called the Weste Banke from the medes of the Mydelle Dycke of Willow Bothe to the Horne and ougthe to be exalted repared and amended from tym to tym as ofte as ned shall requer by the inhabitantes of Sutterton Algerkerke and Fosdycke by comen menwarke as is aforsayd accordynge to ther oulld coustum. 1Also the sayd jure saythe that the dreane of Algerkerke and Fosdycke is in ruin and decay for wantt of dyckeing in serten pallces as well in bred and in dypnis by the space of ij C. roodes & ought to be dycked in bread x fott & in dypnis ij fott mor then itt is now. 2Also the sayd jure saythe that Kirton ought to make or manten one gatte wher they have stopte owr drove waye att Swymonwer by beryeres and itt hathe bene accustomed to the inhabitantes of Sutterton Algerkerke Fosdycke for to have owr drove way upon the comon? Also the sayd jure saythe thatt Wigtofte & Swinsted* ought to have a deane* from Symonwer to the west syd of a gatt called Mores Gatt to a place caled Acerland and from thence to ther se goott. ‘Also the sayd jure sayth that the se banke of Fosdycke aforeseyd for the ... in dekay for wantt of amendynge... [473.X1.21] 201 Item that the common sewer in Kyrton called Kyrton Ee is defective in certene places & ought to be dycked roded & scowred as ofte as nede shall require by perticuler house rodes & acre sylver of the lords & land holders of Kyrton as haith bene acostomed. Item that the brydges within Kyrton called Blome Brydge & Meres Brydge ar defective & owght to be repared by the lordes & landholders within Kyrton aforesaid. Item that the sedycke bankes & Golle Cryke within Kyrton ought to be repared as ofte as nede shall requyer one menwarke day yerly by fermors being landholders & the rest by the inhabitance of the same towne of Kyrton by common menwarkes as haith bene acos- tomed. [473.X1.22] 202 Fo 10 ‘(Sutierton . . . Hundrethe . . . ndrethe) The sayd jure saythe that a drean or commen sewer begynes att a place called Symmonwer and from thens by the este syde of a gatt called Mores Gate to a 1 The remainder of the folio is written in a different hand. * This paragraph is cancelled, by the deletion of the first two or three words in each line. * Sic. * This paragraph is almost illegible because the bottom of the folio is in bad repair. — ° The left-hand margin and bottom left-hand corner of this folio are defective, and what remains of the bottom of the folio is in bad repair.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32176983_0002_0062.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
