HA272

Depositions of witnesses as to dams and 'lowshoot' on Goldington side.

c. 1663

From: 1660 To: 1665

i) given by Robert Mascall to John Whitman and Richard Whitman 8th Dec. 1663, saying that about 60 years previously his uncle James Henley rented Cardington mills, and did not repair the dams beyond the ground he rented from the lord of Cardington manor, nor did one fisher who married his widow and succeeded him. About 55 years previously there had been a dispute between the Lord of Northampton, who owned Newnham, and the lord of the manor of Cardington about the water, the former alleging that the Cardington miller kept too great a head of water, and a jury of Cardington and Goldington men met at Fenlake Barns to settle the matter. At that time the dam was in good repair. It was agreed that wherever there should be a breach of the dam, the owners of the adjoining meadow should repair it. ii) given by John Knott, concerning the dam on Goldington side, who said that his father-in-law, John Gale, who lived in Goldington, said that when the great dam was out of repair it was repaired by those on Goldington side. Both remembered a breach about 23 years previously on the end of Pressmead. Further evidence and observations.

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Mascall, Robert,
Whitman, John,
Whitman, Richard,
Henley, James,
Knott, John,
Gale, John

GOLDINGTON, dams, River Ouse, Cardington Mill, Cardington Manor, Newnham Manor, Fenlake Barns