| Description | Bundle of legal papers concerning the Commissioners of Sewers for Wisbech's claim that John Chicheley and Nathanial Kinderley have blocked the Wisbech River with a dam, and made a new cut under the west bank to divert the waters. They also claim that the new cut is too narrow, and will cause the lands on either side to flood during the winter months. This case was heard in the Court of Chancery in June 1723. Contains three "books" of depositions, which include the testimonies of John Bailey, Peter Bateson, Enoch Bromley, William Clark, David Cutto, William Delamore, Abraham Dubois, Edmund Edge, Henry Feakes, Thomas Forster, Peter Gibson, Jeremy Ground, William Harwood, John Hatcliffe, Samuel Jacomb, Nathanial Kinderley, Anthony Lumpkin, John Manning, George Mayfield, John Middleton, William Murton, Samuel Norris, Edmund Parey, William Roberts, John Roper, Matthew Southgate, William Stafford, Nathanial Swalwell, Richard Taylor, Charles Vavazor, Robert Walker, William Watte, Jeffery Wildbore, Thomas William and Gregor Woodrow. |