| 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 the affidavits of Peter Bateson, Henry Bull, Clement Candy, Charles Chambers, John Chicheley, Thomas Cook, William Cook, Michael Dennison, Jacob Dickenson, Henry Feakes, John Feakes, John Francklin, Charles Gerbow, John Green, Jeremy Grounds, Thomas Forster, Martin Hall, Edward Hales, Robert Hamlyn, Joseph Harvey, John Heath, Edmund Hill, Robert Kilbey; Nathanial Kinderley, William Lowder, Anthony Lumpkin, Samuel Norris, Thomas Pierson, John Scribo, James Scribo, Edward Shaw, Richard Skinner, Joseph Spencer, William Stafford, Thomas Stephens, Joseph Taylor, William Thornton, Sigismund Trafford, Robert Twells, Robert Walker, Nicholas Westwood, James Woodman and Gregory Woodrow; the petition of the Bedford Level Corporation for permission to examine the defendants; legal brief for the defendants; a bill of expenses; orders and notes. |