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Richard SPITTY of South Fambridge

Chancery Deposition - C 21/B5/3

Richard Spitty of South Fambridge of the age of six and fifty years or thereabouts sworn and examined to …….. Interrogated saith that he hath known the plaintiff for the space of two or three years or thereabouts and the defendant for the space of fifteen years or thereabouts

To the second interrogatory this deponent saith that the plaintiff is now Vicar of Canewdon and that he did know Mr Numan formerly Vicar of Canewdon and that he hath known the said Vicaridge for the space of forty? years or thereabouts and further to this interrogatory he cannot desposen

To the third interrogatory this deponent saith that he hath known the Rectory and Parsonage of Canewdon to be held and enjoyed by Whitebread and Kendlemarsh with and the Vicarage by Mr Numan and that he did know them ….. be so s…….. and holden by the space of three years and did inhabit and dwell with the said ……. Numan as his servant at two several? times for the space of nineteen years and that he knoweth the ……………isions of the Parsonage and Vicarage because that all that time he was servant to the said Mr Numan

To the fifth interrogatory this deponent saith that Mr Numan did hold? the mansion house orchard garden and outhouses of that Parsonage in the plaintiffs possession and diverse other parcels of land containing by estimation forty? ….. acres with three closes about the house containing eight acres or thereabouts and one close called the Hilly?fields containing by estimation fourteen acres or thereabouts and one parcel lying at the eastern ….. the Parsonage Croft containing two acres more or less and one parcel of land divided into three closes? … called twenty acres and one other close called Little Vicaridge acre containing an acre and one other p….. of ….. called the Great Vicaridge acre containing eight acres more or less and further to this he doth not depose 

To the sixth interrogatory this deponent saith that the Parson of the said parsonage never held and enjoyed (o)ther? lands than the barn yard and close of land adjoining to the east side of the said barn …. containing two acres or thereabouts and that he never knew any person to his knowledge to lay any claim … any other lands than the said close and yard and more to this interrogatory he cannot depose

To the seventh interrogatory this deponent saith that he hath known a hurdle set for the driftway out of the field into the …. at the east end of the Parsonage croft and that he never knew any other way to the said …… and further to this interrogatory he doth not depose

To the eighth interrogatory this deponent saith that the Vicar hath had the Parsonage ….. of Apton Hall …the? Parish? marshes glebe lands and poores land lying within the said Parish and of two tenements holden of the Manor of Apton Hall and more to his interrogatory he cannot depose 

To the ninth interrogatory this deponent saith that the parson of the said Parish have always had the corn? and sometimes four pence an acre for hay when the said Parish except of Apton Hall and the seventh …….and sometimes the vicar during the said term of three years did receive some money for the said … and further to this interrogatory he cannot depose



To the tenth interrogatory this deponent saith that he hath known masterseed and rapeseed sowen when the .. Parish in the time that Whitebread & Kendlemarsh held the said parsonage and that the vicar had the tithe of the said field and further to this interrogatory he cannot depose

To the eleventh interrogatory this deponent saith that the vicar hath had and receives the tithe of the oysters within the said Parish but who had the tithe of the wood in the interrogatory mentioned …………. doth not know and further he cannot depose

To the thirteenth interrogatory this deponent saith that he hath credibly heard that the said Whitebread and Kendlemarsh did heretofore pay for the said Parsonage alone the yearly rent of five and thirty pounds or thereabouts ………. deponent doth estimate the said Vicaridge house and the Vicaridge glebe to be worth thirty pounds p……… further to this interrogatory he cannot depose.

Notes :- 

The copy supplied by TNA was slight crumpled on the left side, the right side was in poor condition and some parts of the right side edge were missing, also both left and right sides were dark and stained. Hence the oft usage of ……….. in the above transcription.

Unfortunately there is no date on the document or in the text, and Bernau only gives a date period of 1558-1648. There is another Chancery case involving the Vicar of Canewdon and tithes, C 2/Eliz/C6/29, dated 1558 - 1603, but whether it is the same case or not?

Berneau Index ref :- 
SPYTTIE Richard (2) of Sth. Fambridge 56yrs 1558-1648, Chan Deps Eliz - Chas I, Bundle B5, Suit 3 

National Archives ref :- C 21/B5/3