Short title: Cavendish v Ward. Plaintiffs: William Cavendish. Defendants: Thomas...

Short title: Cavendish v Ward.

Plaintiffs: William Cavendish.

Defendants: Thomas Ward, John Slack and Nicholas Crichlow.

Documents: depositions concerning grinding of corn at Hartington, Derbyshire.

Taken 16 January, 35 Eliz.

Deponents for plaintiffs: Richard Bateman of Hartington, yeoman, aged 70, whose memory goes back 60 years and more [to 1533], deposed that a similar conflict had occurred 58 years ago and was settled by the auditor of the Duchy of Lancaster's estates at Tutbury, when iit was disputed whether the inhabitants of Shene [Sheen] in Staffordshire were required to grind their corn at the two mills in Hartington; William Crichlow of Sheen, husbandman, aged 82, whose memory goes back 68 years [to 1525]; Hugh Hill of Hartington, yeoman, aged 72, whose memory goes back 60 years [to 1533]; Hugh Sleigh of Brown Meadow, Shene, yeoman, aged 80 whose memory goes back 80 years [always to 1513]; Roger Wheldon of Crowthcoate, yeoman, aged 85, whose memory goes back 68 years [to 1525]; Robert Mellor of Shene, yeoman, aged 69, whose memory goes back always [so to 1524]; John Crichlow of Shene, aged 70, whose memory goes back 70 years [always to 1523]; Thomas Berner of Biggin, yeoman, aged 62, whose memory goes back 50 years [to 1543].

Deponents for defendants: Roger Wood of Frith Milne, Staffordshire; George Holme of Longnor, Staffordshire, husbandman, aged 60; John Sleigh of Biggin Grange, yeoman, aged 56; James Cantrell of Hartington, yeoman, aged 76; Robert Gilman of Longnor, Staffordshire, yeoman, aged 60; Hugh Larder of Hartington, husbandman, aged 72; Roger Milward of Longnor, husbandman, aged 76; John Bonsall of Ludwall, husbandman, aged 67; Thomas Green of Alstonfield, Staffordshire, yeoman, aged 60; Raphe Wheldon of Crowdicote, blacksmith, aged 50.