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of the young fishes called fry, in punishment of those 

 who had so set or erected, or hereinafter presume to set 

 or erect such nets, weirs, or engines. And according to 

 the laws ordinances and customs of the aforesaid set 

 forth to bring to justice and to amerce all and sin- 

 gular those so setting the same nets, weirs, or engines 

 there, or to set fines or other penalties so to inflct 

 according to the ordinances aforesaid. And that they 

 have all fines and amercements, issues and forfeitures 

 for the aforesaid transgressions, howsoever assessed, and 

 hy themselves their sheriffs or minister to be collected 

 and set. We will also and grant, and under heavy 

 forfeiture we prohibit that no one do make carry or take 

 over, or presume to make, carry, to take over, trenches 

 into the said water of Dee, within the metes t limits or 

 or bounds aforesaid, or dung or other filth in boats or 

 other vessels through the water aforesaid, under pain 

 of forfeiture of those boats, vessels, and fined according 

 to the discretion of the Mayor and Sheriifs of the City 

 aforesaid, which forfeiture and fine aforesaid, we grant 

 and will to be had and perceived to the Citizens of the 

 City aforesaid and their successors, in relief and 

 payment of their farm of the City of Chester aforesaid 

 * * * * * In witness of which thing we 

 have caused these our letters to be made patent. 

 Witness myself at Chester, the 6th day of April, in the 

 21st year of our reign." 



Kty ffiill* 0f tt. 



The accounts of Elizabeth, relict of Hugh Hurlston, 

 farmer, of the grain mill of Dee, with the fishery of 

 the waters of Dee, called the Kynge's- Pole ; and of 



