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Depositions & Examinations
ZQSF 61/40
CRO
Undefined
1612
Chester, Cheshire, England
Plaintiff
[Not specified]
[Not specified]
Defendant
Gilbert Eaton
male
Brewer
Brewer
Chester, Cheshire, England
Signature
Event
Brewer purchases corn
Sat 3 December 1612
Chester, Cheshire, England
Components
Trade and economic exchange
Brewing
False measures
Setting
Marketplace
Statement
Gilbert Eaton
Sworn and examined deposeth and saith that he this examinate upon Saturday last coming into the Corn Market to buy barley did meet with one of Thurstaston whose name this examinate knoweth not, and did buy of him eight measures for four shillings abating two pence in every measure and bought of the same man 19 measures moreā¦ And that he this examinate did pay toll for the same to Richard Evans collector of the toll according to the proportion of corn he bought and received and thinketh the same doth not exceed the proportion limited by order at the late quarter Sessions holden for the said City.