Witness Deposition – Henry Liddell – 13 Oct 1690

Henry Liddell of Ryton woodside in the County of Durham yeom Aged fifty six yeares or thereabouts Sworne & Exam[in]ed deposeth as followeth:

3:7:10	To the third seaventh & tenth Intrys this Depont saith he knows the way W[hi]ch leads from Ryton woodside to Bladon and Stella Leadhill through the deft's Grounds called Black Myres and the peth or peth head and hath soe knowne the same for about forty six yeares during which time the said way was reputed only as a Brydle way or way of Leave and alsoe knows the defts Leadhill called Stella Leadhill & hath knowne the same this forty six yeares And saith he heard his father in Law Anthony Errington say That he Farmers of Sr Thomas Tempest the Deft's Grandfather the Leadhill Called Stella Leadhill And that he had several times stopt the Carriages & Cartts w[hi]ch had come through the said peth and were passsing over Bladon burne And Caused them to pay for way leave & Banck roome through the said peth And for the said Stella Lead hill And this depont saith that he once see four pence paid for the unloading of a Fother of wood on the said Stella Lead hill which he beleives was paid aswell for the way leave through the said peth as for the Banck roome on the said Stella Leadhill.

13	To the thirteenth Intry he saith that nere forty yeares since One Chambers and Douglas farmed both Stella Lead hill & the Low Leadhill or Bladon Leadhill and then brought Cartt and Carriage with Wood and other things over Bladon burne to the Low Leadhill But saith that before this time they farmed both the said hills, He knows not nor heard that any Carriages or waines were Suffered to come over Bladon burne without makeing some satisfaction for Banckroome on the said Stalla Leadhill as alsoe as he beleives for way leave through the said peth to those who Farmed the Same of the Defts Ancestors.