About that time twelvemonth, there was another Session of Sewers held at Wysebeche, viz. sexto Iulii, 8 Iaco∣bi, where Iames Hawe Gentleman,* 1.1 Ed∣mund Gawsell Gent. and others, presen∣ted u 1.2 as followeth;
Inprimis, we find not by any Record &c. that the River of Well, from North delf pingle, unto Salters lode, hath at any time within the memory of man, been ditched: But we find that it hath been twice enlarged by the Inha∣bitants of Marshland, and the Town of Wiggenhall, and the Landholders of North delf pingle, viz. in the sixt year of K. Henry the 1. and at the erecting of New Powdich &c.
And we likewise find, that in 18 Eliz. there was 24 foot of ground, lying on the South side of the River next Salters lode, granted to the Inhabitāts of Marsh∣land & the Town of Wiggenhall; where∣of xii foot was digged next to the river, for the erecting of a Bank to amend the Pow dich in time of necessity: In full sa∣tisfaction whereof the said Inhabitants of Marshland and Wiggenhall, with the Landholders aforesaid, did grant to widen the River, there, xii foot: Which Grant was then decreed by a Law of Sewers, for perpetuity &c.
We likewise say, that Popham Ee, doth, and is likely to bring much more water to the River of Welle, from North delf to Salters lode, than hath usually passed that way, within the me∣mory of man.