Witness Deposition – Anthony Garthorne – 8 Oct 1686

Anthony Garthorne of Darwen In the County of Durham yeom[an] aged Thirty years or

Thereabouts Sworne & Examined saith as followeth



4 To the Fourth Interrogatory this Depon[en]t saith that he this Depon[en]t was Employed by Thomas Rookly Esquire to take an Accompt for and on the behalfe of the Compl[ainan]t of all the Lead Oar brought from the Def[endan]tes Mines to his Mill called Darwin Smelting Mill This And saith that he this Depon[en]t or some by his appointment & direccones took an Accompt of loaden horses & waines w[hi]ch came with Oare to the S[ai]d Mill from the Thirteenth of February 1676: till the Ninth Day of May 1683 And saith that he this Deponent Staid neare unto the Darwin Mill And saith that dureing the time afores[ai]d there was brought To the s[ai]d Mill fiftee Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty Nine horse load of Oar computing two Pokes to be a horse load w[hi]ch this Depon[en]t believed was all  lead Oar for that he this Deponent hath seen A great part thereof and that it was lead Oar amounting to the Quantities afores[ai]d according to this Depon[en]ts Computacon & his servants that he Employed to take such Accompts In this Depon[en]ts absence But from what mines in p[ar]ticula[r] the s[ai]d Oar came from this Depon[en]t knows not And this Depon[en]t further saith that he verily beleived that there might be sev[e]rall Quantities of Lead Oare carryed to the s[ai]d mill privately & in the night time for that this  Depon[en]t hath observed waine  Spurns & horse footings in the morning times that was not in the Evenings soe long as day lasted.									Anthony Garthorne