Witness Deposition – William Coulson – 13 Oct 1690

William Coulson of Crawkrook in the County of Northumberland yeoman aged thirty yeares or thereabouts sworn and Exaied [examined] deposeth as followeth viz

2	To the second Intry [Interogatory] this depont saith that he knows a high way for Cart and Carriage which leads betwixt Hedley to Newcastle and hath known the same for fourteen yeares which said high way lead from Hedley aforesaid to Ryton woodside and thence to Winlaton Mill thence to Whickham and thence to Gateside and thence to Newcastle which he saith hath during all his knowledge been reputed to be the highway for Cart and Carriage betwixt Hedley and Newcastle but never used the same himself with carriage And saith that about three yeares since he was overseer of the highwayes within the Parish of Ryton and whilst he was soe the high way for Cart and Carriage which goes fom Crawcrook to Winlaton Mill aforesaid which is part of the highway to Newcastle was repaired by the parish only of Ryton aforesaid And saith that since the said [3-4 letters crossed out] way had been repaired by the the s[ai]d parish of Ryton:

15	To  the fifteenth Intry this depont saith that whilst he was overseer of the parish of Ryton hee and the other overseer of the said parish received a Note from one Josiah Robinson brother to  Michaell Robinson to summons the parishoners to come in with their waines to mend and repair the way through the peth or Bladon peth head And saith this Depont and the other overseer with several other came abot two yeares since to repair the same but were hindered and discharged by a by a servant of the deft's from medling with the same way The deft's servant saying when there was Occasion the defendant would Cause the same to be repaired att his owne Charge