William Stapp< no role > of Stoke Newington in the County of Middlesex
Farmer maketh Oath and saith that on the Second day of this Instant April he
this Deponent went to the New Corn Market in Mark Lane within the City of
London in order to buy some Oats and accordingly on the same Day bought a
quantity of midlingOats in the said Market and gave for the same after
the Rate of Seventeen Shillings the Quarter and that on the same Day the
Common Market Price of midling English Oats sold in the said Market
exceeded the Sum of Sixteen Shilllings the Quarter And this Deponent further
saith that on the eighteenth day of this Instant April he bought a quantity
of midling English Oats in the said Market and gave for the same after the
rate of Sixteen Shillings and Six pence the Quarter and that on the said
last mentioned day the Common Market Price of midling English Oats sold
in the said Market exceeded the Sum of Sixteen Shillings the Quarter And this
Deponent further saith that since the month of October last past he hath
frequently gone to the said market, and hath constantly found very few
midling English Oats to be sold there but that the Common Market Price
of midling English Oats sold in the said Market hath generally since the
Month of October last exceeded the Sum of Sixteen Shillings the Quarter And
this Deponent further saith that he doth verily and in his Conscience beleive
that there is a very great Scarcity of midling English Oats not only at the
London Market but also within the Kingdom in general And further saith that
he is seized of a Feehold Estate of the clear yearly Value of Twenty pounds and
upwards over and above all Charges and Reprizes and that he is Skilfull in
the prices of Oats and other Corn and that he is a Housekeeper and lives in the
County of Middlesex and is not a Corn Chandler Mealman Factor or a
Merchant concerned in the Importation of Corn or any way Interested in
any Oats to be Imported.

Sworn in Court the 30th. day of April 1764
at Guildhall London}
Wm. Stapp< no role >

By the Court Etc.