London to wit

William Shearwood< no role > of Croydon in
the County of Surry Lighterman maketh Oath
and saith that on the thirtieth Day of December
last past and also on the second fourth sixth and
ninth Days of January Instant he this Deponent
went to the new Corn Market in Mark Lane within
the City of London in order to enquire into the price
of middling British Wheat And that on all the
above mentioned Days the common Market pried
of middling British Wheat sold in the said Market
was forty nine Shilling and upwards the Quarter
And further saith that for several Weeks last
past the common Market price of middling
British Wheat sold in the said Market hath been
forty nine Shillings and upwards the Quarter
And this Deponent further saith that he is
seized of a Freehold Estate of the clear Yearly
Value of twenty Pounds and upwards over and
above all Charges and Reprizes and that he is skilful
in the Prices of Wheat and other Corn and that he
is a House keeper and lives in the County of Surry
And that he is not a Corn Chandler Mealman
Factor or a Merchant concerned in the Importation
of Corn or any Way interested in any Wheat to be
Imported.

Sworn the 11th Day of January 1775 .}

Wm Shearwood< no role >