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Richard Hauton
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Labourer
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maketh oath That
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he this Deponent lived with Mr. Mash one of the Surveyors to the Turnpike for about
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years and Untill the
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Seaventeenth day of april last
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, dureing which time he this
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ponent did constantly drive one of the Said Mashes Teemes & most Commonly worked on the
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Highwayes both to dirt Cart and gravell Cart, and this Deponent worked att dirt Cart
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in Company with Mr. Hawlsted Cart & Mr. Nichols's there were five or Six people to fill the
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Said Carts and which Said Men Stood Still Untill the Carts returned againe for want
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of a Standing Cart or Carts to employ them, by which meanes this Deponent Veryly beleives
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That the Said Labourers by Soe Standing Still for want of Standing Carts they did not doe half
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days work in a
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of his Judgment Veryly beleives a man might
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gett as much work don for fifteene or
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Shillings as the three Teemes & Six Labourers
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did in a day; And the rather became the Said Teemes belongd to the Said Surveyers & noe care was
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taken to make the Said Men work who were permitted to mispend and Loytes away their time for
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that the Surveyers never found fault with them tho' they did never Soe little work; And this
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Dept further Sayeth that there were Seldome any Carts allowed to work att dirt Cart but the
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Surveyers own Teemes Except Mr. Nichols of Finchleys who is brother in Law to the Said
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Mr. Mash; And this Dept further Sayeth that he this Dept. generally worked with a Smale
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Cart both att Gravell Cart and dirt cart to the Turnpike, which Said Cart was made as
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this Dept beleives to carry two dozen of hay and which Said Cart if measured this Dept
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beleives the Same would not carry above Eighteene Bushells for both the head beard
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And fayle board are very narrow and which Said Cart was never carried out to work when
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the Carts were to be measured And as other Teemes had two men to attend oath Teeme to full
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their Carts they never had any to fill theirs Except the Said Mashes Son a Smale youth who
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attended this Dept. in Company with another Teeme but did little or noe work and did not
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goe Constantly Yet this Dept beleives the Said Mashes Son was paid equally with other the
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Labourers that worked to the Said Turnpike, however of late the Said Mr. Mash Sends one
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Man with his own Two Carts and that of Mr. Nichols's And this Dept further observed & often
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Mr. Shettles Smale Cart work att the Turnpike which Said Cart this Dept. beleives is not
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Much bigger then the Said Mashes Smale Cart And this Dept. further Sayeth that the Said
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Mr. Mash had the head boards of his Carts cutt in order as this Dept beleives to carry
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Leads And that he this Dept. Seldome Saw the Sd Mr. Mash upon the road to looke after the
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Workmen unlesse it
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morning And Sometimes in an Evening And the
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further Sayeth that
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Speake very Angerly to Mr. Burrett for
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undertakeing to work att an Under rate to the Turnpike for he might have three or four
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Shillings more a day if he had jusisted upon it And likewise this Dept. heard Mrs. Mash
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the Surveyers wife Say that her husband was very Angry both with Mr. Borrett & Mr
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Spencer for working att an under rate or words to that or the like Effect; And this Dept
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further Sayeth yt he often came to Towne wth. a Load of hay & afterwards went to work to the Turnpike
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And beleives his Said Master was paid for a whole days work
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Jurat
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2o. die may anno Dmni 1718
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Corum me apnd Servants Iun in fleete Street}
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Littleton Towys
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Richard
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Hauton
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