River Lark Act 1698

VIII. Where the Water raised, Banks to be raised in Proportion by the said Henry Ashley.

The said Henry Ashley to erect Bridges over Roads, &c. where necessary.

And be it farther enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if the said Henry Ashley his Heires or Assignes shall in pursuance of the Powers of this Act by any meanes raise the Water in the said River above its ancient or usuall heighth whereby the adjacent Lands may be more liable to be overflowed or damaged than they have formerly been that then the said Henry Ashley his Heires and Assignes at his and their owne proper Costs and Charges shall cause the Banks of the said River to be proportionably raised and heightned in all Places where need shall require soe that the new Banks shall be able and sufficient to containe the Waters at such their raised heighth and alsoe shall from time to time maintaine and repaire the said Banks as often as Occasion shall require or if the said Henry Ashley his Heires or Assignes in pursuance of the Powers aforesaid shall raise the Water soe high or deepen the River soe much at any of the Fords or Places on the said River where there are High-waies over the same soe that the said Places cannot conveniently be passed or forded nor such waies used or enjoyed by reason of such raiseing the Water or deepning the River as aforesaid Or if the said Henry Ashley his Heires or Assignes shall make any new Cutts or Trenches by reason whereof any Person or Persons shall not have convenient Ingresse and Egresse into or out of their respective Grounds or other Hereditaments or any part thereof as occasion shall require that then and in such Case at every such Ford and High-way and over every such Cutt or Trench the said Henry Ashley his Heires and Assignes at his or their owne proper Costs and Charges shall erect and maintaine such sufficient Bridge as by the said Commissioners or any Seaven of them shall be directed