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The 13th of February 1656/ [CENTRE HEADING]

Gatton Ffoote and Company Owners of the Exiter Merchant}
against the Francis and Mary and against Smith Berke and Company}
Suckley ffranklin}

Examined upon an allegation on behalfe of
the sayd Gatton and Company./

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Abraham Graves of Lyme House in the parish of
Stepany Shippwright aged forty years or thereabouts
a wittness sworne and examined saith as followeth videlicet./

To the first article of the sayd allegation he saith that in the years and moneths
arlate the arlate Roger Gatton Samuel ffoote and Company were XXX XXX comonly
reputed the true and reall owneres and proprietors of the Exiter Merchant arlate and
of her tackle apparell and furniture and that the arlate Thomas Needfin during
the years and months arlate was and still is Commonly accompted the master
and Commander of the sayd ˹shipp˺ and saith that of his this deponents knowledge the sayd
Needfin hath for about these tenn years last past taken charge of shipps as
a master and hath been commonly accompted as able and experienced seaman.
And further he cannot depose./

To the 2 article hee saith he cannot depose./

To the 3 he saith he cannot depose./

To the 4th he saith he sawe not the Exeter Merchants cutt adrift nor
sawe the Exeter Merchant runne fowle of the Pilgrim, but sawe them bye
aground neere shoare fowle one of an other and did observe that
the Exeter Merchants quarter was broken downe and shee damnified
in her hull (being driven a shoare leave laden) to the value in this deponents
judgment of about thirty pounds sterling and further he cannot depose/

To the 5th , he cannot depose./

To the 6th, hee saith hee referreth himselfe to the Registry of this
Court and further cannot depose./

To the 7th hee cannot depose.

To the 8th hee saith he referreth himselfe to the Registry of this
Court and further cannot depose./

To the last hee saith his foregoeng deposition is true.

To the Interrogatories/ [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first negatively./

To the 2 negatively./

To the 3 Interrogatorie hee saith hee is noe sea man and is about forty
yeares of age and further cannot answere./

To the 4th Interrogatorie. he cannot answere knowing nothing thereof.

To the 5th he knoweth nothing touching the custome Interrogatorie nor
hath deposed any thing thereto and further cannot answere/

To the 6th hee cannot answere knowing nothing touching the
matters Interrogate./

To the 7th it concerneth him not to answere thereto having not
deposed touching the matters Interrogate./

To the 8th hee cannot answere.

To the 9th hee cannot answere./

To the 10th hee cannot answere.

To the 11th hee is saith hee is noe mariner nor any way considered
in the dammage in question and further cannot answere./

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