HCA 13/72 f.115v Annotate
Volume | HCA 13/72 |
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Folio | 115 |
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1. said lighter (,amongest which were upwards of thirtie chests of
2. sugar) the lighter went ashore. And saith that all the said goods
3. and sugars, soe put into the lighter, were at the time of
4. such the putting the same aboard her, drie and well conditioned
5. of this deponents sight and knowledge, who was Carpenter of
6. the Six Brothers, and assisted in putting the said sugars out of
7. the shipp into the lighter: And saith the arlate William Greene
8. was the time arlate and is master, and the arlate Edward lewes
9. the arlate Nathaniell Townsend, and saith hee had
10. sugars amongst those that were soe put into the said lighter
11. and this deponent hath heard him and others say, that some of
12. his sugars were damnified when they came ashore , but what
13. number of chests of sugar hee had hee knoweth not. nd
14. otherwise hee cannot depose.
15. To the fourth hee saith that what soever dammage was
16. found in the said sugars or any of them when they came ashore
17. and were there delivered, befell them after their putting into
18. the said lighter, and not by any defect or insufficiencie of or
19. in the six Brothers, or default or neglect of any of the
20. Six Brothers company, yeelding a reason of his knowledge as
21. aforesaid. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
Repeated with his precontest before/
doctor Godolphin,
The marke of W:m WV Venus. [MARKE, RH SIDE]
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The 10th of September, 1657:
Charity of London George
Prince Master/.
George Prince of London Merchant Mariner,
aged 30 yeeres or thereabouts sworne before
the right worshippfull John Godolphin doctor of Lawes
one of the Judges of the High Cort of Admiraltie of
England, saith and deposeth as followeth. Videlicet
34. That hee this Examinate is Master, and Comander of
35. the shipp the Charity of London of the burthen of 240 Tunne
36. or thereabouts, and that shee belongeth to this Port of
37. London, and that this deponent ffrancis Prince, William Peacock[e GUTTER]
38. and Robert Stiles, were and are the true Lawfull
39. owners and Proprietors of the said shipp, and of her
40. tackle, and furniture, and all the Appurtenances thereunto
41. belonging, and were and are all English Men, and
42. suniects of this Commonwealth, and for such Comonly
43. accounted; And this deponent further saith, that hee this deponent
44. did goe (with the Consent of some of the owners of the sayd shipp
(buy