HCA 13/73 f.134r Annotate

Expand this area to see details of page purpose, how to register, how to add footnotes, and useful links.

---

Purpose

This page is for the annotation of HCA 13/73 f.134r.

Annotations can be viewed by everyone on a read-only basis.

For more information on MarineLives and the MarineLives Annotation Project read our Shipping News blog entries:

Annotating Marine Lives, May 1st 2013
Adding value to primary documents, May 8th 2013
Witnesses in Court, 1657-1658 (May 9th, 2013)

---

Registration to annotate documents

Registration is required to contribute annotations to this page and to other pages in the wiki.

You can register using the following Form, and we will issue you with a UserName and Password for the wiki.

---

Text formatting

The MarineLives transcription platform is built on MediaWiki, which uses wiki markup to format text. For a guide showing how to produce italics, bold, escaped text and headings, see the MediaWiki page on formatting; there are also guides for internal and external links, image embedding, tables, and more on lists.

---

Adding footnotes

• Go into edit mode
• Insert immediately after the sentence or phrase you wish to annotate the following macro:<ref>This is the footnote text</ref>
• Replace 'This is the footnote text' with the footnote you wish to add, using the format: first name, surname, title, (place of publication, date of publication), page or folio number
• Save the page

For more information and advanced formatting, including how to add and format links within the footnote, see the Wikipedia help on footnotes. This uses the same markup formatting.

Example footnote template:

• ''HCA 13/XX f.XXXX Case: XXXX; Deposition: XXXX; Date: XXXX. Transcribed by XXXX''<ref>[http://XXXXX Electronic link to a digital source]</ref>

---

Suggested links

Annotate HCA 13/64 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/65 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/68 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/69 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/70 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/71 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/72 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/73 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/74 Volume Page
Marine Lives Tools

Image

HCA 13/73 f.134r: Right click on image for full size image in separate window

Transcription

The 24th of March 1658. [CENTRE HEADING]

Wood, Bradley and Company}
against Colquit. Smith. Suckly}

dt. Browne.

.1.

Peter Hansson of Wapping Mariner, aged 27 yeares or thereaboputs
sworne and examined.

Examined upon the libell given in this cause.

To the second article of the said libell hee saith and deposeth that hee well
knoweth the shipp the Alexander arlate, and about tenn weekes since (the time
more preceisely hee knoweth not) saw her riding at anchor by two cables and two
anchors in the Roade of Oratava, and well knoweth that while shee soe rode
at anchor there happened a greate storme, wherby her master and company were
necessitated (to avoid greater mischeif) to let slipp their said cables, and leaving
them with the said two anchors to then there to put out to sea for her preservation
which hee knoweth being there present in the shipp desire whereof henry
Colquit (the partie defendant) was master, and seeing the premisses and
alsoe what followeth.

To the third hee saith that before such their going out to sea the said master and
company of the Alexander fastened a topp mast as a buoy] to their said two
cables soe left, to the end to finde them againe, which hee knoweth seeing the same
soe left.

To the fourth hee saith that the Canaries have all open roades wherein shipps
usually ride, and particularly that of Oratavo is open, and greate stormes
use there to happen, by meanes whereof shipps there riding are
frequently forced to slip their anchors and goe out to sea, till the storme be
over, and then retourne to the same place where they leave their cables and
anchors soe slipped, to which they use (before going out) to fasten a buoy or buoys
(as the Alexander now did) to finde the same by againe. And many shipps
at a time being often necessitated soe to put out and leave their cables and
anchors, they usually upon retourne after the storme goe to their owne cables
and anchors, and not meddle with those of other shipps that are not yet
retourned, well knowing that the shipps to which they belong will certainly
retourne to them as fast as they can after the storme, and againe moore by
or take up their said cables and anchors, to which buoys are constantly left,
this hee knoweth having bin severall times there, And further hee cannot depose.

To the fifth and sixth articles hee saith and deposeth that the said shipp the
desire being alsoe the time aforesaid in the said roade of
Oratavo, and striving to ride out the storme after the Alexander
was gonne out, the desire her anchors at length came home, and being
in danger of being put ashore, and neare the shipp buoy of the Alexander
the said Colquite tooke the oportunitie and commanded his company
to make fast his shipp by a rope thereto, which was accordingly done, and
in the night time the storme being very violent, soe that the shipp durst not
ride, and not having time to loosen and put off the said shipp buoy of
the Alexander, the said Colquite himselfe cut
the towe to which the said buoy was fastened, and soe leaving the said cables
and anchors of the said shipp Alexander without a buoy, stood out to sea,
and {?spe] the said two cables and anchors were and
are lost, which hee knoweth seeing the premisses, and helping (by command
of the said Colquite) to fasten the desire to the said shipp-buoy of the
Alexander, and afterwards seeing the said Colquite cut the tow in two
by which meanes the said cables sinking
they and the said two anchors must needs be lost. And further hee cannot depose