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Transcription

T.T.

[?20]

Vassall et alij con Jacket}

Primus Augusti 1650. Super lilo pred[?XX] examinatus.

3us.

Humphridus Hickman parochia sancti Swithin London vivis
et Brewer London aetatis 37 annorum aut de circiter testis
productus et juratus.

Ad primum arlum deponit that in and for all the time lilate the producents
Samuel Vassall, Richard Crandley and company were and at present ought
to be the true and lawfull owners and proprietors of the three vessells the
Mayflower th ePeter and the Beniamin arlate and of their tackle and furniture
and for such commonly accompted, which hee knoweth, because hee this deponent
went out the voyage in question in the said shipp the Mayflower, in company
of the other two vessells, in the service of the said producents, on which
voyage hee proceeded from Gravesend on or about the 16th day of June
1647. Et alr nescit.

Ad secundum, tertium et quartum arlos dicti lili deponit et dicit that within
the said time the said Mr Vassall, Captaine Crandley and company upon
the speciall motion and instigation of the arlate William Jacket (which this
deponent diverse times heard him make) yeelded and concluded together to
sett outm and did sett out the said vessells the Mayflower the Peter
and the Beniain on a trading and merchandizing voyage from this port
of London to goe and proceede to Ginney, and thence to other [?parts] and
places in the West India's and soe to retourne for this port of London
and the said producents laded and put on board the said vessells for
their uses and accompt cargazons of goods and merchandizes of severall
sorts and qualities to a greate valewe (but to what particular valewe hee cannot as
hee saith depose) to be traded with and trucked away the said voyage
and they constituted and sent the said Jacket cheife commannder of the
said three vessells, and ioynt factor or agent with others for the trucking
away and disposall of the said cargazons of goods for the best benefitt and
acoompt of the said producents, and hee the said Jacket tooke that
commannd and imployment upon him, and after the death of Ralph
[?Gosyall], Anthony [?Snowe] and one Mr Tailer the other factors sent
out with him in that imployment, hee the said Jacket became sole
factor and disposer of the said goods and ordering of the affaries of the said voyage
All which hee knoweth, seeing the said goods laden, and going out as
aforesaid in the said shipp the Mayflower, whereof hee was Steward,
Et alr nescit.

Ad 6 deponit that after the lading of the said goods and merchandizes, the
said Captaine Jacket departed in the said vessell the Mayflower un company
of the said two other vessells on the voyage aforesaid, and had the cheefe
commannd of them as aforesaid, and for cheife commannder of the said
vessells and factor as aforesaid hee the said Jacket was commonly knowne
and reputed, reddens rationem scientiae sua et supe[?XX]. alr nescit.

Ad septium arlum deponit that after the premisses the said Jacket came
and arived with the said three vessells in Ginney in safetie, where hee
had