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The 15th of November 1659 . /. [CENTRE HEA … The 15th of November 1659 . /. [CENTRE HEADING]
Daniel Adkins Ropemaker against the}<br />
ship the ''Orange Tree'' whereof}<br />
Engle=ffrith was Master and against}<br />
the said Englefrith: Clements Suckley}
Examined upon the<br />
Libell given in by Mr<br />
Clement on behalfe of the<br />
said Adkins :/
'''Rp. jus''' [LH MARGIN]
'''Thomas Etheridge''' of Limehouse<br />
Ropemaker aged 30 yeeres or thereabouts<br />
sworne and Examined
To the first hee saith that hee well Knoweth the ship<br />
the ''Orange Tree'' Libellate,<br />
And saith that for and during all the monthes<br />
of August September and October last past this<br />
Libellate Engle ffrith was the Master of the said ship
This deponent taking notice of his executing the said place<br />
of Master of and in her. And for Master of her the said<br />
time the said Engle ffrith was and is Comonly<br />
accounted. And further cannot depose./.
To the second position and schedule therein mentioned hee saith that for and during all the<br />
monethes aforesaid the said ship lay in the River of<br />
Thames, where this Deponent did then see her, and saith<br />
shee did in the said time of this Deponents knoweing<br />
stand in need of Cordage spunyarne Lyne Marlin<br />
and howsin, to fit and set her out to sea, and saith<br />
that on or about the Latter end of July or in the<br />
moneth of August last past, the said Engle ffrith<br />
came to the ffeild where the said Daniel Atkins<br />
useth to worke (being in Limehouse) about Cordage<br />
and other things to be sent on board the said ship for<br />
her use, and well Knoweth that the said Engle ffriths<br />
Brother, who was then Boatswaine of the said ship did alsoe<br />
come to the said ffeild about the said Cordage and<br />
things, And saith that all and singular the Cordage<br />
Spinyarne Lyne Marlin and housin mentioned<br />
and set downe in the said schedule and weighing as in the said (now read over<br />
unto him) were really delivered to the said Engle<br />
ffriths Brother or other by his order for the use of<br />
the said ship ''Orange Tree'', And saith that all the<br />
ropes mentioned in the said Schedules were the sayd<br />
time well worth forty shillings per hundred and the<br />
Spunyarne twenty shillings per hundred and the<br />
Hamborough Lines Eighteene pence<br />
a peece and the Dipsy Line Eight shillings, the fine Marlin<br />
Eight pence a pound, and the English Marlin, and the housin<br />
sixish Marlin, and the housin<br />
six +
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