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To the 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. and 13th Interrogatories he saith that being not att Antego the voyage in question he knoweth nothing of the Contents of theis Interrogatories nor any of them James Thomas [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] Repeated before the Judges in Court. ************************** The 21th day of October 1653. [CENTRE HEADING] Powell and others the Mariners of the} ''Hopewell'' against Austin. Suckly Clements} Examined upon an allegation given or made in the Acts of Court on behalfe of the sayd Powell and Mariners. '''1''' '''James Thomas''' of Poplar in the County of Middlesex Mariner Late Steward of the sayd shipp the ''Hopewell'' for part of the voyage in question, aged eight and twenty yeares or thereabouts a witnes sworne and examined deposeth and saith as followeth. That the severall and respective Mariners mentioned in a schedule in this cause exhibited and particularly named in this deponents deposition this day taken upon an arlate allegation in the same cause were as he verily beleiveth hired by the sayd Henry Powell att and for the wages schedulat this deponent onely excepted who was hired by him for 32 ''s'' per moneth And saith that the respective monethly wages in the sayd schedule mentioned for Officers and Principall Marriners was and is ordinarily given for such a voyage as that now in controversy videlicet from this Port of London to Guinney and from thence to the Barbadoes videlicet 53 ''s'' per moneth to a Carpenter, in which imployment Richard Stedeman schedulat was hired and served, and 38 ''s'' per moneth to a quarter master in which ymployment Henry Masste Edward Best schedulat hired and served, and 45 ''s'' per moneth to a Gunner in which place John Lacy schedulat was hired and served and 60 ''s'' per moneth to a Chirurgeon in which place Roger Jones schedulat was hired and served and 50 ''s'' per moneth to a Boatswayne in which office Richard Ward schedulat was hired and served, and 55 ''s'' per moneth for a cheife mate and Masters mate in which office or offices ffrancis Chapman and Richard Cannon schedulat were hired and served. And saith that the common rate for an ordinary Mariner for such a voyage was and is 32 ''s'' per moneth but he saith that att that tyme videlicet about October 1651. Mariners were so scarse that 36 ''s'' per moneth was att that tyme an ordinary rate for such a voyage and that 15 ''s'' per monteh is an ordinary rate for a youth or ships Boy in such a voyage especially att that tyme. And he saith that the allegat James Jauncey Peter Mackrell and Robert Lewellin were in the sayd voyage oartowners of the sayd shipp and for and as such commonly accounted reputed and taken but of what part of the sayd shipp and furniture every of them was Owner he knoweth not, And saith he knoweth the premisses now by him declared being one of the sayd shipps Company and steward of her for part of the voyage in question, and was ymployed by the sayd Henry Powell for the procuring of men to serve in the sayd ship the voyage in question. And otherwise he cannot depose James Thomas [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] Repeated in Court before the} Judges}
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