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The 28th of September 1657. Butler against the ''Comfort'' and} against Addams and Company.} Allen. Suckley.} '''dt.''' '''James Higgs''' of the parish of Saint Botolph Bolonsgate (sic) London Woodmonger, aged 45 yeares or thereabouts sworne and examined. Examined upon the libell, annexed to a commission. To the first and second articles hee saith, that hee the time arlate well knew the arlate Edmund Morgan and the shipp the ''Comfort'', whereof the said Morgan was Master and had the Government of her as master of this deponents sight and knowledge. and was as himselfe affirmed in this deponents hearing a part owner of her. And otherwise hee cannot depose. To the third, fowrth fifth and the rest of the articles of the said libell hee saith that in or about the moneth of November 1651 the said shipp the ''Comfort'' from a Newcastle voyage came and arived in the River of Thames with her lading of coales under the conduct of the said Morgan, who hee saith sold and disposed of her lading of coales in this port of the sight and knowledge of this deponent who was then one of the citie Meters, and passed upon and looked to her delivery, and saith that to his best remembrance her lading of coales brought that voyage from Newcastle amounted to two hundred Chaldrons or thereabouts of this cities measure, this deponent seeing the measuring thereof. And saith that such measure happened on the River of Thames within the ebbing and flowing of the sea, betwixt Ratcliff and Wapping Where shee rode at anchor, And further that this deponent saw him the said Morgan receive the summe of fourtie pounds or thereabouts in money for part of the coales, at one payment, and severall other smaller summes for smaller parcells that were sold at the shipps side and the money there received. And lastly that there were not any coales delivered and disposed out of the said shipp but what were delivered by order of the said Morgan. And otherwise hee cannot depose, not being at Newcastle nor knowing ought of the lading of the coales there or of the contract for the summe, or signing of any bill obligatory for payment for them. To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING] To the first hee cometh required to testifie in this case by a person therein imployed, whose name hee knoweth not. And saith hee comenth himselfe not bound to declare his estate, and otherwise negatively having noe relation to the parties interrate, and expecteth ought in this cause saving for his time in comming, and liveth by his place of a Cole meter. To the second hee saith the said Morgan said he was a quarterpart owner of the said shipp And otherwise hee cannot answer. To the third and fourth hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition and cannot further answer. The marke of James '''IH''' [MARKE] H[?a]ggs/. [MARKE, RH SIDE]
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