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lye a brest at Tower wharfe and other places more thereabouts the wherry men who passe up and down the River
then(?) will complaine to the wharfinger thereof as being a thing preiudiciall to them
for more shipps than three to lye a brest one of another and say it fills up the River soe
much that it is inconvenient for passengers and this XXXXX hath heard wherrymen threaten to complayne
thereof as a thing punishable And further hee cannot answere.

To the second Interrogatorie hee saith the William was an empty vessel when the Water
hound came to surprise and saith it was the duty of the William’s Company to lay out
fenders and saith there were fenders layed out by ffrancis Everett and William Smith as
aforesayd towards morning soe soone as they XXXXXX the Waterhound to bee layed
soe neare to them and saith shee the William XXXXX her damage predeposed after
her fenders were put out by reason that as the tyde fell
the Waterhound being lufted inwards leaned upon her and pressed her in manner
predeposed notwithstanding her fenders and further hee cannot answere not knowing
nor having heard of any fenders put upon the Waterhound by her Company.

To the third hee saith hee knoweth not of any notice or command given to the Master and Company of the
William by the wharfinger to be gone before the Waterhound came, nor what
order or whether any order was given by the wharfinger to the Waterhound
to come thither to unlade, nor knoweth of any such custome as is Interrogate
and further saving his foregoing deposition to which hee referreth hee
cannot depose.

To the 4th hee saith the William did after the rideing(?) 4 shipps a brest
as aforesayd goe away and that the Interrogate Huntington did XXXXX the Interrogate Constant
and Companie to XXXX their fasts that the William might get out, and saith
they did XXXX them after much(?) XX aughing and denying soe to doe at last And to the rest of the Interrogatories hee answereth negatively for that hee knoweth the sayd Huntington spake to the sayd Constant touching
the damage in manner predeposed and the sayd Constant replyed in manner
predeposed And further hee cannot answere/

Repeated before Doctor Godolphin

the mark of the sayd
George A Watts [MARKE, RH SIDE]

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The same day [CENTRE HEADING]

The foresayd Thomas Reedman upon Interrogatories

d: Suckley

To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee cometh to testifie the truth in this cause
being soe required by the Interrogate Huntington and was none of the Company
of the William and saith hee hath bin Master’s mate and Pilott of shipps for
about these twenty yeares last and thereby knoweth that it hath bin during the sayd tyme and is a custome upon the River
of Thames both at Tower wharfe and other wharfes thereabouts that
there ought but three shipps at most to lye a brest one of an other and for the most
part but two shipps suffered to lye a brest one of an other unlesse for one tyde or
the like and saith if more than three lye a brest they are punishable by the Water
bayly or other authority for soe doing if they be complayned of, and this hee hath observed to be the
Custome during all the sayd tyme and hee hath within the sayd tyme knowne divers
Masters of shipps punished by fine or other costs for soe doing by the
authority of the Admiralty court. And further hee cannot answere.

To the second hee saith the William was empty when the Waterhound came to her side
and that it was her duty to lay out ffenders, and that ffenders were layed out by some of her
company but by whome by name hee knoweth not, nor remembereth how longe after the
Waterhound came it was ere(?) the William’s Company put out her fenders, and
saith the damage predeposed happened after the sayd fenders were out by reason that
the water falling and the Waterhound being lufted inwards as aforesayd upon the
William shee leaned soe upon the William that shee crushed her
and hunge her up above water betweene the ship of her inside and the Waterhound which
shee might and did doe notwithstanding her fenders, but whether any fenders were
put