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Transcription

The fourth of January 1655. [CENTRE HEADING]

A businesse of redeeming and saving of a certaine}
shipp called the Hope of Quinsborowe and}
her lading et cetera promoted by Edmund Hempson}
and others against Beniamin Harrison}
and William harrington.}

Examined upon an allegation given in on
the behalfe of the said Hampson and
others, the second of this instant.

Rp. 1

Seth Thurston of Wivenho in Essex ffisherman
aged 20ty yeares or thereaboutes a witnes
produced sworne and Examined deposeth as followeth

On the first article of the said allegation hee deposeth and saith that Edmond
hempson William Scotcher James warden, Valentine hudson and John Mortimer
arlate were commonly knowne reputed and taken to be masters and
owners of five severall hoys or vessells as is arlate dureing all thetyme
arlate, which this deponent knoweth having sayled any tyme these 3. monethes
last past with James Wardell one of the sayd masters arlate, and knoweing what
hee hath deposed to be true. And further cannot depose./

To the second article of the said allegation hee sith and deposeth that in or about
the 16th day of december last past, the alate hampson Scotcher wardell
hudson and Mortimer being in their severall hoys att sea came to a place called the
Swin off of the Coast of Essex, and there found a vessell or shipp since knowne to bee
the hope of Quinborrow in a sinkeing and perishing condition, haveing 4 Inches
water on her upper deck[?e], haveing neither man nor cat or any other livinge
creature on board her, haveing alsoe her hatches washed over board, before the said
masters came to her And hee saith the said Masters arlate and all their companies did
presently use theire endeavors to save the said hope of Quinborrow from Utter loose[?ing]
and towed her off that place with very much labor and great hazard of
their vessells and men, unto a place called Grays where the [?foresaid] vessell now [?remayneth] [#]

[# LH MARGIN]
[?which] is att least 50 miles from
[?the ?place] where they towed her

where by
the said 5. masters and Companys did preserve the vessell the hope of Quinborrow
from utterly perishinge in the sea of this deponents knowledge, who was
then on board James Wardells vessell as a common man, and did see and knowe the
premisses as hee hath deposed. and further cannot day./

To the third article of the said allegation hee cannot depose./

To the fourth article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that in and about
the saveing of the hope of Quinborrow arlate Edmond hampson one of the said
Masters did loose his skiffe, which in this deponents judgement was worth 4 li
sterling. Andfurther saith that the said 5 Masters did in this deponents iudgement
loose , dureing the tyme of theire seizeing and carryeing the said shipp the hope of
Quinborrow to Grays) att least twenty pounds sterling per hoy as fish [?fell] out
att that tyme and further cannot depose./

To the fifth article of the said allegation hee saith the hope of Quinborrows
arlate was laden the tyme arlate with Hempe Clapboard and oares. and
further cannot depose.

To the 6th hee cannot depose

To the last hee saith and deposeth that his former deposition for the reasons
by hin predeposed was and is true and further cannot day./

REpeated before doctor Godolphin.

Seth T Thurston [MARKE, RH SIDE]