HCA 13/70 f.717r Annotate

Expand this area to see details of page purpose, how to register, how to add footnotes, and useful links.

---

Purpose

This page is for the annotation of HCA 13/70 f.717r.

Annotations can be viewed by everyone on a read-only basis.

For more information on MarineLives and the MarineLives Annotation Project read our Shipping News blog entries:

Annotating Marine Lives, May 1st 2013
Adding value to primary documents, May 8th 2013
Witnesses in Court, 1657-1658 (May 9th, 2013)

---

Registration to annotate documents

Registration is required to contribute annotations to this page and to other pages in the wiki.

You can register using the following Form, and we will issue you with a UserName and Password for the wiki.

---

Text formatting

The MarineLives transcription platform is built on MediaWiki, which uses wiki markup to format text. For a guide showing how to produce italics, bold, escaped text and headings, see the MediaWiki page on formatting; there are also guides for internal and external links, image embedding, tables, and more on lists.

---

Adding footnotes

• Go into edit mode
• Insert immediately after the sentence or phrase you wish to annotate the following macro:<ref>This is the footnote text</ref>
• Replace 'This is the footnote text' with the footnote you wish to add, using the format: first name, surname, title, (place of publication, date of publication), page or folio number
• Save the page

For more information and advanced formatting, including how to add and format links within the footnote, see the Wikipedia help on footnotes. This uses the same markup formatting.

Example footnote template:

• ''HCA 13/XX f.XXXX Case: XXXX; Deposition: XXXX; Date: XXXX. Transcribed by XXXX''<ref>[http://XXXXX Electronic link to a digital source]</ref>

---

Suggested links

Annotate HCA 13/64 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/65 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/68 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/69 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/70 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/71 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/72 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/73 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/74 Volume Page
Marine Lives Tools

Image

HCA 13/70 f.717r: Right click on image for full size image in separate window

Transcription

yeares last past hath applyed himselfe to a seafaring life partly
in the shippes of others, and for theis fifteene monethes now
past as master and Owner of his owne forementioned shipp the
John of London, and sayth he is taxed and doth pay taxes to support
the burthen of the Commonwealth videlicet three shillings or thereabouts
meonethly. And further or otherwise he cannot depose.

To the 8th he saith he hath knowne of the dependency of this suit
in the Admiralty against the sayd three shipps nere about two yeares,
and hath knowne the effect of what he hath now deposed ever
since about August 1653. And otherwise he cannot depose

To the 19th. he saith he did write the foresayd information in the sayd
schedule or paper mentioned now and before shewne to him and
aacknowledged to be his handwriting and did deliver the same to
the sayd Catharine Wedge of purpose to make use thereof in the
informeing the truth to this Court, but did not so deliver the same to
the sayd Wedge because of any conceit that he could not be both
an Informer and a witnes but because he being a seafaring
person it was uncertayne whether he should be att home when
the sayd paper might be of use. And further cannot depose.

To the 20th he saith he saith he was not att any tyme heretofore examined
as a witnes in this cause videlicet not before this present day. And
otherwise cannot depose.

To the .21th. he saith he doth beleive the sayd shipps Sampson
Salvador and Saint George with their ladings are good prize
and he desires that Justice may take place, and were it in
his power he would informe his Judgment in the meritts of
the cause the best he could and adiudge them according to
what he should find the Law to be upon the whole matter. And
otherwise he cannot depose not desiring their condemnation as
he saith unlesse there be good ground of law for such adjudgment

To the 22th. he saith he doth not hope or expect to obteyne any part of
the sayd shipps or any of their lading incase any of them or
all of them shall be adiudged prize. And further cannot depose

To the 23th. he saith he hath and doth endeavour to prove the sayd
shipps Sampson Salvador and Saint George and their lading to
be prize so farr as he may in the way of Justice. and not
otherwise. And further cannot depose.

To the 24th. he saith he hath rendred the grounds of what
he knoweth and beleiveth in the particulars aforesayd, in his
foregoeing deposition, whereto he referreth himselfe, And
further or otherwise he cannot depose.

To