HCA 13/71 f.449r Annotate

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To the last hee saith his foregoing deposition is true.

To the Crosse Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first Interrogatorie hee saith, hee cometh to bee a Witnesse to declare the trueth of
his knowledge in this matter at the request of Mr. Elsing of the parties producent in
this Cause, and that hee belonged to the said Vessell in the quality aforesaid, and
belonged to the same about a month as hee now remembreth, and
that hee was not hired for any wages, but onely upon adventure of what hee could gett
and that hee was entertained as aforesaid by the said Captaine fearnes for two doles
or shares and one halfe, and that his precontest John keitch (sic) was the onely Master
of the said shipp the voiage aforesaid./

To the second hee answereth negatively; saving the said ktch was constituted
Master of the said ship by the said Captaine ffearnes in the quality aforesaid
And further cannot depose:-/

To the third Interrogatorie hee saith, he referreth himselfe to his foregoing deposition
And otherwise cannot depose, saving hee doeth not remember that the said ketch
was ever in Companie with the Interrogate Ashkettle or denison about the reparation
of the said shipp./

To the 4th and 5th hee saith, hee this examinate served as aforesaid in and aboard the
said shipp upon the fishing voiage aforesaid, and that shee had been then newly
repaired, but within a fortnight or thereabouts that shee had been at Sea
shee became very leakie, insomuch that the said Master and Companie were forced
to putt into Yarmouth, where most of their Companie deserted her, and saith they
brought her backe to the hermitage docke in this river, and that he never saw her
since./

To the 6th hee saith, That he hath heard, that the said shipps hull being sunke
in the river of Thames, hath since beene sold by the Corporation interrogate./
for the summe of seaventeene pounds sterling or thereabouts And
further cannot depose:-/

To the 7th hee saith the said John keitch (sic) was made Master of the said shipp
at Wapping by the said Captaine ffearnes, when the said shipp was ready
to goe to sea upon the voiage aforesaid./

[FIVE POINTED STAR AS MARKE OF WITNESS] [MARKE, RH SIDE]

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