HCA 13/71 f.478r Annotate
| Volume | HCA 13/71 |
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| Folio | 478 |
| Side | Recto |
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| First transcriber | |
| Daniel Richards | |
| First transcribed | |
| 2012/10/21 | |
| Editorial history | |
| Minor format changes made on 31/10/2012 by Colin Greenstreet; edited on 03/06/2013 by Jill Wilcox and on 04/08/2014 by Colin Greenstreet | |
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The 13th of February 1656/ [CENTRE HEADING]
hatton ffoote and Company Owners of the Exeter Merchant}
against the ffrancis and Mary and against Smith Beake and Company}
Suckley ffranklin}
Examined upon an allegation on behalfe of
the sayd hatton and Company./
1
Abraham Graves of Lyme house in the parish of
Stepany Shippwright aged forty years or thereabouts
a wittness sworne and examined saith as followeth videlicet./
To the first article of the sayd allegation he saith that in the yeares and moneths
arlate the arlate Roger hatton Samuel ffoote and Company were commonly
reputed the true and reall owneres and Proprietors of the Exeter Merchant arlate and
of her tackle apparell and furniture and that the arlate Thomas [?Noodfin] during
the yeares and months arlate was and still is Commonly accompted the Master
and Commander of the sayd shipp and saith that of his this deponents knowledge the sayd
[?Noodfin] hath for about these tenn yeares last past taken charge of shipps as
a Master and hath been and is commonly accompted an able and experienced Sea man.
And further hee cannot depose./
To the 2 article hee saith he cannot depose./
To the 3 he saith he cannot depose./
To the 4th he saith he sawe not the Exeter Merchant cutt adrift nor
sawe the Exeter Merchant runne fowle of the Pilgrim, but sawe them lye
aground neere shoare fowle one of an other and did observe that
the Exeter Merchants quarter was broken downe and shee damnified
in her hull (being driven a shoare leave laden) to the value in this deponents
Judgment of about thirty pounds sterling and further he cannot depose/
To the 5th , he cannot depose./
To the 6th, hee saith hee referreth himselfe to the Registry of this
Court and further cannot depose./
To the 7th hee cannot depose.
To the 8th hee saith he referreth himselfe to the Registry of this
Court and further cannot depose./
To the last hee saith his foregoeng deposition is true/
To the Interrogatories/ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first negatively./
To the 2 negatively./
To the 3 Interrogatorie hee saith hee is noe sea man and is about forty
yeares of age and further cannot answere./
To the 4th Interrogatorie. he cannot answere knowing nothing thereof.
To the 5th he knoweth nothing touching the custome Interrogated nor
hath deposed any thing thereto and further cannot answere/
To the 6th hee cannot answere knowing nothing touching the
matters Interrogate./
To the 7th it concerneth him not to answere thereto having not
deposed touching the matters Interrogate./
To the 8th hee cannot answere.
To the 9th hee cannot answere./
To the 10th hee cannot answere.
To the 11th hee is saith hee is noe mariner nor any way concerned
in the dammage in question And further cannot answere./
