HCA 13/71 f.484v Annotate
Volume | HCA 13/71 |
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Folio | 484 |
Side | Verso |
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William Tullett | |
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2012/11/04 | |
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Edited on 29/08/2013 by Colin Greenstreet |
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arlate the arlate Richard Batson humfrey Beane and Gowen Golderne
were commonly accompted the lawfull freighters and imployers of
the Owners Adventure and alsoe the lawfull Owners freighters and
imployers of the shipp or Pinke Greyhound arlate And saith that the
arlate Thomas damerell did take upon
him the Master shipp of the Owners Adventure and the ordering and business
as well of the Greyhound as of the Owners Adventure for the sayd voyage
which was a fishing voyage to Greeneland and soe back to this Port of London
And hath heard and beleeveth that the command and ordering of both the sayd
vessells for the sayd voyage was by the sayd Batson Beane and Golderne
committed to him the sayd damerell And further to this article hee cannot depose.
To the second and third articles of the sayd libell hee saith that the sayd damerell
did tell this deponent before his this deponents departure from England upon the voyage
in question that hee and the other Imployers of the sayd shipps had Command
the care and management of the sayd shipps to the sayd damerell to bee ordered
according to his discretion for any port in Greenland where hee sawe the
best opportunite, And well knoweth that the arlate Maundry and Gosling did
take upon them the offices of Mates and goe as Mates of the Owners Adventure
to the sayd damerell the sayd voyage and saith the sayd shipps were by
the sayd imployers sufficiently provided with all necessaries for the sayd
voyage and came and arrived safely in Company together were on the
the Coast of Greeneland about the beginning of June last And further
saving his subsequent deposition hee cannot depose./
To the 4th and 5th articles of the sayd libell hee saith that after the
sayd two vessells the Owners Adventure and Greyhound came upon or neere the
Coast of Greeneland they there happened into the company of four
other English shipps belonging to London and whereof Mr Pibus Mr Child
Mr Golding and Mr Welch were Masters of the Owners Adventure and
Greyhound and the sayd fower shipps did in the sayd month of June
worke all into the Ice together, and having wrought in divers
myles, the Owners Adventure and Greyhound and the sayd Goldings and
Welch his shipps made fast to the Ice and alsoe lashed or fastned
one aboard of another, and after they had layen for some howers
the sayd damerell came from on board the sayd Gouldings
shipp and gave Command to the Company of the Owners Adventure
and Greyhound to endeavour the working the sayd vessells further into
the Ice toward shoare in order to gett them to some harbour which
hee knew were the likeliest place to gett good fishing and to make ready their boates or shallopps to that
purpose which
Command hee gave publiquely upon the deck and the sayd Gosling
Maundrie and others of the sayd shipp company and this deponent did well heare
such his Command, and thereupon the sayd Gosling and Maundrey being
as appeared unwilling to worke further into the Ice towards harbour
sayd this or to this effect, that there was noe getting into harbour
that yeare, that noe shipps would gett into harbour that yeare and if
they did gett in they would never gett out againe and that they would
be hanged if any shipp gott into harbour, whereto the master
replyed to this effect wee shall never knowe whether wee can gett in
if wee do not endeavour, therefore lett us trye what wee can doe and if
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