HCA 13/71 f.524r Annotate
| Volume | HCA 13/71 |
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| Folio | 524 |
| Side | Recto |
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| First transcriber | |
| William Kellett | |
| First transcribed | |
| 2012/10/27 | |
| Editorial history | |
| Edited on 20/05/2014 by Colin Greenstreet | |
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to that purpose employed by the said Master the preservation of the said
shipps tackle and furniture being in the meane time neglected by the said
Master and Companie which he knoweth for the reason aforesaid And
further cannot depose./
To the tenth hee saith, that as this examinate hath severall times understood from the
said Eleazar Le Merchaut, a boate by him employed in an about the preser=
vation of the said Aquavites being was lost and perished, hee the said Le Merchaut
was by order of Justice of that place compelled to pay for the same the summe of five
and fortie livers or thereabouts being about fower pounds sterling money. And
further hee cannot depose./:-
To the 11th article hee saith that the said Aquavites being as aforesaid preserved
the said Le Merchaut was necessitated to hire men to looke to and guard the
the same from the Countrey people, who came in and attempted to take away the same, as
as being as they pretended and gave out, wracked goods, which men soe hired
togeather with the hoyes wherein the said Aquavites then were preserved, were
by the said Le Merchaut kept in pay untill the said shipp was weighed up and
repaired and fitted out againe to Sea, The premisses hee well knoweth for
and upon the reason aforesaid. And further cannot depose
To the 12th hee saith that the said shipps Rudder was broken, and some
of the plankes of the said keele were broken and splitt in peeces and a great part of the keele carried away and the said
shipp became soe much damnified that about thirty daies in all were
spent in the weighing up and reparation of the said shipp, during all which
time the hoyes wherein the said Aquavites were kept, and the men that
looked to and defended the same from the Countrey people were kept in pay by the
said Eleazar Le Merchaut, And saith, That the worke of Carpenters and others and materialls,
and payment of the said hoyes and men for the preservation of the said goods
and reparation of the said shipp, besides the Victualls and wages of the
said shipps Companie did as hee this examinate is in Conscience assured and
fully beleeveth amount to eight or nyne hundred Livers french money, or about foure
score pounds English money, all things being in that place and upon such an
occasion very deare and costly. And further hee cannot depose
To the 13th hee saith hee doeth not particularly know what or how much the said
Eleazar Le Merchaut expended for the hire of the sayd hoyes and garding of
the said brande wines by day and by night during the reparation aforesaid
but verily beleeveth, that the same for the time by him predeposed could not
amount to lesse than twenty pounds sterling and soe much hee verily
beleeveth was really and well deserved by those that undertooke and performed the same.
To the 14th and 15th hee saith, That shortly after the shipps reparation
the said Aquavites were reladed on board her, and brought to this Port
of London, and have since beene here delivered to the said Andrew Kirby
or his order, and saith, That if the said Aquavites were any way damnified
the same did not happen by any fault or deficiency of the said shipp, the
same being tight and in very good condition till the time that shee soe bilged
at the place and upon the occasion predeposed, which this examinate saith
hee very well knoweth being Masters mate of the said shipp during the
voyage in question, And further cannot depose/
To the 16th 17. 18. and 19th hee saith hee referreth himselfe to the Acts and proceedings of
this Court, And further cannot depose; saving that the lilate Andrew
kirby was and is an English man, and subject to the Jurisdiction of the high
Court of Admiraltie of England as this examinate hath heard and beleeveth
To the last hee saith his foregoing deposition is true
To the Crosse Interrogatories./ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith, hee cometh to declare the trueth of his knowledge
in this matter at the requests of the said Eleazar Le Merchaut
and saith hee hath noe interest in the matter nor shipp in question
