HCA 13/72 f.270v Annotate
Volume | HCA 13/72 |
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Folio | 270 |
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having heard any thing to the effect Interrogate./
To the 22th hee saith hee cannot answere knowing nothing thereof
nor having heard anything to the effect Interrogated./
Repeated before doctor Godolphin
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The foresayd William Cole upon Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee was Cooke of the shipp Interrogated the
voyage in question and came first aboard her in the River of Thames in the
Moneth of September last and left her upon Looe Island where shee
was cast away about two moneths after And further to this Interrogatorie hee
cannot answere/
To the 2 hee saith hee knoweth the sayd shipp was bound from London
to Rochell and thence to Wexford and thence to London againe for that hee
was by John Bonner the Master hyred to goe to those places in her And
further hee cannot answere./
To the 3 hee saith the sayd shipp sett sayle from London to Gravesend and
there stayed some few dayes and thence went to the downes and thence [XXXX] on her voyage
towards Rotchell. but was by fowle weather and Contrary windes driven into
Plymouth and touched at noe port till shee came thither And more particulerly
hee cannot answere for that hee cannot write nor reade and soe kept noe Journall
of the shipps passage from place to place
To the 4th hee saith the sayd shipp the tyme Interrogate had (with Bonner the Master)
seaven Mariners whereof this rendent and Lawrence devenish were two,
and the other fower Mariners names hee rembreth not and saith three
of those sixe were pressed for the States service at Plymouth and
and (sic) an other ranne away and the Master gott fower
others in their roome to make up his number and with themdeparted from Plymouth
and saith those Mariners who soe went from Plymouth left not the sayd shipp
till shee was cast away at Looe Island. And further hee cannot answere/
To the 5th hee cannot answere not knowing the names of the mariners
who were pressed nor remembring what day of the month or week they
were pressed but saith they were pressed to serve aboard a ffrigott which
was goeing to Jamaica And further saving his foregoeing deposition hee
cannot answere/
To the 6th for that hee kept noe Journall hee cannot answere/
To the 7th for the reason aforesayd hee cannot answere./
To the 8th hee saith hee did not observe nor knoweth in what quarters the winde
did blowe during the sayd shipps stay at Plymouth nor how long it continued
in any one quarter hee not regarding it being noe officer, but saith hee heard
the Master and others of the Company saye the winde was contrary for their
proceeding on their intended voyage And further hee cannot answere/
To the 9th hee saith hee was in the sayd shipp the tyme Interrogated and that the
rock the shipp touched or struck upon when shee receaved her hurt was
southerly off Plymouth but what quarter the winde was then in hee remembreth
not and saith the sayd shipp soe touched upon the sayd rock in the morning about
five a Clock but only struck thereon and stayed not And further or
more particulalry to this Interrogatorie hee cannot answere/