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Transcription

To the 5th hee cannot depose knowing nothing touching the contents thereof

To the 6th hee saith that to the best of his remembrance the freight
allowed to the Owners for the shipp arlate the voyage in question was
sixteene Mill res a tonne or neere thereabouts, (beside the Average due
to the Master and Company) which was in this deponents Judgment
a very ample freight for the hyre of the Peeter or any shipp of the like burthen of
the Peter for such a voyage as the voyage in question,
and sayleing with soe smale a charge as the Peter did that voyage,
And further to this article hee cannot depose./

To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true./

To the Interrogatories./ [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee cometh to testifie the truth of his
knowledge in this cause being uncompelled by any warrant, but only
required soe to doe by the producent dobbins./

To the 2 Interrogatorie hee saith it concerneth him not to answere thereto it
being directed to Mr Whaley neither can hee answere thereto observe
then negatively./

To the 3 hee answereth negatively./

To the 4th Interrogatorie hee saith it conceiveth him not to answere thereto
having deposed nothing touching any Confession made to the effect
Interrogate neither can hee answere to this Interrogatorie/

To the last Interrogatorie hee saith hee never saw any Charterparty for a
voyage from Lisbone to the Brazeele but hath heard by severall
Mariners of English shipps who have gone voyages from
Lisbone to Brazeele that their Masters have had gone voyages from
Lisbone to Brazeele that their Masters have had seaven pounds a
moneth wages fro them selves as Masters for the voyage and hath heard the sayd
dobbins saye that hee had only sixe pounds tenn shillings or seaven
pounds a moneth for wages both for him selfe as Master and
for his servant and what the sayd dobbins
receaved for Average the voyage in question hee knoweth not and
therefore cannot further answere to this Interrogatorie/

Repeated before doctor Godolphin/

Richard Peachey [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

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The 29th day of Aprill 1658./

Examined on an allegation given in on the behalfe
of the sayd dobbins the 29th of Aprill 1656./

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Francis Hurdidge of Wapping wall Mariner
aged fifty seaven yeares or thereabouts a wittnesse sworne
and examined saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet./

To the first article of the sayd allegation hee saith hee this deponent hath
used the Sea sometimes as Captaine and some tymes Master and sometymes Masters Mate of shipps
for these thirty fower yeares or thereabouts and hath within that
tyme gone many voyages to places both within and without streights
and

Sources

Primary sources

TNA

Chancery

C 5/503/34 Hurdidge v. James: Middlesex. 1668