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Transcription

to the said ships Lading came and happened by reason of
the said stormey and tempestuous weather and not by
or through any insufficiency in the said ship (as hee verily beleeveth) or neglect
or carlessenesse of her Master or Company, they doeing their
utmost endeavour to preserve the said ship and lading, and to
prevent damage And this affidavit hee saith hee maketh
at the request of the Commander of the said ship./

John Ellis [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

doctor Hide

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The 20th of March 1660 [?XXXX] et cetera. [CENTRE HEADING]

Rp.

Paul Richards of Portsmouth Merchant aged 50 yeares or thereabouts
sworne before the right Worshippfull John Mills, doctor of lawes surrogate
of the right worshippfull Thomas Hide alsoe doctor of lawes Judge of the high
Court of the Admiraltie of England saith and deposeth by vertue of his oath
That hee well knoweth William [?Guffins] and Christofer Yong
of West Cowes in the Ile of Wight, And saith they are both keepers
of Common Alehouses there, and persons of meane qualitie, and such
as hee verily esteemeth not to be sufficient securitie or baile for
any summe ammounting to more than two hundred pounds sterling. And
saoth they are the same persons who are (as hee understandeth) given in
for baile in this Court for Mathew [?ffripp] of the same towne of West
Cowes.

Paul Rich[?owdes] [SIGNATURE. RH SIDE]

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The 27th of April 1661./ [CENTRE HEADING]

Touching the death of}
John Southorne one of}
the company of the Mary}

Rp.

Richard Bayly of Blackwall in the parish
of Stepney and County of Middlesex Mariner late
one of the Company of the ship the Mary.
(Robert Clerke Comander,) aged 34 yeeres or
thereabouts sworne before the right worshippfull William
[?Merick] doctor of lawes surrogate of the right worshippfull Thomas
Hide alsoe doctor of lawes, Judge of the high Court of Admiraltie
saith and deposeth as followeth by vertue of his oath:

That hee well knewe John Southerne late one of the Company
of the ship the Mary (Robert Clerke Commander) and saith that at
the time of the said Suthernes Death this deponent belonged unto and
was one of the Company of the said ship the Mary and soe had
bin for severall monthes before, as the said Sutherne had likewise
bin, And saith that hee hath once or twice seen
Thomas Stock the Boatswaines Mate of the said ship (whom hee also
well knoweth) strike the said Sutherne on board the said
ship a blowe or two with a Rattan, or small stick, as hee usually did
severall