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the time of the disaster aforesaid so farr … the time of the disaster aforesaid so farr as hee knoweth or beleeveth
To the 8th Interrogatorie hee saith, That there were saved out of the said shipp<br />
and were driven ashoare severall Caskes of butter, beefe, and porke belonging<br />
to the said Owners as also severall Caskes of butter porke and beefe and some<br />
feathers belonging to the said Walter devereux and to this rendent and<br />
Companie, all which goods are in the Custody of the said Major Bull<br />
in the Isle of Wight but the markes or numbers particularly hee now remembreth not<br />
And otherwise saving his foregoeing deposition hee saith hee cannot depose/
To the last hee referreth himself to his foregoeing deposition, And further<br />
cannot depose./
Repeated before Collonel Cocke./
James Doyne [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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3d of May 1655. [CENTRE HEADING]
Concerning ther shipp the}<br />
''Weymouth Merchant''}
Examined upon Interrogatoryes ministred<br />
on the behalf of ffrances harvey the producent.
'''Rp et [?X] priori'''
'''2)'''
'''Thomas James''' of Sepulchres parish London<br />
Merchant, aged about 40ty yeares, a wittnes<br />
sworne before the right worshippfull William Clerke<br />
doctor of Lawes one of the Judges of the high<br />
Courte of Admiralty, deposeth as followeth.
To the first Interrogatory he saith that he this Rendent very<br />
well knew the interrate shipp the ''Weymouth Merchant''<br />
for that he was outt on board her by her Owners as Assistant<br />
unto Edward harris the Master of her, for keeping of<br />
Accompts, and that he the Rendent was upon that account<br />
as Assistant unto the Master on board her at Wexford in<br />
Ireland, and he saith that the said shipp was bound from<br />
thence to Nants in ffrance, of his this deponents certaine<br />
knowledge, And further he cannot depose.
To the second Interrogatory he saith that he being on board and<br />
of the sayd shipps Company as he hath predeposed did very well<br />
observe the lading of a very great quantity of herrings on<br />
board the said shipp, for the accompt of the interrate<br />
ffrancis harvey the producent, and that the quantity<br />
of the sayd herrings was (about) three hundred barrells to<br />
be transported from Wexford to Nants in ffrance<br />
for his the said ffrancis harvey's accompt And further he<br />
cannot depose.
To the third Interrogatory he saith that he this Rendent was aon<br />
board her when she sett sayle from Wexford in Ireland towards<br />
Nants intending there to discharge her Lading, and that in her<br />
said voyage not farr from Bell Isle in ffrance she was sett<br />
upone in ffrance she was sett<br />
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