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To the second and third Interrogatoryes he … To the second and third Interrogatoryes he answereth that hee<br />
referreth himselfe to his former deposition, and further<br />
he knoweth not to answeare./
Repeated before Doctor Clerke
Benedict Turrettin [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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On the 14th of ffebruary 1654.
Polgreene and others against}<br />
Crumpe. Clements Smith}
Upon the sayd allegation given and<br />
admitted in Crump's behalfe.
'''5)'''
'''Thomas knight''' servant to William Crumpe<br />
the party in this cause, whose servant he hath bin<br />
these 10 monthes past, aged about sixteene yeares<br />
a wittnes sworne and examined he deposeth as<br />
followeth
To the first article of the sayd allegation he saith That the<br />
arlate shipp the ''Stambaleene'' had goods aboard her at<br />
the time the casualty of fire happened in her to the valew<br />
of 20000 ''li'' (as he beleiveth) And further he cannot depose.
To the second and third articles he deposeth and saith that<br />
of his this deponents certaine knowledge, being by and hearing<br />
it, when the shipp arlate lay neere Ratcliffe the sayd<br />
William Crumpe the Master of her having occasion to<br />
goe on shoare did publiquely speake to all the shipps<br />
Company who were upon the Deck, and bad them have<br />
a care of the sayd shipp in his absence, And further he<br />
cannot depose.
To the fourth article he deposeth and saith that he this deponent<br />
was aboard the said shipp the ''Stambaleene'' when his<br />
precontest Samuel Samboe returned aboard her from the<br />
producent, and in the producents name did speake unto John<br />
Turpin the cheife mate of thee said shipp and bad him to<br />
have a care of their fire meaning the fire of the said<br />
shipp And further he cannot depose.
To the fifth, sixth seaventh and eighth articles of the said<br />
allegation he deposeth and saith that at the time the fire<br />
burst out in the articulate shipp there were of all the sayd<br />
shipps Company on board her the arlate Peter [?Shartin]<br />
Philip Burt and Kohn Brett, and alsoe this deponent his<br />
precontest Samuel Samboe and Jeffrey Mosely and noe more and none of the<br />
sayd shipps Company that were gone on shoare did during the<br />
fire come aboard the said shipp, and that by the said fire<br />
the shipp and her rigging and goods to a great value were<br />
consumed and perished And further he cannot depose.
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatory he answereth that he well knoweth<br />
all the persons named in this Interrogatory, that they were Mariners<br />
in the said shipp the voyage interrate that the sayd shipp<br />
delivered her outward bound Lading at Smirna, and there tooke in<br />
her homeward bound Lading, and arrived home in this River<br />
of Thames about the beginning of December last, and that<br />
the said shipp was in her voyage homeward twice<br />
taken by the ffrench and the Mariners of her extreamly<br />
plundered, and that therby they endured much hardshipp<br />
And further he cannot answeare
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And further he cannot answeare
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