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waterman belonging to the River of Thames … waterman belonging to the River of Thames for these 27 yeares last past<br />
and well knoweth the Custome by him predeposed of and further saving<br />
his foregoeing deposition hee cannot answere./
To the 4th hee saith the ''ffrancis and mary'' did lye at the place Interrate the tyme<br />
Interrate outward bound and saith hee beleeveth shee had provisions on board<br />
but was not the tyme Interrate in the aacte of takeing in any goods, and hee this<br />
deponent well remembreth shee tooke in noe goods the afternoone when the<br />
damage predeposed was done nor the next day after, and further saving<br />
foregoeing deposition hee cannot answere./
To the 5th hee saith hee well knoweth as is predeposed that the custome is that a shipp<br />
comming laden into the River of Thames may fasten for one tyde to any<br />
shipp lying there either at a chayne or otherwise moored, although shee<br />
bee putwards bound and have goods on board and bee to receive more aboard,<br />
and that without the good likeing and leave of the master and Company of the shipp to whome<br />
shee soe fastens And this hee hath knowne to be the Custome of the sayd<br />
River these twenty yeares, and hath heard it hath bin the Custome for<br />
laden shipps soe to doe tyme out of mynde and memory of men now<br />
liveing, And saith hee hath seene laden shipps doe soe often tymes<br />
within those 20 yeares, And in particuler hee well remembreth that a<br />
shipp called the ''Planter'' returning laden from Virginia<br />
did come to the same lower chayne of lymehouse about a fortnight since and there being<br />
then a shipp lying by the sayd chayne called the ''William<br />
and John'' )one Captaine holman Commander of her) and shee outward bound<br />
to Virginia and takeing in ladeing, yet notwithstanding that the sau=yd shipp<br />
''Planter'' fastned to the sayd shipp the ''William and John''<br />
and ridd by her for one tyde, this hee saith hee sawe being in his boate<br />
and seeing her presently after her being soe fastned and seeing her ride<br />
by a fast to teh sayd shipp the next tyde after shee fastned thereto, and<br />
saith hee heard the sayd Captaine holman him selfe saye that the<br />
sayd ''Planters'' Company fastned their sayd shipp to his against his<br />
mynde and good likeing, but that hee suffered her to<br />
continue soe gastned for that hee knew that by the Custome of the River<br />
of Thames a laden shipp might soe fasten, or hee spake words<br />
to the like effect, in the presence and hearing of this deponent and other<br />
Masters of shipps upon the shoare at Lymehouse ovr against the<br />
sayd chayne, And hee saith hee knoweth it to be a common custome<br />
for laden shipps soe to doe, but the particuler names of other<br />
shipps hee hath seene doe the same, or where they did soem or when,<br />
hee at present cannot call to mynde And further to this Interrogatorie<br />
hee cannot answere/
To the 6th hee saith saving his foregoeing deposition to the allegation<br />
hee cannot more particulerly answere to this Interrogatorie/
To the 7th hee saith saving his deposition to the 2: 3 and 4th articles of the sayd<br />
allegation to which hee referreth hee cannot more particulerly answere to this Interrogatorie/rticulerly answere to this Interrogatorie/ +
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