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The 5th of Aprill 1656 [CENTRE HEADING]
B … The 5th of Aprill 1656 [CENTRE HEADING]
Betson against dixon aforesaid.}
Examined upon the fore said allegation
'''Rp. 2.'''
'''William Anderson''' of Newcastle Mariner aged 21 yeares<br />
or thereabouts sworne and examined.
To the first second third and 4th articles of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that<br />
within the time arlate the arlate Thomas dixon was master of the shipp or vessell the<br />
''Mary'' arlate and for such commonly accounted, And saith the producent John<br />
Betson was shipped in her to serve in her as a mariner for her then intended voyage<br />
which was to goe from Newcastle to dantzike, and thence to retourne either for this port<br />
of London, hull or Newcastle and that to which soever of the said three ports<br />
of London, hull or Newcastle the said shipp should first come upon such her retourne<br />
there her voyage was to end, which hee knoweth because hee this deponent was alsoe<br />
shipt at Newcastle for the same voyage to serve in the said shipp, which hee did, and<br />
saith the said shipp went accordingly from Newcastle to dantzike and thence<br />
came to this port of London, and here the voyage ending, this deponent who was<br />
hired as a common man or fore mast man for the summe of six pounds tenn<br />
shillings for the said voyage, was paid off here at London by the said dixon the master<br />
And saith the said John Betson served alsoe the said voyage from Newcastle<br />
to dantzicke in the said shipp, and back again to London, as a common man or foremast<br />
man alsoe, and the common report aboard was that hee was alsoe hired and<br />
shipt at 6 ''li'' 10 shillings for the said voyage, and soe much hee saith hee very well<br />
deserved, for hee saith the said Betson is an able Sea man, and behaved<br />
himselfe very well and as a skilfull and faithfull sailer ought to doe during<br />
the terme of the said voyage. and further that this deponent was shipt aboard<br />
the said vessell at Newcastle in ffebruary last was a twelve moneth and
[LH MARGIN] the said Betson about the<br />
beginning of March then next following and saith
that shee returned from dantzike and came to London in or about the moneth<br />
of June next following, and here made effectuall delivery of her goods<br />
brought from dantzike.
To the fifth hee saith that it is tenn monethes or neare thereabouts<br />
since the ending of the said voyage, and that the said John Betson might<br />
in that time have well earned twenty pounds in going to sea, at the least, and<br />
soe much this deponent conceiveth him damnified in losse of that time by<br />
following the businesse for getting his said hire, over and above the hire it selfe<br />
as aforesaid, and besides the charges and expenses hee hath bin at, which hee<br />
this deponent cannot estimate.
To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first it is donne as required, and hee answereth that on the<br />
sixteenth of May last or thereabouts and while the said shipp or vessell lay at<br />
Elsenore and was nearly cleared of customes the said dixon the master<br />
went ashore and carried this deponent and the said Betson and others of the company<br />
with him to [?rXXX] him and to fetch necessaries, and after their comming ashore<br />
the said Betson and this deponent and the other sailers that went ashore with the<br />
master went several times betwixt the shoare and shipp to carry such things<br />
as the master had provided, and in the evening the master being gonne to drinke<br />
the said Betson and the rest (saving this deponent) went to refresh them selves<br />
and drinke together, and shortly after they were so gonne the master full<br />
of drink went to the waterside, and insisting his men sent this deponent<br />
to call them, which hee did and they came presently away, and albeit this deponent<br />
ran back without staying, yet the master was gonne off, and two of the men<br />
hired another boate and rowed after him, and the next day {the} boate came<br />
ashore and fetched the said Betson and this deponent and others aboard<br />
, and saith the winde was faire all that day they went ashore and<br />
all the next night, and the next day in the fore noone, but by the masters<br />
neglect they lost their voyage for severall weekes. And otherwise saving as<br />
aforesaid hee cannot answere.
To the second hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition and cannot otherwise<br />
answer
To the third it doth not concerne him.
To the last hee saith some of the men that were alsoe ashore referred<br />
their businesse to arbitament as hee hath heard, And otherwise hee cannot<br />
answere./
Accounts made up [XXXXX]<br />
with the Judges Registrars<br />
and proctors./
Repeated before doctor Godolphin
William Andersen [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]hin
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