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pursunce of a Contract of Charterparty mad … pursunce of a Contract of Charterparty made betweene the said hasilgrave<br />
and the said Chowne and Company at the makeing signeing sealing or<br />
delivery of which Charterpartie this deponent saith hee was not present and<br />
Therefore cannot further depose
To the 4th Article hee saith That the said John hasilgrave and Companie<br />
having received in and aboard the said shipp the ''Levant friggat'' the outwards<br />
lading of corne aforesaid shee sett sayle therewith towards, and arrived and<br />
discharged the same in good order at Genoa, from whence they sayled the said<br />
shipp to the Island of Lepora where they received on board her 3000 barills<br />
of raisins being all the goods and merchandises which the factors or Agents of<br />
the said Chowne and Companie there did or would lade aboard her, which<br />
lading was bought in the said shipp to this Port of London and there<br />
effectually delivered, This deponent for all the time of the said voiage being<br />
Boatswaine and Masters mate of and in the said shipp, and assistant in<br />
the stowage of the said goods And further cannot depose:/
To the 5th article he saith That presently after the lading of the said 3000<br />
barrills by one Abraham hopgood factor or Agent for the said Chowne and<br />
Companie the said hopgood coming aboard the said shipp at or neere Lepora<br />
aforesaid, the said Captaine hasilgrave in the hearing of this deponent and<br />
others of the said shipps Companie demanded of him whether hee had<br />
any more goods to send aboard, but what the said hopwood answered hee saith<br />
hee knoweth not nor what further discourse passed between them upon that<br />
subject but saith the next day being the 17 or 18th day of October 1654 the said<br />
Captaine and Companie sett saile with the said shipp and goods towards London<br />
The premisses hee knoweth and deposeth upon the grounds predeposed And<br />
further cannot depose:/
To the 6th hee saith That the said shipp the ''Levant friggatt'' could very<br />
well have received about five hundred barrills of raisins over and besides<br />
the said 3000 barrills and have brought the same conveniently to this Port of<br />
London if the said hopegood or any other Agent of the said Chowne and<br />
Companie had laden or carried the same to bee laden and putt on board her,<br />
Which hee knoweth for that hee this deponent was Masters mate of and<br />
aboard the said shipp and assistant in the lading and stowing of the said<br />
goods, and her eby well observing that there was roome and convenience<br />
enough to have laden at predeposed. And further cannot depose/:
To the 7th article hee saith, hee knoweth nothing thereof:
To the 8th hee refereth himselfe to the Acts and preceeding of this Court,<br />
And further cannot depose./
To the Crosse Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee answereth and saith that about 15 tunns of goods besides<br />
the said 3000 barills might conveniently have been stowed partly in the<br />
hold and partly between the decks of the said shipp at the time of her<br />
lading aforesaid
To the second hee saith the said shipp to be in her homeward lading interrate<br />
at the Port of Lepora aforesaid where twenty hundred weight is<br />
commonly reputed and passeth for a Tunne
To the third hee saith, That according to the Computation aforesaid the<br />
said shipps lading of 3000 barills amounted to one hundred and fifty Tunne,<br />
sayeing he knoweth not of any other goods laden or brought aboard the said<br />
shipp from Lepora the voiage aforesaid then besides the said 3000 barills
To the 4th hee saith That hee this respondent at the time of the said shipps<br />
lading at Lepora was Masters mate of and aboard her for which voiage<br />
hee hath received his whole wages, and wisheth the victory in this suite<br />
to the partie which hath most right And futher cannot depose
Repeated before Doctor Godolphin
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