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The 2d day of March. 1656 Examined upon th … The 2d day of March. 1656 Examined upon the sayd Allegation
'''4.'''
'''Edward Odling''' of the parish of Saint Andrewes. Warderobe London<br />
Doctor in Physicke aged 58. yeares or thereabouts a Wittnesse<br />
Sworne and examined saith as followeth videlicet./
To the first Article of the said Allegation hee saith, That in or about the yeare <u>1653.</u><br />
arlate the Corporation for the poore of the City of London arlate (whereof this deponent<br />
then was and now is Agent or Sollicitor) had in their service and imployment for the<br />
use and benefitt of the said poore, the shipp the ''Minories Busse'' arlate, And saith that<br />
hee this deponent doeth not know the arlate John Keetch, was ever constituted Master<br />
of the said shipp for or by order of the said Corporation and that the said<br />
Corporation did not in the yeare aforesaid, nor at any other time by any order of their Court constitute the arlate<br />
Captaine Richard ffearnes their Agent or husband (as is arlate) to looke to the<br />
repairing fitting or furnishing out of any shipps or shipps for or upon the imployment<br />
aforesaid. Which the premisses this deponent saith hee well knoweth to bee true for the<br />
reasons aforesaid, having then been and still being privy to the transactions of the Court of that<br />
Corporation. And further cannot depose, save that the said ffearnes never was knowne<br />
or acknowledged for or as a member of the said Corporation./
To the second Article hee saith, That the said Richard ffearnes never had the qualification<br />
of husband to the Corporation by any order or approbation of their Court, which<br />
this deponent knoweth for the reasons aforesaid, and cannot further depose as to any<br />
action or transaction of the said ffearnes in the quality aforesaid to the effect or purpose<br />
in this Article deduced./
To the third hee saith, That shortly after the death of the said Captaine Richard ffearnes<br />
(which happened about three yeares since) some application was made to the Court of the<br />
said Corporation, by some of the parties promocent in this Cause (as hee hath heard and<br />
beleeveth) hee not remembring at present their particular names, and that for and a bout<br />
certaine materialls and necessaries for shipping furnished by them, (as was pretended)<br />
by order of the said Captaine ffearnes, for the service, and on the behalfe of the<br />
said Corporation, and that thereupon some Treatie did ensue betweene the said<br />
parties and the said Corporation, but what the result thereof was hee saith hee<br />
knoweth not, for that hee hath not seene the same, according to the usuall Custome of that<br />
Corporation in all their publique transactions, sett down in the bookes or Registery<br />
of the same, And further as to any transient discourse that passed betweene the said<br />
parties and the said Corporation to the effect allegate in this article, hee saith, hee remembreth not.
To the fowerth hee saith, That saving his foregoeing deposition, to which hee referreth<br />
himselfe, hee cannot of his knowledge depose any thing to the Contents of this<br />
article, not knowing of nor remembring at present any order or result of the Court or Corporation aforesaid to<br />
concerning the contents of this Article saving that the said shipp did about the time<br />
aforesaid proceed upon a fishing voyage to sea for the service of the said Companie, but<br />
whether the same soe proceeded being fitted and inabled by any of the Materialls or<br />
necessaries in Controversie hee saith hee soeth not know, nor hath<br />
heard any thing to that effect from any of the said Corporation
To the last hee saith, his foregoeing deposition is true/
To the Crosse Interrogatories:-/
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith, that hee this rendent was warned by Mr<br />
Browne Deputy Marshall of this Court to come and declare the trueth<br />
of his knowledge in this Cause, and otherwise negatively/
To the second hee saith, hee referreth himselfe to his precedent deposition, And<br />
cannot further depose, saving that hee rendent did never see, soe farr as<br />
hee remembreth, the interrate John keitch in the presence of the Court<br />
of the said Corporation./
To the third hee saith hee this rendent was not present when the<br />
interrate keitch gave any such Order as is interrate, And saith hee<br />
knoweth not distinctly by name the persons interrate./
To the 4th negatively, And otherwise hee cannot depose
To the 5th hee saith, hee cannot knowingly depose any thing to this Interrogatorie
To the 6th hee saith, hee this rendent was not privy to the sale interrate/
To the 7th hee saith hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition./
Repeated with his precontests<br />
before Doctor Godolphin
Per me Edro: Odling ιατρόν [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]e Edro: Odling ιατρόν [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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