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The 29th day of September 1657:-/.
Thomas … The 29th day of September 1657:-/.
Thomas Burton Master of the ship}<br />
the ''Tankervile'' against Thomas}<br />
Cockerell, Ralph Curtis Marmaduke}<br />
Jenkins, James Burland, and Hendrick}<br />
Sta[?i]res Mariners and officers of}<br />
the said ship in speciall and all}<br />
in generall etcetera Clements:/}
'''Rp.'''
'''John Tayler''' of the Liberty of the Tower<br />
London Mariner, late Master of the<br />
ship the ''Tankervaile'', aged 23 yeeres or ther=<br />
abouts, sworne and examined:/:
To the first article of the said Allegation hee saith and<br />
deposeth that during all the time arlate; the arlate Thomas<br />
Burton was the Master and Comander of the arlate ship the<br />
''Tankervaile'', which hee knoweth because hee went out Quarter=<br />
Master of the said ship; and came home Masters Mate of her the voyage in question
To the second and third Articles hee saith that within the time aforesaid the said shipp the<br />
''Tankervaile'' was bound out upon a Merchandizing voyage from<br />
this Port of London to the Barbadoes, and thence was intended<br />
to returne back to this Port of London, And saith the said<br />
Thomas Burton did a little before the setting saile of the<br />
said shipp the ''Tankervaile'', from the River of Thames Hire the arlate<br />
Thomas Cockerill, Ralph Curtis, James Vurland and Hendrick<br />
Staires, at this Port of London, to goe (as this deponent heard and beleeveth)<br />
from this Port, to the Barbadoes, and from thence back againe<br />
to this Port in the arlate ship the ''Tankervaile'' as Marriners<br />
and officers of the said ship, and saith the said Marmaduke<br />
Jenkins, was taken into the said ship by the said Thomas Burton at the Barbadoes<br />
a little before the said ship was ready to sett saile to Barbary And otherwise<br />
hee cannot depose:/:
To the 4th hee saith that within the time aforesaid the said<br />
Ralph Curtis, James Burland, and Hendrick Staires<br />
did goe and sett saile from this Port of London and the said Thomas Cockerell from Gravesend upon the voyage<br />
in question in the arlate shipp the ''Tankervaile'' unto the Barbadoes<br />
where she tooke in a small lading and sailed to Barbary and there delivered the same and at Barbary tooke in a [#]
[#] little lading, and sailed therewith}<br />
to the Barbadoes againe}<br />
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and after the arrivall of the said ship their (sic), and when<br />
shee had taken in above half her lading, the said Thomas<br />
Cockerell, Ralph Curtis Marmaduke Jenkins, James Burla[?m] and<br />
Hendrick Staires, did all of them desert and leave the said ship without<br />
the Consent of the said Thomas Burton, and contrary to his<br />
[?Comands], The Premisses hee deposeth because hee<br />
went all the said voyage in the said shipp, And otherwise hee<br />
cannot depose
To the 5th hee saith that little before the said shipp was ready to sett saile from<br />
the Barbadoes to this Port of London the [?owners ffactors<br />
on board and order by] the said Thomas Burton to sett saile, and that in case<br />
hee did not goe that Night, it should bee at his owne [?pill] and prejudice<br />
yet the said Burton did send his boate on shoare, by 4 or 5: Mariners [XXXX GUTTER]<br />
and 5: Mariners [XXXX GUTTER]<br />
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