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On the 12th of November 1657.
James Cooke … On the 12th of November 1657.
James Cooke and Company Owners}<br />
of the shipp lately called the ''Mayflower''}<br />
of Stockton, against the sayd shipps}<br />
and against John Williamson and others}<br />
intervening for their interest}<br />
Suckly}
Upon the libell./
'''1.'''
'''William Hearon''' of S[tockton]<br />
in the late Bishop=rick of Durham<br />
Mariner, aged 38 yeares or thereabouts, a wittnes<br />
produced, sworne and examined deposeth as<br />
followeth./
To the first article of the sayd Libell he deposeth<br />
and saith that of his this deponents certaine knowledge<br />
the Libellate James Cooke was sole Owner of the<br />
arlate shipp (lately called) the ''Mayflower'' in the<br />
yeares 1654 and (for the most part of) 1655, and<br />
of her tackle, apparrell and furniture, and that he the<br />
sayd Cooke ought still (as he beleiveth) to bee the<br />
Owner or Proprietor of her and her tackle, apparell<br />
and furniture. The premisses he deposeth for that he<br />
the deponent did goe master of her the sayd shipp<br />
the ''Mayflower'' seaven yeares together, and therby he<br />
knoweth her Owner which was the sayd James Cooke, And further he cannot depose
To the 2d and third articles he cannot depose/
To the fourth he deposeth that the arlate shipp the ''Mayflower''<br />
concerning which said shipp whereof he hath deposed the producent James Cooke to<br />
bee Master (sic), and the shipp ''Mayflower'' arrested by [authority]<br />
of this Court is one and the same shipp, of his this deponents ceertaine<br />
knowledge, who hath seene her since her arrest And further<br />
he cannot depose.
To the fifth he referreth himselfe to the law And further [he]<br />
cannot depose.
To the last he saith his former deposition is true/
Willm hearon [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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On the same day. [CENTRE HEADING]
'''2'''
'''William Dent''' of Stockton aforementioned<br />
Mariner, aged about 28 yeares, a wittnes<br />
produced, sworne and examined. deposeth as followeth
To the first article of the sayd Libell he deposeth that [being]<br />
as a Mariner in the arlate shipp the ''Mayflower''<br />
about seaven yeares together, and that therby he [got]<br />
to know and understand the sayd James Cooke [the]<br />
party producent was the sole Owner and Proprietor<br />
for sole Owner and Proprietor<br />
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