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To the 3 hee saith hee was present only at … To the 3 hee saith hee was present only at the signeing of the the Charterparty<br />
for the shipp ''Successe'' for her voyage to Brazeele, hee being Master and soe one<br />
who was to signe the same and saith the Average therein expressed was as<br />
before is deposed And saith alsoe that hee hath seene the foresayd Edward<br />
Wye his Charterparty for the same voyage and knoweth that it conteyneth the like<br />
Averidge as is expressed in this deponents Charterparty And hee further saith that<br />
hee this deponent had for the sayd voyage six pounds a moneth or thereabouts which was<br />
noe more then ordinary wages such as is paid for other voyages which hee<br />
was contracted with in respect of the Averidge which were by Charterparty to<br />
become due to him And further hee cannot answere./
To the 4th hee saith as before hee hath declared, wages is due, over and beside<br />
the Averidge aforesayd and that hee did receive wages for the voyage,<br />
beside the Averidge hee is to receive for the same, and hee never knew or<br />
heard of any Master and Company that went that voyage upon other conditions or<br />
termes And further hee cannot answere/
To the 5th Interrogatorie hee saith that the sayd John Bushell likewise did endeavour after this deponents returne from Brazeele to<br />
have made a composition with this deponent for part of the Average due<br />
for the voyage aforesayd which this deponent went to Brazeele, but there was<br />
noe composition made, and this deponent being forced away from Lisbone by<br />
the meanes aforesayd the Average or soe much of the same as was payd by the laders remaynes as aforesayd in the hands<br />
of the sayd Bushell and as not yet payd to this deponent And saith<br />
hee knoweth of noe other composition made or endeavoured to bee made by<br />
betweene any Owners of shipps tradeing to Brazeele and the Masters of them<br />
but hath heard as is predeposed that the same hath bin endeavoured but<br />
the particuler names of the Owners or Masters betweene whome such<br />
endeavour of Composition was, hee remembreth not And further to<br />
this Interrogatorie hee cannot answere./
To the 6th Interrogatorie hee saith the sayd Bushell one of his owners was present<br />
as is predeposed, and knoweth not of what further to answere to this Interrogatorie<br />
but beleeveth other owners whose shipps trade thither are either present when<br />
the Charterparties for such voyages are made or give order to others to see that the<br />
freight bee expressed therein according as in such voyages is requisite<br />
soe that the Masters cannot have any any (sic) greater avarage then what<br />
is usually paid in such voyages, which average hee verily beleeveth<br />
ought wholly to belonge to the Masters of shipps and their Companyes and not<br />
to the Owners and hee the rather beleeveth the same for that the same was<br />
soe expressed in this deponents Charterparty at ˹the makeing of˺ which the sayd Bushell<br />
one of the Owners was present And further to this Interrogatorie hee cannot answere/
To the last Interrogatorie hee saith hee was at Lisbone in the yeare 1649 when the<br />
sayd Wye and this deponent went in Company for the Brazeele and hath<br />
seene the sayd Wyes Charterparty for that voyage and knoweth it conteyned<br />
the like average and conditions for the same which were (as is predeposed) in<br />
this deponents Charterparty for the same voyage And further to this Interrogatorie<br />
saveing his foregoeing deposition hee cannot further answere/
Repeated before doctor Godolphin/
John Wills [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]odolphin/
John Wills [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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