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ffawnce having sold part of her to the arl … ffawnce having sold part of her to the arlate Richard Cleeve became<br />
Owner of her with the sayd Cleeve and for such was Comonly reputed And further saving his subsequent<br />
deposition hee cannot depose./
To the 2: 3 and 4th articles of the sayd libell hee saith hee well remembreth<br />
that the sayd ffawnce being at this deponents fathers house (videlicet the house<br />
of this deponents precontest Edward ffridd) in or about the moneth of Ma[XX GUTTER]<br />
1656 did in presence of this deponents father and precontest the sayd Edward<br />
ffridd and this deponent and others whilst the sayd ffawnce was sole<br />
Owner of the sayd hoigh, hyre and make the arlate henry Jolfe<br />
Master of the sayd hoigh or vessell, and did agree with the sayd Jolfe<br />
to pay him twenty shillings a weeke for soe long tyme as the sayd<br />
Jolfe should goe and continue Master of her, And the sayd Jolfe did<br />
of this deponents knowledge upon the sayd agreement goe Master of the<br />
sayd hoigh severall voyages, (three at least) for the use and benefitt<br />
of the sayd ffawnce, and continued Master of her for many weekes<br />
(but the certayne number hee remembreth not) yet beleeveth it was<br />
thirty weekes at least, And saith hee beleeveth the sayd Jolfe did during<br />
the tyme of such his Mastershipp discharge his duty faithfully, fo<br />
that hee never heard the sayd ffawnce make any complaint of his<br />
neglect therein, though hee the sayd ffawnce went two voyages in the<br />
sayd hoigh with the sayd Jolfe, but on the contrary heard the sayd ffawnce<br />
saye that the sayd Jolfe had performed the sayd voyages with good successe<br />
And further to these articles hee cannot depose/
To the 5th 6th and 7th articles hee saith hee referreth him selfe to the<br />
Registry of this Court and to the lawe and further cannot depose/
To the 8th hee cannot depose saving hee beleeveth the sayd Cleeve is<br />
a subiect of this Commonwealth living as hee hath heard at Rochester<br />
or thereabouts and is as hee beleeveth subiect to the authority of this Court
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true/
Repeated before doctor Godolphin/
Thomas ffridd [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 18th of June 1658/
Cowse and Cowse againt Read and Jones}<br />
Suckley Smith}
Examined on an allegation given in and admitted on the<br />
behalfe of the sayd Read and Jones./
'''Rp 3/'''
'''Thomas Brookes''' of the parish of Saint Mary Magdalen[?e GUTTER]<br />
in Southwarke Mariner aged fiftie yeares or thereabouts a<br />
wittnesse sworne and examined saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet
To the 3 article of the sayd allegation hee saith hee well knoweth the<br />
arlate Morgan Jones and hath soe knowne him for these seaventeene or eighteene<br />
yeares last past and the sayd Jones within that tyme hath officiated the<br />
place of Master and sometymes of Masters mate and sometymes of [?Captaine GUTTER]<br />
in severall shipps, this deponent goeing Commander of other shipps in<br />
Company of him, And this deponent thereby well knoweth and hath observed<br />
that the sayd Jones in the sayd voyages did behave him selfe as an<br />
able and expert Commander Master and Seaman and this deponent<br />
well Seaman and this deponent<br />
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