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The 27th day of Aprill 1658./: … '''B:6:'''
The 27th day of Aprill 1658./:
Edward Bartlet against the ship}<br />
called the ''Edward'' of London}<br />
whereof Richard Stevens}<br />
was Master and against}<br />
Richard Rooke and Company Interveyning}<br />
for their Interest Clements}
Examined upon a Libell given in behalfe of the<br />
said Bartlet:/:
'''Rp. 1us'''
'''William Hogg''' of Stepney in the County of Middlesex<br />
Ropemaker, aged 21 yeares or thereabouts, sworne<br />
and Examined:/.
To the first Position of the said Libell hee saith that during all<br />
the time Libellate, Namely in the monethes of January, ffebruary and<br />
March 1654 the Libellate Richard Stevens was the Master and<br />
Comander of the ship or Vessell the ''Edward'' of London, And<br />
for such Commonly Accounted which this deponent knoweth for that hee<br />
sailed in Company in another ship, with<br />
the said ship the ''Edward'', about the yeere <u>1653</u>, And then the said<br />
Stevens was Comander of her of this deponents sight, and soe<br />
was at the time of his sickenes whereof hee dyed: And otherwise hee cannot<br />
depose./.
To the second hee saith the said ship the ''Edward'' of London within<br />
the time mentioned in the precedent article namely on January ffebruary<br />
or March 1654. was Ryding in the River of Thames a little below<br />
Ratcliffe Crosse, and that during the time shee soe lay in the<br />
said River, the said ship the ''Edward'' did stand in neede<br />
and wanted great repairing, and especially Cable and Cordage<br />
which the said Richard Stevens her then Master perceiving came<br />
to the Libellate Edward Bartlet, who then was and still is a<br />
Ropemaker, and acquainted him with what<br />
Cordage the said ship the ''Edward'' then wanted and stood in<br />
neede of, and desired him the said Bartlet, to furnish him<br />
with the same, for the use of the said shipp, and Accordingly<br />
the said bartlet did furnish the said ship with all singular<br />
the Cordage mentioned and Expressed in the schedule<br />
annexed to the said Libell, which this deponent hath now seene and perused<br />
And saith that it is of his this deponents handwriting, and was by him<br />
made and Copyed out, of the said Bartletts. booke, And was and<br />
is true, and that all the said Cordage was of the quality and Quantity<br />
as in the said Schedule is expressed, and were alsoe well worth the<br />
severall summes Schedulate, and that they were then soe Commonly<br />
sold, And ffurther hee saith that all the said Cordage mentioned<br />
in the said Schedule were really Imployed in and about the rep[?aration GUTTER]<br />
of the said ship ''Edward'' The Premisses this deponent knoweth<br />
to be true, for that hee (the time aforesaid) lived and was servant to the<br />
said Bartlet, and helped to carry all the said Cordage Schedulate aboard<br />
the said ship ''Edwards'':/: And further hee cannot depose
Tords'':/: And further hee cannot depose
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