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as aforesaid untill the said Hill departed … as aforesaid untill the said Hill departed this life; (which his departure<br />
was in the moneth of November 1649 or thereabouts) hee<br />
the said Hill of this Deponents Knowledge did serve in the said ship and doe his duty<br />
well and truely on board the said Ship, and did well<br />
deserve his foresaid wages:, And saith that thirty<br />
shillings was the said time usually paid to men<br />
that served in the foresaid Quality on board ship in such<br />
Voyages: The reason of his Knowledge of the premisses<br />
is for that he this Deponent Continued on board the said<br />
Ship in the Quality aforesaid from such his Coming on<br />
board her, untill, and along time after the Death of<br />
the said Andrew Hill, and further hee cannot depose
To the 4th hee referreth himselfe to the Registry of the<br />
Court for Probate of Wills and Granding Administrations, and<br />
further cannot depose:/:
To the 5th hee referreth himselfe to the Registry of this<br />
Court and further deposeth not:/:
To the 6th hee saith his foregoeing depon is true:/
To the Interrogratories./ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith that Mrs Crafford required him<br />
to Come and Testify the truth of his knowledge in this<br />
busines and was as aforesaid belonging to the said Ship the<br />
Voyage in question And saith that Mrs Crafford well knowes<br />
this deponent to be one of the said Ships Company the voyage in<br />
question. and came to him three yeeres since to his house<br />
at Stepney about this busines: and saith hee is neither [XXXX]<br />
nor Expecteth to receave Any thing for his Testimony here<br />
and saith hee this deponent is a prizoner in and at the Upper Bench<br />
upon a pretence of Debt, and saith hee is worth 100: ''li''<br />
(All his debts which hee oweth being paid) besides many debts<br />
which are Owing to this deponent and to the rest negatively
To the second hee answereth negatively saving as aforesaid.<br />
and saving that hee hath heard that the<br />
said Mrs Crafford did receave of the foresaid Thomas<br />
Middleton a Summe of money, which shee recovered [??by ??suite ??of]<br />
Lawe of the said Middleton onely for goods things and Clothes of the [?said ?Hill] which<br />
the said Middleton (upon the Death of the said Hill) disposed<br />
of, And not for the wages of the said Hill:/:
To the 3d hee saith. that hee favoureth both of the partyes<br />
Litigant alike; in this busines, and if it were in his Power<br />
hee would give the Victory according to right and Justice<br />
And further cannot answer:
Repeated before Doctor Godolphin.
Thomas Hale [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]dolphin.
Thomas Hale [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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