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hundred and a halfe of Cotton woolls, whic … hundred and a halfe of Cotton woolls, which were in partnershipp<br />
betweene him this depoennt and John Harrison the Gunner of the sayd<br />
shipp, but noe other goods wares or merchandizes, and sayed that<br />
William Bennett John Jayles, Adam Loftis and William Lackington<br />
had Cotton woolls and tobaccoe in the sayd shipp for their owne<br />
accompt and Thomas Cooper one of the masters mates had speckled<br />
wood in her but how much cotton wooll or wood any of them laded<br />
or had or received out of teh sayd shipp he cannott expresse. Et alr<br />
nescit deponere/
To the 4th he sayeth That he knoweth of noe goods wares or merchandizes<br />
imbezzelled or conveyed out of the sayd shipp by any one/
Signum dci '''I V''' Younge/ [MARKE, RH SIDE]
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dci die./
'''William Bennett''' of Redriffe in the Countye of Surrey Seaman aged<br />
about 34 yeares sworne and examined as aforesayd/
To the first he sayeth That he went forth in the sayd shipp the<br />
''Amitye'' as a common man the voyage in question but came home<br />
Boatswayne of her, and there were laden into her outwards bound<br />
in the port of London certayne stronge waters axes nills and other<br />
goods the accompte wherof was kept nu John Jayle the then<br />
Boatswayne of her and noe part therof (to his knowledge) was<br />
lost imbeazelled or concealed from the owners throf Et alr nescit/
To the second he sayeth That there were laden aboard the sayd shipp<br />
at Seranam uppon the coast of Guina all the particular quantityes<br />
of Speckled wood, mentioned in the first schedule now given in by him<br />
under his hand into the Registrye of this Court, which were all<br />
laden by James Hopkinson the merchant of the sayd shipp, and at the<br />
Barbadoes there were laden by the sayd hopkinson all and singular the Cotton woolls<br />
and Tobaccoe specifyed in the third schedule nowe given in by him<br />
into the Registry of this Court, under his hand, under the marks in the<br />
sayd schedule, and by other planters at the Barbadoes all and singular<br />
the goods mentioned in the second schedule nowe exhibited by him, and<br />
all the goods mentioned in fourth schedule nowe exhibited by him were<br />
laden by some of the company of the sayd shipp whose names are<br />
expressed in the sayd fourth schedule, and the goods expressed in<br />
those foure schedules were all the goods which were laden abord her either at<br />
Seraman or the Barbadoes, and all the sayd goods were delivered out<br />
of teh sayd shipp in the ports of London to the laders of them or<br />
their assignes and noe parte of them were wantinge to his knowledge<br />
The premisses he knoweth to be true beinge Boatswayne of the sayd<br />
shipp the sayd voyage but beinge not able to write or reade<br />
his mate one Edward Larye did keepe the accomptes therof, but<br />
this deponent gave him directions for the setting downe of every thinge<br />
and the sayd Larye read it to him after it was sett downe./
To the third he sayeth That he this deponent and his precontest Adam<br />
Loftis and John Jayle broughte home in the sayd shipp for<br />
their owne joynt accompts in thirds thirtye<br />
six sticks of speckled wood conteyainge about two thousand weighte<br />
but noe other goods Et alr salvis predepsits et exhibits per eo nescit<br />
deponere./.
To the fourth he sayeth that he doth not knowe or beleive that there<br />
have bene any goods wares or merchandizes imbeazelled or conveyed<br />
out of the sayd shipp/
signum drd '''+''' Bennett./ [MARKE, RH SIDE]num drd '''+''' Bennett./ [MARKE, RH SIDE] +
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