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who came home master of her) for ten monet … who came home master of her) for ten monethes and a halfe wages,<br />
and this deponents wages for that tyme came to £16 and soe much he receaved<br />
And hath not receaved any more in part of his wages for the sayd voyage either in<br />
money or commodities but 32 ''s'' for a monethes wages when he was shipte<br />
and £16 since the end of the sayd voyage as is aforesayd. Et aliter<br />
nescit deponere.
Ad 2um nescit deponere aliter quam prius.
Signum dei [MARKE OF INVERTED ANCHOR] Shepps [MARKE, RH SIDE]
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31st March 1637.
Pro navis the<br />
''Katherine''
'''1s./'''
'''Robert Craven''' of the parish of Saint Michaels in the Queerne London merchant aged<br />
about 36 yeares sworne before the worshipfull William Sames doctor of lawes Surrogate<br />
to the righte worshipfull Sir Henry Marten knighte Judge of his Majestyes high Court<br />
of the Admiraltye and afterwards examined upon certayne Interrogatoryes ministred<br />
on the behalfe of John Clarke and the rest of the company of the shipp the<br />
''Katherine'' of London sayeth and deposeth thereunto as followeth./
To the first Interrogatorye he sayeth That there were laden abord the sayd shipp<br />
the ''Katherine'' at ffaro by him this deponent for his owne accompte, these<br />
goods followeinge videlicet eightie five single tapetts of figgs six double<br />
tapetts; sixtie eight basketts full of figgs, thirteene hundred fower<br />
score and fower barrells of figgs blewe and white and raysons, one hundred<br />
and twelve dozen and halfe of Corke, thirtye two pipes of oyle in ten pipes wherof Mr John Quesle merchant is interessed one hundred and<br />
fourtye two dozen of brushes, and one hundred and foureteene dozen or therabouts if hande<br />
basketts, all which goods did amounte unto in tonnage by weight to fiftye sixe tonnes<br />
and a halfe or therabouts accompting twentye two hundred weighte to a<br />
tonne and two pipes of oyle to a tonne, all which barrells of figgs and oyles were<br />
marked as in the margent and numbred from one upwards to the whole<br />
number, but for the particular weighte of the sayd goods he referreth himselfe to an<br />
Invoyce remayninge in his owne custodye, which he is readye to produce at<br />
all tymes, and that the sayd barrells of fruite cost at ffaro cleare<br />
of all charges abord the sayd shipp severall prices videlicet from twentye seaven ryalls to fourtye<br />
eight ryalls the small kintal, each kintall contayninge five score pounds weight<br />
and the sayd tapetts and basketts of figgs cost abord cleare of<br />
all charges six ryalls the arove, every arove contayninge thirtye two<br />
pounds or therabouts, and the sayd oyles cost cleare abord ten pounds per pipe<br />
or therabouts, and the sayd brushes cost 6 ''d'' per dozen, and the sayd Corke cost three<br />
ryalls per dozen, and the hand basketts cost fower ryalls and a halfe per dozen/
To the second Interrogatories he sayeth that he hath receaved out of the sayd shipp all the goods before<br />
mentioned excepte nyne barrells of figgs, fourtye seaven tapetts of figgs twentye<br />
five dozen and a halfe of corke, fourteene dozen of hande basketts and one<br />
hundred fourtye two dozen of brushes which were wantinge and not delivered<br />
unto him as aforesayd did weigh at the tyme of their ladinge abord the sayd<br />
shipp at ffaro nyne small kintalls and eightye fower pounds or therabouts<br />
and the sayd goods cost at ffaro as before he hath deposed. Alsoe this deponent<br />
sayeth that one of the butts of oyle aforesayd at the tyme of the delivery<br />
therof was out end for end, and three butts more made but two filled up<br />
and eightye three barrells of the sayd figgs had receaved wett abord the sayd <br />
shipp, and by reason therof he this deponent lost in the sale of them of<br />
the price which he sould themfor, if they had bene drye<br />
as the rest were fourtye two pounds sterlinge.
To the third Interrogatorye he sayeth That he beleiveth that the damage aforesayd<br />
which happened to the sayd goods by wett, came by the water in<br />
the hould of the sayd shipp and by the negligence of the company for want of<br />
pumping, and that the losses of the sayd pyles came by the negligence of the sayd<br />
company for that they oughte to have pumped up and saved it in vessells as <br />
itnd saved it in vessells as <br />
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