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downewards on both sides, and graved her w … downewards on both sides, and graved her with black stuff, and brought<br />
on six navell hoods on each side under the girdling of tenn foote long peece<br />
and fastned them well to the stemme, and did lay them sufficienty with<br />
tarr and haire and made them square, and alsoe newe sheathed the said<br />
shipp from the keele to the girdling with good sound firr boards fore and<br />
aft, and did lay the same very well with tarr and haire and nailed<br />
it bery thick with nailes and made it square, and then cawked and<br />
[?graved] the said shipp soe high as the said sheathing with white<br />
stuff, And the said Tailer provided all the timber and planck, boards,<br />
nailes, tarr, haire and all other materialls and workmanshipp in and<br />
about the same, All which hee knoweth to be true because hee this deponent<br />
was then servant to the said Tailer, and wrought in the same yard<br />
during all the said time that the said worke was in doing, and thereby<br />
sawe and tooke notice of all the particulars aforesaid. And otherwise<br />
hee cannot depose.
To the third article hee saith and deposeth that the said workemanshipp<br />
and materialls were and are well worth one hundred and fifty pounds,<br />
and soe much the said Tailer deserveth to receive for the same, by the<br />
skill and experience which this deponent hath in shipp Carpentrie, which hee<br />
hath used and exercised for eight yeares last and upwards. And otherwise hee<br />
cannot depose, saving the said hubberley the master came severall times and<br />
viewed the said worke as it was in doing, and approved thereof.
To the 4th and 5th articles hee saith hee cannot depose, not being privie<br />
to the doing the worke or furnishing the timber and materialls arlate.
To the sixth and seaventh hee saith hee cannot depose.
To the last hee saith that the said Tailer hath by not being paid his<br />
money for his said worke and stuffe suffered dammage, but how much<br />
hee cannot depose.
Wm Taylor [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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John Grant against Mathew}<br />
Pinder. Clements Cheeke}
Upon the Libell [CENTRE HEADING]
15th of January 1655.
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'''Richard Harris''' of Sandwich in Kent Mariner<br />
where he was borne, and hath lived almost all his<br />
life time, aged about 37 yeares, a wittnes produced and<br />
sworne and being examined he deposeth as followeth.
To the first article of the sayd Libell he deposeth and<br />
saith That he the deponent hath knowne the arlate John<br />
Grant the producent for many yeares past, and that by<br />
reason of this their acquaintance each with other he very<br />
well knoweth that the sayd Grant was a part Owner of the<br />
shipp was a part Owner of the<br />
shipp +
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