| First transcribed
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24 January 2015 +
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| First transcriber
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Colin Greenstreet +
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| Folio
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683 +
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| Parent volume
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HCA 13/70 +
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| Side
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Verso +
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| Status
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Uploaded image; transcribed on 24/01/2015 +
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| Transcription
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To the second article of the sayd libell h … To the second article of the sayd libell hee saith hee this deponent hath bin one of the<br />
Company of the ''Imployment'' for these sixe or eight moneths last past during which<br />
tyme of this deponents knowledge the arlate John Bayly hath had the command of<br />
her as Master of her and hath bin and is coomonly Accompted both Master of her and a part Owner of<br />
a sixteenth and two and thirtith part of her And further to this article hee cannot depose./
To the 3 hee saith hee hath often heard that shipps rideing at Anchor<br />
either in the Thames or other River ought to have a boy at their Anchor to the end that<br />
other shipps may the better take notice wherabout the Anchor lyes and thereby avoid<br />
the danger of setting upon them and hath observed ever since hee hath used to goe to sea<br />
which hath bin for these 15 yeares last past or thereabouts that shipps doe usually ride<br />
at Anchor in any river with a boye fastned thereto and beleeveth and hath heard that if they doe ride at<br />
Anchor without a boy they are punishable for the same and liable to make good what dammage<br />
happeneth for want thereof And further (referring him selfe to the lawes Customes<br />
orders and rules of this Court) hee cannot to this article depose/
To the 4th article of the sayd libell hee saith that the shipp ''Imployment'' came<br />
first to ride at Anchor neere Execution dock upon Michaelmas day last being Satterday and<br />
receaved the damage in question on the Wednesday at evening next following which<br />
was the third of November last And saith hee this deponent being one of the Company<br />
of the ''Imployment'' well observed (and beleeveth others of the sayd shipps company<br />
did soe alsoe) that the arlate shipp the ''James and Martin'' rode there alsoe at Anchor<br />
during the sayd tyme and longer, and during that tyme before<br />
the dammage in question happened and alsoe the next day after the damage in<br />
question happened had noe boye fastned to her Anchor that hee this deponent could or did discover although hee looked [?XXXX] about to discover what boyes were neere the ''Imployment'' on every side<br />
and did in the ''Imployments'' boate helpe to underrunne the cable<br />
of the ''James and Martin'' the say after the samage in question happened at<br />
which tyme alsoe hee knoweth shee had noe boy fastned to her Anchor to give<br />
any notice where it lay And further hee cannot depose./
To the 5th and 6th articles hee saith that ever since hee hath bin a seaman which is<br />
for these 15 yeares last hee hath observed that shipps doe usually in the River of<br />
Thames ride with their Cables crosse the river and not alonge the streame and<br />
hath heard and beleeveth they sought soe to doe, And saith hee well remembreth<br />
that at such tyme as the ''Imployment'' receaved the damage in question by sitting upon<br />
the Anchor of the ''James and Martin'', the ''James and Martin'' did not ride with her<br />
cables a thwart as shee ought to doe, but laye moored partly watershott<br />
and with the current of the streane And further referring him selfe to<br />
the rules and orders arlate hee cannot depose./
To the 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th and 12th articles of the sayd libell hee saith hee this<br />
deponent being one of the Company of the ''Imployment'' well knoweth that<br />
upon Satterday the 29th of September last (which was the tyme othe ''Imployment''<br />
came first to moore neere Execution dock) her Master and Company did moore<br />
her there neere the middle of the River betweene two other shipps there lying<br />
and the same appeared to them, and was in all likelyhood and appearance a<br />
convenient place and free from danger and a place where shee had (for ought appeared)<br />
a goodad (for ought appeared)<br />
a good +
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