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To the 13th Hee saith That hee this depone … To the 13th Hee saith That hee this deponent is convinced in consceince and<br />
fully beleeveth that the said Richard Baker and Companie Owners and<br />
Proprietors of the said Three hundred and thirteene pipes of Canarie<br />
wynes, were and are besides their principall by the siezure aforesaid [XXXX GUTTER]<br />
and really endammaged to the summe or valew of Two Thousand pounds<br />
sterling or thereabouts which hee beleeveth they might have gained by and<br />
in the imployment of their said principall And further cannot depose
John Bowers [SIGNATURE RH SIDE]
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The 14th day of June 1656: Examined upon the said Allegation
'''2us./'''
'''John Tarpley''' of Ratcliffe in the parish of Stepney and<br />
County of Middlesex late Chirurgion in the said shipp<br />
the ''Endeavour'' aged 26 yeares or thereabouts a Wittnes<br />
sworne and examined saith as followeth videlicet:
To the first Article of the said Allegation hee saith That hee this deponent well knoweth<br />
the shipp the ''Endeavour'' articulate, and hath soe knowne her for about fower yeares last<br />
past during all which time shee hath constantly belonged to the Port of London<br />
and the articulate Robert Oxwicke and Companie Being English Merchants and<br />
Subjects of this Commonwealth hath for all that time constantly bin are still are [?usually GUTTER]<br />
reputed and taken for the true and lawfull Owners and Proprietors of the said shipp and<br />
of her tackle apparrell and furniture, Which hee declareth to be true, having served<br />
three several voiages as Chirurgion in and aboard the said shipp from this Port<br />
of London and further cannot depose:-/
To the second Article hee saith, That in the moneths of October and November<br />
in the yeare of our Lord 1655 English style the said shipp ''Endeavour'' being at the Port<br />
of Teneriffe one of the Canarie Islands, did there and there receive on board her<br />
the number of Three hundred and Thirteen pipes of Canarie wynes, which were<br />
laden in and aboard her by the Agents and for the accompt of the articulate<br />
Richard Baker and Company English Merchants and subjects of this Commonwealth<br />
and were for such account to be transported in the said shipp from the said Islands<br />
of Tenariffe to this Port of London, and here to be discharged and delivered to the<br />
said Richard Baker and Companie or to their Agents for their Accompt The<br />
premises hee knoweth for that hee was present at the imbarquing and lading of<br />
said wynes, and saw and observed them entered in the booke of John Bowers<br />
his precontest then Boatswaine of the said shipp ''Endeavour'' And further cannot<br />
depose./
To the thrid Article hee saith That the said shipp ''Endeavour'' having received the<br />
said lading of wynes aboard her as aforesaid did upon about the seaventeenth day<br />
of November 1655 English style depart and sett sayle therewith from the said<br />
Islands of Teneriffe in order to her preceeding for London, and that shee<br />
being in such her course was upon the 21st of the said moneth betwixt the Islands of Teneriffe and the Palma<br />
mett with and sett upon by fower french shipps commanded by one Giles de<br />
la Roche a frenchman and Subject of the French king, being as severall of their<br />
Companie said, Merchant shipps bound for the East Indies or redd Sea but being<br />
armed, manned and furnished in a warlike manner. The premises hee well<br />
knoweth for and upon the grounds and reasons before expressed. And further cannot depose
To the 4th Article of the said Allegation hee saith and deposeth that [?immediate GUTTER]<br />
ly upon and after the rencounter aforesaid the said la Roch as being Admirall<br />
of the said french shipps commanded the Master and Companie of the said<br />
shipp ''Endeavour'' to strike sayles and to hoyst out their boate and come on board her<br />
which the said Master and Companie at first refused to doe in regard it was<br />
night, but the next morning the said La Roche renewed such his command<br />
(and renewed such his command<br />
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