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Roapes towards the said shipps reparation … Roapes towards the said shipps reparation and provision upon the said voiage<br />
hee deposeth not remembring att present the quantity of the said materialls and<br />
goods, and that hee deposeth by order as aforesaid did also fetch and bring<br />
aboard the said shipp three warropes or halsers for the said shipps use from<br />
the house of the arlate John Merrihurst and that new able, and [?aXX GUTTER]<br />
70. fathom of another cable were also from the said place brought on<br />
board and for the use and sevice of the said shipp upon the voiage<br />
and that severall parcells of iron worke for the said shipps use were by order as<br />
aforesaid brought by this deponent and others on board the said shipp from<br />
a Smiths house in Wapping, whose name this deponent remembreth not<br />
And further he cannot depose, save that some small cordage, (the<br />
quantity hee remembereth not) were alsoe brought aboard from the said<br />
Merihursts-house for the said shipps use, by order as aforesaid
To the 3. and 4th hee saith hee knoweth nothing thereof, save that the<br />
said shipp being att the time aforesaid conveniently fitted and furnished<br />
to sea by the said Fearnes his direction with the necessaries predeposed did under the conduct of his<br />
precontest John Ketch performe a fishing voiage as is arlate, which hee knoweth upon<br />
the grounds aforesaid. And further, cannot depose
To the last hee saith, his foregoing deposition is true
The marke of<br />
William '''W''' Barber:/ [MARKE, RH SIDE]
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The same day examined upon the same Allegation:-
'''Rp. 3'''
'''Clemens Simpson''' of Wapping in the County<br />
of Middlesex Mariner late Gunner of the said shipp the<br />
''Minorie Busse'' aged 50. yeares or thereabouts<br />
sworne and examined saith as followeth
To the first Article of the said Allegation hee saith that hee deponent (sic) in the yeare<br />
1653. arlate under the Conduct of the arlate John ketch and by direction and<br />
order of the arlate Captain John ffearnes as reputed husband and Agent of<br />
the Corporation of the poore of London arlate went to sea in the<br />
shipp the ''Minories Busse'' arlate upon a fishing designe in the quality aforesaid the said<br />
ffearnes then being generally reputed the overseer or Agent for setting<br />
or ffitting out the said shipp and severall others upon the like designe<br />
and accompt, And further hee cannot depose./:-
To the second hee saith, That hee this examinate being by the said Captaine<br />
ffearnes hired to serve in the quality and voiage aforesaid, did by the<br />
said ffearnes especiall direction and in his presence fetch from the house<br />
of the arlate Valentine [?kring] a shipps Chandler in Wapping<br />
forty pounds of powder. fifteene round shott, some musketts, swords<br />
and quarter pikes, three or fower lanthornes, some shott=basketts two<br />
skeines of match, fower paires of bandoliers (not remembering the particulars<br />
otherwise than as aforesaid) save that hee alsoe had a sponge wor[XX GUTTER]<br />
and ladle for the gunne aboard the said shipp, And saith that a<br />
certaine quantity of salt-fish being as hee remembreth halfe a quarter a couple of great blocks and some<br />
stuff for the said shipps necessary reparation and provision were<br />
of this deponents knowledge then fetched from the house of the arlate<br />
Henry Askettle, this deponent not otherwise remembering the particulars<br />
And further cannot depose./
To the third and 4th hee saith hee knoweth nothing thereof saving his<br />
foregoing deposition, to which hee referreth himselfeeposition, to which hee referreth himselfe +
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