| First transcribed
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24 November 2012 +
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| First transcriber
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Colin Greenstreet +
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| Folio
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450 +
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| Parent volume
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HCA 13/71 +
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Verso +
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| Status
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Uploaded image; transcribed on 24/11/2012 +
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| Transcription
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The 5th day of March 1656
Sarah Smith Exe … The 5th day of March 1656
Sarah Smith Executrix of Robert Smith of the}<br />
''Swan'' alias the ''Giant'' etcetera}
Examined upon an allegation given in on the behalfe<br />
of the sayd Sara Smith./
'''Rp. .j.us'''
'''John Calcot''' of Wapping in the parish of Stepney and County<br />
of Middlesex Brewers servant aged twenty fower yeares or<br />
thereabouts a wittnesse sworne and examined saith and<br />
deposeth as followeth videlicet./
To the first and second articles of the sayd allegation and to the<br />
Schedule in the sayd second article mentioned hee saith that in the yeare one<br />
thousand sixe hundred fiftie three and moneths therein concurring hee this<br />
deponent was a servant unto the arlate Robert Smith a brewer since de[ceased GUTTER]<br />
but then liveing in Wapping and saith hee thereby well knoweth that the shipp<br />
arlate in the yeares and moneths a foresayd laye in the River of Thames a<br />
little belowe Shadwell dock and was then called by the name of the ''Swann'' and<br />
since by the name of the ''Gyant'' (but her then masters name hee remembreth<br />
not but hath heard and beleeveth it was the arlate Arthur Kne[?nett] which shipp the ''Swann'' hee saith then stoode in neede of seaven [tunns GUTTER]<br />
of beere to fitt her for her voyage she was then bound upon, and [hee GUTTER]<br />
this deponent well knoweth (being imployed by his sayd Master Robert<br />
Smith who was then owner of the sayd seaven tonns of beere, and<br />
sold the same to the then Master of the sayd shipp to lade the same<br />
a board the lighter that came to fetch it, and in goeing a longe in the<br />
lighter and seeing it all delivered on board the sayd shipp then called<br />
the ''Swan'' (and since the ''Gyant'') to the use thereof and helpeing to fill the [?beere GUTTER]<br />
into Casks and doe other worke thereabout in order to the delivery thereof<br />
that the seaven tonns of beere in the sayd Schedule mentioned [was GUTTER]<br />
by the order of the sayd Robert Smith according (as hee beleeveth)<br />
the bargaine and agreement made betweene him and the then Master of the<br />
shipp the sayd K[?ne?nett] for the same delivered and aboard the sayd shipp and receaved aboard<br />
her by the sayd master and Company of her, but at what price per tonne the sayd<br />
beere was then sold, hee knoweth not for that hee was not present at the mak[?eing GUTTER]<br />
the bargaine thereabout, but well remembreth that beere of such g[?ooXX GUTTER]<br />
and br[?ue]d to keepe for soe longe tyme as that was (videlicet for twelve months)<br />
was usually then sold for and well worth the price schedulate of [XXX GUTTER]<br />
shillings per tonne besides the excise due for the same The premisses [hee GUTTER]<br />
deposeth for the reasons aforesayd And further cannot depose/
To the 3 article hee saith hee well knoweth that the sayd Robert Smith is since<br />
the delivery of the sayd beere dead, and that the producent Sara Smith [?was ?and GUTTER]<br />
is his Relict And further hee cannot depose but referreth him selfe to<br />
the Registry of the Court for probate of wills and graunting Admin[istrations GUTTER]
To the 4th hee saith hee referreth him selfe to the Registry of this Court<br />
and further cannot depose./
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true./
Repeated in Court before both Judges
John Callcott [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]Judges
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