Tools: HCA 13/124: Transcriptions - Part 1
HCA 13/124: Transcriptions - Part 1
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Personal answers of John Dennis
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The personall answers of John
dennis made to the positions of
a libell given in against him on the
behalfe of Robert Woodliffe the
pretended Curator of John
Stapilton doe followe.
To the first and second pretended positions
hee answereth and beleeveth the same to
bee true.
To the third pretended position he answereth
and beleeveth that the time articulate this
rendent being at dublin did there at the
intreaty and request of the articulate Stapilton
and a woeman there liveinge who had then the
bringeinge of him upp take the said Stapilton
as an apprentice to him this rendent for the
space of seaven yeares from the laste of
September 1647 to serve this rendent at sea
or otherwise as this rendent should directe
and thinke fitt accordinge to the Indenture
or Contract to his this rendents answers
hereunto annexed to which this rendent
referreth himselfe which said indentures
this rendent beleeveth are signed and sealed
with the proper hand and seale of the arlate
John Stapleton and otherwise for his parte
hee doth not beleeve the said petition to bee
true in any parte thereof./
To
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To the fourth pretensed position hee answereth
and beleeveth that presently after such time as
this rendent had soe taken the said Stapleton
to his apprentice as aforesaid the said
Stapleton then beinge about twelve yeares
ould and not above as hee beleeveth did
goe in the said hoye the voyage arlate
as this respondents boye and this rendent
beleeveth that after the said voyages were
ended the said shippe was againe sett out
from dublin to Bristll and soe to London
and the said Stapleton was in her in the
Capacitye of this rendents boy and bot
otherwise, and this rendent beleeveth
that after the said shipps arrivall at
London shee roade at Anchor there untill
the time arlate And otherwise for his
parte hee doth not beleeve the said position
to bee true in any parte thereof./
To the fifth pretensed position hee answereth
and beleeveth that the arlate hoy the Mary
was in and upon the voyages aforesaid the
time arlate and that the arlate Stapleton
was in the same as this rendents servant
and apprentice the same time, And otherwise
for his parte hee doth not beleeve rge said
psotion to bee true in any parte thereof
To the sixt pretensed position hee answereth
and beleeveth the same to bee true./
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To the seaventh pretensed position hee answereth
and beleeveth that hee the arlate Stapleton
beinge this rendents servant the time arlate
this rendent did carry hom alonge in the
shippe and voyage arlate as his boye And
otherwise for his parte hee doth not beleeve the
said position to bee true in any parte thereof.
To the eight pretended position hee answereth,
and beleeveth that the shipp the Mary arlate
the time arlate did proceede upon the voyage
arlate and after the endeinge thereof did
remaine and abide at Saint Sebastians untill
the last of Aprill 1650 arlate or thereabouts where
all her Company were discharged except this
rendent and his said boy the arlate Stapleton
and all the companye except this rendent.
for himselfe and his said boy were
paid their wages, and that the said shippe
was out upon the said last mentioned
voyages by the space of twenty monethes
or thereabouts and noe more as hee
beleeves, And otherwise for his parte hee doth
not beleeve the said position to bee true
in any parte thereof.
To the ninth pretensed position he answereth
and beleeveth that duringe such time as others
of the said shipps Companye were busie upon
other occations whose office of imployment it
was to bee Steward or Cooke sometimes the
said Stapleton who could doe
nothing else did supplye the same, And
otherwise for his parte saveinge his foresaid
answers hee doth not beleeve the said position
to bee true in any parte thereof./
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To the 10th pretensed position hee answereth and
beleeveth that the time arlate the arlate
Stapleton did deserve his victualls and cloaths
in the said shippe and voyage and noe
more as hee beleeveth, and this rendent
beleeveth that 22 s per moneth and not above
as hee beleeveth is usually allowed to a
Common seaman or Steward or Cooke of
such shipps as the Mary was the voyage arlate
And other wise for his parte hee doth not
beleeve the said petition to bee true in any
parte thereof./
To the 11th pretensed position he answereth and
beleeveth that hee this rendent hath
receaved parte of hos owne wages from the
owners of the said shippe and about sixe
pounds for the wages of the said Stapleton this
rendents apprentice and not above as this
rendent beleeveth, And otherwise for his
prate hee doth not beleeve the said petition to
bee true in any parte thereof./
To the 12th pretensed position hee answereth and
beleeveth that the arlate Stapleton is about
the age of sixteene yeares and not above
as hee beleeveth and under the age of 21.
yeares and is not in a capacity to sue in
lawe as hee beleeveth, And otherwise for
his parte hee doth not beleeve the said position
to bee true in any parte thereof.
To the 13th pretensed position he answereth
that for his parte hee doth not beleeve the
said position to bee true in any parte thereof
To the 14th pretensed position hee answereth that
hee hath bine arrested by a warrant out of
this Courte, And that he referreth himselfe to the
Registry
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Registry of this Courte, And otherwise for his
parte hee doth not beleeve the said position
to bee true in any parte thereof./
To the fifteeneth pretensed position hee
answereth and beleeveth the same to be
true./
John dennes [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Schedule of apprentice contract
The Schedule mentioned in the
answers hereunto annexed.
This Indenture made the last day of September
Anno domini one thousand sixe hundred
ffortie and seaven, Betweene John dennis of
the Citty of London Maryner of the one
parte and John Stapleton now of the Cittye
of dublin of the other parte witnesseth, That
the said John Stapleton of his owne motion
free will and Consent, as alsoe wlth the will
and Consent of his father and friends, hath,
hereby doth putt himselfe to be apprentice with
the said John dennis, and as an apprentice
with him to serve and dwell from the day of the
date hereof, for and duringe and into the full
end and terme of seaven yeares from thence
next and imediately ensueinge the same fully
to bee compleate and ended, duringe all
which tyme and terme the said apprentice
his Master well and faithfully shall serve, his
secrets shall keepe and his Commandements lawfull
and honest every where shall doe, hurt or
harme to his master shee shall not doe nor
suffer to bee done, but to his best power shall
him defend or anon warne him thereof the
goods of his said master he shall not inordinately
waste
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waste nor them to any lende, without his
masters lysense soe doe doe, Taverns or
Alehouses of Custome he shall not hannte
or frequente unlesse it bee about his masters
businesse there to bee done, Neither at the
Cardes dice, or any other unlawfull games
shall he play duringe the said terme,
Matrimony hee shall not with any woman
contract nor adulterie Commit, but as a
true and faithfull servant (not absentinge
himselfe from his masters busines) shall
well and truely deme and be have himselfe
towards his said master and all others
aswell in words as in deeds duringe the terme
aforesaid And the said John dennis doth
hereby Covenante Promise and grannte too and with
his said apprentice, him to teache and intruste
or cause to bee taught and intrusted in the
art sequence and faculty of a marriner and
marine discipline (which hee now useth) and in
due manner to chastise him, finding unto his
said apprentice sufficient meate drinke lodging
and apparell both lynnen and woollen, with
hose and shoes duringe the said tyme and
terme, And at the end thereof shall not onely
leave unto his said apprentice two suites of
apparell the one for holly dayes and the other for
working dayes, but allsoe shall cause him to bee
inrolled in the Trinitye house of London,
whereby to have the freedom thereof as in such
cases provided, In wittnes whereof the partyes
abovesaid have hereunto interchangeably put
their hands and seales the say and yeare first above
written.
John Stapleton [REPRODUCTION OF SIGNATURE, MIDDLE]
Signed sealed and delivered in the
presence of us. John Lettowe
William Williams
Margaret Weston.
John dennes [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
