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The 24th of November 1657.

Paine and company against Cooke.}

Exámined upon the libell.

Rp. 1

Nathaniel Paine of Shadwell Mariner, aged 23 yeares
or thereabouts sworne and exámined.

7. To the first árticle hee saith and deposeth that hee well knoweth the
8. producent Joseph Paine, and alsoe the shipp the William Bonadventure arlate
9. of which shipp and of her tackle and furniture, hee saith the said Joseph Paine
10. and company were the time arlate and are the true and lawfull owners and
11. proprietors and for such commonly accounted and reputed, which hee knoweth having
12. bin Masters Mate of the said shipp within the said time.

13. To the second árticle hee saith and deposeth that the time arlate and
14. more particularly on the second day of August last and thereabouts the said
15. shipp the William Bonadventure was and rode and was well and sufficiently ˹maned˺
16. in a place of the River of Thames where shipps doe use to ride over against
17. Bell wharfe, where shee had a safe and convenient birth, and had
18. there ridd about six weekes before the said second of August, which hee
19. knoweth being masters mate of her and helping to bring her there to an
20. anchor, and having seene such her safe riding there all the said while, But
21. on the said second of August (being sunday) this deponent in the afternoone
22. comming from Church and looking towards Thames
23. saw the said shipp lying ashore at Bell wharfe, having her cable cutt
24. and being forced ashore, and understood that it was donne by the shipp the
25. Hopewell (whereof Mathew Cooke was master) her comming fowle of the
26. William Bonadventure and sitting upon her cable. And saith that by the said
27. comming ashore of the said shipp the William Bonadventure the time and by
28. the occasion aforesaid, her Thiller was broke close by the head of the
29. Rudder, and the Rudder (which before was but crackt), was by the
30. meanes aforesaid broke shere off in peeces, soe that one part fell from the
31. other, and that the anchor and a greate part of the cable of the said
32. shipp William Bonadventure, were and are by the meanes aforesaid
33. lost, which anchor and part of the cable soe lost were and worth the
34. summe of twenty pounds sterling, and that to make and supplie
35. a new Ruddar and Thiller instead of those soe broken and to hang the ruddar, will cost (as
36. hee hath bin credibly told by an experienced shipp wright (tenn pounds sterling
37. And otherwise hee cannot depose.

38. To the third hee saith that there were three other shipps moored on the off-side
39. and close by and abreast of the William Bonadventure to the time of the said
40. dammage happening, and the said shipp Hopewell
41. falling asterne of all the said foure, hove or forced in amongst them
42. and soe XXXX upon the fore said cable, and occasioned the said dammage,
43. after ˹warning given to some of˺ her company of the danger.

44. To the fourth hee referreth himselfe to the Registrie of this Court, and
45. otherwise hee cannot depose.

46. To the fifth hee saith the said Cooke is a subiect of this Commonwealth
47. and otherwise hee cannot depose.

48. To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true.

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TNA

PROB

PROB 11/416/283 Will of Nicholas Paine, Mariner of Saint Paul Shadwell, Middlesex. 30 June 1694