HCA 13/71 f.31r Annotate

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1. To the 18th he saith he ćannot answer.
2. To the 19th. he saith he knoweth not George Hughes interrate, and otherwise
3. cannot depose.
4. To the 20th he saith he never commanded any Convoy in the Streights. nor doth he
5. beleive it is the Course for convoyed shipps to follow their Convoy from port
6. to port much lesse that any obligation lyes on them so to doe, or punishment to the
7. masters in neglecting so to attend such Convoys; it being as this Rendent concey=
8. veth very preiudiciall to merchants and the designs for which shipps are made
9. if it should so be. And otherwise he ćannot depose saying that in all such
10. cases the best and second way is for a master of a shipp to keepe close to his
11. principalls orders.
12. To the xxith ... Interrogatory hee saith that all Convoys are sent out on purpose by
13. the State to conduct shipps and secure them from taking, And if he were in a
14. port ready to depart with his shipp, and a Convoy there that would depart in
15. six or 14 dayes, he in such case (if his factors would under their hands
16. sufficiently secure him from his Charterparty and did require him to stay, and such
17. Convoy would sayle directly home) would stay for such Convoy and come
18. along with her, otherwise he would keepe himselfe close to his orders and
19. Charterparty. And otherwise he ćannot depose./
20. <margin value="Left">Repeated before doctor Godolphin</margin>
21. Thomas Chinn SIGNATURE, RH SIDE
22.
23. The 5th of March 1655.
24. Exámined upon the foresaid allegation.
25. <margin value="Left">3.</margin>
26. Benjamin Gunson of Poplar mariner, aged 36 yeares or
27. thereabouts sworne and exámined.
28. To the fifth article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that the
29. direct way and course to come from Salina Roade of Cyprus for London
30. is to come directly to the Streights mouth, which hee knoweth being a mariner
31. and having in shipps by him commanded longe used the Streights trade and
32. voyage, and having bin in Salina Roade aforesaid, and that such as aforesaid
33. was and is the direct course from Salina Roade for London, hee saith it was
34. and is .................................................... notorious amongst mariners
35. using that voyage, and places thereabouts.
36. To the .......... sixth hee ....... ˹saith˺ that in case George Hughes had sailed the
37. Thomas Bonadventure either from Salina Roade aforesaid directly to the
38. Streights mouth, or if hee had sailed directly from Zant to the Streights
39. mouth, hee had not come to Corsica, that being out of the ˹direct˺ waye or course
40. of sailing both from Salina, and from Zant to the Streights mouth, which
41. hee knoweth being well acquainted with the course of sailing and was
42. to be held betwixt those places, having long used those parts as aforesaid,
43. And otherwise hee cannot depose, not knowing where hee met with the
44. Dutch fleete.
45. To the seaventh árticle hee saith and deposeth that the direct way to saile
46. from Salina Roade of Cyprus to the Streights mouth is 654 leagues and
47. very few leagues more or lesss, and that from Salina Roade to Zant goe
48. to Zant and thence to the Streights mouth is ........ about 15 leagues out
49. of the direct course from Salina Roade to the Streights mouth, which hee
50. knoweth for the reasons aforesaid, ............................................. And
51. otherwise hee cannot depose.
52. To the eighth article hee saith and deposeth that the direct way or course
53. of sailing from Zant to the Streights mouth is about 420 leagues, and .....
54. to saile from Zant first to Corsica and thence to X the Streights mouth
55. <margin value="Bottom right, below main body of text, as lead to next page">is</margin>
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Volume	HCA 13/71
Folio	31
Side	Recto
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First cut transcription started by Colin Greenstreet on 01/10/12 and completed by the same on 02/10/12; edited on 30/11/12 by Colin Greenstreet GUTTER checked 7/12/12
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12/10/01
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Created 05/04/13, by CSG

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