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To the first Interrogatorie hee answereth … To the first Interrogatorie hee answereth and saith, That hee this examinate<br />
well knew and was passenger and was entertained upon certaine conditions<br />
as Carpenter in and aboard the shipp the ''Morning Starr'' interrate<br />
whereof the interrate Thomas Bennet was Master in her late voyage<br />
from the Barbadoes, which was in or about the monethes of September<br />
or October last past as this deponent now remembreth, And saith that on the<br />
said shipps homewards voyage, (shee being then bound from the Barbadoes<br />
to London) shee received much water into her hould, being in this deponents judgement<br />
about sixe foot water, the wynd then being between south and west, shee<br />
then being, as this deponent conceiveth in the Latitude of about 49. or 50. degrees<br />
And further cannot depose:-
To the second Interrogatorie hee saith, That the water aforesaid did not<br />
come into the said shipp by reason of any violent storme, but that it then<br />
blew a hard steadie gale of wynd, which in this deponents judegement, and as hee<br />
beleeveth occasioned the entrance of the said water, saveing that at the time<br />
of the said casualty, the said shipp appeared to be defective by giveing way<br />
the hoodings end from her stemm whereby the water for the most part<br />
entred, this deponent not seeing nor observing any manner of Negligence in the<br />
said Master and Companie, but that they used there uttmost endeavours by<br />
pumpeing and all other possible Diligence for the said shipps preservation<br />
at and upon the accident aforesaid, sayeing they pumped at the chaine pumpe<br />
sometimes twice a glasse, and for the most part, kept it constantly goeing, and that<br />
shee was freed from the said six foot water in about 6. howers pumpeing or<br />
with fower pumpes, and that, as this deponent remembreth, shee had manie<br />
sayle and foresayle, abroad at the time of the casualty aforesaid, And<br />
saith, the reasons, as this deponent conceiveth that the water came not to the<br />
said chayne pumpe were because the said shipp was then stoaked, and for<br />
that the hole above the timbers of the said shipp was stopped by the meanes<br />
of the water and dirt comeing in over the said shipps ballast and that<br />
the boards being close, one upon another to the well, the water could not come<br />
in conveniently. The premisses hee knoweth for and upon the reasons<br />
predeposed. And further cannot depose:-/
To the third Interrogatorie hee answereth and sayth, That hee this deponent<br />
did not see nor observe any insufficiency in the said shipp at the time of<br />
her setting from the Barbadoes upon the Voyage interrate, but that the<br />
goods aboard her were much damnified by the entrance of the said water<br />
occasioned by the casualty aforesaid, and not otherwise as hee beleeveth<br />
And saith the said shipp was forced to putt into Ireland to preserve herselfe her<br />
ladeing and men aboard her and to stopp her leakes, and that [?some] of<br />
said shipps ladeing w{a}s there unladen into a Lighter during the time of<br />
her reparation, and then reladen aboard the said shipp, but knoweth not<br />
nor heard of any of the said shipps ladeing there imbeazeled; And<br />
further cannot Depose:-
Repeated with his precontest before doctor Godolphin:-/
Richard [?Lucos] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 18th day of Aprill .1656:-CENTRE HEADING
John haselgrave and Companie Owners of the)}<br />
''Levant friggatt'' against Henry Chowne Bray Chowne)}<br />
and francis fooke. Suckley. Budd}
Examined upon an Allegation given on<br />
the behalfe of the said hasilgrave and Company
'''j:us'''
'''H.F. XXXX'''
'''Rp.'''
'''Edmund Bushnell''' of Deptford in the County of<br />
kent shipwright aged 26. yeares or thereabouts a<br />
Wittnes sworne and examined saith as followeth videlicet and examined saith as followeth videlicet +
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