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well and experimentally knoweth him soe to bee, and saith that for such
the sayd Jones during the tyme of this deponents knowledge of him hath bin and
is commonly accompted reputed And taken And further hee cannot depose/

To the rest of the articles hee is not examined by direction of the producents proctor/

To the Interrogatories/ [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first Interrogatorie hee saith it concerneth him not to answere thereto having
not deposed ant thing touching the matters interrogate/

To the 2 Interrogatorie hee saith hee this deponent having bin a Master and
Pilot of shipps for those thirty yeares last past or thereabouts well knoweth that
an able mariner although hee knowe not the port whether hee is bound
and othere helpes and experimentall meanes which able seamen can and
may and doe dayly use, may easily carrie or conduct a shipp to the Barbados though
they had never bin there And saith hee is noe way related to the Interrogates
Jones or Read or any other the Owners of the shipp Interrogate, and came to
testifie the truth of his knowledge in this cause at request of the sayd Jones And
further hee cannot answere/

To the 3 Interrogatorie hee saith hee well knoweth Garrachico Interrate and Santa Cruce in
the Iland of Palma, and saith they lye within a point or two of the Compasse opposite
one to the other and are twenty leagues and upwards distant one from the other
And further to this Interrogatorie (for that hee was not in the voyage in question)
hee cannot answere saving hee saith hee this deponent ghaving bin to passe from Garacachico to Santa

Cruce hath sometymes upon
[GUTTER XXXXX] of windes and contrary
[GUTTER XXXX] forced twice or thrice
[GUTTER XXXX] the Iland of Palma
[GUTTER XXXX] get into the Road
of Santa Cruse, and hath s[XX] at
[GUTTER XXXX] in soe doeing./
Thomas Brookes [SIGNATURE, LH MARGIN]

To the 4th 5th and 6th Interrogatories hee saith for that hee was not in the voyage in question nor
knoweth
Cord hilderman Interrate hee cannot answere thereto./

Repeated before doctor Godolphin/

Thomas Broockes [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

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The same day [CENTRE HEADING]

Examined on the sayd allegation

Rp. 4

Captaine John Harris of Lymehowse in the parish of Stepney
and County of Middlesex Mariner aged seaventy yeares
or thereabouts a wittnesse sworne and examined saith and
deposeth as followeth videlicet./

To the third article of the sayd allegation hee saith hee hath well knowne the arlate
Morgan Jones for those eight yeares last past and saith that in the yeare
1648 hee was this deponents Mate and thereby knoweth that the sayd
Jones was then an able and experienced sea man and well able to navigate
a shipp and did performe his office of Mate very ably and well And as this
deponent hath heard and beleeveth hee hath gone severall voyages since as Master
and Commander in cheif of shipps and hath performed his duty therein ably and
well And for an able and expert seaman and Commander the sayd Jones
was and is Commonly reputed And further hee cannot depose./

To the rest of the articles hee is not examined by direction of the producents
proctor./

To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first Interrogatorie hee saith it concerneth him not to answere thereto having
not deposed touching the matters Interrogate

To the 2 Interrogatorie hee saith hee having bin a Commander of shipps any tyme
those thirty yeares last past and upwards well knoweth that an able and
experienced seaman may by the helpes incident to hisacts carrie a shipp
to

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PROB

PROB 11/281/733 Will of John Harris, Mariner of Stepney, Middlesex. 27 July 1658
PROB 11/307/489 Will of John Harris, Mariner of Stepney, Middlesex. 26 March 1662
PROB 11/332/361 Will of John Harris, Mariner of Stepney, Middlesex. 02 March 1670