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To the first, second, third, fourth, fifth … To the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seaventh<br />
and eight articles of the sayd allegation he deposeth and<br />
saith, That he this deponent being a Wayter at the<br />
Customehouse went aboard the articulate shipp the<br />
''Stambeleene'' at Gravesend, to looke after (on the behalfe<br />
of the Commonwealth) the dutyes and Customes arising<br />
from the goods and merchandizes on board her, and that there<br />
were then on board her to the value of 20000 pounds<br />
(as he verily beleiveth) in silkes and other Commodities, And<br />
that he this deponent was alsoe on board her when she<br />
lay neere Ratcliffe in the River of Thames and when<br />
the articulate William Cr[?u]mpe having some occasion to<br />
goe on shoare, he the said William did in this deponents<br />
presence give order to the shipps company (which were<br />
then upon the Deck[?e]) to bee carefull of the sayd shipp<br />
and goods, And that after the sayd Cr[?u]mpe was gone<br />
on shoare that many of the sayd shipps Company went<br />
alsoe ashoare, (but he saith he knoweth not the names of<br />
those who stayd aboard, or of those that went ashoare, saving<br />
he knoweth that the [?Master Gunner] of the sayd shipp stayed<br />
And he sayth that after the sayd Crumpe, and afterhim<br />
that many of the sayd shipps company were gone ashoare<br />
the fire in the shipp burst out and discovered itselfe whereby the<br />
sayd shipp and her rigging and some goods (to a good value)<br />
were quite consumed and lost and perished, And he deposeth<br />
that in all probability if all the said shipps Company had<br />
been on board her when the fyre first burst out, the said<br />
fire might have nin quenched, and therby the said ship and<br />
goods preserved, but that after the fire broake out none<br />
durst come on board her (as he best remembreth)<br />
And further he cannot depose.
To the Interrogatoryes. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatory he answereth that he knoweth noe<br />
more of all persons named in this Interrogatory then the<br />
interrate Polgreene and harris, with whom (he saith) he hath<br />
but little acquaintance, That she came into the River of Thames<br />
in the beginning of December last, and that the sayd shipp<br />
the ''Stamboleene'' was moored in very safe moorings by<br />
Ratcliffe, and that (as he heard by the sayd shipps Company)<br />
she had been taken by the ffrench and the sayd shipps<br />
Company [?were] plundred of their clothes, and therby that<br />
they endured much hardshipp And further he knoweth<br />
not to answeare.
To the 2d Interrogatory he answereth that there was on board the<br />
said shipp at the time interrate this Rendent and two<br />
more Wayters of the Custome=house besides five<br />
men and three boyes belonging to the said shipp, and that she<br />
being safe moored, the said five men and 3 boyes were enough to have<br />
looked to her, had not the fire happened And further<br />
he knoweth not to answeare.
Tot;br />
he knoweth not to answeare.
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