| First transcribed
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7 January 2015 +
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| First transcriber
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Anne Mills +
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| Folio
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519 +
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| Parent volume
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HCA 13/70 +
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| Side
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Recto +
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| Status
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Uploaded image; transcribed on 07/01/2015 +
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| Transcription
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lye a brest at Tower wharfe and other plac … lye a brest at Tower wharfe and other places more thereabouts the wherry men who passe up and down the River<br />
then(?) will complaine to the wharfinger thereof as being a thing preiudiciall to them<br />
for more shipps than three to lye a brest one of another and say it fills up the River soe<br />
much that it is inconvenient for passengers and this XXXXX hath heard wherrymen threaten to complayne<br />
thereof as a thing punishable And further hee cannot answere.
To the second Interrogatorie hee saith the ''William'' was an empty vessel when the ''Water''<br />
''hound'' came to surprise and saith it was the duty of the ''William''’s Company to lay out<br />
fenders and saith there were fenders layed out by ffrancis Everett and William Smith as<br />
aforesayd towards morning soe soone as they XXXXXX the ''Waterhound'' to bee layed<br />
soe neare to them and saith shee the ''William '' XXXXX her damage predeposed after<br />
her fenders were put out by reason that as the tyde fell<br />
the ''Waterhound'' being lufted inwards leaned upon her and pressed her in manner<br />
predeposed notwithstanding her fenders and further hee cannot answere not knowing<br />
nor having heard of any fenders put upon the ''Waterhound'' by her Company.
To the third hee saith hee knoweth not of any notice or command given to the Master and Company of the<br />
''William'' by the wharfinger to be gone before the ''Waterhound'' came, nor what<br />
order or whether any order was given by the wharfinger to the ''Waterhound''<br />
to come thither to unlade, nor knoweth of any such custome as is Interrogate<br />
and further saving his foregoing deposition to which hee referreth hee<br />
cannot depose.
To the 4th hee saith the ''William'' did after the rideing(?) 4 shipps a brest<br />
as aforesayd goe away and that the Interrogate Huntington did XXXXX the Interrogate Constant<br />
and Companie to XXXX their fasts that the ''William'' might get out, and saith<br />
they did XXXX them after much(?) XX aughing and denying soe to doe at last And to the rest of the Interrogatories hee answereth negatively for that hee knoweth the sayd Huntington spake to the sayd Constant touching<br />
the damage in manner predeposed and the sayd Constant replyed in manner<br />
predeposed And further hee cannot answere/
Repeated before Doctor Godolphin
the mark of the sayd<br />
George '''A''' Watts [MARKE, RH SIDE]
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The same day [CENTRE HEADING]
The foresayd '''Thomas Reedman''' upon Interrogatories
'''d: Suckley'''
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee cometh to testifie the truth in this cause<br />
being soe required by the Interrogate Huntington and was none of the Company<br />
of the ''William'' and saith hee hath bin Master’s mate and Pilott of shipps for<br />
about these twenty yeares last and thereby knoweth that it hath bin during the sayd tyme and is a custome upon the River<br />
of Thames both at Tower wharfe and other wharfes thereabouts that<br />
there ought but three shipps at most to lye a brest one of an other and for the most<br />
part but two shipps suffered to lye a brest one of an other unlesse for one tyde or<br />
the like and saith if more than three lye a brest they are punishable by the Water<br />
bayly or other authority for soe doing if they be complayned of, and this hee hath observed to be the<br />
Custome during all the sayd tyme and hee hath within the sayd tyme knowne divers<br />
Masters of shipps punished by fine or other costs for soe doing by the<br />
authority of the Admiralty court. And further hee cannot answere.
To the second hee saith the ''William'' was empty when the ''Waterhound'' came to her side<br />
and that it was her duty to lay out ffenders, and that ffenders were layed out by some of her<br />
company but by whome by name hee knoweth not, nor remembereth how longe after the<br />
''Waterhound'' came it was ere(?) the ''William’s'' Company put out her fenders, and<br />
saith the damage predeposed happened after the sayd fenders were out by reason that<br />
the water falling and the ''Waterhound'' being lufted inwards as aforesayd upon the<br />
''William'' shee leaned soe upon the ''William'' that shee crushed her<br />
and hunge her up above water betweene the ship of her inside and the ''Waterhound '' which<br />
shee might and did doe notwithstanding her fenders, but whether any fenders were<br />
putt whether any fenders were<br />
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