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and saith the sayd Totty is by this suite … and saith the sayd Totty is by this suite sued for his this rendents wages<br />
as being one of the sayd shipps company./
To the second hee saith hee beleeveth that the Interrogate Totty was sued first<br />
in the Barbadoes for the horse Interrogate and condemned to pay for<br />
him and further saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot answere/
To the 3 hee saith hee beleeveth that when goods are laden onboard a shipp<br />
the mates of the shipp and and all other the shipps company ought to have a care<br />
of them And further hee cannot answere/
To the 4th sayth hee did not see the Interrogate Viber steale or<br />
imbezell any lead, deale bonds, pipe staves, or grapes laden aboard the<br />
shipp Interrogate to be transported to the Barbadoes, nor hath soe<br />
deposed, And further saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot answere
To the 5th hee saith hee was not at the tryall Interrogate, but heard<br />
one Edward Cooke who was Carpenters mate of the shipp ''Edward and''<br />
''John'' saye that hee and the Interrogate Turpin were at the sayd [?TXXX]<br />
and that the Judge did aske the sayd Turpin whether hee were not willing<br />
to pay his part toward the losse of the horse in question out of the wages, whereto<br />
(as the sayd Cooke sayd) the sayd Turpin answered yes, and the Judge<br />
(as the sayd Cooke sayd) thereupon employed then Judge will finde who else<br />
shall pay their shares toward it, or the sayd Cooke spake to that<br />
effect And further saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot<br />
answere./
To the 6th hee saith as aforesayd that at Greenewich the Company<br />
having observed that some goods were dammaged did at the present<br />
refuse to helpe to unlade any more of them then they had [?forXX]<br />
unladen unlesse a survey were made what dammage was happened<br />
to them, but did afterwards having procured them to bee [?sXXXXXX]<br />
two Masters of the Trinity house, helpe to unlade all the foods on board<br />
And saith the sayd shipps company did not out of an intent of<br />
mutinie deny to unlade the sayd shipp but only out of a desyre<br />
it might appeare truely by what cause the dammage in question<br />
came, and saith the sayd Tottie being displeased with such their<br />
denyall sayd in presence and hearing of this deponent and others of the<br />
shipps company that hee would hire as many men to unlade<br />
as should turne them all (meaning the sayd shipps company<br />
of the shipp, and soe went a shoare and hyred men and unladed<br />
goods into a lighter which then lay be her And further to this<br />
Interrogatorie hee cannot answere. saving hee saith the sayd Tottie [?might]<br />
have hyred some labourers though the company had at all tyme<br />
assisted in the unlading the sayd shipp for that some of her<br />
were pressed and taken from on board her into the states<br />
service before ever shee came to an Anchor in the River of Thames
Repeated before Doctor Cock./
Thomas Landsay [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The same day
Examined upon the sayd allegation
'''Rp 2'''
'''John Watson''' of the parish of Saint Buttolphs [?Algate]<br />
Cooper aged thirty fower yeares or thereabouts<br />
a wittness sworne and examined saith and deposeth as self<br />
videlicet./
Toposeth as self<br />
videlicet./
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