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the said moneth there were laden aboard th … the said moneth there were laden aboard the said shipp the ''Grayhound'' at<br />
Roane by the arlate John Cole sixtie three thousand hoopes, and fiftie baskets<br />
of glasse, which hee knoweth because hee was then Skipper of the said shipp<br />
and received the said goods aboard, and signed a bill of lading for the same<br />
being the bill of lading annexed to the said allegation, and otherwise hee cannot depose<br />
saving the contents of the said bill of lading.
To the third article and the first schedule annexed, hee saith hee cannot depose<br />
saying hee neither knoweth the said Sam borne nor his hand writing, nor doth hee kno[?e]<br />
Mr M[XXXX] as hee saith.
To the fourth article and second schedule annexed hee saith and deposeth that<br />
the said schedule was and is the true and originall bill of lading for the<br />
said goods, and was and is signed with the proper hand of him this deponent [XXX]<br />
master of the said shipp, and the contents thereof were and are true and soe<br />
had and donne as therein is contained, and that this deponent soe signed<br />
the same two or three dayes after the lading thereof. And otherwise hee<br />
cannot depose.
To the fifth hee saith that the said hoopes and glasse were taken in the said<br />
shipp on the high and open sea by the arlate Captaine R[?iscamer]<br />
and brought into dartmouth harbour, which hee knoweth being in her when<br />
shee was soe taken. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition was and is true.
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
'''Smith dt.'''
To the first hee answereth that hee hath noe share or interest in the goods in<br />
question, but saith hee had aboard the said shipp at the time of the said seizure<br />
about tenn pounds sterling worth of plaster ballast (and soe much hee saith the<br />
same cost at Roane) belonging to this deponent and the rest of the owners of<br />
the said shipp, and 142 dozen of glasse bottles belonging to this deponent<br />
and his shipps company, and saith the said Cole who laded the foresaid hoopes<br />
and glasse was and is an English man, and that the same were of the make<br />
of ffrance, and were to bee thence transported to Bourdeaux in ffrance,<br />
And otherwise saving his foregoeing deposition and the said bill of lading hee cannot<br />
answer as hee saith.
Repeated before doctor Clarke.
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[XXXXX] [?MARKE, RH SIDE]
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27. die September: 1651.
[?Opayman] and Company late}<br />
Mariners of the shipp the}<br />
''hopewell'' againsr John Wood}<br />
Master thereof}
'''?1XXX'''
'''Phillip Cranwell''' of Limehouse in the parish of<br />
Stepney in the County of Middlesex Shipp Carpenter aged 34 yeares or<br />
thereabouts sworne and examined deposeth as followeth
To the first article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that hee<br />
this deponent was one of the Company of the Shipp the ''Hopewell''<br />
arlate, and went forth in her in or upon the third of August 1648, and<br />
continued in the same untill the month of december 1649, dur[?eing]<br />
all which time hee saith the said John Wood was Master Comander and<br />
Governour of the said shipp the ''Hopewell'' and tooke upon him the care<br />
and charge thereof during the same time which hee knoweth for th[?at]<br />
he was Carpenters mate of and belonging to the said shipp as for and<br />
dureing all the time afore said And otherwise hee cannot depose./
To the second hee saith that dureing the time predeposed this deponent did<br />
serve in the said shipp, and was hyred by the said Wood, for 28 s per mon[?eth]<br />
[which]for 28 s per mon[?eth]<br />
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