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To the .15.th he saith there was spent abo … To the .15.th he saith there was spent about the shipp ''Hopewell'' after<br />
she went from Barbadoes to Antego three Chests of pitch or thereabouts,<br />
and saith she was in such want of Pitch that her Company waa forced<br />
to boyle their tarr into Pitch for her necessary supply. And saith there<br />
was noe pitch to be had att Antego, the premisses he knoweth being present<br />
att Antego and seeing and knoweing the premisses. And otherwise cannot<br />
depose.
To the 16th he saith he spent two dayes in the Cutting of wood for the<br />
use of the ship as aforesayd and was never a fishing or<br />
hawling of Turtles, And beleiveth that there were abouy 12 turtles<br />
eaten aboard the ''Hopewell'' by the Company thereof and that every<br />
Turtle yeilded provision sufficient for two meales for the shipps Company<br />
or thereabouts. And saith he knoweth the premisses, and his sayd foregoeing<br />
depositions to be true being one of the shipps Company the voyage<br />
in question, and present and seeing and observing the passages predeposed<br />
and for the reasons exprest for his knowledge in the particulars<br />
whereto he referreth himselfe, and otherwise cannot depose./
To the .17. he saith he beleeveth that Captaine Powell was att the Barbooda<br />
Islands att the tyme of the sayd seizure and his four men as aforesayd with<br />
him, and he was aboard her the [?28th] day of October 1652 and not<br />
afterwards, and beleiveth he had noe order to Plunder att the Barboodas<br />
and saith Captaine Swift and four of his men went also to the Barboodas,<br />
and the sayd Swifts men were bound to worke in the Lading of the ''Hopewell''<br />
as he beleiveth; and beleiveth there was none of the Mariners of the<br />
''Hopewell'' aboard her att thye tyme of seizure. and further cannot depose.
To the .18.th he saith he spent two dayes in the Cutting of wood for the<br />
use of the shipp ''Hopewell'' as aforesayd and was never a fishing or<br />
hawling or Turtles, And beleiveth that there were about 12 turtles<br />
eaten aboard the ''Hopewell'' by the Company thereof and that every<br />
Turtle yeilded provision sufficient for two meales for the shipps Company<br />
or thereabouts. And saith he knoweth the premisses, and his sayd foregoeing<br />
depositions to be true being one of the shipsp Company the voyage<br />
in question, and present and seeing and observing the passages predeposed<br />
and for the reasons exprest for his knowledge in the particulars<br />
whereto he referreth himselfe, and otherwise cannot depose.
John Lacey [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Repeated before the}<br />
three Judges.
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The thirteenth day of October 1653. [CENTRE HEADING]
Examined upon the sayd allegation.
'''2.'''
'''Edward Best''' of Lymehouse in the County of Middlesex mariner<br />
late Boatswayne of the shipp ''Hopewell'' whereof Henry<br />
Powell was master aged four and thirty yeares or thereabouts<br />
a witnes sworne and examined deposeth and saith as<br />
followeth videlicet.
To the first second and third articles of the sayd allegation This deponent saith that the<br />
arlate Henry Powell being a partowner of the sayd shipp the ''Hopewell'' was<br />
by and with the Consent of the rest of the Owners appoynted Captaine master<br />
or Commannder of her the voyage in question, and had and lost in her when<br />
she was taken by Prince Rupert, over and besides one eighth part of the sayd [?shipp]<br />
and one eighth part of the Proceed of Negroes brought from Guinnet, a [?great]<br />
and considerable Adventure upon his owne private accompt, the value of<br />
which sayd losses this deponent knoweth not and otherwise cannot depose ([?of]<br />
he knoweth the premisses being boatswayne of the sayd shipp the voyage in questione of the sayd shipp the voyage in question +
, To the .15.th he saith there was spent abo … To the .15.th he saith there was spent about the shipp ''Hopewell'' after<br />
she went from Barbadoes to Antego three Chests of pitch or thereabouts,<br />
and saith she was in such want of Pitch that her Company waa forced<br />
to boyle their tarr into Pitch for her necessary supply. And saith there<br />
was noe pitch to be had att Antego, the premisses he knoweth being present<br />
att Antego and seeing and knoweing the premisses. And otherwise cannot<br />
depose.
To the 16th he saith he spent two dayes in the Cutting of wood for the<br />
use of the ship as aforesayd and was never a fishing or<br />
hawling of Turtles, And beleiveth that there were abouy 12 turtles<br />
eaten aboard the ''Hopewell'' by the Company thereof and that every<br />
Turtle yeilded provision sufficient for two meales for the shipps Company<br />
or thereabouts. And saith he knoweth the premisses, and his sayd foregoeing<br />
depositions to be true being one of the shipps Company the voyage<br />
in question, and present and seeing and observing the passages predeposed<br />
and for the reasons exprest for his knowledge in the particulars<br />
whereto he referreth himselfe, and otherwise cannot depose./
To the .17. he saith he beleeveth that Captaine Powell was att the Barbooda<br />
Islands att the tyme of the sayd seizure and his four men as aforesayd with<br />
him, and he was aboard her the [?28th] day of October 1652 and not<br />
afterwards, and beleiveth he had noe order to Plunder att the Barboodas<br />
and saith Captaine Swift and four of his men went also to the Barboodas,<br />
and the sayd Swifts men were bound to worke in the Lading of the ''Hopewell''<br />
as he beleiveth; and beleiveth there was none of the Mariners of the<br />
''Hopewell'' aboard her att thye tyme of seizure. and further cannot depose.
To the .18.th he saith he spent two dayes in the Cutting of wood for the<br />
use of the shipp ''Hopewell'' as aforesayd and was never a fishing or<br />
hawling or Turtles, And beleiveth that there were about 12 turtles<br />
eaten aboard the ''Hopewell'' by the Company thereof and that every<br />
Turtle yeilded provision sufficient for two meales for the shipps Company<br />
or thereabouts. And saith he knoweth the premisses, and his sayd foregoeing<br />
depositions to be true being one of the shipsp Company the voyage<br />
in question, and present and seeing and observing the passages predeposed<br />
and for the reasons exprest for his knowledge in the particulars<br />
whereto he referreth himselfe, and otherwise cannot depose.
John Lacey [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Repeated before the}<br />
three Judges.
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The thirteenth day of October 1653. [CENTRE HEADING]
Examined upon the sayd allegation.
'''2.'''
'''Edward Best''' of Lymehouse in the County of Middlesex mariner<br />
late Boatswayne of the shipp ''Hopewell'' whereof Henry<br />
Powell was master aged four and thirty yeares or thereabouts<br />
a witnes sworne and examined deposeth and saith as<br />
followeth videlicet.
To the first second and third articles of the sayd allegation This deponent saith that the<br />
arlate Henry Powell being a partowner of the sayd shipp the ''Hopewell'' was<br />
by and with the Consent of the rest of the Owners appoynted Captaine master<br />
or Commannder of her the voyage in question, and had and lost in her when<br />
she was taken by Prince Rupert, over and besides one eighth part of the sayd [?shipp]<br />
and one eighth part of the Proceed of Negroes brought from Guinnet, a [?great]<br />
and considerable Adventure upon his owne private accompt, the value of<br />
which sayd losses this deponent knoweth not and otherwise cannot depose ([?of]<br />
he knoweth the premisses being boatswayne of the sayd shipp the voyage in questione of the sayd shipp the voyage in question +
, To the .15.th he saith there was spent abo … To the .15.th he saith there was spent about the shipp ''Hopewell'' after<br />
she went from Barbadoes to Antego three Chests of pitch or thereabouts,<br />
and saith she was in such want of Pitch that her Company waa forced<br />
to boyle their tarr into Pitch for her necessary supply. And saith there<br />
was noe pitch to be had att Antego, the premisses he knoweth being present<br />
att Antego and seeing and knoweing the premisses. And otherwise cannot<br />
depose.
To the 16th he saith he spent two dayes in the Cutting of wood for the<br />
use of the ship as aforesayd and was never a fishing or<br />
hawling of Turtles, And beleiveth that there were abouy 12 turtles<br />
eaten aboard the ''Hopewell'' by the Company thereof and that every<br />
Turtle yeilded provision sufficient for two meales for the shipps Company<br />
or thereabouts. And saith he knoweth the premisses, and his sayd foregoeing<br />
depositions to be true being one of the shipps Company the voyage<br />
in question, and present and seeing and observing the passages predeposed<br />
and for the reasons exprest for his knowledge in the particulars<br />
whereto he referreth himselfe, and otherwise cannot depose./
To the .17. he saith he beleeveth that Captaine Powell was att the Barbooda<br />
Islands att the tyme of the sayd seizure and his four men as aforesayd with<br />
him, and he was aboard her the [?28th] day of October 1652 and not<br />
afterwards, and beleiveth he had noe order to Plunder att the Barboodas<br />
and saith Captaine Swift and four of his men went also to the Barboodas,<br />
and the sayd Swifts men were bound to worke in the Lading of the ''Hopewell''<br />
as he beleiveth; and beleiveth there was none of the Mariners of the<br />
''Hopewell'' aboard her att thye tyme of seizure. and further cannot depose.
To the .18.th he saith he spent two dayes in the Cutting of wood for the<br />
use of the shipp ''Hopewell'' as aforesayd and was never a fishing or<br />
hawling or Turtles, And beleiveth that there were about 12 turtles<br />
eaten aboard the ''Hopewell'' by the Company thereof and that every<br />
Turtle yeilded provision sufficient for two meales for the shipps Company<br />
or thereabouts. And saith he knoweth the premisses, and his sayd foregoeing<br />
depositions to be true being one of the shipsp Company the voyage<br />
in question, and present and seeing and observing the passages predeposed<br />
and for the reasons exprest for his knowledge in the particulars<br />
whereto he referreth himselfe, and otherwise cannot depose.
John Lacey [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Repeated before the}<br />
three Judges.
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The thirteenth day of October 1653. [CENTRE HEADING]
Examined upon the sayd allegation.
'''2.'''
'''Edward Best''' of Lymehouse in the County of Middlesex mariner<br />
late Boatswayne of the shipp ''Hopewell'' whereof Henry<br />
Powell was master aged four and thirty yeares or thereabouts<br />
a witnes sworne and examined deposeth and saith as<br />
followeth videlicet.
To the first second and third articles of the sayd allegation This deponent saith that the<br />
arlate Henry Powell being a partowner of the sayd shipp the ''Hopewell'' was<br />
by and with the Consent of the rest of the Owners appoynted Captaine master<br />
or Commannder of her the voyage in question, and had and lost in her when<br />
she was taken by Prince Rupert, over and besides one eighth part of the sayd [?shipp]<br />
and one eighth part of the Proceed of Negroes brought from Guinnet, a [?great]<br />
and considerable Adventure upon his owne private accompt, the value of<br />
which sayd losses this deponent knoweth not and otherwise cannot depose ([?of]<br />
he knoweth the premisses being boatswayne of the sayd shipp the voyage in questione of the sayd shipp the voyage in question +
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