| First transcribed
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30 December 2014 +
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| First transcriber
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Colin Greenstreet +
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| Folio
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162 +
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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 30/12/2014 +
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| Transcription
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predeposed for any shipps to passe from We … predeposed for any shipps to passe from Weymouth to the West
To the 4th Interrogatorie hee saith, that hee knoweth there were a Master and fifteene men and<br />
boyes belonging to the shipp ''John'' and soe many hee hath seene on board her before<br />
the sayd 20th day of december 1653 but what their names were or the masters name<br />
or by whome they were hyred hee knoweth not. And further cannot answere
To the 5th hee answereth negatively for his parte videlicet that hee doth not beleeve<br />
that the Master and Company of the ''John'' or any other shipp though they had<br />
bin fitted and prepared could upon the 20th of december 1653 or<br />
any tyme after till about the 18th or 19th of January next following have escaped<br />
and avoided the ffrigotts which then lay before Weymouth in service of this Common<br />
wealth neither by day nor night though they had indeavoured the same./
To the sixth hee knoweth nothing of the contents thereof and therefore cannot answere<br />
thereto./
Repeated before doctor Clarke/
the marke of the sayd<br />
Robert '''R''' Pilton [MARKE, RH SIDE]
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The sayd '''John England''' upon the Interrogatories/ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee cometh to testifie the truth of his knowledge being<br />
required by Captaine John Arthur the producent and favoureth all the parties litigant<br />
alike and would give the victory in this cause to them that have right thereto./
To the 2 Interrogatorie for the reasons afore expressed hee saith the winde was not fayre on the 20th of december 1653 nor<br />
untill about the 18th or 19th of January following for a shipp to goe from Weymouth<br />
harbour to Plymouth or any other port westwards nor did any shipp sayle from<br />
Weymouth to the westwards in that tyme that this deponent knoweth of or hath heard<br />
And further hee cannot answere/
To the third hee saith hee hath knowne the ''John'' of Weymouth Interrogate for these<br />
4 or 5 yeares last past and saith as is predeposed hee hath heard shee was upon the sayd 20th<br />
of december 1653 provided to have sett sayle from Weymouth on her intended voyage<br />
if the winde had bin then fayre for her and that there had not then bin danger of<br />
her men being pressed for the service of this Commonwealth And saith hee can<br />
both write and read and saith hee did not keepe any diarie or dayly Accompt in writing<br />
how the windes then stood but well knoweth and remembreth that the winde did not serve<br />
to carry a shipp out of Weymouth Roade to any part of the west the sayd 20th of<br />
december 1653 nor any tyme after untill about the 18th or 19th of January next following<br />
and further hee cannot answere. saving his foregoing deposition
To the 4th hee saith hee did not take particular notice or accompt of the number of men<br />
and boyes on board the ''Saint John'' after his comeing to Weymouth aforesayd nor knoweth what their names<br />
are but saith there were about the number predeposed aboard her the tyme predeposed of<br />
of this deponents sight and observation but who hired them to serve in the sayd shipp<br />
this deponent knoweth not And further saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot answere/
To the 5th Interrogatorie hee answereth negatively gor his parte videlicet that hee beleeveth neither the shipp<br />
the ''John'' nor any other shipp though they had bin ready fitted to goe to sea could<br />
have escaped the ffrigotts belonging to this Commonwealth who laye in the mouth<br />
of Weymouth Roade when this deponent first arrived there (and [?XXX] hath heard) the sayd 20th of december and from thence till about the<br />
eighteeneth of January next following soe as noe shipp could passe thence<br />
without thir knowledge./
To the 6th hee saith hee knoweth nothing of the matter Interrogated and therefore cannot<br />
depose thereto./
Repeated before doctor Clarke
John England [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] Clarke
John England [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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