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The 12th day of december Examined upon the … The 12th day of december Examined upon the said Allegation, and [?sixe] schedules<br />
remaining upon the file <u>.1651</u> annexed to a Primum decretum No. 311:-//
[?BeaXe] con Startute}
'''Robert Westron''' of the parish of Saint dunstans in the East<br />
in the City of London ffishmonger aged 26. yeares or<br />
thereabouts sworne and examined/:-
To the first second and third articles of the said Allegation,<br />
and to the first schedule annexed to the said Primum decretum remaining<br />
upon the file now showne and perused by this examinate hee saith and deposeth<br />
That in the noneth of May in the yeare 1648. last past, the allate John<br />
Ramsey then Master and Commander of the shipp the ''Expectation'' of London (being<br />
the shipp comcerning which the present Controversy is) coming to the house of the<br />
allate William Startute a Roape seller then and now dwelling at the house knowne<br />
by the signe of the blew anchor neere the Custome house London, did then and there<br />
declare and say to the said William Starthute in the presence and hearing of this<br />
deponent That hee had need of sewerall necessaries tackle materialls and furniture for<br />
the use of his said shipp the ''Expectation'', then being as hee the said Ramsey declared<br />
bound forth upon a Voyage to the Streights, Whereupon this deponent then being<br />
servant and apprentice to thae said William Startute, and by his speciall Order and<br />
direction at the speciall request of the said John Ramsey and for the use and<br />
service of the said shipp the ''Expectation'' did with his owne hand deliver all and<br />
singular the Materialls and necessaries of roapes Tarr Cordage pitch<br />
Brimstone and other requisites seweally mentioned ans expressed in the said schedules<br />
to such persons Mariners and others as were then employed by the said John Ramsey<br />
to fetch and carrie the same aboard the said shipp ''Expectation'', And saith That after<br />
the said materialls and necessaries were so brought and delivered aboard the said<br />
shipp ''Expectation'', this deponent in the behalf of his said master received severall notes of<br />
receipt under the hand of the then Boateswaine of the said shipp ''Expectation''<br />
and others then belonging to the said shipp and authorized to receive the goods And saith<br />
That in or about the moneth of September 1648 last past the said shipp the ''Ex=''<br />
''pectation'' being then at Gravesend ready to proceed upon her said intended<br />
Voyage to the Streights, this deponents said Master Wiliam Startute threatned to<br />
arrest and stopp the passage of the said shipp, whereupon the said John Ramsey<br />
came to the said William Startute his house and there in this deponents presence<br />
and hearing acknowledged the receipt of all and singular the Materialls and<br />
necessaries (expressed in the debt booke of the said William Startute and conforme to<br />
the schedule now by him perused) to and for the use of the said shipp ''Expectation'',<br />
and desired the said William Startute not to proceed to arrest his said shipp<br />
for that such his proceeding would be and tend to the utter ruine of the said<br />
Ramsey, and of his then intended Voyage, Whereupon the said John Ramsey<br />
delivered over the grand bill of sale of the said shipp, wherein as hee then declared<br />
hee had dive parts, unto the said William Startute, thereby engageing and obliging<br />
his said shipp for the payment ad satisfaction of the said Startutre for the<br />
Materialls and necessaries by his the said Ramseys order received to and for the use and service<br />
predeposed, and amounting in all to the summe of one hundred and 14 ''li'' one<br />
shilling and eleven pence sterling money, And further said, That the said<br />
Materialls and necessaries expressed in the said schedule and delivered by this<br />
deponentsnd delivered by this<br />
deponents +
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