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'''D,1'''
The 14th day of May <u>16 … '''D,1'''
The 14th day of May <u>1655:</u>
William hiscock and Partners against a}<br />
certaine shipp called the ''Edward'' whereof}<br />
William Wood was Master and against Alderman}<br />
Andrew Riccard and Companie. Smith. Colequite}
Examined upon a Libell given and admitted<br />
on the behalfe of the said hiscocks and<br />
Partners:-/
'''Rp. EA. jus./'''
'''John Ifield''' of the parrish of Saint Olaves-Southwarke<br />
Cooper aged 55. yeares or thereabouts a Wittnes<br />
Sworne and examined saith as followeth videlicet:
To the said Libell and sewerall positions therein conteyned and schedule annexed hee saith and<br />
deposeth, That in the yeare <u>1648.</u> last past as hee now remembreth<br />
and in some of the moneths of the said yeare hee this deponent as being a<br />
Cooper by profession and having in that condition sewerall yeares before served<br />
the producent William hiscock, was by him employed for the bringing<br />
and lading aboard the shipp ''Edward'' whereof the lilate William Wood was then<br />
commonly accompted Master and part Owner three and thirty<br />
Tunnes of beare for the use and provisions of the said shipps<br />
Companies, which said Tunns this deponent saw carried in severall<br />
lighters by the said hiscocks his direction and received aboard the<br />
said shipp for the use aforesaid, in and to which hee this deponent<br />
verily beleeveth the same were really imployed and spent, but what<br />
the valew of the said goods then was, or at what rates goods of the like<br />
nature then were sold, or what satisfaction the said Wood had given<br />
in the producent for the same, or what dammage the said producent<br />
hath sustained by default of such satisfaction or payment this deponent saith<br />
hee knoweth not, And further referring himselfe to the Acts and<br />
proceedings of this Court, and beleeving the said Wood Andrew<br />
Riccard and Companie to be Englishmen and Subject to the Jurisdiction<br />
of this Court hee saith hee cannot deposeth:-/
John Ifilld [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The same day Examined upon the said Libell./
'''2us./'''
'''Nicholas Farr''' of horsey-downe in the<br />
parish of Saint Olaves Southwarke Waterman<br />
aged 50. yeares or thereaabouts a Wittnesse sworne<br />
and examined saith as followeth videlicet./
To the said libell and sewerall articles or positions therein conteyned and<br />
to the schedule thereunto annexed hee saith, That hee this examinate<br />
in or about the yeares 1647. 1648. <u>or 1649.</u> or some of them and some moneth of<br />
the said yeares (the time hee doeth not at present more exactly remember)<br />
[?XXXX] amongst others employed to bring in a lighter 33. Tunnes of<br />
(bearea lighter 33. Tunnes of<br />
(beare +
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