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The seaventh of January 1655. [CENTRE HEAD … The seaventh of January 1655. [CENTRE HEADING]
Examined upon the foresaid alleagtion.
'''3.'''
'''John Wynn''' of Barking Mariner, aged 26 yeares or thereabouts<br />
sworne and examined.
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee well knoweth all the parties producent<br />
arlate and knoweth them to have bin for all the time arlate and to be the<br />
true and lawfull owners of foure hoyes and one ketch, and for such commonly<br />
accompted, which hee knoweth being a fisherman of Barking of which<br />
place they alsoe are Inhabitants and are fishermen, and doe therein imploy<br />
their said vessells of this deponents sight and knowledge, who useth to goe<br />
out on fishing imployment with them.
To the second article hee saith and deposeth that on the sixteenth day of<br />
december last past the producents Edmund Hampson, William Scotcher, James<br />
Wardell, Valentine hudson and John Mortimer with their said five vessells<br />
manned, being at sea on a fishing voyage in a place called the [?Swayn]<br />
on the coast of Essex, found a shipp or vessell (which they afterwards<br />
understood to be called or named the ''Hope'' of Quinsborough) in a sincking<br />
condition upon a place called the Middle Ground, and soe farr sunck<br />
that there was foure inches water upon her upper deck, and having<br />
neither man, boy, dogg or ratt on board her, whereupon the<br />
said Hampson and other persons aforesaid with their companies fell to<br />
worke and endeavoured to save the said shipp and lading, and at length<br />
after much labour and paines and hazard both of their lives and vessells<br />
they gott the said shipp the ''Hope'' and her lading up, and<br />
preservingher from quite sincking and perishing, brought her and<br />
her lading of hemp, clapboard, deales and oares,<br />
to Grayes in safetie, being fourtie miles and upwards from the said Middle<br />
Ground where they found her sincking as aforesaid, All which hee knoweth<br />
being one of the companie of the said William Scotchers hoy, and<br />
acting in the said saving the said shipp ''Hope'' and lading, and going aboard<br />
her, and helping to bring her up to Grayes aforesaid, and this hee<br />
saith was and is true, publique and notorious.
To the third hee saith that the same 16th day of december, and before<br />
the said fisherman sawe or were aware of the said shipp the ''Hope'' her<br />
being in such danger, they met the commander and company of a man of warr of this Commonwealth<br />
called the ''hare Pinck'', at the sho[?oe], by and from which said Commander and<br />
company they were informed and told that they the said Commander<br />
and Company had bin at the said place where the<br />
said shipp ''hope'' and lading soe lay, and had there come to an anchor<br />
and had put some of their company aboard her, and endeavoured to their<br />
utmost to save her and her lading, and had thereby much endangered<br />
their lives, but could effect nothing therein, and were forced to come<br />
away and leave her, which this deponent heard them soe declare and<br />
report to the said fishermen. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
Tormen. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
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