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had sailed away, and this hee saith happen … had sailed away, and this hee saith happened off humber about three or<br />
foure leagues off shore./
Repeated before doctor Godolphin
Joseph Baddison [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The fourteenth of Aprill 1656.
[GUTTER '''?Ass:''']
On the behalfe of Richard Jennings}<br />
and others touching a losse in the}<br />
''Recovery'' (ffrancis hollis Master}
'''Rp. 1'''
'''Joseph Baddison''' of Wapping Mariner, aged 30 yeares or<br />
thereabouts sworne before the right Worshipfull. John<br />
Godolphin doctor of lawes one of the Judges of the<br />
High Court of the Admiraltie, and examined<br />
upon certaine Interrogatories ministred on the behalfe of the<br />
said Richard Jennings saith as followeth./
To the first and second Interrogatories (upon which alone hee is by direction<br />
of the producent exámined) hee saith and deposeth that hee well knew<br />
the shipp the ''Recovery'' interrogated (whereof the interrogate ffrancis hollis<br />
was master) at the time of her last voyage bound for Newcastle<br />
for Coales, and saith that in the said voyage out ward bound shee came<br />
into the company of this deponents shipp (the ''Humphrey'' of London)<br />
and other shipps alsoe bound for Newcastle, off harwich on the fourteenth<br />
of ffebruary last and steered along with them, they all<br />
purposing to saile in company for New castle; but soe it pleased<br />
God, that the next day about three or foure of the clock in the afternoone<br />
shee sprung a greate leake, soe that the water came in a [?maine], whereupon<br />
the said hollis calling out to this deponent, and acquainting him with<br />
his conditions and how that his men were readie to quit her by reason<br />
of her danger of sincking, this deponent called out to the said hollis<br />
his men (who were hoysing out their boate to leave her) to keepe<br />
aboard and this deponent would send them help, that soe if it might<br />
be the said shipp ''Recovery'' might be saved, and áccordingly, this deponents<br />
Carpenter and severall of his company went aboard her, and with the<br />
''Recoveries'' company laboured and used all diligence for stopping the leak<br />
and to save her, but the water increased soe fast in her notwithstanding<br />
all their endeavour, that after about an houre that this deponents company<br />
had bin aboard her, both they and the said hollis and company of the ''Recovery''<br />
were for preservation of their lives constrained to abandon her<br />
and flie aboard this deponents said shipp (which staid by them) and<br />
soe the said shipp ''Recovery'' sunck and was utterly lost, and her master<br />
and company were carried in this deponents said shipp for Newcastle.
Repeated ut Supra
Joseph Baddison [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]upra
Joseph Baddison [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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