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The 17th of Aprill 1656.
Cooke and Johnso … The 17th of Aprill 1656.
Cooke and Johnson against the}<br />
''Tankervaile'' and Batson.}<br />
Clements Smyth.}
Exámined upon the Libell.
'''Rp. .j.'''
'''John Trumble''' of Shadwell Mariner, aged 50<br />
yeares or thereabouts sworne and exámined.
To the first and second articles of the said Libell hee saith<br />
and deposeth that hee well knoweth the producent arlate Robert Cooke<br />
and the shippp ''Tankervaile'' arlate as alsoe the arlate Richard Batson<br />
and hath soe donne for a yeere last past and upwards, and saith that<br />
the said Robert Cooke for all the time arlate was master and [?Governour GUTTER]<br />
of the said shipp, and for such commonly accompted, and the said Richard<br />
Batson was commonly accompted and reputed owner of her, and the person<br />
that constituted the said Cooke master and put him into the Gover[?naunce GUTTER]<br />
of the said vessell, and further that the said vessell being outwards bound<br />
from this port for Gottenburgh in Norway, the said master hired and had<br />
aboard for the said voyage the producents James Cooke for his mate, and<br />
Maynard Johnson for his boatswaine, both which (sic) entred into full pay<br />
upon the xith of August 1655, and went in the said shipp and made<br />
their said port of Gottenburgh and there tooke in horses and retourned<br />
to England and served in her till the nineth of ffebruary last past,<br />
at which time they were at Gravesend imprested aboard the said shipp<br />
''Tankervaile'' to goe and serve abroad the ''Adventure frigot'' in<br />
service of this commonwealth, and presently compelled to goe aboard<br />
the ''Adventure frigot''. All which hee knoweth because hee alsoe went<br />
the said voyage in the said shipp (whereof hee was Quarter master) and<br />
entred into full pay at Gravesend the said 11th of August last) as all<br />
the rest of the company did, and was abroad when the said two persons<br />
were imprested as aforesaid in their retourne, and saith the said James<br />
Cooke (whose wages was commonly accounted and said to be 55 ''s'' per moneth)<br />
and the said Maynard Johnson (whose wages was commonly said and<br />
accounted to be 44 ''s'' per moneth) performed their respective duties and<br />
places aboard the said shipp the said voyage honestly and well, And<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the third hee saith that the said shipp was by her master and company<br />
fully intended to be sailed from Norway to the Barbadás, but by weather<br />
shee was forced into New castle, where the said master received order from<br />
the said mr Batson not to proceede to the Barbadás, but to take in<br />
seale cole and Grind stones, and corne therewith to the River of Thames<br />
which hee accordingly did, which hee knoweth for the reasons aforesaid.
To the fourth and the two schedules annexed subscribed Robert Cooke,<br />
hee saith that after the said impresting of the said James Cooke and<br />
Maynard Johnson, the said Robert Cooke the master gave the said two<br />
schedules, as this<br />
deponent hath bin informed.
To the fifth hee saith it is and hath bin losse and dammage to the said<br />
producents in being kept out of their said wages soe longe, and<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose
Tot;br />
otherwise hee cannot depose
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