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HCA 13/72 f.202r Annotate
First transcribed 10 April 2013  +
First transcriber Colin Greenstreet  +
Folio 202  +
Parent volume HCA 13/72  +
Side Recto  +
Status Uploaded image; transcribed on 10/04/2013  +
Transcription To the 8th hee saith hee stowed none of thTo the 8th hee saith hee stowed none of the goods Interrogated (being none of the<br /> shipps company) nor knoweth how they were stowed./ To the 9th hee answereth negatively for his part and further cannot answere To the last hee saith hee hath satisfied the contents thereof in his foregoeing<br /> deposition soe farr as hee can./ Repeated before doctor Godolphin/ Richard Morris [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] **************************** 17th of December 1657. On the behalfe of Nicholas holway}<br /> of Bristoll, Merchant.} '''Rp.''' '''Israel Dennis''' of Bristol Mariner late masters mate<br /> of the shipp the ''Recovery'' of Bristoll, aged 33 yeeres or<br /> thereabouts sworne before the right worshipfull John Godolphin doctor<br /> of lawes one of the Judges of the Admiraltie, saith as followeth. To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee well knew and was masters<br /> mate of the shipp the ''Recovery'' interogate at such time as shee<br /> was last at the Barbadás namely in November last was a<br /> twelve moneth, and saith shee departed from the said Iland of the Barbadás<br /> the said voyage homewards in the said moneth of November 1656 for Bristoll, and was at<br /> the time of such her setting saile and departure strong, staunch and in good<br /> condition, which hee knoweth being then in her and masters mate of her. To the second hee saith there were the said voyage at the Barbadás laden<br /> aboard the said shipp for the account of the producent Nicholas holway<br /> of Bristol merchant a greate quantitie of sugars and tobaccoes, but<br /> the weight of either hee soth not know, and saith hee saw the lading<br /> of the said sugars and tobaccoes, and did help to stow them, and<br /> knew them to be for the said Holways account, and that they were bought<br /> and obtained with the efforts of the said Mr holwey, and the master<br /> of the said shipp (James Smith) acknowledged them to be for his account<br /> and to [XX XXXX] hee had signed bills accordingly; besides hee saith that<br /> hee this deponent (in the absence of the said master who went for<br /> New England) was imployed ashore to receive the said goods at<br /> the Barbadás. To the third hee saith that after the said shipps departure as aforesaid<br /> from the Iland of Barbadas for Bristol and as shee was in her<br /> course of proceeding for Bristoll, namely on the 25th of december<br /> 1656 in the night time shee was surprized by a furious storme<br /> which then arose, and that the said storme thense continewed sometimes<br /> very violent and sometimes lesse for the space of eight dayes, and<br /> that by meanes thereof her master and company were constrained<br /> on the 26th day of the said moneth for the preservation of their<br /> shipp and lives to cutt the her maine mast by the board, and on<br /> the first of January next following the winde blew soe furiously<br /> that it carried away her foremast and boltspritt into the sea<br /> and further that by meanes of the said storme shee received and<br /> tooke in soe much sea water that her butts of sugar that were<br /> in the bottome of the shipp (amongst which hee saith the said mr<br /> halways sugars lay) were and lay neare quarter [hXXX] deep in the<br /> water by reason whereof the sugars were soe damaged and<br /> sea water had such free course thereinto, that upon baling that<br /> the sea water came up very sweet to the hoyste, as if it were not sea water<br /> but sweet water, And saith the said tobaccoes were alsoe much<br /> dammagedccoes were alsoe much<br /> dammaged  +
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