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as hee saide in the Parliaments service
shee was enforced by contrarye wyndes to lye for the space of 8 or 9 dayes
of which shippe hee this examinate was and is master and Comannder
by relation of those that laye on board all nighte there was stolen out of the shippe the Marye Madelyne
seized uppon by the Earle of Warwicke and by his comannde sent upp to London
but onelye hee beleeveth yt could not bee little lesse them fowerteene shillings
Comander of Hollye Island in the service of the Kinge and Parliament
the man of warr turned awaye and stoode for the shoare, but the Supplye instantlye lowered her topp sayles
theire subiects respectivelye there was and is a league peace and amitye and soe hath bine for many yeares
payable to the receite Gooson this respondents master or such as hee shall appoint for to receive the same'
or at the tyme of her seizeinge aforesaid more then neither were there any
was and is the said bill of sale which the said Gooson
hee hath heard the articulate Rademacher is an Inhabitant of Hamburrowe
by the order of the said Sir Houghe Cholmly in her course from Sunderland
the said Batson was Master of her who with her wief and then liveth at Scarbroughe
sailor aged 20ty yeares or therabouts sworne and examined as aforesaid
whilest the Towne of Whitby aforesaid stood for the Parliament'
the articulate shipp the Supply went from thence to Sunderland to lade Coales to bee brought to Whitby for the Allum Worcks
shee with her Coales was there stayed by the orders (as hee thincketh) of the Lords Newcastle
came, and fetched the said shipp and her lading of Coales from Sunderland to carry them to Scarboroughe
uppon pretence to carry the Coales to Whitby for the Allum worckes
That before the said shipp the Supply arrived at Sunderland the said voyage
hee was mett with by Captaine Butten in one of the Parliaments shipps
the said Captaine Butten examined him, and then gave licence and leave to goe with his him said shipp the Supply
this hee knoweth to bee true whoe was the same tyme in the said shipp
That when the said shipp the Supply came from Whitby the said voyage
Ad primum nescit respondere
ther shipps then there in the Parliament service saw the said shipp goe in to Sunderland
the articulate Isacke Newton was Captaine of Whitby for the Parliament
he said shipp the Supply sett saile from Whitby towards Sunderland
That the said Ralph Lassell was Master of the Supply when hee went from Whitby'
after the said shipp came about a mile from Sunderland'
and shott at her, and when the Blessing tackt about the Supply tackt about likewise
at such tyme as the articulate shipp the Supply was brought from Sunderland'
hee is confident that the said shipp yf the Blessing had not mett with her had never bin carried to Scarborough
at that tyme under the comannd of the kings forces
there did not come any menn of warr from Sunderland
the said Batson would have had this Supply run ashore neere Sunderland
Captaine Chatt is as hee hath heard Governor of the Castle of the Holy Island
Ad tertium deponit et dicit That within the tyme articulate
the reste of the parties articulate the plantiffes in this cause are men that stande well affected
they nor either of them were or are any wayes assistante to any forces
shee was stayed or arrested there for a debte which was oweinge by the former master of her
to give notice to such shippe or shipps
onelye hee sayeth that since the damage in question happened
neither the master nor of the Companye of the Seaflower were alofte uppon her decks when the Golden Angell fell foule of her
the Golden Angells skiffe which was then fastened to her sterne and kepte the same for the space of twoe dayes
refused to proceed uppon that voyage in respect of the danger of yt
some of them that hee could not by faire meanes perswade to goe to Brazeele, hee caused to bee imprisoned a shoare
then the spanish Captaine caused their neckes to bee put in the stocke
And this hee saith upon his oath to bee true
by that meanes were forced to buy victualls, and provisions for themselves
and borrowed money, one of another to buy themselves victualls at Brazeell
about moneth after the said shipp the Talent arrived at Bahia in Brazeell the said Thomas Peach the Master of her tolde this examinate'
proffered a freight for that shipp sixteene Millreys per Tonn, and to bee dispatched from thence
hee was unwillinge to accept of for reason hee lookt for a better freight
doth intend to sue him for the same yf hee doe not pay him the sam
That after the first arrivall of the said shipp the Talent at Lisbone
the said Peach the Master refusing to paye this Company the said tenn shillings moneth overplus
and soe knoweth the premisses bee true
uppon the voyage they greately lacked victualls, and by that meanes were inforced to buy some victualls and drincke for themselves
a stronge stanch and sufficient shipp to carry any Merchants goodes for ought hee knoweth
That in that shipps course from Veles Mallega towards London
the Master and company of that shippe by a joynt consent lett slipp the said her anchor for preservation
the said shipp was mended and calked at Mallega fore, and afte
hee hath received all his wages due to him for his service in the interrogate shippe the voyage interrogate
and hath received all his wages due to him for his office in the said shippe that voyage
to viewe and buye the said fruite was present at the key or wharfe where and whilest some the said fruite was unladeinge
uppon a diligente and exacte viewe and inspection thereof
hee boughte the good fruite of the said Lenthall and gave him more for that by seaven shillinges a peece one with another
and in viewinge and inspecteinge the said fruite the good beinge severed from the badd or damnified fruite'
the good beinge severed from the badd or damnified fruite and all the damnified fruite put a parte into one warehouse'
the said shippe the Charles was builte with an upper and another decke'
To the third hee sayeth hee cannot depose onelye hee sayeth that the interrogate shippe the Consent was laden with fishe
shott fower peeces of ordnance at the said shippe before she tooke them
enforced them in and tooke all the Companye of each shippe out of the said shipp and sent some of them to Carthagena and thereof some to Allecant
kepte the reste aboard the first frigott and gallyes in miserye hardlye affordinge them meate and water
in case they did offer to oppose or resiste them in any things'
To the 10th hee cannot depose otherwise then hee hath heard the masters of the said shippes the Consente the George confesse
by reason of the said shipps surprisall and misscarriage as aforesaid are reallye damnified
hee hath traded much to Aberdaye in Wales for leade and leade oare with one Thomas Newell a merchante
there came seaven or eighte men with swordes pistolls and other weapons aboard the said Ketch
and did search diligentlye for the said theeves that had robbed the said ketch
and did belonge to the foresaid Okendon the Master of the said Ketch
the said Vessells hatches were onelye layde downe not locked downe
by them solde at a publicke outcrye to the foresaid Joachim
Zacharye Enelye of Wappinge in the Countye of Middlesex marriner sworne and examined as aforesaid
nyne packs and fower bales and desire drye fatts of buffe or buffe like hides and one drye fatt of Conne skinns to bee laden and put aboard the said shippe at Dublyn
Richardus Linder de Lymbricke in regio Hibernia mercator
after the said ship came to the key porters were harde to bee gotten by reason of the rebellion in the Countrye'
there was ever then everye moreninge and eveninge a guard or watch at each gate of the Citty
noe passage to and froe out and into the Cittye
Holdinge had then aboard his shippe the Neptune to the quantitye of sixtye tonnes of goodes'
whereuppon the said Holdinge sayde that his shippe was laden with asmuch as hee thoughte hee could well carrye'
which this examinate afterwards caused to bee put aboard'
before hee was enforced to goe from thenc
when the articulate shippe the Neptune first came to Lymbricke there was a rebellion in divers partes of the Kingdome
the Cittye was upp in Armes and divers Englishmen houses were plundred
and the shippe at and before that daye cleered and dischardged
did not sayle with his shippe directlye from Lymbricke to Newhaven in ffrannce'
was well furnished with sufficient victualls and provisions requisite
in a fitt and convenient place where shippes doe usuallye ride and lye at Anchor
with a North East wynde and aboute 3 quarters flude and hee comeinge neere the Greenfeilde
hee saieth that the boltspritt of the said shippe the Greenfeilde'
the scrivener was sent for to make to conveyance of the said shippe over to the said Braddock'
into three small wherries to bee carried aboard the articulate Wise his shippe
after they had possessed themselve thereof they did search
and went into her rounde house and then rommaged the same
a single deckt shippe and verye leakye and open above water and insufficient and not fitt for transportacon of drye goodes
there were to this examinats knowledge betweene one hundred and eightye souldiers aboard fewe more or lesse
did furnishe and sett out the said shippe for a voyage with her
cause and procure the said shippe the Elsabeth to bee newe sheathed soe farr as was needfull and to take away her old sheathinge
and other materialls as in the articulate schedule is menconed but what quantitye hee nowe remembreth not
what quantitye hee nowe remembreth not and neither doth hee knowe what agreement was made
thighte stronge, stanch and sufficient shippe and fitt for the said intended voyage
And this hee affirmeth uppon his oath to bee true whoe was one of those that was with the said Allen in and aboute the premisses
whereuppon the articulate Hutchins came the said Allen and desired him to repaire her
and desired him to repaire her and amende or make good
amende or make good that defecte which the said Allen accordinglye did
a certaine fflemishe builte vessell of the burthen of aboute fowerteene lastes which vessell this examinate after hee had fitted her with such necessanes
for all that tyme the articulate hee hath bine and at presente is master of her
beinge laden with passingers to the number 340 persons or thereabouts
where shee laye at Anchor in a safe and convenient place
or sufferinge hurte or dammage untill or aboute the 27th daye of December'
a certaine shippe called as yt was soe the Magdalen alsoe outwards bounde
a heade of the Mayflower in the nighte tyme the nexte mornings comeinge home in her Company
they in the Mayflower were fainte to veere Cable and did veere the same
they beinge fowle of each other and yt beinge darcke and bloweinge a fresh gale of wynde
by the meanes aforesaid the said Cable and Anchor
Surrogate to the righte worshipfull Richard Zouch alsoe Doctor of Lawes
hee and his Company alsoe should have all that belonged to them
hee is a Protestant and of that religion and beleeveth that hee is bounde to observe the oath
that the oath of a protestant is of as much if not more value then the oath of a papiste
saveinge that by the relation of some of the parties agents in this cause
hee hath heard the parties agent did goe forth from Spaine in the Spanish ffleete
the laste of the silver and goodes controverted
did ride and remayne at anchor in the port or harboure of ffallmouth
hee this examinat did observe and see that her sayles were slacke or loose and that shee was not verye well moored'
That the Anchor belonging the articulate shippe the Ellyne and Alice
did see a parcell of pipe staves
almoste eaten upp with ratts as hee conceiveth
there is of his wages three monethes and a halfe pay kepte and detained from him which is owed to him for his service in the interrogate shippe
John Marrye of the precincte of Saint Catherines neere the Tower of London marriner aged aboute 26 yeares
James Sanner of the parishe of Alhallowes the Wall London mrchante aged aboute 36 yeares
a shippe called the ffellowshipp of Bristowe, where shee beinge at present
hath beene and at present is warr and hostilitie betweene Spaine, and the States of the United Provinces as is articulate'
That there were in bills of ladeing
hee cannot estimate for that hee doth not remember the same
All which hee saith by vertue of his oath is most true
in her course towards London by extreamitye weather put a grounde uppon the sand called the Gunfleete neere Harwich
Ad primum respondet That hee this respondent was one of the Arcke alias the William and Annes Companye
the Arcke alias the William and Anne came theither
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and there by wished the lighterman himselfe to looke to the said lighter
or used words to the same or the like effect
which hee knoweth to bee true for that hee was present and heard him
when the lighter of Coppras articulate came to bee laden aboard the articulate shippe
the weather was very stormy and tempestuous'
they refused and did not meddle with the said lighter or her ladeinge
the lighter of Coppras articulate in questtion was suncke the same nighte
hee cometh to testifie in this cause at the requeste of the interrogate producent Rudder
would not suffer the lighterman to make his lighter faste to the said shippe
hee conceiveth the use and custome is that
Judge of his Majetys highe Courte of the Admiraltye beinge examined sayeth and deposeth
doth solelye and solelye and properlye belonge and appertaine unto
hee was at the key or wharfe were the said sugars were to bee landed
hee this examinate hath bine a wharfinger for the space of these twentye yeares and upwards
upp the River of Thames to a safe and convenient of neere Blackwall articulate
the articulate Trevyne and his Companye haveinge broughte the articulate shippe the Arcke
the wynde bloweinge very hard and highe and the tyde then came home
is unfitt to carrye or transporte drye goodes to or from any wharfe or key
the sugars in question were taken out of the lighter in question uppon a Sundaye nighte
scituate uppon Saint Marye hill neere Billingsgate London
a certaine shippe called the Primrose
longe tyme before his laste goeinge to sea
as by deede of guifte under his hand and seale
the articulate Kinge cannot hee less damnified by the reason of the premisses then to the value of one hundred poundes sterlinge
at the first rowleinge of the shippe before the damage in question happened
from the Porte of Vellis Mallega where shee tooke'
in greate dannger of sinckinge and perishinge in the sea
saveinge that to his nowe beste remembrance the interrogate
and the said shippe like to fall foule of the Arundell interrogate
each bagge marcked respectivelye as in the margin of the articulate schedule is expressed
there afterwards caste away and loste but that nighte
brought the foresad Silver plate, and Cocheneale which them thither shippe aforesaid in expectacon of his fraighte
hee is a protestant and professeth the protestante religion
the merchants mighte if they had bine soe minded have putt goodes
rideinge at Anchor in the River of Thames a little belowe Ratcliffe Crosse'
within the floweinge and refloweinge of the sea and Iurisdicon of this Courte
the foresaid Anchor was the onelye cause of the said shippes bilginge and sinckeinge
and such hee knoweth to bee true for that in case hee had not
Captaine of the Infantry in the Conception
and hee sayeth that all the Cocheneale and plate, (except two chests of plate stowed
the Master of the Saint Clara had noe Register or licence to goe from Santo Domingo
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did ride at Anchor in the River of Thames over againste Ratcliffe Crosse
And this hee affirmeth uppon his oath to bee true whoe was one of her Company all the said tyme and aboard of her all that tyme
which otherwise had bine in greate dannger of such sincking
to fraighte his said shippe the Rowland to goe to Washford in Ireland
alleageinge that there was truce agreed uppon and conceaded betweene the Englishe and the Irishe for the space of six monethes
the master of the said shippe buy some fire woode for the shipps use
hir sayde husband before his death haveinge made this will did therein bequeath and leave a portion to hir two danighters which shee had by former husband
the goodes laden on boarde the articulate shippe at Lisbone articulate the voyage articulate were well and sufficientlye stowed as goodes of that nature
the damage which happened to them the saide voyage came not by any all stowage nor by any defecte or insufficiencye in the said shippe
Ad primum respondet
excepte Corcke and Matts which were made use of for dennidge there was noe other goodes laden on board the said shippe before the sugars in question
which laye in the lower moste teere in the holde
sett sayle therehense touched at Mallega and Carthagena before shee came to Allecante
very good and merchantable Pilchards and as goode as any were
this hee knoweth to bee true for that hee served them in the said shippe and was at the ladeinge or takeinge in of the said goods aliter nescit
did returne backe to Whittbye roade where in token of his good affection to the Parliament hee did carrye freishe victualls and provisions on boarde one of his Majestys shipps
the said Bushell did then and there take out of the masters cheste fiftye five poundes sterlinge money
carried to or neere Timouth have where shee was mett by Captaine Gattenby and afterwards carried to Hull
aboute eighte fathom of woode which deales and wood
a place called Shippton Mallett in the Countye of Somersett
hee favoreth the parties litigante indifferentlye and wisheth righte may take place
marcked as in the margente
in the laste voyage of the shippe the Elsabeth Susan from the Caneries
belonge and appert unto him the said Cooke
the price of the like sorte of fishe then was here in London was worth at the delivery thereof
delivered out of the articulate Cookes shippe to bee delivered on board the articulate shipps the Rebecca and the William and ffredricke
said Company have 3000 rooves of sugar without custome
it is a usuall custome of the English shipp to give Gratuity to the Governor of Sait Tome that hee might befrend them in their Customes'
t the carrieinge or transporteinge of goates wooll
that good goates wooll is a Comoditye that will waste of it selfe
especiallye if it lye loose togeather as it muste beinge stowed into a shippe
a greate quantitye of goodes which laye under and over the goates wooll in question
the said shippe here in the River of Thames were drye and well condiconed
nowe in the custodye and possession of Mr Solomon Smith the Marshall of this Courte
did and doe solelye and properlye belonge unto the said shippe the Marye Magdelyne
after the premisses in the nexte precedent article mentioned'
the articulate shippe departed and sett sayle from Lisbone in the service and imployment of the articulate Mr Leighe
a plume of ffeathers painted in her sterne with her name underneath the said plume of feathers
did buy a certaine small vessell or pincke of the burthen of aboute seaventye tonnes
that vessell or pincke hee boughte of one John Durrant
true and loyall subiecte to the Kinges Majestye of England
was and is a man of thoughte to bee a mann of a good estate
free of the said shipps tackle and furniture and drye and well condiconed to outward appearance'
when the pretended damage in question happened to the said shippe and her ladeinge
they both went forth togeather and kepte Company togeather
the said Reginald hath taken and letters of Administration for the said Reginalds goodes since his decease
but to whome hee knoweth not for want of his papers and other writeinges taken from him by Captaine Jones'
ministred on the behalfe of the Eastland Company
Mr Adams that keepeth a victualling house at Elsanore which is much frequented by Englishe Merchants and Masters
carce suffered one to speake to another and not at all to write to one another
hee beleeveth the cause whie the interrogate Edmond Harrison did not proceede on his voyage
hee this respondente never knewe a master of a shippe take or receive any goates wooll
Jack of his Majestys Colors hanging on the boult spritt of the Prosperous aforesaid
is imployed in the parliaments service'
he this Respondent went Masters Mate in the said shipp the Prosperous
some other ports within the King of Spaines Dominion
the articulate shippe the William and George was and remained at Scanderoone articulate
and more to this Interrogatory hee cannott depose
hee heard John Lambell the factor promise to give satisfaccon to the Company of the Alexander for their pains
hee haveinge bine in slaverye under the Portugalls by whome hee was taken
those two shipps the Saint Marcke, and the Victory consorted together
three hundred Chests of sugar and aboute 300 kintalls of ginger
in the heaving upp of the Saint Georges anchor and layeing the same fowle of the shippe the Peter and Maryes'
a very tight strong and stanch shippe and soe continued all the voyage
for these twenty yeares last past hee hath lived in the parish of Saint Andrew Hubberd London
the true and orginall bill of lading of the said plate or silver, and is subscribed with the proper hand writing of him
foure and twenty or five and twenty tunnes of ffrench wines'
they and the said Stafford went into the Roundhouse, and the they were private about an howre writing and talking
shee was founde to be soe very leakye, and made twelve ynches water in the houlde
they were agayne encouraged and did goe on
by reason of the or her insufficiencye and the workinge of her plancks one against another opened out of her seames
were inforced both for the safeguarde of the said shipp and goods and their owne lives
gave chace unto a small barke laden with hoopes and twenty barrs of Iron
At the White House Taverne in Lumbardstreete London
the Susan was soe ill fitted wth sayles the voyage aforesayd that they would hardly serve to carrye her to Virginia
the sayd shipp was soe badlye hanged with ropes'
the middle decke in the great Cabin did sincke two ynches
their bedds and rugges were much rotten and spoyled
but called the sayd Downes rogue and base rascall'
would sayle about one hundred leagues in the way part of the way to Candye
and that there sould away all the merchants goods wthin two or three dayes
in the passage of the sayd shipp from Candye to Zant the voyage aforesayd
who referred the hearinge and determininge of the sayd cause unto the Trinitye house
beinge of the burthen of three score tonnes or therabouts was sould by with her tackle and furniture
Mr John Thierrye is nowe the sole owner of the sayd shipp tackle and furniture
beinge of the burthen of nyne score tonnes or therabouts
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there came certayne merchants of London to viewe and taste the sayd wynes
he hath seene divers shipps buylt in Denmarke of the same kinde of buildinge
her victualls being some what shorte'
broake open three truncks full of goodes and a cheste full of the bookes and writeings
beeing onely hired for Lisbone as they saide
whilste the said shippe lay at Kingsale the voyage aforesaid