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Item: XXXX: Case: Hickman against Jackett

Case: Hickman against Jackett
Budd Smith Suckley

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Anno: Domini[?s] 1647

ffor as much as theire is noe Common Wealth but that
there are some Sole Persons, and bad Lives, who are
a disturbance, both to the magistrate and others, soe
likewise there is scearce anie shipps goeth to Sea
but that there is manie Sole Persons in them that
would neither feare god, nor man, unlesse they were
restrained from there Profaine courses, Therefore
I shall desire, and intreat everie man at present, whoe
is under my Command in this shippe May=fflower
or Minasses, will read these orders underneath written
and observe them dureing the tearme of our intended
voyadge: assureing your selves that whosoever shall breake
anie one of them, shall certainelie suffer according
to the Contents following/

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(1) IMPRIMUS That whoseoever shall sleepe in his watch in his Cabbin, his hand shalbe seised up to the
maine Halliards as farr as he can reach, and a Quarter Cann of watter Powred downe his
Arme, and if he sleepe on the decke in his watch, that then there bee a Buckett of
watter throwne on him as he lyeth/

(2) That whoseoever shall Presume to stricke one of the other, and fall togeather by the Eares one with
the other, unlesse it be the Master or Boateswaine and in there absence there Mates, and not
they neither, unlesse it be for neglect of the shipps buisinesse, or for the keepeing of good
order, anie but theise shall [?SXXXX] without watter one Glasse/

(3) That he that shalbee found in his Cabbin, or other place asleepe, after the Bell hath wrunge and
the Boatswaine called up to Prayer shall have Six mens [?Capties]/

(4) That he that shalbe heard to Sweare or Blaspheeme the name of God for everie tine soe
doeing, shall have three Blowes with a smale Roapes End such is a halfe
thereaboutes, soe hard as it Can be laide on, and to be [?XXide] by him that heard him, and who=
soever shall accuse on the other falselie shall receive the same punnishment/

(5) That he that shall drawe a knife in the shippe for to seeke to doe mischeife to anie
man, shall have his hand nailed to the mast with his owne knife, and there to stand till he
teare it out/

(6) That whoseoever shall seeke to make anie Mutinie in the shippe, upon pretense of Iniurie
done him, and doth not present his Complaine to mee touching his [?bra?XXX] shall Instantlie
if hee be neare land be turned ashoare, or otherwise be keale=halled/

(7) That whosoever shall lift up his hand, either against the Master, or Boteswaine when they
stricke them for there defects, shalbe ducked three times from the Maineyard, but if they
Complaine to mee, I will doe them Right as neare as I Can/

(8) That whosoever shall steale the one from the other, it being Justlie [?proved] against him
the Partie that hath stoalen the goods shalbee brought to the Capstaine and there be whip=
ed on the bare Backe untill all the skin be offe, then his Backe to be Salted, and soe [?rowld]
ashoare in the woods or else=where/

(9) That whosoever shalbee druncke in the shippe, for the first time shall pay ffive shillings for the
second ten, and for the third twentie to the monister and soe accordinglie for everie time he shalbee
druncke afterwards, but if anie man in his druncken humor shalbe abussive, that one the morrow
following, he shall receive such punishment as the Commander shall thinke fitt according to the ffact/

(10) That he that shall lye out of the shippe without leave, Inlesse (sic) upon the ships businesse, for everie
night shall pay ten shillings if hee bee a foremastman, and an officer twentie shillings to the Minister./

(11) That when wee shall have taken in our negros, noe man stricke them, nor abuze them, but onely those
that shalbee appointed for that purpose; ffor if anie negro die, he shall justlie pay soe much as the
others shalbee sould for/

(12) That whosoever shall take tobacco betweene decks shall have ten mens [?Coptie] for a [?bearing] to
him and all others, but for the second offence Committed by the same Partie or anie other
[?XX] offences shalbee brought to the Capstaine and one hundred weight of shott aboute his
[?neck] for the space of halfe an houre

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13. That Every morning the first thing that is done the shippe by made cleane, both [?XXXX GUTTER]
and washed if it be att sea by them that shall have the morning watch, and likewise [?XXXX GUTTER]
evening by the other watch, but when wee are in harbor by whome the Boatswaine and [?XXXX GUTTER]
shall thinke fitt to appointe

The orders above mentioned which I appointe to be strict
lie observed, and kept, by all who are now under my com=
mand for the whole tearme of this our now Intended
voyage, not desireing to execute anie one of them, but
rather hope that this wilbe a meanes to Perswade them
not to deserve the least, or anie one of them whereto I
submit my name aboard the May=flower, the 5th day
off July: 1647

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Elias Jordaine and henry West and Abraham}
[?Manco] and Company owners of the shipp the}
William and Ralph of London against Richard}
Batson Thomas Jancy Valentine Austin and}
John Lockier merchants Smith Suckley}

Which day Smith
as proctor for the
said Elias Jordaine
henry West and
Abraham [?Manco] and
Company to all intents and
purposes of lawe and fact
did alleadge and propound as
followeth/

1. Imprimis That in the monthes of March Aprill May
June July August September, October November,
december, January and March 1649: all some or one
of the said monethes the said Elias Jordaine henrye
West Abraham Manco and Company were owners and
proprietors of a shippe called the William and Ralph
and of her Tackle, ffurniture and apparrell, and soe
commonly Accounted reputed and taken And hee doeth
alleadge and propound the same ioyntly and severally
and every parte thereof./

2. That in the yeare and monethes aforesaid all some
or one of them the said Richard Batson Thomas
Jancy, Valentine Austin and John Lockier did hire
and take to ffraight the said shipp the William and
Raflfe pf and from the said Elias Jordaine, henry
West Abraham [?Manco], and Company owners of the
said shipp for a certaine voyage or voyages from
this porte of London to the porte of Virginia, and
soe back [?XXX] to this porte of London for and
dureinge the Terme and space of eight moneths
to bee accompted from the 20th day of August
1649 or from the say of the sayd shipps departure
from Gravesend outward bound att the rate of
sixty seaven pounds per moneth and soe after
the same rate for any longer time not exceeding
foure monethes more accordinge to the schedule

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of Charterpartie hereunto annexed and that the said
schedule or Charterpartie was and is the [?XXXX]
and originall Charterpartie for the said voyage and
was signed and sealed with the proper hands, and
seale of the said Batson, Jancie, Austin and
Lockier, and by them delivered for and as theire act
and deede to and for the use of the said Jordaine, West
[?Manco] and Company And hee doeth Alleadge and
propound as above./

3: Item That in and by the said Charterpartye for the said
voyage the said Richard Batson Thomas Jancye
Valentine Austine, and John Lockier doe [?Xdition],
Covenant, and agreee to and with the said Jordaine,
West and Manco that they the said Batson, Jancy
Austin, and Lockier dueringe the said voyage would
well and sufficiently man the said said shipp with thirtie
twoe men and alsoe sufficiently victuall the said shipp
with Competent victualls to serve and feede the
said men, and alsoe to pay the said men their wages
dueringe the said voyage And hee doeth alleadge
and porpound as above./

4: Item That the said Richard Batson, Thomas Jancy
Valentin Austin and John Lockier in and by the
Charterparty aforesaid doe Covenant promise and
agree to and with the said Elias Jordaine henrye
West and Abraham Manco and Companye that they or
their assignes shall and will cause the said shipp
the William and Ralph and her Ordnance Tackle
ffurniture and apparrell to bee safely returned into the
river of Thames from the said voyage and there
discharged from and out of the said intended
imployment at or before the expiration of [?Twenty]
monethes to bee accounted from the daye of her
entrance into her monethele paye as aforesaid
or to that effect And hee doeth alleadge and
propound as above./

5. Item That in and by the said Charterpartye the said
Richard Batson, Thomas Jancye, Valentine

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Austin, and John Lockier did hier and take
the said shipp the William and Ralph to freight
of and from the said Elias Jordaine henry
West and Abraham Manco and Company for a
voyage from this porte of London to Virginia
and soe backe againe to this porte of London
and to any portes or places as by the said Char=
terpartye more plainely doeth and may appeare
And hee doeth alleadge and propound as above

6: Item That upon or about the twenty sixt daye of
August 1649: the said shipp the William and
Ralph

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7: Item That att such time was the said shipp the
William and Ralph the voyage aforesaid did
departe and sett sayle from Gravesend upon

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NOTES

Abraham Manco

Possibly a merchant taylor of Southwark

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hugo Locker (sic) et alij nat[?o] navis the Virginia Merchant. in schedula [?prXXX]}
annx [?nemXXXX] con John Lockier nav[?XXum]}
[?dXX] navis in [?XXX] sub[?XXX] [?XXXX] Suckly [?XXX]}

[?Quo] dei Suckly [?nXXX]
[?procuXXXX] [?dXXXX] hugonis Locker
et XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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Imprimis That in the yeare 1649 and monethes therein [?respectively]
concurring all or some of them the said John Lockier was
Master Captaine or governour of the shippe called the Virginia
Merchant and did take upon him the care conduct and [?direction] thereof
and within the time aforesaid and comore especially about the monethes of
August and September in the said yeare 1649 the said Johnm Lockier
did hire the severall persons in the schedule hereunto annexed