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Transcription

February 27.1656:-

Ketch and others against the shipp The Minories
and against James Boydon. Suckley Budd

ExamIned upon the Allegation given by Mr Suckley
December 1656

Rp. 1

John Ketch of Nightingale: Lane in the parish of Algate
London in the County of Middlesex late Master of the said
shipp the Minories aged 54. yeares or thereabouts sworne
ánd examined saith as followeth

To the first Article of the said Allegation hee saith that in the yeare 1653. arlate and
some of the moneths therein, (this examinate at present not remembering the particular moneth)
hee the arlate John Keech this deponent was Master of the said shipp the Minories
Busse and was soe constituted by Captaine Richard ffearnes accompted
Husbband of the Corporation for the poore of London the said Corporation then
having severall other Vessels employed abroad at sea for their accompt, and that
the said Richard ffearnes did fitt and furnish out to sea the said Vessells upon the
accompt aforesaid, Which hee deponent knoweth, having bin Master of diverse of
the said Vessells upon severall such voiages, And otherwise cannot depose./

To the second hee saith, that hee this examinate was constituted Master of the said
shipp the Minories Busse by the said Captaine Richard ffearnes upon the voiage
in Controversie, and that, at such time as the said shipp was fully fitted and furnished
to sea, and saith that hee this deponent did not at any time accompany the said ffearnes
in his giving order for the reparation of the said shipp, soe that hee doeth not know
what particular goods in order to the said reparation were fetched from any of the
persons arlate, save onely that hee sawe one Cable of seaven inch about fetched from brought
aboard the said shipp by the arlate John Meryhurst, and that the said shipp
was graved in the graving place of the arlate Ambrose Dennison, and that
some iron worke for the said shipp was brought in by the arlate Jeremiah
Colt or such as fetched the same from his house by direction of the Carpenters that
repaired the said shipp, and that some old quoÿles of roapes and some old blocks
were for the said shipps use brought from and furnished by the arlate Henry
Askettle, saying all the said Materialls were soe furnished before this deponent
became Master of the said shipp, and without any order or authority at all
from this deponent who as hee persisteth never intermeddled nor had any thing at
all to doe with or in the said shipps reparation, And further cannot depose

To the third he saith, hee knoweth nothing at all of the Contents of this article.

To the 4th hee saith, that the Materialls predeposed were furnished as foresaid
and were made use of in the said voyage, and that the said shipp proceeded thereupon
under the Conduct of this deponent being in all particulars fitted and furnished as
was necessary for such employment, but by whom or upon what accompt, or
for what valew the said shipps reparation or necessary materialls were furnished
(otherwise than as aforesaid) hee saith hee cannot depose./

To the last hee saith his foregoing deposition is true.//

John Keitsh [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

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The same day examined and upon the said Allegation

Rp. 2

William Barber of Wapping in the County of Middlesex
Mariner late Masters=Mate of the said shipp the Minories
aged 48 yeares or thereabouts a Wittnesse sworne and examined
saith as followeth

To the first article hee saith, That in the yeare 1653. the arlate Captaine John
ffearnes as Agent for the Corporation arlate and husband for the said Corporation
caused the shipp the Minories Busse arlate to bee fitted forth upon a ffishing
Voiage, wherein this deponent went Masters-Mate: And further cannot depose

To the second hee saith, That hee this deponent by the direction of the said Captaine
ffearnes in the quality aforesaid fetched from the arlate Henry Askettles house
a quantity of pitch and tarr and some blocks and a quantity of fish and some