HCA 13/72 f.276r Annotate

Expand this area to see details of page purpose, how to register, how to add footnotes, and useful links.

---

Purpose

This page is for the annotation of HCA 13/72 f.276r.

Annotations can be viewed by everyone on a read-only basis.

For more information on MarineLives and the MarineLives Annotation Project read our Shipping News blog entries:

Annotating Marine Lives, May 1st 2013
Adding value to primary documents, May 8th 2013
Witnesses in Court, 1657-1658 (May 9th, 2013)

---

Registration to annotate documents

Registration is required to contribute annotations to this page and to other pages in the wiki.

You can register using the following Form, and we will issue you with a UserName and Password for the wiki.

---

Text formatting

The MarineLives transcription platform is built on MediaWiki, which uses wiki markup to format text. For a guide showing how to produce italics, bold, escaped text and headings, see the MediaWiki page on formatting; there are also guides for internal and external links, image embedding, tables, and more on lists.

---

Adding footnotes

• Go into edit mode
• Insert immediately after the sentence or phrase you wish to annotate the following macro:<ref>This is the footnote text</ref>
• Replace 'This is the footnote text' with the footnote you wish to add, using the format: first name, surname, title, (place of publication, date of publication), page or folio number
• Save the page

For more information and advanced formatting, including how to add and format links within the footnote, see the Wikipedia help on footnotes. This uses the same markup formatting.

Example footnote template:

• ''HCA 13/XX f.XXXX Case: XXXX; Deposition: XXXX; Date: XXXX. Transcribed by XXXX''<ref>[http://XXXXX Electronic link to a digital source]</ref>

---

Suggested links

Annotate HCA 13/64 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/65 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/68 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/69 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/70 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/71 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/72 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/73 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/74 Volume Page
Marine Lives Tools

Image

P1160212

Transcription

was and is the true Lawfull and sole Owner or Proprietor of the said
shipp the Charity and of her Tackle apparrell and furniture and
for and as such hee the said John Shorter both at Berghen aaforesaid
and elswhere since the said buyeing of the said shipp was and is of
this deponents constant observation commonly accompted and reputed
Furthermore this deponent saith, That in or about the moneths of
ffebruary or March 1657 one or both of them, the said John Shorter in
this deponents sight and observation, did as Owner of the said shipp
fitt furnish and sett out, or give order for the fitting furnishing
and setting out of the said shipp from this Port of London
upon the Late intended voiage from hence to Berghen aforesaid
and soe to returne from thence to this said Port of London, And
this deponent saith, That hee is fully convinced both by the credible
and constant relation of the said Master and Company, and
by the frequent and assiduoous attendance of the said John Shorter
to and about such the fitting furniture and setting forth of
the said shipp upon her said Last intended Coiage, That hee
the said John Shorter did upon his accompt and at his owne
costs and charges futt furnish and sett out the said shipp upon
her said Last mentioned and intended voiage. Mor to this
Interrogatorie hee saith not./

To the third Interrogatorie this deponent saith, That about three weekes
since (as this deponent remembreth the time) and within the time
by him this rendent predeposed in his answer to the next precedent
Interrogatorie, the said John Shorter in this deponents presence and
observation did in the River of Thames or Port of London putt
or cause to be putt on board the said shipp fifteene Lasts of salt,
three or fower packes or bales of woollen Cloath, seaven Lasts of
malt, two Lasts of beere one Last of pease, a Chest of
Castor hatts, about fower baggs of nailes and five baggs of hopps,
all which goods wares and merchandises (as this deponent was
credibly informed and heard both by the said Merchant=Lader and
the Master and Company of the said shipp att and about the
time of the Lading thereof, and as this deponent verily beleeveth)
were soe laden and to be transported and disposed of at
Berghen aforesaid to and for the proper account and benefitt
of him the said John Shorter More to this Interrogatorie hee
this examinate saith not./

To the ffowerth Interrogatorie this deponent saith, That the said shipp
having received the said Cargaizon of goods on board her
as aforesaid, did within two or three daies after sett saile with the same from
this Port of London designed for Berghen aforesaid, this examinate
then serving in and on board the said shipp in the quality
aforesaid./

To the fifth Interrogatorie this examinate saith, That for the reasons
(and by