| First transcribed
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31 December 2014 +
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| First transcriber
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Colin Greenstreet +
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| Folio
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161 +
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| Parent volume
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HCA 13/70 +
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| Side
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Verso +
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| Status
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Uploaded image; transcribed on 31/12/2014 +
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| Transcription
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That hee this deponent was one of the Comp … That hee this deponent was one of the Company of a certaine shipp called<br />
the ''Jane'' of Weymouth which laye in the Port of Weymouth on and before the 20th day<br />
of december 1653 bound for ffrance and by that meanes knoweth and sawe<br />
the shipp the ''John'' arlate at the sayd Port of Weymouth upon and before the sayd 20th<br />
day of december 1653 and sawe and observed having bin on board her that shee<br />
had then on board her besides her Master 15 men and boyes and was then victualed and<br />
prepared to sett sayle from the sayd Port to the place of her<br />
intended voyage with the first good wynde that should happen, and was then a<br />
stronge and stanch shipp And saith that on the sayd twentith day of december<br />
and before there laye before Weymouth Roade certayne shipps in the imediate<br />
service of this Commonwealth as the ''Speaker'' the ''hound'' the ''Guinney ffrigott'' and<br />
others, the officers of which shipps did take up and impresse seamen both<br />
on shoare and out of Merchants shipps lying in Weymouth Roade from before<br />
the sayd 20th of december 1653 to about the 18th of January next following<br />
during which tyme the sayd Commonwealths shipps continued in Weymouth Riade<br />
and saith in the sayd tyme hee this deponent was once pressed by the sayd<br />
Officers but by mediation of freinds, gott him selfe cleered thereof, and hee<br />
saith hee well knoweth that 4 or 5 of the Company of the sayd shipp the ''John''<br />
were alsoe within the sayd tyme pressed to serve the state, and all of them except<br />
the boatswaine and a boy did forsake the sayd shipp ''John'' and hide themselves where<br />
they could to escape the presse aforesayd And saith hee beleeveth that from the sayd<br />
20th of december 1653 untill about the 19th of January following. noe<br />
shipp could sett sayle out of the Port of Weymouth withourt eminent hazard to have<br />
all or most of her men taken out of her to serve in the sayd shipps of this<br />
Commonwealth And hee this deponent in the shipp the ''Jane'' aforesayd did<br />
departe from the Port of Weymouth on or about the 19th day of January 1653 old<br />
style and not before by reason of the sayd presse, And beleeveth for the same<br />
reasons that noe other shipps did passe out from the sayd Port of Weymouth<br />
from the sayd 20th of december 1653 till about the 19th day of January next<br />
following And further to these articles hee cannot depose./
To the rest of the articles hee is not examined by direction of the producent/
To the Interrogatories/ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the firs Interrogatorie hee saith hee cometh to testifie the truth of his knowledge<br />
being soe requested by the producent and favoureth all the parties litigant alike<br />
and desyreth right may prevaile in this cause./
To the 2 Interrogatorie hee saith that the winde was not fayre but contrary on the 20th of<br />
december 1653 for any shipp to proceede from the harbour of Weymouth to the<br />
westwards and soe continued till about 2 or 3 dayes before the foresayd 19th of<br />
January 1653 old style soe that no shipps did in that tyme as hee beleeveth [?put]<br />
out of the sayd harbour westwards, nor indeede durst or could any passe as (hee beleeveth)<br />
during that tyme though the winde had bin fayre by reason of the premisses<br />
aforesayd And further cannot danswere./
To the 3 Interrogatorie hee saith hee very well lnoweth the shipp ''John'' of Weymouth<br />
Interrogate and hath knowne her these 4 or 5 yeares last past and saith the sayd shipp<br />
was on the sayd 20th of december 1653 ready fitted and provided with men and [?XXX]<br />
and all necessaries in manner predeposed to have then sett sayle from the Port of Weymouth<br />
if the winde had bin then faire for her soe to doe and that shee durst have gone for<br />
feare of the presse aforesayd And saith hee cannot write nor reas but hee<br />
remembreth that the winde stood contrarie the sayd 20th of december and longe after [?XX]<br />
[?in GUTTER]longe after [?XX]<br />
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