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'''A.11'''
The 11th day of Aprill 1656:- … '''A.11'''
The 11th day of Aprill 1656:- [CENTRE HEADING]
A business of Examination of Wittnesses for the}<br />
perpetuall memorie of the matter on the behalfe of}<br />
Edward Wood and Companie ffreighter of the shipp}<br />
the ''Morning Starr'' of which Thomas Bennett was}<br />
Master. Suckley.}
Examined upon Interrogatories on the behalfe<br />
of the said Edward Wood and Companye
'''Rp. 1.us/'''
'''Edward Crannidge''' of Limehouse in the parish<br />
of Stepney and County of Middlesex Marriner, aged<br />
22 yeares or therabouts sworne and examined saith and<br />
deposeth as followeth Videlicet:-
To the first of the said Interrogatories hee saith and deposeth, That hee this deponent<br />
well knew the shipp the ''Morning starr'' interrate whereof the interrate<br />
Thomas Bennet was Master in her Late voyage interrate from the Barabadoes<br />
being consigned for London, but put into Kingsale in or about the moneth of<br />
November and December 1655. Last past, And saith That in such the said<br />
shipps voyage from the Barbadoes aforesaid, the said shipp received much<br />
water into her hould, shee then being to this deponents best judgement and<br />
remembrance in the lattitude of about fiftie degrees, and saith the water shee<br />
then received in was about five foot, the wynd then being, as this deponent now<br />
remembereth, southerly, The Premisses hee saith hee knoweth, for that hee<br />
this deponent was passenger in and aboard the said shipp the voyage aforesaid. And<br />
further cannot depose./
To the second Interrogatorie hee saith That the said waters comeing into the said shipp<br />
was not originally occasioned by any storme or stresse of weather, nor by any<br />
negligence or default of the said Master and Companie soe farr as this deponent<br />
saw or observed, but saith hee observed some defect in the said shipp, videlicet That<br />
the hoodings ends of the said shipp, wrought from the stemm by which<br />
meanes the water entred in, And saith that the pumpe was diligently plyed<br />
soe farr as this deponent observed, but what or how long the intermissions were<br />
this deponent cannot now remember, and saith before the pumpe [?sucked], they pumped<br />
five or sixe howers continually before the said shipp was freed of the said five<br />
foot water or therabouts, and that shee had a maine saile and a foresaile out at<br />
such time as shee received the said water, And saith, the reasons that the water<br />
did not come to the Chaine pumpe as is interrate were for that the said shipp<br />
was stoaked, and the boards of the well being nailed very cloase and swelling<br />
hindred the passage of the water, soe that it could not come [XXXX] or otherwise<br />
than it was drained through the ballast then aboard the said shipp. The<br />
Premisses hee deposeth upon the grounds of knowledge eyesight and observation<br />
as aforesaid. And further cannot depose:./
To the third Interrogatorie hee saith, That hee this deponent did not at the Barbadoes<br />
interrate see or observe the voyage interrate any insufficiency in the said<br />
shipp, saveing, that if hee had observed any such insufficiency hee had not<br />
imbarqued himselfe in or aboard the same, and saith the goods interrate<br />
were much damnified by the water that came in as aforesaid, not knowing<br />
whether the same happened by the said shipps insufficiency, And saith the said<br />
shipp putt into Kingsale in Ireland, being thereunto necessitated by the causalty<br />
aforesaid for the preservation of shipp and goods and men aboard her, not<br />
knowing that any of the said shipps then lading was unladen in Ireland, nor<br />
whether any of the same were there imbeazeled. neither hath this deponent<br />
heard anything thereof. And further cannot depose
Edward Cran[?e]dge [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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'''2.us/'''
The same day Examined upon the said Interrogatories
'''Richard Lucas''' of Ratcliffe highway in the parrish of<br />
Stepney and County of Middlesex Shipwright aged, 23.<br />
yeares or thereabouts sworne and examined saith and<br />
deposeth as followeth videlicet.;br />
deposeth as followeth videlicet. +
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