HCA 13/70 f.29v Annotate
| Volume | HCA 13/70 |
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| Folio | 29 |
| Side | Verso |
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| First transcriber | |
| Colin Greenstreet | |
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| 2014/08/19 | |
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To the scond article hee saith and deposeth, That the shipp the Mary arlate
upon or about the 26th. day of October last past 1654. coming upon a Voyage
from Newcastle with her lading of Coales designed for London, and being sayleing
in Gallions reach in the River of Thames neere Woolwich towards the Port with
the benefit onely of the tide, the Master and Company of the said shipp Mary
perceiving the shipp the freeman arlate (John Whitty Master) then comeing downe the
said river, and approaching neere unto the Mary, the wind then being at West-
South-West with a fair gale, the Master of the said Mary and Company boare
up as much as possible they could to the South shoare of the Rover, expressely
to prevent that the said shipp the freeman might not fall fowle upon them
and saith the said Master and Company of the said shipp the Mary called aloud
to the freemans Companie, and made signes to them to edge up and come a sterne
of the Mary, but the said Whitty and Company wilfully boare up directly
upon the said shipp the Mary notwithsatnding that the said shipp the freeman
had as fair and favourable a gale of Wind and as great a convenience of
roome as could be desired to have kept cleare of the said shipp Mary, if the said
Whitty and Company had so pleased, the said shipp freeman then haveing the
full scope of the Channell; And saith that the premisses notwithstanding the
said Whitty and Companie violently rann aboard the Mary with the said shipp
the freeman, and made such a strong impression, that they broake the said shipp
Mary her maine mast, maine toppe, maine yard, foreyard, her maine
shrowdes, two of her maine stay in two places, and broke one side of the said shipp
the mary downe to the water, rent the foresayle and maine topsayle, much
endammaged the mainesayle and spoyled all the small rigging, And saith
that upon the said violent irruption, there were sewerall of the said freemans
Companie which came aboard the Mary, and there according to their owne
fancie hacked and cutt in pieces the said shipp and rigging, the said John
Whitty in the meane time standing on the fore Castle of the freeman
and calling the Maries Companie Colierly doggs and rogues, telling them
hee cared not if hee had sunke their shipp. All which the premisses this deponent
well knoweth, being Boateswaine of and aboard the said shipp the Mary when
the sae were so had and one as is by him predeposed. hee further saith
That to the best of this deponents Judgement and understanding, the said shipp the
Mary by meanes of the premisses hath really suffered dammage to the valyue
of two hundred and ten pounds sterling or thereabouts in the spoyling of the hull
of the said shipp, her masts yards shrowds sailes and rigging, and being a
Mariner who for many yeares hath been well experienced in shipps and tackle
and furniture thereof, hee is confirmed in Conscience that the sammage
predeposed cannot be repaired, and the shipp Mary made so good as shee was
immediately before the said encounter for lesse then two hundred and ten
pounds sterling. And further cannot depose:-/
To the 3. hee saith, That by meanes of the dammage done to the Mary, as is
predeposed, the Master thereof hath bin constrained to keepe her here from the
time of the said dammage done till this resent to be repaired and fitted
againe to sea. And saith, the said shipp being a constant trader for Coales
from Newcastle to London, hath by the meanes predeposed lost the oportunity
(of
