HCA 13/70 f.406v Annotate
Volume | HCA 13/70 |
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Folio | 406 |
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The 12th of October 1655./ [CENTRE HEADING]
The clayme of James Talbot Robert Girlinge}
and company late Owners of the hopefull Mary}
of the which Jeremy Tye was Master for an}
anchor two Top masts and severall peeces of Ropes}
Taken upp by some fishermen of Barkeing and}
presented to this Court the 13th of June 1655}
Suckley Budd}
Examined upon an allegation given
in by Mr Suckley the 11th of 8ber 1655./
T: jus:
Jeremy Tye of Limehouse in the County of Middlesex maariner
late Master of the shipp the hopefull Mary, aged about 29
yeares a witnes produced sworne and being examined hee
deposeth as followeth videlicet./
To the first and second articles of the said allegation he deposeth and saith that in
the monethes of Aprill and May 1655 arlate the producents James Talbot Robert
Girling and company were owners and proprietors of the shipp the hopefull Mary arlate
and of her Tackle apparrell and furniture; and soe generally accompted, and this deponent
was then master of her. And saith that on or about the sixth day of May arlate the said
shipp the hopefull Mary being in her course from Newcastle (laden with coales) for
this Citty of London, was by Extremity of weather driven on a place called the
Middle ground, which is over against Wivenhoe in Essex and was there wracked
and cast away, But the Company of the said hopefull Mary saved themselves in the[?ir GUTTER]
boate and got on shoare, and soe preserved theire lives, And saith that [?Samuel GUTTER]
Charsley William Townesend and one Portman of Barkinge did take upp two
Top masts belonging to the said hopefull Mary, which as themselves confessed to
this deponent they found adrift in the sea, and confessed they did also cutt off from the said wrecked
vessell one Anchor and divers peeces of Ropes belonging to her, which [?this GUTTER]
deponent saw in theire Custody, and possession att Barkeing aforesaid, and
which this deponent is informed are presented to this Court. hee further saith that [?the GUTTER]
said goods soe by them found and [?XXsented] did belong to the said shipp the hopefull Mary
att the tyme of her castinge away; and the said Talbot Girlinge and company were
and are the true and lawfull owners and proprietors thereof All which this deponent
knoweth to bee true for that hee hath bin master of the said vessell any time these
4 yeares last before her such castinge away and hath knowne the said Talbot [?and GUTTER]
company to bee owners of her for all the said time, and for all the said time this
deponent gave his accompts to them as owners, and was present on board her att such time
as shee was driven on ground where she was lost as aforesaid./ And further [?to GUTTER]
the said allegation hee cannot depose./
To the Interrogatoryes./ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatory hee answereth and saith that att the tyme the shipp interrate was
cast away hee was master of her and soe had bin for about 4 yeares before, and to the [?rest GUTTER]
of the said Interrogatory hee answereth negatively./
To the second Interrogatory hee answereth and saith that hee very well knoweth the two Topmasts interrate
when hee saw them in the Custody of the said Charsley and [?Towasead] as also the Anchor
to belonge to the said vessell the hopefull Mary; which this deponent tooke speciall notice [?of ?since] he sailed in her as master 4 yeares
And the said Charsley and Towasead did confesse to this deponent that they did cutt off [?XXX GUTTER]
Anchor from the said wracke and some of the Ropes, and that they found they [?XXX GUTTER]
was the said place of the Wracke, there beinge noe other shipp att the same [?XXXX GUTTER]
cast away or wracked. And further cannot answer./
Jeremy Tye [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
see another witnes in :C.3: