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Transcription

To the 6th 7th 8th and 9th articles of the sayd allegation hee saith that
after such tyme as the sayd shipp the Edward and John returned from
Barbadoes to this Port of London, this deponent being alsoe returned thither
with his shipp the Sampson ffrigott the sayd Captaine Tottey did desyre
this deponent and one Captaine Thomas Bennett to goe on board the sayd
shipp the Edward and John in the River of Thames and view one butt of
sugar laden aboard the sayd shipp and marked as in the margent and Numbred
1° which this deponent and the sayd Captaine Bennett did and found that

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although the same appeared to bee very drye and well stowed upon wood
about sixteene inchs from the seeleing of the sayd shipp yet upon view
they found the sayd butt to bee almost empty of sugar and a very smale
quantitie of sugar left therein notwithsatnding it did not to them appeare
that any water had come thereto to waste the same And hee further saith
that hee this deponent and one Captaine William Swyer were chosen arbitrators
(this deponent by the sayd Totty and the sayd Swyer by Mr Mathew
Goodfellowe of London Merchant) to arbitrate betweene them the damage
happened to one butt and one hogshead of sugar belonging to the sayd Goodfellow
and brought home from the Barbadoes in the sayd shipp the Edward and
John for his Accompte the voyage in question, and upon view of the sayd
butt and hogshead of sugar did finde that the same was much damnified
and did awarde the sayd Tottey to pay unto the sayd Goodfellow for the
sayd dammage fiftie five shillings sterling which summe the sayd Tottey
did presently abate to the sayd Goodfellowe out of the freight of other goods
which the sayd Goodfellowe had on board the sayd shipp that voiage,
And he further saith that hee this deponent and an other man whose
name hee doth not now remember were present and sawe the sayd
Tottey allowe unto one Mr Williams a Merchant out of freight of other cottons brought for the sayd Williams the sayd voiyage fower pounds sterling
or thereabouts for dammage done to two baggs of Cotton belonging to the sayd
Williams which were viewed by this deponent and the sayd other person and
then found to bee much damnified and spoiled by well receaved in the sayd
shipp in her returne home the voiage in question, but by what meanes
otherwise than as aforesayd the dammage aforesayd happened hee
knoweth not being none of the sayd Shipps Company And further to this
article hee cannot depose./

To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true./

To the Interrogatories/ [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first hee saith hee was summoned by a warrant to testifie
in this cause and then receaved of the producent Totty only 12 d
more hee expecteth not nor is promised And to the rest of the Interrogatorie
hee answereth negatively./

To the second hee cannot depose./

To the 3 and 4th hee cannot depose/

To the 5th hee saith it concerneth him not to answere thereto having not
deposed any thing touching the servants Interrate neither can hee depose
any thing touching the contents of this Interrogatorie

To the 6th hee cannot depose./

Repeated before Colonell Cock

John Norbrook [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]