HCA 13/71 f.430r Annotate

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Dt. Smith

To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee cometh to testifie the truth
in this cause being soe required to doe by the producent And saith
hee hath noe share or Interest in this cause and is not nor at any tyme
ever a past Owner of the Mary, but saith hee was Masters Mate of her
and aboard her at the tyme of the dammage, which hee saith happened
in the night tyme about one of the Clock./

To the 2 Interrogatorie hee saith there as at the tyme Interrogate and
indifferent gale of winde, but noe storme, and saith hee beleeveth
the sayd Kennett did not of sett purpose and premeditate intente doe the dammage
aforesayd but well knoweth for the reason before declared that
the same happened by the negligence and carlessenese at least of the sayd Kennett
and Company and by their steereing a course contrary to all the rest of
the fleete when there was noe necessity nor occasion soe to doe
=And further cannot answere./

To the 3 hee saith hee hath received noe wages nor expecteth any
nor is promissed any and beleeveth noe wages is at all due to him or any of the Maryes
Company by reason the voyage came to noe effect through the
disaster aforesayd And further cannot answere/

Thomas Summersand [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

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The same day

Examined upon the sayd allegation./

Rp. 2

John Hennent of harwich, in the County
of Essex Maryner aged twenty two yeares
or thereabouts a wittnesse sworne and
examined saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet/

To the first article of the sayd allegation hee saith that in
the moneths and tyme arlate in the yeare 1656 and before and
continually since hee well knoweth that the arlate Beniamin Gifford
and Company that is to sayd John hennent and Micha Cooper
the Master of the arlate shipp or vessell the Mary were and are and ought
to be the lawfull Owners and Proprietors of the sayd shipp
or vessell the Mary and of her tackle Apparrell and furniture
and for such commonly acccompted And saith that in the yeare
and moneths aforesayd the arlate George Kennett was and still
is commonly accompted the Master of the shipp the Saint Jacob arlate
saith hee was Master of and aboard her when the dammage hereafter
mentioned was done to the sayd shipp Mary in manner hereafter
declared And further to this article hee cannot depose./