HCA 13/71 f.620r Annotate
| Volume | HCA 13/71 |
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| Folio | 620 |
| Side | Recto |
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| Colin Greenstreet | |
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| Edited on 17/04/2014 by Colin Greenstreet | |
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The 10 March 1656.
Edwards et Whitfeild con Bushell [?pred]}
Exámined upon the foresaid allegation of the
said Bushell.
dt. Smith
2.
James Carter of Limehouse in the County of Middlesex
Mariner, aged 23 yeeres or thereabouts sworne and
exámined.
To the first árticle hee saith and deposeth that the said arlate Samuel
Edwards the voyage in question was much given to drinking and to be
over taken with drinke, and severall times in the said voyage carried and behaved
himselfe stubbornely and refractorily to him that had the command of the said
shipp, which hee knoweth being masters mate of her part of the said voyage, and
observing such his behaviour.
To the second and third árticles hee saith
hee cannot depose for hee this exáminate came not into
the said shipp till her comming to New England, which was after her being at the
Iland of Saint Christofers.
To the fourth hee saith that after the said shipps arivall at the Madera's, and
being at an anchor there, the said Edwards in greate discontent said, the divell
set fire on the shipp, I would shee were ashore with other [?improXXXous] and
evill wishes, and this hee spake upon this deponent (who was masters mate)
his commanding him to the Capstan to help heave in the cable, And
otherwise hee cannot depose./
To the 5th hee saith that at New England there was a greate quantitie
of corne received aboard the said shipp to be carried to the Madera's before
this deponents comming aboard her, and saith that the said voyage from
New England for Madera, through the insufficiencie of the bulke heads,
the sealing and the dennage, much of the said corne ran downe into
the pumpe and under the sealing and choaked the punmpes, and much of
the corne was damnified, whereupon the freighters made deduction out of
the freight to the summe of seaventeene pounds or thereabouts in regard of the
said damage. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the 6th and 7th hee saith that the said shipp the said voyage homewards being
come into the Roade of Southampton after this deponent had caused and seene the
hatches nailed up, and comming about two houres after aboard hee found
the same broken open, and was informed by the company that such breaking
open was donne by the said Edwards, who drew out and imbeazled wines
upon the said breaking open of the hatches as the company alsoe informed
this deponent, and this deponent charging him with it, hee confessed and
[?iustified] the same saying hee had more to doe with the shipp than this deponent-
(who was then masters mate) or the Captaine. And otherwise hee cannot
depose.
To the 8th hee saith the said Edwards carried about nine hundred pipestaves
from New England to the Madera's, and from the Maderas to Southampton
two pipes or thereabouts of wines. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the 9th hee cannot depose.
To the 10th hee cannot depose.
To the last hee saith the said Edwards and Whitfeild cometh in the
said shipp from New England to Madera, and unto London England of this
deponents sight and knowledge, and otherwise hee cannot depose, saving
the said his foregoeing deposition.
To the crosse Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith hee hath gonne to sea these twelve yeares, and knoweth
something of the place of a Gunner of a shipp, and otherwise negatively.
