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The 6th of October 1658. [CENTRE HEADING]

Mary Dell alias Bettenham against Thomas Turrall.}

Examined upon an allegation given on behalfe of
the said dell alias Bettenham./

Rp.

1

John Tristram of Redriff in the County of Surrie
Joyner, aged 47 yeares or thereabouts sworne and
examined.

To the first 2. 3. and 4 articles and schedule therein mentioned hee saith hee well knoweth the producent Mary dell alias Bettenham
and that the time arlate shee (being a widow) kept a shipp Chandlers
shopp and sold provisions and necessaries for shipps, such as are usually sold
by shipp Chandlers, and saith that in the former part of the yeere 1654, and
namely in or about Aprill of the same yeere, hee this deponent was sent
by Mr James Pickering (imployer of a shipp or private man of warr commanded
by CaptaiNE [?Currall]) to the said producent Mrs dells said shopp in
Saint Cartherines to fetch some provisions for the said shipp being then at Ipswich
according to a note which the said Mr Pickering said hee had sent her and
accordingly this deponent went to her said shopp and received the said goods
consisting in shott, powder, musketts, pistolls, swords, axes, pikes, [?XXXX]
[?match], and other materialls and amunition to the use of the said shipp, and by Mr
Pickerings order went downe with the same in a boate to harwich, and there
delivered it into another boate wherein Captaine Curralls or Captaine
Moles Lieutenant came for and received the same named Mr [?MXXck], the said
Currall and Mole as hee was informed being both Captaines of the said ship,
But the particular quantities of each of the said materialls or provisions
or valewes thereof hee knoweth not, but saith the said Mrs dell the
widow) was owner thereof to the time of the said deliverie, and for such
commonly accounted, And further hee cannot depose, not knowing the name
of the shipp for which the said provisions were soe by this deponent received and
carried downe to harwich, nor did hee then see the said shipp, shee then being as
was said at Ipswich.

To the fifth hee cannot depose.

To the 6 hee referreth himselfe to the Registrie of this Court, and further cannot
depose.

To the 7th hee saith hee well knoweth the arlate Thomas Currall and saith
hee is a subiect of this Commonwealth

To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first hee saith hee hath knowne Captaien Currall about twenty yeares
and taketh him to bee of betwixt 30 and 40 yeares of age, this deponent
having knowne him a little boy living in Rochester, and saith hee is a well
set blackish man, And otherwise negatively, saving hee expecteth to be paid
for his losse of time namely for his dayes worke in comming about this busines

To the 2. 3. 4 and 5th hee saith hee did not see any entrie made of the said goods
nor knoweth hee to what shipp they were carried, and otherwise saving as aforesaid
hee cannot answer.

John Tristram [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

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The first of November 1658. Examined on the said [?XXXX]

Rp.

2

Daniel Gates of the Parish of Saint
Buttolphs Algate in the County of
Middlesex ship Chandler, aged 21 yeares or
thereabouts sworne and examined.

To the first article hee saith that in the monethes of March and
Aprill 1654 arlate, the arlate Mary Dell (now Bettenham)
being then a widow did Keepe a Ship Chandlers shop [?which]
sold Provisions and materiall for the use of shipps and
that shee was the said time the true, and lawfull owner
of all and singular the goods and materialls schedulated [?XXX]