HCA 13/73 f.463r Annotate
| Volume | HCA 13/73 |
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| Folio | 463 |
| Side | Recto |
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| Colin Greenstreet | |
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| Edited on 12/10/2014 by Colin Greenstreet | |
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hee saith and deposeth that in or about the beginning of March last past was five yeares
John Southwood Merchant came to this deponent to his house in Wapping and
told him that hee had bought tenn gunns of Edward Waterman and Thomas Tailer
(speaking of Waterman and Tailer arlate) for the use of the shipp whereof John
Wilkinson was master, and spake to this deponent to sell him tenn carriages
for the same, and that
having such order, this deponent went to the key of the said Thomas Tailer
in Wapping (where the said Southwood told him the said guns were lying) and
tooke measure of the said guns, being tenn iron guns, and there
fitted the said carriages to the said guns, and went aboard the said shipp and
saw them fitted to the port holes thereof, and about the same time this
deponent gave the said waterman an account of the weight thereof, but
it being soe long since, this deponent doth not now remember the weight of
the same, And saith that this deponent left the same aboard the said shipp and
further hee cannot depose.
To the 6th hee cannot depose.
To the 7 hee saith hee cannot depose, saving that iron ordnance were then worth
betweene seaven shillings per hundred weight at the lowest rate and thirteene
shillings per hundred weight, and the said tenn iron guns though they were
old guns could not be nor were then lesse worth than seaven
shillings per hundred weight one with another, and soe much at least
they were well worth. And further hee cannot depose.
To the 8 and 9th hee cannot depose saving as aforesaid.
To the tenth hee saith that the said Tailer and Waterman are both since
dead, and further hee cannot depose.
To the 11th hee cannot depose.
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true.
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first negatively for his part and otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the second hee saith that hee this deponent was but [?not] once aboard the
sad shipp whereof the said Wilkinson was then master, which was the time
aforesaid when hee fitted the said carriages, the said shipp then lying in the river
of Thames not far from the said key. And otherwise hee cannot answer
saving as aforesaid.
To the third hee hath not deposed otherwise than as aforesaid and further hee
cannot depose, saving that when this deponent soe fitted the said carriages
to the ports of the said shipp, the said gunns were aboard her, which was
shortly after his said fitting them ashore on Mr Tailors key.
To the fourth hee cannot depose.
To the fifth hee saith hee well knew the said Waterman and Tailor arlate
about tenn yeares before their said death and further hee cannot depose.
To the 7 and 8. hee cannot depose saving as aforesaid.
To the 9 and 10 negatively for his part and further hee cannot depose.
To the 11th negatively.
Repeated before Collonel Cock.
William Hichcoke [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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Th e3d of december 1659: [CENTRE HEADING]
Thompson and others against}
the house of ffreindship}
aforesayd}
Examined on the foresaid Allegation./
Rp.
vide 1 2 3 4 5 in AAA:}
Henry Hare of Shadwell waterman
aged 41 yeares or thereabouts sworne and
Examined./
