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To the last hee saith that hee knoweth not … To the last hee saith that hee knoweth not who surveyed the wyne and oyle [?XX GUTTER]<br />
before the breaking of the longers, but saith that those casks both of wine and<br />
oyle which were stanch and good, and found full were by Command of the [?master GUTTER]<br />
of the ''Pilgrim'' put from on shippboard into lighters, and those that were otherwise<br />
were left on board and surveyed afterwards by the Masters of the Trinity house<br />
who hee saith found noe fault wityh the stowage, but with the defectivenesse<br />
of the Casks, which defect of the Casks hee this deponent verily beleeveth<br />
proceeded from the sayd ''Pilgrims'' being forcibly driven a-ground hard laden<br />
by the ''Exeter Merchant'' and by her falling fowle of her as aforesayd, and beleeveth<br />
the sayd casks was reasonable tight before the damage aforesayd was done by<br />
reason soe little oyle was pumped out in the voyage betwixt Pharo and<br />
London And saith saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot further depose./
Repeated before doctor Godolphin
Thomas Ellis [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 27th of August 1656./ [CENTRE HEADING]
Examined upon the sayd libell
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'''Thomas Blackman''' of Ratcliff Crosse in the parish of Stepney<br />
and County of Middlesex Mariner Masters Mate of the shipp the<br />
''Pilgrim'' aged 23 yeares or thereabouts a witnes sworne and<br />
examined saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet./
To the first article hee saith the arlate John Bland and Company during all<br />
the tyme arlate videlicet the months of March Aprill May and June 1655 and<br />
before were and are at this present are Commonly acompted and reputed the true<br />
and lawfull Owners and Proprietors of the shipp ''Pilgrim'' arlate and of all her<br />
tackle Apparrell and furniture and for such have bin reputed ever since the sayd<br />
shipp began her last outwards voyage which was in or about the moneth of October<br />
1654 at which tyme hee this deponent was hyred by James Watkins the Master<br />
of the sayd Vessell (who is also reputed one of the Owners thereof) to goe the sayd<br />
Voyage, And hee beleeveth the sayd Bland and Watkins to be Owners thereof for<br />
that the sayd Bland as part Owner thereof paied this deponent his halfe pay for<br />
the tyme hee this deponent was on board her before shee sett sayle outwards bound<br />
from Gravesend And for that the sayd Watkins hath since his this deponents returne<br />
to London paid this deponent his wages due till such his<br />
returne And hee saith hee knoweth that in the sayd voyage there were laden on board<br />
the sayd shipp a great quantitie of oyles (but how many butts hee knoweth not) for<br />
the Accompt and adventure of the arlate Samuell Bathurst And divers butts of<br />
wine (but how many hee knoweth not) for the Accompt and adventure of the arlate<br />
Richard Baker, And divers butts of oyle to a good quantitie (but how many hee<br />
knoweth not) for the Accompt and adventure of the arlate George Clarke, And<br />
saith the sayd Bathurst Baker and Clarke at the lading of them and during all<br />
the tyme arlate, were and are commonly reputed the lawfull Owners and<br />
Proprietors of the sayd Oyles and wynes, and further hee cannot depose for that<br />
it belonged not to his Office as Masters mate to take notice, neither did hee take notice of every<br />
mans particular quantitie of goods laden but only tooke care to see that they were all well stowed<br />
which were laden And further to this article hee cannnot depose/
To the second article hee saith hee well knoweth that in the Moneth of May 1655<br />
the in the Moneth of May 1655<br />
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