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On the 22th of September 1657.
On the beh … On the 22th of September 1657.
On the behalfe of James}<br />
Lordell and company Owners}<br />
of the shipp the ''Peter'' of}<br />
howsum (whereof Richard}<br />
hauson was Master and John}<br />
ffreeman and Company}<br />
Owner of her lading concerning}<br />
the stranding of the sayd}<br />
shipp etcetera}
'''Rp. 1'''
'''Thomas Janson''' of housum in the Dukedom<br />
of holstein, aged about 46 yeares, being<br />
sworne before the right worshippfull John Godolphin<br />
Doctor of Lawes one of the Judges of the high<br />
Court of Admiralty, he deposeth and<br />
saith as followeth
To the first article of the allegation given in on the behalfe of<br />
the sayd James Lordell and company and John frreeman and<br />
Company he deposeth that the arlate James Lordell and<br />
Company were and are the true and lawfull Owners and<br />
Proprietors of the arlate shipp the ''Peter'' of howsam and<br />
of her tackle, apparrell and furniture, The premisses he<br />
deposeth for that he the deponent was not onely for the voyage<br />
arlate wherein she was stranded, but in two former<br />
voyages stiersman of the sayd shipp.
To the 2d article he deposeth that there were laden aboard the<br />
arlate shipp the ''Peter'' at Dram in Norway about August<br />
last past for the accompt of the arlate Master John ffreeman<br />
and Company to the number of above (as he beleeveth)<br />
three thousand deales, and about eighty great peeces of timber<br />
besides some other balkes and [Xses], All the which were<br />
to be transported in the shipp ''Peter'' of Howsam unto the<br />
port of London for proper use and account of<br />
the arlate Mr freeeman and Company, The premisses<br />
he deposeth for that he having bin Stierseman in all the<br />
three last voyages of the sayd shipp did thereby come to<br />
well know the sayd Mr ffreeman, and that the sayd<br />
goods were consigned to him./
To the third article he deposeth that in the sayd shipp the<br />
''Peter'' he came from Dram towards London she did with<br />
her sayd lading on or about the 11th of September 1657<br />
the night time strike uppon the Sand northward of Yarmouth<br />
and that therby she became leakie and that thereupon<br />
the next morning the Master and Company did for the preservation<br />
of the sayd shipp and her lading and their lives runne the sayd shipp<br />
and goods on shoare at Cromer arlate, and that they<br />
videlicet the shipps Company did all three come safe ashoare, and<br />
he deposeth that the Inhabitants of or about Cromer rann dow[ne GUTTER]<br />
to the sayd shipp and cutt her sayles tackle and furniture<br />
and carryed away a great part of the sayd shipps goods and<br />
alsoe her furniture, The which they did by force and vio[lence GUTTER]<br />
in the sight of this deponent, And further he cannot depose
To the last he saith his former deposition is true.
The marke [MARKE] of Thomas Janson. [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]KE] of Thomas Janson. [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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