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William Spencer came. (at night) aboard th … William Spencer came. (at night) aboard the sayd<br />
shipp, and that on the next day the arlate Croford<br />
did agree with the sayd Spencer to conduct and carry<br />
the sayd shipp to Penarth, which was done accordingly<br />
And further he cannot depose.
To the ninth he deposeth that when the sayd shipp was<br />
arrived at Penarth the arlate Croford went ashoare<br />
and did afterwards send for the arlate Cobb, Upson<br />
Woodfall and Nicholls to come ashore unto him, and that<br />
they did goe unto him, But further he cannot depose./
To the tenth article he deposeth that the arlate shipp the<br />
''Gilbert'' did lye at Penarth from about the 20th day<br />
of January 1656 to the 24th day following, and that<br />
on the sayd 24th day the sayd Captaine Croford came<br />
aboard the sayd shipp together with Nicholas Skidmore<br />
whom he the said Croford brought along with him, and<br />
that the sayd Skidmore did by the sayd Croford order<br />
pilott the sayd shipp from Penarth to King Roade<br />
arlate And further he cannot depose, saving that the<br />
sayd shipp did leave an anchor behind her when she<br />
came away from Penarth./
To the 11th and twelth he cannot depose, saying that he<br />
left the shipp when she was arrived in King=roade.
To the thirteenth article he deposeth that he hath not the<br />
least knowledge of any mutiny that the sayd shipps<br />
Mariners were guilty of in her passage from the<br />
Barbadoes unto Kings Roade predeposed of, And further<br />
he cannot depose./
To the 16th he cannot depose/
To the last he saith his former deposition is true./
To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee answereth that he was first spoken into<br />
to come and be a wittnes by one Mr Richard Cooke of the<br />
shipp ''Gilbert'', and by Mr Standhopp the Mariners<br />
Sollicitor, and that he comes voluntarily And to<br />
all the rest he answereth negatively./
To the second he answereth that he onely knoweth the<br />
parties Agents by their names, and that he wisheth that that<br />
party should prevayle, which have most right, and that he<br />
would soe dispose the same it it were in his power/
To the third and fowerth interrogatories he referreth himselfe to his<br />
former deposition, And further he knoweth not to answere<br />
he for his part leaving the shipp at her arrivall in king roade./
To the fifth he answereth that he hath bin a Planter<br />
in New England nigh 20.ty yeares and hath made noe<br />
more or other voyages than from London to New England<br />
and thence to the Barbadoes and soe back againe for<br />
London England and soe he is not soe skillfull a Seaman as to<br />
know how to answere the latter part of the Interrogatory
Toe the latter part of the Interrogatory
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