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Statutes and orders made for the Lying ryd … Statutes and orders made for the Lying ryding and Anchoring of ships<br />
(as hee is informed) Prohibited soe to doe, And saith that all the Dammage aforesaid hapened<br />
by the bilged said ships being so. And saith that (as hee hath Credibly<br />
heard) noe Master of a ship ought by the Lawes Customes and Statutes of<br />
the River of Thames to suffer his Anchor to lye without a buoy<br />
more than one Tyde, and that in case any master shall suffer<br />
his Anchor to lye without a buoy longer than one Tyde, the<br />
said Master or the ship to whom the said Anchor belongeth . ought and<br />
is Liable; (by the said Customes and Lawes) to make satisffaction<br />
for what dammage shall come or happen thereby, or to that effect.<br />
And further hee cannot depose.
To the 12th and 13th hee saith hee referreth himselfe to the Registry of<br />
this Court and further doth not depose./.
To the 14th hee saith the said Clarke and Company owners<br />
of the said ship ''Warewell'' by reason of the bilging of the said ship<br />
have sustained damage (over and above the foresaid damage) to the<br />
vallue of Tenn pounds as hee beleeveth in losse of Imployment<br />
and further deposeth not:/:
To the 15th and 16th hee Referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition<br />
and to the Lawe, and further hee deposeth not:/:
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true:/:
To the Interrogatoryes:/: [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first and second Interrogatories hee saith hee was Gunner of the<br />
said ship the ''Warewell'', the time Interrate, and saith hee knoweth<br />
the foresaid Dutch ship to whom the said Anchor belonged by sight<br />
and that shee is of the burthen of about 200 Tonnes. and saith<br />
shee did ride at Anchor in a place where ship doe use to ride<br />
at Anchor:/.
To the 3d hee saith the ''Warewell'' came to an Anchor neere Wapping<br />
Dock at a high water [?slake] and at a lowe water was bilged<br />
upon the said Anchor, and further cannot answer:/:
To the 4th hee saith the said ship ''Warewell'' lay about Eighteene<br />
houres, at Wapping Dock before her said Bilging upon the said<br />
Anchor.
To the 5th and 6th hee saith hee was on board the said ship at the<br />
time of her bilging and soe was all the said time<br />
shee roade there till such her bilging, saving, for about two houres<br />
that hee was on shore, which his goeing ashore was on a ?Tuesday about<br />
twelve of the Clock in the day, and returned about two<br />
of the Clock of the same daye, and further cannot depose
To the 7th hee saith that severall other ships lye neere<br />
the Place where the ''Warewell'' lay at Anchor, And further<br />
answereth not.:/.
To the 8th negatively/.
To the 9th hee saith that the Master and some of the Company of the<br />
''Warewell'' having found the aforesaid Anchor that<br />
belonged to the said Dutch ship they tooke away the same<br />
said Anchor weighed as hee thinketh betwixt 150 and 200 weight. but<br />
knoweth not the Vallue thereof and further he cannot Depose./.
(Toereof and further he cannot Depose./.
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