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ENGLISH HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY DEPOSITIONS; VOLUME HCA 13/58 (1642-44) |
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HCA 13/58 f.1r Annotate [MACHINE TRANSCRIBED] [HAND CHECKED AND CORRECTED] |
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7o Aprilis 1642 |
Negatiu examinatoins testiu ad |
perppetua rei memoria ex parte |
Capi Kircke et sei |
debt Smith |
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William Vaughan of Enfeilde in the County of Middlesex |
gentleman aged about 25 yeares sworne before the worshipfull Richard |
Zouch Doctor of Lawes and Judge of his Majesties highe Courte |
of the Admiraltye beinge examined uppon certaine interrogatories |
ministred to him on the behalfe of Captaine Lewis Kircke and |
Companye saieth and answereth thereto as followeth videlicet |
To the firste interrogatorye in this behalfe ministred hee saieth and deposeth |
that hee this examinate was with Captaine Lewis Kirke at Trinitye |
harbour in Newfoundland in the yeare 1638 when hee mett with |
a certaine Biskaner whome hee latelye sawe at the |
Judges Chamber when hee was sworne and conceiveth to bee the |
interrogate John de Castaulye, and |
at such as meeteing with the said partye, the said Captaine |
Kircke did in a faire, and peaceable waye entreate and entertaine |
him the said Biskainer, and told him of a pattent which the Lords |
that sett him out had from the Kinge of England under the greate |
seale thereof for the were Newfoundland, and the Comission which hee |
had from the Lords that had that Pattent and thereuppon shewed |
the said partie a coppe of that Pattent in a boake, and withall |
told the said one that he was thereby anuthorised to take five per |
cent for such fishe as hee had taken there, and thereuppon the |
said Biskainer did willinglye condesende to allowe and paye to |
the said Captaine after the rate of five per Centum for all |
such fishe as hee had there taken and did accordinglye afterwards |
pay the same And this hee saith is true by vertue of his oath whoe was |
aboard Captaine Kirckes shippe when the said Biskainer came |
aboard her and was Captaine Kircke told him of the foresaid |
Pattent and demannded the rate aforesaid of him for his ffishe |
and heard what Captaine speake to the Biskanner and sawe the ffishe |
accordinge to the rate aforesaid delivered../ |
To the second hee saith That the foresaid Biskainer at the tyme |
aforesaid did give to the interrogate Captaine Kircke |
a small shalloppe worth in this examinats iudgement fower poundes |
little more or lesse and then the said Captaine Kircke and |
his Companye went away and departed from the said place and |
lefte the said Biskainer there togeather with all the shallopps |
which hee then had there excepte that which hee gave the |
said Kircke as aforesaid and this hee affirmeth uppon his oath to bee |
true whoe went away with Captaine Kircke in the same shippe |
where hee was the said Kircke was./ |
To the third hee saieth That the articulate Captaine Kircke came |
noe more to Trinitie harboure in yeare 1639 after hee firste went from |
thense and lefte the foresaid Biskainer there, neither did the |
exte ever heare neither doth hee beleive that the said Kirck |
had any more than one of the said Biskainers shallopps, which |
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HCA 13/58 f.1v Annotate [MACHINE TRANSCRIBED] [HAND CHECKED AND CORRECTED] |
was that which hee gave him aforesaid at Trinitye harbour whileste |
hee was there and when hee had the 5 per Cenum of him for |
his ffishe aforesaid, and then the ffisheinge season was paste and |
the said Biskainer was Careeninge fittinge and makeinge readye |
his shippe to bee gone, and there was at that tyme very little |
or fewe fishe to bee taken if any at all, and the said |
Captaine Kircke could not detaine the said Biskainer longe |
at Trintye harbour aforesaid because hee stayed not theire himselfe |
above 7 or 8 a dayes at moste to his this examinats beste remembrance |
but howe many shallopps the said Biskainer had then there or |
the value of them this exAMINAte knoweth not And this hee affirmeth |
uppon his oath to bee true |
Ad Interrorgatoria ex altera parte ministrat [centre heading] |
To the firste hee saieth That hee is of Captaine Kircks |
acquaintance but noe wayes of Kinn to him, nor was ever his |
servant or any otherways allyed of him then that as hee went |
in his shippe hee tooke him to bee his freinde and for his parte hee |
wisheth that righte may take place and favoureth |
the parties litigant indifferntlye and otherwise negativelye./ |
To the second negative the busines in question not any wayes |
concerninge him this examinat in matter of profitt or disprofitt |
To the 3. 4. 5. 6. and 7th hee referreth himselfe to what hee hath |
formerlye deposed and otherwise hee cannot answere./ |
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