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The 23th of August 1654.

On the behalfe of Nicholas Opie, Stephen}
Trevill and Richard Lobb owners and freighters}
of the shipp the Walsingham whereof John}
trXXXXXXXman was master.}</margin>

George Chappel of London Mariner
aged 54 yeares or thereabouts, sworne
before the right Worshippfull William Clarke
and John Godolphin doctors of lawes
Judges of the high Court of the
Admiraltie, saith and examined upon
certaine Interrogatories saith and deposeth as
followeth videlicet.

To the first Interrogatorie hee saith and deposeth that hee well knoweth
the island of Saint Jago Interrogated and hath soe donne for was at the
same in Aprill last was a twelve moneth, and sawe and well knoweth
that the said Island is Inhabited by Portugueseses and under the power
dominion and command of the kinge of Portugall, and the same hath
for many yeeres ˹last˺ past bin and at present is commonly accompted
reputed and taken to be part of the Dominions of the said kinge
and sent thither by the said kinge, and appointed to the said
of Portugall; And saith the ˹said˺ Governour of the said Iland is placed thither by the said kinge, and appointed to the said Govenour
by the said kinge speciall Commission, and this deponent being at
laasrebourne in March last was twelve moneth, and thence bound for
the iiand of saint Tonie and to touch at XX the said iland of
saint Jago, hee was spoken unto by by Pedro ffarras Barrette (who
was appointed by the said kinge to goe Government to the said iland of
saint Jago upon removall of the former Govenour) to then share him
thither to his said Govenment in this deponents shipp.

To the second Interrogatorie hee saith and deposeth that hee well
knoweth the shipp the walsingham interrate, and hath so donne for
theise two yeeres last past and upwards and saith shee was under
of the burthen of 240 tonnes and had fourteene guns in her; and
saith further that in Aprill last was a twelve moneth hee this deponent
being at saint Jago as aforesaid was informed by the sergeant minor of
the said iland a Portuguese, and others that by the said shipp in the
yeere 1659 was seized and taken at the iland of May by the
Portuguese, and of 36 mariners that shee had aboard, thetether were
3nurthered, and that they were commanded to doe the same by the
Major told this deponent, and who alsoe said and acknowledged
that hee himselfe was the principall man XX the of the
Portuguese in the said action, and ˹that hee˺ was but and imployed therein
by the said Govenour of saint Jago; and as this deponent was
then and there likewise informed, the said shipp was carried into
jago, and ˹tout˺ there her lading of salt and other goods ˹were˺ sold and disthefied
of, and that the Government of the said shi iland of saint Jago, by
the said Luige command but the said shipp to Lisbourne, who that
Portugueses and there delivered into the said kings possession and
further saith that shee was returned to the owners in january ˹december˺ last
was a twelve moneth which hee knoweth being then there and being
the said restitution. and otherwise hee cannot depose.

To the third hee saith the said iland of saint Jago XXXXX if a place fortified
for defence of it selfe of this deponents sight and knowledge.

George Chappell [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

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