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merchants goods were made by the kinge of Portugall and soe was TO DO: CHECK GUTTER
of by the said kings officers and soe lost to the said master fflower, for hee TO DO: CHECK GUTTER
saith hee this deponent never received the same, and this de nor can TO DO: CHECK GUTTER
hee finde it, when hee went to seeke for the same after the ref release
of the Generall sequestracon, besides hee saith hee hath a certificate
(which was delivered him by command of the Provador) of the receipt
of the said nine bales or parcells into the Alfandigo, and another
certificate of all such goods as hee this deponent dispatched thence,
in which last certificate the said bale of fustians (not being dispatched
by this deponent) is not mentioned. And otherwise hee cannot
depose saving that the said bale was there worth (according to the price then this
deponent sold other of the same fustians that came therewith) Jno Bushell SIGNATURE ON SAME LINE AT END
and were of the same sort 126 mil Res or thereabouts,'cleare of all chardges' and soe much hee
conceiveth the said master fflower to be damnified
by the said losse.

Jno. Bushell [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

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On the behalfe of John Bushell merchant and}
his imployers touching dammadges sustained
by the king of Portugall in debts owing to them
in Lisbone and other parts of his dominion
at the time of the Generall sequestracon.}

The 29th of August 1654

John Bushell of London merchant
aged 37 yeeres or thereabouts sworne
before the right worshipfull the Commissioners
appointed in the Portugall businesse
and examined upon certain Interrogatories
saith and deposeth by vertue of his
oath as followeth.

To the first Interrogatorie hee saith and deposeth that hee this deponent
was resident in Lisbone in the yeeres 1649. 1650. 1651 and 1652, TO DO: CHECK GUTTER
and during which space hee was imployed and intrusted by diverse
English merchants as their factor, and had greate imployment from
them in the way of factorage, and many and greate quantities of
goods wares and merchandizes and of greate values 'were' sent unto him
by them and intrusted in his hands, and had likewise goods to a
considerable valew for his owne accompt./

To the second and third Interrogatories hee saith that in the yeeres 1650 and 165 TO DO: IN GUTTER
hee this deponent was at Lisbone kept in prison and under restraint
by order of the said king eighteene monethes and upwards, at and
during which time hee had sundrie debts owing unto him (for accompt
of himselfe and imployers) by diverse merchants and others dwelling
in Lisbone and other parts of the king of Portugalls dominion, (but
especially in Lisbone) to the valewe of twenty thousand XXit Res or
thereabouts; And that upon this deponents seizure and imprisonment
of this deponents person the said debts and summes were sequestred, and
continued under the said sequestracon about eighteen monethes.
And saith that by meanes and occasion of the said sequestracon, many
of the debts (which at the time of the first making of the said
sequestracon ˹repeated˺ were good) became bad and the persons owing them failed
and became insolvent, ˹and many of them ˹save severall˺ said then the said sequestracon was the
cause thereof˺ and all this deponents writings, bookes and
papers being alsoe seized and taken away by the said kings officers, many of his bills for
many of the said debts were embeazeld and lost during this deponents imprisonment, and others
of the said debtors tooke that occasion to denie payment ˹and others died˺ And saith that the Roll
or schedule hereunto annexed and showed unto him at the time of his examination
contayneth

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contayneth the severall debtors names and Debts which are become insolvent and bad and the names
of such as have failed and of such as denie payment, and of such whose bills are lost, and the
whole dammadge of the said losse ˹in debts˺ occasioned by the said sequestracon, and saith the contents
of the said schedule were and are true, and hee referreth himself thereof, and
deposeth is to be made and taken as part of this his deposition. And saith that the
greatest part of the said debts belonge to this deponents imployers or principalls.
the whole summe of the said list- 3321 Li 415c

Jno. Bushell [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

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