MRP: HCA 13/128

HCA 13/128 1656-1658

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Worked on HCA 13/128 (1656-1658)
Small volume, ca. 10 in x. 6 in x ¾ in
Leather bound, original covers; original leather ties have been lost
No contents or index
No foliation no pagination
Kept this volume to work on further this Friday (27th April 2012)

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Case: Libell against Elias Beake and Peter Mathews in the name of John Salter & others: Personal answeres: Elias Beake: Date: October 28:th 1656

//The psonall Answeres of Elias Beake made to the
pused posicons of a Libell given ag:t him and
Peter Mathewes in the Name of John Salter
& others as Marriners of the late ship called the
James whereof James Hedgethorne was M:r as
followeth

1. To the ffirst hee answereth & believeth That in y:e yeares
& moneths aforesd he the sd Elias Beake was Owners of
one Sixth pt of the sd ship & noe more, And otherwise hee
doth not believe the sd Article to be true in any pte

2. To the 2:d he answereth y:t he believeth y:e same to be true

3 To the 3.:d he answereth & believeth that y:e sd James Hedgethorne
did as y:e M:r of the sd ship hire & pvide mariners to goe in the
sd ship the sd voiage & did agree with them for wages, but
whoe he agreed with or for what they were hired , or when//

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//they entred into pay hee was not made acquainted nor in
any way privy to, nor hath any thing to ?lead his beliefe, &
therefore foth not conceive he can be bound by law to make
any further answere the XXXX

4 To the 4.:th he answereth & believeth That the sd Ship did go
with some small commodities to ?Loratuna in the Canary ?Islands
& did safely arrive there & unlade her goods as hee
believeth but y:e time of her arrivall & lading he knoweth
not, but believeth a ship may goe from home to y:e Canaries
with goods & unlade the same within the space of sixe
weekes..., And otherwise he doth not believe
the sd Arle to be true

5. 6. To the 5:th & 6:th he answereth & believeth that the sd ship haveing
unladen her outward goods did receive in other good to y:e
value of neare thirty three hundred pounds and was in her
returne about July last 1656. mett with by a Dunkirk or ?Dutch
Vessell upon a Spanish Comission, and the Comp:ie neglecting to
defend their sd Ship & goods (as they ought to have done) or to
make any opposition or resistance, or so much as to conceale
her from belonging to the English when as there as a dutch
M:r & passes & other things necessary to have coloured her ?she
was wholly lost from the Owners, to their very great damage
as he beleiveth And otherwise he doth not believe the said
Arles to be true

7 . 8 To the 7.:th & 8:th he answereth & believeth That hee and y:e sd Peter Mathews
are Merchts of this Citty of London & Subiect to the Jurisdicon
of this Co:rt, & he believeth he hath bin required to pay wages
to the sd Salter & others, & y:t he doth justly refuse as he
humbly conceiveth, for the sd pties, or some of them coming to him
to demand their wayges he asked them why they did not defend
their sd ship & goods & make shott at y:e vessell y:t tooke them y:t
so they might have beaten them of & saved the vessell & goods for
the Own:es that they might have had incouragem:t to have paid
them for their good service, to w:ch answear was made that whoe
should have kept them if they had been wounded, or lost a Limb
or to that effect, so that of marrin:es should refuse to use their gunnes
in this manner the Own:es had as good throw them into y:e Sea as
carry them in their Ships & if they may give up their
vessells & goods & returne home & receive their wages as usuall//

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//to the undoeing of all Merchts & utter overthrowe of all
foreigne comerce All which he humbly submitted to the
Co:rt And prayeth to be dismissed with his Charges

ELIAS BEAKE [His signature]

Repeated before dror
Godolphin, one of y:e Judges
y.r y:e 28:th. of October 1656

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Case: Allegacon on behalfe of James Gilbert and Richard Stone: Personal answeares: John Rich: Date: XXXX

The personal answeares of John Rich
made to the posicons of an allegacon
given in against him on behalfe of
James Gilbert and Richard Stone
doe followe./

To the ffirst p:etended posicon hee answeareth &
beleeveth that from the first of Aprill 1655
untill this p:esent and not before this rendent
was and is the M:r of the shippe arlate and fore
as such accounted And otherwise for his part
hee doth not beleeve the said posicon to bee true
in any parte thereof./.

To the second p:etended posicon hee answeareth
and beleeveth that the time arlate this rendent
did saile in the shipp Arlate the voyage
arlate and returned to the place articulate. And
that this rendent did hire the arlate Gilbert as
M:r mate and Carpenter and the arlate Stone
and Carpenters mate the said voyage and agreed
to pay the said Gilbert ?iij:li x:s p month and
Stone XX:li p month dureing the said voyage And
otherwise hee doth not beleeve the sd posicon to be
true in any parte thereof.

To the third p:etensed posicon hee answeareth and
beleeveth that the arlate Gilbert did enter into
whole pay the 18:th day of may and not before as
hee beleeves and continued in her untill the 22:th
of May 1656 and not after as hee beleeves And
the said Stone entred into whole pay the 18:th day of//

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//to the fourth article hee answereth and beleeveth
that hee this Rendent hath sued and doth still
sue and impleade the said George Cobden in the
Sheriffs Court of London for the said sugars
in an action of ?Trover; and alsoe beleeveth
that y:e six tonnes of sugar soe as aforesaid by
him laded or ?reputed to be laden aboard the
said shipp the James in Carlisle bay, and the
goods or sugars by him sued for in the
sid Sheriffs Court, were and are the same
goods or sugars, and not ?diverse, And
otherwise hee doth not beleeve this article
to be true in any part thereof.

To the last hee answereth and beleeveth
what hee hath before beleeved and denieth
what hee hath denied

XXXXX XXXXXX [Crude signature of deponent]

Repeated before doctor Godolphin the
said 15:th of December 1656.

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Case: XXXX: Answer: Richard Batson, Humphrey Beane, & Gowen Goldegay: Date: January 13th 1656 (57)

Repeated before
D:r Godolphiin
the 13:th day of
January 1656

?det.

//The psonall Answeres of Richard Batson Humphrey
Beane & Gowen Goldegay Made to the Allegacon
apud Arla & Schedule given in on the behalfe
of Henry ffreeman & others doe followe

To the Allon & Schedule they answer & accept the Contents
thereof soe far as it makes for them & not otherwise
and further they answere & beleeve all the parties allegate
were hyred to serve in the vessell the Greyhound allegate
by order of these rendents as they beleeve for the wages
expressed in the schedule annexed to these rendents
answeres and noe more as they beleeve for a fishing
voiage to be made in the sd vessell for Greeneland//

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//& the ports & harbours thereabouts but these rendents
beleeve the sd pties nor any off them never came or
arrived to any of the sd places, but in stead of goeing
thither to fish, when they were within five or six leagues
of the same the sd pties with the consent of the rest of the
sd ships Company would nt pceed any further but forced
the Comander of the sd ship to turne back againe both w:th
the ship allegate & the Owners Adventure without ever
coming to Greeneland or any port or harbor there or making
any voiage, by which meanes these rendents d voiage was
totally overthrowne & lost to their damage at leaset ffowre
thousand pounds as they beleeve, And further they doe not
beleeve the sd Allegacon
or schedule to be true in any pte, saveing these rendents beleeve
that the sd ship sett sayle from Gravesend upon or about the fourteenth of Aprill 1656. & not before as they beleeve
at w:ch time & not before the sd monethly pay was to begin
in case the sd pties had behaved themselves as they ought to have
done, & these rendents further beleeve that y:e ship the Greyhound
came back againe into the River of Thames & was here discharged
upon or about the fowrteenth day of September 1656 as they beleeve

RICHARD BATSON [His signature]
BEANE [His signature]
GOE XXXXX [His signature]

The schedule menconed in the Answeres

Henry ffreeman for twelve pounds whereof
recd three pounds in money before he went
out & fower shills & ten pence more unpon Cloathes
soe in case he had pformed the voiage in Greenland
as he might to have done there remaine

8:li - 15 - 2

John Burgen for fifteene pounds whereof recd
three pounds before he went out & stwo shill and
two oence upon cloathes so in case he had pformed
his voiage to Greeneland as he ought tp have done
there remaines

11:li - 19 (OR, 17)- 10

John Gold for five pounds wherof recd twenty
shills, and one pound. two shills & six pence in cloaths
so in case he had gone to Greenland and
there pformed what he ought to have done there had
remained

2:li - 19 (OR, 17)- 6//

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//Nicholas Taylor at Thirty five shillings p
moneth whereof recd before hee went out
Thirty five shill and in cloathes Three shill
fower oennce, and he was in the ship from the
14:th of Aprill 1656; which is five moneths soe
there remaines in case he had pformed his
voiage as he ought to have done

6:li - 16 - 8

Thomas ffrost shipped at thirty nyne shills per
moneth whereof recd one moneths pay before
his foeing out & fifteene shills foure pence for cloathes
& was in the ship the time aforesd, soe thre remaines
in case he had pformed the voiage as he ought to
have done

7:li - 0 - 8

John Clarke shipped at thirty Eight shill p moneth
whereof recd one pound Eighteene shill before his goeing out & one pound two shill . eight pence for
cloathe, & was in the ship the time aforesd soe
there remaines in case he had pformed his
voiage as he ought to have done

6:li - 09 - 4

Dennis Yarmouth shipped at thirty foure shill
p moneth recd one pound fowerteene shills
before his departure, & fifteene shill foure
pence for cloathes & was in the shipp the
tyme aforesd, soe there remaines in case
hee had pformed his voiage as he ought

6:li - 0 - 8

RICHARD BATSON [His signature]
H BEANE ?Esqr [His signature]
GUW GOULEGAY (sic) [His signature]//

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//perished, & that the said Edward Peascott & the rest of the Company
who were then in her were faine to betake themselves to the ships
boate, & believeth that they did ?rowe & saile ?80:tie Leagues, before they
did make Land in ?Canady, & afterwards did arrive in New England, &
otherwise he doth not belueve the same to be true.

39. To the 39:th. p?dsed arle of the sd Allon he answreth & believeth that when
the sd ship perished in the Sea there were on board her certaine
pipestaves & other goods to the value of 200:li: & no more And other wise
he doth not believe the same to be true

40. To the 40;th. p?dsed arle of the sd Allon he answereth & beleiveth that y:e
sd Edward Peascott Michaell Peascott & Edward Randall have without
iust cause arrested him by warr:t out of this Co:rt to answere them in
their p?dsed cause of complaint, And otherwise he doth not believe y:e same to be true

41. To the 41:th. p?dused arle of y:e sd Allon he answereth & beleeveth that he is a subiect
of this Comon Wealth but not subiect to the Juxon of this Court by reason
of this Suite, And otherwise he doth not believe y:e same to be true

42. 43. To the 42. & 43.:th he answereth that he doth not believe the same to be true

44: To the 44.:th & last p?dused arle of the sd Allon he answereth & believeth those
things to be believed & denyeth those those (sic) things to be denyed

JAMES READE [His signature]

25:° Jan:eij 1656.
Repeated before dror
Godolphin one of the
Judges x:r.

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Case: Allegacon on the behalfe of Edward Paull & others: Personal answeres: William Wilmott: Date: XXXX

The personall Answeres of William Wilmott
made to the posicons of an All:on given in ag:t him on
the behalfe of Edward Paull & others doe followe

1. To the first p?rddded posicon he answereth & believeth that from or
about January 1654. untill the 23.:th of March 1655. and not after
as he believeth he this rendent was M:r & Comander of y:e Ship y:e
Peter arlate & had y:e care & charge of her & for & as such was accounted
& reputed

2. 3. To the 2. 3:d prdded posicons he answereth & beleeveth that he this
rendent being M:r & Comander of the ship the Peter arlate did hyer
y:e respective marriners schedulate to serve in the sd ship y:e Peter
for the monethly wayges therein menconed except the sd Powell
who was hyred at 4:li. p monthe & the sd Robert Edwards at 2:li.
10:s. p moneth & no more as he beleeveth And that all y:e sd pties did
goe & saile in y:e sd Ship to the severall pts beyond the Seas hereafter
expressed & entred into pay the 19:th. of March 1654. and not before//

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//as he beleeves at w:ch time they depted from Gravesend & sailed
to Genoa & there arrived in or about the beginning of May following
as he beleeveth & there discharged her ladeing of Corne as he beleeves
which was there discharged about the middle of June 1655. as he
believeth, & there tooke in ballast & went to ?Trapanye & tooke in salt &
carried the same to Venice, & there discharged the same about the
1?8:th. day of August 1655. as he beleeveth, And there this rendent
was offered a fraight to Smirna & soe to Venice againe w:ch this
rendent accepted of, but dureing such tyme as he was at Venice
intreating about the same the Duke of Venice or his Officers forced
this rendent & his sd ship into their Service contrary to this rendents good will
& likeing to carry bread from thence to Candy for the ffleete w:ch
this rendents ship accordingly did & arrived & delivered the
same there in or about y:e beginning of december 1655. as he believeth
for w:ch this rendent never received any satisffaction at all and doth
declare that so soone as hee shall receive satisffaction for the same
he shalbe ready & willing to pay his sd Marrin:es what shalbe due unto
them for y:e same, And this rendent believeth that after such time as he was
discharged at Candy aforesd this rendent sailed w:th the sd ship to Smirna &
there ?arrived about the later end of december & there tooke in her lading
of ?Valeney & other goods to carry to Venice, in the passage whereof betwixt
Smirna & Venice this rendent & his sd ship & ladeing were taken by
three Tripoly men of warr, & carried to Tripoly & XXX XXXX
ship & lading all lost, & this rendent & his Company made prisoners
as he beleeveth, where this rendent continued by the space of
Three moneths & ?od dayes, & then was ransomed w:ch cost him
?800. dollars as he beleeves, & this rendent beleeveth that all
the rest of the sd Comp:ie who are ?liveing except Edward ?Paull
are there yet in captivity, And this rendent beleeveth that
all the sd Marriners did goe & saile in the sd ship the sd voiage
the time aforesd & intended to XXX & come in her for England duringe
which this rendent beleeveth they all did their dutyes as they ought
to doe, And otherwise for his pt he doth not beleive y:e sd posicon to
be true in any pt

4. 5 To the 4. & 5:th. he referreth himselfe to the Registry of this Court, And
otherwise for his pt he doth not beleeve the sd posicon to be true

WILLIAM XXXX His signature

Repeated before
D:r Godolphin//

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//shipps were laden with wheate fflaxe and
Iron, And otherwise for his parte hee doth not
beleeve hee is bound by lawe by lawe (sic) to
answear saveinge hee referreth himselfe
to the Registry of this Courte.

To the sixt pretended posicon hee answereth
that soe farr as it concerneth this respondent
hee doth not beleeve the said posicon to bee
true in any parte.

HUMPHREY BEANE [His signature]

Repeated before dror
Godolphin one of the
Judges x:r the 10:th of ffeb:ry
1656.

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Case: Edward Gosling, wages: Answer: Richard Batson: Date: XXXX

//The psonall Answeres of Richard Batson made
to the posicons of an All:on ag:t him on the
behalfe of Edward Gosling in the Cause of wages
doe followe

1. To the first pretended posicon hee answereth & beleeveth
that he doth accept the contents of the said posicon soe far
as the same doth make for him & not otherwise, And
he beleeveth that this rendent, M:r Beane & M:r Goldegue (sic)
did in or about the time arlate hyre and agree with the
said Edward Goslinge to serve in the ship the Owners
Adventure as a Harponier at first onely, and left it unto
Thomas Damerell the Comander of the said ship to appoint
him his mate if he pleased, w:ch this rendent beleeveth hee
afterwards did appoint the sd Gosling one of his Mates
with the consent of this rendent as hee beleeveth And//

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//this rendent beleeveth that the noate or schedul arlate
was & is the proper handwriting of this rendent w:ch this
rendent beleeveth he did give unto the said Gosling and
agreed to pay him the money therein expressed upon
his returne from the ports & harbors in Greeneland
whither he was to goe upon a fishing voiage for this
rendent & Comp:ie in case he did carry & behave himselfe
as he ought to doe, and doe his best indeavour for the
advantage of the sd fishinge designe as he beleeveth &
not otherwise, And otherwise he doth not beleeve the sd
posicon to be true in any pt thereof

2. To the 2:d prtded posicon he answereth & beleeveth that
in or about the tome arlate, the arlate Gosling did pceed
out towards Greeneland upon a fishing voiage but
never arrived there at Greeneland as he beleeveth
nor ever cast any Anchor in any port or harbor un Greene
-land this voiage as he beleeveth, but on the contrary
when the sd Damerell the M:r would have gone thither w:th
the sd ship to have fished there according to his order &
instructions the sd Gosling did not onely refuse to pceed
therein himselfe but did also stirr up divers others of y:t
sd ships Comp:ie as he beleeveth to doe the same w:ch they
accordingly did as hee beleeveth, And soe by that XXXXX
neither the sd ship nor the sd Gosling ever arrived or
came into any port or harbor in Greeneland the voiage
in question, And firther this rendent beleeveth y:t the sd
Comp:ie of the Owners Adventure in their passage at Sea
did meete with & kill Two small Cape Whale, And
otherwise for his pt he doth not beleeve the posiccon to
be true in any pt thereof

3. To the 3:d prtded posicon he answereth that for his pt
he doth not beleeve the sd posicon to be true in any pt thereof

4. To the 4:th prtded posicon he answereth & beleeveth that
this rendent & Comp:ie did order the sd Damerell & Comp:ie
to fish at sea in their passage thither for greeneland
but did specially order them to make for any port
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chiefest fishing was to be as he beleeveth And this rendent
beleeveth that the Dutch & ffrench having their ships usually
fitted with furnaces & other materialls in their ships, & not
being prmitted to have the freedome of harbors there, in Greeneland
fish at sea but this rendent beleeveth that the ise with the
English us the contrary, And this rendent beleeveth that
the sd Damerell being forced by the sd Gosling & his XXXnats
to returne with his sd ship before he came to his designed
ports & places in Greeneland did as he hath heard
& beleeveth severall times attempt to have gone in againe but
the sd Gosling and his assonals as he hath heard & beleeveth
did not onely discourage him from the same but also refused
to pceed & thereupon the sd Damerell as he hath heard seeing
the sd designe to be frustrated did saile up & downe at sea
w:th the fflemmings thinking to gett something, And he further
beleeveth that the other London ships or some of them did goe
into harbours in Greeneland the said voiage & made greate
voiages for their Imployers as he beleeveth, And soe the
Owners Adventure might have done as he beleeveth in case
the sd Gosling & his assonats had not p:rvented the same And
otherwise for his pt he doth not beleeve the sd posicon to be true
in any pt thereof

5 To the 5:th prtded posicon he answereth /& beleeveth that y:e voiage
arlate the sd ship came & arrived at a place called XXope Iland
as he hath heard & there the M:r & Comp:ie of her did get the blubber
of someseahorse w:ch the fflemings had left ther as not thinking
the same worth taking which sd blubber this rendent beleeveth
was brought home in the sd ship to this rendent & Comp:ie the whole
of whale blubber & horse blubber did amount unto 16. or 16. tonnes
of course oyle and not above as he beleeveth & also about halfe
a tonne of whale bone & not above as he beleeves all w:ch together
w:th the charges of boyling custome & excise & other petty charges
after the comming home therof deduced did extend to about 165:li
or 170:li & noe more as he beleeveth, And otherwise for his pt he doth
not beleeve the sd posicon to be true in any pt thereof

To the 6:th prtded posicon he answereth & beleeveth That after such
time as the sd ship arlate arrived at Blackwall this rendent
did give the sd Gosling a Cup of beere at London & tould him//

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//when the ship was discharged he would talke further with
him about the voiage in question or to that effect And other
wise for his pt he doth not beleeve y:e sd posicon to be true in any pt

7. To the 7:th prtded posicon he answereth & referreth himselfe to his
former Answere & to the Lawe, And otherwise he doth not beleebe
the sd Arle to be true saveing he beleeveth y:e sd Gosling did
goe to Greeneland ?on severall voiages for this rendent & Comp:ie

8.To the 8:th prtded posicon he answereth Tht for his pt he doth not
beleeve y:e sd posicon to ve true in any pt thereof

9. To the 9:th prtded posicon he ?XXXXX XXX that for his pt he doth
not beleeve the sd posicon to be true in any pt saveing thos
rendent beleeveth the dXXX in question betwixt this rendent
& the sd Gosling ?is generally taken notice of

10. To the 10:th prtded posicion he answereth & beleeveth that upon
every XXXX tonne of oyle well made & boiled in Greenland
& not otherwise as hee beleeveth there is out of every
?thirteene tonns of oile due to the harponiers stiersman &
Rowers the sum of fifteene pounds & not above as he beleeveth
& soe afte the same ppocon for a lesser quantity of tonnes
but how the same was to be directed amongst them this rendent
knoweth not And otherwise for his pt he doth not beleeve y.e
sd posicon to be true in any pt

RICHARD BATSON H[is signature]

Repeated before Doctor
Godolphin one of y:e Judges XX
the 13:th of ?febr 1656:

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Allegation: XXXX: Answer: Richard Batson, Humfry Beane & Gowden Goldgue (als. Goldeye): Date: Feb ?8th 1656

The personal Answeres of Richard Batson Humfry
Beane & Gowden Goldgue made to the prsuance of
an All:on given in ag:t him in behalfe of Edward
Gosling & Richard Mandrye doe followe

1. To the3 first prtded posicon they answere & beleeve y:t the
voiage in question was a fishing voiage for y:e catching of
whales & that y.e arlate Gosling & Mandrey were as they
beleeve shipped by the sd rendents or some of them at first
as harponiers onely in the ship the Own:rs Adventure
and lost unto Thomas Damerell the Comander of
the sd ship to appoint them his Mates if he please w:ch
these rendents beleeve he afterwards did w:th the consent
of these rendents as they beleeve And these rendents beleeve
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Gosling to assist to their utmost the sd Damerell in the sd voiage
in the places wherein they were put for the best benefit of these
rendents in the sd voiage & gave them a speciall charge to bee
obedient unto the sd Damerell & his commands & not to disagree in
any thing, And otherwise for their pts they doe not beleeve y:t
the sd posicon to be true in any pt thereof

2. To the w:d prded posicon & schedule therein mencconed they answer
and beleeve that they are not bound by Law to answer y:t same
the same nothing concerning the sd Gosling or Mandry what
instructions they gave the sd Damerell

3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8 To the 3. 4. 5. 6. 7:th & 8:th prded posicons they & every of them answere
and beleeve that the fact in the sd respective Arles conteyned
was done at sea where these rendents were not, and therefore
they knowe nothing of it nor knowe what to beleeve therein, but
doe refer themselves to the deposiconns of the witnesses examined
in this Cause on their behalfe

9. To the 9:th prtded posicon they and every of them answere & beleeve
that the arlate ?Pibuus, Welch, Child, & Golding have bin severall
?yeares at Greenland as they have heard & beleeve, And other
-wise for theire pts they nor any of them doe not beleeve the
sd posicon to be true in any pt thereof

10. 1. To the 10. & 11:th prded posicons they answere & say that y:t fact conteined
in y:e sd Arles was acted & done at Sea in y:e absence of theis rendants
they being here at London and therefore they knowe nothing thereof
nor knowe what to beleeve therein, but refer themselves
to the deposiconns of witnesses examined on their parts in this Cause
And otherwise for their pts they nor any of them doe not beleeve the
sd posicons to be true in any pt thereof

12. To the 12:th prded posicon they & every of them answere & beleeve that
the sd Gosling & Mandry have bin severall times at Greenland as they
have heard, & have bin Officers & Marriners in ships as they have
heard, And otherwise for their pts they doe not beleeve the sd
posicon to be true in any pt thereof

13. To the 13:th prded posicon they answere that for their ptes they doe
not beleeve the sd posicon to be true in any pt thereof

14. To the 14:th prded posicon they and every of them answere and
beleeve that y:e arlate Reynolds was & is an ableman & hath bin at
Greenland many voiages & soe is the sd ?AslXXXXre, and they are as
these rendents beleeve good seamen, And these rendents beleeve
that all or the most pt of them were to be employed XXXX at sea

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&
beleeve
XXXX

And
XXXXX
XXXX
XXXX
w:th
chose
very
of
some
ay
whatsoever
XXXX
And
the same
And they

RICHARD BATSON [His signature]
HUMFR BEANE [His signature]

Repeated before Dor
Godolphin one of the
Judges the 8:th of
?ffebr 1656

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Allegation: Edmund and James Cowse: Answer: Daniell ?Jiggles: Date: XXXX

The psonall Answeres of Daniell ?Jiggles made to
the posicons of an All:on given in ag:t him on behalfe of
XXX XXXXX doe followe

1. To the first prtded posicon he XXXXXXXX

2. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

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//day of November arlate & came & arrrived upon the Coast of Portugall
before Porto port the twelfth, about two or Three of the Clock in y:e night the
wind being then all Easterly at which time by reason of the darknes of
the night & the scantnes of the wind this rendent as it is usuall did
overshoot the sd port about three or foure Leagues to y:e Southward
but y:e next day being the Thirteenth day of November this rendent
came againe w:th his sd ship before the Porto Porto (sic) & upon his coming
thither did shoote of some of his gunns to give notice of as the usuall
Custome us for some pilotts to come aboard to XX way in his sd shp
the same port being a hard port & very dangerous & not to be gone
into by any M:r of a shipp without a pilott, although the Mrs & ships belong
to y:e same place, & the same also is not to be come into but at Three
quarters floud (sic), And this rendent beleeveth that there came noe
pilott from the shoare to conducr in the sd shipp & the floud being spent
& noe wind blowing to carry in the sd ship & the night approaching
& likely tp prove foule weather that night as it afterwards happened
this rendent 6 his Comp:ie did agree to keepe of from the shoare untill
the next morning, resolving then to get in if the winds & weather would
permit, & this rendent beleeveth that the same night it proved a bery
great storme of wind which blew into the shoare soe as if this rendent
had not kept of as he did w:th his ship shee & her ladeing & men had bin
lost & cast on shoare as he beleeveth, and the next day being the 14:th
day of November the wind being changed northerly & glowing very tem-
pestuous the sd Edmund Cowse being aboard the sd vessell & prXXing noe
possibility of getting into Porto by reason of y:e stormes & winds as a foresd ordered
this rendent to goe w:th the sd ship & lading for Lisborne where this rendent
arrived the 15:th day of November 1654. & there the sd Cowse did unlade &
dispose of a great pt of y:t sd ships lading & unlade other goods into her
where y:t sd Cowse did keepe & detaine the sd ship in unlading & relading from
the 15:th of November to y.e 12:th of December about w.ch time this rendent indeavoured
to goe away but was hindred by y:e Governor of a Castle there who would
not prmt this rendents ship to goe out upon pretence of a ?ffryer y:t was ?sume
away for they made stopp of all ships for a time, & after such
time as this rendent was cleare of y:e sd stop & dentention he did make sewall
attempts of putting to sea againe to goe to Porto Port the sd Cowse haveing
put a pilot on board to y:e purpose but y:e wind & weather were & continues soe
stormy & contrary that this rendent could not gett out with his sd ship untill
about y:e 3:d of february 1654 although he had (haveing put out foure XXms before but forced in
againe by crosse winds & foule weather, and upon the 4:th of y:e sd moneth this
rendent with his sd ship came before the barr of Porto againe intending to
have gone in with his sd ship. but the winds & weather & tides proved
soe crosse & stormy as that this rendent could not gett in with his sd ship into
the sd port untill the 10:th (OR, 16:th) day of february at which time he gott safe in &//

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//notbefore as he beleeveth, And otherwise he doth not beleeve the
sd posicon to be true in any pt thereof

3. To the 3:d prtded posocn he answereth & beleeveth that y:e sd James
& Edward Cowse are to pay for the fraight of the sd ship sixty pounds
p moneth & for wages & victuals 55:li p moneth and not above as he
beleeveth, And otherwise for his pt he doth not beleeve the said
posicon to be true in any pt thereof

4. To the 4:th prtded posicon he answereth & beleeveth that he this
rendent did carry a certaine quantity of wines for y:e said Two
Cowses from Barbados to Meavis (sic) & there as he beleeves did unlad
& deliver the same unto one Chamberlaine to whom they were consigned
as this rendent beleeveth, & tooke in his bill of ladeing w:th a receipt
thereupon for y:e same, but this rendent doth beleeve y:t afterwards
there happened to be found on board the sd ship about a quarter
of a pipe of ?eager wine w:ch this rendent beleeveth was putt in by y.e
sd Edmund Cowse for bewerage for y:e sd ships Comp:ie which was by them
soe drunk up as he beleeveth, And otherwise for his pt he doth not
beleeve the sd posicon to be true in any pt

5. To the 5:th prtded posicon he answereth & beleeveth that y:e time
arlate this rendent was sent by the sd Edmund Cowse to Virginia
with a quantity of goods vizt 7?1 pipes of wine & no more as he
beleeveth 2: chests of white warthen ware one bale of paper &
noe more 20 peeces of east India stuffe called
p?antadoes, & a pcell of red earthen wares worth nothing at all as
he beleevth, and a small quantity of salt, & no other goods as hee
beleeveth halfe of one of which sd pipes of wine & severall other
quantities of all the other pipes were by foule weather at sea
in the passage thither leaked out & the rest w:ch remained being about
six pipes filled up, & also the paper & 10 peeces of pantadoes (sic), &
one chest of white earthern ware this rendent being in necessity
for prvisions to furnish his sd ship was inforced to sell to supply
the same, & the other 10: peeces of pantadoes, & one Chest of white
earthen ware were afterwards XX againe to y:e sd James Cowse

& the red earthen ware not being any thing worth was left there
in the Country, And otherwise for his pt he doth not beleeve th
sd posicon to be true in any pt thereof, saveing this rendent beleeveth
he hath given an Acco:tt of the sd things unto the sd Edmund & James
Cowse to w:ch he referreth himselfe

6. To the 6:th prteded posicon he answereth & beleeveth that upon or about
the 6:th day of december 165X this rendent (after an extraordinary
strome & tempest wherein he lost y:e sd ships foremast XXXX
sailes XXXX, & all y:e rigging except the foreyard & foresaile which
was also spoiled & made unserviceablee) this rendent XXXed//

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with his sd ship & lading at Virginia where after this rendents
arrivall there this rendent did use all meanes possible to fitt and
furnish his ship againe there with what shee had lost in y:e storme
aforesd, but could not doe the same but did fitt her soe well as hee
could, which was not nor could not be done untill on or about y:e first
of Aprill & not before, but this rendent beleeveth he was not able norpossibly could not soe fitt & p:rpare her as to goe back againe to Barbados
with her, And this rendent beleeveth That dureing sucg time as this
rendent did remaine & abide at Virginia he used all wayes & meanes
possible to gett the ??ship fraight either for Holland or London, but
dureing such time as the sd ship lay there upon y:e repaireing aforesd
there came in divers other ships which got up many ?hdds of tobacco
&that there were soe many of the sd ships as that most of them came
home some halfe & some two thirs dead fraighted & yet staid there
after this rendent was come away about a Moneth or Two, And this rendent beleevth that he did receive & take on board his sd ship at
Virginia the number of 158: hdds of tobacco for the Acco:t of severall
psons which were to be carried to Ireland, and foure more for
acco:t of the sd Cowse for w:ch 158: this rendent was to have for fraight
of 143: hhds this rendent was to receive seven pounds p tonne, & for y:e
other 150 after the rate of 8:li p tonne upon the delivery thereof in Ireland
where the same by y.e sd agreem:t were to be sold in Ireland or else in
case they could not then this rendent was to bring them in his sd ship
for England, which agreem:t unles this rendent had undertaken at Virginia
he could not there have recd in y:e sd goods, And this rendent beleeveth
he did accordingly carry y:e sd goods for Ireland where the same not being
sold the same were brought in the sd ship for London & here delivered as
he beéeeves, And he beleeves the sd ship the Anne was & is a ship of
?220 tonnes or thereabouts & no more as he beleeves, And this rendent
beleeveth that y:e whole fraight of the foresd tobaccoes did amount unto
280:li 5:s and no lesse as he beleeves, besides nyne ?hdds more
of tobacooes for y:e ships Comp:ie for w:ch y:e sd Cowse recd freight amounting
to the other ?tobaccos, And he ?further referreth himselfe to the schedule
hereunto annexed w:ch this rendent beleeveth was & is the originall
Instructions given by the sd Edmund Cowse to this rendent y:e sd voiage
And otherwise for his pt he doth not beleeve y:e sd posicon to be true in
any pt thereof

8. To the 8:th prtded posicon he answereth & referreth himselfe to his former
answeres, And otherwise for his pt he doth not beleeve the sd posicon
to be true in any part

9. To the 9:th prtded posicon he answereth & beleeveth that this rendent by
dunkirk men of war & crosse winds was forced into Plymouth, And
otherwise for his pt he doth not beleive the sd posicon to be true
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10. To the w0:th prded posicon he answereth that for his
pt hee doth not beleeve the sd posicon to be true in any pt thereof

11. To the 11:th prded posicon he answereth & beleeveth y:t ?requisicon
by this suit & not otherwise & that he hath refused to satisfy
the same for iust reasons as he beleeveth.

Allegation: Edmund & James Cowse: Answer: Daniell ?Jiggles: Date: 1st November 1655

//M:r Daniell Jiggles.

- In the Iland of Barbados Novemb: 1:me 1655

My order & desire unto yo:u is that yo:u take the first
opportunity of wind & weather to saile home to the coast of
Virginia where I shall not oblige yo:u to any pticular port
being altogether unacquainted withh that trade, But forasmuch
as you have bin severall tymes there I shall intreate you to
saile for y:t place where wee may most probably find a
fraight for the ship Anne, be it either for London or
Holland, which is the principle of o:r designes and a good
fraight with a speedy dispacth would much helpe us
you well knowe how to distingusih betixt
fraights for England & Holland, & I shall leave it unto
your discretion, The goods which I have laden pary
dispose of them for my most advantages you have
their pticulars here underneath, pray gett good tobacco
for them, & loade it aboard the Ann to be at y:e disposicon
of my brother James Cowse

Now if it shall soe fall out that a fraight in a short space
is not to be procured, which on yo:r arrivall yo:u will soone
perceive, then my order is that you come back hither with
all convenient speed, And that the voiage may not bee
altogether fruitles, you may convert my goods into cattle
such as you conceie may be fittest for sale here in this
Iland, and you may likewise loade a parcell of beefe
and porke which may be seasoned with our owne salt
And so further the busines you may passe yo:r bill on me
for Tenn or fifteene thousand pounds of Musc:° sugars, or
you may give yo:r bills by Exchange on my brother James
Cowse of London for one hundred or one hundred and
fifty pounds sterl, and your bills will be paid, M:r ?Manning
hath written to severall of his friends to assist yo:u in what
shall offer And likewise if there be an occasion to
underwrite yo:r bills.
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Theise goods laden are as followeth

Eight pipes of Oporto wynes whereof, Two are white, one ?eager,
A Bale con 32: Rames of white writing paper
A packett 20. peeces of pintados which here sell at 50:li
Two chests of fine earthen ware
A parcell of course earthen ware
A parcell of salt

You may sell these goods at the price Currant that is to say
for the most they will yeeld, And if any of the seamen be
necessitated, you may supply their wants on accompts of
their wages, and for your care and paines herein yo:u shaéé
have a good satisffaction, I leave the whole business unto yor
care, beseeching God to send you a prosperous voiage

I am yo:r very loving friend
Edmund Cowse

Pray write my brother
what passeth

DANIELL JESSELS His signature

Repeated before Coll Cocke
in y:e hall y:r the 16:th of ffeb: 1655

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Case: Wm: Bulkley allegation: Answer: William Browning: Date: February 18th 1656

The psonall Answeres of W;m Browning ade to y:e posicons
of an All:on given in ag:t him on behalfe of W:m Bulkley doe
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//13. To the 12. & 13. XXXXX posicons he answereth & referreth himeslefe to his former
Answeres, And otherwise for his part he doth not beleeve the sd posicons to
be true in any pte

14. To the 14:th. prded posicon he answereth that for his parte he doth not
beleeve the same to be true

WILLS WALSO?E [His signature]

Repeated x:r
?19:th. Aprill 1657.

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Case: XXXX: Personal answeres: Edward Goslin & XXX XXXXXX: Date: XXXX

1. To the first they & each of them answereth & beleeveth y:t within the tyme alleged
y:t

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//To the 6:th they & each of them answereth that in y:e sd All:on given
in on their behalfe they have in the 13:th arles set forth y:e whole
truth of this fact to this arle w:ch is admitted & witnesses worne &
exaied thereupon & otherwise than in y:e sd 13:th arle of their All:on &
the exacons thereupon taken w:ch they & each of them believeth to be
true they nor either of them doth believe the same to be true in any pte

To the 8. & 9:th they & each of them answreth & believeth that the sd
ships in the sd arles menoned were in comp:a with the:XX ships y:e Owners
Adventure & the Greyhound about the 17th (OR, 19th) of June 1656. when y:e sd
Damerell comanded his comp:a to strive to get into the Ice , but y:e sd
M:r of y:e sd 4. ships & their comp:ies nor any of them did so proffer
to get into any harbor about y.e tyme holding it soe exceedingly dangerous
& XXXX possible to be done whilest the Ice was so much about the
shoore & they & divers of them did tell the sd damerell so much or
the like in effect & y:t it was a kind of madnes to attempt it, but about
the 13:th of July w:ch was neare a moneth after when y:e Ice was dissolved
or much abated from about the shoare the sd other fowre Lonon ships
did get into the sd harbour & did fish there & catch severall whales
& made a good voiage neare about the ?sumes in y:e sd arles menconed
as they & each of them believeth, & so might the sd Own:rs Adventure
& Greyhound have done in all pbability according to their xpeccons as
they & each of them believeth if y:e sd Damrell would have bin per
-suaded & intreated by them the sd ?Manudrey & ?Goslin or any others
to have done as they did & have adventured to get into harbour in
the moneth of July when it was more seasonable & pbable to have
bin attayned, but y:t sd Damerell continued XXing at sea & xxing
after the fflemmings upon new designes & would not be psuaded
ever to attempt the getting into any harbour after y:e sd 18:th of June
1656. & so y:t sd voiage was by his the sd Damerells wilfulnes and
obstinacy overthrowne & lost & not by any default or occasion of
them y:e sd Manndrey & Goslin or either of them And otherwise they
nor either of them doth not believe the sd arles or either of them
to be true in any pte

10 To the 10:th they & each of them answereth they believe the said
Batson & comp:a were at charge for the setting out of y:e sd bessells
but how much it cost them they know not neither doth it concerne them
or either of them, but if y:e Cort be of opinion they are to answere any
thing to it in obedience thereunto they are willing to submit y:e same
to the oathes of the sd Batson & comp:a who were y:e setters forth//

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11. To the 11:th they & each of them answereth that they nor either of them
doth believe that y:e sd Batson & Comp:a suffred any loss or damage
at all the sd voiage by y:e meanes or occasion of them y:e sd ManXXX
or Goslin or either of them

12. 13. 14. To the 12. 13. & 14:th they & either of them answereth that y:e Batson
& comp:a being indebted unto them for their wages y:e sd vouage &
desirous to hinder them from y:e same XXX without any colo:r of reason
as they & each of them beleiveth brought their accon ag:t them the
sd Maundrey & Goslin & thereby demanded from them XXXX pre
-tended damages w:ch they suffered by the sd damerell (if by any)
which they conceive they have iust reason to refuse to pay and
otherwise saving that they are subiects of this nation & subiects
to the Lawes thereof & saving their former answeres w:ch they
& each of them believeth to be true they nor either of them doth
believe the same to be true in any pte

EDWARD GOSLINGE [His signature]
RICHARD MANDREY [His signature]

Repeated x:r
15:th Aprill 1657

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Allegation: On the behalfe of Robert Browning: Personal answers: Thomas Browning, one of y:e Company of Adrian Vanderpost Joseph Tilley and Robert Cordell: Date: XXXX

1. To the first arle of y:e sd prded Libell he answereth & beleeveth that
within y:e time arlate the arlate Adrian Vanderpost Joseph Tilley
& Robert Cordell were part owners of the arlate ship y:e ffortune
to wit each of them of one quarter pt, & y:t John ?Gulat was
dureing the time aforesaid Owner of one Eighth pt of y:e said ship
and William Ridgway, & this rendent owners each of them of one sixteenth
pt of the sd ship tackle & furniture, & so comonly accounted reputed & taken
And otherwise he doth not believe this posicon to be true in any pte

2. To the 2:d. posicon he answereth & believeth y:e same to be true

3. To the 3:d posicon he answereth & believeth y:e same to be true

4. To the4:th prsued posicon he answereth & believeth that y:e sd ship did carry
out with her upon the voiage arlate of Cargo of goods belonging to all y:e Own:es
aforesd w:ch did amount unto y:e full summe of one thousand Three
hundred nynety seven pounds & eleven shill and three pence//

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//either of them or y:e pdused schedule to be true in any pte

4. To the fourth pdused posicon they & every of them doe
answere that they & every of them doe not beleeve
this pdused posicon to be true in any pte

5. To the fifth pdused posicon they and every of them
doe answere that this pdsed posicon doth not (as they humbly
conceive) XXXX them to make any answere
thereunto

6. To the sixth pdused posicon they & every of them doe
answere that they beleeve that is by them beleeved
& deny what is by them denyed

WILLIAM ?TERRELL [His signature]
THOMAS HUGGINS [His signature]
ROBERT ?MILLS [His signature]

Repeated by ?Terrekk
& Mills before dror
Godolphin in his
Chamber x:r &
Repeated the same day by
tehs said Huggins before
Coll Cocke in Court./

Allegation: On the behalfe of Thomas Cullinge Jonathan Andrewes & Gifford Bale: Personal answers: Samuell Micoe: Date: Hune 10th 1657

//The psonall Answeres of Samuell Micoe made
to the p:rted posiccons of an Allegacon given against
him on the behalfe of Thomas Cullinge Jonathan
Andrewes & Gifford Bale as followeth

1. To the first hee answereth That he beleevth That
the tyme in the Article menconned the pties therein
expressed did assert themselves to be (&were reputed)
the owners of the ship the article expressed, And
otherwise he doth not beleeve the said arle to be true
in any pt

2. 3. To the second & third he answereth that he doth beleeve the
same

4. To the fourth he answereth & beleeveth that the sd MastXXX gXXXX//

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//in the sd arles expressed did in pursuance of y:e
agreem:t saile to & arrive at such ports & places as
are hereafter in his answeres expresed about the
times therein mencconed, And otherwise he doth
not beleeve the same to be true in any part

5. To the fifth he answereth that he was not in y:e sd voiage
& so it is not possible for him to know y:e ptcular dayes
when the sd ship set saile but will refer y:e same to y;e oath
of the M:r, onely for y:e ships goeing to ?Maierque he doth deny
that it was by any direccon of his, but he hath heard that
by reason of contrary windes y:e M:r did touch these with
the said ship

6. To the sixth he answereth that for the times of y:e arrivall
it is not possible for him particularly
to know being not in the sd voiage but submit y:e same to
the oath of y:e M:r or any y:t are in y:t sd voiage but hath heard
& doth beleeve y:e sd M:r did sell some of the goods at Maierque
but without the order of him the sd Samuell Mico for he did
give him order to goe first for Naples & thither shee did
after goe & there arrived
, and discharged other goods
as is alleaged, but for the times he XXXX it XX
before so y:t oath of the sd M:r, And otherwise doth not
beleeve the same to be true in any pt

7 To the seventh he answereth and beleeveth that
after the arrivall of the sd ship at naples ?she
did make further delivery of her goods there &
did there stay to take in other lading, to have
bin brought to this port of London, but when y:e
last of the ladinge was brought on board he
doth not know, but is also willing to leave y:e same
to the aoath of y:e M:r or any that were then at Naples
and knowe the same//

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//8. 9. To the Eighth & Nyneth he answereth y:t he beleeveth that
the sd vessell did sett saile from Naples with ?some goods
that shee there tooke in, and in her course towards London
was stayed & taken by some vessell of warre belonging
to the ffrench as he hath heard & beleeveth & was carryed
to S:t Margaretta, and was there detained for some tyme
in which tyme he beleeved the S:t ?Massagrene used meanes
to gett of y:e s:d shipp & goods but for the punctuall dayes or tymes he
knoweth nothing but is willing to submitt y:e same to the
oath of the M:r or of any other as aforesd, And otherwise he
doth not beleeve y:e same to be strue, saving that hee doth not nowe
remember that there was any thing allowed or demanded
for expences of the first seizure

10. 11. 12. To the Tenth, Eleventh, & Twelfth he answereth that he hath
heard & beleeveth that the s:d vessell was released &
did goe forth, and was the second tyme seized & brought
back againe to S:t Margaretta by ffrenchmen of warre
and the M:r & Company loft y:e comand of her & her ladinge
which ladinge he doth beleeve was well worth y;e summe of
one thousand pounds or neare thereabouts, besides the
silkes p:etended by the M:r to be taken out of her, & there he
hath heard & beleeveth y:e s:d men of warre or others in XXXX
?expose y:e sd vessell & lading in sale at a XXXX in grXXXX
for [BLANK IN ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT] crownes or peeces of Eight
but for the moneths or dayes of the moneth he knoweth
not, but is willing to leave the same to the oath of the
said M:r or others as a foresd, And otherwise he doth
not beleeve the sd arles or either of them to be true in any pte

13. 14. To the Thirteenth & fourteenth he answereth & beleeveth that
y:e s:d M:r did give notice to him ?y:e Samuell Micoe by
Lres of his second takeing & did drawe bills of Exchange
upon him for monyes, but did not acquaint or advise//

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//him whether the sd monyes were drawne for the
acco:tt of the sd ship or goods, and therefore hee
told the sd Mr Andrewes M:r Culling & others
or some of them the reputed Owners that hee
could not tell whether the money soe drawne
was upon the acco:t of the sd shipp or the goods, but
if they pleased to disburse the monyes, whatsoever
pporcon should belong to himm for the goods he would
reimburse them againe or to that effect as he beleeveth
and he hath heard & doth beleeve that y:e said ship & all
the goods were sold & the money or pt of it deposited
in the Court, and afterwards the sd money so deposited
was decreed to be delivered or restored as he beleeveth
And otherwise he doth not beleeve the sd arles or either of
them to be true in any part

15. To the fifteenth he answereth & beleeveth that the said
ship & her tackle & furniture & other materialls when
they were seized were worth about the summe of One
hundred pounds, and not above as he beleeveth, ad
the sd goods in the said ship were worth as he beleeveth
the summe of about one thousand pounds & not under as
he beleeveth, but y;e sd ship by lyeing there and being
pillaged was much spoyled & damnifyed & worth
little as he beleeveth, And otherwise he doth not beleeve
the sd arle to be true in any pte

16. To the Sixteenth he answereth & beleeveth that y;e monyes
which came to his hands as y:e pceed of y:e sd ship & goods
did amount to about Two hundred Nynety five pounds
as is alleaged & not lesse as he beleeveth, & he hath not
since delivered y:e same, but alwayes offered & was & is willing
to give them their due ppocon as he beleeveth

17 To the seventeenth he answereth that what costs &
charges, & port charges were necessarily expended//

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//about the same is not possible for him to knowe, but hee is
willing to allow his pporcon of what shall be legally proved
but he doth beleeve his Agent did disburse five or six pounds
or thereabouts towards the recovery of y:e sd ship & goods or
proceed, & the sd M:r did take up from this rendents factor the
summe of thirty pounds or thereabouts upon p:etence of fraight
whereas there was none, due as he beleeveth w:ch he still
detaineth in his hands

18. 19. To the Eighteenth & Nyneteenth he answereth that he hath
bin demanded to pay fraight, but doth beleeve there is
none due to y:e sd pties, but for their ppoorcon of the
monyes pceeding of the sd ship and goods he is & hath
alwaies bin ready & willing to allow unto them their
pporcon, if they would agree what the same should
be or leave the same to any indiffrent psons to
state the same betweene them, And otherwise he doth not
beleeve the same to be true in any part

20 To the Twentieth he answereth, that otherwise than he hath
beleeved he doth not beleeve the same to be true in any pte

SAMUEL MICOTT [His signature]

Repeated before dror
Godolphin one of y:e Judges
x:r the tenth of June
1657.//

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Allegation: Richard fford: Answer: XXXX: Date: July 1st 1657

The fifth of July 1657

The office of the)
Judges ag:t XX XXXX)
?promoted by Richard fford)

The severall answers of
PaXXX NXXXX made unto certaine
articles given in against him at the
pXXXX of Richard fford doe
followe, vizt

To the first article hee answereth and
beleeveth the same to be true

To the second article hee answereth and
beleeveth the same to be true, saving hee doth
not beleeve that all the mariners of the shipp
Adventure arlate came safe ashore, but that
two of them were drowned.

To the third hee answereth and beleeveth that
that after the misffortune and casualtie arlate
the arlate master of the said shipp and most
of his company, escapiing andcoming alive
to land, the propertie of the goods, wares
and Merchandizes that were then in the said
ship, did and yet doth remaine in the
pwners thereof, and hee beleeveth the arlate
Richard fford to be with others, owners thereof,
because hee laith claime thereunto, And
otherwise hee doth not beleeve this article to
be true in any part thereof

To the fourth article hee answereth and
beleeveth that a Commission to the effect
arlate, issued out of this Court under the seale
and by order or authoritie of the Judges of the
same//

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//same, direccted to the persons arlate, and that
the arlate William ?Braddon, Stephen Trevile
and John Nichol did take upon them the execution
of the said commission, and this respondent
knoweth and XXXX that they they said Braddon
Treville and Nicol XXX thereupon. And otherwise
hee doth not beleeve this article to be true in
any part, saving hee beleeveth that the
arlate Anthony Rouse also tooke upon him the
execution of the said Commission, because hee saw
his hand to a warrant and that was issued out by
vertue thereof.

To the fifth article hee answereth and
beleeveth that the said Anthony Rowse, William
BRaddon, Stephen Treville and John Nicol
having taken upon them the execcon of the said
Commission, did as Commissioners send warrants
to call this respondent to appeare before them
or any two of them, namely that the said Stephen
Trevill and Jojn Nicol sent a warrant inder
their hands dated the 28 of March last for his
appearance before them at Milb?racke arlate n the eighth of Aprill last past and that
they said Anthony Rowse and William Braddon
sent another dated the 16:th of Aprill last for
his appearance before them or any two of the
said Commissioners at Salt Ash, to the effect
arlate, and that this respondent did appeare
before the said Trevill and Nicoll at ?Welbarke
on the said eigth of Aprill, and before the said
William Braddon, Stephen Trevill and John
Nicoll at Salt Ash on the two and twentieth
day of Aprill last according to and in obedience
to//

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Allegation: Thomas Grant: Answers: Edward Bushell, Stephen White & John Crowder: Date: March 8th 1657

The eighth of March 1657

1. The personall Answeres of Edward Bushell
Stephen White and John Crowder made
to the posiccons of an Allegaconn given
in ag:t them on the behalfe of Thomas
Grant doe followe

1. To the first prtded posiconn they answere and
beleeve the same to be true

2. To the second prded posicon they answere and
beleeve that the sd Thomas Grant was appointed
M:r of the sd ship the Sarah by the arlate Alderman
Adams & others the Owners of thesd ship as they beleive
w:th such posicons as is usually given to Masters of
ships, and these rendants beleeve the sd XXXXX//

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for y:e sd voiage saving such part thereof as they have
since received by Judgem:t given by Com:rs appointed
betwixt y:e Comonweakth & Portugall according to w;ch
pporcon & manner of payment theis rendents are ready
& willking to pay y:e sd Grant, And theis rendents beleive
that y:e sd voiage there were divers marrin:rs XXXXX in the
sd ship, But what they were or their names theis rendents
know not, but are willig to referrr y:e same to y;e sd Grants
Oath, And theis rendents beleeve y:e the sd Grant and
Comp:ie entred into pay about y:e later end of ffebruary 1647
& discharged y:e outwards lading at Lisborn about the later end
of Aprill 1648: and there staid in getting a fraight and
taking in other lading untill about the moneth of July, &
then went to BRazeile & there did discharge her lading
about y:e later end of September or beginning of October
1648. as they beleeve, & there the sd ship did remaine
& abide at Brazeile under the Imbargo of y:e king of
Portugall & his Ministers by y:e space of Seventeene or
Eighteene Moneths, and then at last the sd ship taken
away, w:ch was about y:e moneth of August 1650. as they
beleeve during all w:ch time theis rendents beleeve the
sd GRant & Comp:ie were belonging unto her, And Other-
.wise for their pts they do not beleeve y:e sd posiccon to be true

5. To the fifth prtded posiconn they answere & accept y:e contents
of y:e sd posiconn & beleeve that y:t urlate Grant did pay
unto his Marinn:rs six monteths pay at Brazeile out of
the monies w:ch was by him received there for fraight
due to theis rendents & Comp:ie, And this rendent Edward
Bushell beleeveth that there being a meeting of some of the
Owners at the house of M:r Alderman Adams the said
Grant was there and these rendents demanding an
acco:tt of y:e monies due to the marriners in the sd ship the
sd voiage the sd Grant did umediately produce y:e schedule
arlate which this rendent did cast up not by way of allowance
or condiscention that there was soe much due but onely
to satisfy himselfe what was due to the sd Grant
and Comp:ie in case they would take the same as//

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//viz:t To William ?Hammond 34:li To RXXX
hammersly 34:li To Henrj Williams XX
To James Jordsan 22:li. 2:s. To John DXXX 22:li XXX
To John XXXX 19:li. 11:s To Thomas Constance 26:li XX
and there is still owing to him XXXX as he
beleeveth To Charles XXXX xvij:li.

WILLIAM SYMMES [His signature]

13:° Mar 1657.
Repeated before droe)
Godolphin In his)
Chamber x:r)

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Case: Joseph Careswell and others ag:t Alexander Bence: Answer: Alexander Bence: Date: April 5th 1658

XXXX accounted to the Judges the
20:th of March 1657

Carswell & others)
ag:t Bence..)

The personall answers of Alexand:r
Bence made to the posicons of a
o:rtended allon heresooner infact
given and admitted ag:t him on the
behalfe of Joseph Careswell and
others doe followe:

To the first and second posicons he answereth
and accepteth of the same soe farr forth
as they make for him and not otherwise &
beleeveth that within the time arlate
there were laden aboard the arlate shipp
the Oporto Merchant at or neare
Lisbone ffifteene Chests of Sugar w:ch at
the time of the said ladeing were dry
and well condiconed and alsoe ?seaventy
eight pipes and six hhds of oyles
consigned to this respondent (XXXX M:r
Edward Bushel to bee delivered att this
Porte of London And hee beleiveth
that hee this rendent reced the said
oyles//

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//yet doe bring home their ladinge well
conditioned and hee beleeveth that the
Sugars that were in the said shippe might
have beene soe brought home notw:thstanding
any strome that happened in the Voijage
if the shippe had beene stronge and
the storage good, and the pumpes
carefully looked unto, and plyed as they
ought to have beene And otherwise for
his pte hee doth not beleeve the said
posicon to be true in any pte.

To the 4:th posicon he answeareth and
acknowledgeth the receipt of the Sugars and
Oyles as aforesaid & beleeveth that hee
hath often made the sd Joseph Careswell
acquainted with the dammage done to the said
sugars and intreated him to have itviXXXXX
& offered to referr the busines in question to any
indifferent men to determine it and y:t y:e s:d
Careswell refusing soe to doe this rendent hath for
just cause as he beleeveth refused to pay more
for freight than hath bin on his behalf tendred
into this Court w:ch summe if he the sd Careswell
will accept of in full for the freight demanded by
this suite this rendent is content shalbe delivered ?to
him & to pay the charges due before the sd tend:r And
otherwise for his part hee doth not beleeve this
posicon to be true in any pte.

To the last posicon hee answeareth & beleeveth what
he hath formerly answered & beleeves And
otherwise negatively.

ALEX: BENCE [His signature]

Repeated before D:r Godolphin
in his Chamber x:r the 5:th of
Aprill: 1658

Hitherto accounted to the
sd Registers June the 12:th
1658. (sic)//

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//The psonall answers of John Hill one of the
Owners of the Oporto Merchant and pties
in this suite made to the p:rtended posicons
of an allon given agt him and others on
the behalfe of Alexander Bence as
followeth.

XX XXXX (in LH margin)

To the ffirst he answeareth and beleeveth that
the said shipp the Oporto Merchant did in her
passage from Lixon to this porte of London
meet with very great stormes and was in
great danger to have beene lost by the
extremity of them by meanes of which
violent weather and tempest the
semmes of the said shipp might gove
way and take in some water and some
goods did by reason thereof receave
dammage as hee beleeveth and
amongst other some of the goods
forw:ch the freight is demanded
this cause did receave dammage as hee
hath heard and beleeveth but not by
any default of the shippe or neglect of
the M:r or Company as e beleeveth but
meerely by reason of the extraordiniary
stromes aforesaid as hee beleeveth And
otherwise hee doth not beleeve the
said arle to be true in any pte.

To the second he answeareth that hee
doth not beleeve the same to be true
in any pte.
To//

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//hee beleeveth And otherwise hee doth
not beleeve the said Posicon to bee true

6 To the 6:th & XXXded posicon hee
answereth that for his pt he XX
having the paying or satisfying of
the said wages doth not knowe
what is paid or unpaid to any of
the sd marriners but referreth
himselfe to the answers of M:r
Darnes to bee given in in this cause.

7 To the 7:th p:rtended posicon hee
answereth That hee referreth
himselfe to the said Darres his
answeres as aforesaid

RICHARD SWANN: His signature

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//of war after foure houres fight fell ?crosse y:e hXXXX of
the Anne & Margarett, & there lay, & played Nyneteene
Guns upon the side of y:e Anne & Margarett, insomuch ?that
M:r Sanders the M:r of her comanded his Company to run
y:t sd ship on shoure w:ch they indeavoured, but by reason
the man of warr lay crosse hir ?hause they could not
doe it, they having fought from about three a clock in y:e
afternoone untill Eleven or Twelve a clock at night by
reason whereof fower of the gunns of the shipp
the Anne and Margarett were dismounted and
the rigging tackle & sayles of the said shippe
shattered ?in peices , and ten of her
Company killed or desperately wounded and made
alltogeather unserviceable, And the said Shippe the
Anne & Margarett was soe torne a& disabled
that shee was in noe wayes able to hold out
fighteinge any longer, and they and either of ?them
answeare & beleeve that the man of warre did ?beare
forward on the Anne & Margaret and cut all
her small rigginge before even shee was yeilded,
but did not as they and either of them beleive
enter any of their men on board her save
onely on the bolt sprit, and otherwise they nor
either of them doe not beleive the said article
to bee true in any part.

To the seaventh pretended article they and
either of them answeares & doe not beleive the
said article to bee true in any part./

To the eighth pretended article they and either
of them answeare & beleive that there was not any
flag of Truce or any treaty for the delivery
up of the said shippe the Annd & Margaret by any
of these respondents or any others of her Companie
made or offered to the man of warr but they
these respondents held out, untill extreamity ?sent
them to cry for quarter And otherwise they doe not
beleive the said article to bee true in any pt thereof//

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//To the 9:th pretended article they & either of
them answeare and beleive that they and either
of them doe not know of any peices of eight XXX
any money followeinge by the XXXXXXXXXXX

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Case: XXXX: Personal answeres: Nicholas Warren, Gregory Westcombe, John Jermin and Richard Westcombe: Date: XXX

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