MRP: HCA 13/73 Part Two
HCA 13/73 Part Two
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06/06/12, CSG: Created page (after splitting HCA 12/73 into Part One & Part Two)
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- 4.1 Case: Rowland Hill John Hill and Company own:rs of the Oporto Merchant vs. Sir James Drax et al: Deposition: 1. Thomas Chevers, of Limehouse, Stepney, Mariner, Master of the Oporto Merchant, aged 28: Date: March 9th 1658
- 4.2 Case: Rowland Hill John Hill and Company own:rs of the Oporto Merchant vs. Sir James Drax et al: Examination: 2. Richard James, of Limehouse, Boatswaine of the Oporto Merchant, aged 3?8: Date: March 10th 1658
- 4.3 Case: Rowland Hill John Hill and Company own:rs of the Oporto Merchant vs. Sir James Drax et al:: Examination: 3. Phillip Harvey, of Limehouse, Mariner, Carpenter of the Oporto Merchant, aged 40: Date: March 11th, 1658
- 4.4 Case: Nuthall ag:t Potts: Examination: 3. John Carter, of Limehouse, parish of Stepney, Blockmaker, aged 61: Date: March 21:th 1658
- 4.5 Case: The ffrancis and John: Examination: Edward Hannings, of Stepney, Mariner, aged 25: Date: March 21:th 1658
- 4.6 Case: William Craford and Anne his wife, Executors of Andrew Hill ag:t the Elizabeth & Mary and others: Examination: Thomas Hale, of Stepney, Mariner, aged 45: Date: March 29th, 1659
- 4.7 Case: William Craford and Anne his wife, Executors of Andrew Hill ag:t the Elizabeth & Mary and others:: 2. Grace Hogsflesh, of Stepney, Widowe, aged 39: Date: Aprill 12:th 1659
- 4.8 Case: Wood ag:t Grove: Examination: 5. Thomas Yeomans of Wapping, Mariner, late Masters Mate of the Peace, aged 23: Date: March 11th 1658 English Style
- 4.9 Case: Wood ag:t Grove: Examination: 6 Lawrence Broadbolt, of Nevis, in the West Indies, Merchant, borne at Knasburrough, Yorkshire, aged 44: Date: Aprill 23rd, 1659
- 4.10 Case: Grove ag:t Wood: Answer: Richard Blake: Date: Post March 28th, 1659
- 4.11 Case: Grove ag:t Wood: Examination: William Best, of Corfe, Dorset, Mariner Gunners Mate, of the Peace, aged 22: Date: May 3rd, 1659
- 4.12 Case: Clayme of Thomas Cowling for Canary Wines taken in the S:t Laurence Peter: Examination: 1. Robert Bevin, of London, Merchant, aged 36: Date: October 11th 1659
- 4.13 Case: Clarke ag:t Scattergood: Examination: 2. Robert Hercules, of Ratcliffe, Mariner, aged 40: Date: October 27th 1659
- 4.14 Case: Cowling for wines in the S:t Laurence: Examination: 2. William Martyn, of London, XXXX, aged 30: Date: November 3rd 1658
- 4.15 Case: Luke Wood agt Thomas Grove: Examination: i. John Bourman, of Chatham, Kent, Shipwright, aged 38: Date: March 15th 1658
- 4.16 Case: XXXX: Examination: 2. Robert Grove, of Wapping, Mariner, aged 50: Date: Aprill 5:th 1658
- 4.17 Case: Lord Protector ag:t the Hope, Don Juan Master: Examined: Jacome Juan, of Deva in Biscay, Mariner, aged 28: Date: March 22:th 1658
- 4.18 Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the 'Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 1. Laurence Burr, of St Catherines near the Tower, Cooper of the Lady ffrigott, aged 38: Date: June 3rd, 1659
- 4.19 Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 2. Richard Baker of Debtford, Kent, Mariner, aged ?20 : Date: June 3rd, 1659
- 4.20 Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 3. Gilbert Anckelly, of Debtford, Kent, Mariner, late Boatswaine of the Lady ffrigott, aged 30 : Date: June 3rd, 1659
- 4.21 Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 4. John Carrier, of Debtford, Kent, Shipwright, late Carpenters Mate of the Lady ffriggott, aged 22 : Date: June 3rd, 1659
- 4.22 Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Examination: 5. John Gates, of Debtford, Kent, Ship Wright, one of the Carpenters of the Lady ffrigott, aged 18 : Date: June 4th, 1659
- 4.23 Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Examination: 6. John Cock, of Redriff, Surrey, Mariner, late Quartermaster of the Lady ffrigott, aged 40: Date: June 4th, 1659
- 4.24 Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 7. William Bowtell, of London, Merchant, aged 25 : Date: June 8th, 1659
- 4.25 Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Examination: 8. John Savage, of S:t Bartholomew neere the Royal Exchange, London, Merchant, aged 32 : Date: June 4th, 1659
- 4.26 Case: Wood ag:t Grove: Examination: 4. Captain Thomas Thorne, of S:t Catherines XXXX, Mariner, aged 34: Date: June 18th, 1659
- 4.27 Vase: XXXX: Examination: 5. John Johnson Bosch, of Amsterdam, Mariner, aged 27: Date: Aprill 20th, 1659
- 4.28 Case: ffernandez and others touching the Hope: Examination: 8. Manuel de Fonseca, of London, Merchant, aged 21: Date: Aprill 20th, 1659
- 4.29 Case: XXXX: Examination: 9:ns Jan de Vos of London Mariner, M:r of the ship the ffox aged 53 yeares: Date: Aprill 21st, 1659
- 4.30 Case: XXXX: Examination: 10. Mare de Vos, wife of Jan de Vos, aged 43: Date: Aprill 21st, 1659
- 4.31 Case: XXXX: Examination: 11. Peter Mathews, of London, Merchant, aged 42: Date: Aprill 22:th 1659
- 4.32 Case: XXXX: Examination: 12. Mathias Datselare, of London, Merchant, aged 41: Date: The same day
- 4.33 Case: Drawater ag:t the S:t Anne of Amsterdam, Henrdrick John Master, and ag:t her tackle and furniture: Examination: Hendrick Johnson, of XXXX, Holland, Marriner, Master of the S:t Anne, aged 33: Date: April 28:th 1659
- 4.34 Case: Concerning Jane Hughes & the Thomas Bonadventure ag.t the owners of the said ship: Examination: Henry Hughes. of Deptford, Kent, Merchant, aged 28: Date April 29th, 1659
- 4.35 Case: XXXXX: Examination: 2. Thomas Fisher, ffloow Bridge, London, Fishmonger, aged 46: Date: April 29th, 1659
- 4.36 Case: XXXX: Examination: Allen Allenson, of XXXXX in Holland, Mariner, aged 40: Date: April 2nd 1659
- 4.37 Case: S:r John Dethick Knight, Edward Bolle, John Bancks Richard ffoord, Edward Mico, William ?Pretman and Company, concerning the Bantam ffrigott: Examination: Catch Kyme, of Ratcliffe, Stepney, Middlesex, Mariner, Mate of the Bantam ffrigot, aged 26 : Date: March 24th 1658
- 4.38 Case: S:r John Dethick Knight, Edward Bolle, John Bancks Richard ffoord, Edward Mico, William ?Pretman and Company, concerning the Bantam ffrigott: Deposition: 2. Lewis Walter, of Deptford, Mariner, aged 40 : Date: March 25th 1658
- 4.39 Case: S:r John Dethick Knight, Edward Bolle, John Bancks Richard ffoord, Edward Mico, William ?Pretman and Company, concerning the Bantam ffrigott: Deposition: 3. William Chamber, of Ratcliffe, Mariner, Gunner of the Bantam ffrigott, aged 48, Date: March 28th 1658
- 4.40 Case: S:r John Dethick Knight, Edward Bolle, John Bancks Richard ffoord, Edward Mico, William ?Pretman and Company, concerning the Bantam ffrigott: Deposition: 4. Thomas Newman, of Mile End, Stepney, Merchant, late Supra cargo of the Bantam ffrigott, aged 43: Date: Aprill 16th 1658
- 4.41 Case: The Brazill Company of Portugall concerning the Jonathan and Abigaill: Deposition: Thomas Morley: Date: June 13th 1659
- 4.42 Case: Mayflower vs. XXXX: Deposition: 2. John Stannian, of the City of London; Gentleman, aged 26: Date: September 23rd 1659
- 4.43 Case: XXXX: Examination: Thomas Morley, Master of the Jonathan and Abigail, aged 48: Date: June 12th 1659
- 4.44 Case: Touching the Mayflower: Examination: 2. John Stannian, of the City of London, aged 26: Date: September 23rd 1659
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Case: Rowland Hill John Hill and Company own:rs of the Oporto Merchant vs. Sir James Drax et al: Deposition: 1. Thomas Chevers, of Limehouse, Stepney, Mariner, Master of the Oporto Merchant, aged 28: Date: March 9th 1658
//The 9:th day of March 1658
Rowland Hill John Hill and Company own:rs of)
the Oporto Merchant. Thomas Chevers M:r)
ag:t S:r James Drax Knight Richard ?Huggins Tho:)
?Kendall, James ?Wyck and Robert Welding)
Merchants in particular and all others in)
Generall that have or p:rtend to have any
rights, Titles, or interest in y:e goods wares and
Merchandizes lately brought in y:e sayd ship)
to this port from y:e Barbadoes in a Cause
of Damage and average. Suckley.
Rp
1. THOMAS CHEVERS
of Limehouse in the
parish of Stepney
Mariner, M:r of the
ship the Oporto Merchant
aged 28 yeeres or thereabouts
sworne and Examined.
To the first arle of the said Allon hee saith that hee hath well
knowne y:e arlate y:e ship the Opoto Merchant whereof this depo:t
is nowe M:r for about Twelve monethes last, and well
knoweth that y:e arlate Rowland Hill John Hill, and XX
Hopegood and Company for all y:e ?same time
were the true and lawfull owners and proprieto:rs of the
said ship and of her tackle Apparell, and furniture,
and for such being XX accounted and reputed: And further
hee cannot depose.
To the second hee saith the said ship the Oporto Merchant in
her course from Barbadoes to this port of London
?Laden with Sugars Cotton and Indico and other Comodityes
for the account of y:e arlate S:r James Drax Richard XXXXX
Thomas Kendall James Wyck Robt ?Weeking & others did meete
with neere the fflowers and Calves, on or about the
twentieth day of January last a greate and violente storme
w:ch did soe continue for about sixteene houres, the
winde being then at West, And y:e said ship running
before the sea, under ?her foresaile, the said ships ?stern
gave way, and this depo:t and Company were forced
to ?haul the said foresaile of the said ship, and lye under
a ?mizen, And saith that y:e seas being very high brake
the said ships Tiller, w:ch did much endanger y:e ?keeper the
said ships Rudder, and ?Sterne part; And at the XXXX
part (OR, port) hee saith the said ship, shipped under water w:ch came
into y:e hold of y:e sd ship, And y:e weather being very
Tempestuous, and y:e violent winde continueing, y:e said
ships ?Missen saile was blowne away, and lost, and by
Meanes of looseing y:e Misen, y:e said ship lay broad XXX
to the sea, and by reason thereof shipped a very violent sea
w:ch washed overboard And ?Sheats Anchor, and the long boate
and//
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//and skiffe: y:t were fastned to y:e sd ships Deck were XXXX
to Leeward, and with the goeing oberboard of the said XXX
w:ch hunge to the said ship by y:e Rope to w.ch it was fast was XXX
and by y:e said ships Rowlings it bilged a hole in y:e XXXX
of the said ship, through w:ch hole; and other places in y:e sd ships side w:ch were XX by violence of the XXXX
Insoemuch that there was in a short time foure foote
and a halfe of water in her hold, w:ch caused y:e said XXX
to lye dead in y:e sea; And saith that the said ships lading XXX
and Company onboard. by reason long XXXXXX of the said ?Extreme
Stormy and windy weather, were all in greate danger
of Sinking and perishing in the sea. And further ?deposeth
that this depo:t and Company on board y:e said ship did
upon good advice Consideraccon, and Consultaccon, for y:e
prservaccon of the said ship and Lading, and their owne
Lives. Cut downe y:e maine mast. by the board. and cut
away. y:e Ropes and Tackling thereto belonging,
and did stave and cast over board most
of their caskes with fresh waterm And were for y:e preservaccon of their shipp XXXX XXXto cut their foresaid XXX Anchor, and main XXX
and tackling thereto belonging, and all and singular
the Tackle Apparrell funiture and things belonging
to the said ship y:e Oporto Merchant . mentionedd and
set downe in the Schedule annexed to y:e said Allon
(now seene and read over by this depo:t) and y:e said Tackle
and things therein set downe. were at the tome of
their said Cutting and Casting away and loosing
well worth the severall summes set downe in y:e said schedule
for y:e same, amounting in y:e whole to the summe of One hundred
fourty two pounds two shillings sterling. And saith. that by
the violence of y:e said Storme y:e said mizen saile was blown
away and Lost w:ch was then worth four pounds, and y:e stern
poast Rudder and sterne of the said Shipp. were by y:e same
meanes much damnifyed to the vallue of about twenty
pounds: The premisses hee Deposeth being M:r of the said
Ship, and on board her y:e foresaid time, and an Eye witness
of the same And further hee cannot depose.
To the 4:th and 5:th (sic) hee saith that during all the time the
said Storme Continued, and after wards, this depo:t and
All his Company did Constantly keepe both the
pumpes goeing, and y:e water increasing they were CCCC
to bring y;e said Ships starboard side to the sea, and then XXX
said Ship being XXred, or turned, her spritsaile was XXX
away, by y:e violence of the said Storme, and in y:e morning of
the 21:th day of January last, y:e Said Storme abated And
Depo:t//
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//Depo:t and Company did with much Carepaines & Dilligence
stop the said hole made by the said ?sheat Anchor, and, freed
her of the water, w:ch shee had received in at the the said Hold
and at other places. as aforesaid. and saith that when the
said ship departed from y:e Barbadoes, and untill y:e said
storme came and happened the said ship was strong
strong and Tight, and was well fitted with all manner
of necessaryes and materialls for y:e said voyage, and was
not over laden, but was able to beare the lLading w:ch was
then on board her. and saith her ?sheath Anchor was well
and sufficiently fastened to the side of the said ship; untill
the same was washed from y:e same by the said storme,
And saith that what dammage did happen to y:e said ship
and Lading y:e said time, happened meerely by y:e said
tormy and windy weather, and not by any insufficiency
in y:e said ship, or any fault of or in this depo:t, or any of his
Company. The premises hee Deposeth for the reasons
aforesaid: And further cannot Depose.
To the 6:th hee referreth himselfe to the Registry of this Court
To the last hee saith his foregoeing depon is true.
THO CHEVERS [His signature]
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Case: Rowland Hill John Hill and Company own:rs of the Oporto Merchant vs. Sir James Drax et al: Examination: 2. Richard James, of Limehouse, Boatswaine of the Oporto Merchant, aged 3?8: Date: March 10th 1658
The Tenth day of March 1658
Examined on the said Allon
Rp
2:nd RICHARD JAMES of Limehouse. Boatswaine
of the ship the Oporto Merchant aged 3?8 yeeres or
thereabouts sworne and Examined:
To the first Arle of the said Allon hee saith and deposeth that
hee verily beleeveth that the arlate M:r Rowland Hill and Company
fo:r theis twelve monethes last, have bin, and at p:rsent are
the true & awfull own:rs of the arlate ship y:e Oporto
Merchant (whereof Thomas Cheevers is M:r) and of her tackle &
furniture & things belonging unto her, and soe they are Comonly
accounted. The premises hee deposeth for that hee hath bin
boatswaine of the said ship y:e Oporto Merchant for about thirteene
monethes last, And otherwise cannot depose:
To the second hee saith that y:e said ship y:e Oporto Merchant
Coming from y:e Barbadoes Laden with Sugars, Cotton & some Indico
for y:e account of S:r James Drax. M:r Wood?ward severall other M:rchants
Bound for this Port of London; in her Course ?hether was neere y:e XXXXXXX
on or about the twentieth day of January, last, there happened and
rose a very great & violent storme; w:ch Continued very violent for
about Eight or Tenn houres, the winde being then at West, and
saith that for y:e p:rservaccon of the said ship, Lading and men on board
her, her Company ranne her before y:e sea, under her ?foreCourse
halfe mast high; and which they ranne her soe, her Sterne (OR, Stemme) gave way//
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//XXXX, And XXXXXX y:e ?Master and Company of the said
ship were foreced to ?hand their foreCourse; or foresaile, and
lye under a mizen. and whXXXX shee soe lay. y:e said shipps
Tiller was broken by y.e violence of the said Storme, and did
much endanger y:e looseing of the Rudder and sterne ?poast
of the said ship, and saith that at y:e XXXX port wher
her Tiller was broken the said ship receaved much water
in her hold, And y:e said very Violent Storme; not abating
y.e said ships missen sail, was by the Violence there of XX
splitt & Torne; and blowne away, and after it was blowne
away, the said ship was by
the force and Violence of the said Storme, forced to lye
broad off, to the sea, and by that meanes, shipped a greate
sea, which washed her boate and skiffe. to Leeward
and washed her sheat Anchor over board, and it, hanging
to y:e Rope to which it was fastened, and y:e said ship Roling
two and againe y:e said Anchor bilged a hole in y:e side of the
said ship just by her Lough, through w:ch. And other places
and ?Crozes: there came such Water in hold; soe that
her hold, had & receaved in a short space some four and XXXX
halfe water, w:ch caused y:e said ship to lye in y:e Sea,
without motion; And saith that by reason of trhe Violence
and duraccon of the said Storme; both the said ship Lading
and all the Company on board her were in great
danger of persihing in y:e Sea. This hee deposeth for that
hee was Boatswaine of and on board the said ship at
y:e time when y:e sayd Storme happened, and further hee
doth not depose.
To the 3:d hee saith that fore said Thomas Cheevers, and Company
off and on board the said shipp; in y:e said Storme did XX
upon a seious Consideraccon, for y:e safeguard of the said
ship and Lading, and their owne Lives Cut the said ships
Mainmast by the board, and Cut away the saile and
Rigging, and Tackling thereto belonging, and Cut away
her Sheat Anchor, and staved most of the Caskes of water
y:t were aboard her, and therby did much Lighten the said
Shipp: And having now seene & read y:e Schedule Exhibited hee
saith that all and singular y:e Masts, sailes, tackle and
funiture & Materialls. therein set downe & Expressed
to the said Ship, were and are Uteerly lost by meanes of the said Storme and they were XX
, the time of their said Cutting away, and loosing well worth
the severall and respective summes of money, set downe in the
said schedule for y:e same, in y:e whole amounting to y:e summe
of One hundred fourty two pounds two shilllings sterl. XXX
that, besides y:e foresaid Damages, there was alsoe (by meanes
of the violence of the said Storme,) much hurt and damage//
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//done to the said ships Rudder Sternepost and XXXXXXX; the
repaire whereof will oast the said ?Owner:es about twenty pounds
sterlins, besides hee saith that y:e ?Masson saile of y:e sd ship,
was worth about XXXX at y:e time of y;e blowing away of the same; The
premisses hee deposeth for y:e Reasons aforesaid, and for that
hee was one that helped to comprize y:e ssaid Materialle
set downe in y:e said schedule; and further hee deposeth not:
To the 4:th hee saith that for and during y:e Continuance of the
said Storme,; her Company did (when they
could stand upon the Deck) XX XXX her pumpes, and keepe
them goeing XXX Storme Continunuaeing the Company
of the said ship were forced to bring the said Ships Starboard
Syde to the Sea and the shipp being turned her Spritsaile
was blowne away, and y:e next morning about day light
the said Storme Abating the M:r and Company of the said ship
by their Great Labo:r, Care, & Dilligence, did Stop the said
ships Leake, by her Lough, and freed her of the water w:ch
shee had in her, This hee deposeth for that hee assisted
therein, And further hee cannot depose.
To the 5:th hee saith that the said Ship, at such time as shee
came from y:e Barbadoes y:e sd voyage, and untill the said
Storme and Tempest happened was a strongXXXX & Tight
Vesselle, and had very good ?decke and very well fitted with all manner of materialle
fit for such A ship, and Voyage, And was not ober Laden
the said voyage, And saith that the said sheat Anchor w:ch
was as aforesaid washed from y:e said ships side; was before
it was washed off very well and sufficiently made fast to
the said ships Sude; the stock being lashed to the Timber before
and the ff?looks Checked out, and firmely muffled and
made fast w:th the shanke painter, And saith that all such
dammage w:ch happened to y:e said ship; and that which is
happened to her Lading or any part thereof, came not nor
was occasioned by any insufficiency in y:e said ship, or any
fault, or negligence; of or in her M:r and Company, on board
her. But neerely by y:e said violent weather yeilding a reason of his knowledge as before And otherwys (sic)
Cannot depose./
To the 6:th hee referreth himselfe to the Registrey of this Court.
To the last hee saith his foregoeing ?Repon is true./:
RICHARD JAMES [His signature]//
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Case: Rowland Hill John Hill and Company own:rs of the Oporto Merchant vs. Sir James Drax et al:: Examination: 3. Phillip Harvey, of Limehouse, Mariner, Carpenter of the Oporto Merchant, aged 40: Date: March 11th, 1658
//The 11:th day of March 1658
Examined upon y:e sayd Allon.
Rp
3:?ne PHILLIP HARVEY of Limehouse Mariner, Carpenter
of the ship y:e Oporto Merchant, aged 40 yeeres or
thereabouts sworne and Examined:/
To//
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//To the first arle of the said Allon hee saith hee hath knowne
y:e arlate Ship the Oporto Merchant for about two yeeres
Last, and saith y:e arlate M:r Hill, hath bin for all the said
time Comonly accounted a pt owne:r of the said Ship
and of her tackle and furniture, and further hee cannot
depose/:
To the second hee saith that the sayed Ship y:e Oporto Merchant
being laden at the Barbadoes, with Sugars & Cottons &
some other merchandizes for the account of several merchants
Departed from thence bound for this Port of London and
in her Course hetherward (sic), neere y:e Islands fflowers
and Calves, being two of the Westerene Islands on XX
or about the 20:th day of January last, shee met with
a great , and violent Storme; w:ch Continued about
sixteene houres very violent, the Winde being then
at West, and y:e sd. shipp tunning before y:e Sea, for
her better preservaccon) under aforesaile, her sterne gave
way, And thereupon, her Company were forced to
hang their foresaile, and lye under a mizen, and
y:e said Ships Tiller by Violence of the said Storme
was broken, w:ch did much endanger her Rudder and
sterne post, and by meanes of y:e breaking of her Tiller
y:e said Ship, shee receaved much water in at her ?behind port ?w:ch
came into y:e said Ships hold, and y:e said Ships mizen XXX
by y:e violence & force of the said Storme was Torne in
peeces. and y:e greatest part of it blowne away, and y:e
said Ship lying broad off to y:e sea, shipped a great
Sea, w:ch washed over board her sheath Anchor, w:ch
was fastned by y:e said Ships side and washed her Boate
and Skiffe, to Leewards, and y:e said Anchor, hanging
by a Rope where with it was fastned to the said Ships
side, and y:e said Ship, Turning or rowling too and
fro, y:e said Anchor bilged a hole, neere y:e Lough of ?the
Said Ship, and made a Leake in her, through w:ch ?there
went some water, and their being as aforesaid much
water receaved ar rge XXXX Port of the said Ship, y:e said
Ship had about foure foote water in her hold, w:ch
caused y:e said Ship to lye dead in y:e Sea. And saith that
by the Violence and Duraccon of the said Storme & y:e pXXX
aforesaid, the said Ship and her Lading and Company
on board her were in Great Danger of Sinking and
Perishing in y:e Sea The prmisses hee deposeth being on board
y:e said Ship y:e said time, and Carpenter of her. And
Otherwise cannot depose.///
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//To the 3:d arle & Schedule therein menconed hee saith that y:e M:r and Company of
and on board y:e said Ship, did upon Good Consideraccon
for y:e Safeguard of the said Shipp and Lading, and of
their owne Lives. Cut downe y:e said Ships Maine
Mast by y:e board and Cut away all the Tackling
thereto belonging, and did Stave & Cast over board most
of the Caske (OR, casks) of ffresh water, y:t y:e said Sjip might bee
Lightened. And saith that y:e said Mainemast, sheat
Anchor. and all and Singular y:e tackle Appell and
furniture of or belonging to the said Ship the Oporto Merch:
severally mentioned & set downe in y:e Schedule, were
Cast into, (and lost) in y:e sea, for y:e preservaccon of the said
Ship, and at the time of such their loosing were well
worth the severall summes mentioned, and set downe in
y:, (now read over unto him). amounting in
y:e whole to One hundred, fourty two pounds two shillings
And beside y:e sd goods & materialls hee saith y:e Missen saile Blowne
away as aforesaid, was worth about foure pounds XXXXX
And much damage done to the said Ships Rudder
sterne post, a nd sterne, the repaires whereof will Cost the
said Owne:s about twenty pounds as he beleeveth The
Premisses hee deposeth being Carpenter of the said Ship
as aforesaid. And further cannot Depose./:
To the 4:th and 5:th hee saith that During the Continuance
of the said Storme . y:e M:r and Company of the said Ship
did Constantly ply both the Pumpes of the said ship and
kept them Goeing
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//XXXXXTing in the sea. The premisses hee deposeth being
on board & Gunner of the said ship when the said Disaster
happened, And further hee Cannot: Depose:/:
To the 3:d hee saith that Thomas Chever M:r of the said ship.
and y:e marine:rs on board her. did upon a ?serious Consideracon
for y:e safeguard of y:e sd ship and Lading, & men on board
her Cut Fowne the Ships mainemast by the board; and
Cut away the Tackling thereto belonging and staved
most of her Casks w:ch did much lighten the said Ship
and having now seene & read over the schedule arlate
hee saith that all and Singular the masts sailes, &
Materialls therein mentioned were belonging to y:e
said Ship, and Cast over board & lost, for y:e p:rservaccon of her
& her Lading, & men in her, & saith they were of his
knowledge worth the severall summes therein
particularly mentioned & set downe, at the time of their
said loosing, amounting in the whole to the summe of
One hundred ffourty two pounds two shillings ?shere
And further saith that y:e mizen saile (w:ch is not set Downe in
y:e sd Schedule) was worth at the time of the sd blowing away
about foure pounds, And saith that ?there ?this great Damage done
to the Rudder Sterne post & Sterne of the said ship
but cannot estimate the same - And further cannot depose
To the 4:th hee saith that During all the time that the
said Storme Continued the M:r and Company of the
said Ship did ply their Pumpes. with Great Care ?about
& paines, And Saith that, y:e water Increasing in her hold they were
Constrained to bring the said Ships Starboard side to y:e Sea
and y:e said Ship being then ?wared her Spritsaile was
blowne away and lost, and the said storme y:e
next morning abating y:e M:r & marine:rs through their great
Labour & Paines Cleared her hold: and stoped her Leakes
w:ch hee Deposeth helping & assisting in the p:rmisses
And further hee cannot depose:/:
To the .5:th hee saith that y:e said ship was at her departure from
the Barbadoes, y:e said voyage; and untill the said Storme
happened, a strong tight and stXXXX Vessell, and had
Good Decks and was well rigged & fitted with all
XXXXs of materiall for such a voyage & Imploym:t
and saith she was not over laden the said voyage, And
further deposeth that the foresd Sheat Anchor, was well
& Sufficiently fastned to the said Ships Side, ?al Anchors
use to be for ought hee knoweth ?to the Contrary: And what damage is happened to y:e sd Ship & lading
Came & happened meerely by the sd Storme & Timpestious (sic) XXXX
& not through Insufficiency of y:e sd Ship. or Carlessnes of or in her Company
or any of them. This hee deposeth for y:e reasons aforesad & further cannot depose
To the 6:th hee referreth himselfe to the Registry of this Court:/:
To the last hee saith his foregoeing depon is true:/
JOHN XXXXXXXX [His signature]//
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Case: Nuthall ag:t Potts: Examination: 3. John Carter, of Limehouse, parish of Stepney, Blockmaker, aged 61: Date: March 21:th 1658
The 21:th day of March 1650:.
Examined on y.e said Allon:.
Nuthall ag:t Potte.)
aforesayd:)
Rp.
3:xx JOHN CARTER of Limehouse in parish of
Stepney Blockmaker aged 61 yeeres or thereabouts
Sworne and Examined./.
To the first arle of the said Allon hee saith that for and during
all the time arkate, the arlate Henry Potts was M:r and Commander
of the arlate Ship the ?Gilly flower, now called (as hee remembreth
y:e Hopefull , and for such was Comonly accounted; And
further cannot depose
To the second and third hee saith that in the moneth of November
1656: y:e said Ship y:e ?Gilly flower, was bound on a voyage
to be made directly from this port of London to Newcastle
and to returne from thence directly to this port againe where
shee was to end her said voayage, And further saith that
in the said moneth of November 1656, the said Ship did
want and stand in need of severall provisions tackle
furniture, Materialls and Stock: to Pceede and goe the said
Voyage, The premisses hee Deposeth for that y:e said rime s hee well
Knowe the said ship y:e ?Gilliflower, and went then
on board her, and Alsoe for the reasons following And further
cannot depose:/:
To the 4:th and fifth hee saith that hee verily beleeveth that in or
about the moneth of November 1656: the arlate ?James
Nuthall did send unto the foresaid Henry Potts
, for buying of provisions & to provide a Stock for y:e said Ship
to goe the foresaid Voyage; and saith that the said Potts hath
acknowledged soe much to this depo:t And saith further ?that
the said Potts hath told this depo:t that the said Nuthall lent
the foresaid money upon Bottomry: and further ?cannot
depose it being soe long since./.
To the 6:th hee saith that in or, about y:e said moneth of November
y:e said ship went from hence on y:e said voyage for Newcastle
and arrived (from thence ) here in safety And further he
canot depose.:/:
To the 7:th hee saith that on or about the two and twenty
day of November 1656: the foresayd henry Potts and
this depo:t (who is the arlate John Carter,) did enter into & XXXXX BXXXX
unto the foresaid James Nuthall, in the summe of Three
Thousand pounds of Lawfull money of England for the pXXXX
of a certaine writing, and having now seene and prsed y:e
Bond Exhibited anexed to the said Allon hee saith the same
was and is the said Bond, and was and is signed with
the handwritings of the said Potts, and this Depo:t and XXX
by them, and by them Delivered for and as their act and
And further hee saith hee cannot depose./
Repeated before D:r Godolphin:
JOHN CARTER [His signature]//
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Case: The ffrancis and John: Examination: Edward Hannings, of Stepney, Mariner, aged 25: Date: March 21:th 1658
//The 21:th of March 1658
The Francis and John:
EDWARD HANNINGS of Stepney Mariner aged 25 or thereabouts
Sworne as is the arle of Court before the XXX XXXX. John Sucklex his Dr
of lawes one of the Judges of XXX XXXX Court of ?the Admiralty of England and
XXX and upon certain Interries XXX XXXXX XXXXX alsoe of the ?examination of XXXX
XXXXXX , late Gunner of the ffrancis and John.
To the first Interrie hee saith the intered Godfrey ?Jonas (whom hee XXXX
know) was Gunner of the ship the ffrancis and John (Laurence XXXXing Mr)
and departed this life at Batavia in East India about fourteene monthes
since, w:ch hee knoweth being his mate and aboard the said Shipp.
To the second hee saith that when the said shipp the ffrancis and John was
taken by the shipps of the dutch East India company neere Bantham (w:ch
was about XXXteene monethes since) the said Godfrey Jonas had ?two parcells
of white pepper aboard her worth eleaven pounds sterling, as alsoe five XXX XXXXX and aXXXXXX worth twenty shillings XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
fower peeces of XXXXXX XXXXX five XXXXX XXX three Caskes of XXXXX
and two ?ropes of XXXXck, the said five ropes worth one XXXX and XXX twelve XX XXXX
XXXX, and XXXX all the goods of and belonging, to the said Jonas, and
to the said Capatine XXXXX XXX of the said dutch shipps by whom hee
was ?deprived thereof, of this deponent SSS and knowledge.
The marke of the [MARKE WRITTEN AS 'E'] said Edw: Hennings.
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Case: William Craford and Anne his wife, Executors of Andrew Hill ag:t the Elizabeth & Mary and others: Examination: Thomas Hale, of Stepney, Mariner, aged 45: Date: March 29th, 1659
The 29:th: day of March 1659./.
William Craford and Anne his)
wife Executo:rs of the last will)
and Testam:t of Andrew Hill)
ag:t the ship the Elizabeth and Mary)
whereof Thomas Middleton decd was M:r)
and ag:t [BLANK IN MANUSCRIPT] Middleton y:e Relict)
and XXXXX of the goods Chattells &)
Debts of the said Thomas Middleton XXXX)
Cheeke. Suckley)
Examined upon an Allegacon on y:e
behalfe of the said Craford:/.
THOMAS HALE of Stepney Marine:r
aged 45 yeeres or thereabouts Sworne
and Examined saith and Deposeth
as followeth: viz:t./.
To the first hee saith that for and during all the yeeres 1645
1646: 1647: 1648: 1649: & 1650 y:e arlate Thomas Middleton
was M:r and Comand:er of the arlate ship the Elizabeth and
Mary, and was as hee beleeveth put in M:r of her by her owner:rs The
premisses hee deposeth for that y:e greatest pt of the foresaid
Time hee was Boatswaine and M:rs Mate of The said Ship
And further cannot depose:/:
To the second hee saith that about the seaventh day of ffebruary
1646: hee this depo:t first came on board he sd ship to XXXX in
her, and then found the arlate Andrew Hill in her, who served
in the Quality of Cooke on board her. and saith that hee the
said Cooke was Comonly accounted & reputed on board y:e
said Ship, to have come on board her to serve in y:e Quality
aforesaid in or about y:e moneth of Octob:r 1645 And saith that
the said Hill had about thirty shillings p
moneth the said Voyage; And that y:e XXXX
from y:e said time of this depo:t coming on board y:e
Ship//
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//as aforesaid untill y:e said Hill depted this life; (w:ch his dept
was in the moneth of November 1649 or thereabouts) XXXX
the said Hill of this Depo:ts Knowledge did serve in y:e sd ship XX doe his duty
well and truely on board y:e said Ship, and did well
deserve his foresaid wages:, And saith that thirty
shillings was the said time usually paid to men
that served in y:e foresaid Quality on board ship in such
Voyages: The reason of his Knowledge of the p:rmisses
is for that he this Depo:t Continued on board the said
Ship in y:e Quality aforesaid from such his Coming on
board her, untill, and along time after y:e Death of
the said Andrew Hill, and further hee cannot depose
To the 4:th hee referreth himselfe to the Registry of the
Court for Probate of Wills and Granding Admons, and
further cannot depose:/:
To the 5:th hee referreth himselfe to the Registry of this
Court and further deposeth not:/:
To the 6:th hee saith his foregoeing depon is true:/
To the Interries./
To the first hee saith that M:rs Crafford required him
to Come and Testify y:e truth of his knowledge in this
busines & was as aforesaid belonging to the said Ship y:e
Voyage in question And saith that M:rs Crafford well knowes
this depo:t to be one of y:e sd Ships Company y:e voyage in
question. and came to him three yeeres since to his house
at Stepney about this busines: and saith hee is neither XXX
nor Expecteth to receave Any thing for his Testimony here
and saith hee this depo:t is a prizone:r in & at the Upper Bench
upon a p:rtence of Debt, and saith hee is worth 100:li
(All his debts w:ch hee weith being paid) besides many debts
w:ch are Owing to this depo:t and to the rest negatively
To the second hee answereth negatively saving as aforesd.
& saving that hee hath heard that the
said M:rs Crafford did receave of the foresaid Thomas
Middleton a Summe of money, w:ch shee recovered XXX
Lawe of the said Middleton onely for goods things and Clothes of the XXX w:ch
y:e said Middleton (upon y:e Death of the said Hill) disposed
of, And not for y:e wages of y:e said Hill:/:
To the r.:d hee saith. that hee favoureth both of the partyes
Litigant alike; in this busines, and if it were in his Power
hee would give y:e Victory according to right and Justice
And further cannot answer:
THOMAS HALE [His signature]
Repeated before D:r Godolphin.//
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Case: William Craford and Anne his wife, Executors of Andrew Hill ag:t the Elizabeth & Mary and others:: 2. Grace Hogsflesh, of Stepney, Widowe, aged 39: Date: Aprill 12:th 1659
//To the first shee saith shee well knowe the arlate Thomas Midleton
in his Life time, and saith he hath told this Depo:t that hee
was for all y:e time arlate M:r and Comand:r of the arlate ship
the Elizabeth and Mary, and further shee saith shee cannot depose:/:
To the second and third arles of the said Allon she saith that
about two yeeres since (the time otherwise shee doth not now remember)
the producent Anne Craford desired this depo:t to goe along with her
to the signe of the Red Lyon at the Old Swan in Thames Streete
there to Meete with the said Thomas Middleton, & to aske of him
the wayges w:ch was due to the arlate Andrew Hill, And this
depo:t at her request did goe with her to the said place; where this depo:t
and y:e said M:r Craford found y:e said Thomas Middleton
And this depo:t then and there asked y:e said Middlton whether
hee had not one Andrew Hill Cooke of his ship, to w:ch the said
Middleton Answered Yes; and this depo:t asking him howe
long y:e sd Hill served in his ship; and at what what hee was
shipped. at. The said Middleton replyed that hee served in his
ship about foure yeere, and two Monethes: and was shipped
at Thirty shillings p moneth, And then this depo:t asked him
if hee had paid him any of his wages: To w:ch hee replied
Noe, I Doe not use to pay men abroad. And the said M:rs Craford
being then p:rsent in the same roome; this depo:t told the
said Thomas Middleton that this woman (pointing to and
meaning y:e said M:rs Crafford,) was Come to demand his wages
And y:e said Middleton replyed in an angry manner, that hee would
not give her any account of it, because shee had arrested
him; and dis?charged him; for hee had a house to Comand and a Ship
to Comand, and tenne thousand pound to Comand, and was able
enough to pay her, but nowe hee would not, for shee should
have Lawe enough for her money: or to the very same effect,
To the 4:th shee referreth herselfe to the Registry of the Court for probate
of Wills and Granting of Ad?conns:/.
To the 5:th shee referreth herselfe to the Registry of this Court: And
further deposeth not./.
To the 6:th shee sauth her foregoeing depon is true./:
To the Interries
To the first shee saith that M:rs Craford y:e producent required
this depo:t to come and testify the truth of her Knowledge in the busnies
and saith shee did never belong to y:e said Ship; And saith that this depo:t liveth
at the next house; to the house whereof y:e said M:rs Craford Liveth , and
hath lived there about four yeeres, & the said Craford hath lived there
in her said house a longer time, and this depo:t being y:e time aforesyd
the sd M:rs Craford neighbo:r shee was by y:e sd M:rs Craford Caried
to the foresd place, to the foresd purpose; And saith she hath not Received//
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//neither bin Promised anything for her Testimony herein nor
doth shee as shee saith expect to receave any thing for y:e same, And saith shee
is worth about two hundred pounds. in her Cleare Estate, and
to the rest negatively:/:
To the 2:d shee hath heard y:t y;e said M:rs Craford recovered of y:e
said Thomas Middleton for the said Hills Cloathes and
goods, and some small moneyes w:ch y:e said Hill had on board
the said Ship at y:e time of his Death, about six and twenty
pounds, and to the rest shee answereth negatively for her
pt, saving as aforesaid:/:/
To the 3:d she saith she favoureth both the partyes Litigant alike
and if it were in her Power, shee would (as she saith) give the
Victory to hat party , w:ch had most right to the same; /:
Repeated before D:r Godolphin:/:
The marke of the ?said
Grace [The mark looks like an interlinked WW] Hogs?flesh//
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Case: Wood ag:t Grove: Examination: 5. Thomas Yeomans of Wapping, Mariner, late Masters Mate of the Peace, aged 23: Date: March 11th 1658 English Style
The 11:th of March 1658 English style
Examined upon the sayd libell
Wood ag:t Grove
Rp. XXXXXX
5:us THOMAS YEOMANS of Wapping Mariner late Masters Mate
of the shipp the Peace aged twenty three yeares or thereabouts a
witnesse sworne and examined saith and deposeth as
followeth viz:t/
To the first arle of the sayd libell hee saith that hee well knoweth that
the arlate Thomas Grove during all the yeares & moneths arlate was
Master & Commander of the arlate Shipp the Peace and went Master of her
the whole voyage in question and sett sayle with her as Master of her from
Gravesend on the twenty eighth day of March 1657 bound out upon the sayd
voyage and had the care & charge of her as Master during the sayd voyage and that as hee beleeveth
with the consent of the arlate Vincent Delabarr and Thomas de La Vall and
other the Owners of the sayd shipp this hee deposeth being one of the sayd Groves
Mates and alsoe purser of the sayd shipp during the sayd voyage, and
keeping a Journall of the tyme of her departure upon the sayd voyage
& of her returne to London./
To the 2 arle of the sayd libell hee saith that hee being a Mate & Purser as afore
sayd knoweth that in the Moneth of March 1656 the sayd shipp Peace laye in the
River of Thames bound out thence upon the voyage in question And saith hee
verily beleeveth that the arlate Luke Woods did before the sayd shipp departed
ipon the voyage in question hyre three eighth parts of the sayd shipp for the
sayd voyage of the arlate Thomas Grove but fir that hee was not privie
to the Contract thereabout hee cannot depose any thing of certayne knowledge
touching the sayd Contract but referreth him selfe to the Charter pty touching
the same and further to this arle hee cannot depose./
To the 3 arle hee saith that the arlate John Brewer & Edward Crispe were
commonly accompted to be the true & lawfull Owners and Proprietors of the other
five eighth parts of the sayd shipp the Peace and her tackle and furniture and
saith the sayd Brewer & Crispe did freight & imploy their owne five eigth parts
of the sayd shipp the sayd voyage at their owne charge and adventure and did
imploy the arlate Luke Woods to goe supracargo of the sayd shipp the
sayd voyage as well for the management of the five eigth parts thereof of the sayd
Brewer & Crispe as of ?his the sayd Woods three eighth parts thereof./
To the 4:th hee saith that the arlate Luke Woods was sole supra cargoe of the
shipp Peace and was in his owne right to beare & did beare the charge of
three eighth parts of the victualls provisions and Master & Mariners wages
of the sayd shipp during the voyage in question and did in the behalfe of the sayd
Brewer & Crispe & by their order beare the charge of the other five eigth parts
of the sayd victualls provisions & wages (belonging to them the sayd Brewer &
Crispe) and saith that most of the Mariners that served in the sayd shipp the
sayd voyage were hyred by the sayd Woods And the sayd Grove the Master &
the Mariners of the sayd shipp were (as hee this deponent beleeveth) to yeild
obdeience to the Commands of the sayd Woods as Supracargo during the sayd
voyage as touching the ladeing unladeing & reladeing of the sayd shipp
and to sayle the sayd shipp & goe with her boate from place to place as the
sayd Woods should as Supracargoe direct And further to this arle and the
schedule therein mentioned hee saith hee cannot depose./
To the 5:th and 6:th arles hee saith that after the departure of the sayd shipp from
Gravesend upon the sayd voyage shee being in her course towards ffrance was put
into ffalmouth by Contrary windes where shee lay winde bound about eighteene
dayes//
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//dayes and on or about the seaventeenth of Aprill 1657 the winde coming
fayre for her depture thence the arlate Luke Wood & Thomas Grove came XXXX
from shoare aboard the sayd shipp that day about two a clock in the afternoone
and being come aboard the sayd Wood caused this deponent to goe on
shoare to cleare the sayd shipp at the Castle & in the meane tyme the sayd shipp
sett sayle this deponent at the Castle seeing her inder sayle And saith hee
well knoweth that the sayd Thomas Grove the Master after the sayd shipp was
soe under sayle was on shoare and stayed a shoare till about two of
the clocke in the morning of the next day after shee soe sett sayle, but
what boate hee went on shoare (for that hee was then gone to the Castle) hee
knoweth not And further to this arle hee cannot depose saving hee saith that
some few howers after the sayd groves comming againe aboard the sayd shipp
shee sett sayle to proceede on her voyage./
To the 7:th hee saith that after the arrivall of the sayd shipp Peace at ?Lezorne
in ffrance shee lyeing there to take in her ladeing of salt severall boates were
sent by the sayd Woods from shoare (this deponent being w:th the sayd Woods on shoare
with salt to the sayd shipp some whereof were turned back & not receaved
a board her but by whose meanes hee knoweth not nor what dammage the
sayd Woods susteyned thereby And further to this arle hee cannot depose/
To the 8:th hee saith hee well knoweth (for that hee went a shoare in the same
boate) that the sayd shipp Pease being ready to depart from Le?z?erne the sayd
Woods went on shoare un the shipps boate to perfect & make up her Accounts
that hee might be in a readinesse to depart and the arlate Thomas Grove
would ?newlie goe and did goe on shoare in the same boate, ?w:ch ?being
come on shoare the sayd Grobe did in p:rsence of this deponent & the sayd
Wood & others, revile the arlate Edward Crispe one of the Owners and
imployers of the sayd shipp, and sayd hee was a roague and a dogg
and that what & whosoeever they were that did act or doe any thing
sor the sayd Crispe hee the sayd Grove would hold them during the voyage
or hee the sayd Grove spake words to the like effect And further hee cannot
depose./
To the 9:th hee saith hee cannot depose knowing nothing thereof
To the 10:th and 11:th hee saith that in the beginning of the moneth of August
1657 the weather was some what fowle by reason whereof certayne ffish
which the arlate Woods had boight & provided at Newfound Land to be
laden aboard the Pease could not be shipped for want of fayre weather
and that on the fifteenth of that moneth the weather proceding fayre and
fitt for shipping the sayd ffish the arlate Luke Woods and M:r XXX
called early in the morning that day to the Mariners of the sayd shipp
who were on board her (some of them being on shoare before about the XX
busines) to come on shoare to helpe while the weather as fayre XXX
in shipping the fish soe provided and the sayd Grove the Master sent XX
of the Mariners aboard on shoare to assiste thereabout And saith that
the sayd sixe were gone on shoare to helpe to lade ffish the sayd Thomas
Grove the master and this deponent and Robert Grove and other of the Mates
did that day take the long boate and therewith XXXXX up and downe to the
windewards and came at length neere shoare where Woods and the
Mariners that assisted him were at worke about preparing the sayd ffish
to goe aboard and having looked on them a while ?turned with the boate
XXX//
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//the winde wards againe without assisting in the ladeing of the sayd ffish
and after about an howers tyme returned againe to the place where the sayd
Woods & those of the shipps company who assisted him were weighing of ffish on
shoare, & the sayd Grove went on shoare but what words passed
betweene the sayd Woods & Grove hee knoweth not, but saith hee being alsoe
purser knoweth that there were one hundred and twenty kintalls of ffish
laden that day aboard the Pease, and saith there were twenty seaven men &
boyes belonging to the Pease most of which were on shoare imployed about
the shippes affayres some about helpeing to lade the sayd 120 kintalls of
fish & others about other busines but how those who remayned on board were
imployed by the Master hee knoweth not And further hee cannot depose/
To the 12:th and 13:th arles hee saith that while the sayd shipp Pease remayned at
Newfound land this deponent being belowe deck heard the arlate Thomas
Grove & the arlate Luke Woods at variance togeather upon the deck &
heard the sayd Grove call the sayd Wood old Roague and Pedler and other
reproachfull words and sayd that if hee the sayd Woods were not an old
Roague hee the sayd Grove would drubb him and XXXX Grove speaking further to ?this the
sayd Woods sayd ?thus or the like in effect you old Roague yo:w were in the hold
the other day but if ever I see yo:w in hold againe I will tXXXX yo:w up with a
tackle, and hee saith that hee beleeveth that the occasion of such falling out
betweene them was about salt which the sayd Grove refused to deliver
according to the sayd Woods order for that this deponent after the
sayd words were spoken comming up from belowe deck heard the sayd Grove
& Woods talkeing somewhat more mildely upon the deck touching the delivery
of salt and heard the sayd Woods aske the sayd Grove why hee would not
suffer the salt to be delivered according to his the sayd Woods order whereto
the sayd Grve replyed and sayed that hee wanted stiffening & the sayd Woods
then speakeing to the sayd Grove sayd why then did you not gett stones bought
aboard before for stiffening & these last
mentioned XXXX passed betweene them upon the open deck after this deponent
came up upon the deck in the p:rsence of severall of the sayd shipps company
And further to these arles hee cannot depose./
To the 14:th arles hee saith that the sayd words being disXXXXted at the XXXXes
& passaged aforesayd which had passed aboard betweene the sayd Grove & him
did the same day (but wht day it was hee remembreth not) goe on shoare & left the
sayd Grove & the arlate Tizard his Mate & this deponent aboard with the sayd
Grove And hee saith that the sayd Grove the Master & the sayd Tizard being in talke
togeather upon the deck hee this deponent heard the sayd Grove in an angerie
manner saye there is a ?knott of yo:w which I will breake, but his meaning
by those words this deponent knoweth not And hee saith that afterwards in
the afternoone of that day this deponent goeing on shoare the sayd Woods
was mentioned that if the sayd Woods pleased then to send aboard for any
salt that hee wanted or would have out of the shipp it should be delivered
And further to this arle hee cannot depose./
To the 15:th arle hee saith that hee being aboard the Pease after hee had soe
seene the noate aforesayd knoweth that some persons came with boates for
salt as being sent for the same by the sayd Woods and that the sayd Thomas
Grove the Master caused them to be turned away without receiving any salt
notwithstanding the noate hee had soe written to M:r Woods And saith that when
the sayd Grove soe refused to deliver the sayd salt the sayd shipp laye in the harbour
of S:t Jones in Newfound land, which is a good harbour, and had then aboard her
divers//
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THOMAS YEOMANS [His signature]
To the Interries
To the first Interrie (it being done as is required) hee saith
hee was warned to, come and Testifye the truth in this
cause by M:r Bray servant to M:r Browne and saith hee was
Mate and Purser of the said ship y:e Pearce the yoyage in
question; and hath received twelve monethes pay in full
for his service in the said ship: y:e sd Voyage: and hath not receabed
any thing for his Testimony in this Cause: but execteth
that hee shall be satisfyed for his losse of time; according
as if hee had bin at worke; and not otherwise: and favoureth
both the partyes Litigant a like, and would (if it were in his
Power) give the victory according to right and equity: and
otherwise Negatovely:/:
To the Second hee saith that hee hath heard the foresaid Luke
Woods in the Voyage in question say that the said Ship was
bound from Newfoundland, to the Leeward Islands as well as
to the Barbadoes. And saith that y:e said ship in her outward
voyage lay about thirteene dayes windbound at ffalmouth
and Pendennis Castle, and saith that soe soone as the wind sXXXX
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To the 7:th hee saith that for ought hee knoweth to the
Contrary the said Thomas Grove did from Newfound
-Land the said Voyage use his Endevo:r to saile to and
arrive at the Barbadoes; according to the said Woods order,
And saith that the said Ship in her passing from Newfound:d
towards the Barbadoes did meet with many Hurricanoes
Gal?wes , and Contrary winds, And saith that about three
dayes before the said ship arrived at Sta Lasia. aforesyd
the said Grove Asked this depo:t (who was one of his Mates
how farr they were to windward of the Barbadoes. by his
Account, to w:ch hee answered, that by his account they were
about 130 Leagues to the windward of the Barbadoes
and y:e said Grove alsoe asked y:e Interrate Roger Grove and
y:e Interrate William Tizard to the effect aforesaid, and
y:e sd Grove made answer that hee was by his account
about 140 Leages to windward of the Barbadoes: and y:e said
Tizard said y:t by his account hee was about 100 Leagues to
Windward of the Barbadoes or to that effect, and y:e said
Thomas Grove y:e M:r of the said Ship said y:t by his account heee was above 100 Leagued to Windward of the Barbadoes:
And further saith that y:e said William Tizard (who was shipped
Cheife mate of the said Ship y:e said Voyage by y:e sd Wood) was
and//
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//and is an illiterate and unskillfull pson, and one that
cannot write his name ans was not Capable of his said
Office or place; and had noe Instrum:ts on board y:e said
ship to doe and performe his said place, but a fewe ?Staffs
and saith that hee beleeveth the reason of the said Ships
missing the Barbadoes y:e said Voyage was occasioned
and came by the said Hurricanes; and XXXXX, and
Contrary winds, And further cannot answer:/
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//on board y:e fflemings. in regard of the Difference betwixt
England and Spaine, And further that Captaine
Thorne Interr. stayed at Mevis and S:t Christopher: about
five monethes, but about what, occasion hee knoweth not, And saith
that it is a Common thing used aming the Plante:rs and
Inhabitants in the said Islands to promise to lade goods
on board ships to be Transported to severall ports, and
yet to break their promise. and lade none; And saith
that hee beleeveth y:t y:e occasion of the Peace her comming
home dead freighted, was by meanes of the said
Hurricanoes. and y:e fflemings being there as aforesaid:/:
and further cannot answer.
To the 11:th. hee cannot Answer saving his forefoeing depon
ands aving that the said Grove did use all meanes to
dispatche the said ship from y:e severall ports and places shee was at
the said Voyage according to the order of the said Woods
and hee beleeveth that if the said Woods had come away
sooner from y:e said Island w:ch hee saith hee might have
done) it would have saved much money; w:ch was spent
in y:e time of the said ships lying there, and alsoe have
benefitted y:e said Voyage./:
To the 12:th hee cannot Answer:/:
Tio the 13.:th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing depon and
further hee saith hee Cannot . Answer:/:-
To the 14:th. hee saith that the Victualls and
provisions. spent the said Voyage: p moneth did amount unto (as the said Luke Wood hath told this Depo:t) about
25:li or 30:li: and further cannot answer saving as aforesd
To the 15:th. hee referreth himselfe to his forefoeing depon
and further cannot Answer:/:
To the 16:th: hee saith that at, and betweene ffalmouth and
Plymouth the said Wood did Cleare foure men off of the ship; And saith that there was want of Provisions onboard y:e said Shipp
from ffalmouth up to London y:e homwwards voyage, and
Otherwise Answereth not:/:
To the 17:th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing depon, and
further doth not answer, saving hee saith the said Luke
Wood did all the said Voyage , give the said Grove as bad
words as the said Grove gave or spake to or against the
said Wood, and y:e said Wood oftentimes in this depo:ts
hearing did call the said Grove Yong Rogue; and other
reproachfull names and y:e said Wood told this depo:t that
if it had not nin for him the said Wood y:e said Grove
had never come in to y:e said Ship as M:r or to that effect, w:ch
said Woods did disparidge the said Grove, and was as
he saith a great meanes to make his Company or some of them slight
him./.:
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//To the :18:th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing depon
where hee hath satisfied y:e same soe farr as hee can:
To the .19:th hee saith that for about three yeeres last hee
hath sailed in y:e said ship Peace with the said
Thomas Grove, and thereby Knoweth. that hee is an
able skillfull, and Experienced Seaman, & soe Comonly accounted and hath
as hee hath heard used y:e Sea for a long time, and
further cannot answer, referring himselfe to his foregoeing depon./.
To the 20:th hee saith that the said Grove did set forward
his mariners, and encourage them to doe their dutyes
the said Voyage; and upon carles Neglects of the
same, the said Grove did XXX some
of his said Mariners, giving them moderate?Correccon
with a Ropes End or the XXte, And to the rest Negatively
saving that one Richard Blagne or Blake who
was Boatswaine of the said ship the said Voyage
did at Plymouth Receive of M:r Wood five pounds
in money. Besides his twelve monethes pay w:ch hee receaved here in London) but upon what account XX
hee soe received the same hee knoweth not :/:
To the .21:th and 22_th Interrie hee answereth. negatively
for his pt:./:
THOMAS YEOMANS [His signature]
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Case: Wood ag:t Grove: Examination: 6 Lawrence Broadbolt, of Nevis, in the West Indies, Merchant, borne at Knasburrough, Yorkshire, aged 44: Date: Aprill 23rd, 1659
//The 23:th of April 1659./
Wood ag:t Grove
Examined on the Libell./
XX 6 LAWRENCE BROADBOLT of Nevis in the West Indies
Merchant borne at Knasburrough in Yorkshire
aged 44 yeares of thereabouts a witness sworne
& examined saith and deposeth as followeth viz:t
To the 22:th arle of the sayd Libell hee saith that by reason hee
this deponent is an Inhabitant of the Island of Nevis arlate
& was there at the tyme the shipp Peace arlate came thither inthe
yeare 1657 and untill after her departure thence which was in the yeare
1658 hee knoweth that the sayd shipp did lye at Nevis in disposing
of her ffish & other Commodities divers moneths in the yeare 1657
and for some tyme (but how long hee remembreth
not) in the yeare 1658 and saith that while the sayd shipp Peace ?soe
lay at Nevis a Katy laden with ffish & other provisions & of wich
the arlate John Hollway was Merchant came alsoe to Nevis
and this deponent hath credibly heard from severall Inhabitants
of Nevis that the arlate Thomas Grove hath in company of the
sayd Hollway at Nevis sayd that hee would take ?such XXXX that
the old Roague (speaking of Luke Woods should sell noe ffish XXX
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//for (as hee hath heard) hee the sayd Grove sayd one pound of the sayd Hollwayes ffish
was worth sixe of the sayd Woods ffish, and told the sayd Hollway
that hee the sayd Grove had sold his owne ffish & would helpe him the
sayd Hollway to sell his And hee this deponent saith that hee well
remembreth that the sayd Thomas Grove was while hee stayed at Nevis question
ned by the sayd Luke Woods in the Court of Nevis (this deponent then
sitting there as a member thereof,) touching his refractory and
disobedient & uncivill carriage towards the sayd Woods his supracargo
tending to the p:riudice of the voyage And hee well remembreth that
the sayd Thomas Grove Master of the Peace did openly in the Court
before this deponent & divers others who satt as Judges thereof, speake
in ?disgrace of the ffish that the sayd Woods had bought & brought
to Nevis & sayd that the ffish that hee the sayd
Woods had bought & brought thither was Refuse ffish And further
to this arle hee cannot depose/
To the 24:th arle hee saith hee cannot depose anot being
of the Company of the shipp Pearce the voyage in
question ./
To the 29:th & 32:th arles of the sayd allegation hee saith that by the
Common report among the Inhabitants at Nevis the sayd
Thomas Grove the Master of the Peace did carry him selfe
very uncivilly to the sayd Luke Woods his supracargoe and
by such his carriage was a meanes that people there refused to
freight goods upon the sayd shipp And hee saith that hee this deponent
if hee had not heard of the sayd Groves evell carriage and
the discontent that was betweene the sayd Grove & Woods had a
resolution to have shipped goods aboard her at Nevis and alsoe
to have come in her thence a passenger for England And further
to ?thise arles hee cannot depose/
To the 35:th arle hee saith as aforesayd that hee being one of the
Judges of the Court at Nevis knoweth that while the sayd grove
was there hee was by the sayd Woods conXXXed before the Court
touching his refractory and uncivill carriage to the sayd Woods
in the voyage in question leading to the preiudice and XXXXXXX
of the sayd voyage and severall wittnesses produced & examined
against him upon Interrogatories which notwithstanding the
sayd Grove did as before hee this deponent hath declared in
open Court say that the ffish the sayd Woods had bought & brought
to Nevis in the ship Peace was Refuse ffish. And further to this
arle hee cannot depose./
To the rest of the arles of the libell not examined by direction of
the producent./
To the Interries/
To the first /the danger of piarie being declared unto him and the Interr rewuireth) hee saith hee comes to testifie the truth being soe
required by the producent M:rs Wood & saith hee favoureth all pties
in this suite alike & desyreth right may p:rvalile therin And to
the rest of the Interr hee answereth negatively./
To the 2 3 4 & 5:th and 6:th Interr hee saith hee is noe seaman nor
was any of the Company of the Shipp Peace the voyage in question
and therefore cannot answer to these Interries./
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//To the 7:th Interr hee saith hee cannot answere for the reasons
aforesayd./.
To the 8:th Interr hee cannot answere saving his foregoeing dep:on
To the 9:th hee saith hee breing an Inhaitant of Nevis knoweth that
Nevis Sugar is Better than Barbados sugarm hee having ?therby
Answer hee cannot answere/
To the 10:th hee cannot answere/
To the 11:th hee saith hee knoweth nothing of any treaty betwixt
the Interr Woods & Evans And further to this Interr hee cannot
answere saving his forefoing deposition./
To the 12:th hee cannot answere knowing nothing thereof./
To the 13:th hee cannot answere/
To the 14:th hee cannot answere
To the 15:th hee cannot answere/
To the 16:th hee cannot answere/
To the 17:th hee saith saving his foregoing deposition hee
cannot answere./
To the 18:th hee saith hee hath hYYYd & beleeveth that the Interr
Wood was part ffreighter XXXX & Supercargoe, & the Interr Grow
Master of the shipp Pearce the voyage in question And further
hee cannot answere/
To the 14:th hee saith hee is noe seaman & therefore cannot Judge
of the sayd Growes abilities And further saving his foregoeing
deposition hee cannot answere/
To the 20:th hee saith hee was ?never of the Peace his Company
nor XXX can answere to this Interr saving his foregoeing deposiccon/
To the 21:th hee answereth negatively to every part thereof./
To the last hee saith hee cannot answere having heard nothing
to the effect Interr./
LAU: BROADBOLT [His signature]
Repeated before D:r Godolphin
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Case: Grove ag:t Wood: Answer: Richard Blake: Date: Post March 28th, 1659
//The Answer of the foresaid Richard Blake
To the Interries. brought in the 28:th of
March 1659:/:
See his Depon upon y:e Allon
in 2: Act:/:
To the first Interrie hee saith that M:r Browne warned this
depo:t to come and be Examined upon this Cause on y:e behalfe of XX
Luke Wood. that hee was Boatswaine of the Peace the Voyage in question
& hath reced twelve monethes pay in full for his service in y:e sd
Ship: Amd saith that M:rs Wood at her house?s gave this depo:ts wife foure shillings
for this Depo:ts Coming to be Examined in this Cause, & saith hee favoureth
both y:e ptyes litigant alike. & wisheth right may take place in
this Busines, & otherwise negatively./:
To the 2:d hee saith that hee hath heard the said Luke Woods &
others in y:e Voyage say that the said Ship Peace was bound
from y:e Newfoundland to the Leeward Islands as
well as XX the Barbadoes, & to the rest hee referreth himselfe
to his foregoeing depon: & otherwise cannot Answer./.
To the 3:d hee saith that at such time as the said Ship received
her foresd Salt onboard at S:t Leszus the said Luke Wood
had then on board y:e sd Ship Peace, (for his owne private
Account as this depo:t hath heard 26 Coyles of Ropes two XXXXX
Nine Quarter Caske, 19 Hogsheads of ?Mault, 3 barrells of XXXXX & , Nineteene of XXX
of Strong water, And saith that with the said Woods Goods, XX
and y:e said Salt w:ch was laden on board y:e sd sShip at S:t Lesezue
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//and other goods w:ch shee had on board, ?his said Ship was fully
laden, And saith that y:e foresd Salt w:ch the said Grove
as aforesd refused to take on board, could not without p:riudice
have bin taken on board her. & saith the said Ship was laden above
her Lading markes w:ch is not usuall, specially upon dangerous
Coasts, & Saith shee then drew about 23 foot & XX inches a Sterne
and about Eleaven foote and a halfe a head, And had the saud
Grove taken in the foresaid two Boates Lading of Salt. w:ch the
sd Grove refused to take on board. it would have much endangered
the ship and Lading, & Company in her, in regard
that those parts were then Stormy, And further cannot Answer
To the 4:th hee saith that the said Luke Woods did
at Newfound Land in Rainy Weather, Lade some ffish onboard
y:e said Ship. and did lade some Early in y:e mornings and late
at Nights when y:e Dew was on the ground and w:ch hee should not have
done, And some of the sd ffish w:ch hee there Laded was Ill Conditioned
and refuse ffish at the time of the Lading thereof; w:ch did pjudice y:e rest that was
good and further saving his foregoing depon hee cannot
Answer.
To the 5:th hee saith that at y:e time interrate all the said ships
provisions, Tackling, and Cables were betweene Decks. And y:e
said Wood did then Imploy most of the Ships Company on shore
about his occasions & did send boates soe fast for salt that the
said Grove had not with the Company hee had on board time
enough to fetch ?stones to ?stiffen y:e sd Ship, & saving as aforesd
cannot further Answer:/:
To the 6:th hee saith that y:e reason why the said Grove soe refused
to deliver the foresd ropes, was in reagard hee knew not the
weight thereof and further saving as a foresd hee cannot answer
To the 7:th: hee saith that the said Ship in her Course from y:e
Newfoundland. to the Barbadoes. did meete with
variable Winds & ?Calmes. and bad weather in the Long ?reach
And saith that the foresaid William Tizard Cannot write nor
read, & had onely one Instrm:t onboard w:ch was a forestaffe
And saith that hee beleeveth that the said Variable Windes. & bad
weather was the Cheife occasion of the sd Groves missing the
Barbadoes, & further cannot Answer./
To the 8.:th hee saith that hee hath heard some of the said Ships
Company say, that they heard the said Luke Woods order the said
Grove when hee had missed the Barbadoes to saile to Martinice
and soe to Nevis, & y:e sd Grove did soe accordingly, And after y:e sd
Ship had bin at Nevis about a Moneth or six weekes. y:e said
Thomas Grove was very Earnest to goe to the Barbadoes, and
y:e said Wood Consented thereunto and caused Noates to
be set up in the remarkable places in Nevis and S:t Christophers
that the ship the Peace was goeing to the Barbadoes, but
when y:e Ship was ready, and Grove willing to goe the said
Woods refused to goe to the Barbadoes, and would not suffer
the said Grove to goe; for that (as the said Wood said) the market
was at Barbadoes very bad and dead, & sugar there very ?scarced
And further cannot Answer./.
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//To the 9:th hee saith that the said Tho: Grove did by the order of the said Luke
Wood stay at Nevis about a moneth before the said Luke Wood
sent any ffish to S:t Christopho:rs in w:ch time there arrived severall
Ketches at Nevis & S:t Christophers laden with ffish and other ?provisions
which did much hinder y:e sale of the ffish brought thither in
the Peace; And saith that if the said Wood had sold this said
ffish brought in y:e Peace; brfore y:e said Ketches arrived
there; hee might have had a Considerable price for the same
And saith that it was the said Woods owne fault that hee did
not send ffish sooner to S:t Christophers And saith that at
the first arrivall of the said Ship Pearce at Nevis y:e said
Wood had a pound of Sugar for a pound of ffish. (but ?how
the said Wood Sold y:e ffish afterwards this Depo:t knoweth ?not)
And further cannot Answere:/:
To the 10:th. hee saith that at the arrivall of the said Ship at Nevis
this Depo:t dound that Hurricanoes & Stormes w:ch had
bin very Violent in those pts had blowne doenw the
Tobacco plants Indicoes, & Sugar Canes there, & Spoyled most
of them. w:ch. caused scarsnesse of the same there and saith
that the Hollande:rs w;ch. were there did take away most of
the Goods w:ch weere then to be gotten in the ?sd pts. And the
English themselves did lade goods on board y:e Holland:rs and
alsoe put themselves on board y:e said Holland Ships, in, regard
Chefiely of the Difference betwixt England and Spaine
And saith that it is Usuall for Plante:rs at Nevis & otherXXX
to make Verball Agreem:ts & promises to lade goods on
board Ships, and yet to lade none; And saith that
the ?said Hurricanoes & Stormes w:ch happened in those
parts, and the Holland Ships being there as aforesaid was,
as hee saith a great Cause of the said Ship Peace her Coming
home dead ffreighted as aforesd And further Doth not Answer
To the .11:th hee saith that the said Grove did at S:t Christoper's
get ffreight of Three men there, for y:e sd Luke Wood, and
saith that the said Wood might uf hee had pleased come
from the Leeward Islands sooner than hee did. And hee saith
that , XX ships staying there soe long as shee did
did doe much damage to y:e sd Voyage, & further cannot depose
To the 12:th hee saith hee knoweth nothing thereof.
To the 13:th hee saith that y:e foresd Groves Oyles were ?stowed
on y:e fore?peeke before y:e maine mast in y:e XXXX
Deck of y:e sd Ship, w:ch was the most Convenient place to XXXX
them. and further (saving his foregoeing depon to w:ch hee referreth
hee cannot Depose./:
To the 14:th hee cannot Answer/:
To the 15:th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing depon
& further cannot answer/:-
To the 16:th hee saith that at ffalmouth and Plymouth in the
said Ships homeward Voyage y:e said Luke Wood did discharge
ffive of the said Ships Company, w:ch did endeanger her ?bringing
up to the Port, and there was then want of Provisionsm XXX
Ships Company, & soe much the sd Luke would did well ?there
And further cannot answer:/. //
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//To the 17:th hee saith that the said Luke Wood did Severall times
in this depo:ts Hearing call the said Thomas Grove yong Roague)
& Knave & such like names. And to the rest he referreth himselfe
to his foregoeing depon:/:
To the 18:th. hee Referreth himselfe to his foregoeing depon & further
cannot Answer:/:
To the 19:th. hee saith that the said Thomas Grove was and is
an Able, and Experienced Seaman, And further doth
not Answer:/:
To the 20:th. hee saith that during all the Voyage in question
the said Thomas Grove did endeavo:r to make the marine:rs
of the said Ship doe their dutyes And upon Carlesse neglects
of their said Dutyes y:e said Grove did moderatly XXX them
therefore, And saith that hee this depo:t, (being the Interrate
Richard Blake) did receive of the said Luke Wood
five pound at Plymouth, w:ch. the said Wood gave to this Depo:t
here in London, upon Condition that hee this Depo:t should
subscribe to the note w:ch most of the Company had subscribed
The effect whereof was that this Depo:t and Company should
take only twelve monthes pay in full for their service in y:e
said ship the sd voyage And further cannot Answer, saving negatively
for pt:
To the 21:th Negatively:/.
To the 22:th hee saith that hee hath heard that y:e Interrate Thomas
Capell that was Cooper of the said ship y:e said voyage, did
say that hee would be revenged on y:e said Thomas Grove
though hee went to the Devill. himselfe; and that if hee the sd
Capell could entrap the said Grove any manner of way hee
would send him to the Divell, or to the same effect & further
Cannot Answer:/:
RICHARD BLAKE [His signature]
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Case: Grove ag:t Wood: Examination: William Best, of Corfe, Dorset, Mariner Gunners Mate, of the Peace, aged 22: Date: May 3rd, 1659
//The 3 of May 1659
Examined on the says libell
7. WILLIAM BEST of Corfe in the County of Dorset
Mariner Gunners Mate of the shipp Peace aged twenty
two yeares or thereabouts a wittnesse sworne and
examined saith and deposeth as followeth viz:t./
To the first arle of the sayd libell hee saith that in the moneth of
March 1656 English style and during all the rest of the tyme arlate
the arlate Thomas Grove was Master and Commander of the arlate
shipp the Pease and had the charge & government of her as Master and
for such was Commonly reputed this hee the better knoweth for
that hee this deponent was about the ?tenth day of the sayd moneth of March
1656 hyred & shipped aboard the sayd shipp to goe & did from that tyme
goe gunners Mate of the sayd shipp during the whole voyage in
question and beleeveth that the sayed Grove was soe made Master
by and went Master of her with the consent of the arlate Vincent
Delabarr & Thomas de la Vall & other the Owners of the sayd shipp
And further to this arle hee cannot depose/
To//
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//To the second arle of the libell hee saith that the arlate Shipp the Pease
was as hee beleeveth vound dorth upon a voyage from this Port of London to the parts of
ffrance and thence to the Newfound lands and thence to the Barbadoes
and thence back to this Port of London on which voyage hee saith
the sayd shipp of this deponents sight & knowledge goeing Gunners mate
in her sett sayle from Gravesend on or about the eight and twentieth of
March 1657 And further to this arle he cannot of certayne knowledge
depose but referreth him selfe to the Charterpty arlate saving hee
saith that hee hath heard the sayd Thomas Grove saye and acknowledge
that hee had lett unto the arlate Luke Woods trhree eighth parts of
the sayd shipp for the sayd voyage./
To the 3 arle of the libell hee saith that the arlate John Brewer and
Edward Crispe were during the sayd voyage comonly reputed the
lawfull owners and Proprietors of the other five eigth parts of
the sayd shipp Peace & of her tackle & furniture, and the sayd Brewe
& Crispe did (as by Common repute hee hath heard & beleeveth) freight
& imploy their sayd five eighth parts of the sayd shipp at their owne
Cost charge & adventure And hee this deponent well knoweth that
the arlate Luke Woods was and went sole supracargo of the sayd
shipp the sayd voyage as well for the management of the sayd
five eigth parts belonging to the sayd Brewer and Crispe as
for the other three eigth parts of the said shipp hyred by the sayd
Woods And further to this arle hee deposeth not./
To the 4:th arle of the sayd libell hee saithj that the arlate Luke Woods
was to pay & did pay & beare the charge of three eigth parts of
the sayd shipps victualls & provisions & of the Master & Mariner
wages of the sayd shipp Pease during the voyage in question and
alsoe in behalfe of the sayd Brewer and Crispe was to paye
and did pay and beare the charges of their five eigth parts of the
sayd shipps victualls & provisions & Master & Mariners wages
And hee this deponent knoweth that the sayd Luke Woods did XX
this deponent & most of the Mariners that served in the sayd ship
the sayd voyage And hee saith that the Master and Mariners of
the sayd shipp were to followe & to be obedient to the Commands &
orders of the sayde Woods as Supracargo as to uching the ladeing
& unladeing of he & to what ports or places shee should goe
to take in or deliver out the same and to goe with the shipps XX
from tyme to tyme & place to place according as the sayd Luke Woods
as Supracargo of the sayd shipp should for the better mannagement
of the sayd shipps affayers order & direct And further to this arle
and the schedule therein mentioned hee saith hee cannot depose
To the 5:th and 6:th arles of the said libell hee saith that the sayd ?shipp
the Pease being in her course towards ffrance was put into ffalmouth
by Contrary windes where shee lay winde bounde about thirtie
dayes And that on or about the seaventeenth day of Aprill 165X
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//the winde came fayre whereupon the arlate Luke Woods being
ashoare made haste aboard that the sayd shipp might take opportunitie
of the fayre winde & make speedy sale thence for ffrance there to take
in her ladeing of salt, and in order soe to doe the sayd Luke Woods &
Thomas Grove the Master came aboard togeather about two of the
Clock in the afternoone of the sayd day and being come aboard they
semt one of the sayd shipps boates whith Yeomans the Masters Mate
and James Jenkins & Andrew Pritchard two other of the shipps company
ashoare to cleere at the Castle and in the meane tyme while the sayd
boate was soe gone on shoare the sayd shipp was brought to sayle, and
being soe under sayle the arlate Thomas Grove the Master would
needes goe on shoare againe and did goe on shoare againe, (but
whether in a Country boate or the other of the sayd shipps boates hee
remembreth not) hee the sayd Grove did not-
withstanding the sayd Luke Woods did earnestly perswade and
entreate the sayd Grove not to goe on shoare againe for that the winde
was then fayere for the shipps departure, & the sayd Grove being gone
soe on shoare the most part of that night, in soe much that the Company
of the Shipp was faine after they gott soe farr out as the Castle to
bring the sayd shipp to an Anchor to stay for the sayd Grove, And
saith that about two of the Clock in the morning next after, hee
the sayd Grove the Master came againe aboard the sayd shipp And the sayd
Luke Woods speakeing upon the deck to the sayd Grove in a milde and
civill manner before this deponent and divers of the sayd
Shipps Company sayd ?this or the like in effect M:r Grove I wonder
yo:w would stay soe longe on shoare seeing the winde is fayre for our
departure, and seemed to be discontented at the sayd Groves staye whereupon
the sayd Grove fell a swearing & curseing (but the perticular oathes hee
remembreth not) and sayd there were some aboard that thought XXXX
of his being a shoare but hee cared not, and sayd the sayd shipp
should ride longer yet, and then commanded all the Company XXXX
such as were upon therwatch to goe to their Cabbins, which they accordingly
did, and shee continued there till about an hour after or
?bether, & then the sayd Grove gave order to weigh Anchor and
sett sayle which was accordingly done, the p:rmisses hee deposeth
of ?sight & certayne knowledge being an eye & eare wittness thereof
& one of the watch the tyme aforesayd And further to these arles
hee cannot depose./
To the 7:th arle of the sayd libell hee saith that after the arrivall
of the shipp Peace at ?Leferno in ffrance and whilst the arlate Luke
Woods was on shoare provideing salt to lade the sayd shipp ?with, and
sending boates laden with salt to be taken aboard the sayd shipp, and
especially on or about the fifth and sixth of may 1657, thiis deponent
by order of the sayd Luke Woods came with fower or five boates
ladings of salt to the saide of the shipp Pease and desyred that they
might//
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//might be taken aboard and there was about two boats lading
thereof taken aboard the sayd shipp, this deponent helpeing to heave
it aboard, and saith that after the sayd two boates were XXXX
aboard the sayd Thomas Grove the Master of the sayd shipp refused
to receive the rest of the sayd fower r five boates ladeings
of salt on board the sayd shipp although the shipps company
were willingt o receave and of this deponents knowledge could
well have receaved & carried all the sayd boates ladeings of salt
but turned them away without ?receaving the same to the dammage
of the sayd Luke Woods who had contracted for the same, but
what to value the sayd dammage at hee knoweth not And further
to this arle hee acannot depose./
To the 8:th arle hee saith that while the sayd shipp Peace remayned
at ?Leserne arlate & when shee was ready to depart ?thence the
arlate Luke Woods did with this deponent & Thomas Yeomans whome hee had
imployed on shoare in takeing Accompt of what salte was sent
aboard the sayd shipp to be laden, goe on shoare to cast up and
make even his the sayd Woods Accounts, that hee might bee
in a readines to depart, And hee saith that the sayd Thomsa
Grove would XXXX goe on shoare & did goe on shoare at the same
tyme (but whether with them in the same boate hee remembreth not)
And after the sayd Grove was come on shoare hee the sayd
Grove went with the sayd Wood & Yeomans & this deponent to
the house where they were to make up their Accounts And the sayd
Grove there fell a rayleing against the arlate Edward
Crispe one of the Owners of & Adventurers of the sayd shipp
the sayd voyage, and called the sayd Crispe dogg and roague
and the like opprobrious language and saith they should suffer all for him the sayd Crispe or to that effect whereupon the sayd Woods
endeavoured to perswade the sayd Grove to be quiett and for XXX
such hisXXill language and telling him that though hee the sayd
Grove did not affect the sayd Crispe, must therefore all who
avere interested in the sayd shipp the sayd voyage suffer, or words to
that effect, whXXXXX the sayd Grove replyed and sayd yes by ?God
they should all farre the worse for him, (meaning the sayd Crispe)
which words were spoken in p:rsence of this deponent and the sayd
Yeomans, and Edward Spurling one of the sayd Shipps
Company And further hee cannot depose/
To the 9:th hee cannot depose not being aboard then nor hearing
any such words spoken as are arlate by the sayd Grove./
To the 10:th 11:th 12:th and 13:th arles of the sayed libell hee saith
for that hee this deponent was imployed ?by XXX
about ?five weekes tyme in the moneth of August 1657 by the arlate Luke Woods at a place or XXXX in
?fferylan in New found land to take account of and
lade fish aboard a Ketch there to be therein brought thence & delivered a board
the shipp Pease, hee this deponent was not p:rsent at any XXX
or actions arlate sayd in the sayd arles to be spoken & done by the ?sd
grove and therefore cannot depose to these articles./
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//To the 14:th and 15:th arles hee saith that the shipp Pease druing her
stay at newfound land lay constantly in the harbour of S:t ?Jones
arlate which is one of the best harbours in Newfound land And
further to these arles hee cannot depose./
To the 16:th hee saith hee cannot depose./
To the 17:th hee saith hee cannot depose./
To the 18:th hee saith hee cannot depose/
To the 19:th arle of the sayd libell hee saith that hee being Gunners Mate
& aboard well remembreth that about the twenty eight of September
1657 in the morning, the Master & Company of the sShioo Pease espied
three baXkers & bearing up to and of them they know her to be a shipp
that came out in Company of the Pearse from Nants in ffranse And
hee saith that the arlate Luke Woods accompanied with Robert ?Groove the
Masters cheife Mate went (but by whose persuasion hee knoweth not) aboard
the sayd ffrench shipp, this deponent ?and other of the Pease her Company goeing with the sayd Wood & Groove
in the shipps noate & having brought the sayd Woods & Robert
Grove Mate on board the sayd ffrench shipp this deponent & the other ?three
of the Pearse her company returned with the sayd boate aboard the Pearse
leaving the saiyd Woods & the sayd Mate aboard the sayd ffrench shipp, &
the sayd boate being rturnedm the ship Pearse (by order and Command
of the arlate Thomas Grove the Master of her) stood away from the sayd
ffrench shuipp about halfe a league, and then tacked & stood to the winde
wards of the sayd ffrench shipp, amd soe rann her aboard in the quarter
& brake her Quarter & her mizen mast & mayne topp mast, and alsoe
herewith brake the spritsayle yarde of the Pease and her head and ?runp
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//the same and made S:t Lusea and arrived with the shipp
Pease at Nevis arlate on or about the sighteenth of
November 1657 And further to this arle hee cannot depose/
To the 21:th hee cannot depose./
To the 22:th hee saith that by reason the shipp Pease missed the Island
of Barbadoes shee laye at Nevis in disposeing of her ffish & other
Commodities thither brought from November 1657 untill the tweXXXX of MXXX
next following and after, and well remembreth that about the
beginning of the sayd moneth of arch a Tetch came into Nevis
laden with ffish & other provisions whereof the arlate John Hollway
was Marchant or Supracargoe, And further to this arle hee
cannot depose not being privie to what discourse passed betwixt
the sayd Hollway & the arlate Grove./
To the 23:th hee saith hee cannot depose./
To the 24:th hee saith that hee this deponent being Gunners
Mate as aforesayd and aboard and an eye witnesse thereof knoweth
that the arlate Thomas Grove did at Newfound land lade and put
aboard the Shipp Pease for his owne Account a good quantitie of trayne oyle
and laded & stowed the same in the ?Lazaretto over the Merchants
fish and that the sayd oyle did leake and XXXme out and lye upon
the deck and fell amongst the Merchants fish and much damnified
the same And that by reason that there was at Nevis a report that
the fish brought thither in the Pease was damnified by trayne oyle
the rest of the ffish which was not damnified thereby would
not there sell but at lowe rates, which much damnified the
sayd Luke Woods in the sale of his ffish there but what to value the
sayd dammage at hee knoweth not, which dammage hee saith
happened by the meanes aforesayd And further hee cannot depose/
To the 25:th hee saith hee cannot depose/
To the 26:th arle hee saith that the arlate Luke Woods soe farr as
hee this deponent could and did observe was very carefull and
industrious in manageing the affayeres of the shipp Pease and
in the sale & disposall of her goods & Merchandizes and in buying
and ?reladeing her with others during the whole voyage in question
And saith hee verily beleeveth and is perswaded in his conscience
that had the arlate Thomas Grove used the like diligence in
performing his duty of Master of her & had not missed his
Port of the Barbados & bin obedient to the Commander of her XX
sayd Wood as Supercargo the sayd shipp might have dis?patched
her voyage aforesayd fower or five moneths sooner than shee
did And further to this arle hee cannot depose./
To the 27:th and 28:th hee saith that by reason the shipp Pease missed the
Barbados shee was lonher in disposeing of her fish and other
ladeing at Nevis thatn otherwise hee beleeveth shee would have
bin and beleeveth that her fish by reason of the long lyeing soe
undisposed of was rotten and damnified more than otherwise
woould have bin and that the sayd Woods was therein damnified XX
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//the losse of soe many moneths freight as became payable by
the sayd shipps missing the Barbados & being longer out than otherwise
she needed to have bin, And further t these arles hee cannot depose7
To the 29:th hee saith saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot
further depose to this arle./
To the 30:th hee saith that hee knoweth that the shipp Pease was of
the burthen of two hundred tonnes or neere thereabouts and came
home at least halfe dead freighted ?soe that hee beleeveth the arlate
Luke Woods beside the losse and dammage susteyned in sale of his fish
was damnified for want of homewards freight to a considerable
value but what to estimate the say dsammage at hee knoweth not
And further to this arle hee cannot depose./
To the 31:th hee saith that In his this deponents Judgment the monthly
wages of the Master and mariners that served in the shipp Pease
& the victualls & provisions be them monethly spent did amount
to a very considerable summe of money but what to estimate the
same hee knoweth not And further to his arle hee cannot depose/
To the 32:th hee saith saving his foregoeing deposition to which
hee referreth hee cannot depose/
To the 33:th hee saith hee cannot depose./
To the 34:th and the exhinits or schedule therein XXXXX hee saith hee
cannot depose knoweing nothing thereof nor knowing the arlate
Edward ?Harper/
To the 35:th hee saith hee this deponent cannot depose thereto
for that hee was absent at ?Antlego upon the imployment of the arlate
Luke Woods whilst the things arlate were transeacting./
To the 36:th hee saith hee cannot depose./
To the 37:th arle hee saith hee referreth himslefe to the Registry
of this Court and further cannot depose./
To the 38:th arle hee saith saving his foregoeing deposition to which
hee referreth hee cannot further depose to this arle./
To the 39:th arle hee saith hee referreth him selfe to his foregoeing
deposition & to the lawe And further cannot depose./
To the 40:th arle hee saith the arlate Thomas Grove is an Inhabitant
of Ratcliffe & subiect as hee this deponent beleeveth to this Common
wealth & the Juriscon of this Court And further hee cannot depose/
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposisson is true/
To the Interries
To the first Interrie hee saith (the danger of piurice being declared
unto him as the Interrie requireth) that hee cometh to testified at the
request of M:rs Woods the widdow of the producent Luke Woods and saith
hee hath receaved ?nynteene pounds sixteene shillings whcich is twelve
moneths wages in full payment (hee being Gunners mate) and the rest which is XXX due being neere about
eight moneths wages more is stopped by the sd freighters by reason of
the ill successe of the voyage which was occasioned as hee beleeveth by
the ill carriage of Thomas Grove the Master as a fore is declared, and saith hee
expecteth//
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Case: Clayme of Thomas Cowling for Canary Wines taken in the S:t Laurence Peter: Examination: 1. Robert Bevin, of London, Merchant, aged 36: Date: October 11th 1659
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//said three pipes of wine marked as aforesd. were
laden on board y:e said ship the S:t Laurence Peter
?Bennery Sent M:r) in y:e Roade of Oratava. by the order
& upon y:e Sole and propper account & adventure of
the said M:r Cowling; and to be Transported in the
said Ship to this Port upon his said Account; And
here to be Delivered to him this Depo:t And further
cannot depose:/:
To the 5.:th sixth, 7.:th & eighth arles hee saith and Deposeth
that in y:e foresaid Letter, there came a Bill of Lading
inclosed to this Depo:t for y:e said three pipes of wine
subscribed Pieter Bennery sent, and having nowe
seene y:e bill of Lading arlate formerly exhibited into the Regry
of this Court, hee saith the same is the said Bill
of Lading soe receaved by him this Depo:t, And whereas
in y:e said Bill y:e said wines are mentioned to be
Laden by, and for the XXXX of Don Juan del Corall
a Spaniard, he saith the ssame was & is Colourably
done, and y:e said name put into the said Bill by the said Cow?lings order to avoid
y:e seizure & Confiscation of the said wines, if the
ship should be met with by Spaniards. or other enymyes
of this Comonwealth, And this Depot (besides these three
pipes in question) hath received other wines from y:e
said producent. w:ch were likewise mentioned in the
Bills of Lading to be laden by & for account of the said Don Juan
del Corall, although in truth the same belonged to and
were for y:e said Cowlings account, & the returnes thereof
were made by this Depo:t to the said Cowlings and
saith that since the warrs betweene this Nation
and Spaine it hath bin and is usuall for English
Merchants that trade by Canaryes, to Colo:r
their goods by putting in Dutch or Spanish names
in the Bills of Lading, in regard it is dangerous for English subjects
to trade to at or from Canaryes in their, owne names, And this
Depo:t having nowe seene the Letter annexed to the
sd Allon, Dated 14:th June 1658, hee saith that y:e
same was and is the said Letter soe by him this
Depo:t received as aforesaid, & the samewith the sd Bill
of lading therein, came in the said ship the Saint Laurence
and saith the said Letter is wholly written & subscribed
by and with the proper hand writing
of the said M:r Cowling, (as this Depo:t verily beleeveth) he
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//being very well acquainted with the hand writing of
the said Producent having received many letters
from him, and very often seene him write, And
further cannot depose, saving as aforesaid:/:
To the last hee saith his foregoeing depon is true:/:
To the Interries
To the first hee saith hee hath noe pt or share in y:e
said Wines Claimed, & was neither p:rsent at the Lading
or seizing of them, nor saw any money paid for y:e same
To the Second hee saith hee is of the age of 36 yeeres
or thereabouts and hath knowne y:e Said Cowling
for y:e time aforesaid. but knoweth not his ffather or mother
and hath bin Credibly informed that the said Cowling
was borne at or neere Rippon in Yorkeshire/
To the third hee saith that the said Cowling hath
lived at the Canaryes for all the time of this Depo:ts
Knowledge of him, but knoweth not when hee went
first thither, And saith hee hath, not bin in England
since this Depo:ts Knowledge of him, that hee knoweth
of, And saith y:e said Cowling is a Bachelo:r and
payes Customs , for his goods, as other merchant
Strange:rs doe; but no ?Tapes or Contribucons
And further cannot Answer./.
To the 4:th hee saith hee doth neither Knowe beleive or
hath heard. y:t if the wines now clamed to be lost, that
any subiect of the King of Spaine must or will beare
the losse thereof, or that they were laden upon y:e
hazard of any subiect of the said King:/:
ROBERT XXXXX [His signature]
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Case: Clarke ag:t Scattergood: Examination: 2. Robert Hercules, of Ratcliffe, Mariner, aged 40: Date: October 27th 1659
//The 27.:th of Octobe:r 1659:/:
Clarke ag:t Scattergood aforesaid)
Examined on the Libell:/:
2:ne ROBERT HERCULES of Ratcliffe
Mariner aged 40 yeeres or thereabouts
Sworne and Examined:/.
To the first posicon of the said Libell hee saith and
Deposeth that in or about the time of Libellate the
Libellate Robert Clarke was M:r of
the Lilate: ship the Warewell, and was in or
about y:e said time a pt owne:r, of her of this Depo:ts
Knowledge, w:ch part of her, hee the said Clarke
bought of the said widowe of one Warewell y:t was y:e
former M:r of the said ship, and y:e said Clarke & ?Company
in or about the said time were the true Owne:rs of XX
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//and Comonly accounted, and further cannot depose;/:
To the second hee saith that in or about the beginning
of the moneth of August 1658, the said ship Warewell
arived in the River of Thames with her Lading
of Coles. and came to an Anchor a little belowe
or against Wapping dock, and there moored in
a very good and Convenient birth, where ships doe
usually ryde at Anchor, and there rid in safety
one floud and two Ebbs, during w:ch time there
was noe appearance of any Ancho:r or buoy neere
unto the place where the said ship was moored
The premises hee deposeth for that hee this
Depo:t belonged the said time to the James of
London w:ch then came up y:e River the Tide before
the Warewell came up, and moored a little above
the Warewell, and this Depo:t did see the said
ship y:e Warewell. take up her birth in y:e foresaid
place, and tooke notice of her said mooring & ryding
as aforesaid: And further cannot depose.
To the 3.:d & 4.:th hee saith that after y:e said Ship y:e Warewell
had layne moored in y:e place aforesaid for the
space of One ffloud and two Ebbs. shee happened
to be bilged upon an Anchor w;ch lay within the
said ships birthe w:ch had not then any boy fastned
to it, and saith that soo soone as y:e said ship y:e
Warewell was preceived to be bilged by her not XXXXing in the
River, this Depo:t and severall other Mariner:rs
belonging to other ships that Rid there went
p:rsently on board her, and found her then to have
foure fooote water in her hold. And saith that this
Depo:t & y:e said other mariners & alsoe the Warewells
Company, did Labo:r very hard and used their
best Endeavo:rs to XXXXX the said ship ashore, and
to that end did pumpe her , and heave out about
three Lighters of Coles: and then by their greate
Labo:rs and endeavo:r go her some what neerer
to the shore, and then heaved about another
Lighter of Coales. out of her. and did all that
they could possibly doe to p:rvent further dammages
that might have happened to the said Ship and Coles
by reason of her said bilging on y:e said Anchor
The premisses hee deposeth for that hee assisted therein
and wXX was an Eye witnesse of the same and
further cannot depose./. //
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Case: Cowling for wines in the S:t Laurence: Examination: 2. William Martyn, of London, XXXX, aged 30: Date: November 3rd 1658
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Case: Luke Wood agt Thomas Grove: Examination: i. John Bourman, of Chatham, Kent, Shipwright, aged 38: Date: March 15th 1658
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Case: XXXX: Examination: 2. Robert Grove, of Wapping, Mariner, aged 50: Date: Aprill 5:th 1658
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//To the 8:th hee saith that as the said ship was goeing from
Newfoundland towards y:e Barbadoes, they espeyed a vessell
(w:ch afterwards appeared to be a ffrench vessell) and the said
Wood having a desyre to goe aboard of the said vessell, did
desire y:e said Grove to let the ships Boarte be Hoysted out
that he might goe on board of the said Vessell, w:ch was
accordingly done, and this depo:t went in the
said Boate w:th y:e sd Wood on board y:e said Vessell, and after the said
Wood and this depo:t had bin on board her about an
houre the said Wood came up towards y:e said Vessell
and by Casualty came on board her, w:ch was occasioned only by y:e said
ship the Pearce her steering badly, and keeping her
helme a Lea, upon on Tack, and hard a weather on
her other Tack, as hee verily beleeveth And saith
that there was little damage done to the said ffrench Vessell, by
the Peace her Coming foule upon her neither did the
said Luke Wood suffer any prejudice therby. and further
hee cannot depose./:
To the 9:th hee saith and Deposeth that by meanes of Contrary
windes, and Calmes, and Hurricanoes (w:ch were very
frequent then there insoemuch that neither the said Grove
nor this depo:t nor y:e other mates on board her could
gaine the Latitude) The said ship did misse the Island
of the Barbadoes, And not by the Willfullnes Ignorance
or Carlessnes of the said Thomas Grove; And after
the said Grove did perceive that the said Ship had
missed the Barbadoes, hee told the said Wood (un the
presence of this depo:t and others of the said Ships Company)
that hee would beate it up againe (meaning the Barbadoes)
and the said Grove did endeavour
to saile to the Barbadoes, and hee haveing spent
about Eighteene houres thereabout, (after they perceived that
they had missed it,) The said Luke Wood, in this depo:ts
presence gave the said Grove speciall order to saile the
said ship to Martini?ce, and from thence to Mevis, w:ch the
said Grove accordingly did; And saith that hee verily
beleeveth that the said Grove would have Got to the
Barbadoes with the said Ship, in (about) tenne Dayes
of time, after hee perceived it was missed, if the said
Wood would have sufferred him soe to doe, and not
have ordered him to leave off his Endeavouring and saile
to Martinice & soe to Mevis, And saith that all the
Voyage from Newfoundland towards the Barbadoes the
said Thomas Grove did use, and doe his uttmost endeavo:r
in sailing y:e said Shipp directly for the Barbadoes, and
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//did frequently advise with this depo:t and his other
mates thereabout, and saith about three dayes or XXXXX before
the said Grove Discovered y:e Island called Santo
Lazio (by w:ch sight of w:ch Island the said Grove
and Company perceived they had overshot the Barbadoes)
the said Grove called this depo:t and his other mates
to an accompt of the said ships sailing, and asked
them howe farr the said ship, was to windward
of the Barbadoes by their account, or to that effect,
to w:ch this depo:t made answer that by his Account
she was about 140 Leages (sic) to windward of the Barbadoes. And y:e said Yeomans
made answer as hee now remembreth that by his Account the said ship was
about one hundred and twenty Leagues to windwards of y:e Barbadoes and y:e?Hyzard
said y:t by his account (as this Depo:t now remembreth)
shee was above a hundred Leagues to windward
of the Barbadoes or to that effect, And the said
Grove told this depo:t and hi said other mates, that
by his account hee was alsoe above one hundred Leagues
to Windward of the Barbadoes. And saith
that the Course w:ch the said Grove steered (by his
the said Groves owne Account, and by the account of
his mates) was above one hundred leagues to windward
of the Barbadoes when as afterwards shee really ?appeared
then to be to Leeward of the Barbadoes; And
further deposeth that the foresaid Tizard who was
hyred by the said Woods to goe one of the Mates
of the said Ship, was not capable or fitt for
a place or office for that hee is an ?Unskillfull
pson, and cann neither write nor reade, neither had
hee the said Tizard any Instrum:ts to doe or pforme
his said Office saving aforeXXX XXXXX XXXXXX knoweth for that hee saied
in y:e said ship y:e said Voyage with the said
Tizard: And further hee cannot depose;/:
To the 11:th hee saith that the said Grove did not at XXX
(as this depo:t knoweth of) use any Ignominions or
reproachfull words to or against the said Luke Woods
nor say that he would hinder the sale of the said ffish
nor over throwne or hinder the said Voyage; but did
both what hee could, and what hee ought to doe
to further the Advancem:t of the said voyage
And saith that y:e said Luke Wood in this depo:ts p:rsence in y:e XXXX
house of the said ship, whilst shee lay at Nevis did
?Revile y:e said Grove; and Called him severall XXXXX
XXX namely and told him that hee the said Wood was faine to
speake to M:r Crispe. (who is one of the Cheife owners of ?y:e
said ship Peace; ) that he the said Grove might goe ?M:r//
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//said ship the said Voyag; or to that effect w;ch did much
disparage the said Grove, and was a great meanes to
make his Company slight hom and XXXXX him
and further hee cannot depose:/.
To the 12:th hee saith that the said Thomas Grove did
not at any time in the least (that this depo:t Knoweth
of hinder the said Wood of any ffreight that hee
might have had y:e said Voyage. But of this
depo:ts Knowledge. the said Grove did during the
whole Voyage; further the said Wood in taking
and getting of ffreight. and selling of his Goods. And at
S:t Christophe:rs the said Grove did get two ffreights
for the said Wood, though it was not the said Groves
part or duty soe to doe, And saith that it is a Comon
practise for planters at S:t Christophers and Mevis
and parts thereabouts to make Verball Agreem:ts
and to make Great and Large promises, And saith
the said Wood might have gone from S:t Christophers
aforesaid when hee had pleased,
but hee did stay there longer than hee needed to have done
And y:e said Grove was not as hee saith
the Cause of the said ship (or y:e sd Woods) staying there soe long, And
further hee cannot depose:/
To the 13:th hee saith that upon the arrivall of the said ship Peace
at Nevis XXX the Leeward Islands that XXXX found that Hurricanoes and Stormes
had spoyled most of the Sugar Canes, Tobaccoe, and Indicoes
in those places, and had rooted many of them up, and
saith hee alsoe then found many of them up, and
saith hee alsoe then found many houses upon y:e said
Islan w:ch were blowne downe (As this depo:t was
there Credibly Informed by many of the Islands) alsoe
by the Violence of the said Stormes, and Hurricanoes,
And saith that the greater pt of those goods w:ch were
not spoyled as aforesaid were laden on board y:e
fflemish ships w:ch were then there, And the English
themselves w:ch were then. there. (in regard of the Difference
betwixt England and Spaine) did Lade their goods, and
embarque themselves on board y:e said fflemish ships
And saith that one Captaine Thorne, Comander of an
English ship, did stay at Nevis and S:t Christophers about
three monethes to reaceave in a Lading of goods there
but at Length came away from thence for London a great Part dead
ffreighted, And y:e XX reason was for that y:e Hurricanoes and stormes
as aforesaid had spoiled most of y:e Sugar Canes, Tobaccoe
and Indicaoes, And alsoe for that the fflemings tooke away most
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of the said ship Peace her Coming home dead
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//had blowene downe some of the houses there; there
was then much scarcenes of Comodityes, in those pts, and fflemings
that were then in those pts tooke yway most of the trade There and
this Depo:t lay at Nevis with y:e ship the Mary & Elizabeth whereof
hee was Command:r from y:e first of Janaury 1657 untill the
last of Aprill 1658. to pcure her Lading, but ?notwithsatnding
his staying there soe long hee was forced to dept thence
?many XXXX
Dead ffreighted, and this Depo:t had agreed with Merchants
at Barbadoes to take in seaventy Tonns of Sugar at
Nevis. and y:e sd merchants, Contracted and agreed
with this Depo:t under their hands and seales to lade soe much
but notwithsatnding, this Depo:t (after his sd long stay at
Nevis could get onely thirteene Tonnes and a quarter
(or neere thereabouts) of the said seaventy tonns, w:ch the
said merchants agreed to have laden onboard this Depo:ts
said ship by reason of the Scarcenes of goods there And further cannot Depose:/
To the 16:th hee saith that at Nevis arlate Luke Wood sold
some of y:e ffish w:ch hee brought thither in y:e Peace, at the rate
of a pound of ffish for a pound of Suar and saith that of
this Depo:ts knowledge Nevis Mascovado Sugar is better than
Barbadoes Muscavadoe Sugar, And further cannot depose:/.
Upon y:e rest not Examined by Direccon of Groves/:
To the Interries:/:
To the first hee saith that y:e said Grove requested this Depo:t
to come and Testify herein. & was alsoe warned by
M:r Brownes man and favoureth both the ptyes litigant alike
and if it wer ein his power) hee would give y:e victory to them
that hath most right thereto. and saith that hee was not one
of the Company of y:e Peace y:e Voyage in question, and otherwise
cannot Answer./:
The second Concerneth him not.
To the 3:d hee saith hee was acquainted with the said Luke Wood
about a yeare. next before his Death, and for all
that time hee had the repute of an honest and sober man
and well understood his Imployement as this Depo:t beleeveth
and further cannot Answer./.
To the 4.:th hee saith that hee hath knowne the said Grove for about
a yeere and halfe last, and saith hee is Counted a rash hasty
man, and subject to passion; and soe hee was accounted at Nevis
and this depo:t hath heard him there called the DAMNE ME
CAPTAINE: or such like words. and some of y:e plant:rs & Gentlemen of the
Island of Nevis did not well affect him; and this Depo:t heard one
M:r ?Joanes and one M:r ?Rothington; say at Nevis that they would
not come with Grove, but wold rather goe by y:e way of Holland & further
cannot Answer./. //
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//To the 5:th Concerneth him not./.
To the 6:th & 7:th hee nswereth not./.
To the 8:th hee saith that y:e said Wood hath told this Depo:t that
y:es aid Grove at S:t ?Losesas did abuse M:r Crispe Interrate
To the 9:th 11:th 11:th & 12:th hee doth not answer./.
To the 13:th hee hath not so deposed
To the .14:th & 15:th hee cannot Answer
To the 16:th hee Cannot answer
To the .17:th hee saith that hee beleeveth that y:e sdDeXXXX
w:ch. happened betweene the said Wood and Grove at XXXX
might be some hinderance to the Voyage, and further
cannot anwer./.
To the 18:th hee saith that hee beleeveth, the Pece was of the
Burthen of about two hundred Tonnes, and further hee
cannot Answer saving as aforesaid:/:
To the 19.:th hee cannot Answer,/.
To the .20:th negatively./.
XXXXX [His signature]
Repeated before D:r Godolphin/.
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Case: Lord Protector ag:t the Hope, Don Juan Master: Examined: Jacome Juan, of Deva in Biscay, Mariner, aged 28: Date: March 22:th 1658
The 22:th of March 1658.
Lord Protector ag:t the Hope)
aforesaid don Juan master.)
6 JACOME JUAN of ?Deva in Biscay Mariner, aged 28 yeeres or
thereabouts sworne and examined.
To the first Interrie hee saith that John Lopez (his precontest) and M:r Betts master of
the said shipp the Hope in ora bout July 1657 spake to this deponent in this citie
of London to ?goe a voyage Xence with them for Amsterdam and XX for the West
Indoes as boatswaine the said Betts the master of the said shipp, and this deponent
yeelding to goe, the said Betts hired and agredd with hom, and XXXX deponent
XXX with them hence to Amsterdam, where hee was embarked in the said
shipp the Hope, w:ch departed from thernce n or about September last neyt
a twelve moneth, bound for the West Indies, but hee was not made acquainted
to whose particular place there shee was designed, and saith shee carried in her
from Amsterdam linnen, woollen, silkes, and XXX pipes of wine, and that in their
passage they disposed of XXX of the said good (to the value of one thousand peeces
of eight or therabouts) XX the Iland of Trinidad towards XXX their
XXXXX for the Indies, and further that as hee was informed by John ?Lopez
the said goods were for account of John Page of London
merchant and is father in law, Antonio ffernandez Carravajall, Antonio
Rodriguez Robles and Andrew Duncan fo this citie, and John Tilly and
John XXXX of Amsterdam. And otherwise cannot depose ?saving the said
Betts is reputed an Englishman.
To the second hee saith the said shipp wemt directly from Amsterdam to the
Iland of Trinidad and there dekivered out XXX of the said goods (namely linnens,
?hatts, XXXX and ?a pipe of wine) towards XXXX therein daid disXXXXX; but
tooke more goods in thXXXX, and having obatined the said disXXXXXm XXXXXX to
CXXXXX in the terra firma of the Spanish West Indies, and there also ?sold
XXXX ?other of her lading for money w:ch XXX XXXXX and tooke in, and XXX
them to ?Truxilla (in their way to Honduras) and at Truxillas delivered XX
linnen woollen and wine, w:ch the said ?Lopez there sold in ?turck for JXXXX XXXX and hides
to be delivered him in his returne XXXX the said shipp from Honduras, ad
the XXXXX with the said shipp to the ?Guelfe of Honduras, where hee delivered
out all the rest of the said outward lading, and tooke on XXXXX thereof all the chests and skins that
were brought in the said ship containing Indigo and druggs, and further hee
cannot depose.
To the third hee saith that after receipt of the said Indicao and druggs in chests
and skins - XXX aboard at Honduras, the said shipp retourned to Truxilla and
there tooke in the said ?Sasseyerilla and hides before XXXXXXX for and bought as
aforesaid, and thence touched at MatXXusa by occasion of foule weather, and
thence came with intent to come to the downes ?at Dover; and saith the said
XXXXX were three hundred XXXXX thereXX, the said skinn-baggs eleaven, the
hides foure hindred XXXXXX six, the sasseyXrilla XXXXXX abd one
hundred XXXes and two barrells and two basketts of druggs, all w:ch goods
were laded by the said John Lopez (as hee saith) who was Cape merchant of
the said shipp the sad voyage, and is (as hee taketh it) a Spaniard And further
hee cannot depose
To the fourth hee saith the said M:r Page and M:r ggernandez spake to the said
John Lopez and the said Betts to undertake the said voyage, this deponent ?being
in the citie present at severall their ?discourses thereabouts, and saith the said
Betts was commander of the vessell, but the said Lopez was to appear and
did aXXXXX to the master and merchant and all) in the Spanish West Indies for
the better preservaccon of the goods hee being a Spaniard, And otherwise cannot
depose.
To the 5:th hee answereth negatively ?for his part, and otherwise cannot depose.
To the 6:th hee saith hee never knew or XXXX the said shipp before such hee coming
to Amsterdam and to be embarcked in her, and hee beleeveth that the said M:r
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Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the 'Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 1. Laurence Burr, of St Catherines near the Tower, Cooper of the Lady ffrigott, aged 38: Date: June 3rd, 1659
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//The 3. of June 1659
A business of examination of witnesses for perpetauall)
remembrance of the matter, on the part and behalfe of)
John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company)
Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott whereof John)
Hosier was Master, and her tackle furniture)
apparell & freight, and of Andrew Riccard one)
of the Aldermen of the Cittie of London and)
Company, the Governor and Company of)
English Merchants trading to the Mediterranian (sic))
Seas, Owner of the goods in the sayd Shipp)
against Hippolito Centurione of Genoa)
in pticular and all others in generall which)
will take upon them to ?iusifie the seizing or)
takeing of the sayd shipp the lady ffrigott)
and her ladeing: SXXXXth)
Examined on the allegation given in
on the behalfe of the sayd Swift Parker
Harris & Company and alsoe the sayd
Ricard & Company.
No. 1 LAURENCE BURR of the
p:rish of S:t Catherine neere the
Tower of London Cooper late Cooper
of the Lady ffrigott, aged thirty five
yeares or thereabouts a wittnesse
sworne and examined saith and
deposeth as followeth viz:t.
To the first arle of the sayd allegation hee saith that in the
Monethe and tyme arlate 1658 (untill the fowerteenth day of
November that yeare on which day shee was seized the arlate
John Swift John Harris John Parker and Company all English
men and subiects of the Commonwealth of England were, and
soe still ought to be the lawfull Owner & Proprietors of the
arlate Shipp the Lady ffrigott and of her tackle apparrell and
furniture and for such commonly reputed this hee so better knoweth
because hee was & went Cooper of the said shipp the voyage in
question and was on board her at her seizure.
To the 2 and 3 arles hee saith that in the yeares & monethes aforesaid the
arlate Alderman Riccard & Company Marchants of London
did hyre & take to freight and imploye the sayd shipp the Lady
ffrigott upon a tradeing voyage to XXao ?Magaliga and other
places beyond the Seas to lade Currans & other goods for their
use and Accompt & transport them to & deliver them at London
for their use this hee knoweth being Cooper aboard her the sayd
voyage And hehreby also knoweth that in the monethe & tyme
aforesayd and after the arrivall of the sayd shipp the Lady ffrigott
at ?Potrao Roade arlate the ffactors or Agents of the sayd Alderman
Ricard & Company put XXX cause to be laden a board the sayd
shipp for Account of the sayd Ricard & Company one hundred
and sixty tonne of Mahaligo Currans and also divers other
goods and a great quantitie of money to be transported therein
her for London and there delivered to them or their Agents This hee
the better knoweth for that hee helped to lade the sayd Currans and
other goods aboard her & brought some of the sayd moneye aboard &
& ?saw the rest brought aboard her And farther to these arles he cannot
depose.
To the 4:th 5:th and 6:th arles of the sayd allegation hee saith that the
sayd shipp Lady ffrigott having receaved the sayd lading & money
aboard her and being therewith rideing at Anchor in the Roade of
Perrao in a peaceable condition, there came into the sayd Roade on the
fourteenth day of November 1658 a certaine shipp of about
a hundred & fifty tonnes gaving a white Antient in her pXXXX//
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//which shipp shipp (sic) (as this deponent was afterwards informed
by XXXX XXXXX an ?Irishman & some others of her company who could speake English) was called
the S:ta Cruse and her Masters name ffrancisco ?Stale and
was a Genoa shipp and was there aXXXXdd and sett out
by Hippolito Centurione a Genoese, and came ?hence (as this
deponent was also by like men XX informed
in Company of ?two other men of warr sett out thence
also by the sayd Hippolito Centuriane, which Genoa shipp called
the S:ta Cruse presently upon her comming into the Road of Petrao
made as if she would have come to an Anchor neere the
Lady ffrigott, but when shee was come neere her the Captaine
& Company of the sayd shipp S:ta Cruse did in a violent and
hostile manner sett upon the sayd shipp the Lady ffrigott with
Swords & gunnes and other warlike Instruments and
wounded the Captaine & six or seaven men of the Company pf the
Lady ffrigott & by that meanes surprized her & her sayd ladeing
of Currans and other goods & money & dispoiled their Owners
of them & converted them to their owne use And hee farther saith
that hee this deponent was alsoe informed by a dutch man who was
gunner of the sayd shipp S:ta Cruse & an Irish man who was one of
her Company who could both speake very good English that the Captaine
of the S:ta Cruse had taken severall mariners & souldiers out
of the sayd two other shipps of warr which came in Company
of the Sta Cruse from Genoa, the better to enable them to surprise
the Lady ffrigott and her ladeing, And saith that at the tyme of
the sayd seizure hee did observe that most of the S:ta Cruse her
Company who made the seizure were Italians & Genoeses And
saith that after the says Genoeses preceived that the sayd dutch
Gunner & the french man & others of their Company coulde speake
English and had some conference with this deponent and
others of the Lady ffrigotts Company who were seized, they did
forbid them to have any discourse with the English; and put the
Lady ffrigotts Company in ?hold & kept them there in Irons And
further to these arles hee cannot depose
To the 7:th arle hee saith that hee this deponent and severall
other of the Lady ffrigotts Company were after their surprizall
?told & informed by the sayd dutch Gunner & the sayd Irish man
and some other of the S:ta Cruse her Company who could speake
English that the S:ta Cruse was sett out from Genoa by the
sayd Hippolito Centurone upon a warlike designe against the
Turkes, & has bin a great while abroad and could gett noe
prize, and had therefore taken a Spanish Commission which
was to last only for a tyme, which tyme or the says ?Gunner &
Irishman & others of the S:ta Cruse her company acknowledged
was expired two moneths before the seizure of the Lady ffrigott
& her ladeing, but withall say thd that they were resolved to take
any English shipp they could light on notwithstanding the expiration
thereof, And this deponent well remembreth that the
Captaine of the Lady ffrigott told this deponent that hee did at the tyme
of her seizure desyre the foresayd ffrancisco Stale Commander of
the S:ta Cruse to show him his Commission by virtue whereof hee
was impowered to make seizure of the Lady ffrigott being an English ship
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//but the says Stale refused to shew the same And further to this arle
hee cannot depose.
To the 3:th arle of the sayd allegation hee saith that the shipp
lady ffrigott and her tackle furniture & freight and stock and
provisions on board her at the tyme of her seizure aforesayd were
then in this deponents Judgement worth five ?thousand pounds
sterling or neere thereabouts and soe much hee beleeveth the arlate
Swift Parker and Harris were damnified by the losse of them by
reason of the surprizall aforesayd And further hee cannot depose
To 4:th arle hee saith that in her this deponents Judgement XX
hundred and fifty tonnes of Mathaligo Currans seized on board the
Lady ffrigott & belonging to the arlate Alderman Ricard & Company
were at their seizure worth two pounds tenn shillings sterling a hundred
which a mounteth being computed to a very considerable summe
but saith at p:rsent hee cannot compute the same, and saith hee is
well assured that if the sayd Currans had not bin suprized but
come safe to London they would here have yeilded the sayd Alderman
Riccard & Company two pounds tenn shillings sterling a hundred
that being the usuall market price there
To the Tenth & 11:th alre hee saith that hee this deponent being Cooper
& aborad at the seizure knoweth that the arlate Captaine Hoyser and
his Company had a board the sayd shipp the Lady ffrigott at the
tyme of her seizure in moneys & goods and Cloathes and instruments
to the value of twelve hundred pounds sterling at least all which
hee saith hee well knoweth were taken from him and them by the Captaine
and Company of the S:ta Cruse aforesays & hee & they dispoiled and
deprived of them by the sayd Captaine & Company of the sayd man of
warr called the S:ta Cruse who upon the
seizure of the sayd frigott plundered & tooke away all whatsoever
the sayd Captaine Hosier & his Company had and kept them
prisoners for some time in chaynes & afterwards turned them on XXXXX at the
Island ?Zephania to shXXX for them XXXXX without allowing ?them
either provisions or XXXXX this he knoweth being one of the Company
as aforesayd & soe kept in chaynes & after ?turned on shoare in manner
aforesayd. And further hee cannot depose
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposicon is true
LAWRANCE BURR [His signature]
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Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 2. Richard Baker of Debtford, Kent, Mariner, aged ?20 : Date: June 3rd, 1659
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2. RICHARD BAKER of Debtford in Kent Mariner
aged ?twenty yeares and upwards a wittness sworne
& examined saith & deposeth as followeth viz:t
To the first arle of the allegation hee saidth that during all the moneths
& tyme arlate in the yeares 1658 happening before the fowerteenth day
of November which was the day of her seizure, the arlate John Swift
John Parker John Harris & Company All English men & subiects of
the Commonwealth of England were & still ?aught to bee the lawfull Owners
& Proprietors of the arlate shipp the lady ffrigott & her tackle apparell
& furniture And for such comonly reputed This hee knoweth being one of the sayd
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//shipps Company the voyages in question & a board her at her
seizure. And further hee deposeth not
To the 2 and 3 arles of the allegation hee saith that by ?reason hee
went the voyage in question hee knoweth the arlate Alderman Ricard
& others English Merchants of the Turkey Company did take the sayd shipp
the lady ffrigott to freight for a Merchandizing voyage to be made from
London to ?Petrai & other pts beyond the seas to lade Currans & other
goods for their Account & bring them for London & there deliver them to
them or their Agents And saith the sayd shipp arrived safely at ?Polrao
Roade where the Agents of the sayd Alderman Riccard and
Company did lade & put aboard the sayd shipp for their Account
one hundred and sixty Tonnes of Mahalaga and Petrao Currans
viz:t one hundred & thiry of M(OR, N)athaligo & thirty Tonnes of Petrao Currans
to be transported for London and there delivered to them or their Agents And
further hee cannot depose not knowing what other goods or money were
put aboard her for their sayd freighters Account, but knoweth there
were other goods beside the sayd Currans XX some bales of silke & other goods
laden aboard the sayd shipp
To the 4:th arle hee saith that whilst the shipp the lady ffrigott ?remayned in peaceable manner
at Pererao Roade with the sayd Currants & other her ladeing aboard her
viz:t the fowerteenth day of November one Thousand six hundred fifty
eight there came into the sayd Roade a shipp of warr of about one hundred
and fifty tonns and named (as be the Gunner of her & one of the Mates of
her who were both dutch men and could speake good English and by others of her
Company Italians which language alsoe this deponent can speake & understand this
deponent was informed) the S:ta Cruso ffrancisco Stale Captaine w:ch shipp hee saith had
when she came in a white Ancient in her poope and made as if she would
have Anchored neere the sayd shipp the Lady ffrigott but coming neere
the sayed ffrancisco Stale & his Company in a hostile manner with
swords & gunnes & other Instruments of warr boarded the sayd shipp
the lady ffrigott and wounded her Captaine Captaine John Hosier
& this deponent and severall others of her Company to the number of
five or sixe and surprised her and her ladeing of Currans and
other goods and dispoiled her and her ladeing of Currants and
other goods and dispoiled the Owners thereof of the same and
converted it to the use of the sayd Stale & his Company And further
saving his deposition to the subsequent arles hee cannot depose
To the 5:th and 6:th arles of the sayd allegation hee saith that hee
this deponent understanding Italian did after the sayd shipp of warr
the S:te Cruse had surprized the Lady ffrigott and her ladeing in manner
aforesayd ?heare severall of the S:ta Cruse her Company (Italians) sayd
that and acknowledge that their sayd shipp S:ta Cruse belonged to
Genoa and was XXXX & sett out thence by the arlate Hippolite Cen-
turioni who alsoe XX XXged sett out two other shipps of warr ?thence who came
thence in Company of the S:ta Cruse, and that the Commander of the
S:ta Cruse had before hee seized the lady ffrigott & her ladeing taken
some XXXers and souldiers out of the sayd two other Genoa shipps
the better to enable him to surprize the Lady ffrigott and her ladeing
And saith the greatest part of the Company of the S:ta Cruse who
made the sayd seizure were Italians and as they acknowledged belonging
to Genoa and further to these arles hee cannot depose
To the 7:th hee saith that after the seizure of the Lady ffrigott and her
ladeing hee alsoe heard severall of the S:ta Cruses Company say and
acknowledge that the S:ta Cruse was sett out from Genoa by the said
Hippolito Centuriani as a man of warr against the Turkes, and had
bin//
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//bin a great while abroad & could get no prizes, and therefore had taken
a Spanish Commission which was to last for a certayne tyme, and that the sayd
Commission was expired two moneths before the
seizure of the Lady ffrigott & her ladeing which notwithstanding (as they also
sayd & acknowledged) they were resolved to seize what English shipps and
their ladeing they could meete with under colour of that Commission And
further to this arle hee cannot depose.
To the 8:th arle hee saith that the Lady ffrigott and her tackle, ffurniture,
freight, stick, and provisions aboard her at her seizure aforesayd were
in this deponents Judgement worth fower thousand five hundred pounds
sterling or neere thereabouts and soe much the arlate Swift Packer
and Harris & Company Owners of her were by such her seizure XX damnified
in this deponents Judgement and as hee verily beleeveth.
To the 9:th arle hee saith that in his this deponents Judgement the
hundred & sixty tonnes of Mahaligo & Petrao Currans belonging
to the arlate Alderman Ricard and Company and seized on board the
Lady ffrigott were (?at the tyme of their seizure) worth fower thousand pounds sterling and
soe much in this deponents Judgement & as hee verily beleeveth they would
have yeilded the sayd Alderman Ricard & Company if he had not bin
taken by the sayd Genoa shipp of warr in manner aforesayd. And
further hee cannot depose.
To the 10:th and 11:th hee saith that the arlate Captaine Hosyer, and his
Company at the tyme of the seizure of the shipp the lady
ffrigott & her ladeing had on board the sayd shipp goods that were his
& their adventures, and moneyes cloathes and instruments worth in
this deponents Judgement fowerteene hundred pounds of lawfull English
money All which hee saith hee well knoweth (being p:rsent at the seizure)
were seized and taken from the sayd Captaine Hoyser & his company
by the Captaine & Company of the sayd Genoa man of warr called
the S:ta Cruse, & the sayd Hoyser & his Company utterly dispoiled of them
And saith that the Captaine & Company of the sayd Genoa man of
warr haveing made the sayd seizure of the lady ffrigott & her ladeing
plundered & taken away from her Captaine & her Company all that
they had., kept the most of her Company prisoners in the hold, XXXXX
for some tyme, and afterwards turned them on XXXX in the Ile of
Cephalonia to ?shift for them XXXX without allowing them wither
provisions or money And further to these arles he cannot depose
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true.
RICHARD BAKER [His signature]
Repeated in Court before both Judges
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Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 3. Gilbert Anckelly, of Debtford, Kent, Mariner, late Boatswaine of the Lady ffrigott, aged 30 : Date: June 3rd, 1659
The same day
3. GILBERT ANCKELLY of Debtford in Kent Mariner
late Boatswaine of the lady ffrigott aged thirty yeares
& upwards a wittnesse sworne & examined saith and
deposeth as followeth viz:t
To the first and second arles hee saith that during the months and tyme arlaze in
the yeare 1658 happening next before the fowerteenth day of the Month
of November the sayd yeare which was the day shee and her lading were
seized in maner hereafter specified, the arlate John Swift John Parker
John//
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//John Harris & Company all English men & subiects of this Common
wealth of England were commonly reputed to be & soe still ought to be the
true lawfulll Owners and proprietors of the arlate Shipp the Lady
ffrigott & of her tackle apparell, & furniture And saith the sayd Shipp
was taken to freight by the arlate Alderman Riccard & Company
English Merchants on a trading voyage to be made from London
to Ligorne Portrai (OR, Petrao) & other places beyond the seas to lade Currans & other goods
ther for their Account & deliver them heere at London to them or their Agents
To the 3 arles of the sayd allegation hee saith that in the moneths and tyme
arlate the sayd shipp the Lady ffrigitt arriving safely at ?Polrao Road
the Agents of the sayd Alderman Riccard & Company did there & XXX
XXXXXXXXX cause to be laden and XXXX go ?nyne and sixty tonnes of Currans and divers other
goods or bales of silke, and other merchandizes and moneys for Account
of the saiyd Riccard & Company to be brought thence to London & there
delivered to them or their Agents And further hee cannot depose/
To the 4:th 5:th and 6:th arles hee saith that the sayd shipp the Lady ffrigott haveing
reced the sayd Currans & other goods & moneys aboard her lay therewitrh
and with other her ladeing in a peaceable manner at Anchor in the
Road of ?Poltrao in the moneth of November 1658 And saith that
while shee soe lay there upon the fowerteenth day of the sayd moneth
there came into the sayd Roade a shipp of warr of about a hundred and
fifty tonnes called the XXXXX XXXXXX sayd XXX XXXXX belonging (as severall of her comoany afterwards con-
fessed in this deponents heareing) to Genoa whence shee came
as they alsoe sayd under command of XXX Captaine ffrancisco
Hippolito Centurioni togeather with two other shipps which
came thence in her Company sett out alsoe by the sayd Hippolito on a Warlike designe, which shipp the Sta Cruse at her first coming
into Polrao Roade had a white flagg in her poope and made
as if shee would have anchored neere the Lady ffrigott but when
shee was gotten up neere to her the Captaine & Company of the sayd
Genoa shipp called the Sta Cruse did in a warlike manner with
swords & gunns & other instruments of warr board the Lady ffrigott
and wounded the Captaine of her & six more of her Company
and violently seized her ladeing of Currans & other goods and
money & dispoiled ?the XXXXX thereof of the same & ConXXXXed
them to their the said Captaine Stale & his Companyes use And
saith the Gunner & an other of her Company duXXXX ?boy who well
speake good English told this deponent & others of the Lady ffrigotts Company
that the Captainne of the Sta Cruse the better to enable him to seize
the Lady ffrigott and her ladeing had a little before the sizure
taken some Mariners & souldiers out of the foresayd two other Genoa
men of warr And hee saith most of the Company of the Sta Cruse
were Italians, and as they confessed belonged to Genoa And
further to theser arles hee cannot depose./
To the 7:th arle hee saith that after the seizure of the Lady ffrigott
& her ladeing severall of the Company of the Sta Cruse did confesse
that they were sett out from Genoa upon a warlike designe a:t the
Turk?s & had bin a great while abroad and Could get noe prizes
& therefore they had taken a Spanish Commission which was only
to last a certayne tyme, which tyme )as they sayd & acknowledged
was expired two monethes before they seized the Lady ffrigott and
her ladeing, but sayd alsoe that they were resolved ?although
it//
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//it were expired yet they would take any English shipps they ?would (OR, ?could)
meete with This hee knoweth for that hee being Boatswaine of the Lady
ffrigott & seized in her heard severall of the Sta Cruse her company
speake the sayd words./
To the 8:th arle hee saith that the Lady ffrigott and her tackle and
furniture, & freight, and stock & provisions on board her at her seizure
aforesayd by the sayd Gennoa (sic) man of warr called the Sta Cruse was in
his this deponents Judgment well worth five thousand pounds of lawfull
English money and soe much hee beleeveth the says Swift XXXXX &
XXXXXX & other her Owners were dammaged by her being surprized & taken
as aforesayd And further to this arle hee cannot depose/
To the 9:th arle hee saith that the hundred & sixty Tonne of
Currants aforesayd on board the Lady ffrigott belonging to the foresayd
Alderman Riccard & Company were at their surprizall worth in this
deponents Judgement and estimate ?thirteene thousand pounds of lawfull
English money and would as hee verily beleeveth have yeilded the sayd
Riccard & Company soe much of they had not bin surprized in manner
as aforesayd And further hee cannot depose/
To the 10:th and 11:th arles hee saith that the arlate Captaine Hosier and
his Company had at the tyme of the seizure of the Lady ffrigott
& her ladeing by the sayd Gen?uoa man of warr the Sta Cruse goods
which were her & their adventures and money cloathes and Instru-
ments aboard her to the value in this deponents Judgement of eight
hundred pounds of lawfull English money All which were seized and
taken from the sayd Hosier & his Company & they utterly deprXed of
them by the Captaine & Company of the sayd Gennoa man of warr
who plundered them of them and having soe done kept the Company of
the Lady ffrigott prisoners for a tyme the most of them being cheyned, and after
wards sett them on shoare in the Island of Cephalonia to shXXX
for themselves without allowing them money or provisions And
further hee cannot depose/
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true/
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Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 4. John Carrier, of Debtford, Kent, Shipwright, late Carpenters Mate of the Lady ffriggott, aged 22 : Date: June 3rd, 1659
XXXX ?verte Suckley.
The same day
Examined on the sayd allegation
Rep
4:us JOHN CARRIER of Debtford in the County of
Kent Shipwright late Carpenters Mate of the Lady
ffrigott aged twenty two yeares or thereabouts a wittnes
sworne and examined saith & deposeth as followeth vizt
To the first arles of the allegation hee saith that hee being Carpenters
Mate of her the yoyage in question knoweth that the arlate John Swift
John Parker John Harris & Company all Englishmen & subiects of
this Commonwealth of England were during the moneths & tyme arlate in
the yeare 1653 untill the fowerteenth day of November 1658 which was
the//
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//the day when she & her lading were seized in manner hereafter
expressed) were as hee beleeveth and still ought to be the true & lawfull Owners and
Proprietors of the arlate Shipp the Lady ffrigott and of her tackle
Apparell & furniture, and for such were XXX commonly Accounted And
further hee cannot depose
To the second and third hee saith that the sayd shipp ?y:e Lady ffrigott was in the
moneths & tyme arlate taken to freight by Alderman Andrew
Riccard & Company for a tradeing voyage from London to ?Petrao
and other pts beyond the Seas to lade Currans & other goods for their
Account & bring the same for London & there deliver them to them or
their Agents In order whereto the sayd shipp hee saith did in the
moneths & tyme arlate safely arive in Petrao roade where and
at Ma?thaligo the Agents of the sayd Alderman Riccard & Company
laded one hundred & sixty tonnes of Currans of the growth of
Mathalago:s and Petrao and divers other goods & money for their
use and Accompt to be transported for London & there delivered
to them or their Agents for their use And further hee cannot depose/
To the 4:th 5:th and 6:th arles of the sayd allegation hee saith that after
the Lady ffrigott had recvd the sayd Currans & other her lading
& the sayd moneys on board her shee lay peaceably at Anchor
therewith, in the Road of Petra?s, till the fowerteenth of November
1658 on which day hee saith hee well remembreth a certayne shipp
of about one hundred & fifty tonnes burthen manned for the
most part with Italians, and called (as this deponent heard a
dutch man who was MXXXX of her & a dutch man who was gunner
of her & an ?Irishman who was of her company & ?could XXX speake English saye after the seizure of the Lady ffrigot
and her ladeing) the Sta Cruse, whereof (as they sayd) one ffrancisco
Stale was Captaine came into Petrao Road with a white flagg
on her poope and made as if shee intended peaceably to have Ancho-
red neere the Lady ffrigott but when shee came neere her the sayd
Stale & his Company instead of coming to an Anchor did in a
warlike manner with gunns swords & other Instruments of warr
violently assault and board the Lady ffrigott and wounded
the Captain of her and some of his Company (but how many
hee remembreth not) and seized the sayd shipp & her ladeing
of Currans and other goods & money & dispoile?th the Owners thereof
of them, and ?conceveth it & them to the use of them the sayd Stale
& Company And hee saith that hee this deponent heard the
sayd dutch man & Irish man acknowledge & say before this deponent
& others of the Lady ffrigotts Company that the sayd shipp Sta Cruse
belonged to Gennoa & was manned & sett out thence as alsoe
were two other shipps of warr that came thence in her Company
by the arlate Hippolito Centurioni a ?Gen?nose and that ?the
sayd Captaine Stale did for the better enableing him to seize
the Lady ffrigott, a little before his seizure of her take about thirty
mariners & souldiers out of the sayd two other Gennoa men of
warr And hee this deponent saith that most of the Sta Cruse
her Company were Italians & XX the sayd dutchman and
Irishman sayd most of them belonged to Gennoa And further
to these arles hee cannot depose./
To the 7:th arle hee saith that after the seizure of the Lady
ffrigott & her sayd ladeing and money the sayd two dutch men
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//and Irish man who were of the Company of the Sta Cruse did before
this deponent & others of the Lady ffrigotts company acknowledge & saye
that the Sta Cruse at her setting out from Gennoa went as a man of
warr against the Turkes and hath bin long abroad & gott noe
prizes, and had therefore taken a Spanish Commission which was
lymitted for a certayne tyme which tyme as the sayd dutch man and
Irish man affirmed was expired two moneths before the Sta Cruse
seized the Lady ffrigott & her ladeing which notwithstanding the Captaine
& Company of the Sta Cruse (as the sayd dutch & Irish man sayd) were
resolved to seize all English shipps & their ladeing which hee would (OR, could)
light of And further to this arle hee cannot depose./
To the 8:th arle of the sayd allegation hee saith
that in his this deponents Judgment the Lady ffrigott
and her tackle & furniture and freight & stock & provisions aboarde
her at her seizure by the sayd Gennoa shipp of warr called the
Ste Cruse was worth ?two thousand pounds of lawfull English
money And soe much hee beleeveth the sayd Swift Packer Harris
& other her Owners were damnified by her being surprized & taken as
aforesayd And further to this arle he cannot depose/
To the 9:th arle hee saith that the Currans seized aboard the Lady
ffrigott & belonginging to the arlate Alderman Riccard & Compamy
were worth at their seizure fourteene thousand pounds of lawfull
English money in this deponents Juddgment and estimate and soe
much hee verily beleeveth they would have yeilded to the sayd Alder-
man Riccard & Company if they had not bin seized in manner aforesayd
And further to this arle hee cannot depose/
To the 10:th and 11:th arles hee saith that the arlate Captaine XXXX
& his Company had on board the Lady ffrigott at her seizure by
the fooresayd Gennoa man of warr in goods which were XXX XXXXXX
their proper adventure & in money Cloathes & Instruments to the value
in this deponents Judgment of a thousand pounds of lawfull English
money all which hee well knoweth were taken from by the
sayd Captaine & Company of the sayd Genuoa man of warr who
plundered & deprived them of them and afterwards kept the Lady ffrigotts Company XXXX some
tyme prisoners in chaynes and after a while
putt them on shoare in the Island of Chephalonia (sic) and put them
XXX toXXXXX for them selves without allowing them either provisions
or momey And further hee cannot depose/
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true/
JOHN [HIS MARK] CARRIER
His marke
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Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Examination: 5. John Gates, of Debtford, Kent, Ship Wright, one of the Carpenters of the Lady ffrigott, aged 18 : Date: June 4th, 1659
The 4:th day of June 1659
Examined on the sayd allegation/
Rp
?5:th JOHN GATES of Debtford in the County of Kent Shipps
Wright one of the Carpenters of the Lady ffrigott
aged eighteene yeares or thereabouts a witnesse
sworne and examined saith and deposeth as followeth
vizt
To the first arle of the sayd allegation hee saith hee goeing in the shipp the
Lady//
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//Lady ffrigott the voyage in question and serving in her as
one of the Carpenters XXXXXX knoweth that in the monethe and tyme
arlate in the yeare 1658 happening next before the foureteenth day of
November that yeare which was the day whereon the Lady ffirgott amd her
ladeing were seized in manner hereafter declared the arlate John Swift
John Parker John Harris and Company all English men & subiects of
the Commonwealth of England were (and as hee beleeveth still ought
to be the true & lawfull Owners & Proprietors of the sayd shipp the
Lady ffrigott and of her tackle apparrell & furniture and for such
comonéy reputed./
To the 2 and 3 arle hee saith that hee knoweth that in ?Examinate & tyme arlate the sayd shipp was
?hyred and taken to freight by some of the Turkey Company
Merchants of London (but their names hee knoweth not in pticuler) to
to goe upon a Merchandising imployment from London to Petr?ao arlate
and ?Mahaligo & other places beyond the seas to lade Currans and
other goods for their use & Account & bring them for London & there
deliver them to them or their Agents and did accordingly within the
sayd tyme arrived at the Roade of Potrea and there & at Mahalago
tooke in Currans to the quantity of one hundred and threescore
Tonnes which were laden by the Agents of the sayd ffreighters to
& for the sayd ffreighters Account to be thence transported to London
& there dekivered ti the sayd ffreighters or their Agents for their use
this hee knoweth being one of the sayd shipps
Company and helping to lade the sayd Currans And further hee
cannot depose./
To the 4:th 5:th 6:th and 7:th ares hee saith that the sayd shipp the Lady
ffrigott having taken aboard her the sayd hundred & sixty ?tonnes of
Currans for the sayd ffreighters Account besides severall other quan-
tities of Currans laden aboard her for Account of Captaine Hosyer
the Captaine of her, & of his Company as their private Adventures
and lyeing in peaceable manner therewith in the Roade of Potrai
at Anchor, there came into the sayd Roade upon the fowerteenth of
November 1658 a shipp of about a hundred & fifty tonnes burthen
& having a white Ancient in her poope and made as if shee
had intended to come to Anchor by the Lady ffrigott but being come
neere her the Captaine & Company of the sayd shipp boarded the
Lady ffrigott & in a warlike manner assaulted the Captaine &
Company of the Lady ffrigott with swords & gunnes and other warlike
instruments & wounded the Captaine of the Lady ffrigott, and this
deponent and about fower more of the sayd frigotts company
& surprized & tooke the sayd shipp Lady ffrigott and her ladeing of
Currants & dispoiled the Owners thereof the same & XXX XXXXX
them to the use of them the sayd seizers, And hee saith that all or the greatest
part of the sayd shipps company that made the sayd seizure were
Italians, except one dutch man who was Master XXXXX & an other
dutchman that was gunner of her, & an Irish man who was one of
her Company, and hee further saith that after the sayd seizure the sayd
two dutch men & Irish man (who could & did speake all XXXX of them good
English) did acknowledge & confesse to this deponent & severall others
of the Lady ffrigotts Company that the sayd shipp which made the
sayd seizure was a shipp belonging to Gennoa and called the Sta
Cruse and that her Captaines name was ffrancisco Stale, and that
her Company (except thXXX three) were all or most of them GenoXses
& that shee was sett out from Gennoa together with two other ships of
warr that came thence in her Company by the arlate Hippolite Centurioni
and//
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//and that their Captaine ffrancisco Stale had a little before hee seized
the Lady ffrigott & her ladeing taken mariners and souldiers out of
the sayd other two shipps of warr to enable him the better to take the lady
ffrigott or any English shipps they could meete with, And that the sayd shipp
the Sta Cruse was sett out from Gennoa as a man of warr against the
Turkes & hatd taken a Spanish Commission which was XXXX only for
a tyme which tyme (as the sayd dutch men & Irish man acknowledged to this
deponent & others of the Lady ffrigotts Company) was expired some moneths
before shee seized the Lady ffrigott & her ladeing, but as the sayd dutch
men and Irish man dayd the Captaine & Company did saye and affirme
that they were resolved though their sayd Spanish Commission were
expired yet they would take & were resolved to take all English shipps
& their ladeing they ?could meete with And further to these arles hee cannot
depose/
To the 8:th arle of the sayd allegation hee saith that in his this deponents
Judgment the shipp the Lady ffrigott and her tackle & furniture and
freight & stock & provisions on board her at her seizure aforesaid were well worth
two thousand pounds of lawfull English money and soe much at the least
in this deponents Judgment the arlate Swift Parker & Harris & other her Owners were damnified
by her being surprized by the sayd Gennoa man of warr in XXXX the Sta
Cruse And further hee cannot depose./
To the 9:th arle hee saith that the hundred and sixty tonne of Currans
laden aboard the Lady ffrigott for Accompt of the Turkey
Company freighters of the sayd shipp and seized in her as aforesayd
were at their seizure worth in this deponents Judgement and estimate
thirteene thousand pounds of lawfull English money, and would have yeilded
the sayd ffreighters soe much if they had not bin seized in manner afore
sayd And further hee cannot depose./
To the 10:th and 11:th arles hee saith that hee wel knoweth
being one of the Lady ffrigotts company as a foresayd & aboard at her seizure
that the arlate Captaine Hosyer and his Company of mariners had on
board the Lady ffrigott at the tyme of her seizure by the Gennoa man of
warr called the Sta Cruse goods Cloathes and instruments worth
in this deponents Judgement eighteene hundred pounds of lawfull English money all which the
Captaine & Company of the Sta Cruse aforesayd plundered and tooke
away from the sayd Hosyer Captaine of the Lady ffrigott
and his Company, and having soe done kept the sayd Hosyer and ?his
Company for some tyme prizoners in chaynes and afterwards turned
them on shoare in the Island of Chepalonia to shiXX for them selves
without allowing them either money or provisiones/
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposiccon is true
JOHN GATES [His signature]
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Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Examination: 6. John Cock, of Redriff, Surrey, Mariner, late Quartermaster of the Lady ffrigott, aged 40: Date: June 4th, 1659
The same day
Examined on the sayd allegation./
6 JOHN COCK of Redriff in the County of Surrey
Mariner late Quartermaster of the Lady ffrigott aged
forty yeares or thereabouts a wittnes sworne and
examined saith and deposeth as followeth vizt./
To the first arle of the sayd allegation hee saith hee goeing Quarter
Master of the Lady ffrigott the voyage in question knoweth that the arlate John
Swift//
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//Swift John Parker & other their Company all Englishmen & subiects of
this Commonwealth of England were in the moneths & tyme arlate in the
yeare 1658 untill the tyme of her seizure which was in or about the XXX
of November 1658, were commonly reputed lawfull Owners & Proprietors
of the sayd shipp Lady ffrigott & her tackle & furniture And further hee
cannot depose./
To the 2 and 3 arles hee saith that hee foeing Quarter Master the voyage in question knoweth that
the Lady ffrigott was lett to freight in the moneths & tyme arlate to certayne
English Merchants of the Maria (OR, Morea) Company tradeing for Turkey to goe from
London to Polerao & other places beyond Seas & lade Currans & other goods
for their Account & bring them for London & theire deliver them to them or their
Agents and knoweth that the sayd Ship in order to her sayed voyage sett sayle
from Gravesend in May 1658 and afterwards arrived safely at Polerao
and XXXX and at Lathalago tooke in Currans which were laden aboard
the Lady ffrigott by the Agents or ffactors of the sayd Maria Company and
did account to a hundred and sixty tonnes of Currans, and also other
goods & money for their Account but the quantitie hee knoweth not which
Currans & other goods & money were to be transported from Polera to
London for Account of the sayd Maria Company freighters of the sayd shipp &
there delivered to them or their Agents for their use, but the names of the XXXX
Company who XXXX the sayd ffreighters hee knoweth not And farther to
these arles hee cannot depose./
To the 4:th 5:th 6:th and 7:th arles hee saith that the sayd shipp the Lady
ffrigott having taken the sayd Currans and other goods & money aboard
her lay peaceably therewith at Anchor in the moneth of November
1658 in the road of Polarao And saith that while shee lay there
there came a shipp of warr into the sayd Roade of about a hundred &
fifty tonns burthen and having a white Ancient in her poope and
made as if shee intended to come to an Anchor by the lady ffrigott
& came with her Anchor ?cockbills ready to dropp downe & with only her
foresayle & mizzen abroad as if shee would have come only to Anchor
but coming neere the lady ffrigott, the Captaine & Company of the
sayd shipp boarded the Lady ffrigott and in a warlike manner sett
upion the Captaine & Company of her with swords gunnes pistills &
other warlike Instruments and wounded the Captaine of her, and
this deponent & his p:rcontest John Gales and others of the Lady ffrigotts
Company to the number in all of about eight besides the Captaine, and
tooke & surprized the sayd shipp the Lady ffrigott & her sayd ladeinge of
Currans & other goods & money and dispoiled the Owners thereof of the
same, and dispersed of it at the will & pleasure of them the sayd seizers
And saith that most of the company of the shipp that made the sayd seizure
were Italians saveing there were two dutch men the one the master &
the other the Gunner of her, & an Irishman who were of her company &
which dutch men & Irish man soake good English, and did to this deponent
and other of the Lady ffrigott's Company after the seizure aforesayd
confesse & declare that the name of the ssayd Shipp that made the seizure
was called the S:ta Cruse and her Captaines name ffrancisco
Stale, and that the sayd shipp S:t Cruse did belong to Gennoa, and
that most of her Company were Genoese that shee & two other shipps
of warr that came from Gennoa in her Company were sett out XXXX
by Hippollito Centaerioni a Gennose, and that the sayed Cap
taine Stale not long before hee seized this Lady ffrigott& her ladeing
had taken some mariners & souldiers out of the other two Gennia shipps
of warr the bettwe to enable him to seize the Lady ffrigitt And XX
the sayd shipp the S:ta Cruse was sett out from Genoa as a man of
warr against the Turcks & had bon a XXXXX while a broad & could get noe
prizes & had therefore taken a Spanish Commission which was to be
only for a tyme, which tyme as the sayd Irsihman & two dutch men XXX
war expired two moneths before the S:ta Cruse seized the Lady
ffrigott & her ladeing, but (as the sayed Irishman & dutchment alsoe say
XXX//
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//the Captaine & Company of the S:ta Cruse did saye & declare that
they were resolved that though their sayd Spanish Commission were
expired yet they would take all English shipp & their ladeing which they
could light of And further to these arles hee cannot depose,/
To the 8:th arle hee saith that the Lady ffrigott and her tackle and
furniture & freight and XXXX & provisions which shee had on board
her at the tyme when shee was seized by the sayd Gennoa man of warr
named the S:ta Cruse was as this deponents Judgment worth five thiusand
pounds of lawfull English money & soe much hee beleeveth the arlate
Swifte & other her owners were damnified by reason of XXX surprizall./
To the 9:th arle hee saith that the hundred and sixty Tonnes of Currans
laden aboard the Lady ffrigitt for Account of the Moria Company aforesayd
her freighters, and aboard her at her seizure, were in hee this deponents
Judgment worth fowerteene thousand pounds of lawfull English money And,
soe much hee verily beleeveth they would have yeilded to the Owners of them
if they had not bin seized in manner aforesayd./
To the 10:th & 11:th arle hee saith that the arlate Captaine Hosyer and
his Company of Mariners had goods & cloathes & money aboard the Lady
ffrigott at the tyme of her seizure by the foresayd Gennoa man of warr
worth a very considerable value, and accounting in this deponents
Judgment to eight hundred pounds at the least of lawfull English money
all which hee saith hee well knoweth was plundered & taken away from
them by the Captaine & Company of the sayd Gennoa man of warr wXX
after they had taken the ame kept the Captaine & Company of the
Lady ffrigott for some tyme prizoners in chaynes, & at length turned
them a shoare in the Island of Chephalonia
to shifte for them selves giving them only one smale basket of
Rusks but noe money, And further hee cannot depose/
To the last hee sauth his foregoeing deposition is true./
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Case: XXXX ag:t Grove: Examination: 3 Captaine John Rand, of Ratcliffe, Mariner, aged 40: Date: May 6th, 1659===
The 6:th of May 1659:
Examined on y:e sd Allon
XXXX ag:t Grove)
Rp.
3:us CAPTAINE JOHN RAND of Ratcliffe Marrine:r aged
40 yeares or thereabouts sworne and Examined.
To the 9:th arle of the said Allon hee saith and Deposeth that
for that hee hath used the sea for theise Eight and twenty yeeres
last as a Master and Mariner; and used to saile to the Island
of Barbadoes, for theise Nine yeeres last as M:r thereby well knoweth
that it is a very Common, and Usuall thing for ships to miss
the Island of Barbadoes, by reason of hurricanes, w:ch put them out
of their Littitudes (sic), and saith that by reason of the said
Hurricanes this Depo:t hath missed the Island twice, & one of those
times was when y:e arlate ship y:e ?Speare (Thomas Grove M:r)
missed it, XXXXX y:e XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX as this Depo:t hath bin Credib,y Informed
severall shipps did then misse y:e sd Island of Barbadoes, and went
to y:e Leoward Islands. And further hee Cannot depose saving
what followeth
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//him to be an able honest, and skilfull seaman and M:r and soe
hee is Comonly accounted to be. And further, cannot
depose:/:
Upon y:e rest not Examined by direccon of the said Grove
To the Interries
To the 1:st hee saith y:e sd Grove requested this sd depo:t to come
and testify in this Cause; and saith hee favoureth both the ptyes litigant
a like, and if it were in his power. hee would give y:e Victory
to M:r Grove; and saith hee never belonged to y:e said ship, and otherwise
cannot answer./.
The second concerneth him not.
To the 3:d hee saith hee hath knowne y:e sd Luke Wood for
about 14 or 15 yeeres next before his death, and for all that time hee had the
repute of an honest and sober mann and further cannot
Answer:/:
To the 4:th hee saith that hee doth not knowe that y:e said Grove
is accounted to be as is Interrate & Otherwise cannot answer
The 5:th Concerneth him not
To y:e 6:th. 7:th. 8:th. 9:th. 10:th. 11:th. & 12:th hee cannot Answer thereunto:7.
To the 13:th hee hath not soe deposed
To the 14:th hee cannot Answer:
To the 15:th hee saith that hee went from Nevis many Dayes before y:e Day
interrate. and therefore knoweth nothing of y:e matter Interrate
To the 16:th 17:th & 18:th he cannot answer:
To the 19:th he Cannot Answer.
To the last hee saith that hee is not allyed to y:e said Grove in any
Degree of Kindred that he knoweth of & is nowayes related unto
him: /./.
JOHN RAND [His signature]
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Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 7. William Bowtell, of London, Merchant, aged 25 : Date: June 8th, 1659
The eighth of June 1659.
Swifte and others against)
CenturionX and others aforesd)
Examined upon the fore said allon given on the behalfe of
the said Swifte and other.
Rp.
7 WILLIAM BOWTELL of London Marchant, aged 25 yeeres or thereabouts
sworne and examined.
To the nineth article of the said allegacon upon w:ch ?alon hee is by diXXXXX
of the prudence examined, hee saith and deposeth that twenty hundred
weight of Matyalago XXXX goe to and make a tonne of currans, And
saith that in the moneth of ffebruary last past the shipp the Virgin frigot
(Andrew CraXXX master) came and arived in this port of London laded
with XXXX Currans, for account of this deponent and John Trelgany merchant
and that the said Currans weere all here sold for the sume of three pounds and two shillings XXXX
per hundred weight one hundred w:ch XXXXX to this cont?est John Savage and company ?Citizens
of this citie of London, Xating them the market price of that commoditie in
this arle, that as this deponent heard and beleeveth good MahXXXX
currans//
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//currans were then worth tenn shillings in the hundred XXXX XXX ?Zante
currans were. And further ?that as hee was informed by lres of
advise from Zante, and hath since bin informed by the said XXXXXX XXX
the shipp the Lady frigot allegate and the said shipp the Virgin
frigat were designed and intended to come together in company to this
port, to w:ch purpose the Lady frigot was intended to come from
Morea to Zante and thence to come along with the Virgin
w:ch if shee had done, and that the Virgin, XXXX had not
XXXXXX, the said shipp the Lady frigot with her lading allegate
and in all probabilitie arrived here in ffebruary last as the XXX
frigot did. And further deposeth not.
W BOWTELL [His signature]//
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Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Examination: 8. John Savage, of S:t Bartholomew neere the Royal Exchange, London, Merchant, aged 32 : Date: June 4th, 1659
//The same day.
Examined upon the said allon
8: JOHN SAVAGE of the parish of S:t Bartholomew neere the Royal
Exchange London Merchant, aged 32 yeeres or thereabouts sworne
and examined.
vidXX 9:us in XXX.XX:
Rp.
To the nineth arle of the said allon upon w:ch alone hee is by discretion
of the producent examined, hee saith and deposeth that twenty hundred
of ?Nathalago (OR, ?Mathalago) currans XXXX to and XXXke a XXXXX, and saith that
in and during the monethes of November December January and
ffebruary last ?Nathalago (OR, ?Mathalago) Currans were worth in this citie and
would have yeilded three pounds and tenn shillings per hundred one
hundred with another as the ordinary and XXXXX ?price for that XXXX
w:ch hee knoweth ?being a ffreeman and a ?G:rocer of ?London
and having XXXX used that trade, and thereby being well acquainted
with the condition and price or valew of that commoditie, and
further saith that in ffebruary last hee this deponent with
William Savage and Thomas ?Atterton, brought the lading of
currans of the shipp the Virgin frigot being Zante Currans of the producente William Bowtell ?as XX
agreed and paid three pounds and two shillings per ?pound
weight for the same and soe much hee saith they were worth XX
and saith that Mathalago currants were XXXXX worth twenty XX
per hundred more than Zante currants. and further ??he
deposeth not.
JOHN: SAVAGE [His signature]
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Case: Wood ag:t Grove: Examination: 4. Captain Thomas Thorne, of S:t Catherines XXXX, Mariner, aged 34: Date: June 18th, 1659
The 18:th of June 1659.
Wood ag:t Grove)
Examined on Groves Allon
?d:t Grove./
4 CAPTAINE THOMAS THORNE of S:t Catherine XXX
Mariner aged 24 yeeres or thereabouts sworne
and Examined./.
To the 9:th arle hee saith that hee hath used y:e Barbadoes XXXXX
of a ship for about six yeeres last. and thereby knoweth that
Ships doe usually misse the Island of Barbadoes,
by reason of Greate Currants. and foule and Thicke weather
w:ch often times happens in these parts, and further cannot
depose.
To the ?13:th hee saith that hee this Depo:t on or about the first
day of January 1657: arrived at Nevis where hee ?found
that y:e Hurricanes had spoiled y:e plantaccons ?there
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//To the 11.:th & 12.:th hee cannot Answer./.
To the 13:th. & 14.:th hee hath not soe deposed:/.
To the 15.;th hee cannot Answer./:
To the 16.:th. and 17.:th hee hath not soe Deposed:
WM: ROOPE [His signature]
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Vase: XXXX: Examination: 5. John Johnson Bosch, of Amsterdam, Mariner, aged 27: Date: Aprill 20th, 1659
QXX XXX others aforesd./.
The .20:th of Aprill 1659:
Examined on y:e sd Allon :/.
5. JOHN JOHNSON BOSCH of Amsterdam Mariner
aged 27 yeeres or thereabouts sworne and Examined
To the 6:th arle of the sd Allon hee saith that hee hath well
Knowne the arlate Jacomo Otto and William ?allJohn
Thompson or Tymison for theise Nineteene Monethes
last dureing all w:ch time y: e said Otto and Thompson or
Tymison, have had their Dwelling places in Holland
namely y:e sd Otto at Amsterdam; and the said Thompson
or Tymison neere Horne, in North Holland, And
this Depo:t hath bin at the house of the said Jacomo Otto
in Amsterdam, often times, and there hath seene
his Wife and Children; and family thre; And this
Depo:t hath bin Credibly informed that the said Otto
hathlived there for theise twelve yeeres last: And for
soe long hee hath bin a Subject of the States of the
United Netherlands, but was borne at Hamburgh
as this Depo:t hath heard. And saith that the said Thompson
or Tymison, when hee in Holland repaired to his house
neere Horne aforesd. as his house, and dwelling place
And this Depo:t Verily beleeveth that y:e sd Tymison was
borne, at or neere Horne aforesaid, and is (as this Depo:t
Verily beleeveth) a Subject of the said States of the United
Netherlands, and soe hee saith hee y:e sd Tymison is ComXXXXXX
Accounted, And further cannot depose.:
To the Interries:
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PAWL D'ALBIS [His signature]
Repeated before D:r
Godolphin
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Case: ffernandez and others touching the Hope: Examination: 8. Manuel de Fonseca, of London, Merchant, aged 21: Date: Aprill 20th, 1659
The 20:th of Aprill 1659./:
Examined on y:e sd Allon.
8:ns MANUEL DE FONSECA of London
Merchant, aged 21 yeeres or thereabouts
sworne and Examined:/.
To the first, second, third, and fourth arles of the said Allon
hee saith that in and about the monethes of May and June
1657: the arlate M:r ffernandez and M:r Page had discourse
and treaty with John Lopes about sending a ship and
Cargoe from England or Holland to the Spanish West
Indias for the Account of them the said M:r ffernandez
and M:r Page, and Company; and desired the said Lopes
to bee Supra Cargoe of the ship that should goe y:e sd
Voyage, and to manage the ?Trucking, Selling,
and Bartering away of the Outward Cargoe at the said
West Indias (sic). for their best Advantag, w:ch the said John
Lopes at their Instance, undertooke; And y:e said M:r
ffernandez and M:r Page, and Company, apointed one
Patrick Betts to goe M:r of y.e sd Ship w:ch should goe y:e sd
Voyage, and alsoe appointed one Ayleward to goe XXXXXX
to y:e said John Lopez; And y;e said Designe and Voyage
being Agreed upon, the said M:r ffernandez bought or
caused to be bought a Considerable Quantity of Goods
in this City, namely stuffs of severall sorts, and Silke
Stockings, and other goods; and this Depo:t was p:rsent
at the buying of Some of the said Goods, and sawe money
paid for some of the same by the said M:r ffernandez
his ?Pastier, with the sd M:r ffernandez his Money, and by
his Order, and after y:e sd goods were soe bought, and
Provided they were put onboard one ?of his Dutch Vessells
and sent over therein to Amsterdam. and the said Lopez
Ayleward and Betts, or some or one of them went
over therewith, and y:e said goods were consigned to be delivered
at Amsterdam to one John Tilly Merch:t there Residing
and the said M:r ffernandez then XXXXte to y:e sd Tilly to ?provide
more Goods there, and alsoe to buy a ship to Carry y:e goods w:ch
should be there bought and those w:ch were sent over by XXXX
said M:r ffernandez, & other Merchants from hence; to the Spanisg
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//West Indias upon y:e Account of him the said M:r ffernandez and
And (sic), XXXX sd M:r ffernadez gave order to one John Lopes (XXXXXXX merch:t resiing at Amsterdam to pay a Certaine
Tilly ?& Company[LENGTHY MARGINAL INERT TO BE TRANSCRIBED] The p:rmisses hee deposeth, being made privy to the said
Designe and Voyage, and Beeing y:e said M:r ffernandez
his booke keeper: And further Cannot depose./:
To the 17:th hee saith that the said John Lopez hath for theise six
yeeres Last lived in this City, (saving such time as hee hath bin
out upon Voyages upon y:e Account of English men and ffreinds
of this Comonwealth; w:ch hee knoweth haveing for all that time
bin well acquainted with him/:
Upon y:e rest hee is not Examined by Direccon/.
To the Interries:
To the first hee saith hee was none of y:e Interrate ship the
Hope ther Company, And saith hee this Depo:t was borne
at Badajos in Spaine, and is a Batchelo:r and hath lived
for theise six yeeres last in this City, and for foure yeeres
before hee lived in ffrance and Holland, Ans saith the said
M:r ffernandes wife is this Depo:ts Ant, and this Depo:t liveth
with the sd ffernandez in y:e Quality aforesd; and to y;e rest
Negatively./:
To teh second hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing depon
and further cannot Answer.
To the 3:d hee saith hee beleeveth the Outward Cargoe was bought
and Provided upon y:e Joint Account of the Claime:rs and
each of them at the returne of the ship was to have according
to the Share hee advanced in y:e sd outward Cargoe: And further
Cannot Answer:/:
To the 4:th 5:th 6:th 7:th 8:th and Nineth hee hath not soe deposed
To the tenth hee saith hee hath heard that M:r Gowen Painter Interrate
hath lived for foure yeeres in Spaine, as a Merchn:t Stranger
And further cannot answer./:
To the 11:th hee saith hee hath heard that the Interrate M:r Robles
was borne in POrtugall, and this Depot hath Alsoe heard that
hee lived for some time in y:e King of Spaines Dominions
and further cannot answer.
To the 12:th hee cannot answer./.
To the 13.:th & 14:th hee hath not soe deposed:/.
To the 15:th hee saith that hee beleeveth y.e sd John Lopes hath not
bin at or in y:e West Indias. within theise six yeeres last. besides this
voyage in question
To the 16.:th. & 17:th: hee hath not soe deposed.:
MANUEL DE FFONSECA [His signature]
Repeated before D:r Godolphin./:
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Case: XXXX: Examination: 9:ns Jan de Vos of London Mariner, M:r of the ship the ffox aged 53 yeares: Date: Aprill 21st, 1659
The 21:th Daye of Aprill 1659:
Examined on y:e sd Allon./:
9:ns: JAN DE VOS of London Mariner, M:r of the
ship the ffox aged 53 yeeres or thereabouts
sworne and Examined:/:
(To y:e 13:th/
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//To the 13.:th arle of the said Allon (upon which alone
hee is by direccon of M:r Smith Examined) hee saith
and deposeth that hee this Depo:t well knoweth the
arlate John Tilly Merchant residing at Amsterdam
and soe hath done for theise twenty yeeres last or
thereabouts, during all w:ch space y:e said John Tilly
hath lived at Amsterdam, in Holland. and ?Dover
here in England, And saith hee the said Tilly lived
at Amsterdam as a Merchant Stranger, And is a
Subject of this Comonwealth of England; And
is Generally and Commonly accompted an Irish
-man borne; and soe this Depo:t verily beleeveth
hee is, And saith that hee this depo:t well knowe
the said John Tilley ?is, ffather and Mother, who were
both Commonly accomted Natives of Ireland; and spoke
both of them y:e Irish Language, And knowe y:e said
John Tylly, first living at
Dover, where this Depo:t lived neere the house where y:e sd Tilly there lived for many
yeeres together, and saith the said Tilly About
18 or 19 yeeres since went two Voyages with
this Depo:t: from Dover and this Depo:t hath bin offentimes at
the house of the said John Tilly in Amsterdam, and
thereby knoweth y:e premisses And further cannot
depose:/:
To the Interries./
To the first hee saith hee was none of the Company of
the ship Hope interrate, and was borne at
MidXport in fflanders, and is a married man, and hath lived &
kept his ffamily for theise tenne yeeres last at Middleboro
Amsterdam and London, and to y:e rest Negatively./.
To y:e 2.:d hee hath not soe deposed./.
To y:e 3.:d hee cannot Answer./.
To the 4.:th 5.:th 6.:th 7:th & Eighth hee hath not soe deposed
To the 9:th hee saith hee knoweth y:e Interrate ffernandez
by Sight, but beleeveth hee Doth not knowe the other
ptyes Interrate saving y:e said John Tilly. whom hee hath
Knowne for y:e Space aforesd. and ?saw y:e sd ffernandez
yesterday upon y:e Exchange, and sawe y:e said John Tilly
last about a yeeres & halfe since at Amsterdam & further cannot Answer:/.
To the 10:th & 11:th hee cannot Answer./.
To the 12:th hee saith that he knoweth not y:e Interrate
Schaudernel nor where hee was borne, and to the rest
Negatively saying y:e sd Tilly for about Nine yeeres last hath
lived at Amsterdam, and before that hee lived at Dover:/
To the 13.:th & 14.:th hee hath not soe deposed.
To the 15.:th. hee saith hee knoweth y:e Interrate John Lopes, & further cannpt
answer.
To the 16:th and 17:th he hath not soe deposed:/:
JOHN DE VOS [His signature]
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Case: XXXX: Examination: 10. Mare de Vos, wife of Jan de Vos, aged 43: Date: Aprill 21st, 1659
//The same day
Examined on the sd Allon:/:
(10:ns. MARIE DE VOS y:e wife of the foresd. Jan de Vos
aged 43 yeeres or thereabouts: Sworne and Exam:d
To the thirteenth arle of the said Allon (upon w:ch alone shee is
by Direccon of M:r Smith Ex.:d) shee saith and deposeth: that
shee this Depo:t hath well knowne y:e arlate John Tilly for about
twenty yeeres last, and the said John Tilly for about for about Nine or
Tenne yeeres last hath lived and resided at Amsterdam as
a merchant Stranger, and for about tenne yeeres bifore (sic),
the said Tilly lived at Dover here in England, where this
Depo:tfirst knewe him, and there the said Tilly his Mother
lived with the said Tilly for many yeeres who was an
Irish woman: & Could speake noe other Language than Irish
And y:e said John Tilly is Commonly accounted an Irishman
by Birth, and is a subject of this Comonwealth; The premisses
shee deposeth for that she Lived at Dover. neere to the house
whereof the said John Tilly there lived for y:e space of about
tenne Yeeres, and hath alsoe Very often bin at the house where
y:e sd John Tilly lived at Amsterdam; And further cannot depose.
To the Interries./.
To the 1:st shee saith shee knoweth not the ship the Hope Interrie
And saith shee this depo:t was borne in Amsterdam, and is married
to her precontest Jan de Vos, and for theise tenne yeeres last
hath lived in Middleborow, Amsterdam and London & to the rest
Negatively./-
To the second shee hath not soe deposed:/.
To the 3.;d shee cannot Answer/:
To the 4.:th 5.:th 6.:th 7:th & 8:th shee hath not soe deposed./:
To the 9:th shee saith shee saw y:e said John Tilly last at Amsterdam
about three monethes since, and further saving XX foregoeing
depon shee cannot Answer:
To the 10:th & 11.:th shee cannot Answer
To the 12.:th . shee saith shee knoweth not where the Interrate Chaunternel
was bound; & to the rest Negatively:/
To the 13.:th & 14.:th shee ahth not soe deposed:/
To the 15.:th shee cannot Answer./,
To the 16.:th and 17.:th shee hath not soe deposed
MARIE DE VOS [Her signature]
Repeated with her precontest
before D:r Godolphin.
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Case: XXXX: Examination: 11. Peter Mathews, of London, Merchant, aged 42: Date: Aprill 22:th 1659
The 22:th of April 1659.
Examined on y:e sd Allon
11:ns PETER MATHEWS of London Merchant
aged 42 yeeres or thereabouts sworne and
Examined:/:
To the 14:th arle of the said Allon (upon w:ch alone hee is by direccon
of M:r Smith Examined) hee saith and deposeth that hee well knowes
the arlate John Scrauternel, and soe hath done for theise
four or five and twenty yeeres last, during all w:ch time
of this depo:ts Knowledge of him, hee the said Schauteruel
hath lived at Amsterdam, saving about eight or tenne yeeres
that the said Schauterzell lived her in London, and y:e
said Schauteruel in y:e time hee here lived Maried an
English woman, and here lived with her about two or three
Yeeres. and then (namely about fourteene yeeres since)
the said Schauterzell went to Amsterdam with his said wife
and there hath lived with her & his ffamily ever since;
And saith this depo:t forst knowe y:e sd Schauternel in Amsterdam
some Small Space before y:e y:e said Schauternel came from
thence to live in London as aforesaid: And saith that hee this
Depo:t well knewe y:e said Schrauternells ffather, who lived
at Amsterdam; & was a Ducthman, & soe is the sd John Schauternell
And y:e sd John is a Subject of the States of the United
Provinces, and as this depo:t Verily beleeveth hee was borne at
Amsterdam; And saith that the said John Schauternell there hath
bin y:e ffactor or Correspondent of this Depo:t for the most parte
of the time that hee went from hence with his wife as aforesd
and this depo:t hath in that time sent many letters to, and receaved$
many letters from y:e said Schauternell about three weekes
or a moneth since: And further cannot depose./:
To the Interrie:/.
To the first hee saith hee was not one of y:e Company of y:e sho y:e
Hope, And saith hee this Depo:t was borne in this City & here hath
lived for theise ?tenne yeeres last, and us here married and to the rest Negatively/
To the 2:d hee hath not soe deposed./.
To the 3:d hee cannot Answer./.
To the 3.:th . 5:th 6.:th 7.:th & 8.:th hee hath not soe Deposed:/.
To the 9:th. hee saith hee hath knowne y:e interrate John Page for about 8 or 9
yeeres last & y:e Interrate Andrew Dunkin for about a yeere & y:e Interrate
Antonio ffernandez for theise sixteene yeeres last & y:e Interrate Antonio XXXX
for about 5 or 6 yeeres last, & y:e sd Schauternell for y:e time aforesd.
but beleeveth hee doth not knowe the Interrate Gowan Painter & John
Tilly. And sawe y:e sd ffernandez & ?Robles the day on y:e Exchange, & y:e sd Page on
Monday last upon y:e Exchange, & y:e sd Dunkin about a Moneth since upon
y:e Exchange & saw y:e sd John Schauternel, last in Amsterdam about thirteene yeeres
Since, And otherwise cannot answer./.
To the 10:th hee Cannot Answer, saving hee hath heard that one Gowan
Painter hath lived in y:e Canaryes./
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//To the 11:th. hee cannot Answer.
To the 12:th. hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing depon & further
Cannot Answer:
To the 13:th & 14:th hee hath not soe deposed./.
To the 15:th hee cannot Answe/.
To the 16:th. & 17:th hee hath not soe deposed
PETER MATHERS [His signature]
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Case: XXXX: Examination: 12. Mathias Datselare, of London, Merchant, aged 41: Date: The same day
The same day
Ex:d on y;e sd Allon./.
12. MATHIAS DATSELARE of London Merch:t aged
41 yeeres or thereabouts sworne and Examined
To the 14:th arle of the said Allon (upon w:ch alone hee is by direccon
of the producents prXXXX Examined) hee saith and deposeth that he
well knoweth y:e arlate John Schauternel, and soe hath
done for theise thirty yeeres last, during all w:ch space hee the
said Scrauternel hath lived in Holland, ['Saving &' has been crossed out] here on London
and hath lived at Amsterdam in Holland with his wife &
ffamily for theise thirteene or foureteene yeeres last or thereabouts
and there hee lived before hee came to live here in London
And hee the said John Shauternel is a Subject of the States
of the United Netherlands, And was as this Depo:t verily beleevet
borne at Amsterdam, And there the said John Schauternels
ffather lived severall yeeres, & saith the said John
Schauternel hath for the most pt of the time that hee went
from this City with his wife ato Amsterdam, (w:ch was about 13 or 14 yeeres since as aforesaid) Cossresponded with him this
depo:t and about three weekes since this depo:t receaved a letter from him
And further cannot depose/
To the Interries:/:
To the first hee saith hee was not one of the Company of the Interrate
Ship Hope, & saith hee this depo:t was borne at Guzkom in Holland
& hath lived for y:e time Interrate in or about London & is here
Married, and to the rest Negatively
To the 2:d hee hath not soe deposed
To the 3.:d hee cannot Answer:/
To the 4:th 5.:th 6:th 7.:th and 8:th hee hath not soe deposed:
To the 9:th hee saith hee hath knowne y:e Interrate Page for theise tenne
yeeres last of thereabouts, & y:e Interrate Gowen Painter & Andrew
Dunkin for about two yeeres last, & y:e Interrate ffernadez for
about 14 yeeres, last, & sawe them all lately in this City & saith
hee thinketh hee doth not knowe y:e Interrate Robles, or ?Tilly: &
hath knowne y:e sd Schauternel for y:e time aforesaid, and sawe
him last at Amsterdam about eight yeeres since; & further cannot answer./
To the 10:th hee saith hee hath heard that y:e said Gowen
Painter hath lived in the Canaryes; & hath likewise heard that the
said Andrew Dunkin hath lived in Spaine. & further cannot Answer
To//
P1120243 f. 202A (sic) verso
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//To the 11:th hee cannot Answer./.
To the 12:th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing depon and
further cannot Answer./.
To the 13:th & 14:th hee hath not soe deposed
To the 15:th hee cannot Answer:/.
To the 16:th & 17:th. hee hath not soe deposed./.
MATHE DATSELARE [His signature]
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Case: Drawater ag:t the S:t Anne of Amsterdam, Henrdrick John Master, and ag:t her tackle and furniture: Examination: Hendrick Johnson, of XXXX, Holland, Marriner, Master of the S:t Anne, aged 33: Date: April 28:th 1659
The 20:th of Aprill 1659
Examined upon an allegaccon made yesterday in the ?acte
of Court on behalfe of the said Drawater.
Drawater against the S:t Anne of)
Amsterdam Hendrick Johnson M:r)
and ag:t her tackle and furniture)
Suckley. Cheeke
?d:t
HENRDRICK JOHNSON of XXXXX in Holland Marriner
Master of the said shipp aged 33 yeeres or thereabouts
Sworne and examined.
To the said allegaccon hee saith and deposeth that one M:r Demetrius
factor or Agent of and for the said James Drawater did at Amsterdam
about eight monethes since take the shipp the Anne aforesaid to
freight for a voyage to be made with her from Amsterdam for
Cadiz, there to deliver such goods as the said freighter should lade or
cause to be laded aboard her, and to receive such other goods as by his
order should at Cadiz be provided and brought to be reladed aboard
her for this port to w:ch shee was to retourne therewith, and saith
that the said shipp lying long and could not proceed
by meanes of fowle weather and XXXX, and haveing greate want of money, this deponent
bespake the said factor to lend and furnish for her use and occasions
a summe of money upon bottomry, to be repaid with consideracon
for the use thereof after the said shipps retourne or to that effect; and that the said
freighter lent and advanced upon such ?instance of this deponent the
summe of eleaven hundred gilders. And further that after receipt thereof
the said factor in regard of this deponents not
proceeding, making complaint to the Magistrate, caused the said shipp
to bee arrested, and that this deponent and one of his owners comming
treatie with the said factor, did in consideraccon of the said moneys and
the delay and pXXXXX suffered by his principall (M:r Drawater) in
the said shipp not proceeding but depXXing from the said voyage, agreed
to allow and pay unto him the summe of two and twenty hundred gilders,
hollands money, amount'ing to two hundred and twenty pounds sterling
or thereabouts, and that the said shipp should be liable to make good ?that
?payment thereof, or to that effect, and the said factor accepted thereof
And saith that comming afterwards to this port, shee was here arrested
for the said moneyes as the suter of the said M:r Drawater, and lies now
under that arrest, and that the said summe of two and twenty hundred
gilders is really due upon and from the said shipp for the said debt
soe contracted.
XXXXXXXX XXXXXX [His signature]//
P1120244 f. 203 B (sic) recto
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Case: Concerning Jane Hughes & the Thomas Bonadventure ag.t the owners of the said ship: Examination: Henry Hughes. of Deptford, Kent, Merchant, aged 28: Date April 29th, 1659
//The 29:th of April 1659:
Examined upon an Allon Given in on behalfe of
the said Jane Hughes
XXXXXX of Examinacons of)
XXXXXX on the behalfe of)
?Jane Hughes concerning the)
?ship the Thomas Bonafventure & ag:t)
the owners of the said)
ship)
Smith)
1 HENRY HUGHES of Deptford in the County of
Kent Merchant aged 28 or thereabouts
sworne and examined.
To the first article of the said allegacon hee saith and deposeth that in and for all
the time arlate, the arlate George ?Hughes deceased was master and commander of
the ship the Thomas Bonadventure arlate and had the Care and
Charge of her as M:r Comitted unto him by the Owne:rs and Propprieto:rs
of the said Ship, and made sevearall voyages in her, as M:r of her
& for M:r of her for all the time arlate hee the sd George Hughes was Comonly accounted and
reputed: w:ch hee knoweth because hee this deponent XXX him XXXXXX ?the said ?place
of ?master for all the said time, and XXXX voyages in ?her in the yeares 1651, 1652 and
1653 as Purser of her, and kept the account as to the said owners.
To the second article hee saith and deposeth that within the time aforesaid
the said George Hughes did lay out, disburse and expend diverse summes of
money amounting in all to eleaven hundred fourtie and xxx pounds
sterling in and about the said shipps provisioning, repaiing, mens wages
and other necessarie occasions, w:ch hee knoweth because hee this deponent as Purser
aforesaid kept the accounts of the said shipps expenses and charges XXXX of
the said XXXXX dysbursements thereabouts, and hath the said accountsXXXX
with him, and further saith that over and besides the said summes
XX disbursed by the said George Hughes amounting as aforesaid, there are
due to severall XXXXXX of ?nynn men XXXXXX and XXXXXXXX
XXXXX for the said shipps rate and service within the time aforesaid
XXXX the said Georhe Hughes XXX XXX mXXter of her, severall
summes of money amounting in all to the summe of four hundred and
eighteen pounds and fourteen shillings, w:ch with the foresaid summe
disbursed as aforesaid amounth in all to sixteene hundred twenty
nine pounds and thirteen shillings as by the said booke of accounts is
to bee ?seen, and with that all the said moneys were due to the said George
in his life time and by him payable, and are still due to and payable by Jaine (sic) Hughes his Executrix,
and saith the said owners XXXX XXXXX the said account XXX allowed
and approved thereof, and acknowledged the said moneyes to be due as
aforesaid
HUGHES [His signature]
Repeated before D:r Godolphin.
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Case: XXXXX: Examination: 2. Thomas Fisher, ffloow Bridge, London, Fishmonger, aged 46: Date: April 29th, 1659
The same day:
Examined on y:e sd Allon.
2. THOMAS FISHER: Living at ?ffloowbridge
London Fishmonger, aged 46 yeeres or thereab:ts
Sworne and Examined:/:
To the fist (sic) and second arles: of the said allon hee saith that about the
monthes XXXX this deponent being made XXXXX of
as an Arbitrator betweene the owners of the shipp the Thomas Bonadventure
and Jane the Rellict of George Hughes late Comder of the said shipp
deceased touching the disbursements of the said Georhe to the shipps use and
occasions and the debts of the said shipp, did peruse the accounts and
?stated the ?same and as an Arbitrato ?did XXXXXtly the XX XXXXXX abd
declared (as hee saith the truth was XXXXX) that there was due by and from
the said shipps owners to the said Jane as Executrix of the said ?captaine
for moneys by him XXXX ?out as master in and about her necessarie occasions//
P1110380 f. 280 recto
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//The 31:th of March 1659
The Lord Protector against the shipp the Santa)
Cruse don JoXXX XXXXX Commander XXX)
in the River of Thames. BXXXX)
JUAN FRANCESCO of MXXXX in ?Nova ?Hibernia
mariner, aged 23 yeares or thereabouts, ?sworne
and examined upon XXXX Interries
in XXXXX XXXXX Highness behalfe XXXX
prepXXXXX, deposeth as followeth.
To the first article hee saith that the said shipp the Santa Cruse belonged to the
port of VXXX CXXX in ?Nova ?Hibernia in the Dominion of the king of
Spaine, and belongeth as hee berily beleeveth to the said Captaine don JosXXXX
or JoXXXXX XXXago, who XXX and is commonly esteemed the XX XXX XXXXX
and that his dwelling (of this deponents knowledge) in XXX XXXXX aforesays
To the second hee saith that the said shipp in or about ffebruary last was a
twelvemoneth departed from XXX XXXX aforesaid for S:ta Domingo, and
arrived from VXXX CXXXXX XX two hundred thirtie two chests of sugar
and tenn chests of perfume, and six sacks of Carra ?Nuts, and eight
peeces of XXXXX, w:ch were to be carried to and delivered at Sta Domingo,
XXXXXX her desigXXXX XX to take in Spanish bullion for Jamaica. And
further hee cannot depose.
To the third hee saith that the said shipp departing from VXXX CXXXX
put in the ?harbour to victuall, and after about foure or five monethes
stay there, (occasioned by the Captaines falling sick) XXX departed to perXXXXX
her voyage for Sta Domingo, and shortly after ?such her departure namely in
or about August last XXXX, XXXX with and taken XXXX XX an English man of warr
of foure XXX and fiftie men, and saith the said lading belonged to the
said Captaine, a subiect of the king of Spaine, who laded them at
Vera CXXXX aforesaid for his owne account. And further cannot depose.
To the 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. and 13 hee saith hee was ine of the said ships company
and is alsoe a subiect of the king of Spaine and
ADD TEXT
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//Santa ?Cruse was built in CoXXXpeXye in the West Indies about foure
yeeres since, where the said Captaine Joseppo Sinnego bought her
and brought her to ?Vera Cruce wheare the said Captaine
XXXed her with goods for Havana and there tooke in other goods
and after ?some ?time of ?stay departed with her and her lading for
Sta Domingo where hs designe was to deliver the said goods and there
to embarque ?soldiers for Jamaica and XXXXX theem in the said XXX
but?running at sea in her course from Havana on the coast of the said Havana
was on or about the eight and twentieth of August last met with
and taken by an English vessell of warr of ?fXXXX gunns /the name
pf w:ch hee knoweth not, but saith her commander was called
Captaine James) and the said shipp S:ta Cruse with her
lading of two hundred thirtie two chests of sugar and two chests
of ffranjinsense, six sacks of cacoa nuts & eight pecces of
?eigth, were upon the said seizure taken by the said Captaine
James and XXXX XXX (in their said man of warr) and carried to
Bermudas, and there the said man of warr and
all her company being about 50 men saving the Captaine and one more) ?staid, and
the said Captaine and ?that other persona nd such other as they ?got
brought the said prize and lading directly for ladXXXX, XXXXX ?they
now are their dXXXXX and his precontest being brought along
in her saith the said goods were laded by and for seaparaterly
account, all w:ch hee knoweth being embarked at Vera
CXXXX to be a boy of the shipp to XXXX and doe reparires w:th
and going from
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Case: XXXX: Examination: Allen Allenson, of XXXXX in Holland, Mariner, aged 40: Date: April 2nd 1659
The second of Aprill 1659
Examined upon an allon given ?in
by Suckley the 30:th of March last
The Lord Protector against a parcell of)
Virginia Tobaccoes and BarelXXXX)
brought to Plimouth in the S:t Jacob of)
Hamboro?w, and against TomXXXX and)
others. Budd. Suckly. ffrancklin)
ALLEN ALLENSON of EuXXXXX in
Holland Mariner, aged fourtie yeeres
or thereabouts sworne and examined
XXXX and saith
Rp
To the first and second third and fourth articles of the said allon hee saith and deposeth
XXXX//
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Case: S:r John Dethick Knight, Edward Bolle, John Bancks Richard ffoord, Edward Mico, William ?Pretman and Company, concerning the Bantam ffrigott: Examination: Catch Kyme, of Ratcliffe, Stepney, Middlesex, Mariner, Mate of the Bantam ffrigot, aged 26 : Date: March 24th 1658
P1110382 f. 266 recto
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//The 24:th of March 1658
A business of y:e Examinacon of Witnesses on the behalfe)
of S:r John Dethick Knight, Edward Bolle, John Bancks)
Richard ffoord, Edward Mico, William ?Pretman, and)
Company concerning the seizure, and for some time)
detention and the hinderance of the trade in a Certaine)
ship called the BANTAM FFRIGOT whereof Isaac Taylor)
was M:r and Comand:r & such of the lading)
as was aboard the said Ship in ffact but unduly made)
by Antonie Van Voozst Captaine and Comander of
the ship the Turtle Dove in the Imediate Service of)
the Dutch East India Company and alsoe Concerning)
all Damages happening thereupon and ag:t one John
?Mait ?Suijker y:e now, or late Generall of the said Company)
at Battavia in y:e East Indias ag:t the said Van Voozst in pticular)
and all others y:e will take upon them the Justificaccon of the said Busines)
FRANCKLIN
Examined upon
and Allegacon given
in by M:r ffrancklin
on the part and
Behalfe of the
said S:r John Dethicke
Knight Edward Bolle
John Bancks Richard
Foord, Edward Mico
William Pretman
and Company.
1. ub: CATCH KYME of Ratcliffe in the
parish of Stepney and County of Mid
Mariner Mate of the Bantam ffrigot aged 26 yeeres or thereabouts
Sworne and Examined
To the first arle of the said Allon hee saith and deposeth
that during all the monethes of September
October, November, December, January, ffebruary and March
1656: English Stil, and Continually since: the said S:r John
Dethick Knight, Edward Bolle, John Bancks Richard fford
Edward Mico and William Pretman and Company
have bin and are Comonly accounted and reputed the true
and lawfull owne:rs and proprieto:rs of the said ship the
BANTAM FRIGOT (whereof Isaac Taylor was & is M:r.) and
of the tackle Apparrell, and furniture, And soe hee verils
beleeveth they were, and at p:rsent are; And further hee
cannot depose.
To the Second hee saith that y:e said S:r John Dethick, and
Company aforesaid /who are all (as hee beleeveth) subjects of
this Comonwealth of England.) did set out the said ship from
this port of London in the sayd moneth of October 1656 (sic)
upon their owne account (as hee beleeveth) to East India. there to
Lade pepper. and other Merchandizes, and to bring the same
for ?Europe, and saith the said Isaac Taylor, was and was
M:r of the said ship y:e said voyage, and y.e arlate Thomas
Newman Supra Cargoe; w:ch hee knoweth for that hee went M:rs Mate
of y:e said ship (y:e said Voyage) and further cannot depose:
To the third hee saith y:e said Taylo, Newman, and this depo:t
the rest of the Marine:rs of the said Ship, set saile
in her from this port to ?Indria ?Ponza in y:e island of Sumatra in y:e East Indias
and there ?arriveth on or about y:e Nineth or tenth day of August 1657: w:ch hee knoweth being
then on board her and further cannot depose//
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//To the 4:th. 5:th 6:th 7:th 8:th and 9:th hee saith that about a moneth after
the Arrivall of the said ship the Bantam ffrigatt at Indra
Ponza aforesaid the said Thomas Newman, and one ?ffrancis
Griffith y:e then purser of the said ship (who is since deceased)
did goe on shore, in the sd port of Indra Ponza, to buy pepper
and did buy a great quantity of pepper there, w:ch was all
to have bin transported in the said ship to Leghorne,
for the Acco:t of Sr John Dethick and Company aforesaid
And saith a Considerable Quantity of the said pepper
was Laden on board her, w:ch did not Lade the said ship
two Third pts of what shee could have well ?carryed
and saith That while y:e Company of the said ship was lading
in y:e rest of the sd pepper w:ch y:e said Thomas Newman and
ffrancis Griffith had provided and whilest the said Newman
and Griffith were on shore, providing More pepper to ?Complete Lading
of the said ship, The arlate
Comander of the ship the Turtle Dove, whereof one Antonio van Voozt was Comander in the Service of the Dutch
East India Company, and alsoe three pinnaces in y:e Company
of the said ship Turtle Dove, which were alsoe in the service of
the Dutch East India Company, came all of them and
Anchored by y:e said Bantam ffrigot, and Imediately sent
a Boate on board the Bantam ffrigot, with a Dutch merchant
therein & two others of y:e the Turtle Doves Company w:th hom w:ho Comanded y:e said Isaac Taylor, and the said
Thomas Newman. (whereupon y:e comong of the said Dutch
Merchant & the two others on board the said ship was sent came
on board, to y:e said Dutch merchant) Not to take in any
more pepper or other Goods onboard the said Bantam ffrigott
either at the said port of Indra Ponza, or any other port or
place on that Coast, for if they did the said Captaine
van Voozt who was y:e Admirall in those pts would seize and surprize them , or to that effect
and thereupon y:e said M:r Newman went with the said Ducth
Merchant onboad the said ship Turtle Dove to speake with the
said Captaine Van Voozt and knowe of him why XXX
would not permit him the said Newman to Trade XXXX
his said Bantam ffrigot there, And saith that some XXXX
after y:e said Newman had bin gone to the said XXXX
Admirall the said Captaine Isaac Taylor sent this deponent
in the Bantam ffrigots Boate. to fetch the said M:r Newman
from on board y:e said Dutch Admirall on board the Bantam ffrigot
And this depo:t being come on board the said Dutch Admirall
hee heard the said Admirall Voozt, say and declare unto
the said M:r newman that hee the said Voozt had order?s
from the Generall of Battavia to hinder allEnglish Shipps
from Commerce and Trade in these parts, and to seize y:e XXX
if they did soe, or to that effect, and alsoe shewed the said XXX
(in the p:rsence of this depo:t his orders in writing with a Great XXXXX Given him
the said Generall, to the foresaid purpose & effect, and XXX//
P1110384 f. 267 recto
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//Admirall Van Voozt Commander the said M:r Newman (in
this Depo:ts hearing) not to take in any more pepper or other goods
at Indra Ponza or any other ports or places on that Coast
and told the said Newman that if hee did soe, or offered to doe soe; hee must and
would seize and surprize his goods or to that effect, and
thereupon the said M:r Newman went with this depo:t in
the said Bantam ffrigots Boate, (w:ch this depo:t had brought
for him as aforesaid) and went on board the Bantam
ffrigot, and told the said Captaine Taylor what the said
Dutch Admirall Voozt, had declared and said, and the
next day the said Captaine Taylo:r went with this depo:t
on board y:e said Dutch Admirall, and saith that upon
the said Taylor coming on board; y:e said Taylor and
Van Voozt had a great deale of Difference together in
Dutch, (w:ch this depo:t cannot understand) and saith that
the said Voozt did shewe y:e said Taylour and after this depo:t and the said Taylor had bin XX on board y:e said XXXX came alsoe unto XXXX XXXX Dutch in y:e p:rsence of this depo:t & y:e sd Newman his foresaid
orders in writing. w:ch had a great seale affixed therto
as aforesaid, and the said Voozt delivered the same to
the said Taylo:r to read: w:ch the said Taylo:r (who well
understandeth the Dutch Language, and can write and read the same.) accordingly did read y:e same over; and after
hee had soe done hee & the said Newman went with this depo:t in the said
Bantam ffrigots Boate on board y:e Bantam ffrigot, And
y:e said Taylo:r ?there told the said Newman & this depo:t that y:e said writing that hee
soe read was a Comission from y:e Generall of Battavia
to hinder English Ships from Trade there and further hee
cannot depose; saving that the said Captaine Van Voozt, did
send one of ?his foresaid pinnaces about thirty
men therein, to lye at the Rivers mouth at Indra Ponza to hinder
and did hinder the goeing in and coming out of the Captaine
and Company of the Bantam frigot (sic), to and from Indra Ponza
and from bringing any goods from thence on board y:e said ship
Bantam ffrigot.
To the 10:th hee saith that a day or two after the said Tailo:r M:r Newman and
this depo:t had bin on board y:e said Dutch Admirall. the said
M:r Newman. (w:ch was then on shore) put a Quantity of pepper in y:e said
Bantam ffrigots Long Boate, and the said Newman himselfe
went in y:e said Boate, and intended to have come directly
to the Bantam ffrigot, and to put y:e said pepper
on board her, But the said Boate and pepper. and alsoe the
said Thomas Newman was seized by order of the said Van
Voozt and y:e said pepper y:e said Voozt caused to be tooke out of y;e Boate a& put into his owne and by him detained and further hee deposeth not
To the 11:th hee saith hee cannot depose saving as aforesaid
To the 12:th hee cannot depose; hee being then dangerously sick in his
Cabbin: saving y:e bantam ffrigot was carried by the said Van
Voozt and his Company to Battavia. and there anchored under
Comand of the said Van Voozt his said ship, and severall other Dutch//
P1110385 f. 267 verso
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//To the 14:th hee saith that y:e said Thomas Newman
and Isaac Taylor were Comanded at Battavia to appeare
before John Ma?rt ?Sayler Generall of the Dutch East
India Company at Battava (sic), and further cannot depose
To the 15:th and 16:th hee cannot depose being then dangerously
sick, and was carried out of the said ship Bantam ffrigot
to a house in Battavia where hee lay sick about
five weekes.
To the 17:th & 18:th hee saith that the said ship the Bantam ffrigot
was detained and hindered by y:e said Van Voost
and the Generalll of Battavia, and their order, from
the Eleventh of October 1657: or therabouts
untill the tenth of December following, and then
the said Ship set saile from Batavia for Rurope
w:th such Pepper as shee had taken in before the said
11:th of October, shee not being pmitted to take in
any goods whatsoever afterwards in those parts that
this depo:t knoweth of, and further cannot depose
saving as aforesaid
To the 19:th hee cannot depose:
To the 20:th hee saith that the said Bantam ffrigot
was when she was in the pts aforesaid of the
Burthen of about Two hundred and tenne Tonns
and as many Tonne of pepper hee beleeveth shee
would have brought for Europe y:e said Voyage; had shee
not bin hindred interrupted and detained as aforesd. and further
cannot depose:
To the 21:th hee saith y:e said ship y:e Bantam ffrigot
after her Departure from Battavia, sayled to Leghorne
and there safely arrived on or about the 18:th day
of August 1658: and there her said pepper taken in
at Indra Ponza was delivered. but howe many
Tonns y:e same amounted to hee knoweth not, and saith
hee this depo:t was upon y:e departure of y:e said ship Bantam
ffrigot brought from shore on board her, and Carried
in her to Leghorne and further cannot depose:
To the 22:th 23:th 24:th 25:th 26:th 27:th 28:th and 19:th hee saith hee
cannot depose thereto saving as aforesaid, and saving
that the said S:r John Dethick Knight, and y:e reste of
the sd Owne:rs: and Imploy:rs of y:e said ship, have suffred
great Losse and dammage by meanes of the premisses
but saith hee cannot estimate the same,:
To the 20:th hee saith that whilest the said Shipp y:e Bantam
ffrigat was upon y:e sd Coast of Sumatra, y:e Voyage in question
and during all the space the Dutch as aforesaid had her in XXX
power//
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//Power, and under their Command neither the said Thomas
Newman y:e Supra Cargoe of the said Ship Bantam ffrigot nor the
said Isaac Taylor y:e captaine of the said ship ?or any of
y:e Marine.rs of her did doe any Injury or Wrong in
any Kinde to the said Dutch or any of them. ?that this
depo:t knoweth if. but did XXXXX them selves Civily
and peaceably towards them and this hee XXXXX
being M:r Mate of y:e said ship y:e said Voyage And
further cannot depose:
To the 31:th hee Cannot depose
To the 32:th he saith his foregoeing depon is true
Repetit before D:r Godolphon
CALIB XXXXX [His signature]
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Case: S:r John Dethick Knight, Edward Bolle, John Bancks Richard ffoord, Edward Mico, William ?Pretman and Company, concerning the Bantam ffrigott: Deposition: 2. Lewis Walter, of Deptford, Mariner, aged 40 : Date: March 25th 1658
The 25:th day of March 1659
Examined on the said Allon
2:us LEWIS WALTER of Deptford Mariner
aged 40 yeeres or thereabouts: sworne and Examined:/:
To the first arle of the said Allon hee saith that XX XXX monethes
of September, October, November. Decembe:r January ffeb:ry
and March 16?46. English Stile and Continually since the
arlate S:r John Dethick Knight XXXXX John Banckks Richard fford
Edward Mico & Willaim Prittman, and Company, or some
of them, (being all subjects of this Commonwealth) were
and at present are the true and lawfull owners and
Imployers of the arlate BANTAM FFRIGO:T and of her tackle
and furniture as hee verily beleeveth, and soe hee saith
they were and are Commonly accounted: And This hee
deposeth for that hee wenta ll the Voyage in question
Steward of the said Bantam ffrigot. and further cannot depose
To the second hee saith that in the said moneth of October
1656: the foresaid S:r John Dethick, John Banks; Richard
fford Edward Mico and William Prittman (who are all of
them well knowne to this Depo:t) and alsoe y:e arlate Edward
Bolle: did set out the said ship from this port of London
upon their owne account to East India there to Lade XXXX
and bring y:e same to Europe; for their Account, And
saith that the said Setters forth of the said ship did Appoint
y:e arlate Isaac Tailo:r to goe M:r of the said ship and the
arlate Thomas Newman Supra Cargoe of her the said
voyage, And the said Taylor & Newman did goe y:e said Voyage
in y:e said ship. in their said Apointed Place. The premises
he deposeth for the said S:r John Dethick and the rest of the XXX
aforesd did from XXX come on board y:e sd Shipp, before and at XXX XXXX//
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saile from this port with y:e said Captaine Tayl:rs and M:r
Newman on board her, and safely arrived in Indra ponza
Road upon y:e Coast of Sumatra in or about the moneth
of August 1657: w:ch hee knoweth for that hee sailed
thither in her. And further cannot Answer./.
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To the 4:th hee saith that
Indra Ponza Roade is and ought to be
a place free for the English to trade in ober w:ch place y:e Queene of Achine
(whom this depo:t well knoweth having lived with her about five yeeres)
was and is the supreame Governournesse; who did about three yeeres
since?there: and at all other of her Dominiones proclaime ffree
Trade to the English Nation; And saith hee hath a Copy of the
said Proclamacon now in his Custody. And saith that after the
arrivall of the said Ship in y:e said Road this depo:t and one
ffrancis Griffith (who is since deceased) went ashore to Indra
Ponza to buy and provide pepp to lade the said ship, and did
there buy & provide enough pepper XXX to Lade the said ship, and was
all to have bin there put on board her. and to be Carried and
Transported in her to leghorne for the Account of the said ffrancis
who hee knoweth for y:e Reasons aforesd, And further deposeth not.
To the 5:th arles of the said Allon, hee saith that in y:e monethes
of September, and October 1657, this Depo:t upon y:e Account aforesd
did Lade aboard y:e said ship y:e Bantam, shee then Lying in the Roade
of Indra Ponza aforesaid six hundred seaventy two BXXXX of pepp
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//And that the rest of the pepper sufficient fully to lade the said
ship was then ready provided, and XXX, and was ready
to have bin put on board, and would have bin Laden Aboard
the said Ship within three or foure dayes next following, in
case y:e arlate Antonio van Voozt and Company had not
hindered them as hereafter is declared:
To the 6:th & 7:th arle of the sd Allon hee saith that on or about
the Eleveth day of October 1657: English Stile namely p:rsently after hee
this depo:t had sent out y:e foresaid 672 Bahaizes (sic) of Pepper on board the
Bantam ffrigot, this depo:t was sent for to Come on board
the Bantam, And this depo:t accordingly went on board
the Bantam, and upon his comming to her found y:e Arlate
Ship the Turtle Dove whereof y:e said Van Voozt was Comander
and alsoe three vessells with about tenne or Twelve peeces
of Ordinance a peece; Anchored neere y:e Bantam; And saith that
there came a Dutch Merchant from onboard y:e said Van Voozts
Ship. (w:ch was the Admirall in those pts.) who told this dep:t that
hee and y:e sd Taylor must come aboard their Comanders, (meaning the Turtle
Dove; w:ch this Depo:t accordingly did. but the said Taylo:r
refused soe to doe saying hee had order from his imploy:rs
not to goe out of his Ship; or to that effect, And saith that upon
this Depots Comong on board y.e said Turtle Dove, hee
Asked the said van Voozt where fore hee had sent for this
depo:t and y:e said Captaine Taylo:r to Come on board his
Ship, or to that effect whereunto the said Van Voozt made
Answer, that it was in regard the said ship the Bantam
ffrigot being an English Ship did trade there or to that effect,
And the said Van Voozt then pemptorily (sic) Charged & Comanded
this Depo:t that neither hee nor the said Isaac
Taylor nor any of y:e Bantams Company should trade there
or to that effect, And this Depo:t then told the said Van Voozt
that the ships full Lading of pepper was there ashore by him
bought, and some of it was allready Laden, and y:e rest
was provided to be laden and would within three or foure dayes
be all Laden aboard the said ship, and that hee had
money and Goods on shore; bit that hee should Dispatch all within
three or foure Dayes, and then be ready to depart with the Bantam
and her Lading on board her, or to that effect and desired
the said Van Voozt not to give him any interruption therein
But the said Antonio van Voozt then told this Depo;t that if hee
did not dept from thence with the said ship without further
trading ?There, hee would forthwith force this depo:t and y:e sd Ship
and Company thereof to Dept thence; or to that effect, All w:ch
words and XXXions passed betweene this Depo:t & y:e sd Van Voozt on
board//
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//On board the sd Turtle Dove in the ?Molaine and English Language
but w:th Languages the said Van Voozt, and alsoe this Depo:t well spake
& understood and saith that one Kaleb ?Kime Mate of the Bantam
heard some of the said words, and further hee cannot depose,
saving that both the said Van Voozt, and y:e Turtle Dove, and
alsoe the said ther three vessells were then in the Imediate
Service of the Dutch East India Company:
To the 6:th hee saith that y:e next day after this Depo:t had bin
on board y:e Turtle Dove as aforesaid y:e said Captaine
Taylo:r went on board y:e said Dove, but what discourse or
Words passed betweene him & y:e sd Van Voozt hee knoweth
not in regard hee went not with him, And further cannot
depose.
To the 9:th 10:th 11:th & 12:th hee saith that on y:e day y:t y:e said Taylo:r Went onboard
the said Turtle Dove as aforesd or y:e next day after this depo:t and
y:e said Taylo:r did againe goe aboard y:e sd Turtle Dove, together,
And this depo:t & the said Taylor after their Coming on board her told the said
Van Voozt that besides y:e pepp that was on board the said
Bantam ffrigot hee this depo:t had laid out at Indra Ponza three Thousand
Dollars and had invested y:e same in pepper. And desired
the said Van Voozt that hee would not hinder the lading
of the same on board the said Ship y:e Bantam or to that
effect, But the said Van Voozt in a Violent and Angry manner
said that none of the said Pepper should be brought aboard
the Bantam ffrigot, and said ffurther that if any attempt
was made to bring any pepp aboard y:e said ship the
Bantam ffrigot hee would seize, and take the same, And
alsoe told this depo:t and the said Tailo:r that
all the Trade for pepp on the West Coast of Sumatra in
the Queene of ?Acheines Dominions, belonged to the Dutch
East India Company: And then this Depo:t
went on board y:e Bantam and from thence this Depo:t
went in the bantam ffrigots Boate ashore, and there
caused about a Bahaire of pepper to be put on board y:e
said Boate; and having soe done, this depo:t went him
selfe into the said Boate intending to goe directly onboard
theBantam with the said pepper. but in his passage
one of y:e said Dutch Vessells. w:ch came and Anchored
at or neere y:e Barre of y:e River of Indra Ponza, sent her
boate and alsoe another Boate well manned to seize this depo:t and y:e said Bantam
ffrogotts boate & y:e Pepper therein w:ch they accordingly did
and Carried this depo:t & y:e Said Boate and Pepper to the
said Dutch Vessell and from thence they were sent to the
said Dutch Admirall the Turtle Dove; and there the said
Pepper was by the said Van Voozt his order. taken out
of the said Boate and putt aboard y:e said Turtle Dove
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//And there detained the same, And thereupon this Depo:t
and the said Isaac taylor and one ?Gotham Howard
Cheife Mate of the said ship protested against the
said Antonio van Voozt Comander of the said ship
the Turtle Dove and all of his Imploye:rs and having
nowe seene the first schedule annexed to the sd Allon
beginning WHEREAS THE QUEENE OF ACHEIN
&c: and Ending: Dated from on board y:e Bantam
October y:e 19:th 1657: and subscribed Thomas Newman
Isaac Taylo:r Gotham Howard. hee saith the same
was and is a true Copy of the said Originall protest
made by this depo:t and y:e said Isaac Taylo:r and Howard
ag:t y:e sd Van Voozt, and all his Imploye:rs And
y:e said Originall protest was really and truely signed
by this depo:t and the said Isaac taylo:r and Gotham
Howard on or about, the said Nineteenth of October 1657
and y:e Contents thereof were and are true; And
further hee doth not depose.
To the 13:th hee saith that the said Van Voozt on or about
the said Nineteenth of Octob:r 1657: Caused the sd
Captaine Taylo:r and Company to Depart from
Indra Ponza, and sailed with the Bantam ffrigot
in her way to Bantam. neere w:ch place arriving
the said Van Voozt, nor any other of the Dutch shipps
Lying before Bantam, soe that y:e Bantam
ffrigot was Constrained to goe to Battavia. And y:e said Van Voozt in
his ship the Turtle Dove; and alsoe the saidthree other
Dutch Vessells. Sailed with her thither, and there hee
saith the said Bantam ffrigot lay under Comand of
the said Turtle Dove; and y:e sd Three other dutch
vessells, and alsoe Under y:e Comand of severall other
Dutch ships there lying, alsoe in y:e Service of the said
Dutch East India Company. W:ch hee knoweth for that
hee was Carried in y:e said Ship Bantam from
Indra Ponza to Battavia. And further cannot depose
To the 14:th & 15:th hee saith that upon or about the ?7:th o October
1657: English Stile this Depo:t, and Captaine Isaac Taylo:r
were Comanded to Appeare before the arlate John
Martsuyker the Generall of and for the Dutch East
India Company at Battavia w:ch they according (sic) did
And the said Generall then told this Depo:t and y:e
said Taylo:r that hee had order that neither
they, nor any of the English should trade in any of the
Dominions of the Queene of Acheine, or to that effect
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//But the said Generall said that hee would speake with
his Counsell there that they might be XXXXXX with a Lading
at Battavia, And promised soe to doe, But notwithstandinge
hee put on board y:e Bantam ffrigot two or three XXXX
w:ch Comtinued on board y:e said Ship Bantam, untill her
departure from Battavia, w:ch was
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//or thereabouts, During all w:ch time they or some of
them, would not suffer this Depo:t nor the said Captaine
Taylo:r nor any of the Bantam ffrigots Company
to take in any newe or other Lading on board her,
And soe this Depot and the said
Taylo:r and Company were forced to Depart with
the Bantam ffrigot from Battavia, and out of the
East Indias for Europe; with only the foresaid six hundred
Seaventy two Balarzes of pepp, w:ch were as aforesd
Laden on board the said ship, at Indra Ponza before
the said Van Voozt came and Interrupted and
hindred them as aforesaid: The premisses hee
Deposeth Goeing all the said time Supra Cargo
of the said ship as aforesaid, and further Cannot
depose
To the 10:th hee saith that had not this depo:t and Company
bin Interrupted and hindred by the said Van
Voozt and Company and y:e Dutch?X as aforesaid, all the said
pepp that this Depo:t had bought and provided
at Indra Ponza as aforesaid would have bin Laden
onboard the Bantam ffrigot for y:e account of the said ffreighto:rs and
undoubtedly have bin brought safe for Europe for
their said Account, And this depo:t further saith that
hee heard the said Taylo:r say at Legorne that Command:XX
of ships had there received her before any of her pepper
was unladen, and had or would give an Attestaccon under
their hands that the said ship Would have Carried
Ninety five tonnes or thereabouts of pepper more than shee had on board her or to
that effect, And further hee cannot depose:
To the 19:th hee saith hee Cannot depose:
To the 20:th hee saith that yt y:e time y:e said ship was in
East India aforesaid shee was as hee beleeveth of the
Burthen of 210 Tonnes or thereabouts, And further
cannot depose
To the 21:th hee saith that after y:e Departure of the said
Bantam ffrigot from the East Indias as a foresaid shee
set saile for Legorne and there arrived on or about
the 18:th or 19:th day of August 1658: English Stile there the
said six hundred seaventy two BXXXXXX of pepper
were unladen and of the sd ship. And this
hee deposeth arriving therein her and further hee
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//To the 22:th hee deposeth not:
To the 23:th hee can not depose.
To the 24:th hee cannot deose, saving that every hundred weight
of the said Pepp at the time of the unlading thereof at Lighorne did
make a quintall
To the 25:th hee daith that at the said time of unlading
the said shipp at Leghorne every Quintall was worth about
fourteene peeces of Eight cleare of al Charges (sccounting
every oeece of Eight at five shillings a pXXXX and XXXX
and about that rfate a Quintall of Copper (sic) was then and
there usually sold for. And further hee Cannot depose
To the 26:th hee saith that the said 672 Bahaizes of
pepp soe laden on board the said ship as aforesaid at
Andra (sic) Ponza, and Carried in the said ship XX XXXX did
cost at Indra Ponza XXXX thousand seaven hundred &
fifteene peeces of Eight or neere thereabouts accounting
every peece of Eight at five shillings a peece at Indra
Ponza, w:ch doth amount unto 2428:li 15:s sterl: And saith
that the provision and ?scuturage of the same doth amount
to about 375:li sterl. The p:rmisses hee deooseth being
supra Cargoe of the said ship the said voyage; and
Laid out the said peeces of Eight at Indra Ponza
And further cannot depose:
To the 28:th hee saith that the said S:r John Dethick
Knight, and the rest of the ffreighters aforesad, have abd
must pay all y;e Dead ffreight, and for the Dammage
of the said Bantam ffrigot by the Dutch aforesd
And further hee cannot depose:
To the 29:th hee saith that the said S:r John Dethick and all
the partyes in the suite; (w:ho are all Englishmen and
subjects of this Comonwealth of England) besides the
foresaid damages , have sustained great Loss; and
Damages in forbearance of their principall money.
And further cannot depose.
To the 30:th hee saith that during the time that the said
ship the Bantam ffrigot was upon y:e Coast of Sumatra
& in y:e East Indias y:e Voyage in question; this depo:t
and the said Captaine Taylor and Company of the
said Ship Did Carry and demaneane themselves very
Civilly, and peacably, and did not doe any Injury or
wrong to any of the ships, goods, or psons, of or belonging
to the said Dutch East India Company, And that in
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//Respect of the Lading of the said Ship un the East Unias
the Generall of Battavia, and y:e said Van Voozt and
Company, Dif not Carry themselves Civilly towards
this Depo:t and y:e sd Taylo:r and Company. W:ch hee
knoweth, for y:e Reasons aforesd. And further
cannpt depose
To the 31:th hee saith that the said John Maetsuijker
the Generall of the said Dutch East India Company
at battavia Did (upon or about the 11:th
day of December 1657) at Battavia
give this Depo:t writing in the Dutch Language
subscribed w:th his owne hand. signifying. the goode
Carriage, and dilligence of this Depo:t And having
now sene the third schedule annexed to the said Allon
hee saith the same was and is the said Originall
writing soe Given to this Depo:t and by the sd Generall & XXXXX this Deps saw
the said ?Joan Mastsing subscribe the same
And further cannot depose-
To the last hee saith his foregoeing depon is true
THOMAS NEWMAN [His signture]
Repeated before D:r Godolphin
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Case: The Brazill Company of Portugall concerning the Jonathan and Abigaill: Deposition: Thomas Morley: Date: June 13th 1659
//The 13:th of June 1659
The Brazill Company of Portugall ag:t)
200 Quintalls of Brazil Wood or)
therabouts brought to this port)
in the Jonathan and Abigail)[1]
(Thomas Morley M:r) and ag:t)
John Thacker)
Suckley Cheeker
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Examined upon y:e Allon given
in by M:r Suckley
THOMAS MORLEY master of
the ship the Jonathan & Abigail
aged 48 yeeres or thereabouts
sworne and Examined.
To the first arle of the said Allon hee saith and Deposeth
that y:e parcell of Brazil wood arlate (being two Hundred Kintalls (sic), or therabouts
was was (sic) brought to this Port in y:e said ship the Jonathan
& Abigail, as Delivered to this Depo:t out of a yard at
Lisbone, w:ch yard did belong to the Portugall XXXX ?India Company as thisDepo:t
was then and there Credibly Informed and ?soe hee verily beleeveth
And saith that one John Roles, a Portugueze (sic) Broker, whom
this Depo:t Imployed in procuring of goods to lade onboard y:e sd
ship upon freight did ?procure all y:e said Brazill Wood, and y:e said Roles
hath often times told this Depo:t, about the time of the Lading thereof that y:e said Wood was to be
transported in y:e said Ship to London for y:e Account of the
Portugall Brazil Company, and soe this Depo:te verily beleeveth it was,
And saith that the said Roles did pcure other goods for this
Depo:t y:e said time of this Depo:ts being there, and saith there
was an Agreemt made amongst divers of the Merchants that
laded goods in y:e sd Ship that there should be
a Teston upon each Chest of Sugar, and tow Ryalls upon
each pipe of Oyle, and after that proporcon, for other goods
to be Given as a Gratuity to y:e Convoy that stayed there for
the Jonathan & Abigail, and other English ships then there
And this Depo:t Demanded of the said Roles y:e like rates
for y:e said Brazill Wood and y:e other goods y:t hee
procured, and y:t were laden on board y:e said Ship, But for
the said 200 Quintalls of Brazil Wood y:e said Roles refused
to allow any thing. telling this Depo:t that y:e same did belong
to the Brazil Company, and they being a Joint Company
would beare their owne Adventures or to that effect, But
for the other goods that the sd Roles procured, y:e said Roles allowed y:e rates
aforesaid, to this Depo:t for y:e said Convoy, And soe much this
Depo:t beleeveth hee hath acknowledged to severall psons
The foresd premises hee deposeth, being M:r of the said
ship aforesaid And further Cannot depose./.
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Case: Mayflower vs. XXXX: Deposition: 2. John Stannian, of the City of London; Gentleman, aged 26: Date: September 23rd 1659
//The 23:th of September 1659
Examined upon the fore said allegaccon
2. JOHN STANNIAN of the vitie of London gent., aged 26
yeeres or thereabouts sworne & examined
To the first second and third of the articles of the said allegaccon hee saith and deposeth that hee well
remembreth, and that in or about ffebruary or March last was
XXXXXXth the Governour and Company of English Merchants trading
to East India Imployed and XXX are the said shipp from this port of London
on a trading voyage to goe and XXXX to XXXX on the coast of the Island
of Sumatra to lade pepper for the said companies account, w;ch
hee knoweth having XXXX the said Companies orders and XXXXXX XXX XXX
with XX
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//To the 2:d. hee saith that hee this Depo:t did in a former voyage
carry about three hundred Quintalls of Brazeel wood, from Lisbone
to Newhaven for y:e account as hee beleeveth of the said Brazil
Companie, and y:t wood was procured Alsoe by the said Roles
at the same BXXXXXX; And after, this Depo:te had receaved
y:e said3000 Quintalls on board his Ship y;e sd Roles brought
him bills of Lading, ready filled up; e:ch this Depo:t signed
and ?those w:ch this Depo:t signed for y:e said 200 Quintalls
of Wood now in Question; and alsoe for those other goods
which hee then procured. he brought bills of Lading to this
Depo:t, ready filled up in Portugueze, (w:ch this
Depo:t doth not well understand) and this Depo:t signed y:e same
And further cannot depose: /:
To the third hee saith that y:e arlate ffrancis Pardini is
(as this Depo:t hath heard) failed) ?in Estate, and y:e arlate
John Thacker (as this Depo:t hath also heard) is Employed
to make y:e said Pardinies Composicon with his Credito:es
And y:e said Pardini had never y:e possession of the
said wood. And further deposeth not saving hee referreth
himselfe to the sd bill of Lading.
To the last hee saith his foregoeing depon is true:/:
To the Interries.:/.
To the first he saith that y:e Bill of Lading Interrate nowe
showed unto him, is really signed by him this depot for
y:e said 200 Quintalls of Brazill, Wood and this Depo:t signed
onely two or three bills of Lading more for y:e said wood, w:ch this
DEpo:t verily beleeveth wweere of the same teno:r. and saith
hee as aforesaid beleeveth that the said goods were so laded for the account
of the Portugale Brazile company for the reasons before deposed, and
hee knoweth not XXXX did ?sen Marcos Valez da Silvera mentioned
to be the lader in the said bill, nor knoweth him to be the lader, ?more
than that that hee is so said to be in the said bill, the said XXXX being
the only person that procured and ordered the said lading, and saith the
said lading was so made at Lisbone, and upon the seizure of her
XXXXXX XXXXXX XXX XXXXXXX, and that the said bill was signed on or
about the day of the date thereof, And otherwise ?saving as aforesaid hee
cannot depose.
To the second hee saith that sometimes there are Colourable bills of
Lading made& signed for goods, and noe reall bills, but in such
Cases, the M:r of the ship hath Instrctions where and to wheom
to Deliver the goods mentioned in y:e Colourable bills./:
To the 3:d hee saith that the said three hundred Quintalls w:ch this
Depo:t Carried in his ship from Lisbone to Newhaven and w:ch as hee
beleeveth, were for y:e account of the said Portugall Brazil Companye
were mentioned in the bill of lading to be for the said
companies account or not, & further cannot answer saving as aforesd
To the 4:th hee saith, that hee doth not knowe that hee had any goods
on board y:e XXXXX Jonathan and Abigail in this her last homeward
Voyage for XXXXX of y:e sad Brazil Compa but beleeveth as aforesd, that y:e said 200 Quintalls were for their account
And further cannot Answer saving as aforesd/.
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//To the 5:th hee saith that hee was in y:e said yard (out of w:ch y:e said
Logwood was taken & sent on board y:e said ship) whilest, some of the sd
wood was weighing, and sawe most of it sent, and brought aboard
y:e said ship, y:e said yard being neere y:e waterside & neere unto
y:e place: where his ship lay & further Cannot Answer referring
himselfe to his foregoeing Depn./
To the 6:th hee saith that y:e said John Roles is of this Depo:ts
knowledge a Comon Broker, betwixt Merchts and M:r of ships
and other Trade:?s and hath noe pticular relaccon to the said
Brazil Companz that this Depo:t knoweth of/:
To the 7:th hee saith that y:e acknowledgements & Confessions that this
Depo:t hath made touching y:e Lading of y:e said goods on board y:e
sd. shipp, were made before hee had prsed his booke
wherin he tooke Not of such things:/
To the 8:th hee saith that had there not bin a arrest laid
upon y:e said two hundred Quintalls of Brazill Wood, this depo:t
intended to have deivered, and would have delivered y:e same
to the said ffrancis Pardini, or his order. in regard they are
Consigned to him by the said Bill of Lading: And saith that
hee was & is bound by the said Bill of Lading to deliver y:e same to the
said Pardini or his order, And saith that the said Interrate Colonell hath
not showed this DEpo:t any order or power to Demand or receive
the said Goods either from the said Company or any other. pson
whatsoever, and othewise Cannot Answer/.
THOMAS MORLEY [His signature]
Repeated before D:r Godolphin.
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Case: XXXX: Examination: Thomas Morley, Master of the Jonathan and Abigail, aged 48: Date: June 12th 1659
//The 13.:th day of June 1659./:
Examibed upon an Allon given in on behalfe
of the said Thacker:/.
The Brazil Companz of Portugall)
against 200 Quintalls of Brazil Wood)
brought to this Port Laded bz them)
(as is pretended) in Lisbone on board)
y:e Jonathan & Abigail, Thomas Morley)
M:r arrested by authority of this Court, &)
ag:t John Thacker coming in for his interest)
therein Suckley: Cheeke)
THOMAS MORLEY M:r of the ship the
Jonathan and Abigail: aged 48 yeeres or
thereabouts sworne and Examined:/:
R?p
To the first & second arle hee cannot Depose:/:
To the 3.:d. hee cannot depose; saving hee referreth himselfe to his answer
to the fisrt Interrie, on y:e other part,
To the 4:th y:e Bill of Lading arlate now shewed unto him
& by him prsed hee saith and deposeth that y:e same was & is really
& truely signed by him this Depo:t. & is one of the Originall bills
of Lading for y:e 200 Quintalls of Brazill wood, and to y:e rest hee
referreth himselfe to his answer made to the first Interrie on y:e
other part,
To the 5:th. 6:th 7:th 8:th 9:th 10:th. 11:th & 12:th hee Cannot Depose:
THOMAS MORLEY [His signature]
Repeated as above.
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Case: Touching the Mayflower: Examination: 2. John Stannian, of the City of London, aged 26: Date: September 23rd 1659
//The 23:th of September 1659.
Examined upon the foresaid allegaccon
Touching the Mayflower)
aforesaid)
2 JOHN STANNIAN of the citie of London gent, aged 26
yeeres or thereabouts sworne and examined.
To the first second and ?rest of the articles of the said allegaccon hee saith and deposeth that hee very
well knoweth the shipp the Mayflower arlate whereof William Curtis was
commander, and that in XXXXX ffeburary or March last was a
twelve moneth the ?Governour and Company of English Marchants trading
to East India Imployed and XX XX the said shipp from this port of London
on a trading voyage to goe and ?saile to Achean on the coast of the Island
of Sumatra to lade pepper for the said companies account, w:ch
hee knoweth having seane the said Companies orders and dispatches tXXX XXXX
they XXXX. And further
saith that hee hath seane Letters sent from the said master and factors of the said shipp
imployed in India about the said shipps trade,
purporting them upon the said shipps arrival before Acheen they XXXX
XXXXXX and had from admittance and ?license from her 9 XXXXX of Acheen
to lade her there with pepper, and in the said lre was alsoe sent the
said QuachXXX license in writing with aXXXXXXX thereof
to XXXXX and manifest to the said company her said leave to lade
pepper there, and further perporting that having got the said leave the
said factors and agents of the Company fell to ?procuring of pepper there
for her lading, and had XXXX or XXXXXX lading of pepper thXXXXX XXXX to be
laded aboard her for the said Companies use and account, containing fiftie
foure baggs of pepper w:ch weighed 3896 pounds net English weight
and then there lay there three dutch shipps belonging to the dutch
East India company whereof Balthazar ?Bert was commander and
that the said boate with the said pepper therein was by the ?men and
order of the said Balthazar Barts seized and taken away
from the Mayflowers ?helm and carried aboard the XXXXordia and
of the said dutch shipps, and that thXXX being donne, the dutch tooke ?all
the pepper and turned off the Mayflowers long boat aXXXXXX,
and would not suffer her to receive any more pepper or other goods from EXXXX but
wholly prohibited and ?dysppointed her therein, and he XXXX XXXXX the
voyage, to the greate dammage of the said English companye, and saith
that the said Captain Curtis XXXXXX said ?first XXXX and
seizure of her pepper were aboard the said XXX XXX, Balthazar Bart (as
the said XXXX XXXXX) and?expostulated the matter with him and
demanded the pepper XXXXX, but was denied and sent away without
any XXXXX, and that XXXXX hee and William Smith and John
?Shedd two of the companies factors made a protest against the XXXXX action
of the dutch and XXXX XXX XXX XX thereof to London under a ?notaries
hand and with their names thereto, w:ch XXXX this depot
hath
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//- ↑ The Jonathan and Abigaill. See a later case involving the same ship. (HCA 13/76 Part One: f. 1 recto: Case: The Jonathan and Abigail vs. Daniel Edwards: Deposition: Thomas Andrews, of Wapping, in the parish of White Chappell: Date: 16:th August 1666
