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shipp and her sayd ladeing and saith the s … shipp and her sayd ladeing and saith the sayd hewlyn one of the sayd Owners<br />
was killed on board the ''Union'' in the fight shee maynteyned with the sayd<br />
Ostenders and dunkirkers before shee was taken by them, And saith that<br />
the sayd shipp ''Union'' was (as this deponent heard at dunkirke (when hee<br />
came out of prison there) sold to some persons belonging to Zealand<br />
and further to this Interrogatory hee cannot depose/.
James hatton [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Repeated before doctor John Godolphin
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The first of March 1656.
ffurley and Page against Jacob}<br />
and others}
Examined upon the foresaid allegation.
'''Rp. 3us.'''
'''Stephen ffurley''' of Colchester Merchant, aged 25 yeeres<br />
or thereabouts sworne and exámined.
To the first, second, third fourth fifth and sixth articles of the said<br />
allegation hee saith and deposeth that the producents John ffurley and John<br />
Page having from Rotterdam received advice from the arlate William<br />
Lowe master of the arlate ketch the ''Coronation'' of Colchester for or from some other there that in<br />
this the said [Xowes] course the voyage arlate from Colchester for Rotterdam hee had bin met<br />
with and boarded by a private mann of warr of dover<br />
who had taken out their goods that were aboard his vessell, namely twenty<br />
peeces of serges belonging to the said John ffurley, and tenn peeces belonging<br />
to the said Page and carried them away, and suffered him with his ketch<br />
and some oisters then hee had aboard to proceede on his voyage for Rotterdam<br />
or to that effect, and that having notice that the commander<br />
of the said private man of warr was named derrick Swine and was of Dover, they imployed<br />
this deponent Swine twice to make enquiry at dover after their said<br />
goods and get restitution and satisfaction for the same, and this deponent<br />
went thither accordingly, and at the first time found out the said Swine<br />
and having understood by him that the allegate Jacobs, Goodwin and<br />
Tiddiman were his owners and imployers, and lived in the<br />
said towne of dover, this deponent went to the said Jacobs and Goodwin<br />
and of them demanded restitution of the said goods to and for the use of<br />
the said John ffurley and John Page (Englishmen and subiects of this<br />
Commonwealth) the owners thereof, which said Jacobs and Goodwin<br />
denying that they had any notice of any such goods seized, sent him<br />
back to the said Captaine to have account thereof from him whereupon this deponent<br />
returning to the said Captaine derrick Swine, and telling him hee<br />
was by his owners referred to him about the said goods, hee confessed<br />
that hee had bin aboard an oister ketch in her passage<br />
for Rotterdam, and had taken out certaine peeces of serges, but not soe<br />
many as this deponent demanded, and that they were upon the seizure<br />
distributed and shared amongst his men, and this hee saith being all hee<br />
could get at that time, which was in summer 1653, (as hee<br />
remembreth) hee was againe shortly after imployed by the producents<br />
upon the same businesse, and then at dover speaking with the said Goodwin (the others<br />
being absent) hee appointed that the next morning hee and the other said<br />
owners would give this deponent a meeting and make an end of the businesse<br />
and the said Goodwin nominating the house of Mr delaval and dela Barrting the house of Mr delaval and dela Barr +
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