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To the 4th he saith he saw the goods afore … To the 4th he saith he saw the goods aforesayd plundered and taken<br />
away by the sayd Captaine White and his sonne and Companye<br />
of his shipp, and the steersman, boatswaine, Cooke and shipps<br />
boy, and 2 others of the ''Saint Johns'' Company were then aboard. And<br />
otherwise he cannot depose saving he saith he saw Captaine White himselfe<br />
plunder and take the sayd Jacob Groates hatt, and saw the sonne of the<br />
sayd White plunder the sayd Groates Chest and Cabbin.
To the .5th. he saith that after the shipp ''Saint John'' came into dover piere<br />
he this deponent saw seven of the shipps Company aboard her and they<br />
continued aboard one afternoone and one night and saith there was<br />
att the tyme of seizure about 4 monethes provisions aboard the sayd<br />
shipp. And otherwise negatively./ And further cannot depose.
Sam Delaplace [SIGNATURE, LH SIDE]
gilbert Jan[?kyn] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The fifth day of October 1653. [CENTRE HEADING]
Examined upon the sayd allegation.
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'''Caspar Walmondt''' of Statin in Pomerland<br />
Mariner Gunner of the sayd shipp the ''Saint John''<br />
aged eight and twenty yeares a witnes sworne<br />
and examined. saith as followeth
To the first and second Articles of the sayd Allegation This deponent saith that<br />
the arlate Lord Rossow daniel halfe Ryder and Companie all Inhabitants<br />
of dantzyck were and are the lawfull Owners of the sayd shipp the<br />
''Saint John'' whereof Jacob Groat is master, and saith the sayd shipp hath<br />
belonged to dantzyck about nyne yeares videlicet from her first building<br />
which was in Pomerland, And moreover saith, that the sayd shipp<br />
about this tyme twelve month as he hath heard tooke in her lading of hemp<br />
flax pitch tarr and other Eastland goods att dantzyck and Rye and in<br />
her Course to Callice was taken by some dutch men of warr and brought<br />
into Amsterdam, where this deponent found her under Arrest or restraint<br />
And saith about eight dayes after Easter last past the sayd shipp being<br />
dismist sett sayle from Amsterdam and arrived safely<br />
att Callice whither she was bound with her lading and there delivered<br />
the same, And saith that from Callice the sayd shipp went to Rochell<br />
and there tooke in her lading of salt and returned with the same to<br />
Callice, and in her second course to Rochel for salt to be transported<br />
to dantzyck was taken by the arlate Captaine White a private man of<br />
warr and brought into dover, notwithstanding that the sayd Jacob Groat<br />
and Company did acquaint the said White that the sayd shipp did belong<br />
to Dantzyck and shewed him the Seabreife of the sayd shipp to that<br />
purpose this deponent being present and aboard att the tyme of seizure And saith the sayd shipp is still detayned att dover and so<br />
hath bene neere about four weekes. And otherwise cannot depose saving<br />
he heard arr Amsterdam that the sayd shipp was there deteyned the last [?winter]<br />
under pretence that she was bound for England.r pretence that she was bound for England. +
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