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| | + | See [[MRP: Admiralty court cases|Admiralty court cases]] |
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| | + | See [[MRP: Style Sheet One|Style Sheet One]] |
| | + | See [[MRP: Synthesis|Synthesis]] |
| | + | See [[MRP: Transcription|Transcription]] |
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| | + | NOTE: Transcriptions for HCA 13/68 have been moved to: |
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| | + | [[MRP: HCA 13/68 Part One|HCA 13/68 Part One]] |
| | + | [[MRP: HCA 13/68 Part Two|HCA 13/68 Part Two]] |
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| | ==Physical description== | | ==Physical description== |
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| | + | [[MRP: P1110093 front cover|P1110093 front cover]] |
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| | Title on front leather cover in black ink: | | Title on front leather cover in black ink: |
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| − | ==Sample transcriptions== | + | ==HCA 13/68: Sample images== |
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| − | ==Notes== | + | ===HCA 13/68: Sample images: untranscribed=== |
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| − | [[MRP: P1110094 f. 1 recto|P1110094 f. 1 recto]]
| + | HCA 13/68: Untranscribed image examples |
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| + | [[MRP: P1110172 f. 138 verso|P1110172 f. 138 verso]] |
| | + | [[MRP: P1110173 f. 139 recto|P1110173 f. 139 recto]] |
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| − | ===Case: The Keeper of the Liberty etc. vs. the Golden Starr: Deposition: 1. Mark Harrison, of Wapping, Middlesex, Mariner, aged 27: Date: September 22nd 1653===
| + | [[MRP: P1110194 f. 146 recto|P1110194 f. 146 recto]] partially transcribed |
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| − | 1. To the first arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith and deposeth that
| + | [[MRP: P1110207 f. 164 verso|P1110207 f. 164 verso]] |
| − | the arlate shipp the ''Golden Starr'' or ''Morning Starr'' and her lading was
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| − | taken and seized by certaine shipps in the immediate service of the commonwealth
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| − | in the English seas upon the Coast of England, and was first chased by
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| − | the arlate shipp the ''Advantage frigot'' whereof Capt Mills was Commander
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| − | and was afterwards subdued and taken by the sayd shipp and another shipp
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| − | named the ''Water hound'' whereof Giles Shelley arlate was Commander
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| − | and saith that two shippes were in the immediate service of this Commonwealth
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| − | vizt the ''Mayflower'', and the ?10:th ?whelpe were neere and in sight att the
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| − | tyme of the sayd seizure. The p:rmisses This deponent knoweth being
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| − | master of the ''Advantage frigott'' aforesayd and avord her att the sayd tyme of seizure. And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − | To the second arle of the sayd allon this deponent saith that the sayd shipp the
| + | [[MRP: P1110213 f. 168 recto|P1110213 f. 168 recto]] |
| − | ''Golden Starr'' with her lading in her was subdued and taken by the shipps
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| − | aforesayd on or about the 28:th day of ffebruary 1652 English stile, and
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| − | saith she was then upon the English seas neere Beachy upon the Coast of
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| − | Suffolk within six leagues or thereabouts of the English shoare when
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| − | she was haled chased subdued and taken, which he knoweth being Master
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| − | of and aboard the sayd ''Advantage frigot'' that gave chase to the sayd ship
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| − | ''Morning starr'', and assisted in the subdueing and taking of her as aforesd
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| − | And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − | To the third arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith and deposeth that upon
| + | [[MRP: P1110221 f. 193 recto|P1110221 f. 193 recto]] |
| − | the sayd 28:th day of ffeburary 1652 and for ?divers monethes before and
| + | [[MRP: P1110223 f. 193 verso|P1110223 f. 193 verso]] |
| − | continually since and att this p:rsent, ther was and is open and publique
| + | [[MRP: P1110224 f. 194 recto|P1110224 f. 194 recto]] |
| − | warr and hostility betweene this Commonwealth of England and the States
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| − | Generall of the united Netherland Provinces and their subiects, and this was
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| − | and is true publique and notorious; and was and is as this deponent hath
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| − | credibly heard and verily beleiveth, generally knowne and beleived aswell
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| − | att Cadiz in Spaine and in fflanders and att hamburgh as att other
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| − | ports and places beyond the seas. and the same as this deponent beleiveth
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| − | was evident and well knowne to y:e Captaine Master and Company of the
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| − | sayd shipp the ''Golden Starr''. And further he cannot depose.
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| − | To the fourth he saith and deposeth that of the sight of this deponent the sayd
| + | [[MRP: P1110234 f. 304 recto|P1110234 f. 304 recto]] |
| − | shipp the ''Golden Starr'' was att the tyme aforesd sayling in that way or Course that lyes
| + | [[MRP: P1110236 f. 305 verso|P1110236 f. 305 verso]] |
| − | and leadeth from Beachy towards holland and other ports that are within
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| − | the Jurisdiction and obedience of the States of the united Provinces. And
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| − | otherwise cannot depose.
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| − | To//
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| − | [[MRP: P1110095 f. 1 verso|P1110095 f. 1 verso]] | + | |
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| − | //To the fifth arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith that the arlate shipp
| + | [[MRP: P1110285 f. 503 recto|P1110285 f. 503 recto]] |
| − | the ''Golden Starr'' being upon the English Coast and sayling in her course
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| − | as aforesayd was haled or called unto by the Captaine and Company of the
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| − | sayd ''Advantage frigot'' being come upp to her within pistolls shott and
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| − | within hearing; and the master and Company of the ''Golden Starr'' were
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| − | then demanded to declare and make knowne whence they were and whither
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| − | bound, and to send out their boat to the ''Advantage frigot'' then wearing
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| − | the colo:rs of this Commonwealth, and to submitt themselves to be visited according
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| − | to y:e custome in such cases especially in the tyme of warr, which this
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| − | deponent knoweth being p:rsent and aboard the ''Advantage frigott''
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| − | att the tyme of haling the sayd shipp ''Golden Starr'' as aforesd. And otherwise
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| − | cannot depose
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| − | To the sixth arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith that the Commander and
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| − | Company of the ''Advantage frigott'' before they made any shott against the
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| − | ''Golden Starr'', being off att a distance gave her 2 or 3 warning ?poices
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| − | without any dammage to her, and not att her or into her, onely to give notice
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| − | to her to stay. And further saith when
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| − | they in the ''Advantage frigot'' came so neer to the ''Golden Starr'' as that they
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| − | could hale the ''Golden Starr'', and before they gave the ''Golden Starr'' any
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| − | broad side or made any shott into or against her, the ''Advantage frigott''
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| − | had upp and did weare the Colo:r of this Commonwealth, wherby the master
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| − | Capt and Companie of the ''Golden Starr'' might know and XXXXX that
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| − | the Captaine and Companie of the ''Advantage frigot'' were Rnglish and
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| − | that their shipp was in the service of this Commonwealth, all which this
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| − | deponent knoweth being aboard the ''Advantage frigot'', and saw and
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| − | observed the p:rmisses to be as he hath now declared. And otherwise
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| − | cannot depose
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| − | To the seventh arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith that the p:rmisses
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| − | notwithstanding the sayd master and Company of the ''Golden Starr''
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| − | delayed to submitt themselves to be visited saying they had not any
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| − | boat to send aboard the ''Advantage frigot'' to that purpose, and by
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| − | their postures and language did ?evidence it to the deponent and the
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| − | rest of the Company of the Advantage that they intended resistance
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| − | against the ''Advantage frigott'' being but a small shipp and noe
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| − | other English shipps at that tyme in sight, whereupon the ''Advantage
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| − | frigot'' gave fire upon the the ''Golden Starr'', and was immediately
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| − | answered in like manner from the ''Golden Starr'', And the Master and Company
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| − | therof violently assaulted and resisted the sayd shipp the ''Advantage
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| − | frigot'' being in the immediate service of this Commonwealth, and bearing
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| − | the Colo:rs thereof, and fought with y:e Capt and Company thereof as EXXXX
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| − | in an hostile manner, and continued fight with them upon the sayd EXXX
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| − | seas att the place aforesayd for three howres and upwards XXX from
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| − | before 9 of the Clock in the morning till about 12 att noone before
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| − | any more English shipps came in, and killed some of the Company of the
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| − | ''Advantage'', and wounded others, and used their best endeavour with the
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| − | ship//
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| − | [[MRP: P111096 f. 2 recto|P111096 f. 2 recto]]
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| − | //shipp being an able vessell of about 22 Gunnes to sink and destroy the
| + | [[MRP: P1110094 f. 1 recto|P1110094 f. 1 recto]] |
| − | sayd ''Advantage frigot'', The p:rmisses This deponent knoweth to be true
| + | [[MRP: P1110095 f. 1 verso|P1110095 f. 1 verso]] |
| − | being aboard the ''Advantage frigott'' and engaged in the sayd fight
| + | [[MRP: P1110096 f. 2 recto|P1110096 f. 2 recto]] |
| − | and seeing and observing the passages aforesd. And othwerwise he cannot
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| − | depose.
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| − | To the eighth arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith that after the ma:r & Company
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| − | of the sayd ship the ''Golden Starr'' were haled by the ''Advantage'' as aforesayd
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| − | they of the ''Golden Starr'' of the sight of this Deponent caused a ?Red flagg with a picture of a hand and
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| − | word in the same to be putt out att the Maine mast head of the ''Golden Starr''
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| − | which this deponent beleiveth they so did in token of defiance of the
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| − | sayd shipp the ''Advantage'' in the service of this Commonwealth. And otherwise
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| − | he cannot depose.
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| − | To the ninth arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith that during the sayd
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| − | fight betweene the ''Golden Starr'' and the ''Advantage ffrigott'', the shipp the
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| − | ''Waterhound'' whereof Giles Shelley was Commander , and some other shipps
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| − | of this Commonwealth in the immediate service thereof (and having out and
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| − | wearing the Colo:rs of the Commonwealth and none other) came up to aid
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| − | and assist the sayd ''Advantage frigot'' against the ''Golden Starr'' thi sdeponent
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| − | seeing when the sayd shipps of this Commonwealth so came upp. And
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| − | saith that the Master and Companie of the ''Golden Starr'' might see and XXXX (and did
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| − | spe and XXX as this deponent beleiveth) that the sayd ship ''Waterhound'' and
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| − | the other shipps being the ''Mayflower'' and ''10:th Whelpe'' aforesd did belong
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| − | to this Commonwealth and were in their immediate service. And otherwise
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| − | he cannot depose.
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| − | To the tenth arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith that after the sayd shipp
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| − | the ''Water hound'' came upp with the ''Golden Starr'', and the two other English
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| − | shipps came in sight the Master and Company of the ''Golden Starr'' continued
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| − | the fight for some tyme and fired a Broad side att the ''Water hound'' and
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| − | wounded the Boatswayne and some others of the ''Waterhounds'' Companye
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| − | of the certayne knowledge and sight of this deponent. And further saith
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| − | that in all the tyme the sayd Ma:r and Companie of the ''Golden Starr'' tooke not
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| − | downe their Redd flagg or flagg of defiance but the XXXX continued still
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| − | upp at their maintopmast; till the ''Waterhounds'' Company boarded and subdued
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| − | and seized the ''Golden Starr'' and tooke downe the sayd redd flagg or
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| − | flagg of defiance, which he knoweth neing p:rsent and aboard the
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| − | ''Golden Starr'' with or in the said ''Advantage frigot'' when the sayd flagg of defiance was taken downe as aforesd
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| − | And otherwise he cannot depose-
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| − | To the eleventh article of the sayd allon, This deponent saith he cannot
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| − | depose.
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| − | To the twelfth article of the sayd allon This deponent saith he cannot depose
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| − | To the last he saith his depositions are true, And otherwise cannot depose-
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| − | To the Crosse Interries
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| − | To the 1:st he saith he was at the tyme of the taking the sayd shipp the
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| − | ''Golden Starr'' in this Interrogatory named the ''Morning Starr'', master of
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| − | the interrte shipp the ''Advantage''.
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| − | To the 2:d he saith he was p:rsent att the taking and surprizeing of
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| − | the interate shipp the ''Morning Starr'' or ''Golden Starr''
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| − | To//
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| − | //To the 3:d he saith that the interrte shipp the ''Advantage frigot'' did
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| − | first chase and hale the sayd shipp the ''Morning Starr'' or ''Golden Starr'' neer four
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| − | howres before the interrte shipp the ''Waterhound came in''.
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| − | To the 4:th he saith the interrte frigot the ''Advantage'' did fight with the
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| − | sayd shipp the ''Golden Starr'' three howres and upwards before the sayd
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| − | shipp the ''Waterhound'' came in to their ayd and assistance.
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| − | To the .5.:th he saith the ''Adventure'' and ''Advantage'' interrte were and are one
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| − | and the same shipp, And further saith that he knoweth the interrte shipps
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| − | the ''Advantage'' and ''Waterhound'', and saith they were and are both of them
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| − | dutch built and so were att the tyme of their takeing and surprizeing
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| − | of the ''Morning Star'' or ''Golden Star'' aforesd.
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| − | To the .6.:th he saith he was p:rsent aboard the shipp ''Advantage'' for and during
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| − | all the tyme of the ffight interrte from the beginning to the end thereof.
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| − | To the .7.:th he saith that the ''Advantage frigott'' which first chased haled
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| − | and fought with the ''Golden Starr'' of the knowledge of this deponent
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| − | had att the tyme of first haling comeing upp and fighting with the
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| − | sayd ''Golden Starr'' the English Colo:rs ineky, out, and did then weare them out,
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| − | and not any Holland Colours or ffrench Colo:rs, either in her sterenes
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| − | topmast or maintopmast or elsewhere; But saith that att the tyme
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| − | of the first sight of the ''Golden Starr'' and att the tyme of shooting
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| − | the first warming peices being att a great distance the sayd
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| − | ''Advantage frigott'' did weare the Holland Colours in ther poope?s
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| − | And otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − | To the .8:th. he saith that after sayd tyme as the ''Advantage frigot'' came
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| − | up with the ''Golden Starr'', and the sayd ''Golden Starr'' refused to be ?visited
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| − | the Company of the ''Advantage'' did shoot part of one broad side with
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| − | bullets att the ''Golden Starr'', before the ''Golden Starr''did shoot any
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| − | bulletts att the ''Advantage''. and otherwise cannot depose.
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| − | To the .9.:th he saith he doth not know nor hath heard that the ''Golden Starr''
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| − | did endeavo:r to avoyd or decline fighting, but immediately upon the
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| − | first fire given in fight by the ''Advantage'', did fire and shoot
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| − | against the ''Advantage'' and ?hanged up her flagg of defiance
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| − | as aforesayd. And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − | To the :10.:th he saith he doth not beleive or know that when any shipp of
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| − | warr at sea open the first haling of another shipp and being to Leeward thereof doth XXX
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| − | the colo:rs of another Republique or State ?or Prince, and afterwards when
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| − | she cometh neere and within haling doth putt out the
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| − | colours of any other Commonwealth Prince or State different from the
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| − | colo:rs of the first republique Prince of State, such shipps usually XXXX
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| − | or generally taken for a searobber or Pyrate, or the Compan?ie
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| − | thereof enemyes to that shipp so chased; But saith the same is a
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| − | common and usuall policy and stratagem in the tyme of warr. And he
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| − | further saith he cannot positively answer to this Interrogatory
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| − | eyther affirmatively or negatively being wholly Ignorant and ?not
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| − | knowing what such shipps of warr are usually and generally
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| − | taken//
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| | [[MRP: P1110098 f. 3 recto|P1110098 f. 3 recto]] | | [[MRP: P1110098 f. 3 recto|P1110098 f. 3 recto]] |
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| − | //taken to be, that after haleing and comeing upp with another shipp doth
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| − | Change her colo:rs. And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − | To the 11:th he saith he was not aboard the interrte shipp the ''Golden Starr'' till after
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| − | said tyme as the ?Wayters for the Prize office came upon her in the behalfe
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| − | of the State, and by authority of the Com:rs for the Prize Office; And he saith
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| − | that after the sd Waiters were so aboard he saw the master of the ''Waterhound''
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| − | named BLANK IN MANUSCRIPT Grant take out of the ''Golden Starr'' a bag of moneyes of about
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| − | six hundred peices of 8/8, and saw the Captaine of y:e ''Water hound'' Giles Shelley
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| − | take out of y:e ''Golden Starr'' a quantity of moneyes in a Bagg, but how much
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| − | in certaine he knoweth not, and saw likewise Capt MiXX Commander of the
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| − | ''Advantage frigott'' take out of the sayd ''Golden Starr'', in one or two baggs
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| − | four hundred and three and twenty peices of eight and 1/2. And beleiveth
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| − | that severall other parcells of moneyes were taken out of the
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| − | sayd prize shipp he cannot specify, but beleiveth that all or most of
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| − | the Company of the ''Advantage frigot'', and of the ''Water hound'' that were
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| − | aboard the ''Golden Starr'' att the tyme of seizure and afterwards before
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| − | she came into the River of Thames had and tooke some small quantityes
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| − | of the sayd moneyes, the values whereof he knoweth not. And saith that
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| − | some of the Company of y:e sayd ''Advantage'' and ''Waterhound'' but who in pticular
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| − | he knoweth not tooke out of the ''Golden Starr'' some small Jarrs of oyle
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| − | and some other things the particulars or values whereof he cannot sett
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| − | forth. And further he cannot depose."
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| − | To the 12:th Interrye he saith
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| − | he is not bound to answer
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| − | as he beleiveth, there being not any false colo:rs out on board the sayd
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| − | ''Advantage frigott'' when she haled the ''Golden Starr''. but the Colo:rs
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| − | allowed by this State onely.
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| − | To the .13 he saith that in case the says shipp the ''Morning Starr'' shall be
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| − | adiudged prize he this rendent expecteth benefit thereby according
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| − | to the office he bore in the ''Advantage frigot''. and according to an Act
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| − | or Ordinance of parliament made in that behalfe, and not otherwise. And
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| − | further he saith he cannot depose.
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| − | Repeated before D:r Clarke by M:r ?Chrymes
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| − | MARKE HARRISON [His signature]
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| − | ===Case: The Keepers of the Liberty of England ag:t the ship the Heart of Skadam: Deposition: 1. William Evarson, of Skadam, Holland, Mariner, aged 44: Date: September 26:th 1653===
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| − | The 26:th day of September 1653.
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| − | On the behalfe of the Keepers of the Liberty)
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| − | of England by authority of parliament ag:st)
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| − | a shipp or vessell called the ''Hart'' of Skadam)
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| − | taken and seized by some of the shippes of)
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| − | the ffleet of this Commonwealth. XXXXX)
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| − | of which sayd vessell the ''Hart'' Peter)
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| − | ffXXir was master.)
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| − | RXX:t
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| − | 1. WILLIAM EVARSON of Skadam in Holland
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| − | mariner aged four and forty yeares or thereabouts
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| − | a witnes sworne and examined deposeth and saith
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| − | as followeth vizt
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| − | To the first Interrie hee saith and deposeth that he this deponent was
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| − | one of the Common Mariners of the Companie of the sayd shipp the ''Hart''
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| − | and was aboard the sayd shipp att the tyme of seizure of the same
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| − | by some of the shipps of this Commonwealth; And saith that the sayd shipp
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| − | the ''Hart'' came last from Skadam in Holland and began her outward
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| − | voyage//
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| − | have done in case she had not bene hindred. And saith the master and shipps
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| − | Companie of the sayd shipp the ''Hart'' the voyage in question were and are all
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| − | of them Inhabitants of Skadam aforesayd and subiects of the States of the
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| − | united provinces, All which he knoweth being an Inhabitant of Skadam
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| − | and one of the sayd shipp of the ''Harts Companie'' as he hath declared. And
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| − | otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − | To the second Interrie This deponent saith and deposeth that the sayd ship
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| − | the ''Hart'' had att the tyme of the sayd seizure, one hundred and four score
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| − | Tonnes of pickled herrings on board her. And saith the sayd
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| − | shipp and all her sayd lading did att the sayd tyme of seizure belong to
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| − | severall merchants Inhabitants of Skadam subiects of the sayd States of the
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| − | united Provinces, The p:rmisses he knoweth being of the sayd shipps
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| − | Companie and an Inhabitant of Skadam as aforesayd, and well knoweing
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| − | M:r Anthonie of Skadam Bookekeeper for the sayd Owners of the sayd shipp
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| − | and goods, the names of which owners in pticular he cannot sett forth.
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| − | And otherwise he cannot deppose saving that the sayd M:r Anthonie is a principall
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| − | owner of the sayd shipp and goods nemaley of one halfe pt of the said shipp and XXXXX
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| − | To the third Interrie he saith he doth not know that there were any Bills
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| − | of lading Coyquetts, Charterparties or other writings aboard the sayd
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| − | vessell the ''Hart'' when she was seized, neither doth he know that XXX
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| − | she the sayd bessell came from the Last port any writings have bene
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| − | burnt throwne overboard or hid or concealed or altered. And otherwise he
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| − | the marke or firme of XXXX
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| − | William [XX HIS MARKE] Evason
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| − | ===Case: The Keepers of the Liberty of England ag:t the ship the Heart of Skadam: Deposition: 2. Herrick Williamson, of Skadam, Holland, Mariner, aged 40: Date: September 26:th 1653===
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| − | Examined upon the sayd Interies
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| − | 2. HERRICK WILLIAMSON of Skadam in Holland Mariner
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| − | aged fourty yeares or thereabouts a witnes sworne
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| − | and examined deposeth and saith as followeth. vizt.
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| − | To y:e first Interrie This deponent saith he was one of the Common Mariners
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| − | of the sayd shipp the ''Harts'' Companie, and was on board her att the tyme
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| − | of seizure by the shipps of this Commonwealth, And saith the sayd shipp
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| − | the ''Hart'' began her outward voyage from Skadam in Holland, and there
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| − | was to have ended her voyage, and so would have done had she not beene
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| − | intercepted. and saith the Master of the sayd shipp Peter ffreize and all the
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| − | shipps Companie were of Skadam aforesaid and subiects of the States of the
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| − | united provinces, which he knoweth being an Inhabitant of Skadam
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| − | and one of the sayd shipps Companie as aforesayd. And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − | To the second Interria he saith and deposeth that the lading of the sayd shipp at
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| − | the tyme of seizure was one hundred and four score tunnes of pickled
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| − | herings or thereabouts. And saith that one M:r Anthonio Libertson of Skadam
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| − | is the principall Owner of the sayd shipp and lading, and as this deponent
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| − | taketh it, of one halfe part of both the sayd shipp and lading. And saith
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| − | that Jacob Symondson, and Jacob Alwinson of Skadam and others whose
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| − | names this deponent remembreth not are likewise part owners of the
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| − | sayd shipp the ''Heart'' and her lading. And otherwise he cannot depose saving
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| − | that all the Owners of the sayd shipp and lading were and are Inhabitants
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| − | of Skadam and subiects of the States of the united provinces and so
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| − | //accounted reported and taken, the p:rmisses this deponent knoweth to be true
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| − | being himselfe an Inhabitant of Skadam and att the tyme of the sayd seizure
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| − | and before one of the sayd shipps Companie. And otherwise cannot depose
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| − | To the third Interria negatively to every pt thereof
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| − | the marke of the sayd
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| − | Hendrivk Williamson
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| − | SAM DELAPLACE [His signature]
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| − | Repeated with his p:rcontest
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| − | before D:r Godolphin and D:r Clarke
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| − | ===Case: Edward Beale and Companie vs. the Expectaccon: Deposition: 4. Walter Hickst, of Travercion, Cornwall, an inhabitant of Messina, Sicicilia, Merchant, aged 28: Date: September 27th 1653===
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| − | The 27:th of September 1653
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| − | Examined upon a Libell on the behalfe
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| − | of the sayd Edward Beale and
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| − | Companye
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| − | Edward Beale and Companie against)
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| − | a certaine shipp called the ''Expectaccon'' and)
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| − | her tackle apparell and furniture and)
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| − | whatsoever summes of money due for the
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| − | fraight of the same or against whatsoever)
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| − | summens of money proceeding of the sale)
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| − | of the sayd shipp tackle and furniture and)
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| − | against William Star?late, John Bridsey
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| − | BLANK Williams, George Cane, BLANK harding
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| − | and others comeing in for their Interest
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| − | and against whomsoever appearing for XXX
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| − | Smith Suckley
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| − | Smith Elcock d:t
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| − | To the first Arle of the sayd Libell this deponent saith and deposeth that being
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| − | and resideing in the Citty of Messena in Scicily in the yeare of o:r Lord 1650
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| − | and monthes therein respectively he there within that tyme saw the arlate
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| − | shipp the ''Expectaccon'', and saith she continued there in the monthes of November
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| − | december January and ffebruary 1650. and further saith that att the sayd
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| − | tyme the arlate Thomas Newman was mMaster and Commander of the sayd
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| − | shipp and one Thomas Ayres was purser of her and so commonly accounted reputed
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| − | and taken. And further he cannot depose.
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| − | To the second arle of the sayd Libell This deponent saith that he hath well knowne
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| − | the arlate Edward Beale for these eleven yeares now past for and
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| − | during which tyme he hath beene a merchant of good quality resident in
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| − | Messina aforesayd and further saith that the sayd shipp the ''Exepectaccon'' in
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| − | the sayd monthes of November december January and ffebruary 1650 and
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| − | during sayd tyme as the sayd shipp the ''Expectation'' did abide in the port of Messina
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| − | afpresayd, the sayd shipp of the sight and knowledge of this deponent did stand in need of
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| − | and did want divers repaires, in her hull tackle apparell furniture and
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| − | victualls and provisions for her Company, and the sayd Newman wanted
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| − | moneyes allso to pay the says shippes Companie their wages and other debts oweing by the says shippe and saith
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| − | the says shipp was in that tyme in so bad condiccon that without repaires and
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| − | moneyes to make good the sd repaires she could not goe from thence, and so XXX
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| − | the aforesayd newman and Ayres, as themselves told this deponent att Messina,
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| − | did signify and make knowne to the sayd Edward Beale then living att
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| − | Messina. And otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − | To the third & fourth arles of the sayd Libell this deponent saith that within the sayd monthes
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| − | and yeare aforesayd the sayd ship the ''Expectaton'' wnating reparattons and
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| − | the sayd Newman and Ayres wanting moneyes to repair the same, they the
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| − | sayd Newman and Ayres made their addresse to y:e sayd Edward Beale, and
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| − | he the sayd Edward Beale and Company finding and percyveing the great
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| − | //want of the sayd shipp ''Expecraccon'' was in as aforesayd did att the
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| − | request of the sayed Newman and Ayres really and truely lend unto them the
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| − | sayed Newman and Ayres for ther use and service of the sayd shipp the
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| − | ''Expectaccon'', and for carrying her home to this port of London, and
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| − | for providing of victualls for her and payeing of the sayd Mariners
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| − | their wages and other debts oweing by the sayd shipp the summe of eight hundred and odd dollars or peices of 8/8
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| − | upon Bottomrie, And adventure thereof upon the keele of the sayd
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| − | shipp the ''Expectacon'' from the tyme of her depzure from Messina untill
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| − | the tyme of her Arrivall into the River of Thames, upon which contract
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| − | the sayd Thomas Newman and Thomas Ayres did oblige and bind the sayd
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| − | shipp tackle and furniture and fraight arising upon the same, but
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| − | saith he doth not know the certayne summe the sayd Edward Beale and
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| − | Companie were to receyve upon the sayd contract upon the arrivall of the
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| − | sayd shipp ''Expectaccon'' in the River of Thames. And saith that the
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| − | reason of this deponents knowledge in the p:rmisses was and is that the
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| − | sayd Newman and Ayres did themselves declare to this deponent att
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| − | Messina within the tyme arlate the effect and substance of what he hath now
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| − | deposed touching the loane of the sayd 800 and odd dollars upon bottomry
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| − | by the sayd Edward Beale and Companie, and Paschall Russa a publick Notary in Messina
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| − | who as he sayd drew the Act of Bottomrie declared and made knowne the ?same
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| − | likewise to this deponent within the sayd tyme, And this deponent likewise saw
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| − | about the same tyme an entry of the sayd moneyes and contract in the bookes
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| − | of the sayd Edward Beale att Messina. And otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − | To the fifth he saith that within the monethes and yeare aforesd, the sayd
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| − | Newman and Ayres did of the certaine knowledge & sight of this deponent amend
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| − | and repaire the sayd shipp ''Expectation'' and her tackle and apparrell and
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| − | provided victualls for her Company, all which thid deponent verily beleiveth
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| − | they did with the moneyes so taken upp as aforesayd uppon Bottomry of
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| − | the sayd Edward Beale and Company, and verily beleiveth that in case
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| − | they had not beene so furnished by the sayd Edward Beale and Companye
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| − | the sayd shipp could not have gone and proceeded from Messina, and
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| − | beleiveth that the money of the sayd Beale and Company was a maine
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| − | cause and occasion and meanes which brought the sayd shipp from Messina
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| − | And so much or to the like effect the sayd newman and Ayres have confessed
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| − | and declared to this deponent- And otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − | To the sixth he saith that after borrowing the sayd moneyes, and repairing the
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| − | sayd shipp in manner as aforesayd XXX in the month of March 1650 or
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| − | about that tyme the sayd shipp sett sayle from Messina under the Conduct
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| − | of the sayd Thomas Newman and in or about July or August next ensueing
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| − | 1651. arrived safely att this port of London. the p:rmisses he knoweth to
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| − | be true for that he this deponent did Lade aboard the sayd shipp att
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| − | Messina about the sayd moneth of march about 40 tonns of goods, and saw
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| − | the sayd shipp sett sayle therewith within the sayd moneth or about that
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| − | tyme from Messina, and afterwards ?had about the latter end of August
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| − | or beginning of September 1651 receyved letters of Advise by post
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| − | att Messina from this port of London wherein was signifyed, that the sayd
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| − | //shipp ''Expectatton'' and this deponent sayd 40 tonn of goods therein were a little
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| − | before the date of that letter (which bore date in July or August 1651) safely
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| − | arrived in the River of Thames. And otherwise he cannot depose saving
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| − | he saith It is thirty dayes and upwards since the Arrivall of the sayd shipp
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| − | in the River as aforesayd. And otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − | To the .7.:th he saith he knoweth not whether the sayd shipp the ''Expectaccon''
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| − | hath bene sold or noe since her Arrivall in the port of London. But saith
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| − | that in case she be sold, she did as he beleiveth yeild more moneyes by
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| − | reason of the repaires done to her at Nessina by M:r Beales moneyes as
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| − | aforesayd, for that he saith before her said repaire at Messina, she was
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| − | so rotten and out of Order that she was then of little worth, and could not
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| − | possibly without repaires have sayled from Messina to London and ?soemuch
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| − | the sayd Thomas Newman did declare himselfe to this deponent att Messina
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| − | And otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − | To the .8.;th he saith he referreth himselfe to the Acts and proceeding had
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| − | and made in thos Court. And further he cannot depose.
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| − | To the .9.:th he saith he knoweth not any of the parties arlate, And further
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| − | cannot depose.
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| − | To the last he saith his deposiccons are true, And otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − | To the Crosse Interries.
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| − | To the first he saith he hath noe relation to the interrte Edward Beale
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| − | nor ever had, and saith he cometh to be a witnes in this cause att the
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| − | Request of M:r Elrock a merchant of this Citty. And saaith that the
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| − | sayd shipp ''Expectaccon'' was att Messina in Scicily in November December
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| − | January and ffebruary 1650 and lay neere the mould (sic) there being a
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| − | place where the Merchants of Messina usually walke and this deponent
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| − | upon occasion of walking there with others and seeing the sayd shipp
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| − | being an English vessell there lyeing, did severall tymes goe aboard
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| − | her both before she was repaired in the tyme of her repairing and allso
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| − | after she was reparied. And otherwise he cannot depose, saving that for a
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| − | moneth and upwards after repairing the sayd shipp lay within pistoll shott of the Rendants XXXX
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| − | To the second he saith that in the monethes of May June July August and
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| − | September 1650 or about that tyme the sayd shipp the ''Expectaccon'' was
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| − | int the service of the sayd Edward Beale, and he the sayd Edward Beale
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| − | did take the same to ffreight, and saith that before he so tooke to freight
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| − | and ymployed the sayd shipp, she was his debto:r for reparies and fitting
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| − | out to sea in the summe of four hundred dollars or thereabouts, and
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| − | did serve him in the sayd monethes or some of them, the certayne space
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| − | of tyme he this deponent cannot sett forth, upon a voyage from Messina
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| − | to Constantinople, for the satisfaction of the sayd debt, And otherwise he
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| − | cannot depose, saving he came to know the p:rmisses by the relation of the sayd Newman Ayres
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| − | and the sayd Producent Edward Beale att Messina in the sayd yeare 1650.
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| − | To the third he saith he was not psent att the payment of the moneyes interrt
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| − | but hath credibly heard and verily believeth that the moneyes due for the
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| − | Mariners wages of the sayd shipp was payd in peices of 8. and that the
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| − | moneyes for repair of the shipp was payd by the Order of the sayd Newman
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| − | and Ayres to severall Brokers of Messina to whom the sayd Newman and
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| − | Ayres had given direction to furnish her with said necessaries as she
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| − | wanted, and beleiveth the sayd moneyes was payd to the sayd Brokers
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| − | in ?Oun?es ?Tarues and graines the ordinary Currant moneyes of Messina
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| − | and otherwise saving his foregoeing depositions he cannot depose.//
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| − | To the .4.:th he saith that Juan Dominico ?Mariella, Diego Catannia, and
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| − | ffrancisco da ffran?i were the Brokers whom the sayd Newman and
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| − | Ayres ymployed to furnish necessaries for the sayd shipp, and the parties
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| − | to whom the moneyes for such necessaries were payd; And this deponent
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| − | saw the sayd Brokers send aboard the sayd shipps, cordage, XXXX
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| − | nayles, bolts, provisions of victualls and other things the pticulars
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| − | whereof or ?respective severalll summes paid for all or any of them, or the
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| − | names of the parties or psons who were p:rsent; or the occasion of t?them
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| − | being so p:rsent, hee cannot specify or sett forth. And otherwise cannot
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| − | depose
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| − | WALTER HICKST [His signature]
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| − | Repeated before D:r Clarke
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| − | and D:r Godolphin.
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| − | ===Case: The Keeper of the Liberty etc. vs. the Golden Starr: Deposition: 2. Robert Mill, of Deptford, Kent, Mariner, Captaine of the Advantage Frigot: Date: October 3rd 1653===
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| − | The 3:d day of October 1653
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| − | Examined uppon the sayd allon
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| − | 2 ROBERT MILL of Deptford in the County of Kent Mariner
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| − | Captaine of the ''Advantage frigot'', aged two and
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| − | thirty yeares or thereabouts a witnes sworne and
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| − | examined deposeth and saith as following vizt.
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| − | To the first arle of the sayd Allon This deponent saith that the arlate shipp
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| − | the ?''Golden Starr'' was chased fought with and taken upon the English coast
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| − | betweene Beachy and the Isle of Wight by the ''Advantage frigot'' whereof
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| − | this deponent was Captaine, and the ''Water hound'' whereof Giles Shelley
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| − | was Captaine both the sayd shipps being in the immediate service of this
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| − | Commonwealth, which this deponent knoweth being Captaine of the ''Advantage
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| − | frigott'' and p:rsent at the chase, fight and seizure aforesd. And otherwise
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| − | cannot depose.
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| − | To the 2:d he saith the sayd seizure fight and chase happened as aforesayd
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| − | off of Beachy within 5 leagues or thereabouts of the English shoare ?upon
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| − | the 23:th day of ffebruary, 1652 last past. which he knoweth for the reason?s
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| − | aforesd. And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − | To the 3:d he saith in ffebruary 1652, and for many monethes
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| − | before and continually since there was and is warr betweene the Commpnwealth
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| − | and the States Generall united provinces, And so much was and is
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| − | publike and notorious, and was in ffebruary aforesayd and many monethes
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| − | before as he verily beleiveth & knowne and ?belived in Spaine and the pXXXX
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| − | thereof and pticularly att ?Cadiz. and in fflanders Hamburgh, and other
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| − | ports and places beyond the seas, and well knowne as he also beleiveth to
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| − | the Master and Company of the ?''Golden Starr'' afforesd. And otherwise cannot
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| − | depose.
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| − | To the 4:th he saith the sayd shipp ?''Golden Starr'' att the tyme of the chase aforesd
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| − | was sayling in that way or course that lyeth and leadeth directly for XXX
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| − | Holland: whcih he knoweth for the reasons aforesd, And otherwise cannot depose
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| − | To the 5:th he saith and deposeth that upon the 23:th day of ffebruary aforesd
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| − | and about 7 of the Clock in the morning of the same day This deponent mett with the
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| − | sayd shipp the ''Morning Starr'', and being at a good distance and out of
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| − | shott, caused the Hollanders Jack and Ancient to be putt out upon his frigot
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| − | //The Advantage, which he so did the better to discover or what the sayd shipp
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| − | the ''Morning Star'' or ''Golden Starr'' might be, and for the same purpose
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| − | soone after shott a warning `peice being still out of shott, and thereupon
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| − | the sayd shipp the ''Golden Starr'' bore toward the ''Advantage frigot'' and
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| − | fired one Gun without shott, which in the sea language is much as to
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| − | say All freinds and p:rsently putt out a Redd Ancyent which when this deponent perceyved he immediately tooke
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| − | downe his says Holland Colo:rs, and putt out the Colo;rs of this Commonwealth
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| − | whereupon the sayd shipp ''Golden Starr'' stood off from the ''Advantage'' and
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| − | returned into her former course, howbeitthis deponent made after the
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| − | sayd ship and being come upp with her within pistoll shott side by side
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| − | haled the sayd shipp ''Golden Starr'', and badd them severall tymes that they
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| − | should strike for the parliament of England, wherto the sayd master
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| − | of the ''Golden Starr'' refused to strike, and bad this deponent kisse his breech
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| − | and sayd he would not strike to such a small shipp as the ''Advantage'' was
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| − | and immediatley fetcht out his Cutlase and waved it att this deponent bidding
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| − | him to do his worst and come under his Lee and this deponent desired him in a fair way to submitt
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| − | himselfe to be visited and to send out his boat to that purpose, and thereto the
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| − | sayd master of the ''Golden Starr'' replyed that he had noe boat to send out,
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| − | whereas in truth as afterwards appeared he had a fair good boat aboard
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| − | hereupon this deponent preXXXXXX that entreaty would not p:rvayle fired a
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| − | gunn over him; and then immediatley the sayd master of the ''Golden Starr'' hoysted out his flagg
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| − | of defiance being a Red flagg with a oicture of a hand and sword
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| − | thereon, and then againe badd this deponent doe his worst, And this deponent
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| − | againe firing another gunn over him hee immediatley fired a whole broad
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| − | side at this deponent and killed one of this deponents men; upon which
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| − | a sharp fight was begann which continued from about .8. of the Clock in
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| − | the morning till about 12 att noone betwixt the sayd shipps the ''Advantage
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| − | frigott'' wearing the Colo;rs of this Commonwealth, and the sayd shipp the
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| − | ''Golden Starr'' wearing her redd Ancyent and flagg of defyance as aforesd
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| − | in which fight this deponent lost two of his men, and the ''Golden Starr''
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| − | fought sharply all the sayd tyme, and the master and Company of her
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| − | used their uttmost endeavo.r to sinke and destroy the sayd ''Advantage frigott''
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| − | the p:rmisses this deponent knoweth being actually engaged in the sayd fight
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| − | aboard the ''Advantage'' and seeing and observing the p:rmisses to be true
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| − | as he hath now declared and otherwise cannot depose
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| − | To the nynth tenth arles of the sayd Allon This deponent saith that
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| − | during the sayd fight and about 12 of the Clock of the same day the arlate
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| − | shipp the ''Waterhound'' whereof Giles Shelley was Commander came
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| − | upp, And the ''Water hound'' came and engaged in the fight and shott att the
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| − | ''Golden Starr'', and the ''Golden Starr'' made a broad side against the ''Waterhound''
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| − | and fought with her and wounded the Boatswaine therof, and continued
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| − | the sayd fight till she was boarded and subdued by the sayd shipps y:e ''Waterhound''
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| − | and ''Advantage''. And he saith that during all the sayd fight the foresayd flagg
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| − | of defiance continued still upp at the main topmast head of the ''Golden Starr'' and
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| − | //was not taken downe till after the sayd shipp was subdued, and then it was taken
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| − | downe by some of the Companie of the sayd English shipps that made the seizure
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| − | and this deponent now taketh ?it by some of the Company of the sayd ''Waterhound
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| − | frigot'': And saith that after the sayd shipp was taken and subdued as
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| − | aforesayd, this deponent being aboard her vizt about halfe an howre after
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| − | the fight heard severall of the Company of the ''Goden Starr'', say there
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| − | was a good prize for this deponent and y:e sayd Gyles Shelley then likewise
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| − | aboard meaning and speaking of the sayd shipp the ''Golden Starr''. The
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| − | p:rmisses this deponent knoweth being p:rsent att and seeing, & hearing the
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| − | severall passages aforesd. And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − | To the .11. and 12. arles he saith he knoweth nothing thereof.
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| − | To the last he saith his depositions are true. And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − | To the Crosse Interries.
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| − | To the .1. and .2. he saith he this Rendent was Captaine of the ''Advantage
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| − | frigott'' interrte and was aboard her att the tyme of taking and surprizeing
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| − | the ''Morning Starr'' or ''Golden Starr'' interrte.
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| − |
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| − | To the third he saith he knoweth not of any shipp knowne by the name of
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| − | the ''Adventure frigot'' any way concerned in this ?busenes and saith the ''Advantage frigot'' alone mett with and for
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| − | about four howres fought with the sayd ''Morning Starr'' or ''Golden Starr''.
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| − |
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| − | To the .4.:th he saith the sayd shipp the ''Advantage frigot'' fought with
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| − | the ''Golden Starr'' aforesd.
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| − |
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| − | To the 5:th he knoweth both the sayd shipps the ''Advantage'' and the
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| − | ''Waterhound'', and saith that att the tyme of the sayd fight they were both
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| − | of them Dutch built shipps.
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| − |
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| − | To the .6.:th he saith he was p:rsent all the tyme of the fight interrte.
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| − |
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| − | To the .7. he saith that the ''Advantage frigott'' att the tyme of shooting the
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| − | warning shott as aforesayd, being att a great distance frō the ''Golden
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| − | Starr'', and without shott, did weare and had out the Holland or fflemish
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| − | colo:rs in her sterne for the reasons p:rdeposed. And otherwise negatively.
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| − |
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| − | To the 8:th he saith the sayd ''Advantage frigott'' did make two shotts w:ch bXXXXeth
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| − | over the ''Golden Starr'' as aforesayd, before the ''Golden Starr'' fired att the
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| − | ''Advantage''.
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| − |
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| − | To the .9.:th he referreth himselfe to the foregoeing depositions wherein he
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| − | hath deduced the whole series of the sayd engagem:t and fight, and otherwise
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| − | negatively.
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| − |
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| − | To the .9. he saith It is usuall and Lawfull as he beleiveth especially in tyme
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| − | of warr for shipps to weare severall colo:rs, before fight, but to fight onely under
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| − | their owne colo:rs, and saith that the supposition made in this Interry is quite
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| − | besides the matter in debate, howbeit for satisfaction thereto he saith, that
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| − | when any shipp att sea uppon the first haling of another shipp doth weare
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| − | the colours of one Republike State or Prince, and afterwards doth putt out
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| − | att the same tyme the Colo:rs of any other Commonwealth Prince or State
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| − | different from the first Republike Prince or State, such shipp for ought that
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| − | this deponent knoweth or hath heard is not usually and generally taken to
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| − | be a Searover or pyrate; nor that such shipp or the Company thereof
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| − | may be Justly suspected for an enemy to that shipp which is ?haled
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| − | And further he cannot depose.//
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| − | //To the .11:th. he saith. that he this deponent was aboard the ''Golden Starr'' aforesd
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| − | after the seizure interrte , and whilest the sayd shipp lay in the Hope
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| − | tooke out of the masters mates chest in the Round howse of the sayd shipp four
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| − | hundred twenty two peices of 8/8 or thereabouts, And saith that he hath
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| − | heard that the Master of the ''Water hound'', and the Captaine and ?prickmaster
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| − | thereof had and tooke some baggs of moneyes out of the sayd shipp, but
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| − | to what value he knoweth not, but hath heard they were in all about
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| − | seven baggs. And farther he cannot depose, saving he beleiveth
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| − | all the sayd moneyes was so taken out before the unlading of the sayd
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| − | shipp by Authority of this Court, And saving that this deponent before the
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| − | sayd tyme had out of the sayd shipp from betwixt the middle deckes
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| − | thereof two small Casks of oyle the value whereof he knoweth not.
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| − |
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| − | To the 12 he saithh It is usuall as he beleiveth for any shipp att sea being
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| − | haled by any shipp who att the tyme of haling and commanding to strike weares false colo:rs and
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| − | gives there by supiccon of being an enemy or pyrat to stand upon the
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| − | XXX XXXXX XXXXX and othewise cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the .13. he saith in case the sayd shipp the ''Morning Starr'' or ''Golden Starr''
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| − | be condemned as prize, he this deponent expecteth advantage thereby
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| − | in the quality he served in the ''Advantage frigot'', according to a law
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| − | statute or ordinance of parliament made in that behalfe and not otherwise.
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| − | And further he cannot depose.
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| − | ROB: MILL [His signature]
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| − | Repeated before D:r Clarke
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| − | and D:r Godolphin
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| − | ===Case: The Keeper of the Liberty etc. vs. the Golden Starr: Deposition: 3. Thomas Keyes, of Deptford, Kent, Mariner, late Quarter Masters Mate of the Advantage Frigot: Date: October 3rd 1653===
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| − | The same day.
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| − | Examined upon the sayd allon
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| − | 3 THOMAS KEYES of Deptford in y:e County of Kent Mariner
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| − | late quarter masters mate of the ''Advantage friggott''
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| − | aged eight and forty yeares a witnesse sworne and
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| − | examined deposeth and saith as followeth viz:t
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| − | To the first second third and fourth Arles of the sayd allon this deponent
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| − | saith and deposeth that being aboard the sayd shipp or frigott the
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| − | ''Advantage'' in the immediat service of this Commonwealth the Captaine
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| − | and Company of the sayd shipp upon or about the 23:th day of ffebruary last
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| − | past espeyed a shipp sailing in a direct Course for Holland betweene
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| − | Beachy and ?ffairlee about four or five leagues from the English
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| − | shoare, which afterwards proved to be the arlate shipp the ''Golden starr''
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| − | or ''Morning Starr'' whereof Michael van Lupkin was Commander, And
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| − | afterwards upponn the same day and neere the same place and XXXX after
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| − | a sharpe fight the sayd frigat the ''Advantage'' Commanded by Captaine
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| − | Mill and the arlate shipp the ''Waterhound'' whereof Captaine Shelley
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| − | was Commander being likewise in the ymmediate service of this Commonwealth
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| − | subdued and tooke and surprized the sayd shipp the ''Golden Starr''. And saith
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| − | that att the tyme aforesayd and for many monthes before and since
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| − | there was open warr and hostility betweene, this Commonwealth and
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| − | the States Generall of the united provinces, And the same was and is
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| − | //as he saith publike and notorious and well knowne att Cadiz and
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| − | other ports of Spaine and in fflanders, and Hamburgh and other
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| − | ports and places beyond the seas, and to y:e Captaine and Company
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| − | of the ''Golden Starr'' as he verily beleiveth, the p:rmisses he knoweth
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| − | being quartermasters mate of the ''Advantage frigot'' aforesayd
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| − | and p:rsent aboard her att the fight and seizure aforesd. And otherwise
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| − | he cannot depose.
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| − | To the fifth sixth seventh and eighth arles of the sayd allon This deponent
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| − | saith and deposeth. that the Captaine and Company of the sayd shipp the
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| − | ''Advantage'' first espyed the sayd shipp the ''Golden Starr'' about 6 or 7 of
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| − | the Clock in the morning of the day aforesayd and toward .8. of the
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| − | Clock or some thing before came upp with the ''Morning Starr'' or
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| − | ''Golden Starr''; having before that att a distance shott a warning
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| − | peice with powder onely to which the sayd shipp the ''Golden Starr''
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| − | made answer in a shott of powder in token of freindshipp; And
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| − | he saith that the ''Advantage frigott'' when she so came upp with the
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| − | ''Golden Starr'' wore out the Colours of the Commonwealth onely, and the
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| − | Captaine of the ''Advantage'' then haled the ''Morning Starr'', being
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| − | neere to her and within hearing and commanded them to strike in the
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| − | name of the parliament of England, and submitt themselves to
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| − | be visited, and saith the Captaine of the sayd ''Golden Starr'' in stead
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| − | of showing submission to the authority of this Commonwealth being
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| − | upon the Coasts of Englands as was demanded of him and is usuall
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| − | did in a contemptuous manner returne skurrilous and base language
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| − | and in an unbecoming and skornefull and reproach full way
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| − | turned downe his breeches, and held upp his bare ?bumme or
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| − | breech to the sayd Captaine Mill and Company, and waved his
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| − | Cuttle axe bidding the sayd Captaine Mill Come to Leeward, all
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| − | which this deponent saw and observed. And further saith that one
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| − | Gunn being fired over the sayd shipp the ''Golden Starr'', the sayd
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| − | Captaine whereof ?hoysed upp a flagg of defiance being a Redd
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| − | flagg with the picture of an hand and a sword therein, and immediately
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| − | fired a Broad side upon the ''Advantage friggot'' whereupon ?there
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| − | begann a sharpe fight betwixt the sayd shipp the ''Advantage
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| − | frigot'' wearing the Colo:rs of this Commonwealth and the sayd shipp the
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| − | ''Golden Starr'' wearingher flagg of defiance, in which fight
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| − | two of the Company of the ''Advantge frigot'' lost their lives, and
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| − | the Master and Company of the ''Golden Starr'' with their shipp
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| − | fought eagerly and did their utmost endeavo:r to sinke and destroy
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| − | the sayd ''Advantage frigot'' with the English aboard her so fighting
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| − | ipon the English Coast as aforesd. The p:rmisses this deponent
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| − | being p:rsent in the sayd fight saw and observed, and knoweth the same to
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| − | be true as he hath now declared. And otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the nyth & tenth he saith that during the sayd fight and about ?one
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| − | of the Clock in the after none of the . same day, the arlate shipp the
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| − | ''Waterhound''//
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| − | //''Waterhound'' wearing the Colo:rs allso of this Commonwealth came in to the
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| − | assistance of the ''Advantage frigot'' and came upp with the ''Golden Starr''
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| − | And the M:r & Company of the ''Golden Starr'' fired upon the ''Waterhound'' and
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| − | fought with her till att last the ''Waterhound'' and ''Advantage'' boarded
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| − | tooke and surprized the sayd shipp the ''Morning Starr'' or ''Golden Starr''.
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| − | And saith the sayd shipp ''Golden Starr'' during all the sayd ffight had and
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| − | wore out her flagg of defiance which was after the fight taken
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| − | downe by some of y:e ''Waterhounds'' Company and not before. All which
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| − | this deponent being then p:rsent in the sayd ffight well saw and observed
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| − | And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the 11.:th and 12:th he saith he cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the 13:th. he saith his deposotions are true.
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| − |
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| − | To the Crosse Interryes.
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| − |
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| − | To the 1. 2. 3. and 4:th. he saith he was quarter Masters mate of the ''Advantage frigot''
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| − | interrte, and aboard her att the taking of the ''Golden Starr'' or ''Morning
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| − | Starr'' interrte. And saith the ''Adventure frigott'' was not p:rsent in the chase
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| − | or fight interrte; and that the ''Advantage frigot'' alone espyed, mett with
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| − | haled and for neere ?foar howres fought with the ''Morning Starr'' or
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| − | ''Golden Starr'' before the ''Waterhound'' interrte came in to her assistance.
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| − | And otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the 5:th he saith he knoweth the sayd shipps the ''Advantage'' and ''Water
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| − | Hound'', and saith they are dutch built shipps, and so were att the tyme
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| − | of the taking the sayd shipp the ''Golden Starr''.
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| − |
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| − | To the .6. he saith he was p:rsent and aboard the ''Advantage frigot'' for and
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| − | during all the fight interrte.
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| − |
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| − | To the .7:th. he saith that att the tyme of haling and fighting a foresayd
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| − | the sayd shipp the ''Advantage frigot'' had and were out the Colo:rs of the
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| − | Commonwealth, and otherwise negatively.
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| − |
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| − | To the .8.:th he saith as he remembreth the ''Advantage frigot'' shott onely
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| − | one gunn Laden with bullet, before the ''Morning Starr'' did fire upon
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| − | the sayd ''Advantage frigot''. And otherwise he cannot depose
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| − |
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| − | To the .9.:th he saith that the sayd shipp the ''Morning Starr'' or ''Golden Starr''
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| − | during the sayd fight did hold on her Coarse, and thereby made a shXX
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| − | of declining fight, but saith she refused to be visited, and made one
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| − | broad side upon the ''Advantage frigot'' be fore the ''Advantage'' gave
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| − | her any broadside. and otherwise negatively.
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| − |
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| − | To the .10.:th he saith that this Interrogatory is not as he conceyeeth ptinent
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| − | to the busines in hand. how beit for satisfaction thereto he saith that
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| − | a shipp of warr changing her colo:rs after haling of another shipp is
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| − | not generally taken to be a pyrate, nor the sayd shipp and Company
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| − | to be an enemy to the shipp so haled; nor justly suspected so to be
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| − | as he beleiveth. And otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the .11:th. he saith he never was aboard the sayd shipp the ''Golden Starr'' or
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| − | ''Morning Starr'' . nor doth he know of any money plate or goods taken
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| − | out of the sayd shipp att any tyme by any pson or psons whatsoever
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| − | And otherwise he cannot depose.//
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| − | //To the 12 he saith It is usuall for any shipp att sea being haled
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| − | by any other shipp that weares false Colo:rs, and therby gives
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| − | susption of being an enemy or pyrat to stand upon the ?defensive
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| − | guard. And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To .13. he saith in case the sayd shipp be condemned for pr?eze he
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| − | expecteth benefit thereby according to the quality he served in
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| − | in the ''Advantage frigot'' and according to the Lawes and ordinances
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| − | of parliament in that case made and appoynted. And otherwise
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| − | he cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | the marke of the [+ HIS MARK] sayd Thomas Keyes
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| − | Repeated before S:r Clarke
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| − | The fourth day of October 1653.
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| − |
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| − | The Clayme of the Lord ?Roscea Daniel Halfe Rider)
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| − | and others for the shipp the ''S:t John'' of which)
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| − | Jacob Great is master, and the tackle and furniture)
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| − | and other things lately seized in the same by a
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| − | private Mann of Warr. Suckley)
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| − |
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| − | .1. JACOB GROAT of Dantzÿck in Poland ?mariner
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| − | master of the sayd shipp the ''S:t John'' aged eight
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| − | and thirty yeares or thereabouts. a witnes sworne
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| − | and examined deposeth and saith as followeth vizt
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| − |
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| − | To the first arle of the sayd Allon This deponent saith and deposeth that the arlate
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| − | Lord Rossea and others all Inhabitants of dantzyck for these 9 yeares last
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| − | past or thereabouts have bene and att p:rsent are the true and lawfull owners
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| − | of the sayd shipp the ''S:t John'' her tackle and furniture and so accounted:-
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| − | And moreover saith the sayd shipp about nine yeares since was built
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| − | att Colburne in Pomer land, and hath for the sayd nyne yeares Last
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| − | past belonged to dantyck, the p:rmisses this deponent knoweth having
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| − | lived in dantzyck for and during all the sayd tyme., and is master
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| − | of the sayd shipp And otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − | To the second arle of the sayd Allon This deponent saith that on or about
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| − | the third day of October in the yeare 1652 the sayd shipp sett sayle
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| − | from dantzyck and sayled to ?Rya a place likewise in the East ?Countrye
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| − | and there tooke in a lading of hempe flax tarr Clap boards and other
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| − | like goods and in her Course for Callis whither she was bound was taken
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| − | and carryed to AmstandaX by fourteene Men of Warr, and was was (sic)
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| − | there deteyned from about the beginning of December 1652 till
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| − | about the 15:th day of Aprill 1653. Last past, upom p:rtence that she was
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| − | comeing for some port in the Commonwealth of England
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| − | To the Crosse Interries
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| − | To the first Interry This Rendent saith that the sayd shipp the ''Lewis'' or
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| − | ''Lowisa'' was taken neere to Holy y?eland by the ''Kentish frigot'' whereof Capt
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| − | Reynolds was Commander and this Rendent masters mate, and saith he
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| − | comes to be examined as a witnes by the meanes of the sayd Captaine
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| − | Reynolds, and saith he knoweth not what he is to have if the sayd shipp
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| − | and goods be condemned. And as for the ''Hunter'' and her lading
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| − | he knoweth nothing thereof. And otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the second Interrye This Rendent saith that there
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| − | was about 15 tonne of oyle taken out of the ''Lousia'' (sic) and sent upp in a
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| − | hoy to this port of London but by whose order he knoweth not, but doth
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| − | beleive It was sent to London by the Order of the sayd Captaine Reynolds.
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| − | and saith he doth not endeavo:r to procure the sayd shipps ''Lowisa'' and
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| − | ''Hunter'' and their lading to be condemned for prize, but being sworne
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| − | in Court in a legall way to speake the truth in this cause hath now declared
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| − | the same according to his knowledge. And saith that Captaine Brandley
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| − | Commander of the Squadron whereto the ''Kentish frigot'' did
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| − | belong, did cause three small Iron gunnes with their carriages wormes
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| − | sponges and other appartenances to be taken out of the ''Lowisa'' into the
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| − | ''Kentish frigot'' for the service of this Commonwealth. And further he
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| − | cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | the marke of the [[MRP: R| HIS MARK]] sayd
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| − | Richard Moone
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| − |
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| − | Repeated before D:r Clarke
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| − | and D:r Godolphin
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| − |
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| − | ===Case: Sebastian Cortizos, of Madrid: Deposition: Henrique Jorge Mendez, of Antwerpe, Brabant, Merchant, aged 48: Date: October 26th 1653===
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| − |
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| − | The 26:th day of October 1653.
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| − |
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| − | The Clayme of don Sebastain Cortizos of)
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| − | Madrid for one hundred and eleven sackes)
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| − | of wooll of the first marke and nine sackes)
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| − | of wooll of the second marke Laden in the)
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| − | shipp ''S:t Augustin'' whereof Simon Johnson)
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| − | ?Abequert master taken by some of the)
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| − | Parliament shipps under the Command of)
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| − | Captaine Badily)
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| − |
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| − | Examined upon an allon on the behalfe of
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| − | the sd Don Sebastian Cortizos.
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| − |
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| − | HENRIQUE JORGE MENDEZ of Antwerpe
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| − | in Brabant merchant aged forty eight
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| − | yeares or thereabouts a witnes sworne and
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| − | examined deposeth and saith as followeth
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| − | vizt
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| − |
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| − | To the first second and third Articles of the sayd allon This deponent saith
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| − | and deposeth that he hath knowne the arlate Don Sebastian da Cortizos
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| − | from his youth, and saith that he hath for twenty yeares now past bene
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| − | and now is an ?Ambasta of his Catholique Ma:tie the King of Spaine and
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| − | doth furnish his sayd Ma:tie with moneyes for his occasions in Italy and
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| − | fflanders, And that the sayd Don Debastian da Cortizos in January ffebruary
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| − | and March last past 16?52 and in March Aprill and may 1653 was and att
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| − | this p:rsent the true and lawfull Owner and proprietor of one hundred and
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| − | eleven sackes of wool of the first marke in the margent and of nyne
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| − | sackes more of wooll of the second marje in the margent, and that in or
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| − | about the moneth of January 1652 the sayd Don Sebastian da Cortizos did
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| − | att or neere Allicant in Spaine cause the sayd 111 sackes of wool of the
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| − | first marke in the margent and the sayd nyne sackes of wool of the second
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| − | marke in the margent to be laden on board the sayd shipp the ''S:t Augustine''
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| − | Simon Johnson ?Abaqaret M:r to be carryed and transported from thence
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| − | to//
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| − | ----
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| − | P1110111
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| − | f. 22 verso
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| − |
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| − | //to Venice and there to be delivered unto Don Augustin de ffonseca
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| − | for the use and Accompt of the producent, and the proceed thereof to
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| − | be imployed in the service and upon the Occasion of his sayd Catholique
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| − | Ma:ty in Italy and fflanders, the p:rmisses this deponent knoweth to be
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| − | true for that hee is under paymaster Generall of the King of Spaines
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| − | Army in fflanders, he did about ffebruary last past 1652, receyve
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| − | letters of Advise from the Correspondents of the Producents living
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| − | att Madrid wherein they did certify this deponent that the fowrsayd
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| − | wools of the respective markes aforesayd were about the tyme aforesays
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| − | laden att Alicant in the sayd shipp ''S:t Augustin'' to be transported to Venice
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| − | and there to be delivered for the use and Accompt and fir the service
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| − | aforesayd, And this deponent having had for many yeares past
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| − | constant correspondence with the sayd Assentista, the producent knoweth,
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| − | that he the sayd producent doth usually cause his wools to be marked
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| − | with th respective markes afore sett forth. And otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the fourth arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith that he hath credibly
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| − | heard and verily beleiveth it to be true, that the sayd shipp the ''S:t Augustin''
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| − | after lading of the sayd woolls did sett sayle therewith towards Venice
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| − | and in her course thither was together with the sayd wools then on
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| − | board her seized by force of the shipps of this Commonwealth under
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| − | the Command of Cap:t Badily, and that by reason of the sayd seizure
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| − | the wools aforesayd came into the hands and possession of the sayd
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| − | Captaine Badily. And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the fifth and sixth Articles of the sayd allon This deponent saith
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| − | that the sayd 120 sackes of wools were really laden and provided for the
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| − | Accompt aforesayd and the proceed thereof were to have bene really
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| − | employed for and in the Affaires of his Catholiq Ma:ty. And this
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| − | deponent himselfe about July last past did deliver to the Spanish
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| − | Ambassador here Resident a Letter from his sayd Ma:ty touching the
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| − | foresayd woolls and the seeking after restitution thereof. And saith
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| − | that albeit the sayd wools in the bills of lading for the same found
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| − | aboard the syd shipp be ontrue (sic) for the Accompt of Augustine da ffonseca
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| − | of venice, yet the same was and is done onely to secure the same from
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| − | the ffrench, and saith It is usuall for the sayd producent so to secure
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| − | his wools which this deponent knoweth by the correspondence hee holds
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| − | with the sayd producent and the sayd Augustine da ffonseca with both
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| − | of whom he hath familiar Acquaintance. And otherwise he cannot
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| − | depose saving that noe dutchman subiect of the State of the united
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| − | Provinces of ffrenchman subiect of the ffrench King had or hath any
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| − | right title or Interest in the same or any part thereof.
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| − |
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| − | To the seventh Article of the sayd allon This deponent daith that the sayd
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| − | Sebastian da Cortizo was and is a Spaniard borne and lives in Madrid
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| − | where he was borne and hath in habited for theis 20 yeares ast and
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| − | indeed all his tyme. and was and is a subiect of the King of Spaine
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| − | and so accounted. And saith the sayd Augustin da ffonseca is likewise
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| − | by birth a Spaniard but by habitacon of Venice where he hath lived
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| − | for about .16. yeares now past, and was and is a subiect of the State
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| − | of Venice and so accounted, all which this deponent well knoweth by his
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| − | acquaintance & Correspondencyes with both the sayd pties. And otheriws
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| − | he cannot depose.//
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| − | ----
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| − | P1110112
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| − | f. 23 recto
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| − |
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| − | //To the Crosse Interries
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| − |
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| − | To the first negatively.
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| − |
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| − | To the 2:d he saith he had knowne the producent for his youth and saith he is a
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| − | Spaniard & inhabitates in Madrid with his family and was borne there and ther
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| − | hath lived all the tyme, and his house is in the street called Alocka.
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| − |
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| − | To the 3:d he saith he was not p:rsent att the buying the woolls in question
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| − | but knoweth that the producent doth usually deale in wools. and otherwise
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| − | saving ?his foregoeing depositions wherto he referreth himselfe hee
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| − | cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the 4:th he saith he was not att Allicant neyther saw the wools in question
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| − | in the producents possession. but saith he keepes ?continuall and constant
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| − | correspondencyes with the producent and thereby well understandeth his busines
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| − | and trade, and thereby understandeth that ffrancisco and Gaspard da Maxito
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| − | Spaniards Inhabitants of Allicant did lade the wools in question for the
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| − | Accompt aforesayd. And otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the fifth Interie negatively
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| − |
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| − | To the 6:th Interry negatively to every pt thereof
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| − |
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| − | To the 7:th Interry he saith he is a native of Lisboa in Portugall and is
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| − | an Inhabitant of Antwerpe. and otherwise negatively.
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| − |
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| − | To the 8. 9. 10 and 11:th Interries he saith he knoweth nothing thereof
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| − |
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| − | HENRIQUEXXX XXXX [His signature]
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| − |
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| − | SAM DELAXXXX [His signature]
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| − |
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| − | Repeated in Court before the XXX Judges
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| − |
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| − | <nowiki>****************************************************************</nowiki>
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| − |
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| − | XXXX
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| − | ===Case: XXXX: Deposition: Thomas Watson, of Galloway, Ireland, Merchant, aged 25: Date: October 7th 1653===
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| − |
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| − | P1110113
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| − | & P1110115
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| − | f. 33 recto
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| − |
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| − | The seaventh day of October 1653
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| − |
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| − | The clayme of John Bodkin of Gallaway)
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| − | in Ireland for his moneyes and XXXX laden on board)
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| − | the shipp the ''S:t Peter'' (whereof Cornelius Jacobson)
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| − | XXXX was master) taken and surpried by the shipp)
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| − | the ''Handmaid'' whereof Charles Wills was then)
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| − | Captaine)
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| − |
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| − | Xmith ffrancklin
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| − |
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| − | Examined upon an allon on the behalfe of
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| − | the sayd John Bodkyn
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| − |
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| − | 1. THOMAS MARTIN of Gallaway in Ireland merchant aged
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| − | five and twenty yeares a witnes sworne and examined
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| − | deposeth and saith as followeth vizt
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| − |
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| − | To the first arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith and deposeth that
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| − | in the monethes of June and July 1653 and continually since the arlate
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| − | John Bodkin was and is the Lawfull Owner and proprieto:r of the arlate
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| − | five hundred peices of eight of Mexico and Sevill conteyned in two bag?s
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| − | marked and numbred as in the margent and so accounted, which he knoweth
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| − | for that he saw a letter at ?Bilboa ?for the sayd Bodkin att Nantes
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| − | directed to ffrancis Bodkins att Bilboa, ordering him to procure the
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| − | like summe of moneyes, and this deponent knoweth that the sayd ffrancis
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| − | Bodkins bought and procured the same accordingly And this deponent
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| − | saw the sayd money and counted and assisted at the telling and
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| − | bagging up the same, and saw the same marked as aforesd, and
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| − | afterwards saw bills of lading signed for the same for the sayd XXXX
| |
| − | Accompt. and othewise saving his XXXX deposicons cannot depose
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| − | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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| − |
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| − | To the second third and fourth arles of the sayd allon and to the bill of
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| − | lading therein mencconed this deponent saith hee XXX at Bilboa the sayd
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| − | ffrancis Bodkin deliver the sayd baggs of money marked as aforesd
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| − | to Cornelius Jacobson XXX master of the ''S:t Peter'' arlate and heard him
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| − | give directions to the sayd XXXX to carry the same aboard the sayd shipp
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| − | for the Accompt of John Bodkin to be inn the sayd shipp transported
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| − | from Bilboa where the sayd shipp thn lay to Nantes in ffrance and there
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| − | to be delivered to the sayd John Bodkin or his assignes for his use and
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| − | Accompt, and the sayd dept went to carry the same aboard accordingly
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| − | and this deponent did afterwards see the same aboard the sayd shipp
| |
| − | And saith that after the lading of the says XXXXXX XXXX upon or about
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| − | the 26:th day of June 1655. last past this deponent at Bilboa saw the
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| − | arlate Cornelius Jacobson XXXX signe thXXX bills of lading for the
| |
| − | same all of one tenor, and saith the bill of lading exhibited soeXXX
| |
| − | sam remaining in the Registry of this Court and now shewne to him
| |
| − | this Examinat was and is one of the sayd bills of lading for the sayd
| |
| − | 500 peices of 8 which this deponent saw signed XXXX same as aforesd
| |
| − | And the contracts thereof he saith were and are true and reall and not
| |
| − | false or colourable, which he knoweth for the reasons aforesayd and
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| − | otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the fifth sixth seventh and eighth arles of the sayd allon this deponent
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| − | saith that the sayd ffrancis Bodkin is an Irishman and was at Bilboa
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| − | a merchant stranger and was and is the XXX XXXXXX and fact:r of the
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| − | producent//
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| − | ----
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| − | P1110116
| |
| − | f. 33 verso
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| − |
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| − | //producent and so accounted which this deponent knoweth being his
| |
| − | Acquiantance and correspondent. And saith hee saw the syd ffrancis
| |
| − | Bodkin att Bilboa soone after the lading of the sayd moneyes wrote
| |
| − | signe and direct a letter to the sayd John Bodkins att Nantes
| |
| − | touching the sayd moneyes the pticular contents of which letter
| |
| − | hee now remembreth not. And saith he is fully psuaded and well
| |
| − | assured that noe Subiect of the States of the united provinces King
| |
| − | of ffrance or any Prince or State in hostility with this Commonwealth
| |
| − | had or hath any share or interest in the sayd moneyes or any pt thereof
| |
| − | And saith he never herad that the sayd ffrancis Bodkin was or is
| |
| − | a subiect of any such Prince or State, or of the States of the sayd
| |
| − | united provinces or King of ffrance, but beleiveth he is a subiect of
| |
| − | the Commonwealth, and so ought to be and is accomted. And otherwise
| |
| − | he cannot depose.
| |
| − |
| |
| − | To the nynth arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith and deposeth that
| |
| − | after the lading of the sayd moneyes as aforesd the sayd shipp ''S:t Peter''
| |
| − | depted therewith frō Bilboa and in her Course thither was seized
| |
| − | by Captaine Wills and Company, in the shipp ''Handmaid'', And the sayd
| |
| − | moneyes now claymed were then aboard the sayd shipp and came into
| |
| − | the hands and possession of the sayd Wills and Company. the p:rmisses
| |
| − | he knoweth to be true being aboard the sayd shipp as a passenger
| |
| − | att the tyme of the sayd seizure. And otherwise cannot depose.
| |
| − |
| |
| − | To the tenth arle of the sayd allon thi sdeponent saith tht the arlate
| |
| − | John Bodkin was and is an Irishman borne and so accounted and
| |
| − | in June last and for many years before and since the sayd tyme was
| |
| − | and is an Inhabitant of Galloway in Ireland and hath his wife children
| |
| − | and family there, and was and is a subiect of this Commonwealth
| |
| − | living under the protection thereof and so accounted, and never was
| |
| − | or is a subiect of the States of the united provinces or of the King
| |
| − | of ffrance or of any Prince or State in hostility with this Commonwealth
| |
| − | that this deponent knoweth or ever heard. the p:rmisses this deponent
| |
| − | knoweth being himselfe of Galloway and by his Correspondencyes
| |
| − | he holdath there. And otherwise he cannot depose
| |
| − |
| |
| − | To the 11:th hee saith his depositions are true
| |
| − |
| |
| − | To y:e Crosse Interries.
| |
| − |
| |
| − | To the 1. he saith he comes to be a witnes att y:e Request of Daniel Archer
| |
| − | and hath knowne the producent frō his Childhood. and otherwise negatively
| |
| − |
| |
| − | To the 2. he saith he is an Irishman, and is not bound as he beleiveth to
| |
| − | discover his conscience on XXX of Religion, and is a Merchant facto:r
| |
| − | without a settled aboad, and from the yeare 1642. to 1646. lived in
| |
| − | fflanders. frō 1646. to 1652 in the beginning thereof lived in Holland
| |
| − | and Zealand. and from April 1652. to July 1653 in Spain, from
| |
| − | whence he came in July last and in the same month arrived in London, and
| |
| − | here hath resided ever since. And otherwise negatively.
| |
| − | ----
| |
| − | P1110117
| |
| − | f. 34 recto
| |
| − |
| |
| − | //To the third hee saith John Bodkin hath his habitation in Gallaway and there was
| |
| − | borne and hath lived frō his Childhood. and hath his wife and family there
| |
| − | and otherwise negatively saving he beleiveth he was att Nantes upon
| |
| − | his merchandizing affaires about June last
| |
| − |
| |
| − | To the .4. negatively to every pt thereof.
| |
| − |
| |
| − | To the .5: and 6. he saith he saw the bills of lading interrte signed as aforesd
| |
| − | a shoare. and knoweth the bill of lading now showne him to be one of the
| |
| − | very originall bills as aforesd by the markes firme and contents thereof
| |
| − | and by the handwriting of ffrancis Bodkins servant by w:ch it was and
| |
| − | is filled up. and otherwise being not aboard att the tyme of Lading
| |
| − | referring himselfe XXXX Coresponding deposicons wherein hehath soe forth
| |
| − | all his knowledge in the pticulars touching the sayd moneyes and lading
| |
| − | thereof he cannot depose.
| |
| − |
| |
| − | To the .7. he saith he cam along in the sayd shipp and had aboard for his owne
| |
| − | Accompt. 1600. pces of 8/8 and 361/2 ps of 8/8 and 75 ps of 8/8 and gold to the value of 1471/2 in
| |
| − | ps of 8/8 one bag of ambergreese worth 212. ps of 8/8 1/2 and 311
| |
| − | kintalls (sic) of Spanish Iron. and otherwise negatively.
| |
| − |
| |
| − | To the 8. hee refereth himselfe to his foregoeing depositions and further
| |
| − | cannot depose.
| |
| − |
| |
| − | To the 9. he saith he hath lived in Holland and Zealand as he hath above
| |
| − | declared. and hath noe intent to returne thither nor had any such purpose
| |
| − | att the tyme of the seizure of the petera nor hath any ?house there
| |
| − | or elsewhere saving in Galloway as XXXX apparent to his father
| |
| − |
| |
| − | To the.10. hee saith he knoweth not of any ensurance upon the money in
| |
| − | question or any pt thereof. nor that the producent did or doth use to XXX
| |
| − | any other psons goods under his owne name.
| |
| − |
| |
| − | To the .11. he saith that hee this deponent did about 2 dayes after the arrivall
| |
| − | of the ''S:t Peter'' att ?ffoy in his owne Lodgings there deliver to Captaine
| |
| − | Wills intXXXX severall bills of Lading and papers. and otherwise
| |
| − | negatively.
| |
| − |
| |
| − | To the 12, he saith he saw the lre interrte at Bilbao about the latter end of
| |
| − | June last past in the hands of the sayd ffrancis Bodkin. and beleiveth
| |
| − | the contents of the sayd letter were true, and that y:e same is come into
| |
| − | the possession of Capt Wills. and otherwise saving his foregoing
| |
| − | depositions he cannot depose.
| |
| − |
| |
| − | To the .13. he saith hee saw severall goods of a good value in the hands
| |
| − | of the sayd ffrancsi Bodkin which were sent to him by the producent
| |
| − | about the month of May or April last in an English vessell whereof
| |
| − | one Dun?con was Master frō the port of Nantes in ffrance. and
| |
| − | John Bodkin by bills of lading and letters which hee saw in Bilboa
| |
| − | for and touching the same, and saith the sayd Goods were Tobacco and hides.
| |
| − |
| |
| − | To the .14. he saith he hath knowne ffrancis Bodkin in the bills of lading
| |
| − | mencconed frō a Child, and he now resides in Bilbao and so hath done
| |
| − | for theis 6 yeares or thereabouts, and before att Gallaway frō his Child?hood
| |
| − | ?And//
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| − |
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| − | ----
| |
| − | P1110118
| |
| − | f. 34 verso
| |
| − |
| |
| − | //And saith he is a facto:r for English and Irish merchants and not for
| |
| − | ffrench or dutch merchants so far as this deponent knoweth or hath heard. And
| |
| − | otherwise saving his foregoeing depositions he cannot depose.
| |
| − |
| |
| − | To y:e .15. he saith the sayd shipp ''S:t Peter'' was att the tyme of her seizure in
| |
| − | the possession of dutch men subiects of of the States of the united Provinces
| |
| − | and her Company were most of them subiects of the sayd States. and she
| |
| − | and her lading would have gone to Nantes in ffrance if they had not beene
| |
| − | surprized as aforesd.
| |
| − |
| |
| − | To the .16. he saith Daniell Archer did informe this Rendent that the producent
| |
| − | had sent him order to clayme the moneyes now in question, and this Rendent
| |
| − | beleiveth it to be true that the sayd M:r Archer hath such order. and
| |
| − | otherwise he cannot depose.
| |
| − |
| |
| − | To the 17. he saith the sayd Daniel Archer is an Irishman and noe ffrenchman
| |
| − | nor subiect of the ffrench King, and as this Rendent hath heard hath
| |
| − | bene about a yeare and an halfe in England, and was in ffrance about
| |
| − | 6 yeares agoe, but when hee came last frō thence this REndent knoweth
| |
| − | not. And otherwise he cannot depose.
| |
| − |
| |
| − | Reoeated before D:r Clarke
| |
| − | and D:r Godolphin
| |
| − |
| |
| − | THOMAS MARTIN [His signature]
| |
| − | <nowiki>************************************************</nowiki>
| |
| − | ===Case: Joseph Markes and John Baptista Margarita et al, merchants of Spayne, concerning the ship the ffortune: Deposition: Philip Duncar, of Antwerpe, Brabant, Mariner, Captaine of the ffortune: Date: October 8th 1653===
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| − |
| |
| − | //The eighth day of October 1653
| |
| − |
| |
| − | The Clayme of Joseph Markes and John)
| |
| − | Baptista Margarita and others merchants)
| |
| − | of Spayne and subiects of the King of)
| |
| − | Spayne for their goods lately laden on att)
| |
| − | the Island of Palma in y:e Canaries)
| |
| − | and Cast on shoare in the shipp the)
| |
| − | ''ffortune'' whereof Phillip Duncar was Ma:r upon the Coast of Cornwall.)
| |
| − |
| |
| − | Smith Budd
| |
| − |
| |
| − | Examined upon an allon upon the behalfe
| |
| − | of the sayd Claymes
| |
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| − | PHILIP DUNCAR of Antwerpe in
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| − | Brabant Mariner Captaine or Commander
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| − | of the sayd shipp the ''ffortune'', aged
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| − | four and twenty yeares or thereabouts
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| − | a witnes sworne and examined deposeth
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| − | and saith as followeth viz:t.
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| − | To the first Article of the sayd allon This deponent saith and deposeth that
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| − | in the monthes of June July August and September last past and
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| − | before and since hee this deponent was and ought to be the true
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| − | and law full Owner of the sayd shipp the ''ffortune'' the tackle and
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| − | furniture, and was in the sayd tyme master and Commander of
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| − | her, and saith he bought the sayd shipp for ready moneyes about
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| − | a yeare agoe att Hamburgh. And otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − | To the second article of the sayd allon This deponent saith and deposeth that
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| − | in or about the month of August 1653 last past the sayd shipp y:er ''ffortune''
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| − | was and remayned att or neere the Island of Palma, and during her
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| − | abode there the arlate Joseph Markes, John Baptista Mogarita
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| − | and Company all Spanish merchants and subiects of the King of
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| − | Spayne//
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| − | P1110119
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| − | f. 35 recto
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| − | //Spaine (sic) did Lade and putt on board the sayd shipp three thousand and
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| − | seven hundred hides or thereabouts, one large barr of sylver the certayne
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| − | value whereof he knoweth not, and a good quantity of moneyes in peices
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| − | of 8/8 but how much in certaine he knoweth not, four barrells of Spanish
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| − | Tabacco, a great quantity of dry ginger loose and about four barrallls and
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| − | one ?Potaco mXXX of ?Varinaes Tobacco, and forty ?Ratacos more of
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| − | varinases tabaccoes, thirteen pipes of sugar or thereabouts, eighteene
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| − | baggs of ginger, a great quantity of Brazil and Cam?ocha wood
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| − | all for the proper use and Accompt of the sayd Joseph Markes John
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| − | Baptista Mograita and other merchants of Spayne subiects of the King
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| − | of Spaine to be transported in the sayd shipp to Dunquerke for their use
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| − | And saith the sayd merchants att the tyme of lading the sayd goods
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| − | were and are owners and proprieto:rs of the sayd goods, the p:rmisses he
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| − | knoweth being master of the sayd shipp and receyved the sayd goods aboard
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| − | and signed bills of Lading for the same to and for the Accompt aforesayd
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| − | And otherwise he cannot depose saving that he saith al or most of the
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| − | sayd sugar and ginger is lost and spoyled, and that there were laden
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| − | aboard the sayd shipp for the Accompt aforesd severall barrells of Totle shells
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| − | and saving that one thousand two hundred and ten of the forementioned hides
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| − | were laden for the Accompt of P?etio Sararma a merchant of Sevile:
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| − | To the third he saith that in the sd yeare and moneth of August last past the
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| − | sayd shipp the ''ffortune'' having all and singular the sylver moneyes and goods
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| − | aforesayd aboard her sett sayle therewith towards Dunkirke whither she
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| − | was bound and in her Course thither upon or about the first day of September
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| − | last past the sayd shipp neere unto a place called Ramhead upon the
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| − | Coast of Cornwall mett with and exceeding great Storme and tempest
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| − | and in the same was cast away. And saith that this deponent and
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| − | y:e Mariners of her Company were saved and came safe on shoare upon
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| − | the Coast of Cornwall, or neere thereabouts. And otherwise cannot
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| − | depose, saving that the merch:ts passengers were alll likewise saved two only excepted.
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| − | To the fourth arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith that upon the Casting
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| − | away of the sayd shipp the ''ffortune'' and her lading aforesd a great
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| − | pt of the sayd lading of hides Tobacco wood money and pla?te came
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| − | safe on shoare and was saved and p:rserved, and not left, and was
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| − | and is now in the power and possession of the vice Admiralls deputy
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| − | of Devon and Cornwall or other officer of the sayd Vice admirall.
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| − | And saith he hath seene severall of the sayd hides and Tobacco in
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| − | the possession of Stephen Trovill the vice Admiralls deputy aforesd
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| − | and knoweth they are the same which were laden aboard, and cast
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| − | away in the sayd shipp as aforesd. And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − | To the fifth arle of the sayd allon this deponent saith that he this deponent
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| − | was and is a fflandrian borne and a suniect of the King of Spayne.
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| − | And the sayd Joseph Markes and John Baptista Mogaritta and the
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| − | sayd Pedro Soramo and Company the Owners of the sayd goods money
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| − | and plate were and are all Spaniards borne and subiects of the King
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| − | of Spaine and for and ?such Commonly Accompted, reputed & taken and
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| − | otherwise cannot depose
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| − | To//
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| − | P1110120
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| − | f. 35 verso
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| − | //To the Crosse Interries.
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| − | To the 1 he saith he was master and Owner of the sayd shipp the ''ffortune''
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| − | and was in her and continued in her all the voyage to the tyme that she
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| − | was cast away. And saith the sayd shipp was not first sett out or began
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| − | the voyage from Amsterdam, Middleburg or any other port within the
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| − | Jurisdiction of the States of the united province. And saith the sayd
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| − | shipp was not to have returned to any of the sayd ports XXXXXX have
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| − | ordered her voyage, but att Dunkirke as he hath before declared. And
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| − | saith the sayd shipp began her outward voyage from Dunkirke and
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| − | this Rendent was master of her all the sayd voyage.
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| − | To the 2 he saith the sayd shipp begann her outward voyage about
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| − | the month of May last past and saith she was lett out to fraight by
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| − | ?Other parties to Juan de Valletta a Spanish merchant of Dunkirke in her
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| − | sayd outward voyage, and her lading was linnens and ?peice goods of
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| − | fflanders the greatest part for the Accompt of this Rendent and part for the
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| − | Accompt of the sayd Juan de Valetta and Company, and saith the
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| − | sayd goods were sold in the Isle of Palma by the sayd Juan de Vallettas brother XXXXX do Valletta
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| − | who hath a good share in the goods now in question; and by this
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| − | deponent who had the proceed thereof in Sugars aboard the sayd
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| − | shipp ''ffortune'' which sugars are spoyled and lost; and twenty three
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| − | pataioes of Tobacco some whereof are p:rserved. And otherwise cannot
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| − | depose.
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| − | To the 3:d he saith that the sayd Joseph Markes was himselfe in the
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| − | Isle of Palma as also John Sallazar Pedro Saramo Diego da
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| − | Paletta, Antonio Regl?os Don Juan da Monteverte whio are the
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| − | principall Owners of the goods now in question, and the sayd
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| − | psons did lade the sayd goods by themselves, and most of them
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| − | by report brought XXX pXXXX from the Indies, and this Rendent
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| − | saith the sayd goods in their possession before the lading thereof
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| − | in the sayd Isle of Palma, for which reasons and for that they
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| − | did lade upon the same for the Accompt aforesayd he verily beleiveth
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| − | that the sayd Spanish merchants were and are proprieto:rs of the goods
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| − | aforesd: And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − | To the 4. he saith there were bills of Lading aboard the sayd shipp for
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| − | the merchants goods, and some papers relating to the same, but
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| − | whether any of them be XX and sayed or noe, or where aby of
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| − | them be he knoweth not.
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| − | To the .5. he saith he doth not know or is convinced or beleiveth in his
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| − | conscience that the goods now Claymed in the name of the sayd Joseph
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| − | Markes and others or any pt thereof doth belong to any dutchman or
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| − | dutchmen subiects of the States of the united provinces or to any
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| − | ffrenchman or ffrenchmen subiects of the ffrench King. And
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| − | otherwise cannot depose
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| − | ?SAM DELAPLACE [His signature]
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| − | FELIPE DUNKER: [His signature]
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| − | &c XXXXXXXXXX
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| − | <nowiki>******************************************************</nowiki>
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| − | ===Case: Joseph Markes and John Baptista Margarita et al, merchants of Spayne, concerning the ship the ffortune: Deposition: 2. Juan Gomez Brit?e, of the Isle of Palma, Merchant, aged 40: Date: October 8th 1653===
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| − | The same day. Examined upon the sayd allon
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| − | 2. JUAN GOMEZ BRIT?E of the Isle of Palma merchant
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| − | aged forty yeares or thereabouts a witnes sworne and
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| − | examined deposeth and saith as followeth. viz:t.
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| − | To//
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| − | P1110121
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| − | f. 36 recto
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| − | //To the first arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith that in the monthes
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| − | of August and September 1653 last past the arlate Phillip Dunker
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| − | was master or Captaine of the sayd shipp the ''ffortune'', and was accounted
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| − | the Owner thereof and of her tackle and furniture, which this depo:t
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| − | knoweth comeing as a passenger aboard the sayd shipp. And otherwise
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| − | cannot depose.
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| − | To the second arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith that in the moneth
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| − | of August last past the arlate Joseph Markes and John Baptista
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| − | Magheritta (sic) and others all Spanish merchants & subiects of y:e King of Spaine did for their
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| − | owne Accompt lade aboard the sayd shipp the ''ffortune'' then lyeing att
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| − | or neere Palma arlate three thousand hides or thereabouts, one
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| − | barr of sylver of the weight of eight hundred peices of 8/8 or
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| − | thereabouts, and about one thousand peices of eight in moneyes
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| − | about seven oreight barrells of Tobacco, and about fifty Potaccoes
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| − | all Spanish Tobacco, and about 2 barrells of Tortle shells three Church Bells and some wood for dying and allso
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| − | severall good quantityes of Ginger and sugars, most of which sugars
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| − | and ginger were lost in the shipwreck, to be transported to Dunkirke
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| − | and there to be delivered to the sayd merchants or their Agents for
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| − | their use and Accompt. And saith att the tyme of Lading the sayd
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| − | goods sylver and moneyes the aforesd merchants that did lade the
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| − | same were the true and lawfull owners thereof, and still are of
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| − | the sayd sylver and moneyes and somuch of the sayd goods as is not
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| − | destroyed by the sayd shipwrack, the p:rmisses this deponent knoweth
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| − | being p:rsent att the Lading of all the sayd goods sylver and moneyes
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| − | and knoweth that the sayd Spanish merchants were in the quiet and
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| − | peaceable possession of the same as and for their owne goods before
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| − | the lading thereof, and knoweth that they did lade the same for
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| − | their owne Accompt to be transported as aforesd. And otherwise cannot [depose]
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| − | To the third arle of the sayd allon this deponent saith that the sayd shipp
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| − | being laden as aforesayd in the month of August last past sett sayle
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| − | from the Isle of Palma and in her course towards Ostend were about
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| − | a league from Plymouth mett with a violent tempest about the
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| − | sixth day of September last past and in the same was cast away
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| − | and the master of her and all her cCompany and passengers aboard
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| − | three psons onely excepted were saved and came safe to shoare about
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| − | a league from Plymouth the place otherwise he knoweth not And
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| − | saith he knoweth the p:rmisses being a passenger aboard the sayd shipp
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| − | the voyage in question and aboard her when the sayd wrack hapned. And
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| − | otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − | To the fourth article of the sayd allon This deponent saith that many
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| − | of the sayd goods and merchandizes and pticularly a great number
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| − | of the sayd hides and a good quantity of the sayd Tobaccos of the
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| − | sight of this deponent came to shoare and were p:rserved; And he
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| − | saith he hath heard M:r Trevill deputy of the Vice Admiralty there say
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| − | that himself had some of the sayd goods in his possession, And heard
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| − | likewise some of the English that came to the Strand upon the sayd
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| − | wrack say that they had found some baggs of peices of 8/8. And otherwise
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| − | cannot depose, saveing he hath heard two of the sayd bells came safe to shoare,//
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| − | P1110122
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| − | f. 36 verso
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| − | //And saith the sayd goods so brought to shoare into the possession of the
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| − | sayd Vice Admiralls officers and ministers were and are the very same
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| − | goods Laden as aforesd att Palma for the Accompt of the aforesd
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| − | merchants Spaniards, and not diverse and hath heard that severall
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| − | quantityes of the sayd moneyes were taken up by the people a shoare, and that the
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| − | aforesd bells came safe to shoare. And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − | To the fifth arle of the sayd allon this deponent saith that the sayd Phillip
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| − | Dunker is a fflandrian borne an Inhabitant of Antweroe and subiect
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| − | of the Kinge of Spaine and so accounted, And the sayd Joseph Marjes
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| − | John Baptista Magheritta and others the owners of the aforesayd goods
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| − | moneyes sylver and lading are all of them Spaniards and subiects
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| − | of the King of Spaine and so accounted, the aforesayd Dunker
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| − | excepted who is a fflandrian as a foresayd and had a good advanture
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| − | aboard the sayd shipp in sugars, all or most whereof is lost, and
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| − | some few ?Polacoes of Tobacco which are p:rserved as he beleiveth.
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| − | And further he cannot depose.
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| − | To y:e Crosse Interries
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| − | To the first he saith he was a passenger aboard the sayd shipp and
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| − | was in her and continued in her all the voyage to the tyme that she was
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| − | cast away. And saith the sayd shipp as hee hath heard began her voyage
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| − | from Dunkirke, and he knoweth she was to have returned thither and
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| − | there have ende her voyage. And otherwise negatively.
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| − | To the 2:d he saith he cannot depose.
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| − | To the 3:d he saith he hath allready specified the merchants owners of the
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| − | sayd goods sylver and moneys, and saith he saw them all in the Isle
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| − | of Palma att the tyme of lading the sayd money sylver and goods
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| − | And saith he knoweth that the aforesayd goods sylver and moneyes
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| − | were and are the goods of the sayd Spaniards and suniects of the King
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| − | of Spaine, for that the syd sylver moneyes hides Tobaccoos ginger and Tortle shells
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| − | were by the sayd merchants bought in the Indies where none but Spaniards
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| − | doe usually trade, and this REndent himselfe bought and procured pt
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| − | of them of severall Inhabitants of the sayd Indies , and knoweth
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| − | that the rest were there likewise bought and procured for the sayd
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| − | Accompt with the proceed of merchandises carryed thither by this
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| − | Rendent and others, And the same all came from the Indies to Palma
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| − | and a great pt of them in the same shipp with the REndant and
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| − | whereof himselfe had the goverm:t and the aforesd Spanish merchants
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| − | came along from the Indies to Palma with their sayd goods and did
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| − | many of them come along with the same from Palma, and two of the?m
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| − | were cast away with the sayd shipp. And otherwise cannot depose saving
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| − | y:t the said bells belong to a Church in Palma, and were to be ?new XX and founded in fflanders:
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| − | To the fourth he saith there were aboard the sayd shipp att the tyme
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| − | she was cast away severall bills of lading for the sayd merchants
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| − | goods, some whereof came into the hands of the sayd M:r Travill.
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| − | To the fifth he saith the sayd goods money as sylver he knoweth doe
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| − | really belong to the subiects of the King of Spaine, as he hath
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| − | above declared, and otherwise negatively.
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| − | XXXOAN XXXX [RH side: His signature]
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| − | SAM DELAPLACE [LH side: His signature]//
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| − | ===Case: Claim of widow of Hance ?Lemmermann of Hamburg et al: Deposition: Jacob Wigandi, of Hambrorough, Merchant, aged 25: Date: November 2 1653===
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| − | P1110123
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| − | f. 85 recto
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| − | The 2:d day of Novemb:r 1653:
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| − | The clayme of the widdowe of Hance ?Lemmerman)
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| − | of Hamborough deceased, and of John Lemmerman)
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| − | Hans Lemmerman and Thomas Lemmerman for
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| − | their goods in the ''Black Cock'', whereof John ffrans?ea
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| − | ??Saon was master) Budd ffrancklin)
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| − | jus.:
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| − | ?vide ?Y.?Y.
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| − | JACOB WIGANDI of Hambrorough
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| − | Merchant aged 25. yeares or thereabouts
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| − | a Wittnes sworne and examined saith
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| − | and deposeth as followeth Viz:t
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| − | To the first second and third arles of the said Allon hee saith & deposeth
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| − | That in or about the moneth of January 1652. (new style) one
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| − | Abraham Vergensis of Dantsick in Poland, (whom this depon:t hath
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| − | for theise 5 (Poss 6) yeares and upwards by Correspondencie well knowne to
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| − | be ffacto:r agent or correspondent to the pties producent, and for severall
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| − | yeares before, as hee hath observed by their bookes of accompts) by the order
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| − | and direction of Katharine ?Lemmerman the Relict of the said Hance
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| − | ?Lemmerman and of John, Hance and Thomas ?Lemmerman heires of
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| − | the said deceased, and for their accompt did take to freight
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| − | of the said John ffransen ?Saon (then and for some time before and
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| − | after Master of the said shipp the ''Black Cock'') his said shipp then lying//
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| − | P1110124
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| − | f. 85 verso
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| − | //at or neare Dantsicke, to saile from thence to ?Polticher Wick about
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| − | 6. Dutch miles from dantzicke, and there to take in a ffull ladeing
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| − | of pipestaves and clapboard, and to saile with the same from
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| − | thnce to S:t Lucar in Spaine, and in her Course thitherwards to
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| − | putt into Medenblick in Holland to attend Companie from those parts
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| − | for his better securitie againste the Zurkish shippe and sea Powers, and
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| − | being there arrived to unlade the said goods at S:t Lucar aforesaid, and to
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| − | receive such lading aboard his said shipp as hee there should be ordered and
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| − | appointed by the producents in this Cause and to bring and discharge the same to and at Amsterdam
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| − | for the said producents accompt; for which Voyage the said Master was to
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| − | have three thousand seaven hundred and fiftie gild:rs or florens, a
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| − | thousand floryns whereof were actually received by the said M:r in
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| − | Holland from Bernard ?Passo (OR, Rasso) and Companie facto:rs and Correspondents
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| − | of the said parties producent by their Order as by y:e schedule or originall acquittance now exted by the XXXX And to the effect aforesaid
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| − | upon or about the 22:th say of january 1652. new styl, a Charter ptie
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| − | was duly made between the said Abraham Vergensis on the behalf of
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| − | y:e said producents, and y:e said John ffranson ?Saon, which hee knoweth
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| − | because he was present at the contract and agreem:t aforesaid, and acting
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| − | and assisting in the making thereof, and as Wittnesse thereof signed and
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| − | subscribed the same, And saith That according to the said Contract in or
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| − | about the moneths of ffebrurary or March 1652. new style, the said shipp
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| − | uncer the Conduct of the said John ffranson ?Lsaon sett saile and
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| − | departed from Dantzicke to the Poltischer Wick aforesaid, where by
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| − | the order of the said facto:r shee received her full lading of Pipestaves
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| − | and Clapboard to bee transported in y:e said shipp to S:t Lucars aforesaid
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| − | and there to be delivered unto John ?Srrother ffacto:r and Correspondent
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| − | to the said pties producent for their accompt; whereupon after the
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| − | receiving of, the said lading the said shipp set sayle therewizj from y:e
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| − | Politscher Wick aforesaid, and in her Course towards S:t Lucar came
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| − | to Modenblick as aforesaid to attend Companie for the securitie of he
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| − | passage to S:t Lucar, where about the monethe of August or September
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| − | in the yeare 1652 last past shee arrived, and the said Lading was there delivered as aforesaid
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| − | Which hee knowethm being ffacto:r to and for the said pties producent, and
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| − | present at Dantsicke wher the said shipp sett saile from thence with
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| − | order to proceed as aforesaid. and since by letters of advise assured of the
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| − | trueth and realitie of the p:rmisses, And otherwise cannot depose
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| − | To the 4:th arle of the said Allon hee saith and deposeth, THat in or
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| − | about the moneth of October in the yeare 1652: last past, and after
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| − | the delivery of the said pipestaves and clapboards to the said John
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| − | SSrother and Companie Correspond:ts to the said pties producent by their
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| − | order and direction, the said John Srrother and Companies laded and
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| − | putt on board or casued to be laden and putt on board the said shipp
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| − | ''Black Cocke'' then laying before S:t Lucar in Spaine One hundred
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| − | ninety and six butts of sack, six butts of XXent wyne, two hundred
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| − | small barrells of olives, and seaventeene hogsheads: of olives, and nine
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| − | hundred//
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| − | P1110125
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| − | f. 86 recto
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| − |
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| − | //hundred and ninetie dozen of Corke all well conditioned and y:s:d butts of wine marked
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| − | with the marke in the margent [L.H. margin: A. S. (with vertical I through S) M.] to be transported and carried in the said
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| − | shipp from S:t Lucar aforesaid to Amsterdam: there to be delivered
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| − | to Bernardo ?Pas (Or, Ras) and Companie the ffacto:rs agents and Correspondents
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| − | of the said parties producent for their prop accompt, and upon their adventure,
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| − | Which he knoweth for that hee this depon:t being as aforesaid facto:r and
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| − | agent to and for the said parties producent, and being from Dantzicke arrived
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| − | at Hamborough in or about the moneth of Novemb:r 1653. and there
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| − | frequently and familiarly conversant with the said pties producent, they a
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| − | acquainted this depon:t that they had given order to the said John Srrother and
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| − | Companie their said Correspondents, to lade the said shippe with wine and other
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| − | Commodities for their accompt (in ?returne of goods the said ffacto:rs had received from
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| − | them) to be transported and delivered as aforesaid; And for that this depon:t
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| − | being here in London about the later end of December 1652. about the said
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| − | producents occasions, they the said producents having intelligence that the said
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| − | shipp and ladeing were brought up into England, sent a lre to this depon:t
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| − | advising him this depon:t thereof, and gave him order to reclayme the goods
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| − | predeposed, and to that end they also sent him two originall bills of
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| − | lading, one for the goods predeposed, and the other for a quantitie of goods
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| − | in y:e same shipp, belonging to the said John Scrother, together with an
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| − | Attestation under the seale of Hamnorough for and concerning the propriety
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| − | of the goods predeposed, wherby this depon:t is fully and absolutely assured
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| − | that the said goods before sewally expressed did and doe in trueth and reality belong
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| − | unto the said producents as the true and lawfull Own:rs and Proprieto:rs
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| − | thereof, and for such the said producents were and are commonly accompted
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| − | reputed and taken, And otherwise cannot depose:
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| − |
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| − | To the 5:th arle of the said Allon hee saith and deposeth, That the wines
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| − | olives and Corke sewally before expressed were, (as hee firmely for the reasons
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| − | precedent and subsequent is assured) brought and provided by the said John
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| − | Scrrother and Companie with the moneys effects or goods of the said producents
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| − | remaining in their hands, for that this depon:t being az Hamborough w:th
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| − | the said producents about a yeare agoe was by them entrusted and employed
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| − | as being their ffacto:r and agent to see and peruse their bookes of accompts,
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| − | wherein and whereby he found and observed, That the said producents in the yeare 1662. Past past in sewall
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| − | shipps had sent from Hamborough to their said facto:r in Spaine, and returne thereof to be made
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| − | unto them in Wines and other Commodities, Viz:t in one fatt n:° 1, marked A 10. pieces of
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| − | sup fine wire n:° 1/4. 20. peeces of y:e same. 12. of ?ring wyer n:° 1/2. 30. peeces of 4?S8 wyer n:° 1. 30. peeces 3/8
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| − | wire n:° 2. 30. peices of middle wire n:° 3. 30. peeces of needle wire n:° 4. 30. ps of small wyer n:° 5. 30
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| − | pieces of Course wire n:° 6.( 210 peeces of sorted iron wire at 50/8 p piece, 200. locks of sewall sorte n:° 2 : 3: 4. 5. 6. 8. 10. 12 at 30S8 p peece; and ina fatt n:° 2. 100 peeces of small wire, 130 peeces of course wire,
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| − | 230 pieces of wire att 33 Ss a piece, and swall other quantities of wire, knives, Slesia linnen,
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| − | fustian, ?Bounsion and other goods wares and merchandizes, the numbers quantities and valewe
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| − | whereof this depo:t observed on the same produc_ts bookes of accompts, and t whom consigned for y:e
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| − | use and accompt afore mencconed, which said goods the said ffacto:r accordingly received, as this
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| − | depo:t by lres of advise sent to the said producents after the receipt thereof, hath well observed
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| − | and with the proceeds thereof, and of the said lading of pipestaves and Clapboard y:e
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| − | said ffacto:r provided and procured the wines and other goods now Claymed XX y:e accompt
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| − | of the said producents, Which hee knoweth for the reasons p:rdeposed, And otherwise
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| − | cannot depose
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| − | To y:e 6:th//
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| − | P1110126
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| − | f. 86 verso
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| − | //To the 6:th and 7;:th arles of the said Allon and XXXX
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| − | XX annexed h
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| − | P1110127
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| − | f. 87 recto
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| − |
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| − | //generally knowne and reputed for Natives of Hamborough, and Subiects of
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| − | that State where they have held their constanta nd continuall residence till
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| − | this p:rsent, Which hee knoweth being also a native of Hamborough and
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| − | Agent to the said produc:ts And otherwise cannot depose:
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| − |
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| − | To the 12:th hee saith his foregoing depon is true.
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| − |
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| − | To the Crosse Interries:
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| − |
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| − | To the first negatively:
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| − |
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| − | To the second hee saith hee well knoweth the pties interrate, and saith that for
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| − | 10. yeares last past of this deponts knowledge they have all of them lived in the
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| − | XXXX in Hamborough: And otherwise saving his foregoing depon hee saith hee
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| − | cannot depose:
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| − |
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| − | To the 3. hee saith hee hath by correspondency and psonally knowne the interrate
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| − | Abraham ?Vergensis for about 5 yeares last past, who is a High German and a
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| − | married man, and hath lived in Dansicke for all that time, and many yeares before, as
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| − | this depo:t hath credibly heard, and the interrate John Srrother hee hath knowne by
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| − | correspondency for about 5. yeares who is a Hamburgh:r bourne and so commonly accompted
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| − | and is a Batchelo:r:
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| − |
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| − | To the 4:th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoing depons, And otherwise cannot
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| − | depose not being present at the buying of the goods interrate: saving that pt of
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| − | the goods sent from Hamborough as is p:rdeposed, were sent by ?Heyn ?Sroebach
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| − | and Henry Srrother and other Hamborough shippers.:
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| − |
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| − | To the 5:th hee saith the said John Srrother is facto:r to the said producents but not
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| − | they to him. And otherwise not being in the Voyage in question hee cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the 6:th negatively.:
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| − |
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| − | To the 7:th hee saith by vertue of his oath, that for the reasons by him p:rdeposed
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| − | this depon:t is fully convinced in Conscience that the bill of lading by him p:rdeposed
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| − | is reall and true, and so made and done as therein is expressed, wherein hee is
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| − | the more confirmed for that this depon:t after hee had received y:e said Bill of Lading
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| − | from Hamborough as aforesaid, shewed at ?Medenbburk in y:e yeare 1653 unto y:e said John ffransen ?Saon who
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| − | declared unto this depon:t that upon solemn oath hee was ready to attest the trueth of
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| − | y:e said bill of Lading, and for that this depon:t by meanes of Correspondency is very
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| − | well acquainted with the usuall handwriting of the said John Srrother, wherew:th
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| − | the said bill of Lading was and is filled up. And otherwise cannot depose:
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| − |
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| − | To the 8:th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoing depon. And otherwise cannot
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| − | depose:
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| − |
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| − | To the 9:th hee cannot otherwise depose than as is by him predeposed
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| − |
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| − | To the 10:th negatively.
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| − |
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| − | To the 11:th hee saith hee hath seene and pused the Copie of the letter in y:e said
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| − | producents Custodie, wherein they had ordered him to lade wine and olives, for
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| − | theri accompt in liew of the goods by them sent to him as is predeposed.:
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| − |
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| − | To the 12:th hee saith hee this depon:t is a Hamburgh:r by birth and habitaccon
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| − | when hee is there, And otherwise negatively.
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| − |
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| − | To the 13. negatively.
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| − |
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| − | To the 14. hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing depon to the 1. 2. and 3. arles
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| − | of the said Allon:
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| − |
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| − | To the 15. and 16:th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing depon:
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| − |
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| − | To the 17: hee saith, that there is insurance made of 600:li flemmish by ?Peter
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| − | DXXck of 600:li fflemish by frans Sluyer, of 600:li flemmish by Jurian Srathering, and
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| − | of 800:li flemmish by Lodowick ?fraulus all merchants and subiects of Hamburgh, and
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| − | none of them Subiects of the King of States interrate. And otherwise cannot depose//
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| − | P1110128
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| − | P1110138
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| − | f. 86 verso
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| − | To the 6:th and 7:th arles of the said Allon and schedule therein menconed but
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| − | not anneyed hee saith and deposeth, that, as this depont hath credibly
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| − | been informed and firmely beleeveth, the sayd John ffransen ?Lsaon at or
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| − | about the time of the lading of the sewall wuantities of goods predeposed, signed
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| − | and firmed to three bills of lading all of one teno:r for y:e said goods, one whereof
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| − | the said M:r hath seqall times affirmed to this depon:t was aboard his said shipp
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| − | at the time shee was surprized and taken by the ''Speaker ffriggott'', and came
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| − | to the hands of the seiz:r, another being sent over Land to the producents at
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| − | Hamborough this depon:t , as aforesaid received from them, and the same hee
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| − | hath since sent annexed to a Commission from this Court expressely sent
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| − | to S:t Lucar in Spaine for the examination of wittnesses
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| − | concerning the trueth of the matter in question, which said bill of lading
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| − | this depon:t for the reasons p:rmised is fully assured to bee a true and reall
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| − | bill of lading, and no way fictitious or colourable. And otherwise referring
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| − | himselfe to his foregoing depon hee cannot depose; saving hee beleeveth y:e
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| − | third originall bill of Lading according to the usuall custome is remaining
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| − | in the hande of the said ffacto:r
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| − |
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| − | To the 8:th hee saith hee hath credibly heard and firmely beleeveth, THat y:e
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| − | said shipp with her Ladeing predeposed on board her being in her direct
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| − | Course for Amsterdam were mett withall surprized and taken by the s:d
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| − | ship the ''Speaker ffrigatt'' and Captaine and Companie thereof by whom
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| − | they were brought to Dover in England. And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the 9:th hee saith, That in the yeare 1652. and moneth therein
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| − | respectively concerning, and for 5. yeares before and till this p:rsent
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| − | the arlate John Scrrother an Bernardo Ras, were and are the
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| − | ffacto:rs agents and Correspondents of the said producents, and for such
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| − | commonly repute and taken, Which hee knoweth having for the like time
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| − | been book keep and facto:r to the said producents, and thereby well
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| − | acquainted with the p:rmisses. And othwrwise cannot depose; saving that by that
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| − | Pduce:ts bookes of accompte this dep:t hath observed y:t they have for sewall yeares before ?been their facto:rs
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| − |
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| − | To the 10:th hee saith, That the said Hans Lemmerman deceased was
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| − | according to common report a Native of the Citie of Hamborough and a
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| − | Subiect of that ffree State untill his death, and for such commonly reputed
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| − | and taken, and that for sewall yeares before his death hee was a merchant
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| − | well knowne to drive a great trade in Spaine, which trade is since his death
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| − | continued by the said producents, of this depon:ts cetaine knowledge, and y:e
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| − | said John Lemmerman Thomas Lemmerman and Hance Lemmerman
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| − | were and are the naturall and lawfull children of y:e said Hans Lemmerman
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| − | deceased, and for such well knowne and generally accompted at Hamborough
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| − | aforesaid, and are heires of the said deceased, And saith that the said
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| − | producents were are and ought to bee the true and lawfull Own:rs of
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| − | the wines and of her goods predeposed now claymed in their names, Which
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| − | hee knoweth for the reasons by him predeposed. And otherwise cannot
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| − | depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the 11:th hee saith that the said Katharine Lemmermann the Relict of
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| − | the said Hans Lemmerman deceased, and the said John Lemmermann
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| − | Thomas Lemmerman and Hanse Lemmerman were and are all of them
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| − | generally//
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| − | P1110128
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| − | f. 87 verso
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| − |
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| − | //To the 18:th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing depon
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| − |
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| − | To the 19:th hee saith that hee this depon deceived the bill of lading by
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| − | him predeposed from the producents by a ordinary packett or poast, And
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| − | otherwise saving his foregoing depon hee cannot depose:
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| − |
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| − | To the 20:th hee saith hee well knoweth the interraze Bernardo Pas (OR, Ras)
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| − | and Companie, whoa re all of them Native of High Germanie, and
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| − | live in Amsterdam, but have no share part or interest in the goods
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| − | predeposed, but were onely to have disposed of the same for the said
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| − | producents accompt, on Case they had arrived at Amsterdam, and that
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| − | upon provision usually given in ffacto:s in such Cases:
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| − |
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| − | To the 21:th hee saith hee knoweth the interrate Joachim Verpoorten rend:t
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| − | at Amsterdam. And otherwise saving his foregoing depon hee saith
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| − | hee cannot depose:
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| − |
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| − | To the 22:th hee saith, that the interrate John Srrother dooth trade in
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| − | ?Merchandices for his owne accompt, And otherwise cannot depose:
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| − |
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| − | To the 23:th hee saith hee dooth not know neither hath hee over heard
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| − | amongst Merchants, That when Two States or Nations are at Warr
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| − | one with another, (especially the said warr not being declared and made
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| − | knowne by publique XXX,) All or andWines whatsoever consigned or,
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| − | sent by free persons to any port of either of the said
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| − | states or nations there to be discharged for y:e accompt of such free psons are or ever were accompted
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| − | Contrabanda goods; or justly considerable by any that seize them: And
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| − | otherwise canot depose
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| − |
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| − | Repeated before S:r Clarke and
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| − | D:r Godolphin:
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| − |
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| − | JACOBI WIGANDI Vansamborgse
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| − | P1110129
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| − | f. 89 recto
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| − | ===Case: Clayme of Domingo Centurione for wools in the Morning Starr: Deposition: 3. Michael van Lubkin, of Hamborough, Mariner, Master of the Morning Starr, aged 31 Date: November 22nd 1653===
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| − | P1110130
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| − | f. 89 verso
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| − | P1110131
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| − | f. 90 recto
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| − | P1110132 MISSING
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| − | P1110133
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| − | ===Case: XXMartyn ?Nokote Matheas ?SwellinXXXXX and Company, Owners of the ffaith of ?Stettyn: Deposition: Thomas Adams, of Dartmouth, Devon, Gent, aged 42 Date: November 22nd 1653===
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| − | P1110138
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| − | P1110141
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| − | f. 87 recto
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| − |
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| − | P1110142
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| − | f. ? verso
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| − | ===Case: Clayme of Colonell Thomas Pride et al for beef and pork put aboard the Sea fflower: Deposition: John Snowe, of Bristoll, Somerset, Agent for the Victuallers of the Navie of the Commonwealth, aged 35: Date: October 26th 1653===
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| − | P1110144
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| − | f. 123 verso
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| − | //The 26:th of October 1653.
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| − |
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| − | Examined upon an allegaccon on the behalfe of the sayd
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| − | Claymers
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| − |
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| − | The clayme of Colonell Thomas Pride & the rest)
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| − | of the victuallers of the Navie of this Commonwealth)
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| − | for beefe & porke put aboard the ''Sea fflower'')
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| − | whereof Thomas Harris was M:r Clements)
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| − | Budd)
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| − |
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| − | 1. JOHN SNOWE of Bristoll in the County of
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| − | Somerset Agent for the Victualers of the Navie of this Common
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| − | Wealth aged 35 years or thereabouts a witness
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| − | sworne and examined saith and deposeth as followeth
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| − | viz:t
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| − |
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| − | To the first second and third Articles of the sayd allegation hee saith &
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| − | deposeth that hee this depo:t hath bin imployed by the arclate Colonell Thomas Proud
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| − | & others the victuallers of the Navie of this Commonwealth, to furnish the sayd
| |
| − | Navie with provisions of victualls as their Agent under them for these two yeares last & uowards and did by
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| − | their order and appointment provide himselfe lade, and cause his this deponents ?source
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| − | to lade on board the ''Sea fflower'' arlate whereof the
| |
| − | arlate Thomas Harris was Master, (and alsoe reputed sole Owner)
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| − | certayne hogsheads and barrells conteyning in them eleven thousand eight
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| − | hundred and twenty, fower pounds peeces of beefe, and eleven thousand
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| − | eight hundred & three, two pound peeces of porke, and caused the same
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| − | soe to be laded & put on board the sayd shipp about the first day of
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| − | may 1653 to be transported from Bristoll arlate to Portsmouth
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| − | arlate for the use of this Commonwealth to victuall their Navie there
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| − | therewith, and the sayd shipp departed therewith about the Month of
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| − | May aforesayd with intente to transporte the same to Portsmouth
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| − | aforesayd, the p:rmisses hee the better knoweth for that hee this deponent
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| − | bought all the sayd beefe & porke, & sawe the same loaded on board
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| − | the sayd shipp at the publique key of Bristoll aforesayd, And saith that
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| − | as hee this deponent hath bin certified by letters from the sayd Thomas Harris
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| − | the Master of the sayd shipp & alsoe by letters from one m:r Manley an
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| − | agent alsoe to the sayd Colonell Pride & the other Victualers of the Navie
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| − | aforesayd living at Plymouth (which letters hee beleeveth to be true) the sayd
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| − | shipp the ''Sea fflower'' was in her Course towards Portsmouth mett with
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| − | and seized by a dutchman of Warr with the said victuals on board her & by her carried to S:t Malloo in
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| − | ffrance, and ?coming forth to Sea againe from thence with the sayd
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| − | Beefe & Porke in her the
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| − | sayd shipp the ''Sea fflower'' with her sayd victualls or a great part thereof
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| − | on board her was retaken by the ''Saphir ffrigatt'' arlate & by her
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| − | brought into Plymouth arlate where as this deponent beleeveth she
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| − | still remayneth and the beefe & porke in her which was taken therewith XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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| − | And further to these articles hee cannot depose.//
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| − | P1110145
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| − | f. 124 recto
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| − |
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| − |
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| − | //To the 4:th article of the sayd allegacon hee saith that
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| − | for the reasons before expressed vizt for that hee was Agent to the victualers
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| − | aforesayd and in their behalfe did buy & provide all the Beefe & Porke aforesayd
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| − | hee well knoweth that the same cost, and was worth at the tyme of thee
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| − | ladeing thereof on board the sayd shipp the sea fflowers nyne hundred pounds
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| − | tenn shillings of lawfull English money, and beleiveth the same was worth
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| − | as many at the tyme of the seizure arlate & alsoe when it was retaken
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| − | & further cannot depose
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| − |
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| − | To the 5:th hee sayth the arlate Colonell Pride & the post of the Victualers
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| − | arlate are English men & subiects of this Comonwealth & soe Accompted
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| − | And further hee cannot depose
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| − |
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| − | To the last hee saith that his foregoeing deposition is true
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| − |
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| − | To the Crosse Interries.
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| − |
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| − | To the first Interrogatorie hee saith that hee was not in the Shipp the ''Sea fflower''
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| − | when shee went from Bristoll but was on shoare and ?see her sett sayle from
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| − | thence & further to his Interr hee cannot depose (saving his foregoeing
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| − | deposicon to which hee referreth) for that hee was not p:rsent at either of the seizures
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| − | made of her, but had only recvd advise thereof as aforesayd by letters.
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| − |
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| − | To the second Interr hee saith that hee this deponent (by name John Snowe) bought
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| − | the sayd beefe & porke & laded the same as a foresayd by the order of the sayd Colonell
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| − | Thomas Pride & the rest of the victualers of the Navie of this Commonwealth and at
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| − | their proper cost & charge & they the sayd victualers were really to have borne the
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| − | losse thereof if it had not bin retaken And saith they did not take it nor were
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| − | to take it at a ?prize in case it came safe to Portsmouth Interrogate.
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| − | To the third hee saith hee hath not seene the beefe & porke now claymed since first
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| − | hee this deponent caused it to be laden on board at Bristoll but beleevth that
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| − | it is the same which was laden upon the Accompt of the victualers & Navy Interr
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| − | And further cannot depose
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| − | To the last Interr hee saith hee cannot depose.
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| − | JOHN: SNOWE [His signature]
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| − | Repeated before D:r Clarke & D:r
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| − | ===Case: XXX: Deposition: John Thurmwood, of Redriff, Surrey, Masters Mate of the Endeavour, aged 46: Date: November 7th 1653===
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| − | The seventh of November 1654
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| − | Exaed on the allegaccon on behalfe of the sayd William XXXX
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| − | A business of clearing and dischargeing William ?Jope)
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| − | and the Shipp named the ''Endeavour'' (whereof the sayd)
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| − | William Jope is Master) from the matters conteyned in)
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| − | a pretended protest made against him by Daniell)
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| − | ffairvacks (sic) ffraighter of the sayd shipp, and of ?recovering)
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| − | of the moneys due for the service of the sayd Shipp since
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| − | the 20:th day of July last of this p:rsent yeare 1653)
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| − | XXXded by the says William ?Jope against the sayd
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| − | Daniell ffayrefaxe (sic) Budd Smith)
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| − | JOHN THURMWOOD of Redriff in the
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| − | County of Surrey Mariner Masters Mate
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| − | of the sayd shipp the ''Endeavour'' aged 46
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| − | yeares or thereabouts a witnes sworne and
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| − | examined saith & deposeth and followeth
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| − | Viz:t.
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| − | To the first second & 4:th articles of the sayd allegation hee saith and//
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| − | ===Case: XXX: Deposition: Lorenzo Michael, of Sevill, Spayne, Corporall of the Harry Bonadventure, aged 30: Date: September 20:th 1653===
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| − | The 20:th day of September 1653
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| − | A Busines of Examinaccon of Witnesses)
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| − | for the perpetuall Remembrance of the
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| − | matter on behalfe of the Keeper of)
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| − | the Liberty of England by authority of)
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| − | Parliament concerning the losse of a)
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| − | Certaine shipp named the ''Harry
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| − | Bonadventure'' whereof Robert Swanley)
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| − | was Captaine and the goods that were)
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| − | in her and concerning a certaine shipp)
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| − | or vessell named the ''S:t Peter'' where of)
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| − | one Claes Symondson CoXXXX was master)
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| − | being a shipp formerly belonging to)
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| − | the Dutch subiects of the States of the)
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| − | united Provinces and taken and seized by)
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| − | Captaine Swanly in the sayd shipp the ''Harry)
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| − | Bonadventure'' in the immediate service of)
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| − | this Commonwealth Bud)
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| − | Examined upon an Allegaccon on the
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| − | behalfe of the sayd Keeper of the
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| − | Liberty of England by Authorty
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| − | of Parliament.
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| − | LORENZO MICHAEL of Sevill in
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| − | Spayne Corporall of the sayd shipp
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| − | the ''Harry Bonadventure'' aged thirty
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| − | yeares or thereabouts a witnes sworne
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| − | and examined deposeth and saith as
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| − | followeth. vizt.
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| − | To the first Article of the sayd Allon This deponent saith and deposeth that
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| − | in the monethes of January ffebruary & March 1652. and in March Aprill May June and July of this p:rsent yeare 1653. the arlate shipp
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| − | the ''Harry Bonadventure'' was imployed and sett to sea in the immediate
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| − | service of the Commonwealth upon a warlike voyage under the Command
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| − | of the arlate Captaine Robert Swanley with a lawfull Commission to
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| − | surprize and take all ffrench shipps; and all Dutch shipps belonging
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| − | to any Port or place of the United Provinces, and all other shipps
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| − | whatsoever belonging to the knowne enemies of this Commonwealth and
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| − | the sayd shipp did proceed upon the sayd designe and expediccon accordingly
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| − | The p:rmisses this deponent knoweth to be true for that he served in the
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| − | sayd shipp during all the tyme aforesayd as Corporall of the Souldiers
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| − | on board her, and saw the Commission aforessaid on board, which sayd
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| − | Commission the sayd Captaine Swanly did of the knowledge of this deponent
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| − | execute on the behalfe of this Commonwealth And otherwise cannot depose
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| − |
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| − | To the second Article of the sayd Allegaccon This deponent saith and deposeth
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| − | that in the monthes of May or June last past the tyme otherwise he remembreth
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| − | not, The sayd shipp the ''Harry Bonadventure'' by Order from M:r Longland
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| − | Agent att Leghorne for this Commonwealth of England sett sayle from
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| − | Messina towards Tunis, and in her Course thithe, haveing neere Cape
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| − | ?Spertovento mett with two dutch shippes who assaulted the ''Harry Bonadventure''
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| − | and made shott against her, The sayd Captaine Robert Swanley and Company
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| − | in pursuance of their sayd Commission and by vertue of the same fought
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| − | with the sayd two dutch shipps with their sayd shipp of warr the ''Harry
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| − | Bonadventure'', and after a sharpe dispatch for the space of four houres
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| − | or thereabouts after much dammage and hurt to y:e ''Harry Bonadventure''
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| − | subdued surprized and tooke the better and stronger of the sayd two dutch
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| − | shipps, that is to say the sayd shipp the ''S:t Peter'' whereof Clases Symondson
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| − | ?Cohone was master or Commander, together with all the goods and ladings
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| − | //that were on board her, and tooke out the Companie of the
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| − | ''S:t Peter'', (the sayd Master Clases Symondson being slayne in the fight) and
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| − | putt them aboard the ''Harry Bonadventure'' and became absolute maisters (sic) and
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| − | Possessors of the says shipp the ''S:t Peter'' and all her lading. The p:rmisses
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| − | This deponent knoweth to be true, being Corporall of the Souldiers of the
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| − | sayd ''Harry Bonadventure'' and p:rsent aboard and engaged in the sayd fight
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| − | and knowing and seing the p:rmisses so had and done as he hath now
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| − | declared, and otherwise cannot depose of.
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| − | To th third Article of the sayd allon This deponent saith and deposeth That
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| − | the sayd shipp the ''S:t Peter'' was of the burthen of 500 tonnes or therabouts
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| − | and was compleatly fitted with Rigging, anchors Cables mast yards and
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| − | other appurtenances, and cictualled for 2 or 3 monthes, and carryed aboard
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| − | 24 gunnes of a good large size with all necessaryes, and powder shott
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| − | musketts pistolls Carbines, pikes halfe pikes and other munition of warr
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| − | answereable. And further saith she was richly laden with divers sorts of
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| − | rich goods and merchandizes of the sight of this deponent as full as she could well voard, as ?namels
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| − | 600 Chests of Quicksylver. severall great quantityes of Rice. XXXXX
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| − | Currants ffennell and Comin (OR, cumin) seedsm ffustick and almonds the certaine ?quantutyes
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| − | whereof this deponent cannot sett forth. And saith there was likewise on board
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| − | her a great quantity of looking glasses and drinking glasses and allso of XX
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| − | and other wares of great value which this deponent cannot specify. And
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| − | further saith that he heard the Purser of the sayd shipp the ''S:t Peter'' XX
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| − | two hundred thowasand Crownes, and soemuch this deponent beleiveth the
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| − | same were worth, And further having not perused nor examined the
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| − | papers arlate he cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the fourth arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith and deposeth that of the
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| − | knowledge and sight of this deponent being Corporall of the ''Harry Bonadventure''
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| − | as aforesayd, the arlate shipp the ''S:t Peter'' and the other dutch shipp in Company
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| − | with her fought with and against the ''Harry Bonadventure'' by the pace of
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| − | fower hourse or thereabouts and made many shotts tt her and endeavoured
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| − | to surprize and take her, And farther saith that of the sight of this deponent
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| − | att the beginning of the sayd Chase or fight the sayd ''Harry Bonadventure''
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| − | had out and wore the English Colo:rs of this Commonwealth , and the sayd
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| − | two dutch shipps by and for all the sayd tyme had out and wore the ?said
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| − | Colo:rs of the States of the united Provinces, this deponent being aboard the
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| − | ''Harry Bonadventure'' for all the sayd tyme, and knoweing and seeing
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| − | the p:rmisses. And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − | To the fifth arle of the sayd allon this deponent saith that he heard the Purser XX
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| − | Shoreman Chyrugion and others of the Company of the ''S:t Peter'' arlate ?agree
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| − | they were subdued and taken as a foresayd say and declare severall tymes
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| − | that they and the rest of the sayd shippes Company were dutchmen subiects of
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| − | the States of the united Provinces and that the sayd shipp the ''S:t Peter'' did
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| − | belong to y:e Port of Amsterdam in Holland and that her owners did there
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| − | dwell and inhabite, and that all and singular the goods & Lading aboard the
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| − | sayd shipp were laden for the Accompt of the subiects of the sayd States of
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| − | the united Provinces, and that the sayd shipp and her lading were bound
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| − | for Amsterdam and that her ladeing was ther to be discharged, And saith ?the
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| − | //the sayd Purser and others of y:e Company of the ''S:t Peter'' did make the sayd
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| − | Confessions and declarations freely and voluntarily without any monaies
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| − | offered to them or any of them; And further saith that he this deponent saw
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| − | severall Letters ?found aboard the said shipp ''Peter'' which by the endorsements
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| − | thereof were directed to Amsterdam, and severall persons inhabiting there
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| − | And otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the sixth alre of the sayd allon This deponent saith and deposeth that upon the
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| − | taking of the sayd shipp the ''S:t Peter'', she being not able to keepe the sea
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| − | and the wind being contrary to goe to Tunis, and the sayd shipp the ''Harry
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| − | Bonadventure'' being much dammaged in her masts and rigging by reason
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| − | of the fight aforesayd, the arlate Capt Swanley and Company about the
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| − | beginning of June last the tyme otherwise he remembreth not
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| − | returned with both the sayd shipps into Messina, and there provided
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| − | themeselves of masts and other necessaries requisit to in able the sayd shipps
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| − | to proceed to Tunis aforesayd, the p:rmisses he knoweth being aboard
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| − | the ''Harry Bonadventure'' and returning in her to Messina in Company
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| − | of the ''S:t Peter''. And otherwise cannot depose-
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| − | The seventh arle of the sayd allon this deponent saith and deposeth that the
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| − | Governo:rs and Inhabitants of Messina being subiects of the King of Spaine
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| − | taking notice that the English had brought thither a prize of great value
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| − | taken from the dutch as aforesayd used meanes to dispossesse the sayd
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| − | Capt Swanley and his Company of the sayd Prize, and to that purpose hgave
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| − | intelligence to a Dutch shipp alled the ''Great Lyon'' that came from Smyrna
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| − | and into the Road of Messina
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| − | to avoyd the sayd Road much to the p:ruîudice of the English
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| − | And more over saith that he this deponent by the order of Capt Swanley
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| − | after treaty had with the sayd Governo:r for necessary provisions, to facilitate
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| − | that service p:rsented and delivered to the sayd Governo:r as a p:rsent fifty
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| − | ?Chiqueenes of gold and a faire Chest of Venice glasses, being in all
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| − | to the value of 150 Crownes, whereupon the sayd Governo:r promised the
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| − | sayd Capt Swanley all fitting accomodations, But this deponent saith that
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| − | the p:rmisses notwithstanding, the sayd Governo:r and Inhabitants of Messina
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| − | would not nor did suffer the sayd capt Swanley and Company to fetch
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| − | from the shoare the masts which they had provided as aforesd but kept and deteyned the same
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| − | from them, this deponent being an eye witnesse of their deportment and
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| − | carriage in that particular. And further he cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the eigth arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith That the sayd Captaine
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| − | Swanley thereupon sent John Merrick the leiftenant of the ''Harry Bonadventure''
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| − | and him this deponent Corporall thereof a shoare att Messina to procure and
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| − | buy fresh pieces of timber as might make their old masts serviceable for
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| − | supply of their p:rsent necessity, who being come a shoare, he the the (sic) sayd
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| − | John Merrick and this deponent were by order of the Governo:r of Messina and
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| − | without any offence given, or iust cause shewed by the Governo:r cast in to prison
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| − | without any examinaccon, ans aith the p:rmisses happened in the moneth
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| − | of June XX last past. the tyme otherwise he remembreth not. An otherwise
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| − | he cannot depose saving, he heard the Governo:r of Messina Don Antonio
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| − | XXX//
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| − | //To the twelfth arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith and deposeth that the
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| − | sayd Captaine Swanley and his Company upon the discovery of the foresayd
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| − | Dutch ffleet of the ?sayle of shipps finding themselves in danger advised
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| − | together and resolved that the best meanes that they could take for p:rservaccon
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| − | of themeselves and their sayd shipps was to putt in to the sayd port of Trapany<ref>Trapany (alias Trapani). Port city on the north-west tip of Sicily. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapani Wikipedia entry on Trapani], viewed 06/05/12</ref>
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| − | which sayd port is a place allso within the dominions of the King of Spaine
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| − | and accordingly they did putt into Trapany and gott with both their shipps
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| − | within pistoll shott of the ffort, and as neere ground as the burthen of
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| − | their shipps would pmitt, this deponent being p:rsent and knoweing and
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| − | seeing the p:rmisses. And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the thirteenth arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith and deposeth That
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| − | the aforesayd Dutch shipps following upn the ''Harry Bonadventure'' and
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| − | the ''S:t Peter'', the arlate Capt Swanley before the dutch shipps arrived
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| − | or came into the port tooke his master or leivetenant John Merick aforesd
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| − | and him this deponent being Corporall of the ''Harry Bonadventure'' along
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| − | with him and addressed himselfe to the Governo:r of Trapany Don Antonia
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| − | Rois de Chavis, and demanded of the sayd Governo:rs if he would protect
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| − | them and their sayd two shipps in his port, rep:rsenting to him the danger
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| − | they were in by the dutch shipps aforesayd making towards the sayd
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| − | port: And thereupon the Governo:r promised that the sayd dutch shipps
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| − | should not come into the sayd port, and in case they did yet the English
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| − | and their sayd two shipps should not be molested, and thereof bad the
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| − | sayd Capt Swanley to be secure, for that noe one should affront the English
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| − | in the chamber of his Master the King of Spaine, The p:rmisses this
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| − | deponent knoweth to be true being one that accompanies the sayd
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| − | Captaine Swanley as aforesayd and being a Spaniard assisting the
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| − | sayd Captaine in his Treaty with the sayd Governo:r and was p:rsent and
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| − | saw and heard the passafes aforesayd. And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the fourteenth arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith that the p:rmisses
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| − | not withstanding the sayd Governo:r of Trapanie (sic) contrary to his promise
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| − | suffered the sayd dutch shipps under the command of ?Young Van
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| − | Trump to come in to the sayd Port of Trapany and treated with the sayd
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| − | Van Trump, and messengers passed to and fro betwixt them in the sight
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| − | of this deponent who saw them so passe to and fro in the sayd Governo:rs
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| − | owne boat, and saw and observed that the dutch shipps forbore to enter
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| − | the port till the returne of their messenger from the Governo:r and then
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| − | immediately made into and entred the sayd Port. And further faith that
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| − | att the same tyme that the sayd Governo:rs boat passed as aforesayd betweene
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| − | Vantrumps (sic) sayd fleet and the shoare, he the sayd Governo:r sent a messenger
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| − | to captaine Swanly in a boat which Messenger in the Governo:rs name and in the
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| − | p:rsence and hearing of this deponent commanded the sayd Capt Swanly and
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| − | Companie that on paine of death they should not shoot so much as a pistoll
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| − | in port for that in his Masters Chamber the King of Spaine they
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| − | were and should be secure and safe, And further saith that the sayd
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| − | //had therein a Messenger of the sayd Young Van Trump, being his ?said
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| − | Interpreter and knoweth him this deponent, who then immediately went
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| − | off from the ''Harry Bonadeventure'', and in the sayd Governo:rs boat in the
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| − | sight of this deponent arrived att vantrumps owne shipp, And saith That
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| − | immediately thereupon the sayd dutch shipps made upp to the place where
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| − | the ''Harry Bonadventure'' and the prize the ''S:t Peter'' lay, and two of the
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| − | sayd dutch shipps in the sight of this deponent ?clapped aboard the sayd prize
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| − | the ''S:t Peter'', and four other dutch shipps clapped aboard the ''Harry
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| − | Bonadventure'', wherby the Company of the sayd Dutch shipps possessed
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| − | themselves of both the sayd shipps the ''Harry Bonadventure'' and the ''S:t
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| − | Peter'' lying both within pistoll shott of the ffort of Trapany as aforesayd
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| − | this deponent being then in the castle of Trapany and seeing all the sayd passages. And otherwise
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| − | cannot depose.
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| − | To the fifteenth arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith thatti colour this
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| − | busines there were about 12 small gunnes discharged from the Castle of
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| − | TRapany aforesayd but without shott, and noe execution done upon any of the
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| − | sayd Dutch shipps though one of their men of Warr was a ground. The
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| − | p:rmisses this deponent knoweth to be true, for that he was by Capt Swanley
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| − | afterwards upon the approach of the sayd Dutch shipps to make the sayd
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| − | seizure, sent a shoar, and gott acc?rosse into the Castle, and there saw the
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| − | souldiers manage the gunnes they so shott off as afoesayd, and by the
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| − | report or ?sound therof knoweth they were not laden with bullez
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| − | and saw two or three of the sayd Gunnes charged with powder onely and
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| − | noe bullet putt therein, being p:rsent att the tyme of their such chargeing
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| − | and from the sayd Castle walls saw the sayd English mann of warr and
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| − | prize ''S:t Peter'' boarded and seized as aforesayd, and one of the dutch
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| − | men of warr a ground as aforesayd, without any hurt or execution done upon
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| − | the dutch shipps fro y:e sayd Castle. w:ch he knoweth for the reasons aforesayd
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| − | And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the sixteenth arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith that the sayd Captaine
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| − | Swanley and Companie perceyving themeselves betrayed in manner as aforesayd
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| − | XXX so many of them as were not kept aboard the sayd dutch shippes
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| − | endeavoured to gett into the sayd Castle to make some shotts themselves ag:t
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| − | the sayd dutch shipps, but they were beaten downe and kept out by the
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| − | Captaine of y:e Castle and not p:rmitted so to doe, this deponent being att that
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| − | tyme in the castle and seeing and observing the p:rmisses. And otherwise
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| − | cannot depose.
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| − | To the seventeenth arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith and deposeth that the
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| − | sayd vanTrump (sic0 after he had surprized both the sayd shipps the ''Harry
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| − | Bonadventure'' and the ''S:t Peter'' of the sight and observacion of this
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| − | deponent struck his flagg three tymes and saluted the Towne with 5 or
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| − | 7 gunnes, which thing according to the common interpretation of such actions
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| − | and as this deponent beleiveth were by him done in token of his respect
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| − | and thankfullness to the sayd Towne and Governo:rs. And further he cannot
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| − | depose
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| − | To the eighteenth arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith and deposeth That
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| − | after the sayd Van Trump was gone away with the sayd two shipps ?there
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| − | //remained in the sayd Port of Trapanie two dutch merchants shipps till the
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| − | next day after, and saith that notwithstanding y:e sd Capt Swanly desired
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| − | and demanded of the sayd Governo:r satisfaction in the p:rmisses, noe restraint
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| − | was made of the sayd dutch merchants shipps nor any meanes used by the
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| − | sayd Towne of Governo:r for remedy of the English, this deponent
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| − | being p:rsent and seeing the p:rmisses, and hearing the sayd Governo:r say
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| − | he would not meddle with nor lay any restraint upon the sayd two dutch merchants
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| − | shipps. And otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − | To the nineteenth and 20:th arles of the sayd allon This deponent saith that about and
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| − | soone after the aforesayd passages there was a Common XXXX and ?fame anongst
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| − | the Inhabitants of Trapany that the English were betrayed by the sayd Governo:r
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| − | and that he the sayd Governo:r had recyved a large reward or bribe in that
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| − | behalfe. And saith that the sayd shipp the ''Harry Bonadventure'' was a
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| − | strong and able shipp but the certayne burthen of her he knoweth not.
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| − | And saith the sayd shipp was compleatly fitted with Rigging, Anchors
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| − | Cables, masts yards and other necessaries, and had 110 men belonging to
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| − | her, and was victualled for .6. monethes, and had aboard her 41, gunnes
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| − | and two brasse mXXtering peices, and necessaries thereto appertaining
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| − | and had about 142 Kintalls of powder with musketts carbines pistolls
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| − | ?hatchetts, barrs and round shott proportionable, and had aboard severall
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| − | good quantities of merchandizes the particulars whereof This deponent
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| − | cannot sett forth, and had likewise aboard diverse goods and necessaries
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| − | belonging to y:e sayd Captaine Swanley and Company (the pticulars whereof
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| − | this deponent cannot sett forth, And thi deponent saith himselfe had
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| − | aboard the sayd shipp for his owne Accompt att the tyme of her seizure by the dutch shipps aforesayd
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| − | monyes and Cloathes to y:e value,15:li sterle. and A gold chayne of the cleane
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| − | value of 55:li steré. And he verily beleiveth that the sayd shipp the
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| − | ''Harry Bonadventure'' with her tackle furniture and moneys and lading
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| − | aboard her was well worth the summa of 12 thousand pounds sterl and
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| − | upwards. And further he cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the one and twentyeth arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith and verily beeiveth
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| − | that the losse of the sayd shipp the ''Harry Bonadventure'' and allso of the sayd
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| − | shipp the ''S:t Peter'' and all their respective ladings was occassioned through
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| − | the violence contrivance and fraud of the sayd Governo:r of Messina, and
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| − | Trapany, and saith and verily beleiveth that in case the Company of the
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| − | ''Harry Bonadventure'' had not bene prisoners att and abused att Messina
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| − | and if the sayd Governo:r of Trapany had not betrayed the sayd shippes
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| − | but had (as he might and ought to have done according to his promise)
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| − | protected and defended the same whilst they lay in the Port of Trapany
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| − | and within the Command of the Gunnes Castle and fforts of the sayd
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| − | Towne, the sayd shipps the ''Harry Bonadventure'' and the sayd prite the
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| − | ''S:t Peter'' and their respective ladings might and would have beene
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| − | p:rserved in the possession of y:e asyd captaine Swanly and Company
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| − | and not have bene taken by the Dutch nor lost to the English. And
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| − | otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − | To the last he saith this depositions are true-
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| − | LORENSO XXXX [His signature]
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| − | repeated before D:r Clarke)
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| − | and D:r Godolphin)
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| − | P1110156
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| − | P1110157
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| − | f. 133 verso
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| − | //The 22:th day of September 1653
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| − | Examined upon the sayd allegaccon
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| − | 2. JAMES COLLETT of the parish of Stepney in Midds
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| − | Cooper of the sayd shipp the ''Harry Bonadventure''
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| − | aged eight and twenty yeares or thereabouts a
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| − | Witnes sworne and examined deposeth and saith
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| − | as followeth. vizt.
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| − | To y.e first arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith that in January
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| − | ffebruary March Aprill May and June now last past the arlate
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| − | shipp the ''Harry Bonadventure'' was ymployed and sett out to sea in a warlike
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| − | voyage in the immediate service of this Commonwealth under y:e Command
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| − | of the arlate Captaine Robert Swanly, against the Dutch and
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| − | other enemyes of this Commonwealth, and proceeded upon the sayd designes
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| − | accordingly this deponent being Cooper in her and serving aboard her
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| − | all the sayd tyme And otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the second arle of the sayd allon This deponents aith that upon the 19 day of
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| − | May 1653 the arlate shipp the ''Harry Bonadventure'' sett sayle from Messina
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| − | upon the sayd warlike expediccon, and being out att sea upon or about the
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| − | 21:th day of May 1653 mett with two dutch shipps, which engaged
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| − | in fight with the ''Harry Bonadventure'', till at last the ''Harry Bonadventure''
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| − | after four howres ?dispate subdued tooke and surprized the bigger of
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| − | them named the ''S:t Peter'' together with all the goods in the same; and
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| − | saith the sayd Capt Swanley and Company tooke the Com,pany pf the
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| − | ''S:t Peter'' out of her in to their owne shipp, and therby be came absoluteXX
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| − | possessed of the sayd shipp the ''S:t Peter'' and her lading the Master
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| − | of the sayd shipp being slayne in the ffight. All which this deponent
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| − | knoweth being aboard the ''Harry Bonadventure'' att the tyme of the sayd
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| − | ffight and seizure. And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the third arle of the sayd allon This deponent sayth that the arlate
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| − | shipp the ''S:t Peter'' was of the burthen of 500 tunnes or thereabouts
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| − | and was a compleat able shipp well fitted with all necessaries. and
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| − | of the sight of this deponent was as fully Laden as she could well bee
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| − | having as many goods in her holds as could be stowed, and a good ?quantity
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| − | of goods in her Gunn deck. And saith her ladeing was very rich
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| − | goods vizt, quicksylver, Rice, Anniseeds, Comin seeds, Almonds and other
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| − | merchandizes, the particular parcell of the goods this deponent cannpt
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| − | sett forth. And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the fourth arle of the ayd allon This deponent saith and deposeth that XX
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| − | sayd ship the ''S:t Peter'' and the other Ducth shipp in Company with her
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| − | fought against the ''Harry Bonadventure'' four or five houres and ?did
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| − | their utmost endeavo:r to sinke and destroy her, and saith during thXXX
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| − | whole Chase and fight the ''Harry Bonadventure'' wore the English Colo;rs
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| − | and the ''S:t Peter'' and the sayd other dutch shipp the Holland Colo;rs, and
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| − | which this deponent well saw and observed. and otherwise cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the fifth arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith that after the ''S:t Peter''
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| − | was subdued as aforesayd he this deponent heard the Steersman Carpenter
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| − | and some others of the ''Peters'' Company that could speake the English
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| − | tongue say and affirme that they and their Company were dutchmen
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| − | P1110159
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| − | P1110160
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| − | P1110161
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| − | f. 135 recto
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| − | P1110162
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| − | P1110163
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| − | P1110164
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| − | f. 136 recto
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| − | //which this deponent knoweth for the reasons aforesayd, and hearing the
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| − | sayd confessed and acknowledged XXXXX made in the p:rsence of this deponent
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| − | and others; and saith he heard not any thing to the contrary thereof from any
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| − | of them but heard some of them farther say that they did in tend, if
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| − | they had escaped the ''Harry Bonadventure'', to seeke for Holland Men of
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| − | Warr to convoy them home. And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the .6:th. and .7:th. he saith that the sayd shipp ''S:t Peter'' being much damnifyed
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| − | in her masts rigging and hull in the sayd fight Capt Swanley returned
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| − | with her and his sayd shipp of Warr back againe to Messina being in the dominions of y:e King of Spaine and there
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| − | provided himselfe of 2 masts a shore one for the prize shipp and
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| − | another for the sayd shipp of warr she having likewise XXXXX hurt
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| − | in the sayd fight. Annd saith the sayd masts being so provided the
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| − | Offiers of the sayd Towne or Citty of Messina by the authority of the
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| − | Governo:r and Juratts thereof hindred the sayd capt SWanley from bringing
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| − | the sayd masts aboard, but delayed and kept them a shoare notwithstandinge
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| − | the sayd Capt Swanley p:rsented the sayd Governo:r & other officers of Messina with a Chest of Venice
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| − | Glasses of good valew upon his promise to supply him y:e sayd Capt
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| − | Swanley with such necessaryes as he wanted. The p:rmisses he knoweth
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| − | being att the p:rmisses p:rsent and aboard the ''Harry Bonadventure'' att
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| − | Messina, and likewise being a shoare and seeing the sayd masts fitted
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| − | and made by Capt SWanleys owne Carpenters. and otherwise cannot depose
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| − |
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| − | To the 8:th and 9:th hee saith that the sayd Captaine Swanley att the tyme of
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| − | such his being att Messina with his sayd 2 shipps sent John Merrick the
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| − | master of the prize shipp and Lorenzo ?Mishaut a Spaniard the Corporall
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| − | of his owne shipp a shoare in Company of a Broker of Messina to buy and
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| − | provide necessaries for the sayd shipps. And saith the sayd merick and
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| − | the sayd Corporall severall sayes were detayned and kept Prisoners att Messina
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| − | so that they returned not to the sayd shipps till they had bene a day or two
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| − | out att XXX, And saith the sayd Captaine Swanley was forced to putt out to SEa
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| − | before he had sufficiently fitted his shipps aswell through the
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| − | abuses that were daily offered to him, as by the advertisement sent
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| − | to him from some English merchants in Messina whose letters this deponent
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| − | heard read, in which the sayd Merchants did advise the sayd Swanley
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| − | to take the first opportunity to dept, for that there was a consultacon ?had
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| − | by the Governo:r and Juratts of Messina to wrest his sayd prize shipp
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| − | and her lading from him, and that for that purpose they had caused
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| − | it to be given out that he had landed some Quicksylver without notice
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| − | of the same given to y:e officers of the Towne and contrary to the rules
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| − | of that port, under ?role whereof and other p:rtences if the sayd Swanley
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| − | did not speadily avoyd the port they would arrest and in?filtrae the sayd
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| − | prize shipp and her lading. And more over saith that the sayd Captaine
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| − | Swanley did there hire a ?ffelonea with about 9 men in her to attend his
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| − | sayd shipps by the moneth to goe abroad to gaine intelligence, which
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| − | ?ffelonia and her man the Governo:r of the sayd place, seized and deteyned
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| − | from him to his hreat p:riudice and ?difference of this Commonwealth, which
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| − | This deponent knoweth being Master of the ''Harry Bonadventure'' and
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| − | p:rsent with her and y:e sd prize shipp at Messina aforesd. And otherwise
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| − | cannot depose.//
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| − | P1110165
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| − | P1110166
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| − | f. 136 verso
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| − | P1110167
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| − | f. 137 recto
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| − | ===Case: XXXX: Deposition: 4. John Standen, of London, near Bottolphs wharf, Chyrugeon of the harry bonadventure, aged 28: Date: Samed day===
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| − | The same day
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| − |
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| − | Examined upon the sayd allon
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| − |
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| − | 4. JOHN STANDEN of London neere Bottolphs wharfe
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| − | Chyrrgeon of the sayd ship the ''Harry Bonadventure''
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| − | aged 28 yeares or therabouts, a witnes sworne
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| − | and examined deposeth and saith as followeth
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| − | vizt.
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| − | P1110168
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| − | f. 137 verso & f. 138 recto
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| − | P1110169
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| − | f. 137 verso
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| − | P1110170
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| − | f. 138 recto
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| − | //Spaniard to provide some necessaries a shoare att Messina, which sayd Merrick
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| − | and sayd Spanish Corporall were by the Governo:r of Messina without any inst
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| − | cause that this deponent over heard detayned and kept in prison in Messina
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| − | for severall dayes during which their imprisonment this deponent did visit
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| − | them and saw them in ?hold, and knoweth that they came not aboard againe
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| − | till after the sayd shipps were putt out from Messina. And further
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| − | cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the ninth he saith that Captaine Swanley did hire at Messina before he
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| − | went first from thence vizt before the ?4:th taking of the ''S:t Peter'', a ?ffelenca
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| − | with 7 or eight men to serve and attend the sayd shipp of warr, and saith
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| − | that after his returne into Messina with y:e ''S:t Peter'' the sayd ffelenca was
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| − | seized and detayned , and the men belonging to the same were kept and deteyned
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| − | by the sayd Governo:r, wherby the sayd Captaine Swanley was deprived of
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| − | meanes to gaine Intelligence. the p:rmisses this deponent knoweth for
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| − | the reasons aforesayd. And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the 10. 11. and 12:th. he saith that the sayd Captaine Swanley on or about the
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| − | 12:th day of June 1653 last past sett sayle with his sayd two shipps from
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| − | Messina and sayling along the Coasts of Scicily for Tunis the wind being
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| − | Crosse after 12 or 13 dayes sayleing espyed .7. dutch men of warr lyeing
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| − | under the Isles of Trapany which is a place subiect to y:e King of Spayne
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| − | and gott as neere the Castle of Trapany with both the sayd shipp as hee
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| − | durst for ?running them aground. which this deponent being then p:rsent
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| − | saw and observed. and otherwise cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the .13. and 14.:th he saith that after the arrivall of the ''Harry Bonadventure''
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| − | att Trapanie and salutaccon given to y:e place, and notice being taken by y:e
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| − | sayd Towne and the Governo:r thereof that the sayd ''Harry Bonadventure''
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| − | was a Mann of Warr of this Commonwealth, ?hee the sayd Governo:r sent
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| − | Capt SWanley word that he and his shipps should be protected, and that
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| − | the sayd Dutch shipps commended by Young Van Trump should not affront
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| − | or dammage the English in that port, And the Messenger that brought
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| − | the sayd message to Capt Swanley went immediately to y:e sayd Trump w:ho
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| − | was then makeing in for the sayd port , p:rtending he so went to hinder
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| − | the farther approach of the sayd Dutch ffleet of 7. sayle of shipps aforesd,
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| − | and withall telling the sayd Captaine Swanley and Companie that they might
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| − | att noe hand p:rsume to make any shott there for that they were and should
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| − | be dafe. But the p:rmisses Notwithstanding the sayd dutch shipps soone after
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| − | the arrivall of the sayd messenger from the Governo:r att them entred the
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| − | moule or port and made up to the sayd ''Harry Bonadventure'' ad ''S:t Peter''
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| − | and there seized and tooke both the sayd shipps and
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| − | their lading, by meanes whereof the sayd Van Trump and Companie of the
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| − | sayd dutch shipps became possessed of the sayd ''Harry Bonadventure''
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| − | and ''S:t Peter'' lyeing under the ffort of Trapany as aforesd this
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| − | deponent being then p:rsent and taken prisoner aboard the ''Harry
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| − | Bonadventure'' in his owne quarter. And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the fifteenth he saith there were some shott about the same tyme made
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| − | from the fforts of Trapanie, but whether any execution were thereby done
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| − | upon the dutch men, or their shipps or noe this deponent knoweth
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| − | not and otherwise cannot depose.//
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| − | P1110177
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| − | P1110178
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| − | ===Case: XXXX: Deposition: 6. John Merrick, of Wapping, Middlesex, Mariner, late Lieutenant of the Harry Bonadeventure and Master of the S:t Peter, aged 31: Date: The same day===
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| − | //The same day
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| − | Examined upon the sayd allon
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| − | 6. JOHN MERRICK of Wapping in the County of Midds
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| − | Mariner late Leiuetenant of the ''Harry Bonadventure''
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| − | and afterwards Master or Commander of the ''S:t Peter''
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| − | a foresayd, aged one and thirty yeares or thereabouts
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| − | a witnes sworne and examined deposed and saith
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| − | as followeth.
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| − | To the first arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith that from the moneth
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| − | od December 1652 and intill the 25:th day of June 165?3 last past
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| − | the sayd shipp the ''Harry Bonadventure'' was imployed in the service of
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| − | this Commonwealth by the directions of M:r Longland Agent for the Commonwealth
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| − | now Resident att Leghorne, with Commission and Instructions to seize
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| − | and Take Dutch shipps, and other shipps belonging to the Enemyes of
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| − | this Commonwealth, and saith the sayd shipp under y:e Command of Captaine
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| − | Robert Swanley did proceed upon the sayd designe and expediccon, this
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| − | deponent being Leifetenant of her for the most part of the said tyme
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| − | And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the 2:d he saith That on or about the 19:th day of May 1653 the sayd
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| − | shipp Harry Bonadeventure under the Command and for the service aforesd
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| − | sett sayle from Messina in Scicily and being bound for Tunnis by order
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| − | of the sayd Agent M:r Longland did in her Course, off of the Cape XXXXX
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| − | meet with two dutch shipps, which assaulted the ''Harry Bonadventure''
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| − | whereupon a fight was begann, which continued about the space of four
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| − | howres, till att last after some dammage done to y;e ''Harry Bonadventure''
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| − | in her sailes rigging masts and hull and killing of some of her Company
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| − | and wounding of others, the bigger of the sayd dutch shipps the ''S:t Peter''
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| − | aforesayd was subdued and taken, and the master of her slayne in the
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| − | fight, and most part of her Companie taken out of her into the sayd
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| − | ''Harry Bonadventure'', by meanes whereof the sayd captaine Swanly and
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| − | his Company became masters and absolute possessors of the sayd
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| − | shipp ''S:t Peter'' and all her lading. The p:rmisses he knoweth being p:rsent
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| − | in the sayd fight and att the sayd seizure. And otherise cannot depose.
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| − | To the 3:d he saith the ''S:t Peter'' was of the burthen of 400 tonnes or thereabouts
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| − | and had 24 gunnes, and two brasse ?bases, and was well rigged and ?p:fect
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| − | in all respects with tackle furniture victualls munition and other requisits
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| − | fitt for the sea saving the dammage she sustayned in fight, and was full laden and
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| − | she could well beare with rich Commodityes, Quicksylver, Rice, Annise seeds,
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| − | Currants, venice glasses and silke and other gods, the ?portions or
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| − | quantityes fof all or aby of which goods and merchandizes this deponent
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| − | cannot sett forth, nor doth he know what the value of the syd shpp XXX
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| − | Cargozon of goods did or might amount unto. And further cannot depose.
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| − | To the .4. he saith that from the beginning of the first Chase to the end of XX
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| − | sayd fight the ''Harry Bonadventure'' had out and wore the Colo:r of this
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| − | Commonwealth and the sayd 2 dutch shipps the ''S:t Peter'' and the other had out
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| − | and wore the Holland Colo;rs. And otherwise saving his foregoeing deposicon
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| − | he cannot depose.
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| − | To the .5. he saith that after the sayd seizure he this deponent hers XXX
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| − | //of the Company of the ''S:t Peter'' say and confesse some in the Englishe tongue
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| − | and others in dutch but to the understanding of this deponent that the
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| − | sayd shipp ''S:t Peter'' and her lading were bound for Amsterdam, and were there
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| − | to make their discharge. And this deponent saith that he found severall
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| − | bills of lading aboard the sayd shipp ''S:t Peter'', and delivered them to y:e
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| − | sayd Captaine Swanley who p:rsently after the perusing f them told this
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| − | deponent that according to the entryes in the sayd bills of lading all the
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| − | goods therein mencconed were consigned for Amsterdam. And further he cannot
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| − | depose.
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| − | To the .6:th. je saith that upon the taking of the sayd shipp ''S:t Peter'', which
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| − | happened about the 22:th day of May 1653 the sayd shipp being much
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| − | disabled, and the ''Harry Bonadventure'' hurt in fight y:e sd Captaine Swanly
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| − | appoynted this deponent Master of the prize. and returned with both the
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| − | sayd shipps to Messina a foresayd a Citty in Scicily under the dominion
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| − | of the sayd King of Spaine
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| − | ===Case: XXXX: Deposition: 9. Robert Swanley, of Hackney, Midds, Mariner, Late Captaine or Commander of the Harry Bonadventure, aged 38: Date: September 27th 1653===
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| − | P1110193
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| − | P1110194
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| − | To the seventh he saith That this deponent uppon his arrivall att Messina
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| − | being a Citty under the dominions of the King of Spaine, having there
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| − | released, all the dutch priosners late of y:e Company of the ''S:t Peter'', three
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| − | onely excepted, the Governo:r and Inhabitants of Messina did furnishe
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| − | the sayd Dutch men so released with ?ffeloncas and sent them to sea to meet
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| − | with two dutch shipps the ''Lyon'' comeing from Smyrna richly laden with
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| − | silkes, and the ''Diamond'' comeing from Alexandraia; And further saith
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| − | that the sayd Governo:r and Magistrates of Messina understanding that the sayd
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| − | two dutch shipps were bound therewith or for the ?Barre of Messina, and to hinder this deponent as he
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| − | verily beleiveth from attempting any thing against them to the great
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| − | dissXXXX of this Commonwealth refused to suffer this deponent or his Company
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| − | to fetch from the shoare the two masts by him provided as aforesayd, and allso
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| − | threatned this deponent to sinke his shipps if he should offer to weigh anchor
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| − | and moreover tooke away the old foremast of the ''S:t Peter'' being carryed
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| − | a shoare to mend, by which meanes and other injurious practises of them
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| − | the sayd Governo:r Magistrates and Inhabitants of messina, this deponent
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| − | was there deteyned neere a fortnight longer than he might or should have
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| − | stayed in case he had bene accomodated with necessaries for his moneyes
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| − | according to the promise of the sd Governo:r to whom this deponent p:rsented
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| − | a Chest of Venice glasses and fifty ?Chequeenes of Gold, in all to
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| − | P1110195
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| − | P1110196
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| − | f. XX verso
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| − |
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| − | //value of .150. Crownes for his favo:r in that behalfe. And saith that whilst
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| − | this deponent was so deteyned att Messina the sayd shipp the ''Lyon'' having
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| − | by meanes of the sayd Governo:r and his contrivance gayned in intelligen:ts
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| − | of this deponents lyeing there with his shipp of warr gott safe into Amsterdam
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| − | this deponent afterwards understood as well by letters from thence as by
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| − | some of the Dutch themselves formerly dismist by this deponent, and
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| − | sent, from Messina to meet with the ''Lyon'' as aforesayd. And further
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| − | he cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the eighth and nynth he saith that in order to y:e further p:iudice of of this
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| − | deponent and to the disservice of this Commonwealth the sayd Governo:r and
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| − | Magistrates of Messina tooke and imprisoned John Merrick master of the
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| − | ''S:t Peter'' and Lorenzo Michell a Spaniard Corporall of the ''Harry
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| − | Bonadevnture'' and deteyned them in priosn tillthis deponent had made
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| − | shift to gett out to sea with his said shippes. And moreover saith that
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| − | they the sayd Governo:r and Magistrates of Messina to hinder this deponent
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| − | from gaining intelligence seized upon, his ffelensa and Companie XX
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| − | belonging, and halled the sayd ffelensa a shoare, and imprisoned th
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| − | Company thereof, and suffered them not to returne to this deponent to
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| − | serve in trhe ymployment wherein he had hired them and the said ffelensa
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| − | at sparate of 80 dollars p month. and saith that to p:rvent this deponent
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| − | getting out from Messina and to entrapp him and his sayd shipps XXX
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| − | sayd Governo:r and Magistrates did seize and imprison severall pilotts
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| − | belonging to y:e sayd port of Messina, and used them with ?Severity to
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| − | force them to confesse that this deponent had Landed goods contrary to
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| − | the rules of that port, and soemuch this deponent was given to understand
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| − | from his freinds in Messina, wjo advised this deponent to use his best
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| − | diligence to gett both his shipps out of that port, advising withall that
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| − | the sayd Governo:r and Magistrates had forced the said pilotts to confess
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| − | that this deponent had landed the Chests of uicksylver , in order to
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| − | bring this deponent and his sayd shipps especially the prize shipp in ?danger
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| − | And otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the tenth he saith that hereupon, and the Pilotts of Messina not daring
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| − | to conduct this deponents sayd shipps out of that port, he att an extraordinary
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| − | price hired a Bandito to pilott his sayd shipps the ''Harry Bonadventure''
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| − | and ''S:t Peter'' from Messina, upon or about the 12:th day of June 1653
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| − | last past, And being out att sea gott sayle and carryed the sayd shipps
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| − | alonst the Coasts of Scicilia intending to reach Tunnys (sic) as soone as ?was
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| − | possible according to the sayd M:r Longlands former Order, still in force and
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| − | continued, howebit he saith the winds being contrary he could not
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| − | steere to the Southward of the ?Barre of Messina, but was forces to beare XX
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| − | the Northwards alongst the Coasts of Scicily as afored. And otherwise cannot
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| − | depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the eleventh he saith that the sayd shippes the ''Harry Bonadventure'' and ''S:t
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| − | Peter'' after 12 or 13 dayes being att sea, the winds crosse, and sayling along
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| − | the Coasts of Scicily, This deponent and his Company espied off of Trapany
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| − | under the Isles there 7 dutch shipps, which afterwards proved to be XX
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| − | P1110197
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| − | f. 147 recto
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| − |
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| − | //Men of Warr under the Command of Young Van Trump, and three Sayle more
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| − | of dutch shipps comeing out of Trapanie. And otherwise cannot depose
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| − |
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| − | To the 12:th he saith that upon eight of the sayd dutch shipps he this deponet eith
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| − | the advise of his officers resolved that the best meanes they could take for
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| − | the p:rservaccon of themselves and their syd shipps was to putt into the
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| − | port of Trapanie being a port or place scituat in the sayd isle of Scicily
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| − | and subiect to the sayd King of Spaine. And accordingly this deponent
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| − | did putt in there, and anchored both the sayd shipps the ''Harry Bonadventure''
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| − | and ''S:t Peter'' within pistoll shott of the ffort or Castle of Trapanye. And
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| − | otherwise cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the 13:th he saith that the sayd dutch shippes followeing upon the ''Harry
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| − | Bonadventure'' and ''S:t Peter'', before the sayd dutch shipps entred the sayd
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| − | port, This deponent John Merick master of the ''S:t Peter'', and the sayd
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| − | Lorenzo Michael a Spaniard went to the Governo.r of Trapany and made
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| − | knowne to him their condiccon and requested his favo:r and protection of
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| − | them and their sayd shipps against the dutch shipps., And the sayd Governo:r
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| − | did thereupon promise protection accordingly saying that this deponent and
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| − | his sayd shipps being in the Chamber and under the standard of
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| − | his master the King of Spaine were and should be safe and secure
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| − | or spake words to the selfe same effect and purpose in the p:rsence and hearing
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| − | and to the understanding of this deponent, and moreover sayd that
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| − | he would send a messenger to the sayd Van Trump to forbidd him
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| − | to enter that Port or there to disturbe this deponent and his
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| − | sayd shièès. And othwerwise he cannot depose saving he saith that sending his sd Corporall
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| − | Lorenzo a second tyme to y:e Governo:r aforesd, he the said Governo:r pmissed ptection as before but with allXXXX XXX that he expected a XXXX two ships XX XXX w:ch this deponent promised him accordingly
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| − |
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| − | To the .14.:th he saith that ymediately thereupn the sayd Van Trumps shipps
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| − | being about halfe a mile off of the harbo:r the sayd Governo:r of Trapany
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| − | sent a Messenger in a ffolensa to y:e sayd Van Trump who after his arrivall
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| − | there and some short stay returned back to Trapany the Curtaine of the
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| − |
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| − | ffolensa being drawne, for the hiding oor concealing of Van Trumps Messenger therein
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| − | as this deponent conceyveth. And he saith that upon the returne of the
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| − | Governo:rs sayd ffebensa from the dutch shipps the sayd van Trump shott severall
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| − | gunnes by way of salutaccon And more over saith that soone after the returne of the sayd
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| − | ddalensa to Trapany, the aforesayd Governo:r sent a Messenger to this
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| − | deponent with expresse command upon paine of death not to make any shott
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| − | or permitt any to be made in that port; And saith that soone after the
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| − | p:rmisses the sayd ffolensa of the Governo:r went off againe from Trapany
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| − | sith the sayd Van Trumps Messenger in her, passing neere this deponents
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| − | shipp, And ymmediately upon the arrival of the sayd Messenger att
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| − | Vantrump, the sayd dutch men of warr made upp into the port and
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| − | two of the sayd dutch men of warr clapped aboard the prise ''S:t Peter'', and
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| − | four of the sayd dutch men of warr clapped aboard the ''Harry Bonadventure''
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| − | and thereby the Company of the sayd dutch sipps possessed themselves of
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| − | both the sayd shippes the ''Harry Bonadventure'' and ''S:t Peter'' and their
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| − | lading, within pistoll shot of the sayd ffort of Trapany. And
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| − | otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the .15.:th he saith that after the sayd seizure was actually made some shott were
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| − | made from Trapany but without any execution att all upon the dutch shipps
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| − | and to relat the matter onely as this deponent beleiveth And otherwise he
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| − | cannot depose saving that one of the sayd Dutchman of Warr was and lay aground
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| − | att Trapany neere ??anchowre after the sayd seizure and XXXXXX.
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| − | P1110198
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| − | //To the 16:th he saith he cannot depose
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| − |
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| − | To the 17:th he saith that when the sayd Van Trump had surprized both the sayd
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| − | shipps the ''Harry Bonadventure'' and ''S:t Peter'' as aforesayd, att his goeing
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| − | off with them the dutchmen aboard their men of Warr and Souldiers in the
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| − | sayd Castle of Trepany by way of mutuall salutaccon and XXX XXX XXX
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| − | sayd Capps or hatts att each other and Van Trump saluted the Towne
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| − | with severall gunnes and struck his flagg three tymes, all which this
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| − | deponent saw and observed. And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the 18:th he saith and deposeth that aafter the sayd Van Trump was gone away
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| − | with the sayd stwo shipps there remayned in the port of Trapany two
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| − | dutch merchants shipps till the next day after, and that noe restraint
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| − | was made of them, nor any and deavours used by the sayd Towne or Governo:r
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| − | to remedy the English, Amd more over saith that the sayd dutch shippes
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| − | remayned 2 dayes next after the seizure neere to y:e sayd Towne
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| − | of Trapany (and under the Command of the Castle as this deponent beleiveth
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| − | and did so remaine all together unmolested. And further saith that the
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| − | sayd Governo:r of Trapany refused to furnish this deponent with ffatuXXX
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| − | wherein he might to send to Van Trump to endeavour the retXXse of such
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| − | of his shipps Company as were detayned prisoners aboard the sayd dutch
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| − | shipps. And further he cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the 19:th he saith that after the sayd seizure was made, he this deponent ?saw
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| − | and observed divers of the Inhabitants of Trapany that tooke notice of
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| − | the passages aforesayd to shake their heads, and say that the Governo:r had
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| − | sould the English for money, and this deponent doeing to the Governo:r
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| − | aforesayd and XXing him of his injurious dealieng in this business and
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| − | threatning to make complaint thereof observed in his Countenance
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| − | and by his trembling that he was guilty of betraying the sayd
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| − | shippes to y:e Dutch for moneyes, And this deponent hath heard
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| − | that Vantrump did for the same purpose p:rsent or give him a
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| − | bribe of ?1000 (OR, 1500) ducketts or some other considerable summe. And further
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| − | he cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the 20:th he saith that the sayd shipp the ''Harry Bonadventure'' was of the
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| − | burthen of four hundred tonnes and upwards, and was comnpleatly ?fitted
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| − | with Rigging Anchors Cables masts yards and other tackles requisit and
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| − | was victualled for 6 monethes for about 140 men. and had aboard her 41
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| − | gunnes. 2 brasse buses, and 2 Iron ?mortherers, and all requisitts fitting
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| − | thereunto, and had aboard her 142 kintalls of powder att the keast, and
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| − | shott, musketts, Carbenes pistolls hatchetts, and other weapons and munitions
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| − | proportionable and fitt for a man of Warr of her burthen, and had
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| − | aboard her likewise about 63 baggs of AXXXXXXX and other things which
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| − | were taken out of the gunn deck of the ''S:t Peter''. and had moreover merchants
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| − | goods aboard in ?tokens & goods taken aboard her att Smyrna to a great value
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| − | and allso severall goods ?Chests plate moneyes and necessaries belonging
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| − | to this deponent and mariners of the sayd shipps Company. And ptXXXXX
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| − | Thomas ?Constable Gunner of the sayd shipp and slayne att the tyme of ?seizure
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| − | in Trapany had aboard her att the tyme of the sayd seizure for his own accompt
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| − | several peices of ?Mokare, Dimmitiesm silke stockings ?Plates and other things
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| − | which were as this deponent beleiveth of the cleane value of forty
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| − | pounds sterl. And Edward Lyn masters mate of the sayd shipp slayn
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| − | likewise att the tyme of the sayd surprizall had then goods and Cloathes XXX
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| − | ===Case: The King and Queene of Poland: Deposition: 1. George ?Dattivors, of Roane, France, Factor of the King & Queene of Poland, aged 30: Date: October 22nd 1653===
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| − | P1110201
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| − | f. 162 verso
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| − | //The 22:th of October. 1653:-
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| − | The clayme of the King of Poland for all and)
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| − | singular the goods lately seized in the shipp the ''George'')
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| − | John ?Pierson ?Sciopo M:r exceot sixtie Cases of)
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| − | Glasse and five Tonns of Vinegar belonging to the)
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| − | said M:r and Companie Suckley Smith)
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| − |
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| − | Examined upon an Allegacon on y:e
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| − | behalf of His Ma:tie the King of
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| − | Poland and upon y:e schedule annexed to y:e
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| − | same.
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| − | 1. GEORGE DATTIVORS of Roane in ffrance
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| − | ffacto:r of the King and Queene of Poland
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| − | aged 30. yeares or thereabouts a Wittnes sworne
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| − | and examined saith as followeth Viz:t:
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| − |
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| − | That in or about the moneth of August last oast this depon:t as ffacto:r
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| − | and Agent for the King and Queene of Poland (and by their order XXXXed
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| − | to this depon:t by M:r XXX XXXXX of the s:d Queenes revenue in ffrance and Madam des Clarte persons of
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| − | great quality at Paris) freighted the said shipp the ''S:t George'' at Dieppe in
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| − | ffrance for the transpoting of some Religious persons ffryers and Nunns
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| − | and their Attendants from thence to Dantzick, And this depon:t at or about y:e
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| − | time aforesaid caused to be laden and putt aboard y:e said shipp the ''George''
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| − | all and singular the goods mentioned and pticularized in the schedule annexed
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| − | to the said Allegaccon now read over to thios examinate, and compared and agreeing with
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| − | another of the same contents written in the ffrench tongue, which said schedule
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| − | containeth and expresseth the whole lading of the said shipp, (except a cetaine
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| − | quantity of glasses and Vinegar belonging to the Master and marin:urs of y:e
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| − | said shipp and a case of fine earthen ware all which said goods menconed in y:e said schedule were for the use
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| − | of the said Religious persons and their attendants, and for their Vestments religious
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| − | habits and ornaments for their Religious house in Poland, and were for the
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| − | proper accompts of the said King and Queene of Poland and their domestiques
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| − | And saith that no subjects of the King of ffrance or States of the United Provinces
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| − | had or have any interest in any part or parcell of the said foods schedulate,
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| − | which hee knoweth being as aforesaid ffacto:r to and for y:e said King and Queen
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| − | and in their name and on their behalfe haveing expressely laden all such singular XX
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| − | goods as aforesaid, And further saith That the said shipp is a Hamburg;r shipp
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| − | and for such and as a free shipp expressely freighted by this depon:t and the
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| − | M:r thereof is an Hamburgher, And the said King and Queen of Poland
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| − | and all the persons interessed in the goods schedulate, were and are psons in
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| − | amity with this Commonwealth, And beleeveth that the said persons now seized being
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| − | religious persons are and ought by the Law of Nations to be priviledged and not
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| − | searched molested or interrupted in their travailes, yet the said religious persons
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| − | as is notorious, have been very XXXXX?treated by the seizo:rs as this depon:t
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| − | hath Credibly understood, as also that the said seizo:rs did take away all y:e
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| − | said shipps provisions amounting to the valew of about 200:li sterl: which this
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| − | depon:t had also caused to be Laden aboard the said shipp for the said voyage, and
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| − | sevall goods trunks and ?males from y:e passeng:rs of very great valew. The
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| − | premisses hee deposeth being as a foresaid facto:r to y;e said King and Queene, andby
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| − | them expressely imployed for the hireing lading fitting and furnishing of the
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| − | said shipp and y.e goods schedulate upon their accompt: And otherwise cannot depose
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| − | To the Interries//
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| − | //To the Interries.
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| − | To the first hee saith, That hee cometh to bee a Wittnesse in this Cause by
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| − | the meanes and pswasion of Monsieur XXXXX of Paris and Madam des Escart
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| − | to declare the trueth of his knowledge on the behalfe of the said King and
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| − | Queene of Poland touching their interest in the goods in question; and saith
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| − | hee is a Protestandt, and otherwise negatively:-
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| − |
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| − | To the second hee saith the goods schedulate were all in trunks boxes and
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| − | bailes marked as in the schedules, and made up with Cords, and the
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| − | trunkes locked up as hee beleeveth
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| − |
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| − | To the third hee saith hee was present at and gave order for y:e lading of all
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| − | the said respective parcells aboard; but saw not the packing of them up they
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| − | being sent ready packed up from Paris and Roane to this dep:t at Diepe, together
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| − | with a List of the goods, according to the schedule annexed to y:e allegaccon:-
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| − |
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| − | To the 4:th hee referreth himself to the said schedul. And saith that the
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| − | silkes interrate were for the use of the said King and Queen,
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| − | and for some of their Court. And otherwise cannot depose:-
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| − |
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| − | To the 5:th hee saith hee was not present at the seizure of the said shipp or
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| − | at the time of the plunder interrate, and therefore cannot depose:
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| − | To the 6:th hee saith, That all the goods schedulate were laden for the accompt
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| − | of the King and Queene of Poland, and were to be used by them their
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| − | domestiques and the religious persons aforesaid, and were not at all to be
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| − | transported as Merchandizes, but as goods designed as aforesaid
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| − |
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| − | To the 7:th hee saith, hee is a Native of Amsterdam, but departed thence
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| − | in his infancy. and hath lived at Roane for 20. yeares last and upwards, and
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| − | is a Subject to the King of ffrance.:-
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| − | G. DATTI?VORS [His signature]
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| − | ===Case: The King and Queene of Poland: Deposition: 2. John Conyet, of Chambory, Savoye, Gentleman, aged 26: Date: October 22nd 1653===
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| − | The same day:-
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| − | Examined upon y.e same Allegaccon:-
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| − | 2;us. JOHN CONYET of Chambory in Savoye
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| − | Gentleman aged 26 yeares or thereabouts a
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| − | Witnesse sworne and examined saith and deposeth
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| − | as followeth, Viz:t
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| − | That in or about the moneth of August last past the shipp the ''S:T
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| − | George'' allegate was freighted at Diepe by this depon:ts precontest, ffactor
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| − | to the King and Queene of Poland for the transortation of certaine Religious
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| − | persons ffryers and Nunnes and their attendants into Poland and some serv:ts belonging to the Queene aforesaid With severall
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| − | bailes of goods, and truncks packed up, with divers necessaries for the use
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| − | of the said religious persons being such things as were requisite for their
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| − | vestments relligious habits utensills and ornaments for a Religious House and
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| − | a Chappell appointed for them in Poland by the King and Queene aforesaid
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| − | who as this depon:t then understood by the ffather directo:r of the said religious
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| − | persons had all of them beene bought by the especiall direction of the said King
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| − | and Queene for their owne use or for their domestique servants, and for the use
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| − | P1110203
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| − | P1110204
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| − | f. 163 verso
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| − |
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| − | //and service of the said religious persons, and their Attendants being all or most of them natives of Savoy, or of Burgundy under y:e dominion of y:e King of Spaine some of
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| − | which this depon:t saw packed up at Roane, namely 5. or 6. bailes or bundles
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| − | of quilts, a Case of white earthen ware, a trunck with bookes and Cloathes
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| − | belonging to the said directo:r and another baile of bookes, linnen, artificall
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| − | flowers and other inventions, which from thence were transported to
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| − | Diepe aforesaid, and there imbarques in the said shipp the ''S:t george'', and
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| − | the rest of the said bailes and trunkes were brought from Paris thither
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| − | for the use above specified, but what was contained therein; this depon:t
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| − | knoweth not; saving as hereafter declared And saith that the said shipp was and is commonly
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| − | accompted a Hamborough shipp and the M:r thereof John Peterson
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| − | Griep was and is accompted a Hamburgh:r And the King and
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| − | Queen of Poland and the religious psons aforesaid were and are persons
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| − | in amity with this Commonwealth, And beleeveth That the said Relligious
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| − | persons according to the Civill Customs of fforraigne Countries are priviledged and
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| − | ought to passe freely withiout searching or interruption in their trabells
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| − | Yet notwithstanding such their freedoms the said persons were by them
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| − | said seizo:rs treated in a most uncivill and violent manner, notwithstanding that the said
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| − | Master and others Genrlemen and passeng:rs showed unto them the letters
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| − | of safe conduct of his said Ma:tie of Poland and gave them a full
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| − | accompt of the designe, desiring them nit to interrupt their passage or
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| − | to injure or abuse them as they did. And saith that the said ffather
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| − | Directo:rs trunke with his bookes cloathes and goods to the valew of about
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| − | 2. hundred french Crownes, the trunke of one Mons:r Blanchhart secretary
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| − | to Mons:r des Esarts Superintendent to the Queene of Poland or some other
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| − | persom of great quality Attendant upon y:e said Queene to the valew of
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| − | about 200 ffrench Crownes, the portmantle of one M:r de La?Lane
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| − | Comptroler to the Queene of Poland, to the valew of about 100:li
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| − | sterling, two trunkes belonging to one Mons:r Mantevle a Polonian Gentleman worth about
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| − | 450:li sterl: and severall other goods as rings jewells, moneyes, linnen,
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| − | silver scales, and silver crosses of a very great valew, but the particular
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| − | valews this depon:t knoweth not, were violently plundered and taken
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| − | away by the said seizo:rs, and by certaine souldj:rs who come aboard the said shipp
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| − | in the haven of Dover The p:rmisses hee deposeth, being an attendant upon
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| − | y:e said ffather directo:r and designed to goe a passeng:r in the said Vessell
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| − | for Poland, and present at the lading of the said Vessell at Diepe
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| − | as aforesaid, and at the seizure and plunder of her, and the religious psons
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| − | and passeng:rs aboard her, as is predeposed. And otherwise cannot depose:-
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| − |
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| − | To the Crosse Interries
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| − |
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| − | To the first hee saith, That hee cometh on the behalf of the said religious
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| − | persons and by the psuasion of the said ffather directo:r to declare the
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| − | trueth of his knowledge in this Cause, and saith hee hath a bagg in y:e said
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| − | shipp w:th wearng cloathes linnen and other necessaries for his owne use, And
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| − | saith hee is a Roman Catholique. And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − | To y:e 2://
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| − | P1110205
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| − | f. 164 recto
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| − | //To the second hee saith, That the goods so laden at Diepe by his p:rmisses
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| − | for the use afoesaid were all in trunkes boxes and packs made up and
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| − | tiede with Cords, and locked as hee beleeveth.
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| − |
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| − | To the third, hee referreth himselfe to his foregoing depon, And further cannot
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| − | depose, saving that the said ffather directo:r and some of the said Nunnes
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| − | at Diepe acquainted this depon:t that sewall of the goods mencconned in the
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| − | schedule anneyed to the Allegaccon were in the bailes and trunkes then laded
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| − | aboard y:e said shipp.
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| − |
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| − | To the 4:th hee saith, That at such time as by vertue of a Commission from this
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| − | Court the goods interrate were searched at Dover, this depo:t being present
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| − | saw about two whole pieces of linnen, some whole peeces of sattin and taffetas
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| − | which as this depont hath been severall times informed both by the said ffather
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| − | directo:r and others of the Religious psons were for the use and accompt of the said
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| − | King and Queene and for their domestiques, and for the use and ornament
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| − | of the Chappell of the said REligious psons:-
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| − |
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| − | To the 5:th hee saith, hee knoweth not nor beleeveth that any thing plundered out
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| − | of the said vessell is restored, And otherwise referring himselfe to his foregoing
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| − | sepon hee saith heee cannot depose:
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| − |
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| − | To the 6:th hee saith by vertue of his oath, hee dooth not know nor beleeve, that
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| − | any of the goods laden on the said Vessell were for the accompt of ffrenchmen
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| − | or ffrenchwomen, subjects of the King of ffrance, the said Religious persons
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| − | being all of them Subjects of the King of Spaine or Duke of Savoye; And saith
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| − | this depon:t knoweth not nor beleevth that any thing in y:e said shipp was to bee
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| − | transported in the quality of Merchandize:-
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| − |
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| − | To the 7:th hee saith hee this depon:t is Native of Chamery in Savoye, and
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| − | a Subject to the Duke of Savoy, and hath lived at Chambery a foresd as a ?Craveller and Student at
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| − | Turin, in Pemont, and other places in Italy and Paris in ffrance for theise ten yeares last past or
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| − | thereabouts
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| − |
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| − | A: CUGNET [His signature]
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| − |
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| − | Repeated w:th his p:routest before D:r Clarke
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| − | and D:r Godolphin:-
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| − | <nowiki>***********************************************************</nowiki>
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| − | The 24:th day of October. 1653:-
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| − |
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| − | Examined upon y:e sayd Allon
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| − |
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| − | 3.:us JOHN PIETERSON GRIEP of Hambourough, Marin:r Mater of the said shipp y:e ''S:t
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| − | George'' aged 43 yeares or thereabouts sworne
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| − | and examined saith and deposeth as followeth viz:t
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| − |
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| − | That in the moneth of August last past this depon:t entred into a Contract of Charterptie
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| − | with his p:rcontest George Dattivort ffactor to his ma:ties of Poland; Which s:d ffacto:r
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| − | freighted this depon:ts said shipp at Diepe in ffrance for the transportation of
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| − | certain religious persons ffryers and Nunnes and their Attendants from thence
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| − | to Dantzick, And that all the said shipps lading (except a parcell of about
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| − | sixtie Cases of glasse, and five tonnes of Vinegar belonging to this depon:t
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| − | and Marin;rs of his said shipp most of which glasse is broken and spoyled
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| − | by the seizo:rs of the said shipp as this dep:t hath credibly heard consisting of severall bailes and trunkes
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| − | of//
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| − | P1110206
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| − | f. 164 verso & f. 165 recto
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| − | P1110207
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| − | f. 164 verso
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| − | P1110208
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| − | f. 165 recto
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| − | //To the 6:th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoing depon, And otherwise
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| − | cannot depose, Saveing there were no goods aboard the said shipp to be
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| − | transported in y:e same in the nature of Merchandizes, save onely the
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| − | glasses and vinegar predeposed, all the rest of the goods being Laden for
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| − | the said King and Queenes accompt, and for the service of y.e said
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| − | religious persons and their attendants, and other passeng:rs havinge relation
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| − | to the King and Queene aforesaid:
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| − |
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| − | To the 7:th hee saith hee is a Hamburgh:r borne, and a Subiect of that
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| − | ffree State, where hee hath lived ever since his infanca
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| − |
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| − | XXX XXXXXX His signature
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| − |
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| − | Repeated before D: Clarke and
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| − | D:r Godolphin:-
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| − |
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| − | <nowiki>************************************************************</nowiki>
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| − | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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| − | P1110209
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| − | P1110210
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| − | f. 166 verso
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| − | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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| − | <nowiki>************************************************************</nowiki>
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| − | The 31:th day of October 1653.
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| − |
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| − | The Clayme of Don Sebastian Cortizos &.
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| − |
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| − | Examined upon the sayd allegaton
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| − |
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| − | 3. ANTONIO FERNANDEZ CORVAISALL of the Citty of London
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| − | merchant aged fifty four yeares or thereabouts a witnes
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| − | sworne and examined deposeth and saith as followeth vizt.
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| − |
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| − | X//
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| − | P1110211
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| − | f. 167 recto
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| − | //To the first second and third Articles of the sayd Allegaccon This deponent
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| − | saith and deposeth That for about theis seven yeares now past he hath
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| − | had and still hath Correspondence with the arlate Don Sebastian de
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| − | Cortizos and therby knoweth that for all that tyme he hath bene and is
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| − | an Assentista of his catholique Ma:ty the King of Spaine, and so accounted
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| − | And saith that he this deponent in or about the beginning of Aprill last
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| − | past receyved a letter from the producent dated at Madrid 25:th ffebruary
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| − | 1653 new stile wherein he certifyed this deponent that he had caused to
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| − | be laden att Allicant aboard the sayd shipp ''S:t Augustine''. 120 sackes of
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| − | wooll in ?pt for the paying and satisfying 530 thousand Crownes whereto hee
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| − | had engaged himselfe to y:e sayd King of Spaine, to be transported
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| − | ro ?Denica and there delivered to the arlate Augustin ffan?seca whom
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| − | he had ordered to draw bills for payment of pt of the sayd moneyes
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| − | to be made of the proceed of the sayd wools to the King of Spaines
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| − | Ambassado:r Residing here at London, and to remitt the remaynder of
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| − | the proceed of the sayd woolls by bills of exchange payable in fflanders
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| − | for the affayres and occasions of the sayd King there. which letter he
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| − | saith was and is a Reall and true letter, and he verily beleiveth that the
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| − | Contents thereof were and are true, and therefore ,a nd for that he
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| − | well knoweth that the producent doth usually once a yeare send from Allicant
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| − | to Venice severall great quantityes of wool yarn upon his owne Accompt
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| − | for supply of the sayd Kings occasions he is firmly assured that in January
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| − | ffebruary and March 1652 English stile, and March Aprill and May
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| − | 1653. the sayd producent was and now is the sole owner and lawfull proprieto:r
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| − | of the 120 sackes of wooll now in question, and that he did by his facto;rs
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| − | lade the same for his owne Accompt upon the sayd shipp att Allicant abozr
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| − | January or ffebruary last past and consigned y:e same to be delivered to his
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| − | Correspondent Augustun de ffonseca att Venica for the foresayd Accomot for
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| − | supply of the occasions of his Catholique Ma:ty as aforesd. And otherwise
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| − | he cannot depose.
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| − | P1110212
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| − | f. 167 verso
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| − | <nowiki>**************************************************************</nowiki>
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| − | ===Case: XXXX: Deposition: 1. Antonio Estevan de Baldera?y, of Madrid, an Inhabitant of Lima, in the Indies, Merchant, aged 38: Date: October 31st 1653===
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| − |
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| − | //The 31:th day of October 1653
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| − |
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| − | The Clayme of fferdinando Numez merchant)
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| − | of Sevill for his goods and merchandizes)
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| − | in the shipps the ''S:t George'' John Martins)
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| − | Captaine, and in the shipp ''Salvador'' Christian)
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| − | Cloppenbergh Captaine taken y some of)
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| − | the parliament ffleet)
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| − | Budd Smith
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| − |
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| − | Examined upon an allegaccon on the behalfe
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| − | of the sayd fferdinando Numez.
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| − |
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| − | 1. ANTONIO ESTEVAN DE BALDERA?Y of Madrid
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| − | an Inhabitant of Limma in the Indies
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| − | merchant aged thirty eight yeares or thereabouts,
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| − | a witnes sworne and examined deposeth and saith
| |
| − | as followeth. vizt.
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| − |
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| − | To the first and second Articles of the sayd allon This deponent saith
| |
| − | that the arlate fferdinando Numez a merchant of Sevill well knowne
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| − | to this deponent for theise 25 yeares now past or thereabouts in the monethes
| |
| − | of July August and September 1652 was and att p:rsent is the Lawfull
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| − | Owner and proprieto:r of the arlate forty six sackes of Lambes woole
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| − | unwasht of the first marke in the margent, and of the arlate
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| − | one hundred and ten sackes of washed wools of the second marke
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| − | in the margent, And that in or about the month of July 1652 the
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| − | sayd producent did att Cadiz cause the same to be Laden for his owne
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| − | accompt aboard the shipp ''S:t George'' whereof John Martinsdorp was
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| − | Master to be transported to Ostend and there delivered for his use to
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| − | his Agent or Agents there the p:rmisses he knoweth to be true for
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| − | that about the beginning of the sayd month of July being att Sevill
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| − | he there saw the foresayd woolls in the quiet and peaceable possession
| |
| − | of the producent, and then and there heard him say and declare that
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| − | the same were his owne goods and that he would transmitt the same
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| − | for his owne Accompt to fflanders, and saw him then putt the same
| |
| − | into barkes to be carryed to Cadiz and there shipped, and afterwards
| |
| − | being att Cadiz saw the foresayd barkes whereon the sayd woolls were putt
| |
| − | safely arrive att the shipp of the sayd marzin Dorp riding att an anchor
| |
| − | in the bay of Cadiz and hath since seene bills of lading for the
| |
| − | sayd wools firmed with the hands and firme of the sayd John Martinsdorp
| |
| − | with whose character and manner of writing this deponent is well
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| − | acquainted. and otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To//
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| − | P1110213
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| − | f. 168 recto
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| − | //To the third arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith that it being
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| − | the Custome to signe three bills of lading all of one teno:r for each parcell
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| − | of goods, and this deponent
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| − | P1110214
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| − | ?f. 168 verso
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| − | P1110215
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| − | f. 174 verso & f. 175 recto
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| − | P1110216
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| − | f. 175 recto
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| − |
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| − | <nowiki>******************************************************</nowiki>
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| − |
| |
| − | ===Case: Clayme of Blases de la Oyna of Sevill: Deposition: 1. Antonio Estevan de Balderas, of Limma, West Indies, Merchant, aged 38: Date: November 15th 1653===
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| − | P1110217
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| − | f. 175 verso & f. 176 recto
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| − | P1110218
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| − | P1110219
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| − | f. ?192 verso & f. 193 recto
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| − | ===Case: Clayme of John Scrother: Deposition: 1. Jacob Wigandi, of Hamborough, Merchant, aged 25: Date: November 30th 1653===
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| − |
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| − | P1110220
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| − | f. ?192 verso
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| − | P1110221
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| − | f. 193 recto
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| − |
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| − | '''Reasonable quality digital image'''
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| − | ----
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| − | P1110222
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| − | f. 193 verso & f. 194 recto
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| − |
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| − | ----
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| − | P1110223
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| − | f. 193 verso
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| − |
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| − | ===Case:The Keepers against the ffortune of Statin: Deposition: 5. Richard Batson, of St Botolphs Billingsgate, London, Merchant, aged 53: Date: November 23rd 1653===
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| − | The 23:th day of Novermber 1653.
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| − | The Keepers against the ''ffortune'' of Statin
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| − | Examined upon the sayd allegaccon
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| − | 5. Richard Batson of the parish of S:t Botolps
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| − | Billingsgate London merchant aged 53.
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| − | yeares or thereabouts a witnesse sworne
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| − | and examined deposeth and saith as followeth
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| − | vizt.
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| − | That in or about the monthes of July August and September
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| − | last past good sweet sound and merchantable English
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| − | wheat was in this Commonwealth of England usually sold
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| − | att the rate of about nineteene and twenty shillings by the
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| − | quarter, which this deponent knoweth having about that tyme
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| − | dealt and traded in that Commodity, and more pticularly saith
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| − | that within the tyme aforesayd one M:r Boreman a merchant
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| − | a partner with this deponent in the sayd trade did buy severall
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| − | great quantities of English wheat good sweet sound and merchantable
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| − | samples whereof this deponent had and saw, and is to
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| − | have a third pt thereof to and for his owne accompt the sayd
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| − | whole pcell being 800 quarters or thereabouts, all to be safely
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| − | delivered a shipboard att the charge of the sellars, and att their
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| − | charge to be carryed frō the place where the same
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| − | was bought to the port of Kings Lyn in Norff. where the shipps or shipp
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| − | lay whereon it was to be laden, att the rate of betweene nynteene
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| − | and twenty shillings p quarter, and as this deponent remembreth
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| − | upon casting the whole upp It did amount to nyneteene shillings//
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| − | P1110226
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| − | //and six pence p quarter and not more: And saith as this deponent is
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| − | credibly informed and beleiveth the like good sound wheat
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| − | is usually bought and sold in the marketts in kent and other
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| − | places in England att the sayd rates of 19:s and 20:s by the
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| − | quarter att the ?p:rsent. And otherwise cannot depose
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| − | Upon the rest he is not examined by direction
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| − | To the Crosse Interries
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| − | To the 1. 2. 3. and 4:th he saith he knoweth nothing thereof
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| − | RICHARD BATSON [His signature]
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| − | Repeated before
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| − | D:r Clarke and D:r Godolphin
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| − | <nowiki>****************************************************</nowiki>
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| − | P1110228
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| − | ===Case: Gilbert Keate, Thomas Jennings and Company: Deposition: Captaine Richard Ell, of Twitnam, Middlesex, Esq:r, aged 54: Date: December 6th 1653===
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| − | //The sixth day of December 1653
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| − | Examined upon an allon on the behalfe of
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| − | the sayd Gilbert Keat Thomas Jennings
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| − | and Company<ref>Gilbert Keat Thomas Jennings and Company. Gilbert Keat(e) (b. ?, d. ca. 1658). See C 6/130/74 Short title: Fredericke v Barker. Plaintiffs: John Fredericke, Thomas Jennings, Peter Vandepute, Gilbert Keate, Jonathan Keate and Thomas Rich. Defendants: William Barker, Isaac Barton and Elizabeth Barton his wife. Subject: money matters, Middlesex. Document type: bill, answer. 1655. See also Case: Keats Jennings and others against ffredericke Chowne and others - Concerns voyage of the ship the Thomas Bonadventure at Cyprus, May 1652, carrying 100 bags of cotton wool and 400 bags of galls; Examination: 1. George Browne of Limehouse, Middlesex, Mariner, aged sixty years; Date: 15th February, 1655/56 (PROB 11/279 Will of Gilbert Keate of London 16 July 1658 Wootton 363-416); HCA 13/71: ff. 19r & 19v, P1080923, P1080924)</ref>
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| − | Captaine Richard Ell<ref>Captaine Richard Ell (b. ?, d. ca. 1677), mariner. See "RICHARD ELL of the parish of S:t Dunstans in the East London Mariner the commander of the shipp the ''Prosperous'' of London, aged 50 yeares or therabouts, sworn xr." (PROB 11/353 Will of Richard Ell, Gentleman of Twickenham, Middlesex 13 April 1677 Hale 1-43; [[MRP: HCA 13/64|HCA 13/64]], f. 27 recto, P1090539: Deposition by Captaine Richard Ell: 28th November 1650; 'Richard Ell,' Twickenham Museum web site, http://www.twickenham-museum.org.uk/detail.asp?ContentID=279, viewed 28/04/12)</ref> of Twitnam
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| − | in the County of Midds Esq:r aged
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| − | 54 yeares or thereabouts a witnes sworne
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| − | and examined deposeth and saith as followeth
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| − | vizt.
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| − | To the first arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith That in or about
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| − | the latter end of the yeare 1648. or beginning of the yeare 1649. the
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| − | tyme otherwise he remembreth not, hee this deponent did att Smirna
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| − | deliver diverse goods wares and merchandises in tinn clothe pepper
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| − | and other things to y:e value of. 480:li sterl and upwards to the sayd Dixwell Brent<ref>Dixwell Brent. Dixwell Brent (b. ?, d. ca. 1651), merchant of Smyrna. See "DIXWELL BRENT, deceased, at Smyrna. Admon. Oct. 16, 1651, to his brother John Brent, of goods unadmd by his father John Brent, decd. Another Grant made in Oct. 1661." (Frederick Arthur Crisp (ed.), ''Abstracts of Somersetshire wills, etc: copied from the manuscript collections of the late Rev. Frederick Brown'', vol. 4 (?London, 1889) p. 138); "[1652] May 31. London....We have received a petition from John Brent, administrator of Dixwell Brent, whose books of account and papers your predecessor left in your hands; we desire that they and other things in your custody be delivered to such person as Brent shall appoint, taking his receipt or sufficient caution. [Levant Papers, Vol. IV., pp. 194, 195], in [http://archive.org/stream/calendarstatepa10offigoog#page/n325/mode/2up Mary Anne Everett Green (ed.), Calendar of state papers, domestic series, 1651-1652 (London, 1877), p. 371] </ref>
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| − | then being att Smirna to and for the use and accompt of the arlate
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| − | Gilbert Keat Thomas Jennings and Companie. And the sayd Dixwell
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| − | Brent in his life tyme had and enioyed the sameXXX
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| − | the sd accompt and promised to dispose of the same to and for the best
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| − | benefit and advantage of them the sayd Gilbert Keat Thomas Jennings
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| − | and Companie, and to give and Accompt of the same or of the proceeeds
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| − | thereof to them or some of them, or their Agents. And otherwise hee
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| − | cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the second Article of the sayd allon This depont, saith that in the
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| − | yeares aforesd and att the tyme of the says attashment (sic) made of the
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| − | sayd 15:th p:t of the sayd shipp the foresayd Dixwell Brent was indebted
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| − | unto the sayd Gilbert Keat Thomas Jenings (sic) and Companie in the same
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| − | of four hundred and eighty pounds stock and upwards for the foresaid
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| − | goods wares and merchandises so by him receyved as aforesd for which
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| − | the sayd Dixwell Brent deceased in his life tyme nor any other on
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| − | his part and behalfe since his death hath made any payment or
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| − | satisfaction. And saith that the sayd Dixwell Brent in his life tyme
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| − | and not long before his death did severall tymes by letters and
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| − | otherwise acknowledge the sayd debt to him this deponent who had
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| − | delivered the sayd goods to him at Smirna as aforesd. And otherwise
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| − | cannot depose.
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| − | RICHARD ELL [His signature]
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| − | <nowiki>**********************************************************</nowiki>
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| − | ===Case: Gilbert Keate, Thomas Jennings and Company: Deposition: 2. Adrian Death, of S:t Lawrence parish, London, Merchant, aged 27: Date: December 7th 1653===
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| − | The seventh day of December. 1653.
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| − | Examined upon the sayd allon-
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| − | 2. ADRIAN DEATH of S:t Lawrence parish in London,
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| − | merchant aged xxvij. yeares or thereabouts a
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| − | witnes sworne and examined deposeth and saith as
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| − | followeth
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| − | To the first and second Articles of the sayd allon This deponent saith That
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| − | about the beginning of the yeare of o:r Lord 1649. the tyme otherwise
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| − | att p:rsent he remembreth not there were of y:e sight and knowledge of
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| − | this deponent severall parcells of Tinn Cloth pepper and other
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| − | merchandizes of the value of three hundred pounds lawfill English
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| − | money and upwards delivered att Smyrna by the arlate Capt Richard Ell
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| − | his XXXX pt to y;e sd Dixwell Brent who recyved ?them
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| − | in his XXXXXX, but is since departed ths life. And saith the XXX
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| − | goods//
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| − | //goods were so delivered and receyved to and for the use and accompt
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| − | of the sayd Gilbert Keat Thomas Jennings and Company, to whom
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| − | or some of them or their Assignees the sayd Dixwell Brent
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| − | promised and undertooke to give and Accompt thereof
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| − | or of the proceed thereof to and for the benefit and Advantage of theXX
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| − | the sayd Keat Jennings and Company. And this deponent saith
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| − | that he never heard nor knoweth that the sayd Dixwell Brent did
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| − | his life tyme or any other in his behalfe since his death ever give
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| − | an Accompt of the sd goods or proceed thereof to y:e sd M:r Keat
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| − | M:r Jennings and Company or any of them, but saith that for ought
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| − | this deponent knoweth or hath heard the estate of y:e sayd Dixwell
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| − | Brent or his Exta:rs or Admina:rs are still lyable to accompt for y:e
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| − | 300:li sterling as aforesd and upwards, to y:m the sayd Gilbert Keat
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| − | Thomas Jennings and Company. And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − | ADRIAN DEATH [His signature]
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| − | <nowiki>*****************************************************</nowiki>
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| − | ===Case: Gilbert Keate, Thomas Jennings and Company: Deposition: 3. Peter Maret, of Redriffe, Surrey, Mariner, aged 26: Date: December 7th 1653===
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| − | The same day
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| − | Examined upon the sayd allon
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| − | 3 PETER MARET of Radcliffe in the County of Surrey
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| − | Mariner aged 26 yeares or thereabouts a witnes
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| − | sworne and examined deposeth and saith as followeth
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| − | vizt.
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| − | To the first and second Articles of the sayd allon This deponent saith
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| − | that being att Smirna in or about the latter end of the year 1648. or
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| − | beginning of the yeare 1649. not otherwise att p:rsent remembring the
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| − | tyme he then and ther saw severall quantityes of goods tinn
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| − | Cloth pepper and other merchandises delivered to y:e arlate Disxwell
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| − | Brent then residing att Smirna by the order of the sayd Richard
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| − | Ell and for the Accompt of the sayd Gilbert Keat Thomas
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| − | Jennings and Company, which goods were of the value of betwixt
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| − | four and five hundred pounds, and were recyved by the sayd Dixwell
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| − | Brent in his life tyme, and he was to accompt for y:e same or
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| − | the proceed thereof to y:e sayd M:r Keat M:r Jennings and Company
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| − | or some of them for their advantage and benefitt, and so much
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| − | the sd M:r Dixwell Brent undertooke and promised to doe. And saith
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| − | the sd M:r Dixwell Brent since departed this life, and never did
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| − | in his life tyme so farr as this deponent knoweth or hath heard make
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| − | or XXXX any accompt of or for y:e sayd ?Prod:t, nor any for him or
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| − | on his behalfe since his death so far as this deponent knoweth . in
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| − | regard whereof his estate or his Executo:rs or Administrat:rs
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| − | and for ought this deponent knoweth to y:e Contrary debito:rs to y:e
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| − | sayd Gilbert Keat Thomas Jennings and Company for the
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| − | sd goods or the proceed thereof. And otherwise or further
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| − | he cannot depose
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| − | PETER MARET [His signature]
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| − | Repeated with his p:rcontest?s
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| − | before D:r Clarke and D:r Godolphin
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| − | ===Case: Gilbert Keate, Thomas Jennings and Company: Deposition: 4. ffrancis Duncombe, of Cornhill, London, Merchant, aged 25: Date: December 8th 1653===
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| − | //The eighth day of December. 1653.
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| − | Examined upon the sayd allon
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| − | 4. FFRANCIS DUNCOMBE of Cornhill London
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| − | merchant aged 25 yeares or thereabouts a witnes
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| − | sworne and examined deposeth and saith as followeth
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| − | To the first Article of the sd allon This deponent saith there were
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| − | about the latter end of the yeare 1648. or beginning of the yeare
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| − | 1649. the tyme otherwise att p:rsent he remembreth not, severall goods
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| − | and merchandizes, to ?say Tinn broadcloth pepper and other
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| − | things of a good value left or delivered att Smirna by the
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| − | arlate Richard Ell to and with the sayd Dixwell Brent
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| − | for the use and Accompt of the sayd Gilbert Keat Thomas Jennings
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| − | and Company, and the sayd Dixwell Brent resiing then att
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| − | Smirna recyved the same and promised to dispose thereof to y:e
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| − | benefit of the sayd Keat Jennings and Company and to be
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| − | accomptable for and of the proceed thereof to them or some of
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| − | them for their use. the p:rmisses he knoweth being then att Smirna
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| − | and privy to y:e sayd busines, and he and the sayd Dixwell Brent
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| − | acknowledged the receipt of the sayd goods to the effect aforesd
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| − | and saw some of them in his possession vizt sd broad cloth as he remembreth And otherwise cannot
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| − | depose.
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| − |
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| − | To y:e second article of y:e sd allon This deponent saith that in the
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| − | yeares aforesd that is frō the tyme of delivery of the sayd goods
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| − | to M:r Dixwell Brent a foresd XX in his life tiyme, and himeselfe being since ?deceased his estate
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| − | Executo:rs or Administato:rs att the tyme of the attachment of the 16:th
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| − | pt of the sayd shipp ''Prosperous'', stand indebted for the sayd
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| − | goods or greater pt thereof to y:e sd Keat Jennings and Company in the sume of four hundred and
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| − | fifty pounds sterling or thereabouts of lawfull money of
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| − | England. the p:rmisses this deponent knoweth for that he kept
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| − | the Accompts of the sayd shipp the ''Prosperous'' and her lading
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| − | whereof the goods aforesd were a part, for the sayd Gilbert
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| − | Keat Thomas Jennings and Company And saith so farr as
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| − | this deponent knoweth beleiverth or hath heard the sayd Dixwell
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| − | Brent in his life tyme nor any one on his behalfe since his
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| − | death hath payd or given satisfaction for the sd 450:li or any
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| − | part there of. And otherwise cannot depose
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| − |
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| − | FFRANCIS DUNCOMBE [His signature]
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| − |
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| − | Repeated with his p:rcontest before
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| − | D:r Godolphin and D:r Clarke.
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| − | <nowiki>****************************************************</nowiki>
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| − | ===Case: Phillips and Company vs. the S:t Peter & Duart Nunez da Costa, ?Tunis Smith et al.: Deposition: Daniel Stratman, of Hamburgh, Mariner, Master of the S:t Peter, aged 37: Date: December 23rd 1653===
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| − | The xxiij:th day of December 1653
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| − |
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| − | Phillips and Company ag:st y:e shipp the)
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| − | ''S:t Peter'' (whereof Daniel Stratman is Ma:r)
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| − | and against Duart Nunez da Costa, ?Tunis)
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| − | Smith and others comeing in for their Interest)
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| − |
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| − | Smith ffrancklin.)
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| − |
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| − | Examined upon the allon, of Duart Nunez
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| − | da Costa, ?Tunis Smit and others.
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| − |
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| − | DANIEL STRATMAN of Hamburgh
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| − | Mariner Ma:r of the sayd shipp the
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| − | ''S:t Peter'' aged 37 yeares or thereabouts
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| − | a witnes sworne andexamined
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| − | deposeth and saith as followeth. vizt.
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| − | P1110234
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| − | P1110235
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| − | f. 305 verso & f. 306 recto
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| − | P1110236
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| − | f. 305 verso
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| − | P1110237
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| − | f. 306 recto
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| − | //The first and the rest of y:e Articles of the sayd allegaccon This depon:t
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| − | saith that he hath seene and perused a lre from his Catholique Mat:y the
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| − | King of Spaine bearing date the .21.:th day of may last past signd
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| − | by his Ma:tie s owne hand and directed to his Ambassado:r here Resident in
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| − | England wherein after recitall made that y:e sayd Don Domingo Centurion
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| − | (who us of the Counsell of his sayd Mat:y) had laden aboard the sayd shipp the
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| − | ''Morning Star'' or ''Stella Dorada'' att Cadiz to be transported to Dunkirje,
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| − | and there delivered for Accompt of his Ma:tyes factories .87. baggs of wool of Andaluzia and .?M. buyers of ?Segovia woolls
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| − | marked in the margent and for the supply of his ma:tyes owne affaires and army in fflanders
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| − | according to a Contract made by the syd Domingo Centurion in that behalfe,
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| − | His Ma:y did and doth require the sayd Lord Amb:r to seeke for restituccon of
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| − | y:e sayd wools in the behalfe of the sayd Domingo Centurion of and from
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| − | this Commonwealth and Parliam:t and Courts of Justice thereof into whose
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| − | power the sayd wools were come by vertue of a seizure made of the
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| − | sayd shipp by some of the frigats of this Commonwealth. And thisdeponent
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| − | hath likewise seene and perused another Letter dated [BLANK IN MANUSCRIPT] frō Madrid
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| − | from his Ex:cy Don Lewis (sic) da ?Haro Duke da Oliveros his sayd Ma:ties first
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| − | and Cheife Minister of State directed to y:e sd Lord Amb:r of Spaine
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| − | here Resident to y:e same effect and purpose wi?th y:e Kings aforesd letter.
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| − | ffor which Reasons and by reason of the bill of lading to y:e allon annexed
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| − | and now shewne him This deponent beleiveth that the sayd
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| − | Don Domingo Centurion in the moneth of January 1653 new
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| − | stile last past was and now is the lawfull owner of the arlate 138 baggs
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| − | of wooll, and that he did lade them by his facto;r att Cadiz for accompt
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| − | of the foresayd factories managed by him in his sayd ma:ts Royall name.
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| − | to be transported to Dunkirke and that the sayd wools were there to be
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| − | delivered for supply of his sayd Ma:ties Arms and Affaires in fflanders.
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| − | And otherwise cannpt depose.
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| − |
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| − | To y:e Crosse Interries
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| − |
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| − | To the 1. negatively.
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| − |
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| − | To the 2. 4, and 4.:th Interries he saith that by lres of advise and publike
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| − | fame and as Secretary to y.e Lord Amb:r of Spaine he knoweth y:e sayd
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| − | Don Domingo Centurion to be a Spaniard and of his Ma:yes Counsell of Spaine
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| − | and an Inhabitant of Madrid and there to have lived many yeares
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| − | and y:e sd John da ?Vindt to be his facto:r resident at Cadiz and further
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| − | cannot depose
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| − |
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| − | To the 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 22. 23. 23. and 14:th, he saith he cannot depose otherwise
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| − | than as afoesd being constantly resident in London.
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| − |
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| − | To y:e .15:th he saith he was borne att Leige in y,e Confines of Germany and
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| − | liveth in this City. and otherwise negatively.
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| − |
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| − | To y:e 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. and 22:th. he saith he cannot depose otherwise
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| − | than as aforesd
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| − |
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| − | XXXX XXXXX [His signature]
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| − |
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| − | Repeated before D:r Cocke & Godolphn
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| − | P1110240
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| − | P1110241
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| − | ===Case: Richard Hill, John Hallett, John Gregory and Company concerning currants in the John Bonadventure and vs. John Gold: Deposition: Thomas Broome, of parish of White Chappell, Middlesex, Mariner, aged 34: Date: December 6th 1653===
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| − | P1110242
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| − | f. 330 verso & f. 331 recto
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| − | P1110243
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| − | f. 330 verso
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| − | ===Case: Moses Goodyeare xr: Deposition: Giles Giles, of Ratcliffe, Middlesex, Mariner, aged 29: Date: December 7th 1653===
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| − | The seventh day of December 1653
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| − | Examined upon the sd allon
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| − | 2. GILES GILES of Ratcliffe in the County of Miids
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| − | Mariner aged 29 yeares of thereabouts a witnes
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| − | sworne and examined deposeth and saith as followeth
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| − | vizt
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| − | To the first second third and fourth Articles, of the sayd Allegaccon This
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| − | deponent saith that in the monethes of December and January 164X
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| − | he this deponent was att Puenta Domas a port of Fallicia in Spaine
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| − | and ?there saw the arlate shipp the ''John Adventure'' now called the
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| − | ''Hopewell'', which was XXX XXXX under severall names lye there in that port in the
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| − | quiete//
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| − | P1110244
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| − | f. 331 recto
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| − |
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| − | //posession of the arlate M:r Samuel Travis who then was the lawfull
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| − | Owner of the sd shipp her tackle and furniture and so accounted. And
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| − | saith the arlate John Giles was then likewise there and about the
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| − | seventh day of the sayd moneth of January 1647 bought the sayd
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| − | shipp her tackle and furniture of and frō the sayd Samuel Travis
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| − | for the summe of 240:li sterling which moneyes this deponent saw
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| − | the sayd John Giles att Puenta Domas about the sd tyme. pay to y:e
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| − | sayd Travis for the sd shipp, and then and there saw the sayd Samuel
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| − | Travis in consideraccon of the sd summe of 240:li so to him payd and by
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| − | him received sell and alienate the sd shipp tackle and furniture
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| − | to y:e sd John Giles by a deed or bill of sale. And saith that the schedule
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| − | to y:e sd allegaccon annexed and now shewne him this Examinat was
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| − | and is the very originall bill of sale, and this deponent saw the
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| − | sayd Samuel Travis sign seale and deliver the same as and for
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| − | his Act and deed to y:e sayd John Travis in the p:rsence of him this
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| − | deponent and his P:rcontest Thomas W?others and severall others
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| − | whose names are sett or written as witnessed att the foot of the sayd
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| − | schedule of bill of sale, And saith the sayd bill of sale is reall and
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| − | the Contents thereof true. And further that he saw the sayd Samuel
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| − | Travis after sealing and delivery of the sd bill of sale putt the sayd
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| − | John Giles into the actuall and quiet possession of the sd shipp her
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| − | tackle and furniture att Puenta Domas aforesd in the sayd moneth of
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| − | January 1647. And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the fifth and sixth arles of y:e sayd allon This deponent saith that of his
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| − | certaine knowledge the sayd John Giles continued in the quiet possession of
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| − | the sd shipp as master and owner of her for two yeares and an halfe
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| − | and upwards after his buying of her as aforesd. And saith that towards
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| − | the latter end of the summer 1651. as this deponent now remembreth
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| − | the tyme, the sayd shipp the ''John Adventure'' which is now called by
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| − | some the ''Hopewell'' by others the ''Pigeon'', being upon the high seas
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| − | and sayling to her designed Port of Dartmouth, (this deponent and
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| − | the sayd John Giles being then in and aboard her) was chased by
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| − | two Turkes men of warr or pyrattes of Sally, and being over
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| − | powered by them was for her safety forced into y:e Port of Brest
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| − | in ffrance where for some certaine tyme she lay in Anchor and
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| − | the sayd John Giles was for some tyme there in the quiet possession
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| − | of her. And farther saith he cannot depose
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| − |
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| − | To the seventh arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith that whilst the sayd shipp
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| − | lay att Brest as aforesd and within two dayes after her s?such Arrivall
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| − | there the Governo:r of Brest under Colo:r that y:e sayd shipp came from
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| − | Spaine or some other uniust p:rtence violenly and forceably seized the
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| − | sayd shipp and dipossessed the sayd John Giles of her, and all her lading
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| − | then on board her, and imprisoned the sayd John Giles and this deponent
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| − | and about 5 pr six more of the sayd shipps Company and kept them
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| − | in ?duresse for seven weekes, and restored not y:e sayd shipp to y:e sayd
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| − | John Giles but kept and Deteyned the same from him, by meanes whereof
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| − | and the sayd uniust seizure the sayd John Giles hath ever ?sithence beene
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| − | kept out of the quiet possession of his sayd shipp tackle and furniture
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| − | And othewise he cannot depose
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| − | To//
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| − | P1110245
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| − | f. 332 verso
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| − | //To the eighth Article of y:e sayd allon This deponent saith that in the
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| − | month of November last past the sayd John Giles having notice
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| − | given him by this deponent that the sd shipp the ''John Adventure''
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| − | otherwise the ''Hopewell'' otherwise the ''Pidgeon'' did ly att anchor in XXX
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| − | by a warrant of this Court as belonging to himselfe, And the XXXX
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| − | seeing the sd XXXX made. And otherwise he cannot depose
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| − |
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| − | To y:e last he saith his depsiccons are true.
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| − | To y:e Crosse Interries
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| − | To the first he saith he knoweth the sd shipp the ''Hopewell'' and otherwise
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| − | negatively.
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| − |
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| − | To y:e second he saith saith the sayd shipp was taken by the ffrench as aforesayd; but
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| − | how long she continued in their power knoweth not and saith she was not condemned
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| − | in ffrance as prize so farr as this Rendt knoweth beleiveth or hath
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| − | heard And further otherwise than negatively cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the third Interry he saith he never heard beleiveth nor doth know and
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| − | thing to y:e effect interrate.
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| − |
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| − | To y:e fourth and fifth Interryes he saith he hath heard and beleiveth that the yayd
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| − | William Hazzard came Ma:r in the sd shipp frō Funkirke to this
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| − | River. and heard some of his Company say he bought y:e same att
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| − | Dunkirke for 300 guilders, but saith he doth not beleive it to be true
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| − | for that he hath credibly heard that the sayd Hassard (sic) himselfe hath
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| − | acknowledged to M:r Prince, that he payd nothinge for the sd shipp.
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| − | And saith he cannot depose certainly who hath the p:rsent possession
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| − | of the sayd shipp but beleiveth she is in the possession of y:e John
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| − | Gibbs by authority of this Court. And otherwise he cannot depose-
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| − | GILES G GILES
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| − | his marke.
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| − |
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| − | Repeated before D:r Clarke
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| − | and D:r Godolphine
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| − | <nowiki>************************************************</nowiki>
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| − | ===Case: Hill and others xr: Deposition: 2. Capt. Giles Lawrence, of Ratcliffe, Middlesex, late Master of the Agreement, aged 35: Date: December 8th 1653===
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| − | P1110246
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| − | f. ?336 verso & f. ?337 recto
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| − | ===Case: XXX: Deposition: 1. Henry Lawe, of S:t Katherines, London, Mariner, aged 50: Date: December 13th 1653===
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| − | P1110247
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| − | f. ?336 verso
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| − | //The xiij:th day of December . 1653.
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| − |
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| − | Examined upon an allon on the behalfe of the
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| − | sayd Williā Hassard
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| − |
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| − | 1. HENRY LAWE of S:t Katherines London Mariner aged
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| − | 50 yeares or therabouts a witnes sworne andexamined
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| − | deposeth and saith as followeth. vizt.
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| − |
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| − | To the first Article of the sayd allon this deponent saith that being att
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| − | Dunkirke in the moneth of September last past he saw the arlate shipp
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| − | the ''Hopewell'' arrive there in the possession of ffrenchmen laden with
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| − | goods vizt sugar, allom (sic), and Iron, and that y:e fffrench were there dispossed
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| − | of her and ther goods taken out of her, but whether she were there
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| − | judicially condemned knoweth not. And saith he hath creadibly heard
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| − | that y:e sayd Williā Hassard bought the sd shipp there, and he this
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| − | deponent saw him in possession of her as master and owner of her in the sayd moneth
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| − |
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| − | To the second arle of y:e sayd allon This deponent saith that he saw the
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| − | sayd producent possest of the sayd shipp as aforesd, and saw him att Dunkirke
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| − | XXXX furnish and equippe her, and fitt her with a new mast and
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| − | mend her sayles, but what he expended therein hnoweth not, and
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| − | saith he saw the sayd shipp laden with severall goods the tyme and
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| − | place aforesd which goods were in the sayd shipp under command of the
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| − | sayd Williā Hazzard (sic) brought frō Dunkirke to London and ?there
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| − | delivered of the sight of this deponent, who came along frō Dunkirke
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| − | to London aboard y:e ''Sara Joseph'', whereof this deponent is master in
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| − | Company of the sayd vessell ''Hopewell'' arriving in this River in the
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| − | month of October last past. And saith the sayd William Hassard did
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| − | shipp the Mariners that came along and served in the sayd shipp and
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| − | as master of her took y:e goods aboard y:e same in her of severall
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| − | merchants who freighted y:e sayd vessell. And otherwise he
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| − | saith he cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the third Article of y:e sd allon hee saith the sayd shipp was brought
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| − | into Dunkirke by ffrenchmen as aforesd and was there commonly taken
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| − | and reputed to be a lawfull ffrench prize, and y:e subiects of the
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| − | King of Spaine were possest of her before the sayd Hassard had any
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| − | thing to doe with her. and further that he hath credibly heard and
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| − | beleiveth that the sayd Hassard did there buy her, and that hee
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| − | was and is the reputed owner of her. And otherwise cannot depose
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| − |
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| − | To the fourth arle of y:e sayd allon this deponent saith that the XXX
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| − | Williā Hassard continually from the sayd month of September 1653
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| − | for and during all the tyme of her passafe from Dunkirke to this port
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| − | of London, and when she arrived att this port of London in the sayd
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| − | moneth of October 1653 was in the ?true
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| − | reall and acutall possession of the sayd shipp as master and owner thereof
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| − | which he knoweth for the reasons aforesd. And beleiveth that XXX
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| − | sayd Williā Hazzard from and continually since such arrival XX
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| − | and att this p:rsent s in the like reall and actuall possession of her XXX
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| − | heard both the sayd producent and others say and affirme so much XX
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| − | And further cannot depose.
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| − | P1110248
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| − | //To y:e Crosse Interries
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| − | Ti the .1. he saith he comes to be a witnes in this cause att the Request of y:e
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| − | sd Williā Hassard: and further otherwise than negatively cannot depose.
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| − | To the 2:d he saith he never saw the sayd shipp ''Hopewell'' or ''Pigeon'' in England
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| − | before October last 1653. and further otherwise negatovely cannot
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| − | depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the third he saith he did not see the sayd Hassard pay any money for
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| − | the sd shipp. neyther did he see the sayd shipp condemned nor knoweth
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| − | to whose use she was condemned. and further otherwise than negatively
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| − | cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the fourth he saith he neyther knoweth beleiveth nor hath heard any
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| − | the Contents of this Interrye
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| − |
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| − | To the fifth Interry he knoweth not beleiveth nor hath heards any
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| − | thing to y:e effect of this Interry
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| − |
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| − | HENRY LAW [His signature]
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| − |
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| − | Repeated before three Judges in Court.
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| − | <nowiki>**************************************************</nowiki>
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| − | ===Case: Allegation on behalf of William Hazzard: Deposition: 2. William de Smitt, of Ostend, Mariner, aged 33: Date: December 13th 1653===
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| − | The same day
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| − | Examined upon the sayd allon
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| − | 2. WILLIAM DE SMITT of Ostend Mariner aged 33.
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| − | yeares or thereabouts a witnes sworne and
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| − | examined deposeth and sasith as followeth. vizt.
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| − | P1110249
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| − | f. 337 verso
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| − | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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| − | <nowiki>************************************************</nowiki>
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| − |
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| − | ===Case: XXX: Deposition: Thomas Base, of Saxmunden, Suffolk, Mariner, late one of the Company of the Agreement, aged 23: Date: December 14th 1653===
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| − | P11100250
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| − | f. ? verso & f. ? recto
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| − |
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| − | ----
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| − | P1110251
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| − | f. ? verso
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| − |
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| − | P1110252
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| − | f. ? verso & f. ? recto
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| − |
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| − | ----
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| − | P1110253
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| − | f. XXX verso
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| − |
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| − |
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| − | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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| − |
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| − | ADRYAEN BOYER [His signature]
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| − |
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| − | <nowiki>*************************************************</nowiki>
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| − | ===Case: XXXX: Deposition: Samuel Beake, sonne of Arnold Beake: Date: October 10th 1653===
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| − |
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| − | The x:th day of October 1653
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| − |
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| − | SAMUEL BEAKE sonne of Arnold Beake one of the
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| − | producents in this cause aged about one and twenty yeares a
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| − | witnesse producent sworne and examined in this cause Deposeth as
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| − | followeth viz:t
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| − |
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| − | To the first arle of the said allegacon hee sayeth That for theis twelve monethes
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| − | last past or thereabouts the arlate M:r Arnold Beake this deponents father Peter
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| − | Mathewes and John ?Dolins arlate have bene and yet are commonly accompted reputed
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| − | and taken to be the Lawfull owners and proprieto:rs of the Shipp the ''S:t John'' arlate
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| − | her tackle and furniture ?etc further cannot Depose
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| − |
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| − | To the second arle of the said allegacon He sayeth that more than by relacon and
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| − | report of this Deponents father and others interessed in the said shippe he and the Ladeing
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| − | ?arlates hee cannot Depose:
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| − |
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| − | To the third arle of this allegaton he sayeth That ?uppon pusall of this deponents
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| − | said fathers bookes of Accompt committed to his kepeinge and his care hee fyndeth
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| − | That uppon the sending of the ?Leade aboard the ''S:t John'' arlate from
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| − | London to Nants uppon the XXX and sending of the said Comoditie the
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| − | proceed thereof was invested, into wynes w:ch were there bought by the order
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| − | and discretion of this deponents father and the rest of the producents arlat
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| − | and was for their accompt and adventure to be transported to Dover where the M:r of the ship arlate was to
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| − | receive orders for transporting them into Flanders and accordingly there was
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| − | order//
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| − | ----
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| − | P1110254
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| − | f. 365 recto
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| − |
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| − | //order given to one M_r XXXX da ?Hase at Dower being this Deponents father the
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| − | correspondent to send the same Shipp uppon her XXX att Dowr for
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| − | Flanders And otherwise than as by ?in ?form ?acon out of his (and fathers bookes
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| − | of accompt and by Losses w:ch he hath seene touching to the effect of what hee
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| − | hath predeposed he cannot say:
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| − |
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| − | To the fowrth arle of the said allegacon and to the ?two schedules or exhibits therein
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| − | menconed being shewed unto him this deponent and carefully pused by him att the
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| − | tyme of this his examinacon hee sayeth and Deposeth That hee was not prsent
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| − | ?att y:e forming and figuring the said two schedules arlate but sayeth That Martyn
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| − | and Henry Domez were and are this Deponents said fathers factors and agents
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| − | in FXXXXX and of this deponents knowledge they hath for devers years beene
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| − | correspondents by way of Letters and advice betweene this Deponents father and the said
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| − | Martyn Domez and Henry Domez and hee hath seene devirs and sewrall papers and
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| − | Letters of advice w:ch have come to this Deponents father and under their
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| − | hands and this deponent is ?whrby psuaded in his conscience that the two exhibits
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| − | or Schedules XXX now shewn unto and perused by him were and are ?furnished by
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| − | Martyn or Henry Domez it being an ordinary and usuall course amongst merchants
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| − | and Factors That where they are imployed in ?company ?and ?doth usually subscribe
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| − | and firme for both in both their names and soe hee sayeth That the sayes Martyn and Henry Domez have
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| − | usually ?done in those Letters w:ch this deponent hath in
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| − | theire names And sayeth That the said two
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| − | exhibites were and are the ?very Letters and papers w:ch were sent unto this deponents
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| − | said father from Nants concerning the sale of the ?Leade and buying of the wynes
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| − | and vinegar arlate and were sent to this Deponents father by the ordinary Poast XXXX
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| − | before the seizure of the Shipp and goods arlate And further to this arle he cannot
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| − | Depose
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| − |
| |
| − | To the 5:th hee sayeth and Deposeth That this Deponentts said Father did send downe a Letter
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| − | of advice to the arlate ?Mircaut de ?Haze liveing att Dower to send the said shipp & wynes
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| − | to Dunkirke as is arlate this deponent haveing seene a coppy of the said Letter to
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| − | the same effect amongst his fathers bookes w:ch XXXXX wrott before the seizure of the
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| − | Shipp wynes and vinager arlate and further cannot Depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the Interrogatories
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| − |
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| − | To the first Interrogatory he answereth That he is sonne to M:r Arnold Beake one
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| − | of the producents att whose request hee cometh to testify his knowledge in this cause
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| − | but sayeth that hee is not any way interested in the Shipp or goods within
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| − | And otherwise negatively
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| − |
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| − | To the second Interry hee answereth That the M:r of the Shipp the ''S:t John'' M:r
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| − | ?Roger Clauson is commonly reputed to be a Fleminge but whether hee be subiect to
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| − | the King of Spayne or the united provinces he cannot say.
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| − |
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| − | To the third Interry hee cannot ?give any other answer thereunto than as aforesaid
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| − |
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| − | To the fowrth Interry hee answeareth and beleeveth That his father doth not write any
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| − | Letters//
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| − | ----
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| − | P1110255
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| − | f. 365 verso & p. 366 rector
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| − |
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| − | '''Unreadable digital image'''
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| − | ---
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| − | P1110256
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| − | f. 365 verso
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| − |
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| − |
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| − | //Letters or Letter to any of his Correspondents or factors beyond the Seas as hee beleiveth but the Coppyes
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| − | thereof are commonly entred into his said fathers books for that purpose And
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| − | further cannot say
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| − |
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| − | To the fifth Interry hee answeareth That there was a bill of Exchange drawn by
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| − | Monsier de ?Founteyne of Paris by the order of Martyne and Henry Domez uppon
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| − | the deponents said father for the payment of 1800 guilders w:ch hee sayeth was for the
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| − | account of the said wynes as by the letters and exhibits shewn unto him att the time
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| − | of this his examinacon is to be seene and otherwise referringe himselfe to the same
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| − | Letters and exhibits XXXXXing in this Court hee cannot answeare
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| − | SAMUEL BEACK: [His signature: note the "c" in the signed version of his name and no "e" after the "k"]
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| − | <nowiki>******************************************************************</nowiki>
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| − | ===Case: XXXX: Deposition: 3. James Hedgethorne, Servant to M:r Arnold Beake, aged 17: Date: October 10th 1653===
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| − | 3 JAMES HEDGETHORNE Servant unto M:r Arnold
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| − | Beake one of the producents in this Cawse with whom
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| − | hee hath lived for theis twoe yeares
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| − | and halfe last past or thereabouts aged 17 yeares or thereabouts
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| − | produced and examyned Deposeth as followeth
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| − |
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| − | To the second .3. and 4:th arles of the said allegacon and the twoe schedules or
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| − | exhibits therin menconned beinge showen unto him att the tyme of his examinacon
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| − | hee sayeth and deposeth That in or about the moneth of May last past there
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| − | was shipt on board the Ship ''S:t John'' arlate three hundred piggs of Lead, w:ch
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| − | were to be transported from this Port of London to Nants in ffrance and
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| − | there to be delivered unto Martyn and Henry Damez the factors and agents of
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| − | the producent this Depontts M:r M:r Arnold Beake & Peter Mathews and there to be disposed of according
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| − | to the order and direccons of his said M:r But sayeth That the said Shipp
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| − | and her Lading afforesaid, in the course thither were seized and stayed about
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| − | June last by a XXXXX man of Warr of England and were ?detayned
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| − | by one Captayne ?HXXXX and his Company untill this deponents said M:r the
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| − | producent gott the said Shipp and her Ladinge of Lead to be XXXX by ?order
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| − | of this Court as this deponent hath credibly beene informed and beleiveth And
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| − | otherwise referring himselfe to the proceedings of this Court XXXX the
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| − | release of the said Shipp and her Lading predeosed hee ?cannot say saveing
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| − | That he this deponent havinge psued and taken XXXX XXX of the twoe schedules
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| − | and XXXXX XXXX XXXXXX XXXX and XXXX by Martyn and Henry Domez
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| − | two of this deponents gathers factors and Correspondents att Nants
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| − | hee sayeth That the ?Letters of ?Advice and Accompt in the said XXXXXX
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| − | appear to be the propper hand writinge of the said Martyn and Henry Domez
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| − | for that he this deponent hath seene devirs Letters and papers sent XXXX XXX
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| − | and under the firme and subscription of the said Martyn and Henry Domez
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| − | XX XXXX what usually in their XXXX XXX names they
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| − | being both ?ingaged in dXXXXX of XXXXXX for England and saveing that
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| − | the XXXXXX of the same Lead sold for the said producents accompt at Nants
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| − | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Henry Domez XXXXXXX in wynesXXXXXXXXXX
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| − | XXXX//
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| − | P1110257
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| − | f. 366 recto
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| − | //sent back in the said Shipp for England And sayeth That the surplus w:ch
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| − | was left employed for the said wynes soe bought by the producents factors at Nant afforesaid
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| − | was drawen uppon this deponents said M:r by Bills of Exchange out of ffrance
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| − | w:ch Bills of Exchange were accepted by his said M:r about a moneth further in the p:rsence of this
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| − | Deponent And further he cannot Depose saveing that the said Bill of Exchange
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| − | XX ?never as hee can remember was for sixe hundred ?ozXXXXes
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| − |
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| − | To the fifth arle of the said allegacon hee sayith and Deposeth That he
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| − | this deponent before the seizure of the Shipp arlate did Copy ?a Letter for his
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| − | said N:r wherein hee M:r Arnold Beake gave XXXX to the arlate Michael de ?Haze of Dower That
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| − | uppon the arrivall of the said Shipp and wynes from Nants att Dover that
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| − | hee should send the said Shipp and wynes from Nants att Dover that
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| − | hee should send the said Shipp and the wynes and Ladeing in her to Dunkirke to Joos
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| − | ?ffreenXtt and William ?Cousnis arlate the said M:r Beakes factors and Correspondents
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| − | there and further cannot Depose:
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| − |
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| − | To the Interrogatories
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| − |
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| − | To the first Interrey he answeareth That he is servantt unto one of the producents vizt M:r
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| − | Arnold Beake and is of kinne unto him And otherwise negatively
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| − |
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| − | To the second Interry hee knoweth nothinge more than what hee hath predeposed
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| − |
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| − | To the third Interry hee answeareth That before the seizure of the Lead
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| − | neere the Isle of Wight by Captyne ?Greene as afforesaid, hee this deponent did
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| − | copy a Letter for his said M:r wherein hee gave advice to the said Martyn and
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| − | Henry Doomez (sic) for the buyinge of wynes and vinager with the proceeds of the
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| − | sale of the said Lead and therewith to lade the Shipp home againe for England And further
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| − | savinge his former Deposicons he cannot answeare
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| − |
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| − | To the fowerth Interry hee answeareth That he is XXXXXXX with the Coppying
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| − | of the Letters w:ch his said M:r usually dispatched to his factors and
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| − | Correspondents beyond the Seas and further cannot say sayeing that to his best
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| − | Remembrance his said M:r did never disptach and Letters beyond the Seas for
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| − | this twoe yeares last past whereXXX hee did not XXX acquaint his sonne or him
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| − | this rendet
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| − |
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| − | To the fifth Interr he answeareth That he cannot give a more pticular and
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| − | satisfactory answeare thereunto than what in his foregoeinge Depositions is XXXXXX
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| − | saving that the said Bill of Exchange interr was accepted by his said M:r
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| − | before he had XXXXX advise that the said shipp the ''S:t John'' XXX the XXXXX
| |
| − | aforesaid, were brought into Plymouth
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| − |
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| − | JAMES HEDGETHORNE [His signature]
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| − |
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| − | Repeated w:th his p:rcontest before
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| − | D:r Clarke and M:r Cor?be
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| − |
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| − | <nowiki>********************************************************</nowiki>
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| − | ===Case: Stone and Symonds against Collyer and ?Reay: Deposition: Geoffrey Neape, of Maldon, Essex, aged 40: Date: October 11th or 12th 1653===
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| − | The ?xi:th day of October 1653 as uppon the allegacon
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| − | given on the behalfe of?Budds ?Clyaut
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| − |
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| − | Stone and Symonds against Collyer and ?Reay)
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| − | BXXX XXXX)
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| − |
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| − | GEOFFREY NEAPE of Maldon in Essex near XXXX
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| − | aged forty yeares or thereabouts a witnesse produced
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| − | and examined in this cause disposeth as followeth
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| − | To the fowreth arlate of the said allegacon whereuppon by direction he is onely examyned
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| − | hee//
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| − |
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| − | '''The rest of this deposition has not been imaged'''
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| − | P1110258
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| − | f. ? verso & f. ? recto
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| − | P1110259
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| − | f. 267 verso
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| − | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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| − |
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| − | <nowiki>**************************************************************</nowiki>
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| − | ===Case: The Clayme of Beake & Mathews: Deposition: Peter ?Som, Servant to M:r Peter Mathews, aged ?21: Date: October 14th 1653===
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| − | The 14th of October 1653 uppon the allegacon on the
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| − | behalf of the Claymers
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| − |
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| − | The Clayme of Beake & Mathews as for)
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| − | the Shipp the ''S:t John'' and the wynes)
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| − | and vinagar in her)
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| − |
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| − | PETER SOM Servant unto Peter
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| − | Mathewes one of the producents in this Cawse
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| − | with whom he hath lived for allmost their
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| − | fXXX yeares last past aged aboat xxi:th yeares a
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| − | witnesse produced and examined Deposeth as followeth
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| − |
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| − | To the first arle of the said allegacon hee sayeth and Deposeth That for theis ?twoe
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| − | moneths last past his this deponents M:r Peter Mathewes one of the producents in this cause hath XXX
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| − | and still is commonly reputed the lawfull own'r and Proprietor of the Shipp the ''S:t
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| − | John'' arlate her Tackle and ffurniture and sayith he hath heard his M:r M:r
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| − | Peter Mathews acknowledge That the arlate M:r Arnold Beake had likewise a share
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| − | in the said Shipp And further cannot Depose saveinge That hee this Deponent
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| − | by the direction and order of the said Peter Mathewes one of the producents did
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| − | pay for the said Shipp uppon a Bill of Exchange drawen from Holland uppon his
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| − | said M:r by order of one M:r Anthins de ?Sondt the summe of fower hundred
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| − | and nynty pounds seaven shillings sterlinge mony
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| − |
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| − | To the second arles of the said allegacon and to the schedules therein
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| − | mencconed beinge shewne unto him and prused by him att the tyme of his examinacon he
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| − | sayeth and Deposeth That within the tyme arlate there were Laden aboard the Shipp
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| − | the ''S:t John''arlate one hundred and fiftie pigges of Leade w:ch he sayeth were to be
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| − | transported to Nants in ffrance but sayeth That as he hath credebly beene informed
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| − | and beleveth The said Shipp and her Ladeing in the course thither was intercepted
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| − | stayed and seized by Captayne Greene and others but was afterwards by the
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| − | meanes of this deponents said m:r cleared by order of this Court And afterwards
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| − | did proceed onwards in her said voyage to Nants where ?according as by Letters
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| − | of advice sent to this deponents said M:r Peter Mathewes appeared the said Lead was safely
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| − | delivered and with the proceeds thereof the wynes and Vinager arlate were laden aboard
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| − | the said Shipp att Nant from whence they were to have beene transported to
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| − | Dunkirke for the accompt and adventure of this deponents said
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| − | M:r and Arnold Beake arlate to theire factors and correspondents there And sayeth
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| − | That hee hath seene Letters wch were sent from Martin and Henry Domez in the said
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| − | exhibits menconed whereby it was and is XXXfied to his said M:r That the said Lead
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| − | predeposed//
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| − | P1110260
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| − | f. 268 recto
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| − |
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| − | //predeposed was XXXX in ffrance and that the said Martyn and Henry Domez or one of
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| − | them had returned the pracall thereof in Wynes and Vinagar aboard the ''S:t John''
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| − | arlate for the accompt of the said M:r Beake and this deponents said M:r And otherwise
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| − | he cannot depose saveinge that the Letters w:ch this deponent hath soe seene hath
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| − | beene subscribed with the names of Martyn and Henry Domez ?whoe usually have
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| − | wrote Letters to this deponents said M:r in both their names and saveing that
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| − | he hath seene and perused the Letters and accompt arlate and hath ?received
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| − | and seene severall Letters ?handwriten and ?formed with the names of the said Henry
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| − | and Martyn Domez wXXXX XXX ?concyerninge the exhibits arlate with Letter w:ch
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| − | have beene ?directed to his said M:r from the said two brothers he is
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| − | verily psuaded in his conscience That the said Letters of advice and Accompt arlate,
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| − | XX XXXX formed and subscribed with the hands of the said Martyn and Henry
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| − | Domez or one of them but w:ch one of them he cannot say
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| − |
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| − | To y:e Interogatories
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| − |
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| − | To the first Interrs he answeareth That he is ?Cashere to M:r Peter Mathewes
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| − | aforesaid and otherwise negativel
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| − |
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| − | To the second Intery he sayeth That for his pt he cannot remember whether he
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| − | was ewr aboard the Shipp the ''S:t John'' XXXX nor knoweth what Countrey
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| − | men the M:r of her is And further cannot answeare
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| − |
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| − | To the third Interry hee sayeth That he this rendt hath seene Letters written by
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| − | his said M:r Peter Mathews wherby he gave order to XX said Martyn and Henry Domez
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| − | at Nant afforesaid That as for the buyeing the wynes and Ladeing the said
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| − | Shipp XXXXXXX they should follow the sirections and order of the
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| − | foresaid M:r ?Beake And otherwise cannot answear
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| − |
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| − | To the fowreth Interry he answeareth Tht for his pt he doth not thincke it
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| − | impossible XXXX for his said M:r to write Letters w:ch this rendet might not
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| − | see nut sayeth for his ordinary and useable dispatches to his facto.rs beyond sea he
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| − | doth usually ?enumerate them or the ?effort of them to this rendt whoe coppyes
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| − | Letters for him And further cannot Answear
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| − |
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| − | To the fifth he cannot of his owne knowledge ?speke or depose any thing thereunto
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| − |
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| − | PETER ?SOEN [His signature]
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| − |
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| − | Repeated before D:r Clerke &
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| − | D:r Godolphyn
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| − |
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| − | <nowiki>********************************************************</nowiki>
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| − |
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| − | Uppon the allegacon given on the behalfe of
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| − | ?Deleffe Boysen
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| − |
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| − | The Clayme of Gold and ?Boyson for the)
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| − | Shipp y:e ''Angel Gabriel'' whereof
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| − | ?Barne Williamson XXXXXX)
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| − |
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| − | THOMAS HARRISON of Wapping in the County of Midd
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| − | Merchant Taylor aged 33 yeares or thereabouts a witnesse
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| − | produced and examyned in this Cawse deposeth as followeth
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| − | Vizt//
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| − | ----
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| − | P1110261
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| − | f. 374 recto
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| − | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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| − |
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| − | <nowiki>**************************************************</nowiki>
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| − |
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| − | ===Case: XXXX: Affidavit: John Shorter, of London, Merchant, and William Warren, of London, Merchant: Date: November 16th 1653===
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| − |
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| − | The sixteenth day of November 1653
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| − |
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| − | Affidavit
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| − |
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| − | JOHN SHORTER of London Merchant, and William
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| − | Warren alsoe of London Merchant sworne before the
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| − | right wor:ll Willm Clerke and XXX Godolphin Drs of Lawes
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| − | Judges of this High Court of the Admiraltie ?say
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| − | and depose by vertue of their oathes.
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| − |
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| − | That the Shipp the ''JXXX'' of London otherwise called the ''XXXXth'' of Dunkirke
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| − | (Vincent ?Riflet master) of the burthen of two hundred and fiftie tonnes//
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| − | P1110262
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| − | f. 374 verso
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| − | ===Case: Clayme of Didier ffauqualt of London for the ship the Hope: Deposition: 1. Daniel Griel, of S:t Martins Lane, London, Merchant, aged 25: Date: January 17:th 1653===
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| − |
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| − | P1110263
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| − | f. 411 recto
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| − | The xvij:th day of January 1653:
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| − |
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| − | The Clayme of Didier ffauqualt (sic))
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| − | of London for y:e shipp the ''Hope'')
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| − | whereof Oliver Gwyn was Ma:r)
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| − | and her lading on board her taken)
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| − | by some of y:e Parliam:t shipps)
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| − |
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| − | Smith)
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| − |
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| − | ps
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| − |
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| − | Examined upon an allegaccon on the behalfe
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| − | of the sayd Didier ffauquat (sic)
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| − |
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| − | 1. DAVID GRIEL of S:t Martins Lane London
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| − | merch:t aged 25 yeares or thereabouts a
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| − | witnes sworne and examined deposeth and saith
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| − | as followeth vizt.
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| − |
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| − | To y.e first Article of y:e sayd allon This deponent saith that in or about
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| − | the month of July last 1653. the arlate Vessell the ''Hope'' Oliver
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| − | Gwyn Ma:r arrived safely att this port of London from the Port of
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| − | Rohau (sic) in ffrance laden with ffrench wynes for the use and Accompt
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| − | of the Prince of Condes Agent MONSIEUR BARRIERE here
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| − | Resident and y:e sayd Didier ffauquat, which he this deponent knoweth
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| − | to be true for that being here then resident and imployed by the
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| − | sayd Mons:r Barriere and sd ffaulquat fo that purpose he saw the sayd wynes
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| − | safely delivered out of y:e sayd shipp in this Port for the use
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| − | and accompt of them y:e sayd Mons:r Barrieres and ffauquat.
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| − | And otherwise he saith hee cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the second arle of y.e sayd allegaccon This deponent saith that after
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| − | such tyme as the sayd shipp the ''Hope'' had here delivered her sayd
| |
| − | lading of wynes as aforesays he this deponent by vertue of a
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| − | Commission or letter of Attorney of the sayd Didier ffacat (sic) made by
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| − | him to this deponent in that behalfe, and with the proper moneyes of
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| − | him y:e sayd ffauequall (sic) and for his use did here att London buy and
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| − | afterwards for his accompt lade aboard y:e sayd shipp the goods
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| − | and merchandizes now Claymed that is to say 28 Caske of Allom (sic)
| |
| − | 10 pipes of sugar. 17 barrells of starch ans some other things all to
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| − | be carryed and transported from hence to Roane and ther to be
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| − | delivered to Nicholas Gisling of Roane the ffacto:r of y:e sayd Didier
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| − | ffawquat to and for y:e use and advantage of him the sayd Didier
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| − | ffawquat att the tyme of the lading of y:e sayd goods and continually ?since
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| − | was and att this p:rsent is and ought to be the true and lawfull
| |
| − | owner and proprieto:r of y:e sayd goods, and for and as such commonly
| |
| − | accounted reputed and taken. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the third and fourth arles of y:e sayd allon This deponent saith that y:e sayd
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| − | goods being so Laden att this port the sayd shipp sett sayle therewith
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| − | for Roane and was in her Course taken by an Ostend man of warr
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| − | and together with her lading carryed into Ostend. And saith
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| − | that y:e sayd Didier ffawrot did send over him this deponent to Ostend to
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| − | seeke for restituccon of the sayd shipp and goods, and that he this deponent
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| − | there by the order and for y:e use of y:e said ffaucout and w:th y:e Consent
| |
| − | of y:e Com:rs of the Admiralty of Bridges did contract for and buy the
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| − | sayd shipp and her lading of the Imployers of y:e sayd Ostend man of
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| − | warr for the ?summe or value of 320:li sterling, which money was really
| |
| − | payd//
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| − | P1110264
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| − | f. 411 verso & f. 412 recto
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| − | P1110265
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| − | f. 411 verso
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| − | //payd here in London in manner hereaftr to y:e Assignees and for the use of y:e sayd Imployers
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| − | of y:e sd Ostend shipp of warr by M:r Michael ?Castile of London merchant
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| − | upon whom two bills of exchange were drawne in that behalfe, and saith
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| − | y:e money was payd by ?the hands of this deponent
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| − | to y:e sayd Assignees And saith that for
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| − | and after y:e sayd Contract and payment of y:e sayd moneyes the sayd Didier
| |
| − | ffawcault was and att this p:rsent is the true and lawfull Owner and
| |
| − | Imployer of y.e sayd shipp & her lading now on board her and for and
| |
| − | as such accounted which he knoweth for the reasons aforesd. And
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| − | otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To y:e fifth arle of y:e sayd allon he saith that after y:e sd shipp was with
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| − | her lading so brought by this deponent att Ostend as aforesd she sett
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| − | sayle from thence and as this deponent by Letters of advise from the
| |
| − | sayd Oliver Gain is informed, in her course for Rohan meeting with foule
| |
| − | weather was forced into Callica, and that being againe upon her Course
| |
| − | from Callica to Rohan was taken by some of the shipps of this Commonwealth
| |
| − | and carryed into Dover. And otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To y:e sixth arle of y:e sd allon he saith the sayd Didier ffauquot did pcure
| |
| − | the arlate M:r Michael Castuele of London merchant to give him a
| |
| − | letter of Credit to Ostend for such moneyes as should be requisit to redeeme y:e sayd shipp and goods which lre was by this deponent carryed to
| |
| − | Ostend and delivered to Anthiny Domician there y:e facto:r of Correspond:t
| |
| − | of y:e sayd M:r Castaele; which Dominican drew y:e foresd bills for 320:li
| |
| − | upon y:e sayd Michael Casteele and y:e sd Michael Castuele did accept
| |
| − | the sayd bills, and by the hands of this deponent
| |
| − | payd the sayd moneyes to y:e Assignees of the sd
| |
| − | Imployers for whose use the sayd bills were drawne, and saith the
| |
| − | money XXX 320:li so payd by the sayd Castaele was really payd for y:e
| |
| − | sayd shipp and lading, and was really and truly the moneyes of him
| |
| − | the sayd Didier ffauquat, which he knoweth for that he this deponent
| |
| − | did receyve y:e same of y:e sayd ffauquat and in satisfaction of y.e
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| − | sayd bills and in the name and behalfe of y:e sd Casteel upon whom
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| − | the same were drawne payd y:e same to y:e Assignees of y:e sd Imployers
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| − | here in London; And otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − | To y:e seventh alre of y:e sayd allon This deponent saith that the schedule to
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| − | y.e sayd allon annexed and now shewne to him this Examinat was and is
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| − | the true Copie of the Originall sale or Agreement made
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| − | of the sayd shipp and goods, and this deponent did receyve y:e same
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| − | from the hands of one of the Actuaries of the Admiralty Court of
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| − | Bridges as and for a true Copie. And saith that albeit the sayd sale
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| − | were made to this deponent in his owne name yet y:e same was so
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| − | done by vertue of the sayd Commission or Lre of Attorney made by
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| − | the sayd ffawcault to this deponent as aforesd, and because y:e sayd
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| − | ffawcat was not then p:rsent, And saith that in reality and truly the
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| − | same was so done for y:e soleuse and accompt of the sayd Didier ffXXXXX
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| − | and he did really pay the money for y:e same in manner as aforesd
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| − | which he knoweth being privy to all y:e sd passages and further cannot depose
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| − | //To the eighth arle of y:e sayd allon he saith the sd Didier ffawcot was and
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| − | is a subiect of the Commonwealth, and hath lived in London of this deponents
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| − | certaine knowledge four yeares and upwards, and by report 30 yeares
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| − | and upwards, and was and is a free denison of England and
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| − | for and as such commonly accounted reported and taken. And otherwise
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| − | he cannot depose.
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| − | To y:e 9:th arle he saith that y:e foresd Oliver ?Greyn the master of y:e sayd
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| − | shipp the ''Hope'' did give to this deponent his ?treue (OR, free) consent and for y:e
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| − | buying of y:e sayd shipp for y:e use and accompt of y:e producent, and did
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| − | expressly renounce all his Interest in the same and declare that
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| − | he had no money to buy or pay for y:e same, and desired this deponent
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| − | to buy y:e same.And further saith that from and since the buying of
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| − | the same as aforesd the sayd Gain nor any other pson what soever
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| − | the sayd ffauquet onely excepted had or hath any title or Interest in
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| − | the sayd shipp or her lading or any pt thereof, which he knoweth for
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| − | the reasons aforesd. And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − | To y:e last he saith his deposiccons are true.
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| − | To y:e Crosse Interries
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| − | To y:e .1. negatively.
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| − | To y:e .2. he saith he hath knowne y:e sayd shipp ever since July last past
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| − | and further saving his foregoeing deposiccon whereto he referreth
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| − | himselfe he cannot depose.
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| − | To y:e .3. he saith he this deponent did himselfe pay y:e sd 320:li sterling
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| − | to M:r Luca (OR, Luce) Knightly 200:li and to M:r ?Odger 120:li the Assignment of y:e sayd Imployers of
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| − | the Ostendman of warr whose names are mencconed in y:e sayd bill
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| − | of sale. and this deponent was p:rsent when y:e possession of y:e sayd
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| − | shipp was delivered att Ostend and saith it happned in the month of
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| − | October past and the delivery was made to this deponent
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| − | himselfe who accepted thereof in and on y:e behalfe and to y:e
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| − | uses of the producent onely and noe other pson whatsoever And
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| − | otherwise he cannot depose
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| − | To y:e 4:th he saith y:t he this Rendent bought the sayd allom of James Strater of this
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| − | Citty Salter and payd him 158:l . 12:s - for y:e same. and y:e sayd
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| − | Sugars of Thomas ffryer of London mercht and payd him for y:e same
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| − | 250:l . 19:s - and y:e sayd starch of M:r ?Lane of London
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| − | Grocer and payd him for y:e same 18:s . p cent, and a parcell of
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| − | Cortex ?Guiaei of W:m Marston<ref>W:m Marston. Possibly William Marston (b. ?, d. ca. 1660), grocer of St Benet Sherehog (PROB 11/301 Will of William Marston, Grocer of London of Saint Benet Sherehog, City of London 13 September 1660 Nabbs 211-259)</ref> Grocer to whom he payd 40:s p Cent for
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| − | y:e same. And referreth to his foregoeing deposissons he saith
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| − | he cannot further depose.
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| − | To y:e 5:th he saith he is a native of Deipe (sic) in ffrance and an Inhabitant
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| − | of London. and otherwise negatively.
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| − | To y:e . 6:th he referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposissons and
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| − | otherwise negatovely.
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| − |
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| − | To y:e .7:th he saith the sd vessell the ''Hope'' is of y:e burthen of 20 tonnes
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| − | or thereabouts; and ?sd shipp tackle and furniture is in his Judgement
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| − | worth about xxx:li sterl.
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| − |
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| − | To y:e .8:th. Interry he saith that upon the depture of y:e sayd shipp from
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| − | this Port there was (sic) two bills of lading delivered by this Rendent to y:e
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| − | sayd Gain which bills for p:rserving of y:e sd goods in case they should
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| − | be mett with by ffrench or Dutch were made as to y:e accompt of y:e goods
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| − | therein mencconed in the mannr of this Rendent. and otherwise he cannot
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| − | depose.
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| − | D. GRIEL [His signature]
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| − | ===Case: XXXX: Deposition: 2. Michael Castel, of S:t Olaves Hart Streete, Lodon, Merchant, aged 66: February 18th 1653===
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| − | P1110268
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| − | f. 412 verso
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| − | //The 18:th of Fbruary 1653
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| − | Examined upon the sayd X allegaccon
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| − | 2. MICHAEL CASTEL<ref>Michael Castel. Possibly Michael Castel (b. ?, d. ca. 1658), merchant of London (PROB 11/274 Will of Michaell Castel, Merchant of London 08 March 1658 Wootton 106-155)</ref> of the parish of S:t Olaves Hart Streete
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| − | London Merchant, aged 66 yeares or thereabouts sworne
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| − | and examined saith as followeth.
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| − | To the sixth article hee saith and deposeth that the sayd Didier
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| − | ffawquot in September last past, did earnestly desire this deponent
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| − | to furnish him y:e sayd ffawcott with a lre of Credit to some of this
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| − | deponents freinds or Correspondents att Ostend for such a summe of moneyes
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| − | as should be need full for the redemption of a certaine vessell and
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| − | her lading taken in her course from this Port to ffrance by an
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| − | Ostend man of warr and by him carryed to Ostend, and this
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| − | deponent did accordingly furnish him with a letter of credit. which
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| − | as he hath heard and beleiveth was sent to Ostend by his p:rcontest
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| − | David Griel whom the sayd ffarot ymployed for y:e redeeming
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| − | of y:e sd shipp and goods. And saith that afterwards this deponent
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| − | understood that y:e sd Griel with y:e assistance of Anthiny ?Dornirent
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| − | this deponents Correspondent did redeeme y:e sayd vessell and goods
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| − | for 320:li sterling of and from y:e Imployers of y:e sayd Privat
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| − | man of warr of Ostend. And saith y:e sayd moneyes were here in
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| − | London really payd for y:e same to y:e Assignees of y:e sayd Imployers
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| − | of y:e sd Mann of warr for their use in manner following that is to say
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| − | there were 2 bills of exchange one of 200:l. the other of 120:l drawne
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| − | upon this deponent for payment of y:e sd 200:l to M:r Knightly and Company
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| − | and y:e sd 120:l to David Odger, all merchants of London. which bills this
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| − | deponent did accept, and when y:e same were to by payd sent word to y:e
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| − | sayd Didier ffaucott who with his owne moneyes discharged y:e sayd
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| − | bills and payd y:e sayd moneyed according to y;e respective assignements
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| − | aforesd. And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To y:e eighth arles of y:e sayd allon This deponent saith that y:e sd Didier
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| − | ffawrot was and is a subiect of this Commonwealth and hath lived in
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| − | England by the space of 30 yeares or thereabouts, and hath beene
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| − | well knowne to this deponent 25 yeares, and was and is a freeman
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| − | of London of y:e Company of Apothecaryes and a free denizen of England and so
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| − | accounted. And otherwise hee cannot depose
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| − |
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| − | Upon the rest he is not examined by direction of y:e producent.
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| − |
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| − | To y:e Crosse Interries.
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| − | To y:e 1. negatively.
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| − |
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| − | To y:e .2. & 3 he saith he say not y:e sd moneyes payd but knoweth y:e same was
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| − | really payd as aforesd because y:e sayd bills were discharged. and saith
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| − | he knoweth not y:e sd shipp nor saw her bought or delivered and further
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| − | otherwise than negatively saving as aforesd cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To y:e 4:th he saith he sent not the sayd goods nor and of them bought. and
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| − | otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To y:e 5. 6. 7. and 8:th. he saith he was borne att Canterbury and liveth in London
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| − | and further otherwise than negatively cannot depose
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| − | MICHAL CASSEL [His signature]
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| − | ===Case: On behalf of John Harrison: Deposition: 3. William Neave, of Dukes Place, London, Merchant, aged 44: Date: December ?23rd 1653===
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| − | P1110269
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| − | f. 413 recto
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| − | //On y:e behalfe of XXX John Harrison
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| − | The three and twentyth day of December 1653
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| − | Examined upon y:e sd allon
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| − |
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| − | 3. WILLIAM NEAVE of Dukes Place London merchant
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| − | aged 44 yeares or thereabouts a witnes sworne and
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| − | examined deposeth and saith as followeth . viz:t
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| − | To the first and second and third arles of y:e sayd allon This deponent saith that he
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| − | this deponent was Resident at Riga in the monethes of July and August
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| − | 1653. and there saw the sayd shipp ?''Ostrich'' XXXX under the Command
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| − | of the sayd John Harrison who as this deponent then credibly heard had
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| − | lately bought the sayd shipp tackle and furniture att ?Dantzyck XXX
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| − | wheXXXXX then immediately came and saith that in the sayd monethes
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| − | of July and August the sayd John Harrison did att Riga for
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| − | his owne Accompt lade aboard y:e sayd shipp to be transported to the
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| − | Port of London upon his owne Adventure y:e goods and merchandises
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| − | hereafter followeing to say 68 bundles of hemp, weighing 206: shXXXX
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| − | English weight. 670:X of the value of about XXX p C. and 39 mXXX
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| − | of fine ?Lettonees flax wighing XX Hundred pounds Engl. weight
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| − | which this deponent knoweth for that he saw y:e sayd John Harrison
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| − | buy the sayd hempe and flax and saw the same weighed and sent
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| − | away out of y:e warehouses where the same were bought, and saw ?them
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| − | put aboard y:e sayd shipp all for his the sd Harrisons owne accompt and knoweth that
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| − | he did the tyme aforesd lade aboard y:e sd shipp for his like accompt
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| − | 126 XXXXX wainscott of the value of ?110:li sterl. or thereabouts, and 860
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| − | four foot boards of the value of ?80:li sterl and 1600 of three
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| − | foot board, of the value of 96:l sterl. all which this deponent saw
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| − | laden the laying place and for the a?m:t aforesd: and saith the sayd flay
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| − | was worth ?50:l p C: and knoweth that y:e sd Hemp was XXXXXXX
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| − | to sell att Copenhagen in Denmarke 12 ?mattes of flaxe and XXXXXX
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| − | the foresd 38 mattes make sale thereof XX last 80:l or thereabouts this
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| − | deponent being att Copenhagen and seeing y:e sayd XX matts so sold
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| − | for providing of which XXXX X necessaries for him y:e sd harrison and
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| − | shipps Company of mariners who had XX XXX sd severall parcells of goods
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| − | XXX XXXX y.e sd shipp the tyme and place aforesd. for their Accompt
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| − | but the certaine quantity or value thereof he knoweth not And ?further
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| − | he cannot depose saveing that y:e sd John Harrison did acquaint this deponent
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| − | att ?Riga ty:e tyme aforesd that he bought y:e sd shipp att ?Dantzick XXXXX
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| − | XXX XXX XX and in want of XX XXX, for XXX X?partners
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| − |
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| − | To y:e fourth arle of y:e sayd allon he saith y:e sayd shipp ''Ostrich'' in the sayd
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| − | monethes of July and August was a stXXX shipp of the burthen of 200
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| − | tunnes and upwards: and was worth with her tackle and furniture
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| − | having bene newly fitted and equipped the summe of one thousand
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| − | pounds ?sterl in the Judgm:t of this deponent who beleiveth she ?would then
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| − | have fetched ?soemuch moneyes to have bene sold att this port of London
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| − | And otherwise cannot depose:
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| − |
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| − | To the fifth arle of y:e sayd allon This deponent saith that y:e sayd shipp
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| − | having taken in y:e sayd goods sett sayle frō Riga and in XXXX for
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| − | London whither she was bound, putting into Copenhagen
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| − | which this deponent said her with her sayd Lading in XXX her XXX//
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| − | P1110270
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| − | P1110271
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| − | ===Case: XXXX: Deposition: 4. Peter Bellone, of Long Acre, parish of S:t Martin in y:e Fields, Middlesex, Gentleman, aged 50: Date: Same day===
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| − | The same day Examined upon y;e sd allon
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| − | 4 PETER BELLONE of Long Acre in y:e pish of
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| − | S:t Martin in y:e feilds and County of Midds
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| − | gentl. aged 50 yeares or thereabouts a
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| − | witnes sworne and examined deposeth and saith as followeth. vizt.
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| − |
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| − | To y:e 1. he saith that in or about y:e moneth of June 1653 last
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| − | y:e sayd shipp y:e ''Hope'' Oliver Guim M:r arrived at this port of
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| − | London with a lading of ffrench wynes for accompt of Monsieur
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| − | Barriere Agent for ye Pr. of Condes here resident and of y:e XXXX
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| − | Didier ffawcot which he knoweth for y:t a good pt of XX XXX
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| − | were disposed of and putt in y:e cellar of this deponent, and further
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| − | he cannot depose.
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| − | P1110272
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| − | f. 424 recto
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| − | To y:e 2 arle he saith hee was p:rsent and heard y:e arlate Didie ffauot
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| − | give Order to y:e sayd David Griel to procure for him y.e s:d producent
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| − | and lade for his accompt aboard y:e barke or vessell the ''Hope''
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| − | severall goods to say allom sugars and starch, to be transported
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| − | to Roane and there delivered for y:e same accompt and this
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| − | deponent saw some barrells of sugar carryed frō y:e howses
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| − | of y:e producent towards y:e waterside to be so laden, and
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| − | hath credibly heard and verily beleiveth that y:e same and also
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| − | severall quantityes of allum and starch were really laden in
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| − | this port aboard y:e sd shipp for accompt aforesd, and that y:e
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| − | same were bought with the moneyes of the producent by his
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| − | facto:r David Griel imployed by him in that behalfe And otherwise
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| − | he cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To y:e third fourth fifth and sixth arles he saith that he hath credibly
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| − | heard y:t y:e sayd vessell the ''Hope'' was in her Course for ffrance
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| − | taken by a fflandrian man of warr and carryed into Ostend with
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| − | her lading, And knoweth that upon the ?meanes thereof the producent
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| − | imployed and sent over his p:rcontest David Friel aforesd to redeeme
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| − | y:e sd shipp and goods and that for y:e effecting there of y:e sayd
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| − | Griel carryed with him or was furnisht with a lre of Credit
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| − | for moneyes in that behalfe necessary by M:r Michael Castell.
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| − | this deponent beong p:rsent when y:e sayd producent gave order
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| − | to y:e sayd Griel to goe over to Ostend for that purpose and
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| − | heard y:e sd Griel before he went over say and affirme y:t
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| − | he had a lre of Credit frō y:e sd Castell to y:e effect aforesd.
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| − | And this deponent hath credibly heard y:t y:e sayd David Griel
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| − | did safely arrive att Ostend and there or elsewhere in fflanders
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| − | redeemed y:e sayd shipp and lading for y:e use of y:e producent
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| − | for 325:li sterl. and that y:e sayd moneyes was (sic) drawne upon
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| − | y:e sd Castill (sic) by bills of Exchange which were by him
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| − | accepted and satisfyed by y:e producent. And hath heard that
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| − | y:e sayd vessell and her lading have XXXence in their Course
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| − | for ffrance bene seized by some of y:e shipps of this Commonwealth
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| − | And ?farther he cannot depose saving that before y:e sayd letter
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| − | of Credit was obtained from M:r Castell and before y:e sd Griel
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| − | went over to redeeme y:e sd shipp and goods he this deponent
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| − | was p:rsent and heard y:e sayd producent declare to y:e sayd
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| − | M:r Castell y:t y:e lading of y:e sd vessell was his owne, and
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| − | that he would send y:e sd Griel to redeeme y:e same for his owne
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| − | use, and that he would really satisfy him y:e sd Castell all
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| − | such summes of moneyes, as by his letter of Credit or other waies
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| − | the sayd Castill (sic) should pay or be lyable to pay in and for y:e
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| − | redeeming thereof or to y:e same effect.
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| − |
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| − | To y:e .7:th. arle he saith he cannot depose
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| − | P1110273
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| − | To y:e 8:th arle hee saith y:e sayd Didier ffaucot hath bene well
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| − | knowne to this deponent. for theis 2?9 yeares last past to be
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| − | inhabiting in England. and saith he is a subiect of this
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| − | Commonwealth and a denison of England and so accomted
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| − | And otherwise, he cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To y:e 9:th arle he saith he cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To y:e Crosse Interries.
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| − |
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| − | To y:e 1. negatively.
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| − |
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| − | To y:e 2:d he saith he never saw y:e sd shipp. and further saving
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| − | as aforesd he cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To y:e 3. and 4:th. he saith he saw not any moneyes payd either
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| − | for y:e sayd shipp or goods or any pt thereof. and otherwise
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| − | saving as aforesd he cannot depose.
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| − |
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| − | To y:e 5:th he saith he was borne in Lorraine and liveth neere
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| − | London in y:e pish of S:t Martins aforesd and otherwise negatively
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| − |
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| − | To y:e .6. negatively.
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| − |
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| − | To y:e 7 and 8. he saith he hath heard that y:e sd vessell y:e
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| − | ''Hope'' is of y:e burthen of about 2?0 tonnes. and otherwise
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| − | or further he cannot depose
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| − | PETER BELLON [His signature]
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| − | P1110274
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| − | P1110275
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| − | ===Case: XXXX: Deposition: 7. Thomas Stiles, of the City of London, Customs House Waiter, aged 32: Date: The same day===
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| − | The same day.
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| − | Examined upon the said allagaccon
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| − | 7. THOMAS STILES of the cities of London, a Custome?house
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| − | Waiter, aged 32 ?yeeres or thereabouts sworne and
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| − | examined.
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| − | To the first and second articles of the said allon hee saith and deposeth
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| − | that on in about the 2?8:th of September last about 9 of the clock
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| − | in the morning hee this deponent was put as a Customhouse waiter
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| − | aboard the shipp the ''Great XXXXX'' arlate then lying neere over
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| − | against Limehouse bridge, and went accordingly, and comeing aboard ?her
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| − | hee there found a tall, palefaced, yellowily haired man (whom this
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| − | deponent hath XXX hears is called and named M:r ?Louns and ?with XXX XXXX
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| − | him in this XXXX) who speaking to this deponent asked him if hee XX
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| − | weere a XXXX XXXXX ?house waiter, and hee XXXXX XXXX, the said person said
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| − | it is well, I was with your commissioners and XXXX to XXXXX XX
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| − | to and ?answreth XXX aboard, for part of the goods belonge XXXX XXXX
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| − | and therefore XXXX ?have a care of them, or otherwise XXX XXXXX
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| − | ?shall ?have of it, or in words to the same effect, and this deponent
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| − | tould him hee XXXX ?him a XXX thereof, and XXXX to and about
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| − | it being XXXX affirm soe to doe. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
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| − | To the third hee cannot depose.
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| − | To the Interries hee saith hee hath noe relaccon to M:r XXXXX or
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| − | other person in thus XXXXXX wherein hee is ?nor was as XXXXXX as XXXX
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| − | THO: STILES [His signature]
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| − | Repeated with his p:rcontest before D:rs Clarke and Godolphin.
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| − | ===Case: The Clayme of the Duke of Curland & Luke Lucie: Deposition: Abraham Gaultier, of the City of London, Merchant, aged 33: Date: February 21st 1653/54===
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| − | The 21:th of ffebruary 1653.
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| − | Examined upon an allegaccon on
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| − | the behalfe of the said claimer.
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| − | The claime of the duke of Curland)
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| − | for the Companie of ?Libanno in Curland.)
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| − | John Jacobson ?Bloau M:r, and of the sd duke)
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| − | and Luke Lucie for the goods.)
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| − | Suckley Lucy ?X. Rp.
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| − | .1. ABRAHAM GAULTIER of the citie of London Merch:t
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| − | aged 33 yeares or thereabouts sworne and examined.
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| − | To the first article hee cannot depose, saving hee this deponent hath
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| − | seene letters from Peter Batten merchant of Libaun signifying that the
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| − | shipp belongeth to the said duke.
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| − | To the second, third and fourth articles hee saith and deposeth that in or about
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| − | the moneth of August last past the arlate Peter Batten factor to the
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| − | said Luke Lucie being here in London and at the ?house of the said M:r
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| − | Luke Lucie ?situat in ffenchurch streete London, and being upon his
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| − | retourne for ?Libaun in Curland (whence hee came lately before) the said
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| − | Luke Lucie in this deponents presence and hearing spake unto him and
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| − | gave him order that forthwith after his retourne and arivall at ?Libaune
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| − | hee should lade XX a ship with XXX XXX and flax and send the XXXX
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| − | XXX XXXX for Roscoe in ffrance, whereunto the said Batten agreed
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| − | and they both ?accorded that the said lading should be three quarter parts,
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| − | for the accompt of him the said Lucie, and the fourth or other
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| − | quarter part for the accompt of him the said Peter Batten, and
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| − | that the XXXX should by the said Batten be consigned to Peter dela port (OR, part)
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| − | at Roscoe aforesd in Bretany in the Kingdome of ffrance for the said
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| − | accompt of the said M:r Lucy and Peter Batten, Att w:ch order and
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| − | discourse this deponent came to be present and partake XXXX thereof
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| − | being Cashier of the said M:r Lucy and living in his house; and
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| − | very ?prsently after the said order be given and repeated over againe the said
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| − | Peter Batten departed ?hence upon his said retourne. and saith that
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| − | by letters received from the said Peter Batten from ?Libaun dated there
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| − | in or about October and November last and directed and sent to the
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| − | said Lucas Lucie, and in particular by a letter dated from ?Libaun
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| − | the 26:th of November last and sent from the said Batten to the
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| − | said M:r Lucie, hee the said Batten advised first that hee
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| − | would and afterwards that hee had shipped aboard the shipp ''XXXXance''
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| − | of Lubeck (John Jacobson Blauw M:r) ?w:ch shipp (as hee wrote) hee had freighted)
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| − | about 1500 barrells and baggs of XXXXXX, and a parcell of flax
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| − | to be brought unto Roscoe for the accompt of the said M:r Lucie
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| − | and himselfe, or to that effect, and that hee afterwards sent the accompt thereof dated
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| − | the third of January w:ch came to the hands of the said M:r Lucie about
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| − | three weekes XXXX, w:ch this deponent knoweth for XXXXX XXX ?afreighted
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| − | and having bene XXXX and perused the said lres and accompt, and this
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| − | deponent leaveth the said lre of the date of 26 of November for
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| − | the information of this Court, and having now ?sene the accompt
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| − | predeposed, XX received by the said M:r Lucie from the said Batten
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| − | and ?w:ch the said M:r Lucie hath paid and satisffied the said Batten
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| − | for the said Lucies three quarter parte of the said lading XXXXX
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| − | by moneys (the XXXXX of English XXXXX XXXXX sold at Dantzike
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| − | by XXXX van ?Bowningham and Elias ?Turkin the said XXX factors
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| − | there and ?after the said van BXXXXXs death remitted and satisffied XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX to the said Batten by the
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| − | said M:r Lucies order, and thereif w:th moneyes remaying in the hands
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| − | of//
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| − | P1110280
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| − | //for a ?12:th part, and John ?Cose an Englishman for a quarter part
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| − | XXX XXX XXXX the said M:r Luke Lucie XXX the said three quarters arlate
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| − | for the said M:r Luke Lucie his accompt, Xee as XXX XXXX XXXX XXX
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| − | paid or satisffied XXXX to the said M:r Luke Lucie for the same. And
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| − | otherwise saving as aforesaid hee cannot depose saving the said de la port
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| − | was and is a subiect of the Kinge of ffrance
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| − | ABRAHAM GAULTIER [His signature]
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| − | ===Case: The Clayme of the Duke of Curland & Luke Lucie: Deposition: 2. Cornelius Van Bommell, of London, Merchant, aged 34: Date: February 22nd 1653/54===
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| − | The 22:th of ffebruary 1653
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| − | Examined upon the foresaid allon
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| − | 2. CORNELIUS VAN BOMMELL of London merchant, aged 34 years
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| − | or thereabouts sworne and examined.
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| − |
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| − | To the first article hee saith that M:r Peter?Batten master ?interrate
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| − | ?whereunto this producent M:r Luke Luce XXXX freighted the said shipp
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| − | the ''Temperance'' of and from the Duke of Curland fir
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| − | XXXX.
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| − | To the second third and fourth articles he saith and deposeth that in the monethes
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| − | of August and September last the arlate Peter ?Batten was in London, and
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| − | XXX factro for the said M:r Lucie in Curland, lodged at the said M:r Kucies
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| − | house, and retourned for Curland in the said moneth of September, and
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| − | ?psently before this departure the said M:r Lucie gave him order and they
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| − | agreed together that forthwith after his retourne to LiXXXX
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| − | hee the said batten would furnish and lade off a shipp with XXXX
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| − | and a parcell of flax to be sent for RytXXX in ffrance, 3 quarter parts
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| − | for the accompt of the said M:r Lucie and the other quarter part of the
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| − | said goods for the said Matten his accompt, w:ch XXX the said
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| − | Batten accordingly did as by his letters of advise and accompt of the
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| − | XXX goods sent from LibXXX to the said M:r Lucie XXX saith it to be
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| − | XXXXX, and XX XXXX the XXXX to Peter dela port at Roscow in
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| − | Brettany for the accompt aforesaid, being 1552 barrells and baggs of
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| − | linseade and 23 shipp pounds and XXX XXXX of flay, and saith
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| − | that the accompt annexed and ?nowe ?shewn him is the said originall
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| − | accompt by him XX XX said Batten and received by the said M:r Lucie,
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| − | and was and is (as hee beleiveth) the proper hand writing of the said Batten with w:ch
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| − | this deponent is well acquainted, and with that the said M:r Lucie
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| − | his factors at Dantzick namely the XXXX of XXXX M:r ?Banington
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| − | and Elias ?Turkin have by M:r Lucies order furnished the said batten
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| − | with themost part of the money for the said 3 quarters parte, w:ch
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| − | moneys they had in their hands being the ?proceeds of English manufactures
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| − | XXX XXX the contract of the said ?Widowe van Bunningen (lately dead)
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| − | and the said Turkin ?by and from the said M:r Lucie, and for ?the use
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| − | of the said three quarter parts the said Batten wXX XXXXX of ?the
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| − | said M:r Lucies in his hands, All w;ch hee knoweth being book keeper
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| − | to the said M:r Lucie and ?seing and entreing or writing
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| − | the most of his dispatches in traffique, and having participateh
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| − | XXXXXX all the said letters both XXX the said Batten
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| − | and from the said factor at Dantzick XXXX the XXXXXX, and that
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| − | the lre dated the 26 of November last, left by this ?precontest was
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| − | and is one of the said Battens his letters, and this deponent never
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| − | XXX XX the said order about the said ladings, and further other
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| − | XXXXX part hee saith is XXX XXXX Batten his accompt//
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| − | P1110282
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| − | //M:r Batten hee saith was and is the said M:r ?SurXXX factor and correspondent
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| − | and hath for severall yeeres last laden ?off ?And all shipps from
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| − | ?Lebouw with XXXXXXXX and other goods XXX for RetXXXX and ?then for
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| − | London for the said M:r ?Surit his accompt, and as this deponent hath heard
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| − | XXX XXXX and as is commonly reputed by XXX Batten is a Burger of
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| − | LibXXX and a subiect of the duke of Curland, and hath lived there and
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| − | elsewhere in the East country 17 or 18 yeeres and hath a wife and family
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| − | at LibXXXX, and saith that in regard of the warres with Holland, the said
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| − | M:r Lucie hath XXX in order to make the bills of lading and shipps
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| − | di?rections in his the said Battens owne name, and otherwise hee cannot
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| − | depose.
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| − |
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| − | To the 8:th hee saith that the said M:r Lucie after the said order given
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| − | for the said lading XXXXX and was XXXXX that his factor Jacob Lucie
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| − | should come in for a further ?part of the said goods with him and this
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| − | deponent (who hath ?served him XXX above p:rsent) alsoe for a 12:th
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| − | part, and M:r John ?Coke an English merchant (XXXX in the iust XXXXX)
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| − | for a quarter part, (but none of them ?have yet paid him ought for their parts),
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| − | and that the XXXX next at RXXXXX so XX XXX for the essaid accompt by
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| − | the said deponent, who was and is the said M:r Jurin factor and
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| − | hath so bin for severall yeeres last.
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| − | To the 6:th hee said that the M:r Batten alsoe advised by letters that
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| − | the said duke had ?caryed a parcell ofXXXXX to be laden aboard
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| − | the said shipp of his owne accompt, thence to retourne in XXXX
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| − | and them the said ?producents hee wrote were for Dunnidge, that is to say
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| − | that theXXXXXX under the other goods to buye them from XXXXXX
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| − | hXXXXX. and otherwise XXXXXXXX
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| − | To the Interries
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| − | To the first article he is a native of Salt Bommell<ref>Salt Bommell. "Bommel, or Salt-Bommel, is a trading town containing 2700 inhabitants, on the left bank of the Waal, about seven leagues S.S.E. of Utrecht. The fortifications were demolished by the French in 1673; but were afterwards repaired. Its trade is on the decline, its port being choked up by a sand bank. The island of Bommel-waard, formed by the Waal and the Maese, contains several villages." ([http://play.google.com/books/reader?id=z45BAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA13 James Playfair, ''A System of Geography, ancient and modern'', vol. 2 (?London, 1809), p. 13])</ref> in G:le:elderland
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| − | and otherwise negatively saving as aforesaid
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| − | To the 2, 3 and 4 he cannot depose.
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| − | To the 5:th he referreth himselfe XXX XXX aforesaid.
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| − | To the 6:th he hath knowne Pieter Batten by XX XXXX with XXX
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| − | XXXX about 6 yeares and Peter dela XXXt this deponent hath
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| − | jnown for XXXX for about 13 yeares, and the said pXXX XXX hee beleeveth
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| − | is a ffrench man, and liveth XXX ?in Morlaix, and otherwise
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| − | saving as aforesaid hee cannot depose.
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| − | To the 7:th hee cannot depose saveing as aforesaid.
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| − | To the 8:th negatively.
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| − | To the 9:th hee saith the said Batten trades at XXX XXXX
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| − | and XX XXXX XXXXXX doth the said Peter dela XXXXX, and otherwise
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| − | negatively, saving that about 5 or 6 yeares since the said W:m XXX XXX
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| − | a XXXX of XXXX for the said Batten.
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| − |
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| − | To the 10:th hee saith the said M:r XXX hath remitted moneyes as arlate
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| − | XXXX by XXX this XXX ?producent to XX said Batten And otherwise
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| − | hee cannot depose, saving as aforesaid.
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| − | To the 11:th hee answereth himselfe to his XXXXX depon, and is aprised
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| − | that the said three quarter parts are paid and satisffied with the
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| − | proper moneyes of the said M:r ?Surit.
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| − |
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| − | To the 12 negatively.
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| − | To the last hee referreth himselfe to his forefoeing deponn
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| − | CORNELIUS VAN BOMMELL [His signature]
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| − | //To y:e second Interry he saith that y:e sayd shipp came from and
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| − | began this her outwards voyage from Stockholme with her
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| − | p:rsent lading of goods being Iron pitch tarr Copper shott and
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| − | Salmon, which were all laden, and putt on board the sayd shipp
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| − | att Stock hollome aforesd, for accompt of Abraham and jacob
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| − | ?Mumma y:e sd Peter Julius ?Coiet and Anthony Brain all
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| − | Inhabitants and merchants of Stock hollome all to be unladen
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| − | att this port of London whither she was bound and where she now is the foresayd Salmon
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| − | excepted which is to be transported to Burdeaux and there
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| − | unladen and delivered to Jan Van Pullen a facto:r for
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| − | y:e sayd Swedish merchants there resideing. And otherwise cannot
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| − | depose saving that y:e foresd Iron pitch tarr Copper and shott
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| − | is part delivered and the remainder now a delivereing and to
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| − | be delivered to John Bock and Company and M:r Smith all
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| − | merchants residing in this Citty of London. And otherwise he
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| − | cannot depose.
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| − | To y:e third Interry he saith the foresayd shipp is now bound to y:e
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| − | port of Burdeaux and is there to take in a lading of wynes
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| − | and other goods for accompt of y:e sayd Abraham and Jacon
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| − | Mumma Peter Julius CojeX and Anthony Brayn to be carryed
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| − | from thence to Stockhollom aforesd and there delivered to y:e
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| − | sd persons vizt y:e sd Mammaes, Cojol and Brayn. And further
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| − | saith that for y:e providing of y:e sayd wines and goods att Burdeaux
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| − | the foresd John Bock and Company are to furnish moneyes and
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| − | remitt the same to y:e foresayd Jan Van Pullen att Burdeaux
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| − | whoo is to lade y:e sayd wynes and goods there. And otherwise
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| − | he cannot depose
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| − | JAN CORNELISSEN [His signature]
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| − | <nowiki>******************************************</nowiki>
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| − | ===Case: XXXX: Deposition: Charles Marescoe, of S:t Nicholas Lane, London, Merchant, aged 21: Date: The same day (?1653/54, or 1654===
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| − | The same day
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| − | Examined upon y:e sayd Interries
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| − | CHARLES MARESCOE<ref>Charles Marescoe. Charles Marescoe (b. ca. 1633, d. ca. 1670), London merchant ([[MRP: Charles Marescoe will| PROB 11/333 Penn 67-128 Will of Charles Marescoe, Merchant of London 12 September 1670]])</ref> of S:t Nicholas Lane London
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| − | merchant aged 21 yeares or thereabouts a
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| − | witnes sworne and examined deposeth and
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| − | saith as followeth vizt.
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| − | rpt.
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| − | To y:e sayd Interryes This deponent saith that Abraham and Jacob
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| − | Mamma<ref>Abraham and Jacob Mamma (alias ?Momma). See PROB 11/274/239 Gerlach Moma or Momma Merchant of London Chigwell, Essex. 16 December 1658 </ref> and Company merchants of Stock hollom in Swethland
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| − | did for their owne accompt lade on board y:e sayd shipp the
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| − | ''On?germerland'' John Cornelison Master, att y:e sd port of
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| − | Stockhollom pt of a shipps lading of Iron pitch tarr Coppe
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| − | and shott all consigned to this port of London, and that the sayd
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| − | shipp is safely arrrived therwith att this port, and the most part
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| − | of the sd goods are allready delivered and y:e remaynder are
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| − | in delivery to John Bock<ref>John Bock. See speculatively C 22/33/21 Croche v. Bocke. 01 January 1558 - 31 December 1714 </ref> and Company and one M:r Smith
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| − | merchants resideing in this Citty. And that there are likewise
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| − | some Quantityes of salmon on board y:e sayd shipp consigned for like//
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| − | <nowiki>******************************************</nowiki>
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| − | ===Case: William ?Braddick, & loss in the ArrXXX: Deposition: William Ware, of Shadwell, Midd, Mariner, aged 40: Date: Aprill 13th 1654===
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| − | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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| − | <nowiki>******************************************</nowiki>
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| − | ===Case: Business of Ensurance concerning XXXX: Deposition: 1. William Bushell, of Liverpool, Lancaster, Mariner, late Master & Owner of the Patrick: Date: May 5th 1654===
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| − | <nowiki>******************************************</nowiki>
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| − | ===Case: XXX: Deposition: 5. James Hedgethorne, servant of Mr Arnold Beake, aged 20: Date: Same day (1654)===
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| − | JAMES HEDGETHORNE [His signature]
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| − | ===Case: Clayme of John Scrothering, Senator of Hamburgh et al in the S:t Peter: Deposition: 2. John Lecmquell, of S:t Michael Crooked Lane, London; Merchant, aged 37: Date: March 20th 1653===
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| − | The twentyeth day of March 1653
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| − | The Clayme of John ?Srrathering)
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| − | Senato:r of Hamburgh and)
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| − | others for their goods in y:e ''Peter'')
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| − | whereof Mathias Cornelison)
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| − | was Ma:r)
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| − | Examined upon an allon on the behalfe
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| − | of the sd Claymers.
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| − | 2. JOHN LECMQUELL of y:e pish of S:t Michaels
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| − | Crooked Lane London merchant aged 37.
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| − | yeares or thereabouts a witnes sworne and
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| − | examined deposeth and saith as followeth vizt.
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| − | Loomquell d:t
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| − | To y:e 1. arle of the sayd allon This deponent saith that the arlate
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| − | John Scrothering (whom this deponent hath knowne for this
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| − | twenty yeares) is a Senato:r and Counsello:r of that Citty of hambrugh & is
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| − | a Great dealer and trader in sundry merchandizes in Italy
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| − | Germany Spaine ffrance and England and hath his Agents
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| − | and Correspondents in those places to whom he sends goods
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| − | and merchandizes for returnes to be made to him for his owne
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| − | accompt. which he knoweth for that he is a Correspondent of
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| − | the sayd John Scrothering and so hath bene for theis four
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| − | yeares now last past, And for a merchant of great trade
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| − | the sd John Scrothering is commonly accounted reputed & taken.
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| − | And otherwise he cannot depose
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| − | To y:e second arle of y:e sayd allon This deponent saith that the arlate
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| − | John Scrotheringe mongst others with whom he dealeth abroad
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| − | doth correspond in y:e way of trade with the arlate Tobias Zollicoffers (sic)
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| − | (who is by repute Consull for y:e Hansa townes of Germany att
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| − | Marsellis) and other of y:e Zollicoffers being of the house
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| − | of and kinne of the sd Tobias, which this deponent knoweth
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| − | being y:e Correspondent aswell of y:e sd Zollicoffers as sd Scrothering
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| − | And otherwise he cannot depose.
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| − | To y:e third arle of y:e sayd allon This deponent saith that in or about
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| − | the monethes of September or October last past 1653. the sd Tobias
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| − | Zollicoffers did take to freight the arlate ship the ''S:t Peter'' then
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| − | lyeing neere Tholoone (sic) to goe from ?Genoa to Hamburgh with a
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| − | lading of goods for accompt of y:e sayd John Scrothering
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| − | that having freighted the same XX did about y:e same tyme lade
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| − | on board y:e sd shipp (having obteyned liberty as should seeme
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| − | from y:e sd Scrothering to freight pt of her for himselfe) for
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| − | accompt of the sayd John Scrothering of Hamburgh and
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| − | himselfe the sayd Tobias Zollicoffers att or neere Tholoone
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| − | the severall goods and merchandizes following. That is to say
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| − | 401. great and 193 small Karatells (sic) of Currants. 147 baggs
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| − | of Currants, seventy five baggs of Allmonds. 20 quarteels
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| − | of Capers, and one bale of verdigreaze to be in the sayd
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| − | shipp transported to Hamburgh for accompt and Advantage of
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| − | of (sic) y:e sayd John Scrothering and sayd Zollicoffers, which he deposeth
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| − | for that by a lre dated att Hamburgh 27:+ Septemb. 165?3 . which
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| − | came to this deponents hands 14 Octobris .1653 . and by another letter
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| − | dated 25 Octobr 1653 from Hamburgh which came to this deponents
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| − | hand . 5:° . Novembris . 1653 . and by a third lre dated 8:° Novembris
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| − | 1653 . which came to this deponents hands ?7:° . Novembris 1653 . all
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| − | sent by the sd John Screthering, he the sd Screthering did certify
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| − | y.e sd shipp in manner as aforesd in y,e second of the XXXXXXX take in
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| − | and ladeing the sayd goods for accompt aforesd, and consigning
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| − | them as a foresd, and in the third of the pticular quantities of
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| − | the says goods; and y.e ladeing of the same did likewise appeare to this
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| − | deponent by a bill of lading which came to this deponents
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| − | hands in a letter from y:e sayd John Scrithering, and also
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| − | by the Confession of y:e sayd Mathias Cornelison who did
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| − | acquaint this deponent that he recd y:e sd goods on board the
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| − | sd shipp att Tholone, many of which this deponent hath seene since
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| − | their inlading att this Port of London And further cannot depose
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| − | To y:e fourth arle of y:e sayd allon This deponent saith that having
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| − | taken a view of a good pt of y:e sayd goods in the warehowses
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| − | wherein the same are disposed since their unlading att this
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| − | port he findeth that they are marked with the marke in the
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| − | margent which was and is the usuall marke of y:e sayd John
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| − | Screthering the same standing for and being the first letter
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| − | of his ?Christen name and surname, and as such commonly
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| − | held and understood by such as Correspond with the sayd
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| − | John Screthering, and are acquainted with his manner of dealing
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| − | and further he cannot depose
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| − | To y:e 5:th arle of y:e sayd allon This deponent saith that by a lre
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| − | from y:e arlate (Paulus Langerman dated from Hamburgh
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| − | 8:° Novembris . 1653 . which came to this deponents hands here in
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| − | London 18 . Novembris 1653. the sayd Pauly langerman did
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| − | advise this deponent that y:e foresayd Zollicofferes had about
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| − | the moneth of October 1653 laden on board y:e sayd shipp the
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| − | ''S:t Peter'' att Toloone (sic) for accompt of him y:e sd Langerman one Chest
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| − | of ?Storax (being a phsicall drug and marked P/L A)
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| − | to be transported to Hamburgh and there delivered for like
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| − | accompt. And further otherwise he cannot depose saving
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| − | that the syd marke is used to signify the name of y:e sayd
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| − | Paulus Langerman who was and is a merchant of good
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| − | quality and Burgher of Hamburgh and one that tradeth to
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| − | foreigne parts.
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| − | To y:e 6:th arle of y:e sayd allegacon This deponent saith that by
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| − | fame and report the family of y:e Zollicoffers are Switzers
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| − | and mannage severall factories in Common att Marseilles
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| − | and in Spaine and Italy; and y:e arlate Tobias Zollicoffer
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| − | the lader of y:e goods in question, but in the name of Joachim Lawrence
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| − | & David Zollicoffers (a thing usuall with that family) is y:e Consull
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| − | for y:e hansa Tobias resideing att Marseillis. and y:e name or XX
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| − | the like effect appeares to be true by a Certificat sent to this deponent under the
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| − | hands and seales of John ?Howorth (OR Alworth), Jordan ffairfax and
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| − | William Jackson English merchants residing att Marsellis
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| − | who likewise pticulaly certify that y:e sd Zollicoffers doe most
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| − | of y:e business there for accompt of Hamburgh merchants, and
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| − | that they did lade severall quantityes of Currants aboard the
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| − | shipp ''S:t Peter'' about October last past; which Certificat being
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| − | reall and not false or feigned and having come to this deponents hands
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| − | To y:e 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6 7 and 6:th Interries hee saith he knoweth nothing
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| − | thereof saving that y:e severall papers extracted out of the
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| − | Admiralty Court of Toloone and sent to this
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| − | deponent as true extracts in letters of advise frōmaresellis It
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| − | did and doth appeare that the sd shippe ''S:t Peter'' is a Swedish
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| − | shipp and Mathias Cornelison the master of her a Swede and
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| − | so accounted
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| − | To y.e 9 and 10:th he referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposicons
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| − | and otherwise cannot depose.
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| − | To the .14:th he saith he doth not know, beleive or ever hath heard
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| − | that by the name of Hamburgh in XXlland or great Hamburgh
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| − | Am?ptorda is usually meant or intended, or was or is ever so meant
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| − | and intended by and among seamen mariners or such as have
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| − | and have dealings in those places or other of thXXX. And otherwise he cannot depose
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| − | JOHN LEEMKUILL [His signature]
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| − | The Clayme of W:m Gilland
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| − | aforesd
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| − | Jean du Coya Nueva To y:e Crosse Interries
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| − | X And moreover saith that the sayd William Gilliand att thie Rendents
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| − | comeing from S:t mallo gave him pticular order for y:e disposing
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| − | and delivery of y:e sd goods in this Cause Claymed upon
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| − | their arrivall att Cadiz, XXX
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| − | 4. SAMUEL WASTELL of y:e pish of S:t Botolph without
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| − | ===Case: XXXX: Deposition: Nicholas Williams, of Redriffe, Surrey, Mariner, sometime Quartermaster on the Freetrade, aged 36: Date: March 9th 1653/44===
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| − | The ?9:th say of March 1653
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| − | Examined upon an allegaccon on y:e behalfe
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| − | of the sayd John Gibbs and others.
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| − | NICHOLAS WILLIAMS of Redriffe in the
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| − | County of Surrey Mariner sometyme quarter M:r
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| − | on board y:e sd shipp ''ffreetrade'' aged 36 yeares
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| − | or thereabouts a witnes sworne and examined
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| − | deposeth and saith as followeth. vizt.
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| − | To y:e 1. and 2. arles of the sd allon This deponent saith that in the yeares of o:r
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| − | Lord 1648. and 1649. and before and cotinually since the arlate John
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| − | Gibbs Michael Castile Nicholas Corsellys and Company all Inhabitants
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| − | in or about this Citty of London were and att p:rsent are the true and
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| − | lawfull Owners of the arlate shipp the ''free trade'' of London whereof
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| − | the sayd John Gibbs was Ma:r and of her tackle apparell and furniure
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| − | and XXXX and other provisions belonging unto her and were in
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| − | the quiet and peaceable possession of the same, which this deponent
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| − | knoweth for that he did belong to y:e sd shipp as one of her
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| − | Quartermasters from y:e first ?building of her by the foresayd
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| − | Owners, And saith that in or about the moneth of June 1649.
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| − | aforesd the sayd shipp ''free trade'' y:e sd Gibbs then Ma:r and this
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| − | depon:t q:rter M:r on board he was and remained in the porte of
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| − | Lisbone, and was then and there by the order and authority of
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| − | the King of Portugall of the sight of this deponent
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| − | and to y:e use of the sd King seized and sequestred and taken into
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| − | his ?service and in his service afainst the goodwill and likewing
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| − | of the sayd Owners and ymployers as a man of warr and for the
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| − | ?Careening of his other shipps for the space of three yeares by
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| − | reason whereof the sayd shipp receyved much dammage by worm eating
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| − | and otherwise but to what value he knoweth not. And further
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| − | cannot depose
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| − | To y:e third and fourth arles of the sayd allon This deponent saith
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| − | That att such tyme as the sayd shipp ''free trade'' now seized at Lisbone
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| − | as aforesd she was a strong and tight shipp and had bene but
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| − | one voyage before att sea from the tyme of her first building
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| − | and was of the burthen of .200 tonnes or thereabouts and had
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| − | in her sixteene ?persons, and the tackele apparell and furniture
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| − | of and belonging unto her were likewise good and new And the
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| − | freight of the says hipp so provided with gunns and tackle
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| − | was well worth the summe of 250:li sterl p moneth And
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| − | soe much was and is usually given p moneth for a shipp of her burthen
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| − | and goodnes. And he further daith that att such tyme as the
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| − | sayd shipp was seized there were in her provisions of victualls.
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| − | which were well worth the summe of 170:li sterl. And he saith
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| − | that the sayd shipp when she was restored was damnifyed (besides
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| − | the foremenconned dammage in her hull) in her masts to y:e value of
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| − | 10:li ster. In her Cables and other Cordayge to y:e value of 40:l sterl.
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| − | ===Case: XXXX: Deposition: 4. Samuell Wastell, S:t Botolphs without Bishopsgate, London, Merchant, aged 34: Date: Same day (1653/44)===
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| − | The same say Examined upon y:e sd allon
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| − | 4. SAMUEL WASTELL of y:e pish of S:t Botolph without
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| − | Bishopsgate London merchant aged 34 yeares or
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| − | thereabouts a witnes sworne and examined deposeth
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| − | and saith as followeth. vizt.
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| − | To y:e 1. and 3. he saith he cannot depose.
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| − | To y:e 3. arle of y:e sd allon This deponent saith that in the yeares
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| − | 1647. 1648. 1649. 1650. 1651. 1652. and monethes there in respectively
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| − | ?concurring the arlate Timothy Shery was and still is indebted
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| − | to y:e producent Gilbert Keat in the summe of one thousand
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| − | pounds ?starl or thereabouts, arising upon accompt of a
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| − | factory mannaged by y:e sd Shery at Bilboa for the sd producent
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| − | and others, vizt Thomas Jennings and Robert Sainthill
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| − | whose common facto:r the sd Shery was and stands indebted
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| − | to them in 3000:li starl or therabouts, and to y:e sd Gilbert
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| − | Keat, (the sd trade and society betwixt y:e sd Keat Jennings &
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| − | Sainth?ill being in equall thirds) in 1000:li sterl or therabouts
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| − | as aforesd. The p:rmisses he knoweth to be true for that
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| − | he is Book Keeper to y:e sd 3 merchants M:r Keat and consorts
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| − | and so hath bene for theis eight yeares now last past and
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| − | having laetly consulted with and perused their bookes of
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| − | accompts findes upon y:e ballancing of y:e sd Accompts
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| − | betwixt y:e sd M:r Keat & consorts and their sd ffacto:rs Timothy
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| − | Shery that he y:e sd Shery was and is indebted to them all
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| − | in 3000:li or thereabouts as aforesd. and to y:e sd Gilbert Keat
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| − | in one 3:d pt thereof being 1000:li or thereabouts as
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| − | aforesd. And y:e p:rmisses this deponent likewise knoweth to be
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| − | true by severall letters sent by the sd Shery frō Lisboa to sd
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| − | Keat and consorts which this deponent hath likewise seene. And
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| − | otherwise he cannot depose
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| − | SAM: WASTELL [His signature]
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| − | Repeated with his
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| − | ===Case: Clayme of Daniel Skinner of Dover: Deposition: 2. Albertus Skinner, of S:t George Botolphs, London, Merchant, aged 30: Date: March XXX 1653===
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| − | The XXXX day of March 1653
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| − | The Clayme of Daniel Skynner)
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| − | of Dover for his XXXX &)
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| − | in the refXXXXX)
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| − | Examined upon y,e sd allon
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| − | 2. ALBERTUS SKINNER of S:t George Botolphs
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| − | parish London merchant aged 30 yeares or
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| − | Thereabouts a witnes sworne and examined
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| − | deposeth and saith as followeth vizt.
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| − | To the first arles of y:e said allon This deponent saith that for divers
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| − | yeares now last past the arlate Daniel Skynner hath bene an
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| − | usuall trader to france for wines and other goods, and that
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| − | ther arlate John Vanp?alle is his facto:r and presides att Bordeaux
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| − | and is commonly accounted a fflandrian and does busines att
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| − | Bourdeaux as a facto:r and for a facto:r is commonly accounted the
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| − | p:rmisses he knoweth being the brother of the producent and knowing
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| − | well that the sayd VanpaXX was y:e facto:r of this deponents'
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| − | father who used y:e same trade to ffrance that the arlate
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| − | Daniel Skinner now doth. And otherwise cannot depose.
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| − | To y:e 2:d arle of the sayd allon and y:e ?three schedules thereunto annexed
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| − | this deponent saith that the sd schedules were sent to this deponent
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| − | from the arlate Daniel Skinner as and for the true and
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| − | originall letter of advise factory and bill of lading for
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| − | the thirty five tonnes of wynes now in question, and this
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| − | deponent doth beleive that they are true and reall and y:e
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| − | Contents hereof so had and done as herein is conteyned
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| − | And otherwise hee cannot depose.
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| − | To y:e third arle of y:e sayd allon This deponent saith that the arlate
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| − | Daniel Skinner by his letter of the ?tenth of December 1653 last
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| − | past which came to this examinators hands XXXX London a bout 11 or 12. day
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| − | of y:e same moneth did acquaint him this deponent that he had
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| − | thirty five tonnes of wynes comeing frō Bourdeaux into y:e English Channell
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| − | in a Swedish shipp the ?''Widome'' of Stockholme and that
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| − | the same were consigned for Dunkirke, but that he had
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| − | a desire to have the same disposed of att London and heretofore
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| − | desired this deponent to make and use meanes for a license
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| − | for bringing y.e same to London if it might be, or to procure
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| − | the same to the XXXXX by the officers of y:e Customs house, but
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| − | desired this deponent to use all expedition for that a convoy was
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| − | attending in the downes to XXXXX severall shipps for Dunkirke in which
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| − | noe doubt he XX the Master of y:e ?''Wysdome'' XXXXX goe so his designed XXX
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| − | //To y:e fourth arles of y:e sd allon This deponent saith that the arlate
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| − | ?Vanpulle the facto:r of y:e sayd Daniell Skinner doth uusually draw
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| − | y:e money for such wines and goods as he ladeth for the sayd
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| − | Daniel Skinner when he hath not effects in his hands XXXX M:r ?Milooyouse of Paris, who is a correspondent of this deponent
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| − | who since November last past hath payd accepted and remitted
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| − | the summe of 4006 Crownes and upwards all for accompt
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| − | of y:e said Daniel Skinner pt drawne upon this deponent
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| − | by y:e sd ?Miloyouse, and pt remitted to him by this deponent
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| − | And more pticularly saith that the 22:th say of Decemberlast
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| − | past he this deponent did here at London accept a bill of exchange
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| − | of 800 Crownes drawne by the sd M:r MXXyoose and dated
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| − | from Paris 20:th of Decemb. 1653. new stile for accompt of
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| − | y:e sd Daniel Skinner & y:e sd Daniel hath acquainted this deponent
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| − | that y:e sd 800 Crownes so drawne by y:e sd M:r Wiloyoose
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| − | had bene formerly drawne by the sd VanXXXX upon the sd
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| − | Wilooyoose for y:e wyne now in question. And otherwise he
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| − | cannot depose.
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| − | To y:e 5:th arle hee saith his foregoeing deposicon is true
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| − | To y:e Cross Interries.
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| − | To y:e 1. Interry he saith he was borne att Antwerpe under ye
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| − | Jurisdiction of y:e King of Spain. and hath lived for theis five
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| − | yeares last past in London. and about 2 yeares next before at
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| − | ?Hull. and for three yeares next before att Dover and is a
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| − | Bachilor, and is brother of y:e producent.
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| − | and farther otherwise than hegatively cannot depose.
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| − | To y:e 2. hee saith he knoweth not Vannpulle a foresd by sight but
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| − | by ?fame hath knowne him severall yeares. and by like fame
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| − | hath heard he is a marryed man and keepes howse in Bordeaux
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| − | and further cannot depose.
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| − | To y:e 3:d he saith he was not p:rsent att y:e buying of y:e sd wines
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| − | and further cannot depose saving that hee this Rendent upon
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| − | y:e 14:th day of ffebruary last past did here in London oay the 800
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| − | Crownes aforesd to be for y:e sd wynes, to M:r John Ashurst the XX
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| − | AXX younger And further cannot depose.
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| − | To y:e 4:th negatively to every pt thereof.
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| − | To y:e 5:th saith y:e sd wynes are of y:e growth of ffrance and were
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| − | as he beleiveth laden att Burdeaux. and otherwise he cannot
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| − | To y:e 6:th he hath heard y;t the sd Van Valle hath lived in
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| − | ffrance a good space of tyme but how long in certayne
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| − | knoweth not nor hath heard. and further cannot depose
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| − | To y:e 7:th he saith he knoweth nothing thereof
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| − | ALBERTUS SKYNNER [His signature]
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| − | ===Case: Gilbert Keat ag:t a 1/16:th of the Hanniball: Deposition: 2. Richard Boare, of Gravesend, Merchant, aged 60: Date: March 3rd 1653/54===
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| − | The third day of March . 1653,
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| − | Examined upon y:e sd allon
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| − | On behalfe of y:e sd)
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| − | Gilbert Keat)
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| − | ag:t a 16:th pt)
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| − | of y:e ''Hanniball'')
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| − | Smith d:r:
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| − | 2 RICHARD B?EARE of Gravesend merchant aged
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| − | 60 yeares a witnes sworne and examined
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| − | deposed and saith as followeth vizt.
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| − | To y:e 1 and 2. arels of y:e sd allon This deponent saith that
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| − | in y:e yeares 1647. 1648. 1649. 1650. 1651. 1652. and monethes
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| − | therein respectively ?concurring the arlate Timothy Sharpe
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| − | was and att p:rsent is Owner and proprieto:r of one
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| − | sixteenth pt of the sayd shipp y:e ''Hanniball'' and of 1/16:th pt
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| − | of her tackle furnitire and apparell and so accounted the
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| − | p:rmisses he knoweth to be true for that during all y:e sd tyme
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| − | he had bene and is a ptowner of y:e sd shipp himselfe and knoweth
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| − | that y:e sd shery did occasion y:e building of her in y:e yeare 1647. for
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| − | Captaine ?TaXXX y:e ?for Ma:r of her and that he did contribute to
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| − | y:e building and setting forth of 1/16:th pt of her and her tackle
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| − | and that in or about y:e yeare 1648 a dividend of y:e sd shipps
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| − | profitts was made at Lisboa where y:e sd Sherry and this deponent
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| − | att that tyme both were, the sd shipp being then there likewise
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| − | and that y:e sd Shery as owner of 1716pt of her as aforesd did
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| − | then receyve his proportion oy y:e sd Dividend, and hath ever
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| − | XXXXXXX continued Proprietor of y:e sayd 16:th pt of the
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| − | sayd shipp and for such hath bene and is accounted by this depon:t
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| − | and other the Owners thereof and others that know y:e sayd shipp
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| − | and the Interest of her right Owners therein And further cannot
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| − | To y:e 3. & fourth . XXXX. he cannot depose saving as aforesd
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| − | RICHARD BERE [His signature]
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