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Tanner did at his owne suite bring an action in this Court against the plankes in question And to the rest of the Interrogatorie hee answereth negatively To the second hee saith hee doth in the behalfe of this Commonwealth prosecute this suite against the Interrogate Artys and the most of the parties in this suite and hath given instructions to Mr Budd for drawing the allegation Interrogate, And to the rest of the sayd Interrogatorie hee answereth negatively./ To the 3 hee saith hee hath knowne the Interrogated Adams for these 5 otr 6 yeares last past, and the Interrogated Joseph Artys for these 2 or 3 yeares last past And further hee cannot answere not knowing what to beleeve in the case Interrogate/ To the 4th hee saith the timber and plancks that hee this deponent bought as aforesayd of the sayd Tanner Richardson and Adams for the use of this Commonwealth, did part thereof, lye together betweene a hedge and a [?payle] in Evesham Parke distinct from other planckes and tymber, and other part thereof lay dispersed in other parts in the sayd parke and other grounds neere thereto dispersed, And to the rest of the Interrogatorie hee answereth negatively for that hee knoweth part of the plankes in quesion are and were part of the plankes belonging to this Commonwealth by him bought as aforesayd and further hee cannot answere/ To the 5th hee cannot answere knowing nothing touching the contents thereof/ To the 6th hee cannot answere knowing nothing touching the reality of the sayd bills of sale/ Jonas Shish [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] Repeated in Court before both Judges *********************** The 20th day of November 1655/ [CENTRE HEADING] Thomas Sherwill against the shipp the ''ffrancis'' of} Sunderland (whereof John dobbs was Master) and} against Sampson Nicholson comming in for his interest} and against all others et cetera ffrancklin} Examined upon a libell given in and admitted on the part and behalfe of the sayd Thomas Sherwill '''Rp.''' '''Robert Walpoole''' of the parish of Saint Thomas the Apostle London Scrivener aged 54 yeares or thereabouts a wittnes sworne and examined saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet To the first second third and fowerth articles of the sayd libell and to the writeing in parchment in the sayd 4th article mentioned and beginning and ending as in the sayd articles is deduced hee saith that the arlate henry Simpson in the moneth of december 1653 was then commonly reputed the lawfull and sole Owner and Proprietor of the shipp the ''ffrancis'' of Sunderland arlate (whereof the Arlate John dobson was (as hee beleeveth) then or not longe before Master) And hee this deponent well knoweth that the sayd henry Simpson did signe seale and deliver the sayd writing in question in
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