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'''A5./.''' 16th ffebruary 1655 [CENTRE HEADING] Williams and Company against. 37 butts five} carrattells and 3 quarter Rolls of Morea Currants} marked as in the margant laden aboad the shipp} the ''Cesar'' whereof William ffudge is Master and} brought in her to this Port of London and against} Thomas Rowse ffrancis ffowke and Company} coming in for their Interest Budd Smith} Examined upon an allegation given in on the behalfe of Thomas Rowse and ffrancis ffowke and company./ '''1''' '''Thomas Child''' of the parish of Saint Mary at Hill London Cittizen and Vintner aged forty three yeares or thereabouts a wittnes sworne and examined saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet./ To the first article of the sayd allogation hee saith that by reason hee this deponent was Purser of the shipp the ''Cesar'' of London (wereof William ffudge was Commander) in and during the voyage in question hee thereby knoweth that the arlate Edward Wright and William Langhorne did in the moneth of June last videlicet June 1655 reside at Genoa arlate and did their negotiate as factors and correspon= dents of the arlate Thomas Rowse and ffrancis ffowke, and did at Genoa loade aboard the said shipp ''Cesar'' certaine moneys for the use of the sayd Thomas Rowse and ffrancis ffowke, and consigned the same to be delivered to the arlate Wiliam ffowkes then counsull at [?and of] the Morea for the English nation, to be [?best] by him imployed for the use of the sayd Thomas Rowse and ffrancis ffowkes, to whome the sayd william ffowke was their, factor and correspondent, And hee alsoe saith that hee well knoweth that the arlate Thomas Oliver was viceconsull to the sayd William ffowke at the Morea and did acte there as his Viceconsull and did negotiate all the sayd william ffowkes busines in his absence as his Viceconsull and alsoe in his matters of merchandise there, and did alsoe there negotiate as factor and correspondent of the sayd Thomas Rowse, and ffrancis ffowke in the absence of the sayd william ffowke, This hee knoweth being purser as aforesayd and resideing often on shoare at Petras in the sayd Counsulls house during the voyage in question And further to this article hee Cannot depose./ To the 2 article hee saith hee knoweth that there was fower thousand dollars being the same money mentioned in his deposition to the first article laden by the foresayd Edward Wright and William Langhorne at Genoa aboard the ''Cesar'' aforesayd for the use and Accompt of the sayd Thomas Rowse and ffrancis ffowke in the moneth of June 1655 (old style) and consigined (sic) as aforesayd to the sayd William ffowke in the Morea to bee by him employed in payeing for Currants for their use toward the ladeing of the ''Cesar'' aforesayd, And further to this article hee cannot depose. saving hee saith that hee knoweth. that some part of the sayd money was paid to the sayd Thomas Oliver, and other part of it to him the sayd William ffowke in presense of this deponent./ To the 3 hee saith that by reason hee was present at the drawing signeing and sealing of the Charterparty touching the same hee knoweth that the arlate Edward Wright and William Langhorne did as corresponents of the arlate Thomas Rowse and ffrancis ffowke and on their behalfe enter into the Charterparty with William ffudge Commander of the ''Cesar'' aforesayd at Genoa in the moneth of June last that hee the sayd ffudge should thense depart with his shipp the ''Cesar'' to Castle da Marr, there to take in such goods or should bee laden aboard her there by the arlate John Byam and
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