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5/ A.5

The 9th of January 1654. [CENTRE HEADING]

Alderman ffrederick and company against}
Jennings and others. Budd. Smith.}

Examined upon the said allegation on the
behalfe of the said ffrederick and
others.

3us.

William Kennon of the parish of Saint Catherin
Coleman in ffanchurchstreete London citizen and
haberdasher of London, aged 44 yeares or thereabouts
sworne and examined.

To the 39th article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that
in and continually since the moneth of September last Cyprus Cotton
woolls have bin sold here in London at 9 d sterling and 10 d per pound and not above and
such hath bin the usuall and currant price here in this citie upon that
commoditie, which hee knoweth for that hee as a merchant useth to
deale in that commoditie, and hath bought and sold thereof in that
space, and that in that space namely in or about October last hee
this deponent bought of that commoditie at 9 d sterling per pound and
about the end of that moneth sold the same againe at 10 d per
pound as being the heighth of the market for the same And
otherwise hee cannot depose.

Upon the rest hee is not examined by the direction of the producent.

Repeated before doctor Clarke.

Wm: Kennon. [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

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The fifteenth of January 1654. [CENTRE HEADING]

Examined upon the second allegation being of
17 articles, given in on the behalfe of the
said ffrederick and others.

4us

John Buckworth of the parish of Saint Andrewes
Undershaft London Merchant, aged 33 yeares or
thereabouts sworne and examined.

To the second article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that in and
for all the time arlate the usuall freight of goods by the tonne from
Cyprus to London was for Cotton woolls at and
after the rate of 6 li per tonne, for galls 4 li per tonne, and for
fine goods 7 li per tonne, and this hee saith was and is true publique
and notorious, which hee knoweth for that hee hath for theise twelve yeares last
past bin a Turkie merchant, and hath dwelt at Aleppo about
9 yeares of that time, and hath often laded such goods at that
freight in those parts, and hath often paid such freight here in London
that being (as hee saith) the freight for those goods set downe and
apportioned by the Turkey company, by whose order it was not then
permitted to pay or take more.

To the eighth article hee saith and deposeth that betweene the monethes
of September 1653 and September 1654, hee saith this deponent and company
sent the shipp the hope of London (John Bowrey master) from
London to Ligorne, where shee was laden for London with severall goods
for severall men, and that this deponent and company received and are [?XXX GUTTER] her freight
for

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