HCA 13/71 f.626v Annotate

Expand this area to see details of page purpose, how to register, how to add footnotes, and useful links.

---

Purpose

This page is for the annotation of HCA 13/71 f.626v.

Annotations can be viewed by everyone on a read-only basis.

For more information on MarineLives and the MarineLives Annotation Project read our Shipping News blog entries:

Annotating Marine Lives, May 1st 2013
Adding value to primary documents, May 8th 2013
Witnesses in Court, 1657-1658 (May 9th, 2013)

---

Registration to annotate documents

Registration is required to contribute annotations to this page and to other pages in the wiki.

You can register using the following Form, and we will issue you with a UserName and Password for the wiki.

---

Text formatting

The MarineLives transcription platform is built on MediaWiki, which uses wiki markup to format text. For a guide showing how to produce italics, bold, escaped text and headings, see the MediaWiki page on formatting; there are also guides for internal and external links, image embedding, tables, and more on lists.

---

Adding footnotes

• Go into edit mode
• Insert immediately after the sentence or phrase you wish to annotate the following macro:<ref>This is the footnote text</ref>
• Replace 'This is the footnote text' with the footnote you wish to add, using the format: first name, surname, title, (place of publication, date of publication), page or folio number
• Save the page

For more information and advanced formatting, including how to add and format links within the footnote, see the Wikipedia help on footnotes. This uses the same markup formatting.

Example footnote template:

• ''HCA 13/XX f.XXXX Case: XXXX; Deposition: XXXX; Date: XXXX. Transcribed by XXXX''<ref>[http://XXXXX Electronic link to a digital source]</ref>

---

Suggested links

Annotate HCA 13/64 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/65 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/68 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/69 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/70 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/71 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/72 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/73 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/74 Volume Page
Marine Lives Tools

Image

HCA 13/71 f.626v: Right click on image for full size image in separate window

Transcription

The 13th of Aprill 1657. [CENTRE HEADING]

The Examination and deposition of the}
persons undernamed touching the Propriety}
of certaine goods and Merchandises laden}
in the shipp the Saint John whereof John}
Van Arber was Master}

William Bellamy of London Merchant
aged 25 yeares or thereabouts, and Robert
Cole alsoe of London Merchant aged
one and 20 yeares or thereabouts, sworne
upon the holy Evangelists before the right
Worshipfull John Godolphin doctor of Lawe one of
the Judges of the High Court of Admiraltie
of England say and depose by Vertue of their
respective oaths as followeth. That is to say

That in all about the beginning of the moneth of March last
past Thomas Canham and Companie all Merchants of this
City of London and Subjects of this Commonwealth,
knowne to these deponents did buy and provide at or let London
aforesaid the number of One hundred and fifty firkins of
English butter, which firkins of butter they caused to be marked with the
mark in the margent, and to be about the middle of March

TC [MARKE, LH MARGIN]

last past caused the same to be laden and putt on board of the said
shipp the Saint John, whereof the said John Van Arber was Master
then lyeing at or neere Saint Catherines in the River of Thames,
neare this City, to be from thence transported to Bourdeaux
in ffrance, for and upon the proper accompt and advantage of
the said Thomas Canham and Companie, who were are
and ought to be the true lawfull and sole owners and
proprietors that they said one hundred and fifty firkins of
butter soe by them or their order bought provided and laden as abovesaid, and
by them consigned to Jaspar Bolt their ffactor and Corres-
pondent at Bourdeaux aforesaid with order to sell or dispose
of the same to their best benefitt and advantage: The promise
these deponents declare and affirme to be true by vertue of the
said respective oaths, rendring their respective reasons of
knowledge, for that hee the said William Bellamy was present at
the buying of the said hundred and fifty firkins of butter by
said Thomas Canham and Companie, and desire and
direction of the said Thomas Canham gave order for the lading of
the said firkins of butter, and after the lading thereof heard
the said Master acknowledge the reception of them, And the said
Robert Cole saith, That at the time of the said buying and
lading hee this deponent was, as at present hee is, Cashier
to the said Thomas Canham, and thereby is well assured of
the reality of the said transactions, having seene them entred