HCA 13/71 f.671v Annotate
Volume | HCA 13/71 |
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Folio | 671 |
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Edited on 10/08/2014 by Colin Greenstreet |
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The same day. [CENTRE HEADING]
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Richard Mowsse servant to henry Spurstowe of London
Merchant aged 18 yeares or thereabouts sworne as aforesaid
saith as followeth.
That the said henry Spurstowe being one of the owners of the shipp
the Swann of London (Thomas Pitcher master) seized at
Port a port in Portugall by the king of Portugall or his officers,
received from thence from mr Rowland hill a marchant there
resident on the 30th of december 1653. the accompt nowe left
by him for the information of the Commissioners, touching the said shipp
which this deponent hath had the custodie of ever since, and hath
entred the same in the Invoice booke of the said mr Spurstowe
Richard Mowsse [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 29th of August 1654. [CENTRE HEADING]
On the behalfe of Alderman Thomas Andrewes,}
the Executors of Robert Moulton, Edward and John}
Bushell and company owners of the shipp}
the Successe, William Peach late master}
Captaine John Wills of
London Mariner, aged 50
yeares or thereabouts, sworne
before the right Worshipfull the Commissioners
appointed in the Portugall busines
and examined upon certaine Interrogatories
ministred on the behalfe of the owners
of the said shipp saith as followeth.
To the first and second Interrogatories hee saith and deposeth that hee well
knew the shipp the Successe whereof William Pearchie was master
and saith that Alderman Thomas Andrewes, Captaine Robert
Moulton, Edward and John Bushell, and company English
merchants were owners of the said shipp tackle and furniture and
for such commonly accompted; And saith that in the yeare 1650
(namely within the monthes of March, Aprill and May of that
yeare) was in the port of Lisbone let to freight by Charter
Partie to certaine Portugall Merchants of the companie
of the Bulso for a voyage to be made to the Brazeele
in service of the said Portugall merchants, who laded her with
a cargo of goods and marchandizes for their owne account to the valew (in his estimation)
of tenn thousand pounds sterling and upwards, but and saith that the amount
of the freight of and for the said cargo out and home
was 29 mil 500 Rés per tonne, every tonne containing 54 rooves, which
hee knoweth being then present at Lisbone
having seene the Charter partie for the said voyage
And otherwise he cannot depose.
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