HCA 13/72 f.394r Annotate

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the sayd men of warr prizoners to the Groyne but saith hee
sawe not any of the wines laden aboard the Mary and Joyce taken
out of her and put aboard the Elizabeth arlate for that after some
few dayes stay at the Groyne hee this deponent and the Master and divers of the
Company of the Mary and Joyce got passage from the Groyne for
ffrance yet beleeveth that the sayd forty pipes soe laden by the sayd
herrera aboard the Mary and Joyce (or the greatest part of them) togeather
with the rest of the wynes aboard the Mary and Joyce at her seizure (or
the greatest part of them) were afterwards laden aboard the arlate shipp
the Elizabeth and shee with the wines aboard her seized by some
shipp in the service of this Commonwealth and brought into the River
of Thames where the wines aboard her were unladen out of her
into lighters and carried ashoare (and that as hee beleeveth by order
of this Court) for that after hee came home to Plymouth from ffrance
hee this deponent having notice that a shipp with sych wines aboard
her as were formerly laden aboard the Mary and Joyce was then
there, did goe aboard the sayd shipp Elizabeth
at Plymouth and came for Gravesend in the sayd shipp, and at
her coming into the River of Thames went aboard her and there
sawe in the sayd shipp and the lighters that were unladeing her many
pipes of wine with the same markes upon them as those laden
aboard the Mary and Joyce at Oratava And at the tyme of their
ladeing aboard her there, and among others divers of them hee
well remembreth were marked with the same markes mentio=
ned in the sixth article of this allegation and hee verily beleeveth
that they were the same pipes of wine soe laden at Oratava aboard
the Mary and Joyce by the sayd Symon da herrera Leyva And
further to these articles hee cannot depose./

To the last hee saith heis foregeoing deposition is true/

To the Interrogatories on the behalfe of his highnes
the Lord Protector./ [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee was only Supracargo of the Mary
and Joyce the voyage in question and hath noe manner of Interest
in the wines claymed by Antonio Rodrigues Robles And saith
hee this deponent is a subiect of this Commonwealth borne at Limpston
in devonsheire And further cannot answere otherwise than
negatively./

To the 2 hee saith hee hath knowne the Interrogate Antonio Rodrigues
Robles for these two yeares last or thereabouts as often seeing him
frequent the Exchange London as a Merchant there And further to this
Interrogatorie hee cannot answere./

To the 3 hee cannot answere knowing nothing touching the contents
thereof./

To the 4th hee saith hee can give noe other reason in answere to the contents
of