HCA 13/72 f.419v Annotate

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runneth the hazard of the sayd five pipes of wynes And
further hee cannot depose./

To the 12th article of the sayd allegation hee saith that the arlate Robert
Britton and Richard Baker ever since hee knew them which
is about two yeares and better have bin Merchants and Inhabitants
of London and Comonly reputed to be Englishmen borne, and to bee
subiects of this Commonwealth And further hee cannot depose./

To the 13th 14th and 15th articles hee cannot depose./

To the 16th hee cannot depose for that hee never sawe the five pipes of
wyne arlate after they were as aforesayd taken from aboard this
deponents shipp the Saint John Baptist at the Canaries to bee laden
aboard some other shipp for that the Saint John Baptist was fully laden and
could not carrie them, but saith hee well knoweth that when they were
soe taken from aboard the Saint John Baptist, they were then marked
with the marke in the margent of the bill of ladeing and wherewith they
are alleadged to be marked in the 6th article of the allegation, And hee
verily beleeveth the five pipes of wyne in this cause claymed to bee
the very same pipes of wine mentioned in the sayd bill of ladeing
and sixth article of the allegation, and the same which were soe by this
deponent left behinde at the Canaries to bee sent as aforesayd
in some other shipp And further hee cannot depose./

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

To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee is a hamburger by birth but now liveth
in London and is a subiect of this Commonwealth And to the rest of the
Interrogatorie he answereth negatively./

To the 2 hee saith hee well knoweth the Interrogate Robert Britton and hath soe knowne
him for these two yeares last or better during which tyme hee hath lived in
London And further hee cannot answere./

To the 3 hee saith the sayd don Lewis Perez da Victoria did as aforesayd
buy the wines Interrogate and other wines alsoe with goods of the sayd Robert
Britton which this deponent brought him to the Canaries in the Saint John Baptist
but hee this deponent was not present at the buying of them nor knoweth of whom
they were bought bor sawe any money paid for them and is well assured the
wines in question doe belonge to the sayd Britton and not to any subiect of
the King of Spaine and beleeveth they were laden for his Accompt and that
the sayd Brittons name is not used colourably in trust for any other And
further cannot answere/

To the 4th Interrogatorie hee saith hee knoweth and hath knowne the Interrogate da
Lewis Perez da Victoria for these three yeares last past or thereabouts and hee
hath heard and beleeveth that hee is a Spaniard by birth and a subiect of the King of
Spaine and soe reputed and beleeveth the sayd Perez hath noe share in the wybes
in question and further cannot answere./

To the 5th hee saith hee saw the sayd Perez at Oratava but not when the shipp
Mary and Joyce was there for that hee this deponent was gone thence with his shipp
the