MRP: C20/803/34 f. 7

C20/803/34 f. 7

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//DEPOSICONNS of witnesses taken at Plymouth in the County of Devon on Monday the eleaventh day of March//

//the Thirtieth yeare of the Raigne of o:r Soveraigne Lord Charles the Second by the grace of God of England Scotland ffrance//

//and Ireland Kinge defender of the ffaith x:r before us Emanuell Pyper & Samuell Weale Gent & William ??Yeo Esq:r by virtue//

//of a Commission yssued out of his Ma:ties high Court of Chancery to us and alsoe to William Bennett gent deceased for Examinacon//

//of Witnesses in a cause there dependinge betweene William Love Esq:r & Thomas Murthwaite the survivinge Exec:trs//

//of John Young Comp:lts and Jacob Searle the Exec:r of Jacob Searle def:t as followeth//

//JOHN MAYNE of the pish of S:t Johns in the County of Cornwall Marriner aged eight and fforty yeares or thereabouts pduced to the//

//first second third fifth & sixth Interr and thereunto sworne & examined sayth as followeth//

//1. To the ffirst Interr this depon:t saith that he doth not know the p:lts or either of them, but sayth that he knoweth the def:t Jacob Searle and//

//did knowe the def:t Jacob Searles father sometime Comander of the shipp called the Bendishe and alsoe of the shipp Successe, and did liewise knowe//

//Jacob Searle the Nephew of the said Jacob Searle the defts ffather in the Interr named & that the s:d Jacob Searle the Nephew was ?sometyme//

//Comander of the shipp called the Successe, and that this depon:t was afterwards a mate to the said Jacob Searle the Nephew in a certaine shipp called the//

//?S Salvadore belonging to M:r John ffarrefax & Company And this depon:t further sayth that he was very well acquainted with Jacob Searle the unkle and//

//Jacob Searle the Nephew solo are both long since dead butt how long since they or either of them died this depon:t doth nott well remember//

//2. To the second Interr this depon:t sayth that he hath beene a marrinnar and saylor tradinge and ?sealinge upon the seas for the pace of ffowre//

//or ffive & thirty yeares last past, and that he hath beene att sew:rall places beyond the seas (vizt) ?Mallagae Allicant Tunnis Trippoly ?Asjores//

//Constantinople, & in diverse other ports & places beyond the seas And that he ?was att sea in the shipp & shippes called or knowne by the name of//

//Smirna Merchant, the Anthony Bonaventure, the ffairefax & diverse other shipps and that he was sometym of Con???tisone & sometyme mate in some of the//

//afore menconned shipps, And did some tyme knowe one M:r Browne Resident and XXXXinge as a consull or resident in Tunnis in Barbary in or about//

//the yeare one Thousand six hundred fforty six which M:r Browne was likewise a facto:r in Tunnis as this depon:t hath heard XX XXXX for W. ?Marsh//

//the said shipp & came in the quallaty of a consull of Tunnis and more to this Interr this depon:t cannott depose//

//3. To the third Interr this depon:t sayth that he hath heard and beleiveth that Jacob Searle the Nephew in the Interr named sometyme Comander//

//of the shipp called the Successe was in or aboute the yeare one Thousand six hundred ffourty eight or fforty nyne taken captive by the ?Turkes//

//and carried into Trippoly And that there were then alsoe taken captives with the said Jacob Searle the Nephew & carried into Tripoly aforesaid//

//one M:r ??Collyrott one M:r Welsh and sew:rall others now liveinge besides others that are now dead with whome this depon:t did eate & drinke in XXXXXX//

//dureinge their Captivity And this depon:t farther sayeth that he hath heard the said Jacob Searle the Nephew relate and dyscorse unto this//

//depon:t when he was mate w:th y:e s:d Jacob Searle the Nephew in the aforesaid shipp S:t Salvador that his unkle Jacob Searle the defts father has paid//

//hiss ransome (beinge aboute six hundred Dollars to the best of this def:ts remembrance) to one M:r John ffairefax March:t & then Resident in//

//?Leaguehorne and Company who were one M:r Humphrey Sidney, and Martyn or Marke ??Lister for the redempcon of the said Jacob Searle the Nephew from//

//hiss captivity in Trippoly And that one M:r Warde who was sometyme consull in Trippoly as aforesaid to the best of this depon:ts remembrance and//

//did likewise acquainte this depon:t in Trippoly that he received the aforesaid ransome & money for the said Jacob Searle the Nephew of the//

//s:d M:r ffairefax and Company or by their Orders or appointm:t and more to this Interr this depon:t sayth not//

//5. As the ffifth Interr this depon:t sayth that he did know M:r John ffairfax, Humphrey Sidney & one M:r ?Lister in the Interr named who did sometyme//

//XXXX & trade in Company att Liyorne & were merch:ts of very good repute & credditt, & this depon:t hath heard & beleiveth that the said M:r Sidney//

//is yett livinge in Ligorne and this defend:t sayth that the said M:r ffairfax M:r Lister & M:r Sidney were correspondants of and w:th Jacob Searle the//

//def:ts ffather And this defend:t farther sayth that he hath often seene the hand writinge of M:r ffairfax M:r Lister & M:r Sidney in the Interr named and //

//sayth that the name Humph Sidney subscribed to the letter bearinge the severall dates of the one & Twentieth of Janu:ry 1649 Livorn and the 25:th ffeb: 1649 now shewen unto the//

//depon:t att the tyme of hiss Examinaton & whereupon the Comp:lts have endorsed their names is like the hand writinge of the said M:r Sidney and//

//this depon:t, both thinke itt to be the hand writing of the s:d M:r Sidney And this depon:t farther sayth that the said Jacob Searle: the def:ts//

//ffather was a pson of good creditt Reputacon and Esteeme and that he was ?ymployed by Sew:rall Eminent March:ts and had the Comand//

//of ?swe:rall considerable shipps and this depon:t beleiveth that the s:d Jacob Searle dyed possessed of a very considerable estate and did//

//give a marriage porconn w:th his daughter the summe of one thousand pounds as this depon:t hath heard and that the said Jacob Searle//

//this defts ffather did live and alsoe dyed in the towne of plymouth and was a pson alwayes willinge and ready to pay and discharge//

//all his just & honest debts & more to this Interr this depon:t sayth nott//

//6. To the sixth Interr this depon:t sayth that Jacob Searle the XXX pson & captive in the Interr named a man of good repute and hath//

// XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX sew:rall shipps after hiss captivity, and sew:rall tymes acquainted this depon:t that his ransome money was paid by M.r Warde by the//

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//To the second Interr this depon:t sayth that he was a marriner ?or seaman aboute threescore yeares since and hath continued to trade or saile upon//

//and in ptes beyond the seas for the most pte or a very greate pte of the said tyme. And this depon:t sayth that he hath beene in diverse places beyond the//

//seas and XX pticuler the ports of Tunnis & Trippoly & other places in Barbery & when the depon:t was att Trippoly aforesaid hee did then belonge to a certaine//

//shipp ?called the guift off Milbrooke (whereof one Capt Salmon was Comander) & this deponent was in the said shipp there in the capacity of a common seaman, and when//

//this depon:t was at the port of Tunnis he did then belonge to a certaine shipp of warre called the Nantwich ffrigatt whereof one Capt Jefferry was//

//Comander And this depon:t was quarter master in the said ffrigatt And this depon:t farther sayth that when he was att Trippoly he did att one or more tymes//

//??see one M:r Browne whose name the depon:t beleiveth as Thomas w:ch said M.r Browne was a facto:r ??for march:ts of London as this depon:t hath heard//

//And this depon:t sayth that to the best of his remembrance itt was aboute Eight or nyne and Twentie yeares since he saw the said M:r Browne att Trippoly//

//but the certainty of the said tyme beinge long since this depon:t cannott be possitive in and more to this Interr sayth not//

//To the third Interr this depon:t sayth that he hath often heard and beleiveth that Jacob Searle the Nephew in the Interr named was aboute Eight//

// or Nyne and Twenty yeares since as this depon:t remembreth taken captive by the Turkes as he was cominge out of Zante beinge loaden as this//

//Depon:t hath heard into ??carracs & ?carried into Trippoly. And this depon:t farther sayth that when he was a Common Seaman in the foresaid//

//shipp called the Guift of Milbrooke whereof the said Cap:t Salmon was Comander as aforesaid beinge aboute Eight or Nyne and Twentye//

//of XXXX since to the best of this depon:ts remembrance and Tenn dollars or thereabouts as this depon:t remembreth that here

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//JOHN HOOPER of the towne of plymouth in the County of Devon shippwright aged seaventy three//

//yeares or thereabouts produced sworne and examined to the first and fifth interrogatories//

//on the behalfe of the ?def:ts sayth as followeth//

//1. TO the first Interrogatory this depon:t sayth that he doth nott know the compl:ts or either of them//

//butt did knowe Jacob Searle the def:ts ffather in the Interr named some tyme comander of the//

//shipp called Bendish and of other shipps (before that tyme) pticulerly the shipp called the Successe//

//wherein Jacob Searle the Nephew (alsoe in the Interr named) was afterwards taken captive and//

//that the said Jacob Searle the unckle was like wise sometyme Comander of the shipp called the Successe//

//who alsoe some tyme before was Comander of the shipp called the True Dealinge of which this depon:t//

//was a pte owner And this depon:t did know Jacob Searle the unckle some twenty yeares before//

//his death or thereabouts who died as this depon:t supposeth above twenty yeares since And this//

//deponent did know Jacob Searle the Nephew by thespace of Eight or Nyne yeares before hiss//

//death who dyed in the yeare of o:r Lord one Thousand six hundred ffifty and two//

//5. TO the ffifth Interr this depon:t sayth that the said Jacob Searle the defendants ffather was of//

//good and XXXXXX a M:r or Comander of a shipp as any of that quality in these partes in or aboute//

//plymouth and that he was a man of a considerable Estate and very faire and just in his dealings &//

//a punctuall paymaster And this depon:t beleiveth that he was alwayes willinge to pay hiss//

//honest debts and was never sued by and pson that this depon:t ever heard neither did this depon:t//

//ever hear him complayned of for non payment of his just debts And the reason that//

//the rather indureth this deponent to have soe good esteeme of the said Jacob Searle the ffather//

//is because this depon:t hath had sewall dealings & concernem:ts with him wherein he alwayes//

//found him very just and honest and this depon:t farther sayth that the said Jacob Searle the//

//defts ffather did live in the towne of plymouth aboute two or three yeares after the death of the XXXX//

//Jacob Searle the Nephew who died in the yeare of o:r Lord one Thousand six hundred ffifty two as this//

//deponent hath before sett forth butt how long that was after the redemption of Jacob Searle the nephew//

//from his captivity this depon:t doth nott certaynly knowe because he doth nott know the certaine tyme when//

//the captaine was redeemed And this depon:t sayth that the said Jacob Searle the ffather died in the//

//towne of plymouth and that he was and continued to be a pson of good sufficency reputaconn and//

//XXXX unto the tyme of his death which was aboute Twenty yeares since as is before by//

//him sett forth to the best of this depon:ts remembrance and more sayth nott//

//GEORGE MATHEW of the towne of Stonehouse in the county of Devon marriner aged fforty nyne yeares//

//or thereabouts produced sworne and examined to the first third and ffifth Interrogatories//

//XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX the defendant sayth as followeth//

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//1.  ?TO the ffirst Interrogatory this deponent sayth that he doth not knowe the parties ?Comp:lts//

//?or ?either of them butt, doth knowe the dept and did knowe Jacob Searle the def:ts ffather sometyme XXX//

//XXXX shipp called Bendysh and did alsoe knowe Jacob Searle the Nephew of the sayd Jacob Searle the defts XXXX//

//XXXX said Jacob Searle the Nephew was some tyme Comander of the shipp called the Successe and this depon:t//

//XXXX acquainted with the said Jacob Searle the uncle and Jacob Searle the Nephew in the Interrogatory named XXXof//

//XXX depon:t sayth that Jacob Searle the uncle in the Interr named died aboute Twenty yeares since or upwards ?as//

//this depon:t beleeveth and that Jacob Searle the Nephew in the Interr named died some few yeares before the//

//death of his said uncle to the best of this depon:ts remembrance//

//3. To the third Interrogatory this depon:t sayeth that Jacob Searle the Nephew sometyme Comander of the [tear in manuscript]//

//in the Interr named was taken captive by the Turkes and carried into Trippoly in Barbary and that the said ?Jacob//

//Searle the captive was afterwards as this depon:t hath heard and beleiveth redeemed from his captivity by//

//the endeavo:rs and upon the accompt of the said Jacob Searle the ffather and more to this Interr this depon:t//

//sayth nott//

//5. TO the fifth Interrogatory this depon:t sayth that he did knowe M:r ffairfax M:r Lister and M:r Sidney in the//

//Interr named who were marchants that were some tyme resident att Ligorne and were psons of very good credditt esteeme and//

//?rputaconn And this depon:t hath heard that they were the correspondents of Jacob Searle the def:ts ffather//

//??buttwhether they or any or either of them is or are lyveinge or dead this depon:t knoweth nott//

//XXX XXX XXX XXXX XXX sayth that Jacob Searle the defts ffather in the Interr named was a pson of very good creditt//

//his just and honest debts beinge alsoe alsoe accompted a very faire Just and honest dealinge man And this//

//farther sayth that the said Jacob Searle the defts ffather in the Interr named both before and after the tyme that//

//the said Jacob Searle the Nephew was redeemed did after hee left ?this XXXX for the most parte of his tyme livd//

//with his wife and famely (sic) who dwelt in the Towne of plymouth where the said Jacob Searle died And this depon:t//

//sayth that the last tyme and likewise att the tyme of his death the said Jacob Searle the defts ffather was in a very//

//good capacity or condiconn to satisfye his honest debts he dyinge possessed of a very plaintifull (sic) estate and more//

//to this Interr sayth nott//

//PETER SCHLAGGELL of the towne of plymouth in the Countie of Devon March:t aged sixty yeares or thereabouts//

//produced on the behalfe of the def:t to the first third ffifth and sixth Interrogratories and thereunto sworne//

//and examinedsayth as followeth//

//1. TO the first Interr this depon:t sayth that he doth nott knowe the ptyes Comp:lts or either//

//of them butt this depon:t doth knowe Jacob Searle the def:t and did very well knowe Jacob//

//Searle the def:ts father who was sometyme Comander of the shipp called the Bendish in the Interr//

//named and was before that tyme Comander of sewall other shipps under the imploye of George//

//??Pawler of ?plym:x march:t deceased butt the pticuler names of the said shipps this depon:t att p:rsent doth//

//nott remember And this depon:t did alsoe knowe Jacob Searle the Nephew of the defts ffather in the Interr//

//named who was sometime Comander of a shipp or two butt what the name or names of them were//

//this depon:t cannott well remember And this depon:t was very well acquainted with Jacob Searle the//

//uncle and Jacob Searle the Nephew, and sayth that Jacob Searle the uncle dyed aboute Twenty yeares//

//since or upwards And that the said Jacob Searle the Nephew died aboute fower or five yeares//

//before the death of his said uncle and more sayth nott//

//3. TO the third Interr this depon:t sayth that he hath heard and believeth that Jacob Searle the nephew//

//in the Interr named was taken captive by the Turkes and carried into Trippoly in Barbary and that//

//XXXX Jacob Searle the def:ts ffather ??often tymes to discourse of and concerninge the care and endeavo:r that he//

//had taken and used for the redemption of the said Jacob Searle the Nephew from his aforesaid captivity//

//by the meanes and assistance of his correspondents beyond the seas and more to this Interr this//

//deponent cannott depose//

//5. TO the fifth Interr this depon:t sayth that he hath heard and believeth that M:r John ffairfax//

//and Company in the Interr named who lived in partes beyond the seas, were the correspondents of Jacob Searle//

//the def:ts ffather and that they were merch:ts of very good repute and credditt and that they were imployed and made//

//?use of by the said Jacob Searle the def:ts ffather for the p:rcurage of the redemption and enlargem:t of the said Jacob//

/Searle the Nephew Nephew and Captive in the XXXX named And this depon:t farther sayth that the said Jacob Searle//

//the def:ts father was a person of much worth reputaton and esteeme and of good credditt in his life tyme//

//in all his dealings which this depon:t very well knowes beinge intamately acquainted with him for the space//

//of Nine or Tenn yeares last before his death And that for five or six yeares of the said tymes ?while the said//

//Jacob Searle was from sea & before he had settled his famaly (sic) in plymouth he and his wife did for the//

//most pte eate drincke and lodge in the same house with this depon:t and this depon:t sayth that after the//

//tyme of the Redemption of the said Jacob Searle the Nephew from his aforesaid captivitye//

//the said Jacob Searle the def:ts ffather did live and reside for the most parte with his ffamily//

//in Plymouth in much better condiconn credditt and esteeme then ever this depon:t knew him before and//

//died in Plymouth possessed of a very plentyfull estate and more to this Interr this depon:t cannott depose//

//6. TO the sixth Interrogatory this depone:t sayth that he hath sew:rall tymes heard Jacob Searle the Nephew and//

//captive in the Interr named & alsoe his ??neise to acknowledge and confesse that the money for his//

//redemption from Trippoly was paid by Jacob Searle his uncle And this depon:t sayth that the said Jacob//

//Searle the Nephew was a pson of a good ?cleere reputaton & credditt & more to this Interr this depon:t cannott//

//certainely depose//

//THOMAS REEVE Deacon and Clarke of the pish of S:t Andrewes in the Towne of Plymouth in the County//

//of Devon aged seaventy one yeares of thereabouts pduced sworne and examined to the first Interr//

//on the behalfe of the def:t sayth as followeth//

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//THE DEPOSICONN of John Mathew beinge at East Stonehouse in the pish of plymouth in the county of Devon//

//marriner taken at East Stonehouse aforesaid by ??adjournm:t from plymouth att the house of W:m ??Innes Innkeeper on//

//XXXXX the thirteenth day of March in the Thirtieth yeare of the Raigne of o:r Sou:raigne Lord Charles the second by the Grace//

//of God of England Scotland ffrance & Ireland Kinge defender of the ffaithe x:r before us XXXX

//Notes

A John Hooper, shipwright, is mentioned in a document dated October 1633 in J.G. Commin, Devon & Cornwall notes & queries, vol. 22 (XXXX, 1946), p. 91.

//in all his dealings which this depon:t very well knowes being intamately acquainted w:th him for the space//

this depon:t att p:rsent

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