| First transcribed
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16 March 2014 +
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| First transcriber
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Colin Greenstreet +
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| Folio
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48 +
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| Parent volume
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HCA 13/65 +
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| Side
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Verso +
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| Status
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Requires image; transcribed on 16/03/2014 +
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| Transcription
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haveing receaved a letter from his Master … haveing receaved a letter from his Master and<br />
order to deliver the same at London to his father assoone as hee could<br />
after hee was set ashore in England hee did make what<br />
hast[?e] hee could hither but hee being stripped and<br />
travelling on foote could not bee heere sooner than<br />
in 12. or 13. dayes space But what the contents of the<br />
said letter were hee knoweth not. And otherwise<br />
hee cannot depose.
Repeated before doctor Clarke.
francis H[?e]lliard [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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27 Aug: 1651
On the behalfe of Michaell}<br />
da Espinosa and others against}<br />
Captaine Mootham}
Examined upon the Interrogatories ministred on<br />
the behalfe Of the said Espinoza and Company.
'''Captaine Abraham Mootham''' of Redriffe<br />
in the County of Surrey marriner aged 41 yeares<br />
or thereabouts sworne and Examined
'''dt [XXX] et [?prop].'''
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith and deposeth that upon this<br />
deponents seizure of the ship the ''ffortun[?a]'' interrogated hee<br />
fownd a box aboard the said ship wherein were some<br />
papers or writeings but what they concerned hee<br />
knoweth not but saith that hee this rendent brought up the<br />
said box from Portsmouth to this Citty and heare<br />
delivered the same unto Mr Smith his Proctor who<br />
forthwith returned the same againe to the C[?ommissioner] for<br />
the Examination of the wittnesses at Portsmouth And<br />
further hee cannot depose
To the second Interrogatorie hee refrreth him selfe to his foregoeing<br />
deposition And otherwise hee cannot depose sayeing<br />
that hee this deponent to his knowledge or remembrance<br />
never sawe any ffrench Charter partie or contract which<br />
concerned the said ship amongest the rest of the papers<br />
which were in the said Box.
To the third Interrogatorie hee answereth negatively say[?v]eing<br />
that hee never sawe or heard the said Charter partie read<br />
either abord his ship or abord the ship the ''ffortun[?a]'' wither<br />
by anyone of his Company or by any man else<br />
whatsoe ever, nor did hee heare any of his Company speak<br />
any words to the effect interrogated And further hee cannot depose.
To the last Interrogatorie hee saith that there was one John Janson who was one<br />
of this deponents ships Crew but hee never saw or heard the said Johnson<br />
read any ffrench paper or Charter partie nor doeth hee know where<br />
the same ever was or what is become of it. And further hee cannot<br />
depose.
Repeated before doctor Clarke.
Abraham Mootham [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]rke.
Abraham Mootham [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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