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The 22th of November [?1653]
The keepers … The 22th of November [?1653]
The keepers of the libertie of England by}<br />
authoritie of Parliament, against the shipp the}<br />
''Liesde'' alias the ''Love'', Goodman Lawson master}
Examined upon the Interrogatories ministred<br />
on the behalfe of the State
'''Rowe dt.'''
'''Hance Johnson''' of Copenhaven Mariner<br />
aged 46 yeares or thereabouts sworne [?in ?this]<br />
Court as by the acts thereof, saith<br />
and deposeth as followeth, videlicet
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee belonged to and was one of the company<br />
of the said shipp the ''Liesde'' at the time of her seizure, namely<br />
boatswaine of her, and hath served about foure yeeres in her and came<br />
first aboard her at Copenhaven.
To the second hee saith there are sixteene owners or thereabouts of the<br />
said shipp and that they live all in Copenhaven and were and are subiects<br />
of the kinge of denmarke, and that hee remembreth the [?XXXXX] of<br />
some of them, namely Nicholas Jastman, hance Juwolson, Hurian [?RXX]<br />
and the said mastyer Goodman Lawson, and that the said Justman hath an<br />
eighth part in the said shipp. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the third hee saith that the said Nicholas Jastman caused the said shipp to<br />
be built at Copenhaven about 6 yeeres since at his owne chardges, and<br />
since hee hath taken in the said other partneres, And otherwise hee cannot<br />
depose.
To the 4th hee saith the said Goodman Lawson hath bin master of the said<br />
shipp about five yeeres, and that a lubecker named Walber [?Bornhelt]<br />
was master next before him, And otherwise hee cannot depose, saving<br />
teh said Lawson tooke chardge of her at Copenhaven aforesaid, upon<br />
his first comming to be master of her about 5 yeeres since.
To the 5th 6th 7 and 8th hee saith the said shipp proceeded from Copenhaven<br />
about a weeke after Midsommer last and went for Island and<br />
there tooke in her lading of stockfish and a little traine oile, and<br />
was nowe returneing there with for Copenhaven when shee was seized.<br />
And saith that the said fish and oile being about 140 lasts of fish, and about 5 lasts of<br />
traine oile, were provided and laden by hendrick Johnson a [?sopracargo]<br />
or merchant who went alonge with them in the said shipp, and that the<br />
said goods were ldaen for the accompt of the Island Company of<br />
Copenhaven, for when the said vessell was freighted by the said hendrick<br />
Johnson, and that the said company were and are Inhabitants merchants<br />
and others of Copenhaven, subiects of the kinge of denmarke, and<br />
that the said fish and oile were bought upon truck for beere, brandywine<br />
meale, linnen and woollen cloth and bread carried to Island<br />
in the said vessell for the said companies accompt, And that the said hendrick<br />
Johnson was and is alsoe a subiect of the said kinge and a merchant<br />
dwelling in Copenhaven, And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the 9th hee saith hee this deponent was borne at Masterland [?XXX]<br />
and hath dwelt about tenn yeares at Copenhaven, And saith hee had<br />
1000 fish aboard for his owne accompt, which hee hopeth to have restored<br />
And otherwise negatively.
To the 10th 11th, 12th 13 and 14 hee referreth himselfe to his<br />
foregoeing deposition, and otherwise cannot depose.
To the 15th hee saith that the Company of the man of warr that made<br />
the seizure tooke away and embeazeld out of and from the said shipp the<br />
''Liesde'' of the said goods that were in her hould eleaven barrells of [?traine ?oile]<br />
and some fish, and all the fish betwixt decks being about 20 lasts<br />
together with two cable towes and a [?purline],<br />
And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the 16 and 17th hee cannot depose saving as aforesaid.
To the 18th hee saith the said shipps company consisted of 12 eaters<br />
all of Copenhaven aforesaid, and that the said master was borne at<br />
[?Xrewne] in denmarke, and otherwise hee cannot depose saving as aforesaid<br />
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