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and is belonging to and for accompt of the … and is belonging to and for accompt of the said Albert Anquelman, being<br />
the same was and is the effect of the goods sent by the said Albert<br />
to Cadiz of this deponents certaine knowledge, referring himselfe to his<br />
foregoing deposition.
To the 8th hee cannot depose.
To the 9th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoing deposition, and cannot<br />
otherwise depose.
To the 10th hee cannot depose, for hee corespondenth with noe Hollanders, and<br />
knoweth sometimes of silver sent for ffrance with license.
To the 11th hee cannot depose as hee saith.
To the 12 and 13th hee saith that it is prohibited and unlawfull in Spaine<br />
to lade and export silver bullion or money thence without licence [?XXX]<br />
and entrie thereof first obtained and made and that if it be [?XXXXXX] laden<br />
without license and entrie, and be met with and seized by the Kings<br />
officers in that behalfe authorized, it is confiscable and forteited to the<br />
kinge, yet the laders are frequently admitted to compound for the same<br />
and redeeme it, but if it come aboard the shipp it is cleare, and<br />
and noe losse of proprietie therein unlesse actually seized ashore or<br />
in the boat before it gets aboard the shipp
Joan Bautta. de la Motta [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 24th of December 1653. [CENTRE HEADING]
The Keepers of the Libertie of England}<br />
against the shipp ''Patriach Jacob'' (Claus}<br />
Colebrandt master) and against Brands and others}
Examined upon an allegation given on<br />
the behalfe of the said Brands<br />
and others the 13 of December 1653.
'''.j.'''
'''Claus Verreden''' of Hamborough Mariner<br />
aged 56 yeares or thereabouts sorne and<br />
examined.
To the first and 2 articles hee saith and deposeth that hee well knoweth that<br />
about foure yeares since Claus Colbrand the nowe master of the said shipp<br />
the ''Patriach Jacob'', was by daniel Brands, Adolph Sumpton and others<br />
of Hamborough sent into holland to cause or<br />
procure a shipp to be there built for their use and accompt, which hee<br />
accordingly accomplished, as this deponent hath often heard from the<br />
said Brands and others (her owners) and that the shipp the ''Patriach Jacob''<br />
in question was and is the same shipp soe built, and that ever since her<br />
said building the said daniel Brands and company, have bin and are<br />
commonly said and accompted to be the true and lawfull owners thereof<br />
and soe to be at this present and to be all Hamburgers and there dwelling<br />
and that the said shipp hath from time to time ever since her said building<br />
bin accompted and reputed to belonge to the port of hamborough and to bee<br />
a hamborough shipp, the premisses hee tooke the more notice of being<br />
himselfe a skipper of Hamburgh and well acquainted with the said Claus Colbrand and with his said [?XXX]<br />
and goinge for Holland in the said imployment of his said owners, who had [?XXX]<br />
bin his said owners in two other shipps that hee had before had, and further<br />
hee sawe and tooke notice that the last yeare that they at Hamborough [?caused]<br />
to be made by a neighbour of this deponent and a greate anchor [?XXX]<br />
this deponents anchor smith, and sent the same with [?XXX]<br />
appurtenance to haver da Grace for the said shipp, And otherwise hee cannot<br />
depose.
To the third article hee saith that the said Claus Colbrand hath bin and<br />
is commonly accompted and reputed the master and commander of [?XXXX]<br />
[?XXX]nd commander of [?XXXX]<br />
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