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the said shipp and her full Cargo of goods … the said shipp and her full Cargo of goods were undiminished at such time<br />
as the rendition thereof was made unto Captaine Trenchfield and the rest<br />
of the English Commanders before Saleybrine in Spaine, The premisses this<br />
deponent knoweth being aboard the said shipp at her time of ladeing at Marseilles<br />
and afterwards continually till her surrender at Saleybrine aforesaid. And further<br />
saith that a Holland gilder is commonly accompted and esteemed at the valew of<br />
two English shillings. And otherwise cannot depose:-/
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true./
To the Crosse Interrogatories:
To the first hee saith hee was in the said shipp the ''Beerenpoot'' when it was<br />
surrendered to Captaine Trenchfield, And otherwise negatively, saveing hee expecteth<br />
his Oranges due into him if the said shipp and freight bee restored according to agreement<br />
made between the said English Commander and the producent upon the surrender:/
To the second hee saith hee was present at the ladeing of the said shipp at Marseilles<br />
and constantly after the ladeing till the surrender of shipp and goods as aforesaid
To the third hee referreth to his foregoeing deposition, And otherwise negatively:-/
To the 4.th hee saith there were no goods or Merchandizes at all betweene the<br />
decks of the said shipp, but all in the hold thereof.
To the 5:th hee referreth to his foregoeing deposition. And otherwise cannot depose:-
To the 6:th hee referreth to his foregoeing deposition. And otherwise cannot depose:-
Repeated before doctor Clarke<br />
and the other Judges./
Jan [?XXXX] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 24th of October 1653.
Chilton and company against the ''greate''}<br />
''Christofer'' and her lading.}
Examined upon the second allegation aforesaid<br />
on the behalfe of Chilton and company
'''6'''
'''James Mowet''' of Shetland Iland gentleman aged<br />
40 yeares or thereabouts sworne and examined.
To the first article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that hee this deponent<br />
about seaven weekes since finding the shipp the ''Prosperous'' arlate bound out hence<br />
for the Northward went passenger in her for his owne countrey of Shetland, and<br />
in her passage thitherward meeting with contrary winde was put upon the coast<br />
of Norway, where shee met with the said shipp the ''greate Christofer'', and<br />
seized her, and her lading, and after the said seizure the master of the<br />
''greate Christofer'' was taken out of his shipp into the said man of warr the<br />
''Prosperous'', where this deponent severall times heard the said master say and acknowledge<br />
that the goods aboard the said shipp were good prize, and was a while before<br />
hee could soe acknowledge telling this deponent apart that hee [?denied] thae<br />
Captaine had two passes and therefore hee could not [?XXX] have to make a safe<br />
dicoverie unto him, and that hee alsoe heard that if hee should confesse the truth<br />
and thereby would make the Captaine a rich man ot to that effect, which being<br />
made knowne to the Captaine hee the said Captaine Swaine told the said master<br />
that if hee would speake the truth, shee should have his shipp and freight<br />
and thereupon the said master said that the foods aboard were good<br />
prize, but was very [?reserved] in saying [?XXXX], or which way, [?till] hee might<br />
be afraid that Captaine Swaine [?had] [?some] [?XXXXX] or other passe {?XXXX] English Commission and that passe {?XXXX] English Commission and that +
, the said shipp and her full Cargo of goods … the said shipp and her full Cargo of goods were undiminished at such time<br />
as the rendition thereof was made unto Captaine Trenchfield and the rest<br />
of the English Commanders before Saleybrine in Spaine, The premisses this<br />
deponent knoweth being aboard the said shipp at her time of ladeing at Marseilles<br />
and afterwards continually till her surrender at Saleybrine aforesaid. And further<br />
saith that a Holland gilder is commonly accompted and esteemed at the valew of<br />
two English shillings. And otherwise cannot depose:-/
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true./
To the Crosse Interrogatories:
To the first hee saith hee was in the said shipp the ''Beerenpoot'' when it was<br />
surrendered to Captaine Trenchfield, And otherwise negatively, saveing hee expecteth<br />
his Oranges due into him if the said shipp and freight bee restored according to agreement<br />
made between the said English Commander and the producent upon the surrender:/
To the second hee saith hee was present at the ladeing of the said shipp at Marseilles<br />
and constantly after the ladeing till the surrender of shipp and goods as aforesaid
To the third hee referreth to his foregoeing deposition, And otherwise negatively:-/
To the 4.th hee saith there were no goods or Merchandizes at all betweene the<br />
decks of the said shipp, but all in the hold thereof.
To the 5:th hee referreth to his foregoeing deposition. And otherwise cannot depose:-
To the 6:th hee referreth to his foregoeing deposition. And otherwise cannot depose:-
Repeated before doctor Clarke<br />
and the other Judges./
Jan [?XXXX] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 24th of October 1653.
Chilton and company against the ''greate''}<br />
''Christofer'' and her lading.}
Examined upon the second allegation aforesaid<br />
on the behalfe of Chilton and company
'''6'''
'''James Mowet''' of Shetland Iland gentleman aged<br />
40 yeares or thereabouts sworne and examined.
To the first article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that hee this deponent<br />
about seaven weekes since finding the shipp the ''Prosperous'' arlate bound out hence<br />
for the Northward went passenger in her for his owne countrey of Shetland, and<br />
in her passage thitherward meeting with contrary winde was put upon the coast<br />
of Norway, where shee met with the said shipp the ''greate Christofer'', and<br />
seized her, and her lading, and after the said seizure the master of the<br />
''greate Christofer'' was taken out of his shipp into the said man of warr the<br />
''Prosperous'', where this deponent severall times heard the said master say and acknowledge<br />
that the goods aboard the said shipp were good prize, and was a while before<br />
hee could soe acknowledge telling this deponent apart that hee [?denied] thae<br />
Captaine had two passes and therefore hee could not [?XXX] have to make a safe<br />
dicoverie unto him, and that hee alsoe heard that if hee should confesse the truth<br />
and thereby would make the Captaine a rich man ot to that effect, which being<br />
made knowne to the Captaine hee the said Captaine Swaine told the said master<br />
that if hee would speake the truth, shee should have his shipp and freight<br />
and thereupon the said master said that the foods aboard were good<br />
prize, but was very [?reserved] in saying [?XXXX], or which way, [?till] hee might<br />
be afraid that Captaine Swaine [?had] [?some] [?XXXXX] or other passe {?XXXX] English Commission and that passe {?XXXX] English Commission and that +
, the said shipp and her full Cargo of goods … the said shipp and her full Cargo of goods were undiminished at such time<br />
as the rendition thereof was made unto Captaine Trenchfield and the rest<br />
of the English Commanders before Saleybrine in Spaine, The premisses this<br />
deponent knoweth being aboard the said shipp at her time of ladeing at Marseilles<br />
and afterwards continually till her surrender at Saleybrine aforesaid. And further<br />
saith that a Holland gilder is commonly accompted and esteemed at the valew of<br />
two English shillings. And otherwise cannot depose:-/
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true./
To the Crosse Interrogatories:
To the first hee saith hee was in the said shipp the ''Beerenpoot'' when it was<br />
surrendered to Captaine Trenchfield, And otherwise negatively, saveing hee expecteth<br />
his Oranges due into him if the said shipp and freight bee restored according to agreement<br />
made between the said English Commander and the producent upon the surrender:/
To the second hee saith hee was present at the ladeing of the said shipp at Marseilles<br />
and constantly after the ladeing till the surrender of shipp and goods as aforesaid
To the third hee referreth to his foregoeing deposition, And otherwise negatively:-/
To the 4.th hee saith there were no goods or Merchandizes at all betweene the<br />
decks of the said shipp, but all in the hold thereof.
To the 5:th hee referreth to his foregoeing deposition. And otherwise cannot depose:-
To the 6:th hee referreth to his foregoeing deposition. And otherwise cannot depose:-
Repeated before doctor Clarke<br />
and the other Judges./
Jan [?XXXX] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
*******************************
The 24th of October 1653.
Chilton and company against the ''greate''}<br />
''Christofer'' and her lading.}
Examined upon the second allegation aforesaid<br />
on the behalfe of Chilton and company
'''6'''
'''James Mowet''' of Shetland Iland gentleman aged<br />
40 yeares or thereabouts sworne and examined.
To the first article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that hee this deponent<br />
about seaven weekes since finding the shipp the ''Prosperous'' arlate bound out hence<br />
for the Northward went passenger in her for his owne countrey of Shetland, and<br />
in her passage thitherward meeting with contrary winde was put upon the coast<br />
of Norway, where shee met with the said shipp the ''greate Christofer'', and<br />
seized her, and her lading, and after the said seizure the master of the<br />
''greate Christofer'' was taken out of his shipp into the said man of warr the<br />
''Prosperous'', where this deponent severall times heard the said master say and acknowledge<br />
that the goods aboard the said shipp were good prize, and was a while before<br />
hee could soe acknowledge telling this deponent apart that hee [?denied] thae<br />
Captaine had two passes and therefore hee could not [?XXX] have to make a safe<br />
dicoverie unto him, and that hee alsoe heard that if hee should confesse the truth<br />
and thereby would make the Captaine a rich man ot to that effect, which being<br />
made knowne to the Captaine hee the said Captaine Swaine told the said master<br />
that if hee would speake the truth, shee should have his shipp and freight<br />
and thereupon the said master said that the foods aboard were good<br />
prize, but was very [?reserved] in saying [?XXXX], or which way, [?till] hee might<br />
be afraid that Captaine Swaine [?had] [?some] [?XXXXX] or other passe {?XXXX] English Commission and that passe {?XXXX] English Commission and that +
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