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'''Silver .1.'''
The 24th day of May 1653 … '''Silver .1.'''
The 24th day of May 1653. [CENTRE HEADING]
The Clayme of Lewis ffernandez Angell}<br />
for thirteene barrs of sylver in the shipp}<br />
the ''Sampson'' whereof Otto George is}<br />
Captaine taken by some of the}<br />
Parliaments shipps. Smith.}
Examined upon an Allegation given<br />
in on behalfe of the sayd Claymers.
'''1'''
'''Antonio da Ponte of Garachicho in the<br />
Island of Teneriffa merchant aged thirty<br />
yeares or thereabouts a witnes sworne and<br />
examined.
To the first Article of the sayd Allegation he saith and deposeth, That he<br />
this deponent hath knowne the arlate Lewis ffernandez Angell for theis<br />
eight yeares last past, and saith that in the monthes of May June and July 1652 and in the tyme arlate the sayd Lewis<br />
ffernandez Angell was and still continues the lawfull Owner and<br />
proprietor of thirteen barrs of plate of sylver arlate the markes
[FIRST MARKE, LH MARGIN]
whereof he saith are as followeth that is to say seven of the sayd<br />
barrs marked with the first marke in the margent. and
[SECOND MARKE, LH MARGIN]
five of the sayd barrs marked with the second marke in the<br />
margent. and one of the sayd barrs of the third marke in the
[THIRD MARKE, LH MARGIN]
margent; and for such a lawfull owner of the sayd barrs is and<br />
hath bene during the tyme arlate reputed and accompted. And that<br />
he is in deed and truth the true Owner thereof this deponent doth know<br />
and is well assured, for that he knoweth that he the sayd Lewis<br />
ffernandez Angell bought them at the Havana in the West Indies with<br />
the proceed of other merchandises. And further<br />
saith that having bought them att the Havana as aforesayd he there laded and<br />
imbarqued them in the shipp the ''Saint John Baptist'' whereof John [?Serishe]<br />
was Captaine and Masterm in which shipp the arlate ffernandez and this<br />
deponent came and arrived att the Bay of Cadiz, the sayd ffernandez being for and during<br />
the sayd tyme and voyage in the quiet possession of the sayd sylver. And<br />
otherwise he cannot depose.
To the second he saith and deposeth. that the sayd shipp the ''Saint John Baptist'' being<br />
safely arrived att Cadiz as aforesayd about the beginning of July 1652. the<br />
sayd ffernandez Angell with the assistance of this deponent about<br />
nyne dayes after their such Arrivall att Caddiz tooke the arlate barrs of<br />
sylver marked as is above deposed out of the sayd shipp the ''Saint John Baptist''<br />
and laded the same aboard the arlate shipp the ''Sampson'' whereof the arlate<br />
Otto George was Captaine or Commannder, and upon the deliverey thereof aboard<br />
tooke notes of the same of and from the Purser of the sayd shipp the ''Sampson''<br />
and in September following tooke bills of ladeing for the same from the sayd Purser<br />
and the same was so laden, for the use and accompt of the sayd Lewis<br />
ffernandez Angell, and was to be transported to Ostend in<br />
fflanders, and there to be delivered to the sayd Lewis ffernandez Angell<br />
for his owne Accompt, All which he this deponent well knoweth in<br />
that he was assistant in and att the lading of the sayd barrs of sylver<br />
saw the notes aforesayd and sayd bills of ladeing given for the same by the<br />
sayd Purser, and came along in Companie with the sayd Lewis<br />
ffernandez Angell in the shipp the ''Sampson'' allegate. And<br />
otherwise he cannot depose.nd<br />
otherwise he cannot depose. +
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