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aged 35 yeares or thereabouts a witnes swo … aged 35 yeares or thereabouts a witnes sworne<br />
and examined saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet./
To the said allegation hee saith that of his this deponents knowledge<br />
the allegate Arnold Leon is an Inhabitant of Leege allegate and<br />
is a burgher there and keepes a shopp there as a burger thereof and soe<br />
hath done for these tenne yeares last past and before, the presmisses hee<br />
knoweth for that hee this deponent hath traded withim during the sayd [?XXX] and sold him<br />
divers Commodities by way of Merchandize, and allwaies consigned<br />
them to be delivered to him there, And this deponent within the tyme predeposed<br />
hath nin divers tymes at his house in Leege aforesayd videlicet about tenn yeares last past, and<br />
about three yeares last past, and about a twelvemonth last past, and thereby<br />
knoweth him to be an Inhabitant there, and saith the sayd Leege is<br />
a towne and Country under the subiection and Government of the Bishopp<br />
of Cullen and the sayd Arnold Leon is the sayd Bishopps subiect<br />
and soe hath bin during the tyme aforesayd and for such is commonly<br />
reputed And further hee cannot depose./
To the Interrogatorries./ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee hath knowne the sayd Arnold Leon<br />
for these 10 yeares last past and last sawe him at the Spawe in the<br />
principality of Leege about a twelvemoneth since, and saith hee is a maarried<br />
man and about the age 47 or 48 yeares, and saith hee hath heard and<br />
beleeveth that the sayd Arnold Leon was born at Leige, and that his father also<br />
lived there but what his fathers name was hee knoweth not And otherwise<br />
saving hs foregoeing deposition hee cannot depose./
To the second Interrogatorie hee answereth negatively for his parte noe knoweth any<br />
thing touching the contents of this Interrogatorie./
To the last Interrogatorie hee saith hee never received any letters to the effect Interrogated/
Repeated with his contest before doctor<br />
Clarke and doctor Godolphin/
John shaw [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 6th day of September 1654/ [CENTRE HEADINg]
On the behalfe of Samuell Bromwell and}<br />
partner touching their losses in the}<br />
shipp ''John Adventure'' Eustace Smith}<br />
master, by the Portugueses.}
'''Rp.'''
'''Samuel Bromwell''' of Ipswich in the County<br />
of Suffolke Mariner aged 24 yeares or<br />
thereabouts sworne before the right worshipfull<br />
William Clerke and John Godolphin doctors of lawes<br />
Judges of the high Court of Admiralty saith<br />
and deposeth
That hee this deponent and one Robert Brommell his brother were<br />
two of the Mariners belonging to the shipp the ''John Adventure''<br />
whereofthe ''John Adventure''<br />
whereof +
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