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The seaventh of december 1654. [CENTRE HEA … The seaventh of december 1654. [CENTRE HEADING]
On the behalfe of [BLANK IN MANUSCRIPT] May}<br />
and Rowland Searchfeild}<br />
of London merchants, touching the<br />
death of Richard dorrington merchant}<br />
at Ponte Verde}
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'''John Walraven''' of the parish of Saint Buttolph<br />
without Algate London Chirurgeon, aged 24 yeares or<br />
thereabouts sworne before the right Worshipfull William Clerke<br />
doctor of lawes one of the Judges of the high Court of the<br />
Admiraltie of England, saith and deposeth by vertue of his<br />
oath.
That in the yeare 1652. the shipp of London<br />
called ''Your Servant'' (whereof Robert davies was master)<br />
and whereof this deponent was Chirurgeon) departed from this port<br />
of London bound for the Westerne Islands in the dominion of the king<br />
of Portugall, and that after her arivall and taking in her lading<br />
there of and from Mr Richard dorrington English merchant and<br />
partners, hee the said Richard dorrington came aboard<br />
her in the moneth of July 1652 and went merchant of her intending to goe to Lisbone, but<br />
comming neere the coast of Portugall off [?}eneche] the said shipp<br />
was met with by an Ostend man of warr Peter [?Sable] commander) and after some time of fight<br />
was mastered and carried to Viego in Gallicia, where the said Richard<br />
dorrington was turned ashoare all which hee knoweth being Chirurgeon of the said shipp and going the said voyage in her and saith that at Viego and at Ponte Vedra the said dorrington remained prosecuting<br />
the businesse of recoverie of the said shipp and lading untill<br />
the moneth of March 1653 newe stile, at which time hee fell sick<br />
of a [?Calenture] or feaver in the house of Mr<br />
Samuel Travers English merchant in Ponte Verda, of which disease<br />
hee there died And this deponent and the said Robert [?dXXXs] having at Viego intelligence of his sicknesse went to Ponte Vedra to visit him, but hee was dead before they came howbeit this deponent sawe his dead corps as the same<br />
laye in a coffin before the coffin was fastned up, and<br />
was one of the foure persons that helped to carry his<br />
corps to the grave, and sawe the same interred in the said Mr Travers<br />
his lemmon garden neare the citie of Ponte Vedra in the said<br />
moneth of March 1653 new stile.
John Wallraven [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]tile.
John Wallraven [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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