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The 7th of November 1654. [CENTRE HEADING] … The 7th of November 1654. [CENTRE HEADING]
The Lord Protector against the shipp the}<br />
''Elizabeth'' of fflushing John Nosse master}
[?'''XX Beake''']
'''John Noose''' of fflushing Mariner<br />
master of the said shipp the ''Elizabeth'' aged<br />
36 yeares or thereabouts sworne and<br />
examined.
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith and deposeth that the said shipp the<br />
''Elizabeth'' belongeth to the port of fflushing and that her owners dwell<br />
all there and are dutchmen and all subiects of the States of the United<br />
Netherland Provinces, and that they bought her there about foure yeares<br />
since of dutchmen and subiects of the said States and paid thirteene hundred<br />
pounds fflemish for the same and then constituted this deponent master of<br />
her and hee hath ever since bin master of her, and saith shee was built<br />
att Rotterdam, And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the second Interrogatorie hee saith and deposeth that there were aboard<br />
the said shipp at the time of her seizure by the ''Tyger'' 201 hogsheads<br />
of traine oile, 96 packs of whalebone, 1185 peeces of box-wood,<br />
sixtie seaven or sixtie eight baggs of wooll, and foure rolls of<br />
slight striped stuffe, all which were laden at Bayon in ffrance by one<br />
Stephen [?Fim] and other ffrenchmen, and to be carrued to and dischardged<br />
at haver de Grace and theere to be delivered to one Monsieur Nicholas<br />
Gadin, but of what growth or manufacture the said merchandize are or<br />
for whose accompt laden, hee saith hee knoweth not. And further deposeth<br />
that there were alsoe aboard at the time of the said seizure thirtie<br />
baggs of feathers which were bought and laden by him this deponent at<br />
Bayon, aforesaid for the accompt of his said owners, subiects of the<br />
said States of the Netherlands, and for the accompt of this deponent and<br />
shipps companie, all Zealanders and subiects of the said States<br />
(saving one of them who us a Norwegian) an hundred and six cakes of<br />
Rosin, six hogsheads of turpentine, seaventie oares, twelve<br />
bundles of corke, three baggs of wooll, seaven and fiftie peeces of box<br />
and 48 [?XXX] of turpentine oile, which goods were laden by him this deponent<br />
and his said shipps companie at Bayon, and that all the said goods<br />
soe laden for the accompt of the said owners and of this deponent and<br />
companie were intended to be by him sold at haver de Grace for their<br />
said respective accompts. And otherwise hee cannot depose, saving there<br />
were about 30 plancks and 8 dozen of matts used aboard to preserve the oile and woolls<br />
which plancks andmatts belonged to the said shipps owners, and were to be paid for at haver de Grace
To the third Interrogatorie hee saith hee carried 34 lasts of Rie and<br />
some tobaccoe and other goods from fflushing to Bayon and there sold<br />
the same and with the proceede bought the foresaid goods soe laden<br />
for his said owners accompt at Bayon, and that hee carried not any<br />
money thither. And otherwise saving his foregoeing deposition hee<br />
saidth hee cannot depose.
To the fourth Interrogatorie hee saith and deposeth that hee signed<br />
bills of lading for the said goods soe laden by the said ffrenchmen, and left<br />
them at Bayon to be sent over land, and brought none in the shipp<br />
with him, nor other writings saving his seabrief, and admiraltie<br />
brief, and some accompts and papers in a case all which were taken from<br />
him by the Commander of the ''Speaker'' in the downes, and hee this deponent on;y<br />
kept and hath some few notes of his lading, and saith there was<br />
alsoe a Charter partie made for the said goods soe laden by the ffrench<br />
ands soe laden by the ffrench<br />
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