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January 1654. And that the said License wa … January 1654. And that the said License was delivered<br />
into this deponents custody at Saint Christophers, and that from<br />
thence he brought the same to fflushing and from<br />
fflushing thither, and that therfore he well knoweth it to<br />
be the very same License that the said Governour<br />
Everary subscribed And further he knoweth not to answere
To the sixth and seaventh Interrogatoryes he answereth and<br />
deposeth that the shipp interrate was taken and seized on<br />
with her lading she being under sale in the West Indies<br />
on the 23rd day of ffebruary last past (old stile) by Captaine<br />
John Clarke Captaine of the ''Selby ffrigatt''<br />
belonging to this Commonwealth, that at the time of her<br />
seizure there were aboard her about 30ty thousand pounds<br />
worth of Ginger, about 10 thousand weight of sugar<br />
and about 359 Rolls of Tobacco But he saith he<br />
knoweth not what is the value of the said commodities, And<br />
that he this deponent the Master of the sayd shipp and<br />
all the Company of her were turned ashoare, and<br />
exposed to much hardshipp, And he answereth that<br />
the said sjipp the ''Popingay'' being soe taken and<br />
seized was with her Lading carryed away with and<br />
by the said ffleete under the command of Generall<br />
Pen, And further he cannot answeare./
Repeated befofre<br />
Doctor Godolphin./
Jam danielsen [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 10th of August 1655
Roger hatton Samuell ffoote and company Owners}<br />
of the ''Exeter Merchant'' of which Thomas Woodfin is}<br />
Master against the vessell the ''ffrancis and Mary''}<br />
of which Thomas Smith was Master and against}<br />
the sayd Thomas Smith and alsoe against Arnold Beake}<br />
and Company comming in for their interest et cetera Suckley}<br />
ffrancklin}
Examined on an allegation on the behalfe of<br />
the sayd Roger hatton and Company./
'''Rp. 1'''
'''Thomas Perkins''' of Poplar in the parish<br />
of Stebenheath and County of Middlesex Mariner<br />
aged 29 yeares or thereabouts a witnesse<br />
sworne and examined saith and deposeth as<br />
followeth videlicet./
To the first article of the sayd allegation hee saith and deposeth that during all<br />
the tyme arlate videlicet during the yeares 1654 and 1655 and monethes therein<br />
concurring the arlate Roger hatton Samuell ffoote and Company were and<br />
still are commonly reputed the true and lawfull Owners and Proprietors<br />
of the arlate Shipp the ''Exeter Merchant'' her tackle apparrel and furniture<br />
and hee saith that the arlate Thomas Woodfin during all the sayd tyme<br />
was and is Master of the sayd shipp and had the government thereof as<br />
Master during the sayd tyme, and was (as hee beleeveth) constituted Master thereof by the sayd<br />
reputed Owners, And saith that hee hath well knowne the sayd Woodfin<br />
for these twelve yeares last past, during all which tyme of his knowledge of<br />
him the sayd Woodfin hath bin and is and able Seaman and well experienced<br />
as master and somtymes as Masters mate and hath performed the same well<br />
andth performed the same well<br />
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