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'''5/ A.5'''
The 9th of January 1654. [CE … '''5/ A.5'''
The 9th of January 1654. [CENTRE HEADING]
Alderman ffrederick and company against}<br />
Jennings and others. Budd. Smith.}
Examined upon the said allegation on the<br />
behalfe of the said ffrederick and<br />
others.
'''3us.'''
'''William Kennon''' of the parish of Saint Catherin<br />
Coleman in ffanchurchstreete London citizen and<br />
haberdasher of London, aged 44 yeares or thereabouts<br />
sworne and examined.
To the 39th article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that<br />
in and continually since the moneth of September last Cyprus Cotton<br />
woolls have bin sold here in London at 9 ''d'' sterling and 10 ''d'' per pound and not above and<br />
such hath bin the usuall and currant price here in this citie upon that<br />
commoditie, which hee knoweth for that hee as a merchant useth to<br />
deale in that commoditie, and hath bought and sold thereof in that<br />
space, and that in that space namely in or about October last hee<br />
this deponent bought of that commoditie at 9 ''d'' sterling per pound and<br />
about the end of that moneth sold the same againe at 10 ''d'' per<br />
pound as being the heighth of the market for the same And<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose.
Upon the rest hee is not examined by the direction of the producent.
Repeated before doctor Clarke.
Wm: Kennon. [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The fifteenth of January 1654. [CENTRE HEADING]
Examined upon the second allegation being of<br />
17 articles, given in on the behalfe of the<br />
said ffrederick and others.
'''4us'''
'''John Buckworth''' of the parish of Saint Andrewes<br />
Undershaft London Merchant, aged 33 yeares or<br />
thereabouts sworne and examined.
To the second article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that in and<br />
for all the time arlate the usuall freight of goods by the tonne from<br />
Cyprus to London was for Cotton woolls at and<br />
after the rate of 6 ''li'' per tonne, for galls 4 ''li'' per tonne, and for<br />
fine goods 7 ''li'' per tonne, and this hee saith was and is true publique<br />
and notorious, which hee knoweth for that hee hath for theise twelve yeares last<br />
past bin a Turkie merchant, and hath dwelt at Aleppo about<br />
9 yeares of that time, and hath often laded such goods at that<br />
freight in those parts, and hath often paid such freight here in London<br />
that being (as hee saith) the freight for those goods set downe and<br />
apportioned by the Turkey company, by whose order it was not then<br />
permitted to pay or take more.
To the eighth article hee saith and deposeth that betweene the monethes<br />
of September 1653 and September 1654, hee saith this deponent and company<br />
sent the shipp the ''hope'' of London (John Bowrey master) from<br />
London to Ligorne, where shee was laden for London with severall goods<br />
for severall men, and that this deponent and company received and are [?XXX GUTTER] her freight<br />
for [?XXX GUTTER] her freight<br />
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