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The 27th ffebruary 1655
Browning against … The 27th ffebruary 1655
Browning against Vanderpost}<br />
and Company}
Exámined upon an allegation givein in by<br />
Clements on the behalfe of Browning
'''Rp. .j.'''
'''James Downe''' of London Marchant living in<br />
Bishopsgate streete at the signe of the Bull<br />
aged 38 yeares or thereabouts sworne and examined
To the first article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that for theise<br />
twenty yeares last past hee this deponent hath well knowne the<br />
custome and manner of trade of the English at Cadiz and of the duties<br />
paid and payable to the masters and Pursers of the English shipps there<br />
hee having for that space frequented that port both as a merchant<br />
and as a Purser of shipps, and for fourteene yeeres of that space<br />
residing there, and thereby hee well knoweth that it hath bin and<br />
is there use and custome that such masters or Pursers of any<br />
shipps whereof English men are owners as trade or lain there, being imployed on shore about<br />
the owners busines, have bin for all the said time and are allowed during<br />
such their imployment on shoare about the shipps businesse as to<br />
retaine freight or to let out the shipp to freight or the like a peece<br />
of eight by the day and for each day, for his or their<br />
expens and charges on shoare over and above his or their wages<br />
contracted for, and hee for his part having bin Purser there in two<br />
shipps (whereof English men were owners) was allowed the same and<br />
after the same rate, And this custome as he hath bin informed hath<br />
bin observed time out of minde, and is well knowne to and<br />
notorious amongst merchants and mariners trading to that port,<br />
And otherwise hee cannot depose.
James Downe [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Repeated before doctor Godolphin
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The 28th of the same
Exámined upon the foresaid allegation.
'''2'''
'''Rp.'''
'''John Stephens''' of London Mariner, aged 46 yeeres or<br />
thereabouts sworne and exámined.
To the first article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that hee<br />
this deponent as a person imployed in sea faring affaires and<br />
mariner hath for theise twenty yeares last frequented the port of<br />
Cadiz in Spaine, and thereby well knoweth that the masters an or<br />
Pursers of any shipp (whereof English men are owners) being<br />
imployed on shore in the masters and shipps busines have bin from time<br />
to time and are by custome and ought to be allowed a peece of eight<br />
per diem for each and every day of such their being present in that<br />
imployment towards their charges and expenses, over and above their<br />
wages, and this deponent both as a master and as a Purser of<br />
English shipps hath alwaies and from time to time bin allowed the same<br />
with out contradiction. and as this deponent hath heard, this custome<br />
hath bin used and observed time out of minde. And otherwise hee<br />
cannot depose.
Toherwise hee<br />
cannot depose.
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