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The third of May 1656 [CENTRE HEADING]
Co … The third of May 1656 [CENTRE HEADING]
Complaine [?con] Brandling.}
Examined upon the seventh article of the allegation<br />
given in on the behalfe of the said Complaine<br />
upon which hee was not examined upon his production<br />
at Ipswich by virtue of a Commission.
'''Rp. .1.'''
'''Robert Clarke''' of Ipswich in the County of Suffolk gentleman<br />
aged 31 yeares or thereabouts saith and deposeth as<br />
followeth videlicet.
To the said seventh article hee saith and deposeth that in or about<br />
the moneth of November 1653 hee this deponent at Ipswich had<br />
discourse and speech with the arlate William Marsh about<br />
a hoy whereof they said Marsh had bin master and some goods<br />
aboard her belonging to the producent mr Camplin,<br />
in which discourse the said Marsh amongst other things confessed that<br />
the said vessell being by storme and tempest driven to Graveling,<br />
there were there some goods taken out of her by souldiers, and<br />
carried into a church there, amongest which they said Marsh found<br />
a chest of sugar, which was belonging to the said Camplin, which<br />
he the said Marsh said hee sold there, or words to the same effect<br />
And otherwise saving his deposition and anweres made to the tenth and<br />
eleventh Interrogatories upon this examination at Ipswich by virtue of<br />
a Commission from this Court (to which his deposition hee<br />
referreth himselfe) and cannot depose.
To the Interrogatories here ministred [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith that the said Marsh was at libertie<br />
and not under any restraint at such time as the said discourse<br />
happened between they him and this deponent wherein hee made<br />
the confession aforesaid; howbeit hee saith that before such<br />
confession touching the said chest of sugar, the said Marsh had<br />
often and earnestly denied his disposal thereof, but said th{?at} [?the]<br />
vessell was wreckt and all the goods in her lost, and otherwise<br />
saving his answers to the first Interrogatorie in the second place<br />
ministred at the expediting the said Commission at Ipswich (to which<br />
answers hee referreth himselfe, hee cannot answer.
To the second hee saith hee was [?Attowrney] for the said Complaine<br />
against the said Marsh upon an allegation brought by the said Complaine<br />
against the said Marsh at Ipswich for the said chest of sugar,<br />
upon which allegation the said Marsh was arrested and imprisoned, but<br />
afterwards released as this deponent hath declared in his answer<br />
to the tenth Interrogatorie at Ipswich, to which hee referreth<br />
himselfe, and otherwise hee cannot answer.
Repeated before Colonel Cork./
R.O. Clarke [SIGNATURE RH SIDE]el Cork./
R.O. Clarke [SIGNATURE RH SIDE] +
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