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shewne unto him at this his examination is … shewne unto him at this his examination is the same originall Charterparty<br />
which hee sawe the sayd William Watson soe signe seale and deliver and well<br />
knoweth the words Jeffrey Campian subscribed at the bottome thereof to<br />
bee his this deponents owne hand writeing, And saith the contents of the<br />
sayd schedule or Charterparty were and are true and soe had and done as in the same<br />
is conteyned And further hee cannot depose/
To the rest of the articles of the sayd libell hee is not examined by<br />
direction of the producent
Jeffery Campion [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 23th of October 1656.
[?Xrivell] and Company Imployers of the}<br />
[''Endeavour''] William Saddleton Commander.}<br />
against the shipp the ''Hope'' (John Legall Master)}
'''Rp. pr omni bus'''
'''.j.'''
'''John Legall''' of fflushing in Zealand<br />
Mariner master of the shipp the<br />
''Hope'' aforesaid, aged 39 yeares or<br />
thereabouts, sworne and exámined.
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee is a native of Conquet<br />
in Britany in the Realme of ffrance, and that hee hath lived at<br />
fflushing aforesaid for theise five yeeres last or thereabouts, and<br />
there dwelleth at present, and saith hee is master of the said<br />
shipp the ''Hope'' and hath soe bin for this voyage only, and came first<br />
aboard her at flushing about the fifteenth of this present<br />
month newe stile, being there constituted master of her by her owners<br />
monsieur Clarke and company of fflushing, to come and bring her to<br />
London And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the second hee saith hee knew not the said shipp before such his<br />
coming to be master of her, nor knoweth hee when or where shee was<br />
built, but beleeveth shee was built at fflushing; and saith shee<br />
belongeth to the port of fflushing, and that hee doth not knowe<br />
any other of her owners but the said monsieur Clarke, who dwelleth<br />
as hee saith as fflushing, where this deponent hath knowne<br />
him dwelling about two yeares last, but howe hee came to bee<br />
owner or of whom hee had his proprietie, or what hee paid for the<br />
same this exáminate knoweth not, and saith hee doth not knowe<br />
the interrogate William Colen or Phillip da Pape, and is well assured<br />
(as hee affirmeth and deposeth) that they have not nor either of them<br />
have any interest in the said shipp the ''hope'', nor is the said shipp as<br />
hee saith lately come from Ostend or dunkirk that this deponent<br />
knoweth of; And saith shee was nowe bound for London, and was<br />
here arrived, and that her hopps and osiers were here to be delivered to marchants<br />
here dwelling, but their names hee remembreth not, hee having assistance<br />
therein from one Cornelius a Broker, and saith the said<br />
goods were laden by the said Clarke at fflushing, from which<br />
port the said shipp cameth directly to this port of London, and hath<br />
not put into any other since her coming thence. And otherwise<br />
hee cannot depose.
Toherwise<br />
hee cannot depose.
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