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hopwood and others against the shipp the}& … hopwood and others against the shipp the}<br />
''Stamboline'' and against hill and company}<br />
Smith. Suckley}.
'''Rp. 30s. .j. '''
The 7th of November 1656
Examined upon the libell.
'''John Case''' of the parish of Saint Olaves<br />
in Southwark Mariner, aged 46 yeares<br />
or thereabouts sworne and examined.
To the first article of the said libell hee saith and deposeth that<br />
in the years 1652 and 1653 hee this deponent was master<br />
and Commander of the shipp the ''Stamboline'' arlate and and the care and<br />
charge of her and was in possession of her as Master, and<br />
for such was commonly accompted and repeated.
To the second, 3. 4. and 5 and 6th articles of the said libell and the respective<br />
schedules therewith annexed were showed unto him herewith and<br />
deposeth that within the time libellate the respective persons<br />
mentioned in the said second article, were owners and proprietors<br />
of all and singular the goods and materialls respectively set downe<br />
and mentioned in the eight schedules annexed to the said libell<br />
and for such commonly accompted, and that within the said time<br />
namely in or about the month of ffebruary 1653 (as hee<br />
remembreth the time) the producent Edward hopwood did deliver<br />
or cause to be delivered to the use of the said shipp ''Stamboline''<br />
all and singular the respective goods and materialls mentioned<br />
in the first schedule annexed to the said libell, amounting in<br />
value to 36 ''li'' - 8 ''s'' -10 ''d'' and that William Bowyer another of<br />
the producents delivered or caused to be delivered within the time libellate to the use aforesaid<br />
the goods and materialls mentioned in second part of the<br />
second schedule begining (Mr John Case is debitor 11 ffebruary 16[?XX GUTTER]<br />
and amounting to 9 ''li''-15 ''s'' -4 ''d'', Joseph Beaumont those goods<br />
and materialls mentioned in the third schedule, amounting to 9 ''li''-13 ''s''- [?X ''d'' GUTTER]<br />
John harris those mentioned in the fourth schedule, amounting<br />
to 17 ''li''-16 ''s''. John Cooke those mentioned in the fifth schedule<br />
amounting to 15l-13d. John Wright those mentioned in the<br />
sixth schedule, amounting to 1 ''li''-4 ''s''. Mattias hatton<br />
those mentioned in the seventh schedule amounting to 3 ''li''-6 ''s''-2 ''d''<br />
and Thomas Abrahall those mentioned in the eighth schedule<br />
amounting to 25 ''li''-4 ''s'', and saith then hee this deponent<br />
as master gave order for the delivery and sawe the delivery of<br />
many of them, and was acquainted with and made prior to the<br />
delivery of the rest, by goeing to the shopps or houses of the<br />
said producents and seeing and receiving their bills of and<br />
for the same, this deponent being therein imployed by the<br />
owners of the said shipp, which at the time and times of the<br />
said delivery load is made of the said respective goods and<br />
materialls, being bound out a sea on a voyage; And further<br />
saith then he verily beleeveth the said respective goods were<br />
worth the severall summes aforementioned and with the said schedules<br />
expressed, and were carried aboard and imployed to the<br />
said shipps use and provisioning. And otherwise hee cannot<br />
depose.
To the 7th hee referreth himself to the Registre of this Court.
To the 8th hee saith that the said John hill is a subiect of this Commonwealth<br />
and otherwise cannot depose.
Repeated before Dr Goldolphin
John Casse [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]oldolphin
John Casse [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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