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roughly turned out and imprisoned in the C … roughly turned out and imprisoned in the Castle thereby the kinge of<br />
Portuagall offices, and then by the said officers the said seizure was<br />
made. All which hee knoweth to betime, because so hee this deponent<br />
in the shipp the ''hopegood'' of london whereof hee was commander and<br />
which belonged to the said Rowland, humphrey and John hilll and other<br />
English marchants came in company and Consortshipp with the said shipp<br />
the ''Swann'' from Newfound land and to Porto Porte and on the same<br />
designe, laden with fish, and was also seized, and this deponent<br />
and companie alsoe imprisoned with the said Pitcher and companie.
To the third hee saith that the mariners and company of the said mr<br />
Pitcher in the ''Swann'' consited with the master of nineteene persons, namely Thomas hart,<br />
William hewet, John Osburne, Thomas Cores, John Gowle, Peter<br />
Philmer, William Warner, Crispin Turpin, Thomas Bickford<br />
Robert Buckler, Benadict hallen, George Miller, Roger Gold<br />
and Miles hamlin, and that the said Pitcher the master<br />
and some others of his said company continued tenn moneths in<br />
the said imprisonment, and some other a lesser space, and they were<br />
and are much dammified, thereby and by the said seizure,<br />
And as hee beleeveth they and their said master have sustained<br />
damadge thereby to the summe of 500 ''li'' sterling at the least<br />
and for the manifestation of the particulars of the said losses and dammage and the
[LH MARGIN]<br />
times of the said persons<br />
imprisonment and the goods<br />
lost and the wages due hee<br />
leeveth a schedule conteyning<br />
an accompt thereof, which hee<br />
saith is true<br />
John Hayward [SIGNATURE, LH MARGIN]
And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the fourth Interrogatorie hee saith and deposeth that the said<br />
shipp the ''Swan'' was of the burthen of 150 tonnes or thereabouts<br />
and had tenn gunes in her namely eight iron and two brasse, and<br />
that the weare and teare of her was worth 55 ''li'' per month;<br />
and soe much hee conceiveth the said owners to be dammified<br />
monethly by her said detention<br />
under the said seizure or arrest which was from her said 13th<br />
of October 1650 to the moneth of ffebruary 1651 or thereabouts<br />
being 16 moneths, in which time of lyinge shee was much dammified<br />
in her hull. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
John Hayward [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The same day [CENTRE HEADING]
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'''Peter Philmer''' of Dartmouth mariner, late one of the<br />
company of the said shipp the ''Swann'', aged 28 yeeres or<br />
thereabouts sworne and examined
To the first Interrogarories hee saith and deposeth that hee well<br />
know and was one of the company of the shipp the ''Swann'' Thomas<br />
Pitcher master at such time as shee was seized by the Portugeses and<br />
before. and saith that humphrey hill, Rowland hill and John hill<br />
and other the English marchants were then owners and proprietors<br />
of the said shipp and of her tackle apparell and furniture and for<br />
such commonly accepted and reputed which hee knoweth being one<br />
of her company as aforesaid.
To the second Interrogatorie hee saith and deposeth that the said<br />
shipp the ''Swann'' took in her full lading of ffish in Newfound land<br />
in or about the moneth of August 1650, and about the end of the<br />
said and about the end of the<br />
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