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The 18th of June 1657.
On the behalfe of … The 18th of June 1657.
On the behalfe of Nichola Warren and}<br />
others touching losses by the Spaniards}
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'''William Lee''' of London Merchant aged 28<br />
yeeres or thereabouts sworne before the right<br />
worshippfull Charles George Cock Esquire John Godolphin doctor of lawes one of<br />
the Judges of the high Court of the Admiraltie of<br />
England, and exámined upon certaine Interrogatories<br />
ministred on the behalfe of Nicholas Warren<br />
John Báncks, John Jermyn, George Toriano,<br />
Richard Westcombe, Walter Tuckfeild, William<br />
Lee, George Lee and George Webber saith and<br />
deposeth as followeth videlicet.
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee well knoweth the interrogated<br />
Nicholas Warren, John Bancks, John Germyn, George Toriano,<br />
Richard Westcombe, Walter Tuckfeild, William Lee, George Lee and<br />
George Webber, who hee saith were and are all English men merchants<br />
and suiects of this Commonwealth of England, and for such commonly<br />
áccounted.
To the second and third Interrogatories hee saith and the schedule ánnexed hee<br />
saith and deposeth that in the yeere 1655 and when the warr brake out<br />
betweene England and Spaine, the said Nicholas Warren and other persons<br />
aforenamed had in wines and other goods wares merchandizes and effects<br />
schedulated, (amounting to the severall summes of money therein comprized)<br />
at and in the Islands of the Canaries; all which hee saith were seized<br />
on by the officers of the king of Spaine upon the said warr breaking<br />
out in or about the moneth of October 1655, and by the said Nicholas<br />
Warren and other persons company aforesaid the owners thereof utterly devasted and dispoiled of<br />
the same, to their losse as in the said schedule is mentioned, amounting in all to the summe of five thousand<br />
nine hundred, ninetie three pounds, eight shillings anad one penny<br />
sterling; being in Spanish money two hundred thirtie nine thousand<br />
seaven hundred thirty six Rialls, as in the foote of the said account or<br />
schedule appeareth, which losse they really and immediately sustained<br />
by the said seizure, besides the profitt the said goods and effects might have<br />
produced being invested in goods of that place and laden for England.<br />
All which hee knoweth being then factor (with his contest George Webber)<br />
for the said company at the said Ilands.
Repeated before doctor Godolphin:
Wm Lee SIGNATURE, RH SIDE
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The same day. CENTRE HEADING
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'''George Webber''' of London Merchant, áged 29 yeeres or<br />
thereabouts sworne and exámined as aforesayd.
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee well knoweth the interrogated<br />
Nicholas Warren, John Bancks, John Germyn, George Toriano, Richard<br />
Westcombe, Walter Tuckfeild, William Lee, George Lee and George<br />
Webber, who were (as hee saith) and are all Englishmen and Merchants<br />
and subiects of this Commonwealth and for such commonly accounted
To the second and third Interrogatories hee saith and deposeth that when<br />
theith and deposeth that when<br />
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