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To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
T … To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith that to his remembrance the said producents bought the<br />
said ship of one Christofer Arrenton (as hee taketh his name to be)<br />
who was or is living in the Ile of Wight, and who was Captaine of a<br />
private man of war set out from dover, which tooke the said ship<br />
and brought her into dover, where after they had bought her they<br />
named her the ''Vincent'', and saith hee doth not now belong nor hath any<br />
relation unto her, and otherwise saving his foregoeing deposition whereunto hee<br />
referreth himself hee cannot answer, saying that about three<br />
weekes since was the last time hee saw her, and saving that on<br />
a former voyage (before her going to Newcastle as is predeposed) retourning to this<br />
port shee had her hatches here made bigger for delivering of sugars, which<br />
shee brought from Lisbone, which worke<br />
was donne with English timber, and her [?comons] of the hatches made<br />
with English timber, by which (as another signe) hee alsoe knew her<br />
againe, seeing that worke donne when the said hatches were soe altered
To the second hee saith it is about three yeeres since the said ship<br />
was soe seized by the subiects of the king of Spaine at Ostend, which<br />
hee saith was before the wars or difference betweene England and<br />
Spaine, and otherwise negatively saving his foregoeing deposition to which<br />
hee referreth himself.
The marke of '''HB''' Humphrey Bourne [MARKE, RH SIDE]
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The 20th day of August 1658/
The ''Olive Branche''/
Examined on an allegation given in on the behalf of<br />
the sayd Abraham hill and others./
'''Rp. 2'''
'''Mathew Crouer''' of Redriff Mariner aged twenty<br />
eight yeares or thereabouts a wittnesse sworne and<br />
examined saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet./
To the first article of the sayd allegation hee saith hee well knoweth the arlate<br />
ship the ''Olive Branche'' having gone Masters Mate of her the voyage in question<br />
and knoweth also the arlate Abraham hill John Gregory and henry Crane<br />
and saith that they and company were the monethes and time arlate<br />
commonly reputed the true and lawfull Owners and Proprietors of<br />
the sayd ship the ''Olive Branch'' and of her tackle Apparrell and<br />
furniture And further hee cannot depose./.
To the second article hee saith within the tyme arlate the sayd ship the<br />
''Olive Branch'' was sett out and imployed from this port of London upon a<br />
voyage to Bantam in the East Indies to take in her lading there and<br />
transport the same for Legorne arlate as by the Charterparty may appeare<br />
And hee saith that in pursuance thereof the sayd ship<br />
with her outward Cargoe arrived at the East Indies neere unto<br />
Bantam upon or about the three and twentieth day of December 1656, this<br />
hee the better knoweth for that hee went Masters Mate of her, and kept<br />
a Journall of the sayd voyage, And knoweth that the Master and Company<br />
of her did resolve to goe presently into Bantam there to take in heralding<br />
for Ligorne aforesaid And further hee cannot depose/
To the 3 article hee saith that upon or about the sayd twenty third day of December<br />
1656 as the ''Olive Branch'' was sayleing into Bantam with intente as<br />
aforesaid to take in her ladeing, two dutch shipps (belonging as was there<br />
comonly sayd and reported to the dutch East India Company in Holland) also<br />
laye then at Anchor, seeing the ''Olive Branch'' goeing in for Bantam weighed<br />
Anchorg in for Bantam weighed<br />
Anchor +
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