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being very well acquainted with the hand w … being very well acquainted with the hand writing of<br />
the said Producent having received many letters<br />
from him, and very often seene him write, And<br />
further cannot depose, saving as aforesaid:/:
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true:/:
To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith hee hath noe part or share in the<br />
said Wines Claimed, and was neither present at the Lading<br />
or seizing of them, nor saw any money paid for the same
To the Second hee saith hee is of the age of 36 yeeres<br />
or thereabouts and hath knowne the said Cowling<br />
for the time aforesaid. but knoweth not his ffather or mother<br />
and hath bin Credibly informed that the said Cowling<br />
was borne at or neere Rippon in Yorkeshire/
To the third hee saith that the said Cowling hath<br />
lived at the Canaryes for all the time of this Deponents<br />
Knowledge of him, but knoweth not when hee went<br />
first thither, And saith hee hath, not bin in England<br />
since this Deponents Knowledge of him, that hee knoweth<br />
of, And saith the said Cowling is a Bachelor and<br />
payes Customs, for his goods, as other merchant<br />
Strangers doe; but no Taxes or Contributions<br />
And further cannot Answer./.
To the 4th hee saith hee doth neither Knowe beleive or<br />
hath heard. that if the wines now clamed to be lost, that<br />
any subiect of the King of Spaine must or will beare<br />
the losse thereof, or that they were laden upon the<br />
hazard of any subiect of the said King:/:
Repeated before Doctorr Godolphin
Robert BeXXXmXs [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 27.th of October 1659:/:
Clarke against Scattergood aforesaid)
Examined on the Libell:/:
'''Rp. 2:us'''
'''vide C: C: and ?H:'''
'''Robert Hercules''' of Ratcliffe<br />
Mariner aged 40 yeeres or thereabouts<br />
Sworne and Examined:/.
To the first position of the said Libell hee saith and<br />
Deposeth that in or about the time of Libellate the<br />
Libellate Robert Clarke was Master of<br />
the Lilate: ship the ''Warewell'', and was in or<br />
about the said time a part owner, of her of this Deponents<br />
Knowledge, which part of her, hee the said Clarke<br />
bought of the said widowe of one Warewell that was the<br />
former Master of the said ship, and the said Clarke and Company<br />
in or about the said time were the true Owners of her<br />
(andre the true Owners of her<br />
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