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cleere of all Charges. And the said John A … cleere of all Charges. And the said John Anderson [?Ninaian GUTTER]<br />
Anderson and James Ker. by meanes of the said seizure<br />
sustained great dammag, but how much hee cannot particularly<br />
Estimate otherwise then as aforesaid. And further cannot [?depose GUTTER]
To the 10th hee saith that the said Browne did acknowledge [?to GUTTER]<br />
this Deponent and the said Thomson that the foresaid Morgan Jones set out the said ship ''Charls'' [?to GUTTER]<br />
sea, the said . Voyage, and was the Captaine of her and<br />
hee the said Browne was put into her by the said Jones [?And GUTTER]<br />
further cannot depose./:
To the last hee saith that the said John Anderson Ninian<br />
Anderson, and James Kerr were and are Merchants of [?Glascow GUTTER]<br />
in Scotland, and Subjects of this Commonwealth, and soe<br />
Comonly Accounted, And further cannot depose/:
Repeated before doctor Turner
henry hart [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The scond of May 1660. [CENTRE HEADING]
The keepers of the}<br />
Libertie of England et cetera against}<br />
a small vessell called the}<br />
''Elizabeth'' of dunkirke.}
'''[XX]'''
'''Rp.'''
'''Captaine Nathaniel Cobham''' of dunkirke Commander<br />
of a foote Company there, aged 40 yeeres or thereabouts sworne<br />
in Court saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet.
That on or about the end of ffebruary last past was a twelve moneth<br />
the said vessell the ''Elizabeth'' being departed from dunkirke to come<br />
for London laded with hopps, thredd and other goods under the [XXXX GUTTER]<br />
of John St[XXXX] her master, was taken (as hee hath bin credibly<br />
informed) by two small Sloopes belonging to Ostend, and carried to<br />
Ostend. And saith that at the time of the said seizure, and [XXXX GUTTER]<br />
Lieutenant Callawell Kingwell, hee this deponent, Captaine [?GXXX GUTTER]<br />
Lieutenant hemmings and the said John St[XXX] were the sole<br />
owners of the said vessell and of her tackle apparell and furniture<br />
and soe are and ought to be at this present. And that the said owners<br />
are all Englishmen and subjects of this Commonwealth. And<br />
saith that the said vessell being in dunkirke and belonging to<br />
the king of Spaine, when the towne of dunkirke was about two<br />
yeeres since taken by the English, this deponent and the said other<br />
owners bought her of the Lord Lockart Governour of the Place<br />
[XX] [?thereat] shee was there appraised at, and truely paid the money<br />
according to the summe of the said appraisement.
nath: Cobham: [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]ement.
nath: Cobham: [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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