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'''1st Afidavits and Assurance'''
The 14t … '''1st Afidavits and Assurance'''
The 14th of ffebruary 1658. [CENTRE HEADING]
On the behalfe of Collonel}<br />
[?hay] touching the hambrugers}
'''Rp.'''
'''Francis Hay''' of the County of Angus in Scotland gentleman aged 22<br />
yeares or thereabouts. '''George Gordon''' of London<br />
Merchant aged 24 yeares or thereabouts, and '''Alexander Symonds'''<br />
of London Merchant aged 44 yeares or thereabouts<br />
sworne before the right worshipfull John Godolphin doctor of lawes<br />
one of the Judges of the high Court of the Admiraltie saith and<br />
deposeth by vertue of their oathes as followeth, videlicet.
ffirst the said ffrancis hay saith that on or about the last day of January<br />
last past hee the said ffrancis according to the order of the above said Judge, doctor<br />
Godolphin did endeavour to deliver unto the agent of hamborough at the Stilyard<br />
London where hee lodged, certaine papers being copies of bonds whereupon moneys<br />
were due, and are now remaining in the said Judges hand, and not being admitted<br />
to his presence, this deponent sent them up by his servant whom hee desired to<br />
deliver the same ubto the said Agent, and the said servant having received them<br />
and carried them up, retourned shortly, and told this deponent that the said<br />
Agent would not receive them, but that (as hee said), hee<br />
would the next day send his Secretary to give answer to the said Judge concerning<br />
the same. And the said George Gordon deposeth that on or about the saud<br />
last of January last, hee the said Gordon speaking with the said ffrancis<br />
hay and understanding that hee had bin that forenoone at the said Agents<br />
said lodging, and could not come to the speech of him nor get any satisfactory<br />
answer from him, went in the afternoone to his lodging and carried the said<br />
papers with him, and there meeting with his secretary<br />
and acquainting him that hee came to deliver the said papers to the saud Agent,<br />
the said Secretary told him that his master (speaking of the said Agent)<br />
knew the matter and would neither directly nor indirectly meddle<br />
therewith. And the said deponent Alexander Symonds saith that<br />
the eleaventh of this instant hee [?XXX] and carried the same papers being<br />
in number eight to the said lodging of the said Agent and enquiring of<br />
one of the said Agents servants to speake with him, hee the said servant<br />
told this deponent that hee knew not whether hee (speaking of his master<br />
the Agent) was within or noe, but said if hee knew this deponents name<br />
hee would goe up and see, whereupon this deponent told him that his name<br />
was Alexander Simmons, and thereupon the said servant went up<br />
and saith that before the retourne of the said servant, the said Secretary<br />
came with another yonge man and desired to know this deponents<br />
busines, and hee thereupon told them that if they would let him know<br />
whether the Agent were within or not, hee would tell them his busines<br />
and they saying hee was within, this deponent produced and showed the<br />
said papers unto them, and said hee came as a messinger from<br />
doctor Godolphin one of the Judges of the Admiraltie to deliver the same<br />
to the said Agent, and therewithall told them that the said Judge<br />
desired to see the Agent at doctors Commons, and thereupon the said<br />
Secretary tooke and carried up the said papers, and presently retourned<br />
with this answer videlicet, That the Agent had bin proffered these<br />
papers three or foure times befofe, and knew that they were Patrick<br />
hayes his papers, and therefore would not meddle with nor<br />
have ought to doe with them, and added, that the Agent further said that it<br />
may be hee would come [?on the morro] (speaking of Satturday [?last]) or on<br />
Mnday and speake with doctor Godolphin thereabouts<br />
whereuponodolphin thereabouts<br />
whereupon +
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