| Transcription
|
24th Augusti 1666
Super Interrogatorys pr … 24th Augusti 1666
Super Interrogatorys predd Examinat
'''(4.'''
'''Paulus Volkers''' de Lubeck ibn natus<br />
nauta, Master navis the ''Piper'' de Lubeck annos<br />
agens 37 aut circiter dicit et deponit prout<br />
sequitur Videlicet./
Ad primum et 2um rendet That hee hath knowne the said ship ''Piper'' and bin Master<br />
of her for seaven yeers and a halfe last past, during all which time shee<br />
hath belonged to Lubecke, and during all that time Claes Symson hath bin<br />
owner of two eighths Jeremy Moller owner of one eighth Brartell [?Kempten]<br />
owner of one eighth Bar[?ath] Kprdes owner of one eighth Widow [?Chuse]<br />
owner of one eighth and this deponent owner of the other two eighths<br />
and saith that all the said persons are<br />
of Lubeck and there did and doe live and have allways lived there and there<br />
were bourne, and saith that the said ship was built at Serdam and is of about<br />
a hundred lasts burthen, And saith that about three yeeres since hee went<br />
with the said ship from Lubeck leyden with Rye and Barly on the account of a Lubecker<br />
bound to Lisbone and by the way was taken by a Spanish Caper who carryed<br />
him to Saint Sebastiane in Biscay, where his corne was spoiled, but hee got<br />
cleare and then went to Bayon and was bound with his lading of wines and<br />
brandy to Ostend but was taken by the English and carryed into Dover<br />
and was there cleared abd then went to Ostend, and then began this voyage<br />
from thence to Bordeaux to seeke a freight, and saith that for this voyage<br />
hee hired all his company at Ostend, in or about the month of Aprill last<br />
and from thence they went in ballast, and saith that at Bourdeaux the said ship<br />
was freighted by Englishmen and one Monsieur [?XXX] was the cheife man<br />
and hee and the rest all English but living at Bourdeaux laded the said ship<br />
with about 160 Tonnes of wine and Brandy and Nineteene packs<br />
of skins, all which hee saith was soe laden to be transported in the said ship<br />
to the port of London to which place the said ship was really bound, and the said<br />
Lading was and is as hee beleeveth upon the account of Mr Samuel Putt and others all of<br />
London and subjects of his Majesty of England and that the reall bills of Lading with this deponent<br />
signed for the same) were sent overland to London, but others who were<br />
made colourable hee carryed in the said ship declaring that she was<br />
bound to Ostend which was done to avoyd Dutch or ffrench seizure<br />
et alr nescit./
Ad 4um rendet That there were Eleaven with this deponent besides two passengers<br />
onboard the said ship at her seizure his Company hee hired at Ostend as<br />
aforesaid, and saith that one of the passengers is a High Dutchman and the other (who is<br />
his wife) is of Ghaunt in fflanders and saith that this deponents Company are<br />
all Swedes Lubeckers and Hamburgers and none of them are ffrench Dutch<br />
or Danes, et alr nescit./
Ad 5um rendet That when hee was now seized he had a parchment writing with a great read seale thereof onboard,<br />
and saith that all this writings hee did upon his seizure<br />
deliver up to the Captaine who delivered them to him againe at Rye, and this<br />
Examinate hath them nowe on board et alr nescit./
Ad 6um rendet That hee did not fight or make any resistance or fly from<br />
the Caper, and saith that the said ship carryed the Lubeck flagg (which is white and Red<br />
and never carryed any other fflag, or Colours and saith that shee was taken<br />
by the said Caper about seaven or eight weekes since off of Rye, and saith<br />
thatnce off of Rye, and saith<br />
that +
|
