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present is a merchant of good quality usin … present is a merchant of good quality using to trade betwixt the Indies <br />
Spaine and other sylver and plate. And saith that in the yeare <br />
of our Lord 1651 he saw the sayd John Mexia de herrera borne in the <br />
West Indies, where this deponent saw him buy and procure for his owne <br />
use all and singular the money, sylver and plate in the arlate schedulate<br />
mentioned that is to say six cases of Rialls of eight of Peru money<br />
marked with the first marke in the margent, five whereof contayns
[FIRST MARKE, LH MARGIN]
in them severally two thousand eight hundred Ryalls a piece more or lesse. <br />
and the sixth fifteen hundred Ryalls of eight, and severall barretons <br />
of plate weighing in the whole one hundred eighty four markes of<br />
sylver the sayd barretons being putt into the sayd Chest with the sayd<br />
Ryalls to fill the same there being not Ryalls enough to doe it whith<br />
sayd six Chests are mentioned in the first schedule arlate. And allso <br />
one case with two thousand seven hundred and fifty pieces of eight <br />
nyne of Peru more or lesse marked with the second marke in the
[SECOND MARKE, LH MARGIN]
margent and mentioned in the second schedule arlate. ANd allso nyne <br />
barrs of sylver marked with the third marke in the margent, And these
[THIRD MARKE, LH MARGIN]
barrs of sylver marked with the fourth marke in the margent, the
[FOURTH MARKE, LH MARGIN]<br />
sayd nyne barrs and three barrs weighing fifteen hundred ninety six <br />
markes or thereabouts. And seven cases of barretons of sylver marked <br />
with the fifth marke in the margent containing in the whole one hundred
[FIFTH MARKE, LH MARGIN]
fifty eight barretons and weighing, two thousand one hundred fifty seven<br />
markes more or lesse. And allso two chests or trunks with linnen<br />
table plate of sylver with other plate for serving and ornament and a quantity of pieces of eight for spending<br />
money according to a note or particular thereof left by this deponent <br />
in the Registry of this Court; which sayd nyne barrs three barrs, and<br />
seven cases and trunks with linnen and table are mencioned in the <br />
third schedule arlate. And he saith that he saw all the barrs and barretons <br />
whose weight he hath declared weighed, and Ryalls whose number he hath <br />
declared, told and counted. And further saith that the said John Mexia <br />
de Herrera for and during all the tyme arlate was and att present is and <br />
ought to be the true and lawfull owner of all and singular the sayd moneys <br />
plate and sylver haveing bought the same in the Indies as aforesayd, And <br />
he saith that he the sayd John Mexica de Herrera was in the quiet and <br />
peaceable possession of the same moneys and plate in the sayd Indies and brought<br />
the same from there with him to Cadiz in Spaine, this deponent coming<br />
together with the sayd owner aboard the Spanish Admirall of the South [Seas]<br />
wherein the sayd money and plate was laden from Limma to portovela. and<br />
from there in the Vice Admirall of the Spanish Gelleons whereon the <br />
sayd moneys and plate was putt aboard att Portovela aforesayd this deponent <br />
and the producent being therein likewise embarqued to Cadiz aforesayd.<br />
And further he cannot depose saving that for the tyme arlate the sayd <br />
John Mexica de Herrera for lawfull owner of the goods plate and money and was commonly accounted<br />
reputed and taken and saving that the shipps now declared he the better knoweth and conceyveth<br />
for that he did at the desire of the producent take a note of the money and plate aforesayd with the [XXX]<br />
to the end that if the producent should [to dy in the voyage the said moneys and plate might thereafter commonly XXX]
To the second he saith that after the Admirall of the sayd Galleons att Cadiz<br />
and unlading the sayd moneys and sylver out of the sayd Vice Admirall <br />
videlicet about the latter out of September 1652. the sayd John Mexia de <br />
Herrera by Luis Carasco dias his Agent did lade and putt on board the <br />
arlate shipp the ''Sampson'' whereof Otto George was Captaine the aforesayd <br />
six cases of Ryalls Peru money and barretons of sylver mentioned in the <br />
sayd first schedule arlate, And on board the shipp ''Salvador'' whereof <br />
Christian Cloppenburgh is Captaine the sayd one case of Ryalls of eight<br />
Peru coyne mentioned in the sayd second schedule arlate. And on board <br />
the ''Saint George'' John Martindorp Master or Captaine the sayd nyme board and <br />
three barrs of sylver, and the sayd seven cases of barretons of sylver and <br />
(the barretons of sylver and <br />
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