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december 20. <u>1654:-</u> [CE … december 20. <u>1654:-</u> [CENTRE HEADING]
Richard ffreeman John Slowcombe John Neave William}<br />
Close and Abraham Lewis against Junifer Plover and all}<br />
others pretending interest in the shipp ''Sarah Bonadventure''}<br />
and her tackle and furniture.]
Examined upon a Libell given and<br />
admitted on the behalf of the said<br />
ffreeman and others/
'''jus/'''
'''Stephen Ballow''' of the parish of Saint Faith London<br />
Leatherseller aged 45. yeares or thereabouts a Wittnes<br />
sworne and examined:-/
To the first position of the said Libell hee saith and deposeth, That in the<br />
yeare 1638. or thereabouts last past hee this deponent lived with and served<br />
one Robert ffreeman a Leather seller (being the father of the Lilate Richard<br />
ffreeman one of the producents in this Cause) And saith That in or about<br />
the yeare aforesaid the said Robert ffreeman toke to wife the Relict of<br />
one John Moore sometimes a Merchant of this Citie, and saith the said<br />
Robert ffreeman after and upon his marriage with the said Relict, did in her<br />
right become part Owner and Proprietor of the shipp the ''Sarah Bonadventure''<br />
arlate, whereof one Wade then was Master, and in such Ownershipp the said<br />
Robert ffreeman comntinued till about the yeare 1643. last past, this deponent all<br />
that time being his servant, and thereby well acquainted with his affaires and<br />
interest, And the said ffreeman departing this life in or about the said yeare<br />
<u>1643:-</u> the lilate Richard ffreemab his sonne being Executor of the last<br />
Will and Testamebt and heire of the said deceased became thereby<br />
possessed of the same interest in the said shipp which his deceased<br />
father had formerly had and enjoyed, which this deponent well knoweth for that<br />
in the yeare 1644: lilate or thereabouts this deponent byu order of the said<br />
Richard ffreeman, whom this deponent then served, payd the summe of 12 ''li''<br />
10 ''s'' sterling to the lilate Junifer Plover then Master of the said shipp and one<br />
Richard ffrancklin then esteemed part Owner of the said shipp, and that for<br />
and upon accompt of a stocke of the said shipp, according to that part which<br />
hee the said ffreeman then had in the same, But what part or parts share<br />
or shares the said Richard ffreeman or Robert his father had in the said<br />
shipp this deponent saith hee cannot declare, And further as to the parts or<br />
shares which the lilate John Slowcombe and others have or pretend to have<br />
in the said shipp this deponent knoweth not. And otherwise cannot depose saving<br />
that the said Richard ffreeman hath bin accompted a part Owner<br />
of the said shipp of this deponents observation, in the yeares 1644. 1645. 1646.<br />
1647. and 1648. all or most of them, and in that time the said Junifer<br />
Plover meeting severall times with this deponent upon the Royal Exchange<br />
London, hath oftentimes demannded and asked of this deponent how his Owner Mr<br />
ffreeman did, meaning the said Richard ffreeman; And saving that this [#]
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deponent in the said yeare 1644. by the said Richard ffreemans order for and upon his<br />
accompt and interest in the said shipp payd the summe of 17 ''li'' 5 ''s'' 7 1/2 ''d'' to the aforesaid<br />
Richard ffrancklin for and upon occasion of a debt contracted and imposed upon the said<br />
shipp in the Sound by the King of denmarke.
To the second poasition or article of the said Libell this deponent saith, That<br />
during the time predeposed severall Voyages have bin made by the said<br />
(shippve bin made by the said<br />
(shipp +
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