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Burr then and there ffactor and Correspond … Burr then and there ffactor and Correspondent to and of the said<br />
producent for the producents proper accompt, Whereupon the said shipp<br />
with the goods aforesaid in the moneth of September <u>1649.</u> in this deponents<br />
sight sett saile from Gravesend designed for Lixbone as aforesaid where<br />
not long afer shee safely arrived and the said Burr received and<br />
disposed of the said goods for the said producents accompt, to whom hee<br />
shortly after such their disposall sent a ffactorie or accompt importing<br />
that hee the said Burr had sold and disposed of the said bayes to the<br />
valew of One Thousand seaven hundred and eleaven pounds or thereabouts<br />
this deponent having severall times seen the said accompt and compared the<br />
firme thereof with severall letters and accompts which hee this deponent hath<br />
from time to time had and received fom the said humphrey Burr upon the<br />
Correspondence which hee hath had and held with him in Merchandizing<br />
affaires, and is thereby assured of the trueth of the oremisses, as also for<br />
that hee this deponent within the time aforesaid saw and observed that<br />
this deponents precontest Gerrard Guy as servant to the said producent<br />
and for and on his name and behoof caused the said goods to be shipped<br />
from the Custome howse kay London to be carried aboard the said shipp<br />
''Peter'' then lying in the River of Thames to the intent and upon the<br />
Designe aforesai, as the said Guy then told and affirmed to this<br />
deponent, And further cannot depose, saving That it is notorious That the<br />
said humphrey Burr since the receipt and disposall of the said goods<br />
hath absented and still doeth absent himself from Lisbone aforesaid, and<br />
beleeveth not nor hath ever heard that the said Burr hath made any<br />
payment or satisfaction to the said producent for the proceed of the goods<br />
aforesaid./
To the 5th hee saith hee referreth himselfe to the Acts and proceedings<br />
in this Court as to the Contents of this Article.
To the 6th hee saith, That the arlate James Bamford deceased late Master of<br />
the shipp th ''Josuah'' arlate and Peter Tatam deceased late Master of<br />
the shipp ''hanniball'' have in their respective lifetimes confessed and<br />
acknowledged that the said humphrey Burr was part Owner in and<br />
of their said respective shipps And further hee cannot depose
To the last hee saith his foregoing deposition is true./
Repeated with his precontest<br />
before doctor Clerke./
Allen Reynardson [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]e./
Allen Reynardson [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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