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Tanner Adams and Richardson then well knew … Tanner Adams and Richardson then well knew him this deponent to be a<br />
purveyor for Tymber for this Commonwealth for that hee had divers times before<br />
bought of them Tymber for the use of this Commonwealth, and the sayd tymber was<br />
sold by them to him this deponent as Purveyor for Tymber for this Commonwealth And hee<br />
alsoe saith that upon this deponents buying the sayd tymber of the sayd Tanner<br />
Adams and Richardson, hee this deponent did agree with them, and they with him that<br />
the sayd tymber should be delivered unto hoyes at Yarmouth and thenn brought<br />
and delivered into the States yardes at Deptford, Woollwich, and Chatham, or some<br />
of them, And hee further saith that in performance and persuance<br />
of the sayd bargaine the sayd Tanner Adams and Richardson did at Yarmouth<br />
deliver and put into hoyes there severall parcells of the tymber and<br />
plankes soe bought, which were since received at the yards aforesayd for the<br />
used of this Commonwealth, And saith hee this deponent hath in persuance<br />
of the sayd bargaine with his this deponents owne hands, paid unto the<br />
sayd Adams and Richardson (two persons aforesayd) out of the states money<br />
by order of the Lord Protector for the sayd tymber and plankes to the sayd<br />
Adams and Richardson in the summe of nyne hundred pounds sterling or thereabouts<br />
And further to these articles hee cannot depose./
To the 4th 5th and 6th hee saith that the sayd Tanner did tell this depondent that the<br />
arlate Edgar had by the privitie of the arlate Tanner Adams, Richardson<br />
(in the lifetyme of the sayd Richardson) and by their directions, appointment and with their<br />
privity and consent receaved at least fiftie loads of the tymber and plankes<br />
aforesayd soe bought of them by this deponent for the use of this Commonwealth,<br />
And saith that hee well knoweth that about the beginning of<br />
September 1655 the said Tanner (the sayd Richardson being then dead as hee beleeveth)<br />
did in liewe of supplie of the tymber and planke sold and delivered to the sayd Edgar<br />
as aforesayd send fiftie loade of tymber and planke in the vessell of the arlate<br />
Joseph Waters which was received and delivered into the states storehouses at<br />
Debtford there delivered by the order and authority of this Court of Admiralty<br />
for that the sayd Adams did oppose the delivery thereof having<br />
as hee pretended sold the same to the allegate Joseph Artis<br />
And further to these articles hee cannot depose./
To the 7th hee saith that hee hath heard the sayd Tanner confesse and<br />
acknowledge that the bill of sale made of the tymber and planke<br />
arlate to the arlate Joseph Artys was made since the sayd Tymber and<br />
planke was laden aboard the hoye of the sayd Joseph Waters at Yarmouth<br />
and not before And further to this article hee cannot depose/.
To the 8th hee cannot depose saving hee beleeveth the sayd Adams could not<br />
without the consent of the sayd Tanner and Richardson sell any more then a third part<br />
of the timber and plankes arlate./
To the 9th hee cannot depose./
To the 10th he cannot depose./
To the 11th and 12th hee cannot depose/
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true/
To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatorie hee answereth that hee knoweth not nor hath heard that the Interr. John Tanneror hath heard that the Interr. John Tanner +
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