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HCA 13/71 f.399v Annotate
First transcribed 4 January 2013  +
First transcriber Colin Greenstreet  +
Folio 399  +
Parent volume HCA 13/71  +
Side Verso  +
Status Uploaded image; transcribed on 04/01/2013  +
Transcription and for their best advantage this hee depoand for their best advantage this hee deposeth of his owne sight and<br /> knowledge being shipped at the Barbados as one of the sayd shipps company<br /> for the voyage aforesayd and goeing in her the sayd voyage and helpeing to take<br /> in her sayd ladeing there and well knowing that the sayd Nayler horne<br /> and Company were commonly reputed the lawfull owners and<br /> Proprietors of the sayd shipps ladeing as aforesayd And further hee<br /> cannot depose/ To the 3 hee saith hee referreth him selfe to the articles of peace in<br /> this article mentioned which hee beleeveth to be true and further cannot depose To the 4th and 5th articles of the sayd allegation hee saith that the sayd shipp<br /> the ''Justice'' of Dover being in the moneth of January 1655 English style<br /> lyeing at Cape Sarillon in Guinney a place of free trade for shipps<br /> of this Commonwealth the arlate Monsieur de La Rose Commander<br /> of the arlate shipp the ''dutchesse'' and three other ffrench shipps of warr<br /> and their Companyes subiects of the ffrench King did contrary to the<br /> peace formerly made betwixt England and ffrance in a hostile manner<br /> sett upon and seize the sayd shipp the ''Justice'' of Dover and all her ladeing<br /> of Copper barrs and other Merchandizes soe laden aboard her for<br /> accompt of the sayd Nayler horne and Company and did take the<br /> same and all the tackle apparrell furniture rigging provisions<br /> gunnes ammunition masts and sayles of the sayd shipp and convert<br /> and dispose of them to their owne use and according to their will and<br /> pleasure and turned the sayd John ffishbell this deponents precontest<br /> the master of the sayd shipp and this deponent and the rest of the sayd shipps<br /> Company on shoare amongst the Negroes there and having soe [?rifled GUTTER]<br /> the sayd shipp sett the same on fyre and burned it notwithstanding<br /> the sayd Master did upon their first seizure thereof tell the sayd<br /> de La Rosse that there was a peace concluded betwixt England and<br /> ffrance and that therefore hee ought not to make seizure of the<br /> shipp and goods to which the sayd de La Rosse replyed that hee heard<br /> soe much before his comming from ffrance but sayd hee cared not<br /> for that or words to that effect the premisses hee deposeth being<br /> one of the sayd shipps Company and an eye and eare wittnesse thereof<br /> the premisses being doe done in presence of this deponent and the whole<br /> Company of the ''Justice'' and other shipps and their companyes then and<br /> there present And further hee cannot depose To the 6th hee saith the shipp ''Justice'' at such her seizure was a<br /> new built shipp, in this deponents Judgment about two or three<br /> yeare old, and was of this deponents sight and knowledge newly<br /> sheathed and rigged and this deponent verily beleeveth in his conscience<br /> for that hee knoweth shee was double provided of sayles and very well<br /> fitted with all manner of rigging and cordage and cables and fower Anchors and furniture [?with GUTTER]<br /> sixe gunnes and good store of ammunition powder shott musketts [XXXX GUTTER]<br /> and provisions of victualls of all sorts that such her sayles rigging<br /> cordage cables Anchors gunnes and other ammunition and provisions and tackle<br /> and furniture were well worth one thousand two hundred and odd<br /> pounds sterling at least And further to this article hee cannot depose<br /> not knowing the value of her cargoe of goods soe seized but verily<br /> beleeveth and is perswaded in his conscience that they were worth of a very considerable<br /> value./of a very considerable<br /> value./  +
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