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18 February 2013 +
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| First transcriber
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Alex Jackson +
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| Folio
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638 +
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| Parent volume
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HCA 13/71 +
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Uploaded image; transcribed on 18/02/2013 +
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| Transcription
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The 20th day of March 1656/ [CENTRE HEADIN … The 20th day of March 1656/ [CENTRE HEADING]
Examined on the sayd allegation/
'''Rp. 5'''
'''William Friier''' of the parish of Saint Leonard Shorditch Mariner<br />
Masters Mate of the ''Sarah'' aged thirty eight yeares or<br />
thereabouts a wittnesse sworne and examined saith and<br />
deposeth as followeth videlicet.
To the first article of the sayd allegation hee saith hee goeing Masters Mate<br />
of the ''Sarah'' the voyage in question knoweth that the arlate humfrey Beane<br />
Thomas Thompson and others of their Company during the moneths of Aprill<br />
May June July and some part of August one thousand sixe hundred fiftie sixe (in which moneth<br />
at present ought to bee the true and lawfull Owners and Proprietors of the<br />
sayd shipp the ''Sarah'' andof her tackle apparrell and furniture And alsoe know[?eth GUTTER]<br />
that the arlate Robert LLewellin was the sole frieghter of the say shipp for the<br />
voyage in question which was a voyage from London to Guinney and there<br />
to the Barbadoes or Virginia (which of them should bee found most [?convenient]<br />
by such discretion of the Master of her and thence to London this hee knoweth goeing<br />
Masters mate of her the sayd voyage And further to this article hee cannot depose
To the second hee cannot depose of certaine knowledge for that hee sawe not<br />
the shipp ''Rapahannack'' till the same day shee was seized neere Cape Lopez<br />
in Guinney./
To the 3 article hee saith hee goeing Masters Mate as aforesayd well knoweth<br />
that the arlate Mr LLewellin did in the tyme arlate cause to bee laden at London<br />
on board the shipp ''Sarah'' for his Accompt of Copper barrs [?Bowges]<br />
Beades Iron and East India Stuffes and other goods, to be thence transported to<br />
Guinney and there bartered away for Negroes to be thence transported to<br />
Barbadoes or Virginia and there sold and disposed of to the use of the sayd<br />
LLewellin, and for such other Commodities as Guinney afforded according<br />
to the discretion of the Master and Supracargo of the sayd shipp: with which<br />
outward Cargo hee knoweth the sayd shipp sett sayle from Gravesend (bound<br />
for Guinney) on the first of ffebruary one thousand sixe hundred fifty five,<br />
and arrived there in saftey therewith in or about the moneth of May that yeare<br />
this hee knoweth for the reasons aforesayd And further cannot depose/
To the 4th article hee saith that for the reasons aforesayd hee knoweth that the<br />
Shipp ''Sara'' being safely arrived in Guinney with her outward Cargoe her<br />
Master and Supracargo did there barter away the greatest part of her outward<br />
Cargoe for a hundred and sixty Negroes and a great quantitie of Elephants<br />
teeth (the negroes to bee disposed of at Barbados or Virginia for Accompt of the sayd<br />
LLewellin) and saith the sayd Master and Supracargo were in quiett and<br />
peaceable possession of the sayd Negroes and Elephants teeth upon the high and<br />
open Seas at Cape Lopez in Guinney And further cannot depose
To the 5th 6th and 7th articles of the sayd allegation hee saith that for the<br />
reasons aforesayd hee knoweth that the ''Sarah'' with the sayd hundred and<br />
sixty Negroes, and Elephants teeth aboard her and about three or fower<br />
hundred pounds worth of her Outward Cargo which remayned aboard un=<br />
bartered away came to Cape Lopez (intending there to take wood and such<br />
water for their better accomodation and thence to proceede to Virginia) and<br />
there found the arlate Shipps the ''Mary'' and the ''Unicorne'' rideing at<br />
Anchor with their dutch Colours up, and an English shipp (which as it afterwards<br />
appeared they had taken some few dayes before) lying by them with English<br />
Colours abroad, And the Master and Company of the ''Sarah'' by their dutch<br />
coloursSarah'' by their dutch<br />
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