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The 9th of August 1654. [CENTRE HEADING]
… The 9th of August 1654. [CENTRE HEADING]
On the behalfe of the Mariners of the shipp the}<br />
''Sampson'' of London, John Lines commander.}
'''Rp. 1'''
'''John Lynes''' of London, Mariner, late Commander<br />
of the said shipp the ''Sampson'', aged 41 yeeres<br />
or thereabouts sworne before the right worshipfull<br />
William Clerke and John Godolphin doctors<br />
of lawes judges of the high Court of the<br />
Admiraltie and saith and deposeth as<br />
followeth, videlicet.
That the said shipp the ''Sampson'' (whereof hee this deponent was commander)<br />
was with her lading of sugars seized at Bahia de Todos os Santos in<br />
Brazile by the officers and authoritie of the king of Portugall, and hee<br />
this deponent and his companie were imprisoned and outed of the<br />
possession of the said shipp and lading, which were disposed of by the said<br />
kings authoritie upon the said seizure which was made on or about the moneth<br />
of May 1649; And hee further deposeth that the persons hereafter<br />
named were then of his companie, and had aboard the said shipp at the<br />
time of the said seizure for their owne proper accompte<br />
the severall and respective quantities of sugar following that is to say<br />
Thomas Miller had one chest of sugar and one feach. John Peters<br />
one chest and one ffeach. Roger Roberts, the like namely one chest and<br />
one feach. John [?Chick] one feach. William Marster one feach and<br />
five Rooves, John Tindall one feach and six rooves. Edmund Chistpre<br />
three rooves. Thomas Willoughbie one chest and six Rooves, William<br />
Langley three Rooves, John Andrewes one feach. Richard Stokes one feach<br />
Thomas [?Claere] one chest one feach.<br />
Edward hopkins six Rooves. John howell one feach. Thomas Stephens<br />
six Rooves, henry Ba[?r]on one chest, William howlet five Rooves, Abraham<br />
darcey five Rooves, Richard Jonas one chest and feach, Robert knott<br />
one chest, John Withers two chests, Robert Sheffield one chest one<br />
feach, Nicholas Pulfery one feach. Thomas Morgan one feach<br />
Abraham Vassall one chest and six rooves, Roger Prideaux one chest<br />
and one ffeach. Tobias Searle one feach, Thomas Allen one<br />
chest, and Roger Nicholls one chest,<br />
and Thomas Egmore six Rooves of sugar, The<br />
totall of all the said mariners sugars amounting to 26 chests of sugar.<br />
All which hee knoweth because hee this deponent as commander of the<br />
said vessell kept an accompt or roll of this said marriners, and upon<br />
their lading the said respective quantities of sugar for their owne accompt<br />
this deponents purser made entrie thereof in his booke, which this deponent<br />
sawe and tooke notice of; and hath nowe with him an extract out of the same<br />
contayning all the said particulars. And saith further that by and through<br />
the said seizure the said mariners were and are utterly deprived thereof<br />
by the said kings officers, who alsoe seized and tooke away their<br />
bookes, Instruments bedding and clothes and other necessaries to the<br />
valew in his estimation of three hundred pounds sterling. And<br />
further saith that the said sugars were all white sugars, and this deponent<br />
tooke notice that they were all laden and were in and on board the said shipp at the time<br />
of the said seizure.
John Line [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]d seizure.
John Line [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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