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That the schedule hereunto annexed beginni … That the schedule hereunto annexed beginning An Inventary/ et cetera<br />
and ending 752.15. was and is the such in all the particulars and<br />
summes thereof for and touching his sequestration and imprisonment at<br />
Lisbone by authoritie of the kinge of Portugall.
James Bowman [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 25th of August 1654. [CENTRE HEADING]
On the behalfe of John hill and companie}<br />
touching a bale of silke seized on by the}<br />
king of Portugalls officers}
'''John Bushell''' of London Marchant<br />
aged 37 yeares or therabouts sworne<br />
before the right worshippfull the Commissioners in the<br />
Portugall businesse and examined upon certaine Interrogatories.<br />
saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet.
To the first and second and third Interrogatories hee saith and deposeth that hee well knew<br />
the shipp the ''Roebuck'' whereof William harper was master, and saith<br />
that humphrey hill of London merchant having laden aboard her in this port in or<br />
about the moneth of ffebruary 1647 old stile two bales of Spannish silke to be<br />
transported to the port of Lisbone for the accompt of John hill and company<br />
consigned then thither to this deponent (who was there resident) for<br />
the said accompt; and saith that in the yeere 1648 the said shipp with<br />
a lading of goods (amongst which were the said two bales) arived in the<br />
said port of Lisbone, and shortly after such her arivall her goods were<br />
landed and put intp the Alfandigo or Customehouse of the king of Portugall;<br />
And further that in the yeere 1650 there was a generall sequestration<br />
at lisbone of all goods and merchandizes belonging to any English and<br />
then remayning and in the said Alfandigo or customehouse in the said kings<br />
dominions. And saith the said bales of silke<br />
were marked and numbred as in the mark margin, as by the letters and
'''No. HH . J . G'''. [MERCHANT'S MARKE, LH MARGIN]
bill of lading sent this deponent after the said lading by the said<br />
humphrey hill appeared. And that before the said sequestration<br />
this deponent dispatched and received one of the said bales (namely<br />
that of '''No. j''') out of the said Alfandigo and disposed thereof for<br />
accompt of the said John hill and company, but did not receive<br />
or disptach the other of the said bales thence soe that hee beleeveth<br />
the same was disposed of by the said king or his officers, this deponent having<br />
received a certificate by order of the Provedar mentioning amongest<br />
other things the entrie thereof in the Customshouse or Alfandigo<br />
and another certificate<br />
by the same authoritie of what goods hee this deponent dispatched out,<br />
in which last certificate the said bale is not contained or mentioned, nor<br />
was ever received by this deponent (to whom the same was consigned)<br />
and, therefore the said bale marked as aforesaid and nombred '''G''', was<br />
and is lost to the said John hill and company.<br />
And saith hee hath seene the Invoice of the lading of the said bale soe lost<br />
mentioniing the same to containe 202 ''li'' English weight, and saith that that sort<br />
oft, and saith that that sort<br />
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