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The same day. [CENTRE HEADING]
'''William … The same day. [CENTRE HEADING]
'''William Essex''' late Gunners Mate of the said shipp the<br />
''James'' aged 31 yeeres or thereabouts, sworne as aforesaid<br />
deposeth.
That on the second day of June 1650 when the said shipp ''James'' was<br />
seized at Lisbone by the officers of the king of Portugall and her master<br />
and unto turned out and imprisoned, the persons hereunder named were<br />
mariners of her company; and that they were shipt at the severall rates<br />
per moneth, and suffered imprisonment and restraint and losse of<br />
wages as followeth, videlicet Thomas Jones (shipped at 20 dollers<br />
per moneth) suffered restraint and losse of wages for 7 monethes<br />
John Wood (shipt at 2 ''li'' 10 ''s'' per moneth) for 6 monethes 16 dayes,<br />
daniel Clarke shipt at 1 ''li'' 16 ''s'' per moneth, for 5 monethes 18 dayes,<br />
William Essex this deponent shipt at 1 ''li'' 3 ''s'' per moneth, 5 monethes 22<br />
dayes, John humphrey shipt at 1 ''li'' 16 ''s'' per moneth, for 9 monethes<br />
8 dayes, Thomas Willie shipt at 1 ''li'' 4 ''s'' per moneth for 9 monethes<br />
8 dayes, Richard Bell at 1 ''li'' 6s per moneth, 9 monethes 8 dayes,<br />
Benjamin downe shipt at 1 ''li'' 5 ''s'' per moneth for 8 monethes 27<br />
dayes; John Back, shipt at 1 ''li'' 2 ''s'' per moneth for 8 monthes 27<br />
dayes and Edward More at 1 ''li'' per moneth for 7 monethes i day<br />
And further that they spent in their necessarie maintenance during the said imprisonment as followeth.<br />
Thomas Jones 25 dollars, John Wood 85 dollers, daniell Clarke<br />
20 dollars, this deponent 16 dollars, John humphries 25 dollars,<br />
Thomas Willie 25 dollars, Richard Bell 7 dollars, Beniamin<br />
downe tenn Dollars, John Beake 10 dollars and Edward More<br />
5 dollars. All which hee knoweth being one of the said company<br />
and seeing and taking notice of the premisses, with the said times<br />
and summes.
William XXXXX [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 29th of August 1654. [CENTRE HEADING]
On the behalfe of the foresaid Rowland hill}<br />
humphrey hill and other English merchants}<br />
owners of the shipp ''hopegood'' aforesaid}
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'''Nicholas Prynn''' of Plimouth<br />
Merchant, aged 30 yeeres or<br />
thereabouts sworne before the right<br />
Worshipfull.
To the fifth Interrogatorie hee saith and deposeth that hee this<br />
deponent hath bin a merchant ánd factor Resident in Aveiro in<br />
Portugall for theise seaven yeares last or thereabouts, and was<br />
resident in Portugall in that qualitie both at the time of the<br />
Generall seizure or sequestration of the goods of all English there by the<br />
king of Portugall in the yeere 1650, and at the time of the<br />
Release of the said Sequestration, and well knoweth that the<br />
saidand well knoweth that the<br />
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