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'''Richard Mowsse''' servant to henry Spurstowe of London<br />
Merchant aged 18 yeares or thereabouts sworne as aforesaid<br />
saith as followeth.
That the said henry Spurstowe being one of the owners of the shipp<br />
the ''Swann'' of London (Thomas Pitcher master) seized at<br />
Port a port in Portugall by the king of Portugall or his officers,<br />
received from thence from mr Rowland hill a marchant there<br />
resident on the 30th of december 1653. the accompt nowe left<br />
by him for the information of the Commissioners, touching the said shipp<br />
which this deponent hath had the custodie of ever since, and hath<br />
entred the same in the Invoice booke of the said mr Spurstowe
Richard Mowsse [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 29th of August 1654. [CENTRE HEADING]
On the behalfe of Alderman Thomas Andrewes,}<br />
the Executors of Robert Moulton, Edward and John}<br />
Bushell and company owners of the shipp}<br />
the ''Successe'', William Peach late master}
'''Captaine John Wills''' of<br />
London Mariner, aged 50<br />
yeares or thereabouts, sworne<br />
before the right Worshipfull the Commissioners<br />
appointed in the Portugall busines<br />
and examined upon certaine Interrogatories<br />
ministred on the behalfe of the owners<br />
of the said shipp saith as followeth.
To the first and second Interrogatories hee saith and deposeth that hee well<br />
knew the shipp the ''Successe'' whereof William Pearchie was master<br />
and saith that Alderman Thomas Andrewes, Captaine Robert<br />
Moulton, Edward and John Bushell, and company English<br />
merchants were owners of the said shipp tackle and furniture and<br />
for such commonly accompted; And saith that in the yeare 1650<br />
(namely within the monthes of March, Aprill and May of that<br />
yeare) was in the port of Lisbone let to freight by Charter<br />
Partie to certaine Portugall Merchants of the companie<br />
of the Bulso for a voyage to be made to the Brazeele<br />
in service of the said Portugall merchants, who laded her with<br />
a cargo of goods and marchandizes for their owne account to the valew (in his estimation)<br />
of tenn thousand pounds sterling and upwards, but and saith that the amount<br />
of the freight of and for the said cargo out and home<br />
was 29 mil 500 Rés per tonne, every tonne containing 54 rooves, which<br />
hee knoweth being then present at Lisbone<br />
having seene the Charter partie for the said voyage<br />
And otherwise he cannot depose.
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