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The 10th of November 1657
Cowse against J … The 10th of November 1657
Cowse against Jones.}
Examined upon the foresaid allegation [?re ?parte XXX]
'''dt. Cowse'''
'''Rp. 3'''
'''Richard Symonds''' of London Marchant, aged 23<br />
yeeres or thereabouts sworne and exámined.
To the eighth árticle of the said állegation upon which alone hee is [at the]<br />
discretion of the producent exámined hee saith and deposeth that<br />
hee well knoweth Beniamin Say Marchant living at the Barbadas<br />
by meanes that this deponent longe resided there and was there<br />
familiarly acquainted with him, and well knoweth him to be<br />
correspondent in traffique of the producents Edmund and James<br />
Cowse, and well knoweth his handwriting having often seene<br />
him write, and saith that lately this deponent saw in the hand<br />
of the said Edmund a letter dated at the Barbadas the first of<br />
July last, subscribed , Beniamin Say directed to Edmund and James Cowse and wherein the said Say<br />
whose hand hee verily beleeveth the said letter to be) writeth that<br />
hee had sold severall of the said Cowses wines which came in the<br />
shipp the ''ffortune'' for two thousand six hundred pounds<br />
of sugar, and two of the said pipes for two thousand six hundred pounds of<br />
sugar, and did proceede in selling the rest after the rate<br />
of two thousand six hundred pounds of sugar per pipes, And<br />
otherwise referring himselfe to the ordinary rules of calculation<br />
touching the ámount of the sugars at 3d per pound hee cannot depose.
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee cometh required by Edmund Cowse aforesaid<br />
to testifie the truth in this cause, wherein hee hath noe interest at all<br />
and saith hee hath used to goe to sea theise xi yeares but never<br />
had any command of any shipps, and otherwise negatively.
To the second hee saith hee was not any of the said shipps company<br />
and otherwise negatively.
To the 3 hee hath not soe deposed.
To the 4 and 5th they concerneth him not.
To the rest hee hath not soe deposed.
Richard Symonds [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The same day. [CENTRE HEADING]
Exámined upon the fore said allegation.
'''Rp. .4.'''
'''Jacob Gregory''' of the parish of Saint Michael Cornehill<br />
London Salter, aged 45 yeares or thereabouts sworne and<br />
exámined.
To the eighth article of the foresaid allegation hee saith and deposeth<br />
that hee hath received lettres from his correspondent and sonne William Gregory<br />
living at the Barbada's, wherein hee the said William writes that [?Mr]<br />
Cowse (writing of and meaning the producent) his wines<br />
which came thither in the ffortune, were sold some of them for 24[00 ''li'']<br />
of sugar per pipe and some at 2600 ''li'' of sugar per pipe, and<br />
[XXXX] hee resolved to sell all the rest at 2600 ''li'' per pipe as the lowest<br />
rate or to that effect, and writeth further that the quantitie [?thereof]<br />
which the said shipp XX at the Canaries<br />
for the said Cowses account was 73 pipes, and this letter hee<br />
[was]pes, and this letter hee<br />
[was] +
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