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case the sayd Edwards and Whitfeild recove … case the sayd Edwards and Whitfeild recover their whole wages<br />
And saith hee beleeveth none of the other wittnesses arlate are<br />
of Kinn or indebted to the sayd Edwards or Whitfeild And further<br />
hee cannot depose./
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true/<br />
Repeated with his three precontests before<br />
doctor Godolphin
the marke of the sayd<br />
Roger [MARKE] Worthley [MARKE, RH SIDE]
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The fourth of Aprill 1657.
On the behalfe of Lucas aforesaid}<br />
touching the ''Teneriff Merchant''}
'''Rp. 3.'''
'''Hugh Powell''' of Dukes Place London Merchant<br />
aged 49 yeares or thereabouts, sworne and<br />
exámined.
To the second Interrogatorie (upon which alone hee is by direction of<br />
the producent exámined) hee saith and deposeth that there were<br />
laden aboard the said shipp the ''Teneriff merchant'' at the time of<br />
her last being in this port of London a Butt and a hogshead and a<br />
trusse or small bale of Merchandizes, which mr Charles Rich the lader thereof<br />
said were worth three hundred pounds and stood him in soe much, and<br />
therefore praid this deponent going aboard, to speake to the master to<br />
have or care of the good stowage thereof, being as hee said drie<br />
commodities. And further that there were in this port the time<br />
aforesaid laden or embarked aboard her eight or nine servants and fifteene Tonnes of ffire stone for<br />
the accompt of the producents Robert Lucas, John Ladd, henry James<br />
and Charles Rich of this deponents sight. And saith that the said shipp<br />
going in her said last voyage her from this port to the Ile of Wight<br />
there were at the said Ile laden and embarqued in and onboard her<br />
for the accompt of the producents Robert Lucas, John Ladd, henry James<br />
and Charles Rich sixtie five horses or more, which were soe<br />
embarqued by the said John Ladd, and by the said henry James his order<br />
there were alsoe and there laden fowre hogsheads of sheeres, and<br />
tenn sheepe or thereabouts, of all which said servants foure parts of ffire stone, horses, sheeres<br />
and sheepe the said Robert Lucas, John Ladd, henry james<br />
and Charles Rich were owners and proprietors, namely the said servants<br />
ffire stone horses, sheeres and sheepe were laden in six parts, and mr Lucas, mr<br />
Ladd, mr Jammes and mr Rich aforesaid were every and each of them a<br />
proprietor of a sixth part thereof: All which hee knoweth being<br />
alsoe imployed on their behalfe in the said lading, and seeing the<br />
writeing and accounts made up touching each of the said proprietors,<br />
and that this deponent dispatched the said shipp from the Ile of Wight<br />
on or about the nineth day of January last past, bound for the<br />
Barbada's. And lastly saith that the foresaid butt, hogshead and<br />
trusse of goods were laden upon the particular account of the said mr Rich<br />
and appeared by the bills of lading for the same, which were taken in<br />
his owne name.
Hugh Powell [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]ne name.
Hugh Powell [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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