| Transcription
|
king of ffrance or king of Portugall) and … king of ffrance or king of Portugall) and that the said shipp and<br />
goods were by the said seizors forcibly conducted and carried to [XosX GUTTER]<br />
neere Morlaix in ffrance, and that the said seizors or Captaine and<br />
Companie of the said mann or warre have dispossessed the said<br />
Whitting and his Companie of the said shipp the ''hope'' and of her<br />
said Lading and have unladed the same out of the said shipp, as this<br />
deponent hath seene and observed by credible Letters of advise concerning the<br />
premisses sent from Morlaix aforesaid to the said Thomas hopkins<br />
and Mr John Issart Merchant two of the Owners of the said shipps<br />
said homewards Cargaison. And more saieth not to this Interrogatorie
To the sixth Interrogatorie hee saieth, That hee doeth not know nor can<br />
judge or conjecture the true value of the said 485 and 1/2. barrs of iron<br />
part of the said shipps homewards Lading, for that hee doeth not know<br />
how many quintalls, or to what just weight the same did or doeth amount<br />
unto, nor hath seene any bills of Lading invoyce or accompt concerning<br />
the same, but hee doeth verily beleeve and judge That each Tunn of<br />
the said iron, if the same had arrived in safety at this Port, would<br />
have yielded 16 ''li'': 10 ''s'' at the least, and that the said<br />
Lemmons would have yielded 16. 14. 12. or at the least 10: shillings<br />
sterling per hundred, and the said Oranges ten shillings or nyne<br />
shillings the hundred, they being as this deponent hath beene credibly<br />
informed speciall good fruit, and being at present and for a moneth<br />
past a very beneficiall commodity, and such as would have come to<br />
a very advantagious and proffitable markett at this City of London,<br />
as this deponent well knoweth by his relation to and experience in<br />
the trading for the Like Commodities, And more saieth not to this<br />
Interrogatorie.
Repeated in Court/
John Booth [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
*************************
The same day. [CENTRE HEADING]
'''Rp. 6.us'''/
'''Thomas Pegg''' of Saint Buttolph's Billingsgate London<br />
servant to the said Thomas hopkins one of the parties<br />
ministrant on this behalfe, aged 18. yeares or thereabouts<br />
a Wittnesse produced and sworne before the said Charles<br />
George Cock Esquire one of the Judges of the said<br />
high Court of Admiraltie, and examined upon the said<br />
Interrogatories saieth as followeth, to witt,
To the first Interrogatorie hee saieth, That hee knoweth not the shipp the<br />
''hope'' interrate, nor the Master thereof, but hath lately knowne<br />
one Mr William Ustick a Merchant, who is commonly accompted<br />
an Englishman borne and a Subject of this Commonwealth, and<br />
(Owner this Commonwealth, and<br />
(Owner +
|
