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MRP: HCA 13/73 Part Two

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SimonLiebesny:

'''HCA 13/73 Part Two'''

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06/06/12, CSG: Created page (after splitting HCA 12/73 into Part One & Part Two)
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See [[MRP: HCA 13/73 Part One|HCA 13/73 Part One]]

See [[MRP: Admiralty court cases|Admiralty court cases]]

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See [[MRP: Shipping terminology|Shipping terminology]]
See [[MRP: Style Sheet One|Style Sheet One]]
See [[MRP: Synthesis|Synthesis]]
See [[MRP: Transcription|Transcription]]

See [[MRP: HCA 13/76 Analysis|HCA 13/76 Analysis]]
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===Case: Rowland Hill John Hill and Company own:rs of the Oporto Merchant vs. Sir James Drax et al: Deposition: 1. Thomas Chevers, of Limehouse, Stepney, Mariner, Master of the Oporto Merchant, aged 28: Date: March 9th 1658===

//The 9:th day of March 1658

Rowland Hill John Hill and Company own:rs of)
the ''Oporto Merchant''. Thomas Chevers M:r)
ag:t S:r James Drax Knight Richard ?Huggins Tho:)
?Kendall, James ?Wyck and Robert Welding)
Merchants in particular and all others in)
Generall that have or p:rtend to have any
rights, Titles, or interest in y:e goods wares and
Merchandizes lately brought in y:e sayd ship)
to this port from y:e Barbadoes in a Cause
of Damage and average. Suckley.

Rp

1. THOMAS CHEVERS
of Limehouse in the
parish of Stepney
Mariner, M:r of the
ship the ''Oporto Merchant''
aged 28 yeeres or thereabouts
sworne and Examined.

To the first arle of the said Allon hee saith that hee hath well
knowne y:e arlate y:e ship the ''Opoto Merchant'' whereof this depo:t
is nowe M:r for about Twelve monethes last, and well
knoweth that y:e arlate Rowland Hill John Hill, and XX
Hopegood and Company for all y:e ?same time
were the true and lawfull owners and proprieto:rs of the
said ship and of her tackle Apparell, and furniture,
and for such being XX accounted and reputed: And further
hee cannot depose.

To the second hee saith the said ship the ''Oporto Merchant'' in
her course from Barbadoes to this port of London
?Laden with Sugars Cotton and Indico and other Comodityes
for the account of y:e arlate S:r James Drax Richard XXXXX
Thomas Kendall James Wyck Robt ?Weeking & others did meete
with neere the fflowers and Calves, on or about the
twentieth day of January last a greate and violente storme
w:ch did soe continue for about sixteene houres, the
winde being then at West, And y:e said ship running
before the sea, under ?her foresaile, the said ships ?stern
gave way, and this depo:t and Company were forced
to ?haul the said foresaile of the said ship, and lye under
a ?mizen, And saith that y:e seas being very high brake
the said ships Tiller, w:ch did much endanger y:e ?keeper the
said ships Rudder, and ?Sterne part; And at the XXXX
part (OR, port) hee saith the said ship, shipped under water w:ch came
into y:e hold of y:e sd ship, And y:e weather being very
Tempestuous, and y:e violent winde continueing, y:e said
ships ?Missen saile was blowne away, and lost, and by
Meanes of looseing y:e Misen, y:e said ship lay broad XXX
to the sea, and by reason thereof shipped a very violent sea
w:ch washed overboard And ?Sheats Anchor, and the long boate
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//and skiffe: y:t were fastned to y:e sd ships Deck were XXXX
to Leeward, and with the goeing oberboard of the said XXX
w:ch hunge to the said ship by y:e Rope to w.ch it was fast was XXX
and by y:e said ships Rowlings it bilged a hole in y:e XXXX
of the said ship, through w:ch hole; and other places in y:e sd ships side w:ch were XX by violence of the XXXX
Insoemuch that there was in a short time foure foote
and a halfe of water in her hold, w:ch caused y:e said XXX
to lye dead in y:e sea; And saith that the said ships lading XXX
and Company onboard. by reason long XXXXXX of the said ?Extreme
Stormy and windy weather, were all in greate danger
of Sinking and perishing in the sea. And further ?deposeth
that this depo:t and Company on board y:e said ship did
upon good advice Consideraccon, and Consultaccon, for y:e
prservaccon of the said ship and Lading, and their owne
Lives. Cut downe y:e maine mast. by the board. and cut
away. y:e Ropes and Tackling thereto belonging,
and did stave and cast over board most
of their caskes with fresh waterm And were for y:e preservaccon of their shipp XXXX XXXto cut their foresaid XXX Anchor, and main XXX
and tackling thereto belonging, and all and singular
the Tackle Apparrell funiture and things belonging
to the said ship y:e ''Oporto Merchant'' . mentionedd and
set downe in the Schedule annexed to y:e said Allon
(now seene and read over by this depo:t) and y:e said Tackle
and things therein set downe. were at the tome of
their said Cutting and Casting away and loosing
well worth the severall summes set downe in y:e said schedule
for y:e same, amounting in y:e whole to the summe of One hundred
fourty two pounds two shillings sterling. And saith. that by
the violence of y:e said Storme y:e said mizen saile was blown
away and Lost w:ch was then worth four pounds, and y:e stern
poast Rudder and sterne of the said Shipp. were by y:e same
meanes much damnifyed to the vallue of about twenty
pounds: The premisses hee Deposeth being M:r of the said
Ship, and on board her y:e foresaid time, and an Eye witness
of the same And further hee cannot depose.

To the 4:th and 5:th (sic) hee saith that during all the time the
said Storme Continued, and after wards, this depo:t and
All his Company did Constantly keepe both the
pumpes goeing, and y:e water increasing they were CCCC
to bring y;e said Ships starboard side to the sea, and then XXX
said Ship being XXred, or turned, her spritsaile was XXX
away, by y:e violence of the said Storme, and in y:e morning of
the 21:th day of January last, y:e Said Storme abated And
Depo:t//
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//Depo:t and Company did with much Carepaines & Dilligence
stop the said hole made by the said ?sheat Anchor, and, freed
her of the water, w:ch shee had received in at the the said Hold
and at other places. as aforesaid. and saith that when the
said ship departed from y:e Barbadoes, and untill y:e said
storme came and happened the said ship was strong
strong and Tight, and was well fitted with all manner
of necessaryes and materialls for y:e said voyage, and was
not over laden, but was able to beare the lLading w:ch was
then on board her. and saith her ?sheath Anchor was well
and sufficiently fastened to the side of the said ship; untill
the same was washed from y:e same by the said storme,
And saith that what dammage did happen to y:e said ship
and Lading y:e said time, happened meerely by y:e said
tormy and windy weather, and not by any insufficiency
in y:e said ship, or any fault of or in this depo:t, or any of his
Company. The premises hee Deposeth for the reasons
aforesaid: And further cannot Depose.

To the 6:th hee referreth himselfe to the Registry of this Court

To the last hee saith his foregoeing depon is true.

THO CHEVERS [His signature]

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===Case: Rowland Hill John Hill and Company own:rs of the Oporto Merchant vs. Sir James Drax et al: Examination: 2. Richard James, of Limehouse, Boatswaine of the Oporto Merchant, aged 3?8: Date: March 10th 1658===

The Tenth day of March 1658

Examined on the said Allon

Rp

2:nd RICHARD JAMES of Limehouse. Boatswaine
of the ship the ''Oporto Merchant'' aged 3?8 yeeres or
thereabouts sworne and Examined:

To the first Arle of the said Allon hee saith and deposeth that
hee verily beleeveth that the arlate M:r Rowland Hill and Company
fo:r theis twelve monethes last, have bin, and at p:rsent are
the true & awfull own:rs of the arlate ship y:e ''Oporto
Merchant'' (whereof Thomas Cheevers is M:r) and of her tackle &
furniture & things belonging unto her, and soe they are Comonly
accounted. The premises hee deposeth for that hee hath bin
boatswaine of the said ship y:e ''Oporto Merchant'' for about thirteene
monethes last, And otherwise cannot depose:

To the second hee saith that y:e said ship y:e ''Oporto Merchant''
Coming from y:e Barbadoes Laden with Sugars, Cotton & some Indico
for y:e account of S:r James Drax. M:r Wood?ward severall other M:rchants
Bound for this Port of London; in her Course ?hether was neere y:e XXXXXXX
on or about the twentieth day of January, last, there happened and
rose a very great & violent storme; w:ch Continued very violent for
about Eight or Tenn houres, the winde being then at West, and
saith that for y:e p:rservaccon of the said ship, Lading and men on board
her, her Company ranne her before y:e sea, under her ?foreCourse
halfe mast high; and which they ranne her soe, her Sterne (OR, Stemme) gave way//
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//XXXX, And XXXXXX y:e ?Master and Company of the said
ship were foreced to ?hand their foreCourse; or foresaile, and
lye under a mizen. and whXXXX shee soe lay. y:e said shipps
Tiller was broken by y.e violence of the said Storme, and did
much endanger y:e looseing of the Rudder and sterne ?poast
of the said ship, and saith that at y:e XXXX port wher
her Tiller was broken the said ship receaved much water
in her hold, And y:e said very Violent Storme; not abating
y.e said ships missen sail, was by the Violence there of XX
splitt & Torne; and blowne away, and after it was blowne
away, the said ship was by
the force and Violence of the said Storme, forced to lye
broad off, to the sea, and by that meanes, shipped a greate
sea, which washed her boate and skiffe. to Leeward
and washed her sheat Anchor over board, and it, hanging
to y:e Rope to which it was fastened, and y:e said ship Roling
two and againe y:e said Anchor bilged a hole in y:e side of the
said ship just by her Lough, through w:ch. And other places
and ?Crozes: there came such Water in hold; soe that
her hold, had & receaved in a short space some four and XXXX
halfe water, w:ch caused y:e said ship to lye in y:e Sea,
without motion; And saith that by reason of trhe Violence
and duraccon of the said Storme; both the said ship Lading
and all the Company on board her were in great
danger of persihing in y:e Sea. This hee deposeth for that
hee was Boatswaine of and on board the said ship at
y:e time when y:e sayd Storme happened, and further hee
doth not depose.

To the 3:d hee saith that fore said Thomas Cheevers, and Company
off and on board the said shipp; in y:e said Storme did XX
upon a seious Consideraccon, for y:e safeguard of the said
ship and Lading, and their owne Lives Cut the said ships
Mainmast by the board, and Cut away the saile and
Rigging, and Tackling thereto belonging, and Cut away
her Sheat Anchor, and staved most of the Caskes of water
y:t were aboard her, and therby did much Lighten the said
Shipp: And having now seene & read y:e Schedule Exhibited hee
saith that all and singular y:e Masts, sailes, tackle and
funiture & Materialls. therein set downe & Expressed
to the said Ship, were and are Uteerly lost by meanes of the said Storme and they were XX
, the time of their said Cutting away, and loosing well worth
the severall and respective summes of money, set downe in the
said schedule for y:e same, in y:e whole amounting to y:e summe
of One hundred fourty two pounds two shilllings sterl. XXX
that, besides y:e foresaid Damages, there was alsoe (by meanes
of the violence of the said Storme,) much hurt and damage//
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//done to the said ships Rudder Sternepost and XXXXXXX; the
repaire whereof will oast the said ?Owner:es about twenty pounds
sterlins, besides hee saith that y:e ?Masson saile of y:e sd ship,
was worth about XXXX at y:e time of y;e blowing away of the same; The
premisses hee deposeth for y:e Reasons aforesaid, and for that
hee was one that helped to comprize y:e ssaid Materialle
set downe in y:e said schedule; and further hee deposeth not:

To the 4:th hee saith that for and during y:e Continuance of the
said Storme,; her Company did (when they
could stand upon the Deck) XX XXX her pumpes, and keepe
them goeing XXX Storme Continunuaeing the Company
of the said ship were forced to bring the said Ships Starboard
Syde to the Sea and the shipp being turned her Spritsaile
was blowne away, and y:e next morning about day light
the said Storme Abating the M:r and Company of the said ship
by their Great Labo:r, Care, & Dilligence, did Stop the said
ships Leake, by her Lough, and freed her of the water w:ch
shee had in her, This hee deposeth for that hee assisted
therein, And further hee cannot depose.

To the 5:th hee saith that the said Ship, at such time as shee
came from y:e Barbadoes y:e sd voyage, and untill the said
Storme and Tempest happened was a strongXXXX & Tight
Vesselle, and had very good ?decke and very well fitted with all manner of materialle
fit for such A ship, and Voyage, And was not ober Laden
the said voyage, And saith that the said sheat Anchor w:ch
was as aforesaid washed from y:e said ships side; was before
it was washed off very well and sufficiently made fast to
the said ships Sude; the stock being lashed to the Timber before
and the ff?looks Checked out, and firmely muffled and
made fast w:th the shanke painter, And saith that all such
dammage w:ch happened to y:e said ship; and that which is
happened to her Lading or any part thereof, came not nor
was occasioned by any insufficiency in y:e said ship, or any
fault, or negligence; of or in her M:r and Company, on board
her. But neerely by y:e said violent weather yeilding a reason of his knowledge as before And otherwys (sic)
Cannot depose./

To the 6:th hee referreth himselfe to the Registrey of this Court.

To the last hee saith his foregoeing ?Repon is true./:

RICHARD JAMES [His signature]//

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===Case: Rowland Hill John Hill and Company own:rs of the Oporto Merchant vs. Sir James Drax et al:: Examination: 3. Phillip Harvey, of Limehouse, Mariner, Carpenter of the Oporto Merchant, aged 40: Date: March 11th, 1658===

//The 11:th day of March 1658

Examined upon y:e sayd Allon.

Rp

3:?ne PHILLIP HARVEY of Limehouse Mariner, Carpenter
of the ship y:e ''Oporto Merchant'', aged 40 yeeres or
thereabouts sworne and Examined:/
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//To the first arle of the said Allon hee saith hee hath knowne
y:e arlate Ship the ''Oporto Merchant'' for about two yeeres
Last, and saith y:e arlate M:r Hill, hath bin for all the said
time Comonly accounted a pt owne:r of the said Ship
and of her tackle and furniture, and further hee cannot
depose/:

To the second hee saith that the sayed Ship y:e ''Oporto Merchant''
being laden at the Barbadoes, with Sugars & Cottons &
some other merchandizes for the account of several merchants
Departed from thence bound for this Port of London and
in her Course hetherward (sic), neere y:e Islands fflowers
and Calves, being two of the Westerene Islands on XX
or about the 20:th day of January last, shee met with
a great , and violent Storme; w:ch Continued about
sixteene houres very violent, the Winde being then
at West, and y:e sd. shipp tunning before y:e Sea, for
her better preservaccon) under aforesaile, her sterne gave
way, And thereupon, her Company were forced to
hang their foresaile, and lye under a mizen, and
y:e said Ships Tiller by Violence of the said Storme
was broken, w:ch did much endanger her Rudder and
sterne post, and by meanes of y:e breaking of her Tiller
y:e said Ship, shee receaved much water in at her ?behind port ?w:ch
came into y:e said Ships hold, and y:e said Ships mizen XXX
by y:e violence & force of the said Storme was Torne in
peeces. and y:e greatest part of it blowne away, and y:e
said Ship lying broad off to y:e sea, shipped a great
Sea, w:ch washed over board her sheath Anchor, w:ch
was fastned by y:e said Ships side and washed her Boate
and Skiffe, to Leewards, and y:e said Anchor, hanging
by a Rope where with it was fastned to the said Ships
side, and y:e said Ship, Turning or rowling too and
fro, y:e said Anchor bilged a hole, neere y:e Lough of ?the
Said Ship, and made a Leake in her, through w:ch ?there
went some water, and their being as aforesaid much
water receaved ar rge XXXX Port of the said Ship, y:e said
Ship had about foure foote water in her hold, w:ch
caused y:e said Ship to lye dead in y:e Sea. And saith that
by the Violence and Duraccon of the said Storme & y:e pXXX
aforesaid, the said Ship and her Lading and Company
on board her were in Great Danger of Sinking and
Perishing in y:e Sea The prmisses hee deposeth being on board
y:e said Ship y:e said time, and Carpenter of her. And
Otherwise cannot depose.///
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//To the 3:d arle & Schedule therein menconed hee saith that y:e M:r and Company of
and on board y:e said Ship, did upon Good Consideraccon
for y:e Safeguard of the said Shipp and Lading, and of
their owne Lives. Cut downe y:e said Ships Maine
Mast by y:e board and Cut away all the Tackling
thereto belonging, and did Stave & Cast over board most
of the Caske (OR, casks) of ffresh water, y:t y:e said Sjip might bee
Lightened. And saith that y:e said Mainemast, sheat
Anchor. and all and Singular y:e tackle Appell and
furniture of or belonging to the said Ship the ''Oporto Merch:''
severally mentioned & set downe in y:e Schedule, were
Cast into, (and lost) in y:e sea, for y:e preservaccon of the said
Ship, and at the time of such their loosing were well
worth the severall summes mentioned, and set downe in
y:, (now read over unto him). amounting in
y:e whole to One hundred, fourty two pounds two shillings
And beside y:e sd goods & materialls hee saith y:e Missen saile Blowne
away as aforesaid, was worth about foure pounds XXXXX
And much damage done to the said Ships Rudder
sterne post, a nd sterne, the repaires whereof will Cost the
said Owne:s about twenty pounds as he beleeveth The
Premisses hee deposeth being Carpenter of the said Ship
as aforesaid. And further cannot Depose./:

To the 4:th and 5:th hee saith that During the Continuance
of the said Storme . y:e M:r and Company of the said Ship
did Constantly ply both the Pumpes of the said ship and
kept them Goeing
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//XXXXXing in the sea. The premisses hee deposeth being
on board & Gunner of the said ship when the said Disaster
happened, And further hee Cannot: Depose:/:

To the 3:d hee saith that Thomas Chever M:r of the said ship.
and y:e marine:rs on board her. did upon a ?serious Consideracon
for y:e safeguard of y:e sd ship and Lading, & men on board
her Cut Fowne the Ships mainemast by the board; and
Cut away the Tackling thereto belonging and staved
most of her Casks w:ch did much lighten the said Ship
and having now seene & read over the schedule arlate
hee saith that all and Singular the masts sailes, &
Materialls therein mentioned were belonging to y:e
said Ship, and Cast over board & lost, for y:e p:rservaccon of her
& her Lading, & men in her, & saith they were of his
knowledge worth the severall summes therein
particularly mentioned & set downe, at the time of their
said loosing, amounting in the whole to the summe of
One hundred ffourty two pounds two shillings ?shere
And further saith that y:e mizen saile (w:ch is not set Downe in
y:e sd Schedule) was worth at the time of the sd blowing away
about foure pounds, And saith that ?there ?this great Damage done
to the Rudder Sterne post & Sterne of the said ship
but cannot estimate the same - And further cannot depose

To the 4:th hee saith that During all the time that the
said Storme Continued the M:r and Company of the
said Ship did ply their Pumpes. with Great Care ?about
& paines, And Saith that, y:e water Increasing in her hold they were
Constrained to bring the said Ships Starboard side to y:e Sea
and y:e said Ship being then ?wared her Spritsaile was
blowne away and lost, and the said storme y:e
next morning abating y:e M:r & marine:rs through their great
Labour & Paines Cleared her hold: and stoped her Leakes
w:ch hee Deposeth helping & assisting in the p:rmisses
And further hee cannot depose:/:

To the .5:th hee saith that y:e said ship was at her departure from
the Barbadoes, y:e said voyage; and untill the said Storme
happened, a strong tight and stXXXX Vessell, and had
Good Decks and was well rigged & fitted with all
XXXXs of materiall for such a voyage & Imploym:t
and saith she was not over laden the said voyage, And
further deposeth that the foresd Sheat Anchor, was well
& Sufficiently fastned to the said Ships Side, ?al Anchors
use to be for ought hee knoweth ?to the Contrary: And what damage is happened to y:e sd Ship & lading
Came & happened meerely by the sd Storme & Timpestious (sic) XXXX
& not through Insufficiency of y:e sd Ship. or Carlessnes of or in her Company
or any of them. This hee deposeth for y:e reasons aforesad & further cannot depose

To the 6:th hee referreth himselfe to the Registry of this Court:/:

To the last hee saith his foregoeing depon is true:/

JOHN XXXXXXXX [His signature]//
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===Case: Nuthall ag:t Potts: Examination: 3. John Carter, of Limehouse, parish of Stepney, Blockmaker, aged 61: Date: March 21:th 1658===

The 21:th day of March 1650:.

Examined on y.e said Allon:.

Nuthall ag:t Potte.)
aforesayd:)

Rp.

3:xx JOHN CARTER of Limehouse in parish of
Stepney Blockmaker aged 61 yeeres or thereabouts
Sworne and Examined./.

To the first arle of the said Allon hee saith that for and during
all the time arkate, the arlate Henry Potts was M:r and Commander
of the arlate Ship the ?''Gilly flower'', now called (as hee remembreth
y:e ''Hopefull'' , and for such was Comonly accounted; And
further cannot depose

To the second and third hee saith that in the moneth of November
1656: y:e said Ship y:e ?''Gilly flower'', was bound on a voyage
to be made directly from this port of London to Newcastle
and to returne from thence directly to this port againe where
shee was to end her said voayage, And further saith that
in the said moneth of November 1656, the said Ship did
want and stand in need of severall provisions tackle
furniture, Materialls and Stock: to Pceede and goe the said
Voyage, The premisses hee Deposeth for that y:e said rime s hee well
Knowe the said ship y:e ?''Gilliflower'', and went then
on board her, and Alsoe for the reasons following And further
cannot depose:/:

To the 4:th and fifth hee saith that hee verily beleeveth that in or
about the moneth of November 1656: the arlate ?James
Nuthall did send unto the foresaid Henry Potts
, for buying of provisions & to provide a Stock for y:e said Ship
to goe the foresaid Voyage; and saith that the said Potts hath
acknowledged soe much to this depo:t And saith further ?that
the said Potts hath told this depo:t that the said Nuthall lent
the foresaid money upon Bottomry: and further ?cannot
depose it being soe long since./.

To the 6:th hee saith that in or, about y:e said moneth of November
y:e said ship went from hence on y:e said voyage for Newcastle
and arrived (from thence ) here in safety And further he
canot depose.:/:

To the 7:th hee saith that on or about the two and twenty
day of November 1656: the foresayd henry Potts and
this depo:t (who is the arlate John Carter,) did enter into & XXXXX BXXXX
unto the foresaid James Nuthall, in the summe of Three
Thousand pounds of Lawfull money of England for the pXXXX
of a certaine writing, and having now seene and prsed y:e
Bond Exhibited anexed to the said Allon hee saith the same
was and is the said Bond, and was and is signed with
the handwritings of the said Potts, and this Depo:t and XXX
by them, and by them Delivered for and as their act and
And further hee saith hee cannot depose./

Repeated before D:r Godolphin:

JOHN CARTER [His signature]//
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===Case: The ffrancis and John: Examination: Edward Hannings, of Stepney, Mariner, aged 25: Date: March 21:th 1658===

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===Case: XXXX: 2. Grace Hogsflesh, of Stepney, Widowe, aged 39: Date: Aprill 12:th 1659===

To the first shee saith shee well knowe the arlate Thomas Midleton
in his Life time, and saith he hath told this Depo:t that hee
was for all y:e time arlate M:r and Comand:r of the arlate ship
the ''Elizabeth and Mary'', and further shee saith shee cannot depose:/:

To the second and third arles of the said Allon she saith that
about two yeeres since (the time otherwise shee doth not now remember)
the producent Anne Craford desired this depo:t to goe along with her
to the signe of the Red Lyon at the Old Swan in Thames Streete
there to Meete with the said Thomas Middleton, & to aske of him
the wayges w:ch was due to the arlate Andrew Hill, And this
depo:t at her request did goe with her to the said place; where this depo:t
and y:e said M:r Craford found y:e said Thomas Middleton
And this depo:t then and there asked y:e said Middlton whether
hee had not one Andrew Hill Cooke of his ship, to w:ch the said
Middleton Answered Yes; and this depo:t asking him howe
long y:e sd Hill served in his ship; and at what what hee was
shipped. at. The said Middleton replyed that hee served in his
ship about foure yeere, and two Monethes: and was shipped
at Thirty shillings p moneth, And then this depo:t asked him
if hee had paid him any of his wages: To w:ch hee replied
Noe, I Doe not use to pay men abroad. And the said M:rs Craford
being then p:rsent in the same roome; this depo:t told the
said Thomas Middleton that this woman (pointing to and
meaning y:e said M:rs Crafford,) was Come to demand his wages
And y:e said Middleton replyed in an angry manner, that hee would
not give her any account of it, because shee had arrested
him; and dis?charged him; for hee had a house to Comand and a Ship
to Comand, and tenne thousand pound to Comand, and was able
enough to pay her, but nowe hee would not, for shee should
have Lawe enough for her money: or to the very same effect,

To the 4:th shee referreth herselfe to the Registry of the Court for probate
of Wills and Granting of Ad?conns:/.

To the 5:th shee referreth herselfe to the Registry of this Court: And
further deposeth not./.

To the 6:th shee sauth her foregoeing depon is true./:

To the Interries

To the first shee saith that M:rs Craford y:e producent required
this depo:t to come and testify the truth of her Knowledge in the busnies
and saith shee did never belong to y:e said Ship; And saith that this depo:t liveth
at the next house; to the house whereof y:e said M:rs Craford Liveth , and
hath lived there about four yeeres, & the said Craford hath lived there
in her said house a longer time, and this depo:t being y:e time aforesyd
the sd M:rs Craford neighbo:r shee was by y:e sd M:rs Craford Caried
to the foresd place, to the foresd purpose; And saith she hath not Received//
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//neither bin Promised anything for her Testimony herein nor
doth shee as shee saith expect to receave any thing for y:e same, And saith shee
is worth about two hundred pounds. in her Cleare Estate, and
to the rest negatively:/:

To the 2:d shee hath heard y:t y;e said M:rs Craford recovered of y:e
said Thomas Middleton for the said Hills Cloathes and
goods, and some small moneyes w:ch y:e said Hill had on board
the said Ship at y:e time of his Death, about six and twenty
pounds, and to the rest shee answereth negatively for her
pt, saving as aforesaid:/:/

To the 3:d she saith she favoureth both the partyes Litigant alike
and if it were in her Power, shee would (as she saith) give the
Victory to hat party , w:ch had most right to the same; /:

Repeated before D:r Godolphin:/:

The marke of the ?said
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===Case: Wood ag:t Grove: Examination: 5. Thomas Yeomans of Wapping, Mariner, late Masters Mate of the Peace, aged 23: Date: March 11th 1658 English Style===
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THOMAS YEOMANS [His signature]

To the Interries

To the first Interrie (it being done as is required) hee saith
hee was warned to, come and Testifye the truth in this
cause by M:r Bray servant to M:r Browne and saith hee was
Mate and Purser of the said ship y:e ''Pearce'' the yoyage in
question; and hath received twelve monethes pay in full
for his service in the said ship: y:e sd Voyage: and hath not receabed
any thing for his Testimony in this Cause: but execteth
that hee shall be satisfyed for his losse of time; according
as if hee had bin at worke; and not otherwise: and favoureth
both the partyes Litigant a like, and would (if it were in his
Power) give the victory according to right and equity: and
otherwise Negatovely:/:

To the Second hee saith that hee hath heard the foresaid Luke
Woods in the Voyage in question say that the said Ship was
bound from Newfoundland, to the Leeward Islands as well as
to the Barbadoes. And saith that y:e said ship in her outward
voyage lay about thirteene dayes windbound at ffalmouth
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To the 7:th hee saith that for ought hee knoweth to the
Contrary the said Thomas Grove did from Newfound
-Land the said Voyage use his Endevo:r to saile to and
arrive at the Barbadoes; according to the said Woods order,
And saith that the said Ship in her passing from Newfound:d
towards the Barbadoes did meet with many Hurricanoes
Gal?wes , and Contrary winds, And saith that about three
dayes before the said ship arrived at Sta Lasia. aforesyd
the said Grove Asked this depo:t (who was one of his Mates
how farr they were to windward of the Barbadoes. by his
Account, to w:ch hee answered, that by his account they were
about 130 Leagues to the windward of the Barbadoes
and y:e said Grove alsoe asked y:e Interrate Roger Grove and
y:e Interrate William Tizard to the effect aforesaid, and
y:e sd Grove made answer that hee was by his account
about 140 Leages to windward of the Barbadoes: and y:e said
Tizard said y:t by his account hee was about 100 Leagues to
Windward of the Barbadoes or to that effect, and y:e said
Thomas Grove y:e M:r of the said Ship said y:t by his account heee was above 100 Leagued to Windward of the Barbadoes:
And further saith that y:e said William Tizard (who was shipped
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cannot write his name ans was not Capable of his said
Office or place; and had noe Instrum:ts on board y:e said
ship to doe and performe his said place, but a fewe ?Staffs
and saith that hee beleeveth the reason of the said Ships
missing the Barbadoes y:e said Voyage was occasioned
and came by the said Hurricanes; and XXXXX, and
Contrary winds, And further cannot answer:/

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//on board y:e fflemings. in regard of the Difference betwixt
England and Spaine, And further that Captaine
Thorne Interr. stayed at Mevis and S:t Christopher: about
five monethes, but about what, occasion hee knoweth not, And saith
that it is a Common thing used aming the Plante:rs and
Inhabitants in the said Islands to promise to lade goods
on board ships to be Transported to severall ports, and
yet to break their promise. and lade none; And saith
that hee beleeveth y:t y:e occasion of the ''Peace'' her comming
home dead freighted, was by meanes of the said
Hurricanoes. and y:e fflemings being there as aforesaid:/:
and further cannot answer.

To the 11:th. hee cannot Answer saving his forefoeing depon
ands aving that the said Grove did use all meanes to
dispatche the said ship from y:e severall ports and places shee was at
the said Voyage according to the order of the said Woods
and hee beleeveth that if the said Woods had come away
sooner from y:e said Island w:ch hee saith hee might have
done) it would have saved much money; w:ch was spent
in y:e time of the said ships lying there, and alsoe have
benefitted y:e said Voyage./:

To the 12:th hee cannot Answer:/:

Tio the 13.:th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing depon and
further hee saith hee Cannot . Answer:/:-

To the 14:th. hee saith that the Victualls and
provisions. spent the said Voyage: p moneth did amount unto (as the said Luke Wood hath told this Depo:t) about
25:li or 30:li: and further cannot answer saving as aforesd

To the 15:th. hee referreth himselfe to his forefoeing depon
and further cannot Answer:/:

To the 16:th: hee saith that at, and betweene ffalmouth and
Plymouth the said Wood did Cleare foure men off of the ship; And saith that there was want of Provisions onboard y:e said Shipp
from ffalmouth up to London y:e homwwards voyage, and
Otherwise Answereth not:/:

To the 17:th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing depon, and
further doth not answer, saving hee saith the said Luke
Wood did all the said Voyage , give the said Grove as bad
words as the said Grove gave or spake to or against the
said Wood, and y:e said Wood oftentimes in this depo:ts
hearing did call the said Grove Yong Rogue; and other
reproachfull names and y:e said Wood told this depo:t that
if it had not nin for him the said Wood y:e said Grove
had never come in to y:e said Ship as M:r or to that effect, w:ch
said Woods did disparidge the said Grove, and was as
he saith a great meanes to make his Company or some of them slight
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//To the :18:th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing depon
where hee hath satisfied y:e same soe farr as hee can:

To the .19:th hee saith that for about three yeeres last hee
hath sailed in y:e said ship ''Peace'' with the said
Thomas Grove, and thereby Knoweth. that hee is an
able skillfull, and Experienced Seaman, & soe Comonly accounted and hath
as hee hath heard used y:e Sea for a long time, and
further cannot answer, referring himselfe to his foregoeing depon./.

To the 20:th hee saith that the said Grove did set forward
his mariners, and encourage them to doe their dutyes
the said Voyage; and upon carles Neglects of the
same, the said Grove did XXX some
of his said Mariners, giving them moderate?Correccon
with a Ropes End or the XXte, And to the rest Negatively
saving that one Richard Blagne or Blake who
was Boatswaine of the said ship the said Voyage
did at Plymouth Receive of M:r Wood five pounds
in money. Besides his twelve monethes pay w:ch hee receaved here in London) but upon what account XX
hee soe received the same hee knoweth not :/:

To the .21:th and 22_th Interrie hee answereth. negatively
for his pt:./:

THOMAS YEOMANS [His signature]

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===Case: Wood ag:t Grove: Examination: 6 Lawrence Broadbolt, of Nevis, in the West Indies, Merchant, borne at Knasburrough, Yorkshire, aged 44: Date: Aprill 23rd, 1659===

//The 23:th of April 1659./

Wood ag:t Grove

Examined on the Libell./

XX 6 LAWRENCE BROADBOLT of Nevis in the West Indies
Merchant borne at Knasburrough in Yorkshire
aged 44 yeares of thereabouts a witness sworne
& examined saith and deposeth as followeth viz:t

To the 22:th arle of the sayd Libell hee saith that by reason hee
this deponent is an Inhabitant of the Island of Nevis arlate
& was there at the tyme the shipp ''Peace'' arlate came thither inthe
yeare 1657 and untill after her departure thence which was in the yeare
1658 hee knoweth that the sayd shipp did lye at Nevis in disposing
of her ffish & other Commodities divers moneths in the yeare 1657
and for some tyme (but how long hee remembreth
not) in the yeare 1658 and saith that while the sayd shipp ''Peace'' ?soe
lay at Nevis a Katy laden with ffish & other provisions & of wich
the arlate John Hollway was Merchant came alsoe to Nevis
and this deponent hath credibly heard from severall Inhabitants
of Nevis that the arlate Thomas Grove hath in company of the
sayd Hollway at Nevis sayd that hee would take ?such XXXX that
the old Roague (speaking of Luke Woods should sell noe ffish XXX
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//for (as hee hath heard) hee the sayd Grove sayd one pound of the sayd Hollwayes ffish
was worth sixe of the sayd Woods ffish, and told the sayd Hollway
that hee the sayd Grove had sold his owne ffish & would helpe him the
sayd Hollway to sell his And hee this deponent saith that hee well
remembreth that the sayd Thomas Grove was while hee stayed at Nevis question
ned by the sayd Luke Woods in the Court of Nevis (this deponent then
sitting there as a member thereof,) touching his refractory and
disobedient & uncivill carriage towards the sayd Woods his supracargo
tending to the p:riudice of the voyage And hee well remembreth that
the sayd Thomas Grove Master of the ''Peace'' did openly in the Court
before this deponent & divers others who satt as Judges thereof, speake
in ?disgrace of the ffish that the sayd Woods had bought & brought
to Nevis & sayd that the ffish that hee the sayd
Woods had bought & brought thither was Refuse ffish And further
to this arle hee cannot depose/

To the 24:th arle hee saith hee cannot depose anot being
of the Company of the shipp ''Pearce'' the voyage in
question ./

To the 29:th & 32:th arles of the sayd allegation hee saith that by the
Common report among the Inhabitants at Nevis the sayd
Thomas Grove the Master of the ''Peace'' did carry him selfe
very uncivilly to the sayd Luke Woods his supracargoe and
by such his carriage was a meanes that people there refused to
freight goods upon the sayd shipp And hee saith that hee this deponent
if hee had not heard of the sayd Groves evell carriage and
the discontent that was betweene the sayd Grove & Woods had a
resolution to have shipped goods aboard her at Nevis and alsoe
to have come in her thence a passenger for England And further
to ?thise arles hee cannot depose/

To the 35:th arle hee saith as aforesayd that hee being one of the
Judges of the Court at Nevis knoweth that while the sayd grove
was there hee was by the sayd Woods conXXXed before the Court
touching his refractory and uncivill carriage to the sayd Woods
in the voyage in question leading to the preiudice and XXXXXXX
of the sayd voyage and severall wittnesses produced & examined
against him upon Interrogatories which notwithstanding the
sayd Grove did as before hee this deponent hath declared in
open Court say that the ffish the sayd Woods had bought & brought
to Nevis in the ship ''Peace'' was Refuse ffish. And further to this
arle hee cannot depose./

To the rest of the arles of the libell not examined by direction of
the producent./

To the Interries/

To the first /the danger of piarie being declared unto him and the Interr rewuireth) hee saith hee comes to testifie the truth being soe
required by the producent M:rs Wood & saith hee favoureth all pties
in this suite alike & desyreth right may p:rvalile therin And to
the rest of the Interr hee answereth negatively./

To the 2 3 4 & 5:th and 6:th Interr hee saith hee is noe seaman nor
was any of the Company of the Shipp ''Peace'' the voyage in question
and therefore cannot answer to these Interries./
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//To the 7:th Interr hee saith hee cannot answere for the reasons
aforesayd./.

To the 8:th Interr hee cannot answere saving his foregoeing dep:on

To the 9:th hee saith hee breing an Inhaitant of Nevis knoweth that
Nevis Sugar is Better than Barbados sugarm hee having ?therby
Answer hee cannot answere/

To the 10:th hee cannot answere/

To the 11:th hee saith hee knoweth nothing of any treaty betwixt
the Interr Woods & Evans And further to this Interr hee cannot
answere saving his forefoing deposition./

To the 12:th hee cannot answere knowing nothing thereof./

To the 13:th hee cannot answere/

To the 14:th hee cannot answere

To the 15:th hee cannot answere/

To the 16:th hee cannot answere/

To the 17:th hee saith saving his foregoing deposition hee
cannot answere./

To the 18:th hee saith hee hath hYYYd & beleeveth that the Interr
Wood was part ffreighter XXXX & Supercargoe, & the Interr Grow
Master of the shipp ''Pearce'' the voyage in question And further
hee cannot answere/

To the 14:th hee saith hee is noe seaman & therefore cannot Judge
of the sayd Growes abilities And further saving his foregoeing
deposition hee cannot answere/

To the 20:th hee saith hee was ?never of the ''Peace'' his Company
nor XXX can answere to this Interr saving his foregoeing deposiccon/

To the 21:th hee answereth negatively to every part thereof./

To the last hee saith hee cannot answere having heard nothing
to the effect Interr./

LAU: BROADBOLT [His signature]

Repeated before D:r Godolphin

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===Case: XXXX: Answer: Richard Blake: Date: Post March 28th 1659===

//The Answer of the foresaid Richard Blake
To the Interries. brought in the 28:th of
March 1659:/:

See his Depon upon y:e Allon
in 2: Act:/:

To the first Interrie hee saith that M:r Browne warned this
depo:t to come and be Examined upon this Cause on y:e behalfe of XX
Luke Wood. that hee was Boatswaine of the ''Peace'' the Voyage in question
& hath reced twelve monethes pay in full for his service in y:e sd
Ship: Amd saith that M:rs Wood at her house?s gave this depo:ts wife foure shillings
for this Depo:ts Coming to be Examined in this Cause, & saith hee favoureth
both y:e ptyes litigant alike. & wisheth right may take place in
this Busines, & otherwise negatively./:

To the 2:d hee saith that hee hath heard the said Luke Woods &
others in y:e Voyage say that the said Ship ''Peace'' was bound
from y:e Newfoundland to the Leeward Islands as
well as XX the Barbadoes, & to the rest hee referreth himselfe
to his foregoeing depon: & otherwise cannot Answer./.

To the 3:d hee saith that at such time as the said Ship received
her foresd Salt onboard at S:t Leszus the said Luke Wood
had then on board y:e sd Ship ''Peace'', (for his owne private
Account as this depo:t hath heard 26 Coyles of Ropes two XXXXX
Nine Quarter Caske, 19 Hogsheads of ?Mault, 3 barrells of XXXXX & , Nineteene of XXX
of Strong water, And saith that with the said Woods Goods, XX
and y:e said Salt w:ch was laden on board y:e sd sShip at S:t Lesezue
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===Case: Clayme of Thomas Cowling for Canary Wines taken in the S:t Laurence Peter: Examination: 1. Robert Bevin, of London, Merchant, aged 36: Date: October 11th 1659===

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//said three pipes of wine marked as aforesd. were
laden on board y:e said ship the ''S:t Laurence Peter''
?Bennery Sent M:r) in y:e Roade of Oratava. by the order
& upon y:e Sole and propper account & adventure of
the said M:r Cowling; and to be Transported in the
said Ship to this Port upon his said Account; And
here to be Delivered to him this Depo:t And further
cannot depose:/:

To the 5.:th sixth, 7.:th & eighth arles hee saith and Deposeth
that in y:e foresaid Letter, there came a Bill of Lading
inclosed to this Depo:t for y:e said three pipes of wine
subscribed Pieter Bennery sent, and having nowe
seene y:e bill of Lading arlate formerly exhibited into the Regry
of this Court, hee saith the same is the said Bill
of Lading soe receaved by him this Depo:t, And whereas
in y:e said Bill y:e said wines are mentioned to be
Laden by, and for the XXXX of Don Juan del Corall
a Spaniard, he saith the ssame was & is Colourably
done, and y:e said name put into the said Bill by the said Cow?lings order to avoid
y:e seizure & Confiscation of the said wines, if the
ship should be met with by Spaniards. or other enymyes
of this Comonwealth, And this Depot (besides these three
pipes in question) hath received other wines from y:e
said producent. w:ch were likewise mentioned in the
Bills of Lading to be laden by & for account of the said Don Juan
del Corall, although in truth the same belonged to and
were for y:e said Cowlings account, & the returnes thereof
were made by this Depo:t to the said Cowlings and
saith that since the warrs betweene this Nation
and Spaine it hath bin and is usuall for English
Merchants that trade by Canaryes, to Colo:r
their goods by putting in Dutch or Spanish names
in the Bills of Lading, in regard it is dangerous for English subjects
to trade to at or from Canaryes in their, owne names, And this
Depo:t having nowe seene the Letter annexed to the
sd Allon, Dated 14:th June 1658, hee saith that y:e
same was and is the said Letter soe by him this
Depo:t received as aforesaid, & the samewith the sd Bill
of lading therein, came in the said ship the ''Saint Laurence''
and saith the said Letter is wholly written & subscribed
by and with the proper hand writing
of the said M:r Cowling, (as this Depo:t verily beleeveth) he
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//being very well acquainted with the hand writing of
the said Producent having received many letters
from him, and very often seene him write, And
further cannot depose, saving as aforesaid:/:

To the last hee saith his foregoeing depon is true:/:

To the Interries

To the first hee saith hee hath noe pt or share in y:e
said Wines Claimed, & was neither p:rsent at the Lading
or seizing of them, nor saw any money paid for y:e same

To the Second hee saith hee is of the age of 36 yeeres
or thereabouts and hath knowne y:e Said Cowling
for y:e time aforesaid. but knoweth not his ffather or mother
and hath bin Credibly informed that the said Cowling
was borne at or neere Rippon in Yorkeshire/

To the third hee saith that the said Cowling hath
lived at the Canaryes for all the time of this Depo:ts
Knowledge of him, but knoweth not when hee went
first thither, And saith hee hath, not bin in England
since this Depo:ts Knowledge of him, that hee knoweth
of, And saith y:e said Cowling is a Bachelo:r and
payes Customs , for his goods, as other merchant
Strange:rs doe; but no ?Tapes or Contribucons
And further cannot Answer./.

To the 4:th hee saith hee doth neither Knowe beleive or
hath heard. y:t if the wines now clamed to be lost, that
any subiect of the King of Spaine must or will beare
the losse thereof, or that they were laden upon y:e
hazard of any subiect of the said King:/:

ROBERT XXXXX [His signature]

Repeated before D:r Godolphin

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===Case: Clarke ag:t Scattergood: Examination: 2. Robert Hercules, of Ratcliffe, Mariner, aged 40: Date: October 27th 1659===

//The 27.:th of Octobe:r 1659:/:

Clarke ag:t Scattergood aforesaid)

Examined on the Libell:/:

2:ne ROBERT HERCULES of Ratcliffe
Mariner aged 40 yeeres or thereabouts
Sworne and Examined:/.

To the first posicon of the said Libell hee saith and
Deposeth that in or about the time of Libellate the
Libellate Robert Clarke was M:r of
the Lilate: ship the ''Warewell'', and was in or
about y:e said time a pt owne:r, of her of this Depo:ts
Knowledge, w:ch part of her, hee the said Clarke
bought of the said widowe of one Warewell y:t was y:e
former M:r of the said ship, and y:e said Clarke & ?Company
in or about the said time were the true Owne:rs of XX
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To the second hee saith that in or about the beginning
of the moneth of August 1658, the said ship ''Warewell''
arived in the River of Thames with her Lading
of Coles. and came to an Anchor a little belowe
or against Wapping dock, and there moored in
a very good and Convenient birth, where ships doe
usually ryde at Anchor, and there rid in safety
one floud and two Ebbs, during w:ch time there
was noe appearance of any Ancho:r or buoy neere
unto the place where the said ship was moored
The premises hee deposeth for that hee this
Depo:t belonged the said time to the ''James'' of
London w:ch then came up y:e River the Tide before
the ''Warewell'' came up, and moored a little above
the ''Warewell'', and this Depo:t did see the said
ship y:e ''Warewell''. take up her birth in y:e foresaid
place, and tooke notice of her said mooring & ryding
as aforesaid: And further cannot depose.

To the 3.:d & 4.:th hee saith that after y:e said Ship y:e ''Warewell''
had layne moored in y:e place aforesaid for the
space of One ffloud and two Ebbs. shee happened
to be bilged upon an Anchor w;ch lay within the
said ships birthe w:ch had not then any boy fastned
to it, and saith that soo soone as y:e said ship y:e
''Warewell'' was preceived to be bilged by her not XXXXing in the
River, this Depo:t and severall other Mariner:rs
belonging to other ships that Rid there went
p:rsently on board her, and found her then to have
foure fooote water in her hold. And saith that this
Depo:t & y:e said other mariners & alsoe the ''Warewells''
Company, did Labo:r very hard and used their
best Endeavo:rs to XXXXX the said ship ashore, and
to that end did pumpe her , and heave out about
three Lighters of Coles: and then by their greate
Labo:rs and endeavo:r go her some what neerer
to the shore, and then heaved about another
Lighter of Coales. out of her. and did all that
they could possibly doe to p:rvent further dammages
that might have happened to the said Ship and Coles
by reason of her said bilging on y:e said Anchor
The premisses hee deposeth for that hee assisted therein
and wXX was an Eye witnesse of the same and
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===Case: XXXX: Examination: 2. Robert Grove, of Wapping, Mariner, aged 50: Date: Aprill 5:th 1658===

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//To the 8:th hee saith that as the said ship was goeing from
Newfoundland towards y:e Barbadoes, they espeyed a vessell
(w:ch afterwards appeared to be a ffrench vessell) and the said
Wood having a desyre to goe aboard of the said vessell, did
desire y:e said Grove to let the ships Boarte be Hoysted out
that he might goe on board of the said Vessell, w:ch was
accordingly done, and this depo:t went in the
said Boate w:th y:e sd Wood on board y:e said Vessell, and after the said
Wood and this depo:t had bin on board her about an
houre the said Wood came up towards y:e said Vessell
and by Casualty came on board her, w:ch was occasioned only by y:e said
ship the ''Pearce'' her steering badly, and keeping her
helme a Lea, upon on Tack, and hard a weather on
her other Tack, as hee verily beleeveth And saith
that there was little damage done to the said ffrench Vessell, by
the ''Peace'' her Coming foule upon her neither did the
said Luke Wood suffer any prejudice therby. and further
hee cannot depose./:

To the 9:th hee saith and Deposeth that by meanes of Contrary
windes, and Calmes, and Hurricanoes (w:ch were very
frequent then there insoemuch that neither the said Grove
nor this depo:t nor y:e other mates on board her could
gaine the Latitude) The said ship did misse the Island
of the Barbadoes, And not by the Willfullnes Ignorance
or Carlessnes of the said Thomas Grove; And after
the said Grove did perceive that the said Ship had
missed the Barbadoes, hee told the said Wood (un the
presence of this depo:t and others of the said Ships Company)
that hee would beate it up againe (meaning the Barbadoes)
and the said Grove did endeavour
to saile to the Barbadoes, and hee haveing spent
about Eighteene houres thereabout, (after they perceived that
they had missed it,) The said Luke Wood, in this depo:ts
presence gave the said Grove speciall order to saile the
said ship to Martini?ce, and from thence to Mevis, w:ch the
said Grove accordingly did; And saith that hee verily
beleeveth that the said Grove would have Got to the
Barbadoes with the said Ship, in (about) tenne Dayes
of time, after hee perceived it was missed, if the said
Wood would have sufferred him soe to doe, and not
have ordered him to leave off his Endeavouring and saile
to Martinice & soe to Mevis, And saith that all the
Voyage from Newfoundland towards the Barbadoes the
said Thomas Grove did use, and doe his uttmost endeavo:r
in sailing y:e said Shipp directly for the Barbadoes, and
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//did frequently advise with this depo:t and his other
mates thereabout, and saith about three dayes or XXXXX before
the said Grove Discovered y:e Island called Santo
Lazio (by w:ch sight of w:ch Island the said Grove
and Company perceived they had overshot the Barbadoes)
the said Grove called this depo:t and his other mates
to an accompt of the said ships sailing, and asked
them howe farr the said ship, was to windward
of the Barbadoes by their account, or to that effect,
to w:ch this depo:t made answer that by his Account
she was about 140 Leages (sic) to windward of the Barbadoes. And y:e said Yeomans
made answer as hee now remembreth that by his Account the said ship was
about one hundred and twenty Leagues to windwards of y:e Barbadoes and y:e?Hyzard
said y:t by his account (as this Depo:t now remembreth)
shee was above a hundred Leagues to windward
of the Barbadoes or to that effect, And the said
Grove told this depo:t and hi said other mates, that
by his account hee was alsoe above one hundred Leagues
to Windward of the Barbadoes. And saith
that the Course w:ch the said Grove steered (by his
the said Groves owne Account, and by the account of
his mates) was above one hundred leagues to windward
of the Barbadoes when as afterwards shee really ?appeared
then to be to Leeward of the Barbadoes; And
further deposeth that the foresaid Tizard who was
hyred by the said Woods to goe one of the Mates
of the said Ship, was not capable or fitt for
a place or office for that hee is an ?Unskillfull
pson, and cann neither write nor reade, neither had
hee the said Tizard any Instrum:ts to doe or pforme
his said Office saving aforeXXX XXXXX XXXXXX knoweth for that hee saied
in y:e said ship y:e said Voyage with the said
Tizard: And further hee cannot depose;/:

To the 11:th hee saith that the said Grove did not at XXX
(as this depo:t knoweth of) use any Ignominions or
reproachfull words to or against the said Luke Woods
nor say that he would hinder the sale of the said ffish
nor over throwne or hinder the said Voyage; but did
both what hee could, and what hee ought to doe
to further the Advancem:t of the said voyage
And saith that y:e said Luke Wood in this depo:ts p:rsence in y:e XXXX
house of the said ship, whilst shee lay at Nevis did
?Revile y:e said Grove; and Called him severall XXXXX
XXX namely and told him that hee the said Wood was faine to
speake to M:r Crispe. (who is one of the Cheife owners of ?y:e
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//said ship the said Voyag; or to that effect w;ch did much
disparage the said Grove, and was a great meanes to
make his Company slight hom and XXXXX him
and further hee cannot depose:/.

To the 12:th hee saith that the said Thomas Grove did
not at any time in the least (that this depo:t Knoweth
of hinder the said Wood of any ffreight that hee
might have had y:e said Voyage. But of this
depo:ts Knowledge. the said Grove did during the
whole Voyage; further the said Wood in taking
and getting of ffreight. and selling of his Goods. And at
S:t Christophe:rs the said Grove did get two ffreights
for the said Wood, though it was not the said Groves
part or duty soe to doe, And saith that it is a Comon
practise for planters at S:t Christophers and Mevis
and parts thereabouts to make Verball Agreem:ts
and to make Great and Large promises, And saith
the said Wood might have gone from S:t Christophers
aforesaid when hee had pleased,
but hee did stay there longer than hee needed to have done
And y:e said Grove was not as hee saith
the Cause of the said ship (or y:e sd Woods) staying there soe long, And
further hee cannot depose:/

To the 13:th hee saith that upon the arrivall of the said ship ''Peace''
at Nevis XXX the Leeward Islands that XXXX found that Hurricanoes and Stormes
had spoyled most of the Sugar Canes, Tobaccoe, and Indicoes
in those places, and had rooted many of them up, and
saith hee alsoe then found many of them up, and
saith hee alsoe then found many houses upon y:e said
Islan w:ch were blowne downe (As this depo:t was
there Credibly Informed by many of the Islands) alsoe
by the Violence of the said Stormes, and Hurricanoes,
And saith that the greater pt of those goods w:ch were
not spoyled as aforesaid were laden on board y:e
fflemish ships w:ch were then there, And the English
themselves w:ch were then. there. (in regard of the Difference
betwixt England and Spaine) did Lade their goods, and
embarque themselves on board y:e said fflemish ships
And saith that one Captaine Thorne, Comander of an
English ship, did stay at Nevis and S:t Christophers about
three monethes to reaceave in a Lading of goods there
but at Length came away from thence for London a great Part dead
ffreighted, And y:e XX reason was for that y:e Hurricanoes and stormes
as aforesaid had spoiled most of y:e Sugar Canes, Tobaccoe
and Indicaoes, And alsoe for that the fflemings tooke away most
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of the said ship ''Peace'' her Coming home dead
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//had blowene downe some of the houses there; there
was then much scarcenes of Comodityes, in those pts, and fflemings
that were then in those pts tooke yway most of the trade There and
this Depo:t lay at Nevis with y:e ship the ''Mary & Elizabeth'' whereof
hee was Command:r from y:e first of Janaury 1657 untill the
last of Aprill 1658. to pcure her Lading, but ?notwithsatnding
his staying there soe long hee was forced to dept thence
?many XXXX
Dead ffreighted, and this Depo:t had agreed with Merchants
at Barbadoes to take in seaventy Tonns of Sugar at
Nevis. and y:e sd merchants, Contracted and agreed
with this Depo:t under their hands and seales to lade soe much
but notwithsatnding, this Depo:t (after his sd long stay at
Nevis could get onely thirteene Tonnes and a quarter
(or neere thereabouts) of the said seaventy tonns, w:ch the
said merchants agreed to have laden onboard this Depo:ts
said ship by reason of the Scarcenes of goods there And further cannot Depose:/

To the 16:th hee saith that at Nevis arlate Luke Wood sold
some of y:e ffish w:ch hee brought thither in y:e ''Peace'', at the rate
of a pound of ffish for a pound of Suar and saith that of
this Depo:ts knowledge Nevis Mascovado Sugar is better than
Barbadoes Muscavadoe Sugar, And further cannot depose:/.

Upon y:e rest not Examined by Direccon of Groves/:

To the Interries:/:

To the first hee saith that y:e said Grove requested this Depo:t
to come and Testify herein. & was alsoe warned by
M:r Brownes man and favoureth both the ptyes litigant alike
and if it wer ein his power) hee would give y:e victory to them
that hath most right thereto. and saith that hee was not one
of the Company of y:e ''Peace'' y:e Voyage in question, and otherwise
cannot Answer./:

The second Concerneth him not.

To the 3:d hee saith hee was acquainted with the said Luke Wood
about a yeare. next before his Death, and for all
that time hee had the repute of an honest and sober man
and well understood his Imployement as this Depo:t beleeveth
and further cannot Answer./.

To the 4.:th hee saith that hee hath knowne the said Grove for about
a yeere and halfe last, and saith hee is Counted a rash hasty
man, and subject to passion; and soe hee was accounted at Nevis
and this depo:t hath heard him there called the DAMNE ME
CAPTAINE: or such like words. and some of y:e plant:rs & Gentlemen of the
Island of Nevis did not well affect him; and this Depo:t heard one
M:r ?Joanes and one M:r ?Rothington; say at Nevis that they would
not come with Grove, but wold rather goe by y:e way of Holland & further
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//To the 5:th Concerneth him not./.

To the 6:th & 7:th hee nswereth not./.

To the 8:th hee saith that y:e said Wood hath told this Depo:t that
y:es aid Grove at S:t ?Losesas did abuse M:r Crispe Interrate

To the 9:th 11:th 11:th & 12:th hee doth not answer./.

To the 13:th hee hath not so deposed

To the .14:th & 15:th hee cannot Answer

To the 16:th hee Cannot answer

To the .17:th hee saith that hee beleeveth that y:e sdDeXXXX
w:ch. happened betweene the said Wood and Grove at XXXX
might be some hinderance to the Voyage, and further
cannot anwer./.

To the 18:th hee saith that hee beleeveth, the ''Pece'' was of the
Burthen of about two hundred Tonnes, and further hee
cannot Answer saving as aforesaid:/:

To the 19.:th hee cannot Answer,/.

To the .20:th negatively./.

XXXXX [His signature]

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===Case: Lord Protector ag:t the Hope, Don Juan Master: Examined: Jacome Juan, of Deva in Biscay, Mariner, aged 28: Date: March 22:th 1658===

The 22:th of March 1658.

Lord Protector ag:t the ''Hope'')
aforesaid don Juan master.)

6 JACOME JUAN of ?Deva in Biscay Mariner, aged 28 yeeres or
thereabouts sworne and examined.

To the first Interrie hee saith that John Lopez (his precontest) and M:r Betts master of
the said shipp the ''Hope'' in ora bout July 1657 spake to this deponent in this citie
of London to ?goe a voyage Xence with them for Amsterdam and XX for the West
Indoes as boatswaine the said Betts the master of the said shipp, and this deponent
yeelding to goe, the said Betts hired and agredd with hom, and XXXX deponent
XXX with them hence to Amsterdam, where hee was embarked in the said
shipp the ''Hope'', w:ch departed from thernce n or about September last neyt
a twelve moneth, bound for the West Indies, but hee was not made acquainted
to whose particular place there shee was designed, and saith shee carried in her
from Amsterdam linnen, woollen, silkes, and XXX pipes of wine, and that in their
passage they disposed of XXX of the said good (to the value of one thousand peeces
of eight or therabouts) XX the Iland of Trinidad towards XXX their
XXXXX for the Indies, and further that as hee was informed by John ?Lopez
the said goods were for account of John Page of London
merchant and is father in law, Antonio ffernandez Carravajall, Antonio
Rodriguez Robles and Andrew Duncan fo this citie, and John Tilly and
John XXXX of Amsterdam. And otherwise cannot depose ?saving the said
Betts is reputed an Englishman.

To the second hee saith the said shipp wemt directly from Amsterdam to the
Iland of Trinidad and there dekivered out XXX of the said goods (namely linnens,
?hatts, XXXX and ?a pipe of wine) towards XXXX therein daid disXXXXX; but
tooke more goods in thXXXX, and having obatined the said disXXXXXm XXXXXX to
CXXXXX in the terra firma of the Spanish West Indies, and there also ?sold
XXXX ?other of her lading for money w:ch XXX XXXXX and tooke in, and XXX
them to ?Truxilla (in their way to Honduras) and at Truxillas delivered XX
linnen woollen and wine, w:ch the said ?Lopez there sold in ?turck for JXXXX XXXX and hides
to be delivered him in his returne XXXX the said shipp from Honduras, ad
the XXXXX with the said shipp to the ?Guelfe of Honduras, where hee delivered
out all the rest of the said outward lading, and tooke on XXXXX thereof all the chests and skins that
were brought in the said ship containing Indigo and druggs, and further hee
cannot depose.

To the third hee saith that after receipt of the said Indicao and druggs in chests
and skins - XXX aboard at Honduras, the said shipp retourned to Truxilla and
there tooke in the said ?Sasseyerilla and hides before XXXXXXX for and bought as
aforesaid, and thence touched at MatXXusa by occasion of foule weather, and
thence came with intent to come to the downes ?at Dover; and saith the said
XXXXX were three hundred XXXXX thereXX, the said skinn-baggs eleaven, the
hides foure hindred XXXXXX six, the sasseyXrilla XXXXXX abd one
hundred XXXes and two barrells and two basketts of druggs, all w:ch goods
were laded by the said John Lopez (as hee saith) who was Cape merchant of
the said shipp the sad voyage, and is (as hee taketh it) a Spaniard And further
hee cannot depose

To the fourth hee saith the said M:r Page and M:r ggernandez spake to the said
John Lopez and the said Betts to undertake the said voyage, this deponent ?being
in the citie present at severall their ?discourses thereabouts, and saith the said
Betts was commander of the vessell, but the said Lopez was to appear and
did aXXXXX to the master and merchant and all) in the Spanish West Indies for
the better preservaccon of the goods hee being a Spaniard, And otherwise cannot
depose.

To the 5:th hee answereth negatively ?for his part, and otherwise cannot depose.

To the 6:th hee saith hee never knew or XXXX the said shipp before such hee coming
to Amsterdam and to be embarcked in her, and hee beleeveth that the said M:r
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//The 3. of June 1659

A business of examination of witnesses for perpetauall)
remembrance of the matter, on the part and behalfe of)
John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company)
Owners of the Shipp the ''Lady ffrigott'' whereof John)
Hosier was Master, and her tackle furniture)
apparell & freight, and of Andrew Riccard one)
of the Aldermen of the Cittie of London and)
Company, the Governor and Company of)
English Merchants trading to the Mediterranian (sic))
Seas, Owner of the goods in the sayd Shipp)
against Hippolito Centurione of Genoa)
in pticular and all others in generall which)
will take upon them to ?iusifie the seizing or)
takeing of the sayd shipp the ''lady ffrigott'')
and her ladeing: SXXXXth)

Examined on the allegation given in
on the behalfe of the sayd Swift Parker
Harris & Company and alsoe the sayd
Ricard & Company.

No. 1 LAURENCE BURR of the
p:rish of S:t Catherine neere the
Tower of London Cooper late Cooper
of the ''Lady ffrigott'', aged thirty five
yeares or thereabouts a wittnesse
sworne and examined saith and
deposeth as followeth viz:t.

To the first arle of the sayd allegation hee saith that in the
Monethe and tyme arlate 1658 (untill the fowerteenth day of
November that yeare on which day shee was seized the arlate
John Swift John Harris John Parker and Company all English
men and subiects of the Commonwealth of England were, and
soe still ought to be the lawfull Owner & Proprietors of the
arlate Shipp the ''Lady ffrigott'' and of her tackle apparrell and
furniture and for such commonly reputed this hee so better knoweth
because hee was & went Cooper of the said shipp the voyage in
question and was on board her at her seizure.

To the 2 and 3 arles hee saith that in the yeares & monethes aforesaid the
arlate Alderman Riccard & Company Marchants of London
did hyre & take to freight and imploye the sayd shipp the ''Lady
ffrigott'' upon a tradeing voyage to XXao ?Magaliga and other
places beyond the Seas to lade Currans & other goods for their
use and Accompt & transport them to & deliver them at London
for their use this hee knoweth being Cooper aboard her the sayd
voyage And hehreby also knoweth that in the monethe & tyme
aforesayd and after the arrivall of the sayd shipp the ''Lady ffrigott''
at ?Potrao Roade arlate the ffactors or Agents of the sayd Alderman
Ricard & Company put XXX cause to be laden a board the sayd
shipp for Account of the sayd Ricard & Company one hundred
and sixty tonne of Mahaligo Currans and also divers other
goods and a great quantitie of money to be transported therein
her for London and there delivered to them or their Agents This hee
the better knoweth for that hee helped to lade the sayd Currans and
other goods aboard her & brought some of the sayd moneye aboard &
& ?saw the rest brought aboard her And farther to these arles he cannot
depose.

To the 4:th 5:th and 6:th arles of the sayd allegation hee saith that the
sayd shipp ''Lady ffrigott'' having receaved the sayd lading & money
aboard her and being therewith rideing at Anchor in the Roade of
Perrao in a peaceable condition, there came into the sayd Roade on the
fourteenth day of November 1658 a certaine shipp of about
a hundred & fifty tonnes gaving a white Antient in her pXXXX//
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//which shipp shipp (sic) (as this deponent was afterwards informed
by XXXX XXXXX an ?Irishman & some others of her company who could speake English) was called
the ''S:ta Cruse'' and her Masters name ffrancisco ?Stale and
was a Genoa shipp and was there aXXXXdd and sett out
by Hippolito Centurione a Genoese, and came ?hence (as this
deponent was also by like men XX informed
in Company of ?two other men of warr sett out thence
also by the sayd Hippolito Centuriane, which Genoa shipp called
the ''S:ta Cruse'' presently upon her comming into the Road of Petrao
made as if she would have come to an Anchor neere the
''Lady ffrigott'', but when shee was come neere her the Captaine
& Company of the sayd shipp ''S:ta Cruse'' did in a violent and
hostile manner sett upon the sayd shipp the ''Lady ffrigott'' with
Swords & gunnes and other warlike Instruments and
wounded the Captaine & six or seaven men of the Company pf the
''Lady ffrigott'' & by that meanes surprized her & her sayd ladeing
of Currans and other goods & money & dispoiled their Owners
of them & converted them to their owne use And hee farther saith
that hee this deponent was alsoe informed by a dutch man who was
gunner of the sayd shipp ''S:ta Cruse'' & an Irish man who was one of
her Company who could both speake very good English that the Captaine
of the ''S:ta Cruse'' had taken severall mariners & souldiers out
of the sayd two other shipps of warr which came in Company
of the ''Sta Cruse'' from Genoa, the better to enable them to surprise
the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her ladeing, And saith that at the tyme of
the sayd seizure hee did observe that most of the ''S:ta Cruse'' her
Company who made the seizure were Italians & Genoeses And
saith that after the says Genoeses preceived that the sayd dutch
Gunner & the french man & others of their Company coulde speake
English and had some conference with this deponent and
others of the ''Lady ffrigotts'' Company who were seized, they did
forbid them to have any discourse with the English; and put the
''Lady ffrigotts'' Company in ?hold & kept them there in Irons And
further to these arles hee cannot depose

To the 7:th arle hee saith that hee this deponent and severall
other of the ''Lady ffrigotts'' Company were after their surprizall
?told & informed by the sayd dutch Gunner & the sayd Irish man
and some other of the ''S:ta Cruse'' her Company who could speake
English that the ''S:ta Cruse'' was sett out from Genoa by the
sayd Hippolito Centurone upon a warlike designe against the
Turkes, & has bin a great while abroad and could gett noe
prize, and had therefore taken a Spanish Commission which
was to last only for a tyme, which tyme or the says ?Gunner &
Irishman & others of the ''S:ta Cruse'' her company acknowledged
was expired two moneths before the seizure of the ''Lady ffrigott''
& her ladeing, but withall say thd that they were resolved to take
any English shipp they could light on notwithstanding the expiration
thereof, And this deponent well remembreth that the
Captaine of the ''Lady ffrigott'' told this deponent that hee did at the tyme
of her seizure desyre the foresayd ffrancisco Stale Commander of
the ''S:ta Cruse'' to show him his Commission by virtue whereof hee
was impowered to make seizure of the ''Lady ffrigott'' being an English ship
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//but the says Stale refused to shew the same And further to this arle
hee cannot depose.

To the 3:th arle of the sayd allegation hee saith that the shipp
''lady ffrigott'' and her tackle furniture & freight and stock and
provisions on board her at the tyme of her seizure aforesayd were
then in this deponents Judgement worth five ?thousand pounds
sterling or neere thereabouts and soe much hee beleeveth the arlate
Swift Parker and Harris were damnified by the losse of them by
reason of the surprizall aforesayd And further hee cannot depose

To 4:th arle hee saith that in her this deponents Judgement XX
hundred and fifty tonnes of Mathaligo Currans seized on board the
''Lady ffrigott'' & belonging to the arlate Alderman Ricard & Company
were at their seizure worth two pounds tenn shillings sterling a hundred
which a mounteth being computed to a very considerable summe
but saith at p:rsent hee cannot compute the same, and saith hee is
well assured that if the sayd Currans had not bin suprized but
come safe to London they would here have yeilded the sayd Alderman
Riccard & Company two pounds tenn shillings sterling a hundred
that being the usuall market price there

To the Tenth & 11:th alre hee saith that hee this deponent being Cooper
& aborad at the seizure knoweth that the arlate Captaine Hoyser and
his Company had a board the sayd shipp the ''Lady ffrigott'' at the
tyme of her seizure in moneys & goods and Cloathes and instruments
to the value of twelve hundred pounds sterling at least all which
hee saith hee well knoweth were taken from him and them by the Captaine
and Company of the ''S:ta Cruse'' aforesays & hee & they dispoiled and
deprived of them by the sayd Captaine & Company of the sayd man of
warr called the ''S:ta Cruse'' who upon the
seizure of the sayd frigott plundered & tooke away all whatsoever
the sayd Captaine Hosier & his Company had and kept them
prisoners for some time in chaynes & afterwards turned them on XXXXX at the
Island ?Zephania to shXXX for them XXXXX without allowing ?them
either provisions or XXXXX this he knoweth being one of the Company
as aforesayd & soe kept in chaynes & after ?turned on shoare in manner
aforesayd. And further hee cannot depose

To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposicon is true

LAWRANCE BURR [His signature]

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===Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 2. Richard Baker of Debtford, Kent, Mariner, aged ?20 : Date: June 3rd, 1659===

Rp

2. RICHARD BAKER of Debtford in Kent Mariner
aged ?twenty yeares and upwards a wittness sworne
& examined saith & deposeth as followeth viz:t

To the first arle of the allegation hee saidth that during all the moneths
& tyme arlate in the yeares 1658 happening before the fowerteenth day
of November which was the day of her seizure, the arlate John Swift
John Parker John Harris & Company All English men & subiects of
the Commonwealth of England were & still ?aught to bee the lawfull Owners
& Proprietors of the arlate shipp the ''lady ffrigott'' & her tackle apparell
& furniture And for such comonly reputed This hee knoweth being one of the sayd
shipps//
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//shipps Company the voyages in question & a board her at her
seizure. And further hee deposeth not

To the 2 and 3 arles of the allegation hee saith that by ?reason hee
went the voyage in question hee knoweth the arlate Alderman Ricard
& others English Merchants of the Turkey Company did take the sayd shipp
the ''lady ffrigott'' to freight for a Merchandizing voyage to be made from
London to ?Petrai & other pts beyond the seas to lade Currans & other
goods for their Account & bring them for London & there deliver them to
them or their Agents And saith the sayd shipp arrived safely at ?Polrao
Roade where the Agents of the sayd Alderman Riccard and
Company did lade & put aboard the sayd shipp for their Account
one hundred and sixty Tonnes of Mahalaga and Petrao Currans
viz:t one hundred & thiry of M(OR, N)athaligo & thirty Tonnes of Petrao Currans
to be transported for London and there delivered to them or their Agents And
further hee cannot depose not knowing what other goods or money were
put aboard her for their sayd freighters Account, but knoweth there
were other goods beside the sayd Currans XX some bales of silke & other goods
laden aboard the sayd shipp

To the 4:th arle hee saith that whilst the shipp the ''lady ffrigott'' ?remayned in peaceable manner
at Pererao Roade with the sayd Currants & other her ladeing aboard her
viz:t the fowerteenth day of November one Thousand six hundred fifty
eight there came into the sayd Roade a shipp of warr of about one hundred
and fifty tonns and named (as be the Gunner of her & one of the Mates of
her who were both dutch men and could speake good English and by others of her
Company Italians which language alsoe this deponent can speake & understand this
deponent was informed) the ''S:ta Cruso'' ffrancisco Stale Captaine w:ch shipp hee saith had
when she came in a white Ancient in her poope and made as if she would
have Anchored neere the sayd shipp the ''Lady ffrigott'' but coming neere
the sayed ffrancisco Stale & his Company in a hostile manner with
swords & gunnes & other Instruments of warr boarded the sayd shipp
the ''lady ffrigott'' and wounded her Captaine Captaine John Hosier
& this deponent and severall others of her Company to the number of
five or sixe and surprised her and her ladeing of Currans and
other goods and dispoiled her and her ladeing of Currants and
other goods and dispoiled the Owners thereof of the same and
converted it to the use of the sayd Stale & his Company And further
saving his deposition to the subsequent arles hee cannot depose

To the 5:th and 6:th arles of the sayd allegation hee saith that hee
this deponent understanding Italian did after the sayd shipp of warr
the ''S:te Cruse'' had surprized the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her ladeing in manner
aforesayd ?heare severall of the ''S:ta Cruse'' her Company (Italians) sayd
that and acknowledge that their sayd shipp ''S:ta Cruse'' belonged to
Genoa and was XXXX & sett out thence by the arlate Hippolite Cen-
turioni who alsoe XX XXged sett out two other shipps of warr ?thence who came
thence in Company of the ''S:ta Cruse'', and that the Commander of the
''S:ta Cruse'' had before hee seized the ''lady ffrigott'' & her ladeing taken
some XXXers and souldiers out of the sayd two other Genoa shipps
the better to enable him to surprize the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her ladeing
And saith the greatest part of the Company of the ''S:ta Cruse'' who
made the sayd seizure were Italians and as they acknowledged belonging
to Genoa and further to these arles hee cannot depose

To the 7:th hee saith that after the seizure of the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her
ladeing hee alsoe heard severall of the ''S:ta Cruses'' Company say and
acknowledge that the ''S:ta Cruse'' was sett out from Genoa by the said
Hippolito Centuriani as a man of warr against the Turkes, and had
bin//
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//bin a great while abroad & could get no prizes, and therefore had taken
a Spanish Commission which was to last for a certayne tyme, and that the sayd
Commission was expired two moneths before the
seizure of the ''Lady ffrigott'' & her ladeing which notwithstanding (as they also
sayd & acknowledged) they were resolved to seize what English shipps and
their ladeing they could meete with under colour of that Commission And
further to this arle hee cannot depose.

To the 8:th arle hee saith that the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her tackle, ffurniture,
freight, stick, and provisions aboard her at her seizure aforesayd were
in this deponents Judgement worth fower thousand five hundred pounds
sterling or neere thereabouts and soe much the arlate Swift Packer
and Harris & Company Owners of her were by such her seizure XX damnified
in this deponents Judgement and as hee verily beleeveth.

To the 9:th arle hee saith that in his this deponents Judgement the
hundred & sixty tonnes of Mahaligo & Petrao Currans belonging
to the arlate Alderman Ricard and Company and seized on board the
''Lady ffrigott'' were (?at the tyme of their seizure) worth fower thousand pounds sterling and
soe much in this deponents Judgement & as hee verily beleeveth they would
have yeilded the sayd Alderman Ricard & Company if he had not bin
taken by the sayd Genoa shipp of warr in manner aforesayd. And
further hee cannot depose.

To the 10:th and 11:th hee saith that the arlate Captaine Hosyer, and his
Company at the tyme of the seizure of the shipp the ''lady
ffrigott'' & her ladeing had on board the sayd shipp goods that were his
& their adventures, and moneyes cloathes and instruments worth in
this deponents Judgement fowerteene hundred pounds of lawfull English
money All which hee saith hee well knoweth (being p:rsent at the seizure)
were seized and taken from the sayd Captaine Hoyser & his company
by the Captaine & Company of the sayd Genoa man of warr called
the ''S:ta Cruse'', & the sayd Hoyser & his Company utterly dispoiled of them
And saith that the Captaine & Company of the sayd Genoa man of
warr haveing made the sayd seizure of the ''lady ffrigott'' & her ladeing
plundered & taken away from her Captaine & her Company all that
they had., kept the most of her Company prisoners in the hold, XXXXX
for some tyme, and afterwards turned them on XXXX in the Ile of
Cephalonia to ?shift for them XXXX without allowing them wither
provisions or money And further to these arles he cannot depose

To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true.

RICHARD BAKER [His signature]

Repeated in Court before both Judges

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===Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 3. Gilbert Anckelly, of Debtford, Kent, Mariner, late Boatswaine of the Lady ffrigott, aged 30 : Date: June 3rd, 1659===

The same day

3. GILBERT ANCKELLY of Debtford in Kent Mariner
late Boatswaine of the ''lady ffrigott'' aged thirty yeares
& upwards a wittnesse sworne & examined saith and
deposeth as followeth viz:t

To the first and second arles hee saith that during the months and tyme arlaze in
the yeare 1658 happening next before the fowerteenth day of the Month
of November the sayd yeare which was the day shee and her lading were
seized in maner hereafter specified, the arlate John Swift John Parker
John//
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//John Harris & Company all English men & subiects of this Common
wealth of England were commonly reputed to be & soe still ought to be the
true lawfulll Owners and proprietors of the arlate Shipp the ''Lady
ffrigott'' & of her tackle apparell, & furniture And saith the sayd Shipp
was taken to freight by the arlate Alderman Riccard & Company
English Merchants on a trading voyage to be made from London
to Ligorne Portrai (OR, Petrao) & other places beyond the seas to lade Currans & other goods
ther for their Account & deliver them heere at London to them or their Agents

To the 3 arles of the sayd allegation hee saith that in the moneths and tyme
arlate the sayd shipp the ''Lady ffrigitt'' arriving safely at ?Polrao Road
the Agents of the sayd Alderman Riccard & Company did there & XXX
XXXXXXXXX cause to be laden and XXXX go ?nyne and sixty tonnes of Currans and divers other
goods or bales of silke, and other merchandizes and moneys for Account
of the saiyd Riccard & Company to be brought thence to London & there
delivered to them or their Agents And further hee cannot depose/

To the 4:th 5:th and 6:th arles hee saith that the sayd shipp the ''Lady ffrigott'' haveing
reced the sayd Currans & other goods & moneys aboard her lay therewitrh
and with other her ladeing in a peaceable manner at Anchor in the
Road of ?Poltrao in the moneth of November 1658 And saith that
while shee soe lay there upon the fowerteenth day of the sayd moneth
there came into the sayd Roade a shipp of warr of about a hundred and
fifty tonnes called the XXXXX XXXXXX sayd XXX XXXXX belonging (as severall of her comoany afterwards con-
fessed in this deponents heareing) to Genoa whence shee came
as they alsoe sayd under command of XXX Captaine ffrancisco
Hippolito Centurioni togeather with two other shipps which
came thence in her Company sett out alsoe by the sayd Hippolito on a Warlike designe, which shipp the ''Sta Cruse'' at her first coming
into Polrao Roade had a white flagg in her poope and made
as if shee would have anchored neere the ''Lady ffrigott'' but when
shee was gotten up neere to her the Captaine & Company of the sayd
Genoa shipp called the ''Sta Cruse'' did in a warlike manner with
swords & gunns & other instruments of warr board the ''Lady ffrigott''
and wounded the Captaine of her & six more of her Company
and violently seized her ladeing of Currans & other goods and
money & dispoiled ?the XXXXX thereof of the same & ConXXXXed
them to their the said Captaine Stale & his Companyes use And
saith the Gunner & an other of her Company duXXXX ?boy who well
speake good English told this deponent & others of the ''Lady ffrigotts'' Company
that the Captainne of the ''Sta Cruse'' the better to enable him to seize
the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her ladeing had a little before the sizure
taken some Mariners & souldiers out of the foresayd two other Genoa
men of warr And hee saith most of the Company of the ''Sta Cruse''
were Italians, and as they confessed belonged to Genoa And
further to theser arles hee cannot depose./

To the 7:th arle hee saith that after the seizure of the ''Lady ffrigott''
& her ladeing severall of the Company of the ''Sta Cruse'' did confesse
that they were sett out from Genoa upon a warlike designe a:t the
Turk?s & had bin a great while abroad and Could get noe prizes
& therefore they had taken a Spanish Commission which was only
to last a certayne tyme, which tyme )as they sayd & acknowledged
was expired two monethes before they seized the ''Lady ffrigott'' and
her ladeing, but sayd alsoe that they were resolved ?although
it//
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//it were expired yet they would take any English shipps they ?would (OR, ?could)
meete with This hee knoweth for that hee being Boatswaine of the ''Lady
ffrigott'' & seized in her heard severall of the ''Sta Cruse'' her company
speake the sayd words./

To the 8:th arle hee saith that the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her tackle and
furniture, & freight, and stock & provisions on board her at her seizure
aforesayd by the sayd Gennoa (sic) man of warr called the ''Sta Cruse'' was in
his this deponents Judgment well worth five thousand pounds of lawfull
English money and soe much hee beleeveth the says Swift XXXXX &
XXXXXX & other her Owners were dammaged by her being surprized & taken
as aforesayd And further to this arle hee cannot depose/

To the 9:th arle hee saith that the hundred & sixty Tonne of
Currants aforesayd on board the ''Lady ffrigott'' belonging to the foresayd
Alderman Riccard & Company were at their surprizall worth in this
deponents Judgement and estimate ?thirteene thousand pounds of lawfull
English money and would as hee verily beleeveth have yeilded the sayd
Riccard & Company soe much of they had not bin surprized in manner
as aforesayd And further hee cannot depose/

To the 10:th and 11:th arles hee saith that the arlate Captaine Hosier and
his Company had at the tyme of the seizure of the ''Lady ffrigott''
& her ladeing by the sayd Gen?uoa man of warr the ''Sta Cruse'' goods
which were her & their adventures and money cloathes and Instru-
ments aboard her to the value in this deponents Judgement of eight
hundred pounds of lawfull English money All which were seized and
taken from the sayd Hosier & his Company & they utterly deprXed of
them by the Captaine & Company of the sayd Gennoa man of warr
who plundered them of them and having soe done kept the Company of
the ''Lady ffrigott'' prisoners for a tyme the most of them being cheyned, and after
wards sett them on shoare in the Island of Cephalonia to shXXX
for themselves without allowing them money or provisions And
further hee cannot depose/

To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true/

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===Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 4. John Carrier, of Debtford, Kent, Shipwright, late Carpenters Mate of the Lady ffriggott, aged 22 : Date: June 3rd, 1659===

XXXX ?verte Suckley.
The same day

Examined on the sayd allegation

Rep

4:us JOHN CARRIER of Debtford in the County of
Kent Shipwright late Carpenters Mate of the ''Lady
ffrigott'' aged twenty two yeares or thereabouts a wittnes
sworne and examined saith & deposeth as followeth vizt

To the first arles of the allegation hee saith that hee being Carpenters
Mate of her the yoyage in question knoweth that the arlate John Swift
John Parker John Harris & Company all Englishmen & subiects of
this Commonwealth of England were during the moneths & tyme arlate in
the yeare 1653 untill the fowerteenth day of November 1658 which was
the//
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//the day when she & her lading were seized in manner hereafter
expressed) were as hee beleeveth and still ought to be the true & lawfull Owners and
Proprietors of the arlate Shipp the ''Lady ffrigott'' and of her tackle
Apparell & furniture, and for such were XXX commonly Accounted And
further hee cannot depose

To the second and third hee saith that the sayd shipp ?y:e ''Lady ffrigott'' was in the
moneths & tyme arlate taken to freight by Alderman Andrew
Riccard & Company for a tradeing voyage from London to ?Petrao
and other pts beyond the Seas to lade Currans & other goods for their
Account & bring the same for London & there deliver them to them or
their Agents In order whereto the sayd shipp hee saith did in the
moneths & tyme arlate safely arive in Petrao roade where and
at Ma?thaligo the Agents of the sayd Alderman Riccard & Company
laded one hundred & sixty tonnes of Currans of the growth of
Mathalago:s and Petrao and divers other goods & money for their
use and Accompt to be transported for London & there delivered
to them or their Agents for their use And further hee cannot depose/

To the 4:th 5:th and 6:th arles of the sayd allegation hee saith that after
the ''Lady ffrigott'' had recvd the sayd Currans & other her lading
& the sayd moneys on board her shee lay peaceably at Anchor
therewith, in the Road of Petra?s, till the fowerteenth of November
1658 on which day hee saith hee well remembreth a certayne shipp
of about one hundred & fifty tonnes burthen manned for the
most part with Italians, and called (as this deponent heard a
dutch man who was MXXXX of her & a dutch man who was gunner
of her & an ?Irishman who was of her company & ?could XXX speake English saye after the seizure of the ''Lady ffrigot''
and her ladeing) the ''Sta Cruse'', whereof (as they sayd) one ffrancisco
Stale was Captaine came into Petrao Road with a white flagg
on her poope and made as if shee intended peaceably to have Ancho-
red neere the ''Lady ffrigott'' but when shee came neere her the sayd
Stale & his Company instead of coming to an Anchor did in a
warlike manner with gunns swords & other Instruments of warr
violently assault and board the ''Lady ffrigott'' and wounded
the Captain of her and some of his Company (but how many
hee remembreth not) and seized the sayd shipp & her ladeing
of Currans and other goods & money & dispoile?th the Owners thereof
of them, and ?conceveth it & them to the use of them the sayd Stale
& Company And hee saith that hee this deponent heard the
sayd dutch man & Irish man acknowledge & say before this deponent
& others of the ''Lady ffrigotts'' Company that the sayd shipp ''Sta Cruse''
belonged to Gennoa & was manned & sett out thence as alsoe
were two other shipps of warr that came thence in her Company
by the arlate Hippolito Centurioni a ?Gen?nose and that ?the
sayd Captaine Stale did for the better enableing him to seize
the ''Lady ffrigott'', a little before his seizure of her take about thirty
mariners & souldiers out of the sayd two other Gennoa men of
warr And hee this deponent saith that most of the ''Sta Cruse''
her Company were Italians & XX the sayd dutchman and
Irishman sayd most of them belonged to Gennoa And further
to these arles hee cannot depose./

To the 7:th arle hee saith that after the seizure of the ''Lady
ffrigott'' & her sayd ladeing and money the sayd two dutch men
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//and Irish man who were of the Company of the ''Sta Cruse'' did before
this deponent & others of the ''Lady ffrigotts'' company acknowledge & saye
that the ''Sta Cruse'' at her setting out from Gennoa went as a man of
warr against the Turkes and hath bin long abroad & gott noe
prizes, and had therefore taken a Spanish Commission which was
lymitted for a certayne tyme which tyme as the sayd dutch man and
Irish man affirmed was expired two moneths before the ''Sta Cruse''
seized the ''Lady ffrigott'' & her ladeing which notwithstanding the Captaine
& Company of the ''Sta Cruse'' (as the sayd dutch & Irish man sayd) were
resolved to seize all English shipps & their ladeing which hee would (OR, could)
light of And further to this arle hee cannot depose./

To the 8:th arle of the sayd allegation hee saith
that in his this deponents Judgment the ''Lady ffrigott''
and her tackle & furniture and freight & stock & provisions aboarde
her at her seizure by the sayd Gennoa shipp of warr called the
''Ste Cruse'' was worth ?two thousand pounds of lawfull English
money And soe much hee beleeveth the sayd Swift Packer Harris
& other her Owners were damnified by her being surprized & taken as
aforesayd And further to this arle he cannot depose/

To the 9:th arle hee saith that the Currans seized aboard the ''Lady
ffrigott'' & belonginging to the arlate Alderman Riccard & Compamy
were worth at their seizure fourteene thousand pounds of lawfull
English money in this deponents Juddgment and estimate and soe
much hee verily beleeveth they would have yeilded to the sayd Alder-
man Riccard & Company if they had not bin seized in manner aforesayd
And further to this arle hee cannot depose/

To the 10:th and 11:th arles hee saith that the arlate Captaine XXXX
& his Company had on board the ''Lady ffrigott'' at her seizure by
the fooresayd Gennoa man of warr in goods which were XXX XXXXXX
their proper adventure & in money Cloathes & Instruments to the value
in this deponents Judgment of a thousand pounds of lawfull English
money all which hee well knoweth were taken from by the
sayd Captaine & Company of the sayd Genuoa man of warr who
plundered & deprived them of them and afterwards kept the ''Lady ffrigotts'' Company XXXX some
tyme prisoners in chaynes and after a while
putt them on shoare in the Island of Chephalonia (sic) and put them
XXX toXXXXX for them selves without allowing them either provisions
or momey And further hee cannot depose/

To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true/

JOHN [HIS MARK] CARRIER
His marke

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===Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Examination: 5. John Gates, of Debtford, Kent, Ship Wright, one of the Carpenters of the Lady ffrigott, aged 18 : Date: June 4th, 1659===

The 4:th day of June 1659

Examined on the sayd allegation/

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?5:th JOHN GATES of Debtford in the County of Kent Shipps
Wright one of the Carpenters of the ''Lady ffrigott''
aged eighteene yeares or thereabouts a witnesse
sworne and examined saith and deposeth as followeth
vizt

To the first arle of the sayd allegation hee saith hee goeing in the shipp the
''Lady''//
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//''Lady ffrigott'' the voyage in question and serving in her as
one of the Carpenters XXXXXX knoweth that in the monethe and tyme
arlate in the yeare 1658 happening next before the foureteenth day of
November that yeare which was the day whereon the ''Lady ffirgott'' amd her
ladeing were seized in manner hereafter declared the arlate John Swift
John Parker John Harris and Company all English men & subiects of
the Commonwealth of England were (and as hee beleeveth still ought
to be the true & lawfull Owners & Proprietors of the sayd shipp the
''Lady ffrigott'' and of her tackle apparrell & furniture and for such
comonéy reputed./

To the 2 and 3 arle hee saith that hee knoweth that in ?Examinate & tyme arlate the sayd shipp was
?hyred and taken to freight by some of the Turkey Company
Merchants of London (but their names hee knoweth not in pticuler) to
to goe upon a Merchandising imployment from London to Petr?ao arlate
and ?Mahaligo & other places beyond the seas to lade Currans and
other goods for their use & Account & bring them for London & there
deliver them to them or their Agents and did accordingly within the
sayd tyme arrived at the Roade of Potrea and there & at Mahalago
tooke in Currans to the quantity of one hundred and threescore
Tonnes which were laden by the Agents of the sayd ffreighters to
& for the sayd ffreighters Account to be thence transported to London
& there dekivered ti the sayd ffreighters or their Agents for their use
this hee knoweth being one of the sayd shipps
Company and helping to lade the sayd Currans And further hee
cannot depose./

To the 4:th 5:th 6:th and 7:th ares hee saith that the sayd shipp the ''Lady
ffrigott'' having taken aboard her the sayd hundred & sixty ?tonnes of
Currans for the sayd ffreighters Account besides severall other quan-
tities of Currans laden aboard her for Account of Captaine Hosyer
the Captaine of her, & of his Company as their private Adventures
and lyeing in peaceable manner therewith in the Roade of Potrai
at Anchor, there came into the sayd Roade upon the fowerteenth of
November 1658 a shipp of about a hundred & fifty tonnes burthen
& having a white Ancient in her poope and made as if shee
had intended to come to Anchor by the ''Lady ffrigott'' but being come
neere her the Captaine & Company of the sayd shipp boarded the
''Lady ffrigott'' & in a warlike manner assaulted the Captaine &
Company of the ''Lady ffrigott'' with swords & gunnes and other warlike
instruments & wounded the Captaine of the ''Lady ffrigott'', and this
deponent and about fower more of the sayd frigotts company
& surprized & tooke the sayd shipp ''Lady ffrigott'' and her ladeing of
Currants & dispoiled the Owners thereof the same & XXX XXXXX
them to the use of them the sayd seizers, And hee saith that all or the greatest
part of the sayd shipps company that made the sayd seizure were
Italians, except one dutch man who was Master XXXXX & an other
dutchman that was gunner of her, & an Irish man who was one of
her Company, and hee further saith that after the sayd seizure the sayd
two dutch men & Irish man (who could & did speake all XXXX of them good
English) did acknowledge & confesse to this deponent & severall others
of the ''Lady ffrigotts'' Company that the sayd shipp which made the
sayd seizure was a shipp belonging to Gennoa and called the ''Sta
Cruse'' and that her Captaines name was ffrancisco Stale, and that
her Company (except thXXX three) were all or most of them GenoXses
& that shee was sett out from Gennoa together with two other ships of
warr that came thence in her Company by the arlate Hippolite Centurioni
and//
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//and that their Captaine ffrancisco Stale had a little before hee seized
the ''Lady ffrigott'' & her ladeing taken mariners and souldiers out of
the sayd other two shipps of warr to enable him the better to take the ''lady
ffrigott'' or any English shipps they could meete with, And that the sayd shipp
the ''Sta Cruse'' was sett out from Gennoa as a man of warr against the
Turkes & hatd taken a Spanish Commission which was XXXX only for
a tyme which tyme (as the sayd dutch men & Irish man acknowledged to this
deponent & others of the ''Lady ffrigotts'' Company) was expired some moneths
before shee seized the ''Lady ffrigott'' & her ladeing, but as the sayd dutch
men and Irish man dayd the Captaine & Company did saye and affirme
that they were resolved though their sayd Spanish Commission were
expired yet they would take & were resolved to take all English shipps
& their ladeing they ?could meete with And further to these arles hee cannot
depose/

To the 8:th arle of the sayd allegation hee saith that in his this deponents
Judgment the shipp the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her tackle & furniture and
freight & stock & provisions on board her at her seizure aforesaid were well worth
two thousand pounds of lawfull English money and soe much at the least
in this deponents Judgment the arlate Swift Parker & Harris & other her Owners were damnified
by her being surprized by the sayd Gennoa man of warr in XXXX the ''Sta
Cruse'' And further hee cannot depose./

To the 9:th arle hee saith that the hundred and sixty tonne of Currans
laden aboard the ''Lady ffrigott'' for Accompt of the Turkey
Company freighters of the sayd shipp and seized in her as aforesayd
were at their seizure worth in this deponents Judgement and estimate
thirteene thousand pounds of lawfull English money, and would have yeilded
the sayd ffreighters soe much if they had not bin seized in manner afore
sayd And further hee cannot depose./

To the 10:th and 11:th arles hee saith that hee wel knoweth
being one of the ''Lady ffrigotts'' company as a foresayd & aboard at her seizure
that the arlate Captaine Hosyer and his Company of mariners had on
board the ''Lady ffrigott'' at the tyme of her seizure by the Gennoa man of
warr called the ''Sta Cruse'' goods Cloathes and instruments worth
in this deponents Judgement eighteene hundred pounds of lawfull English money all which the
Captaine & Company of the ''Sta Cruse'' aforesayd plundered and tooke
away from the sayd Hosyer Captaine of the ''Lady ffrigott''
and his Company, and having soe done kept the sayd Hosyer and ?his
Company for some tyme prizoners in chaynes and afterwards turned
them on shoare in the Island of Chepalonia to shiXX for them selves
without allowing them either money or provisiones/

To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposiccon is true

JOHN GATES [His signature]

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===Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Examination: 6. John Cock, of Redriff, Surrey, Mariner, late Quartermaster of the Lady ffrigott, aged 40: Date: June 4th, 1659===

The same day

Examined on the sayd allegation./

6 JOHN COCK of Redriff in the County of Surrey
Mariner late Quartermaster of the ''Lady ffrigott'' aged
forty yeares or thereabouts a wittnes sworne and
examined saith and deposeth as followeth vizt./

To the first arle of the sayd allegation hee saith hee goeing Quarter
Master of the ''Lady ffrigott'' the voyage in question knoweth that the arlate John
Swift//

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//Swift John Parker & other their Company all Englishmen & subiects of
this Commonwealth of England were in the moneths & tyme arlate in the
yeare 1658 untill the tyme of her seizure which was in or about the XXX
of November 1658, were commonly reputed lawfull Owners & Proprietors
of the sayd shipp ''Lady ffrigott'' & her tackle & furniture And further hee
cannot depose./

To the 2 and 3 arles hee saith that hee foeing Quarter Master the voyage in question knoweth that
the ''Lady ffrigott'' was lett to freight in the moneths & tyme arlate to certayne
English Merchants of the Maria (OR, Morea) Company tradeing for Turkey to goe from
London to Polerao & other places beyond Seas & lade Currans & other goods
for their Account & bring them for London & theire deliver them to them or their
Agents and knoweth that the sayd Ship in order to her sayed voyage sett sayle
from Gravesend in May 1658 and afterwards arrived safely at Polerao
and XXXX and at Lathalago tooke in Currans which were laden aboard
the ''Lady ffrigott'' by the Agents or ffactors of the sayd Maria Company and
did account to a hundred and sixty tonnes of Currans, and also other
goods & money for their Account but the quantitie hee knoweth not which
Currans & other goods & money were to be transported from Polera to
London for Account of the sayd Maria Company freighters of the sayd shipp &
there delivered to them or their Agents for their use, but the names of the XXXX
Company who XXXX the sayd ffreighters hee knoweth not And farther to
these arles hee cannot depose./

To the 4:th 5:th 6:th and 7:th arles hee saith that the sayd shipp the ''Lady
ffrigott'' having taken the sayd Currans and other goods & money aboard
her lay peaceably therewith at Anchor in the moneth of November
1658 in the road of Polarao And saith that while shee lay there
there came a shipp of warr into the sayd Roade of about a hundred &
fifty tonns burthen and having a white Ancient in her poope and
made as if shee intended to come to an Anchor by the ''lady ffrigott''
& came with her Anchor ?cockbills ready to dropp downe & with only her
foresayle & mizzen abroad as if shee would have come only to Anchor
but coming neere the ''lady ffrigott'', the Captaine & Company of the
sayd shipp boarded the ''Lady ffrigott'' and in a warlike manner sett
upion the Captaine & Company of her with swords gunnes pistills &
other warlike Instruments and wounded the Captaine of her, and
this deponent & his p:rcontest John Gales and others of the ''Lady ffrigotts''
Company to the number in all of about eight besides the Captaine, and
tooke & surprized the sayd shipp the ''Lady ffrigott'' & her sayd ladeinge of
Currans & other goods & money and dispoiled the Owners thereof of the
same, and dispersed of it at the will & pleasure of them the sayd seizers
And saith that most of the company of the shipp that made the sayd seizure
were Italians saveing there were two dutch men the one the master &
the other the Gunner of her, & an Irishman who were of her company &
which dutch men & Irish man soake good English, and did to this deponent
and other of the ''Lady ffrigott's'' Company after the seizure aforesayd
confesse & declare that the name of the ssayd Shipp that made the seizure
was called the ''S:ta Cruse'' and her Captaines name ffrancisco
Stale, and that the sayd shipp ''S:t Cruse'' did belong to Gennoa, and
that most of her Company were Genoese that shee & two other shipps
of warr that came from Gennoa in her Company were sett out XXXX
by Hippollito Centaerioni a Gennose, and that the sayed Cap
taine Stale not long before hee seized this ''Lady ffrigott''& her ladeing
had taken some mariners & souldiers out of the other two Gennia shipps
of warr the bettwe to enable him to seize the ''Lady ffrigitt'' And XX
the sayd shipp the ''S:ta Cruse'' was sett out from Genoa as a man of
warr against the Turcks & had bon a XXXXX while a broad & could get noe
prizes & had therefore taken a Spanish Commission which was to be
only for a tyme, which tyme as the sayd Irsihman & two dutch men XXX
war expired two moneths before the ''S:ta Cruse'' seized the ''Lady
ffrigott'' & her ladeing, but (as the sayed Irishman & dutchment alsoe say
XXX//
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//the Captaine & Company of the ''S:ta Cruse'' did saye & declare that
they were resolved that though their sayd Spanish Commission were
expired yet they would take all English shipp & their ladeing which they
could light of And further to these arles hee cannot depose,/

To the 8:th arle hee saith that the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her tackle and
furniture & freight and XXXX & provisions which shee had on board
her at the tyme when shee was seized by the sayd Gennoa man of warr
named the ''S:ta Cruse'' was as this deponents Judgment worth five thiusand
pounds of lawfull English money & soe much hee beleeveth the arlate
Swifte & other her owners were damnified by reason of XXX surprizall./

To the 9:th arle hee saith that the hundred and sixty Tonnes of Currans
laden aboard the ''Lady ffrigitt'' for Account of the Moria Company aforesayd
her freighters, and aboard her at her seizure, were in hee this deponents
Judgment worth fowerteene thousand pounds of lawfull English money And,
soe much hee verily beleeveth they would have yeilded to the Owners of them
if they had not bin seized in manner aforesayd./

To the 10:th & 11:th arle hee saith that the arlate Captaine Hosyer and
his Company of Mariners had goods & cloathes & money aboard the ''Lady
ffrigott'' at the tyme of her seizure by the foresayd Gennoa man of warr
worth a very considerable value, and accounting in this deponents
Judgment to eight hundred pounds at the least of lawfull English money
all which hee saith hee well knoweth was plundered & taken away from
them by the Captaine & Company of the sayd Gennoa man of warr wXX
after they had taken the ame kept the Captaine & Company of the
''Lady ffrigott'' for some tyme prizoners in chaynes, & at length turned
them a shoare in the Island of Chephalonia
to shifte for them selves giving them only one smale basket of
Rusks but noe money, And further hee cannot depose/

To the last hee sauth his foregoeing deposition is true./

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Case: XXXX ag:t Grove: Examination: 3 Captaine John Rand, of Ratcliffe, Mariner, aged 40: Date: May 6th, 1659===

The 6:th of May 1659:

Examined on y:e sd Allon

XXXX ag:t Grove)

Rp.

3:us CAPTAINE JOHN RAND of Ratcliffe Marrine:r aged
40 yeares or thereabouts sworne and Examined.

To the 9:th arle of the said Allon hee saith and Deposeth that
for that hee hath used the sea for theise Eight and twenty yeeres
last as a Master and Mariner; and used to saile to the Island
of Barbadoes, for theise Nine yeeres last as M:r thereby well knoweth
that it is a very Common, and Usuall thing for ships to miss
the Island of Barbadoes, by reason of hurricanes, w:ch put them out
of their Littitudes (sic), and saith that by reason of the said
Hurricanes this Depo:t hath missed the Island twice, & one of those
times was when y:e arlate ship y:e ?''Speare'' (Thomas Grove M:r)
missed it, XXXXX y:e XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX as this Depo:t hath bin Credib,y Informed
severall shipps did then misse y:e sd Island of Barbadoes, and went
to y:e Leoward Islands. And further hee Cannot depose saving
what followeth
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//him to be an able honest, and skilfull seaman and M:r and soe
hee is Comonly accounted to be. And further, cannot
depose:/:

Upon y:e rest not Examined by direccon of the said Grove

To the Interries

To the 1:st hee saith y:e sd Grove requested this sd depo:t to come
and testify in this Cause; and saith hee favoureth both the ptyes litigant
a like, and if it were in his power. hee would give y:e Victory
to M:r Grove; and saith hee never belonged to y:e said ship, and otherwise
cannot answer./.

The second concerneth him not.

To the 3:d hee saith hee hath knowne y:e sd Luke Wood for
about 14 or 15 yeeres next before his death, and for all that time hee had the
repute of an honest and sober mann and further cannot
Answer:/:

To the 4:th hee saith that hee doth not knowe that y:e said Grove
is accounted to be as is Interrate & Otherwise cannot answer

The 5:th Concerneth him not

To y:e 6:th. 7:th. 8:th. 9:th. 10:th. 11:th. & 12:th hee cannot Answer thereunto:7.

To the 13:th hee hath not soe deposed

To the 14:th hee cannot Answer:

To the 15:th hee saith that hee went from Nevis many Dayes before y:e Day
interrate. and therefore knoweth nothing of y:e matter Interrate

To the 16:th 17:th & 18:th he cannot answer:

To the 19:th he Cannot Answer.

To the last hee saith that hee is not allyed to y:e said Grove in any
Degree of Kindred that he knoweth of & is nowayes related unto
him: /./.

JOHN RAND [His signature]

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===Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 7. William Bowtell, of London, Merchant, aged 25 : Date: June 8th, 1659===

The eighth of June 1659.

Swifte and others against)
CenturionX and others aforesd)

Examined upon the fore said allon given on the behalfe of
the said Swifte and other.

Rp.

7 WILLIAM BOWTELL of London Marchant, aged 25 yeeres or thereabouts
sworne and examined.

To the nineth article of the said allegacon upon w:ch ?alon hee is by diXXXXX
of the prudence examined, hee saith and deposeth that twenty hundred
weight of Matyalago XXXX goe to and make a tonne of currans, And
saith that in the moneth of ffebruary last past the shipp the ''Virgin frigot''
(Andrew CraXXX master) came and arived in this port of London laded
with XXXX Currans, for account of this deponent and John Trelgany merchant
and that the said Currans weere all here sold for the sume of three pounds and two shillings XXXX
per hundred weight one hundred w:ch XXXXX to this cont?est John Savage and company ?Citizens
of this citie of London, Xating them the market price of that commoditie in
this arle, that as this deponent heard and beleeveth good MahXXXX
currans//
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//currans were then worth tenn shillings in the hundred XXXX XXX ?Zante
currans were. And further ?that as hee was informed by lres of
advise from Zante, and hath since bin informed by the said XXXXXX XXX
the shipp the ''Lady frigot'' allegate and the said shipp the ''Virgin
frigat'' were designed and intended to come together in company to this
port, to w:ch purpose the ''Lady frigot'' was intended to come from
Morea to Zante and thence to come along with the ''Virgin''
w:ch if shee had done, and that the ''Virgin'', XXXX had not
XXXXXX, the said shipp the ''Lady frigot'' with her lading allegate
and in all probabilitie arrived here in ffebruary last as the ''XXX
frigot'' did. And further deposeth not.

W BOWTELL [His signature]//

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===Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Examination: 8. John Savage, of S:t Bartholomew neere the Royal Exchange, London, Merchant, aged 32 : Date: June 4th, 1659===

//The same day.

Examined upon the said allon

8: JOHN SAVAGE of the parish of S:t Bartholomew neere the Royal
Exchange London Merchant, aged 32 yeeres or thereabouts sworne
and examined.

vidXX 9:us in XXX.XX:

Rp.

To the nineth arle of the said allon upon w:ch alone hee is by discretion
of the producent examined, hee saith and deposeth that twenty hundred
of ?Nathalago (OR, ?Mathalago) currans XXXX to and XXXke a XXXXX, and saith that
in and during the monethes of November December January and
ffebruary last ?Nathalago (OR, ?Mathalago) Currans were worth in this citie and
would have yeilded three pounds and tenn shillings per hundred one
hundred with another as the ordinary and XXXXX ?price for that XXXX
w:ch hee knoweth ?being a ffreeman and a ?G:rocer of ?London
and having XXXX used that trade, and thereby being well acquainted
with the condition and price or valew of that commoditie, and
further saith that in ffebruary last hee this deponent with
William Savage and Thomas ?Atterton, brought the lading of
currans of the shipp the ''Virgin frigot'' being Zante Currans of the producente William Bowtell ?as XX
agreed and paid three pounds and two shillings per ?pound
weight for the same and soe much hee saith they were worth XX
and saith that Mathalago currants were XXXXX worth twenty XX
per hundred more than Zante currants. and further ??he
deposeth not.

JOHN: SAVAGE [His signature]

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===Case: Wood ag:t Grove: Examination: 4. Captain Thomas Thorne, of S:t Catherines XXXX, Mariner, aged 34: Date: June 18th, 1659===

The 18:th of June 1659.

Wood ag:t Grove)

Examined on Groves Allon

?d:t Grove./

4 CAPTAINE THOMAS THORNE of S:t Catherine XXX
Mariner aged 24 yeeres or thereabouts sworne
and Examined./.

To the 9:th arle hee saith that hee hath used y:e Barbadoes XXXXX
of a ship for about six yeeres last. and thereby knoweth that
Ships doe usually misse the Island of Barbadoes,
by reason of Greate Currants. and foule and Thicke weather
w:ch often times happens in these parts, and further cannot
depose.

To the ?13:th hee saith that hee this Depo:t on or about the first
day of January 1657: arrived at Nevis where hee ?found
that y:e Hurricanes had spoiled y:e plantaccons ?there
XXXX//

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//The 31:th of March 1659

The Lord Protector against the shipp the ''Santa)
Cruse'' don JoXXX XXXXX Commander XXX)
in the River of Thames. BXXXX)

JUAN FRANCESCO of MXXXX in ?Nova ?Hibernia
mariner, aged 23 yeares or thereabouts, ?sworne
and examined upon XXXX Interries
in XXXXX XXXXX Highness behalfe XXXX
prepXXXXX, deposeth as followeth.

To the first article hee saith that the said shipp the ''Santa Cruse'' belonged to the
port of VXXX CXXX in ?Nova ?Hibernia in the Dominion of the king of
Spaine, and belongeth as hee berily beleeveth to the said Captaine don JosXXXX
or JoXXXXX XXXago, who XXX and is commonly esteemed the XX XXX XXXXX
and that his dwelling (of this deponents knowledge) in XXX XXXXX aforesays

To the second hee saith that the said shipp in or about ffebruary last was a
twelvemoneth departed from XXX XXXX aforesaid for S:ta Domingo, and
arrived from VXXX CXXXXX XX two hundred thirtie two chests of sugar
and tenn chests of perfume, and six sacks of Carra ?Nuts, and eight
peeces of XXXXX, w:ch were to be carried to and delivered at Sta Domingo,
XXXXXX her desigXXXX XX to take in Spanish bullion for Jamaica. And
further hee cannot depose.

To the third hee saith that the said shipp departing from VXXX CXXXX
put in the ?harbour to victuall, and after about foure or five monethes
stay there, (occasioned by the Captaines falling sick) XXX departed to perXXXXX
her voyage for Sta Domingo, and shortly after ?such her departure namely in
or about August last XXXX, XXXX with and taken XXXX XX an English man of warr
of foure XXX and fiftie men, and saith the said lading belonged to the
said Captaine, a subiect of the king of Spaine, who laded them at
Vera CXXXX aforesaid for his owne account. And further cannot depose.

To the 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. and 13 hee saith hee was ine of the said ships company
and is alsoe a subiect of the king of Spaine and

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//''Santa ?Cruse'' was built in CoXXXpeXye in the West Indies about foure
yeeres since, where the said Captaine Joseppo Sinnego bought her
and brought her to ?Vera Cruce wheare the said Captaine
XXXed her with goods for Havana and there tooke in other goods
and after ?some ?time of ?stay departed with her and her lading for
Sta Domingo where hs designe was to deliver the said goods and there
to embarque ?soldiers for Jamaica and XXXXX theem in the said XXX
but?running at sea in her course from Havana on the coast of the said Havana
was on or about the eight and twentieth of August last met with
and taken by an English vessell of warr of ?fXXXX gunns /the name
pf w:ch hee knoweth not, but saith her commander was called
Captaine James) and the said shipp ''S:ta Cruse'' with her
lading of two hundred thirtie two chests of sugar and two chests
of ffranjinsense, six sacks of cacoa nuts & eight pecces of
?eigth, were upon the said seizure taken by the said Captaine
James and XXXX XXX (in their said man of warr) and carried to
Bermudas, and there the said man of warr and
all her company being about 50 men saving the Captaine and one more) ?staid, and
the said Captaine and ?that other persona nd such other as they ?got
brought the said prize and lading directly for ladXXXX, XXXXX ?they
now are their dXXXXX and his precontest being brought along
in her saith the said goods were laded by and for seaparaterly
account, all w:ch hee knoweth being embarked at Vera
CXXXX to be a boy of the shipp to XXXX and doe reparires w:th
and going from

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===Case: XXXX: Examination: Allen Allenson, of XXXXX in Holland, Mariner, aged 40: Date: April 2nd 1659===

The second of Aprill 1659

Examined upon an allon given ?in
by Suckley the 30:th of March last

The Lord Protector against a parcell of)
Virginia Tobaccoes and BarelXXXX)
brought to Plimouth in the ''S:t Jacob'' of)
Hamboro?w, and against TomXXXX and)
others. Budd. Suckly. ffrancklin)

ALLEN ALLENSON of EuXXXXX in
Holland Mariner, aged fourtie yeeres
or thereabouts sworne and examined
XXXX and saith

Rp

To the first and second third and fourth articles of the said allon hee saith and deposeth
XXXX//

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===Case: S:r John Dethick Knight, Edward Bolle, John Bancks Richard ffoord, Edward Mico, William ?Pretman and Company, concerning the Bantam ffrigott: Examination: Catch Kyme, of Ratcliffe, Stepney, Middlesex, Mariner, Mate of the Bantam ffrigot, aged 26 : Date: March 24th 1658===

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//The 24:th of March 1658

A business of y:e Examinacon of Witnesses on the behalfe)
of S:r John Dethick Knight, Edward Bolle, John Bancks)
Richard ffoord, Edward Mico, William ?Pretman, and)
Company concerning the seizure, and for some time)
detention and the hinderance of the trade in a Certaine)
ship called the ''BANTAM FFRIGOT'' whereof Isaac Taylor)
was M:r and Comand:r & such of the lading)
as was aboard the said Ship in ffact but unduly made)
by Antonie Van Voozst Captaine and Comander of
the ship the ''Turtle Dove'' in the Imediate Service of)
the Dutch East India Company and alsoe Concerning)
all Damages happening thereupon and ag:t one John
?Mait ?Suijker y:e now, or late Generall of the said Company)
at Battavia in y:e East Indias ag:t the said Van Voozst in pticular)
and all others y:e will take upon them the Justificaccon of the said Busines)

FRANCKLIN

Examined upon
and Allegacon given
in by M:r ffrancklin
on the part and
Behalfe of the
said S:r John Dethicke
Knight Edward Bolle
John Bancks Richard
Foord, Edward Mico
William Pretman
and Company.

1. ub: CATCH KYME of Ratcliffe in the
parish of Stepney and County of Mid
Mariner Mate of the ''Bantam ffrigot'' aged 26 yeeres or thereabouts
Sworne and Examined

To the first arle of the said Allon hee saith and deposeth
that during all the monethes of September
October, November, December, January, ffebruary and March
1656: English Stil, and Continually since: the said S:r John
Dethick Knight, Edward Bolle, John Bancks Richard fford
Edward Mico and William Pretman and Company
have bin and are Comonly accounted and reputed the true
and lawfull owne:rs and proprieto:rs of the said ship the
''BANTAM FRIGOT'' (whereof Isaac Taylor was & is M:r.) and
of the tackle Apparrell, and furniture, And soe hee verils
beleeveth they were, and at p:rsent are; And further hee
cannot depose.

To the Second hee saith that y:e said S:r John Dethick, and
Company aforesaid /who are all (as hee beleeveth) subjects of
this Comonwealth of England.) did set out the said ship from
this port of London in the sayd moneth of October 1656 (sic)
upon their owne account (as hee beleeveth) to East India. there to
Lade pepper. and other Merchandizes, and to bring the same
for ?Europe, and saith the said Isaac Taylor, was and was
M:r of the said ship y:e said voyage, and y.e arlate Thomas
Newman Supra Cargoe; w:ch hee knoweth for that hee went M:rs Mate
of y:e said ship (y:e said Voyage) and further cannot depose:

To the third hee saith y:e said Taylo, Newman, and this depo:t
the rest of the Marine:rs of the said Ship, set saile
in her from this port to ?Indria ?Ponza in y:e island of Sumatra in y:e East Indias
and there ?arriveth on or about y:e Nineth or tenth day of August 1657: w:ch hee knoweth being
then on board her and further cannot depose//
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//To the 4:th. 5:th 6:th 7:th 8:th and 9:th hee saith that about a moneth after
the Arrivall of the said ship the ''Bantam ffrigatt'' at Indra
Ponza aforesaid the said Thomas Newman, and one ?ffrancis
Griffith y:e then purser of the said ship (who is since deceased)
did goe on shore, in the sd port of Indra Ponza, to buy pepper
and did buy a great quantity of pepper there, w:ch was all
to have bin transported in the said ship to Leghorne,
for the Acco:t of Sr John Dethick and Company aforesaid
And saith a Considerable Quantity of the said pepper
was Laden on board her, w:ch did not Lade the said ship
two Third pts of what shee could have well ?carryed
and saith That while y:e Company of the said ship was lading
in y:e rest of the sd pepper w:ch y:e said Thomas Newman and
ffrancis Griffith had provided and whilest the said Newman
and Griffith were on shore, providing More pepper to ?Complete Lading
of the said ship, The arlate
Comander of the ship the ''Turtle Dove'', whereof one Antonio van Voozt was Comander in the Service of the Dutch
East India Company, and alsoe three pinnaces in y:e Company
of the said ship ''Turtle Dove'', which were alsoe in the service of
the Dutch East India Company, came all of them and
Anchored by y:e said ''Bantam ffrigot'', and Imediately sent
a Boate on board the ''Bantam ffrigot'', with a Dutch merchant
therein & two others of y:e the ''Turtle Doves'' Company w:th hom w:ho Comanded y:e said Isaac Taylor, and the said
Thomas Newman. (whereupon y:e comong of the said Dutch
Merchant & the two others on board the said ship was sent came
on board, to y:e said Dutch merchant) Not to take in any
more pepper or other Goods onboard the said ''Bantam ffrigott''
either at the said port of Indra Ponza, or any other port or
place on that Coast, for if they did the said Captaine
van Voozt who was y:e Admirall in those pts would seize and surprize them , or to that effect
and thereupon y:e said M:r Newman went with the said Ducth
Merchant onboad the said ship ''Turtle Dove'' to speake with the
said Captaine Van Voozt and knowe of him why XXX
would not permit him the said Newman to Trade XXXX
his said ''Bantam ffrigot'' there, And saith that some XXXX
after y:e said Newman had bin gone to the said XXXX
Admirall the said Captaine Isaac Taylor sent this deponent
in the ''Bantam ffrigots'' Boate. to fetch the said M:r Newman
from on board y:e said Dutch Admirall on board the ''Bantam ffrigot''
And this depo:t being come on board the said Dutch Admirall
hee heard the said Admirall Voozt, say and declare unto
the said M:r newman that hee the said Voozt had order?s
from the Generall of Battavia to hinder allEnglish Shipps
from Commerce and Trade in these parts, and to seize y:e XXX
if they did soe, or to that effect, and alsoe shewed the said XXX
(in the p:rsence of this depo:t his orders in writing with a Great XXXXX Given him
the said Generall, to the foresaid purpose & effect, and XXX//
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//Admirall Van Voozt Commander the said M:r Newman (in
this Depo:ts hearing) not to take in any more pepper or other goods
at Indra Ponza or any other ports or places on that Coast
and told the said Newman that if hee did soe, or offered to doe soe; hee must and
would seize and surprize his goods or to that effect, and
thereupon the said M:r Newman went with this depo:t in
the said ''Bantam ffrigots'' Boate, (w:ch this depo:t had brought
for him as aforesaid) and went on board the ''Bantam
ffrigot'', and told the said Captaine Taylor what the said
Dutch Admirall Voozt, had declared and said, and the
next day the said Captaine Taylo:r went with this depo:t
on board y:e said Dutch Admirall, and saith that upon
the said Taylor coming on board; y:e said Taylor and
Van Voozt had a great deale of Difference together in
Dutch, (w:ch this depo:t cannot understand) and saith that
the said Voozt did shewe y:e said Taylour and after this depo:t and the said Taylor had bin XX on board y:e said XXXX came alsoe unto XXXX XXXX Dutch in y:e p:rsence of this depo:t & y:e sd Newman his foresaid
orders in writing. w:ch had a great seale affixed therto
as aforesaid, and the said Voozt delivered the same to
the said Taylo:r to read: w:ch the said Taylo:r (who well
understandeth the Dutch Language, and can write and read the same.) accordingly did read y:e same over; and after
hee had soe done hee & the said Newman went with this depo:t in the said
''Bantam ffrigots'' Boate on board y:e ''Bantam ffrigot'', And
y:e said Taylo:r ?there told the said Newman & this depo:t that y:e said writing that hee
soe read was a Comission from y:e Generall of Battavia
to hinder English Ships from Trade there and further hee
cannot depose; saving that the said Captaine Van Voozt, did
send one of ?his foresaid pinnaces about thirty
men therein, to lye at the Rivers mouth at Indra Ponza to hinder
and did hinder the goeing in and coming out of the Captaine
and Company of the ''Bantam frigot'' (sic), to and from Indra Ponza
and from bringing any goods from thence on board y:e said ship
''Bantam ffrigot''.

To the 10:th hee saith that a day or two after the said Tailo:r M:r Newman and
this depo:t had bin on board y:e said Dutch Admirall. the said
M:r Newman. (w:ch was then on shore) put a Quantity of pepper in y:e said
''Bantam ffrigots'' Long Boate, and the said Newman himselfe
went in y:e said Boate, and intended to have come directly
to the ''Bantam ffrigot'', and to put y:e said pepper
on board her, But the said Boate and pepper. and alsoe the
said Thomas Newman was seized by order of the said Van
Voozt and y:e said pepper y:e said Voozt caused to be tooke out of y;e Boate a& put into his owne and by him detained and further hee deposeth not

To the 11:th hee saith hee cannot depose saving as aforesaid

To the 12:th hee cannot depose; hee being then dangerously sick in his
Cabbin: saving y:e ''bantam ffrigot'' was carried by the said Van
Voozt and his Company to Battavia. and there anchored under
Comand of the said Van Voozt his said ship, and severall other Dutch//
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//To the 14:th hee saith that y:e said Thomas Newman
and Isaac Taylor were Comanded at Battavia to appeare
before John Ma?rt ?Sayler Generall of the Dutch East
India Company at Battava (sic), and further cannot depose

To the 15:th and 16:th hee cannot depose being then dangerously
sick, and was carried out of the said ship ''Bantam ffrigot''
to a house in Battavia where hee lay sick about
five weekes.

To the 17:th & 18:th hee saith that the said ship the ''Bantam ffrigot''
was detained and hindered by y:e said Van Voost
and the Generalll of Battavia, and their order, from
the Eleventh of October 1657: or therabouts
untill the tenth of December following, and then
the said Ship set saile from Batavia for Rurope

w:th such Pepper as shee had taken in before the said
11:th of October, shee not being pmitted to take in
any goods whatsoever afterwards in those parts that
this depo:t knoweth of, and further cannot depose
saving as aforesaid

To the 19:th hee cannot depose:

To the 20:th hee saith that the said Bantam ffrigot
was when she was in the pts aforesaid of the
Burthen of about Two hundred and tenne Tonns
and as many Tonne of pepper hee beleeveth shee
would have brought for Europe y:e said Voyage; had shee
not bin hindred interrupted and detained as aforesd. and further
cannot depose:

To the 21:th hee saith y:e said ship y:e ''Bantam ffrigot''
after her Departure from Battavia, sayled to Leghorne
and there safely arrived on or about the 18:th day
of August 1658: and there her said pepper taken in
at Indra Ponza was delivered. but howe many
Tonns y:e same amounted to hee knoweth not, and saith
hee this depo:t was upon y:e departure of y:e said ship ''Bantam
ffrigot'' brought from shore on board her, and Carried
in her to Leghorne and further cannot depose:

To the 22:th 23:th 24:th 25:th 26:th 27:th 28:th and 19:th hee saith hee
cannot depose thereto saving as aforesaid, and saving
that the said S:r John Dethick Knight, and y:e reste of
the sd Owne:rs: and Imploy:rs of y:e said ship, have suffred
great Losse and dammage by meanes of the premisses
but saith hee cannot estimate the same,:

To the 20:th hee saith that whilest the said Shipp y:e ''Bantam
ffrigat'' was upon y:e sd Coast of Sumatra, y:e Voyage in question
and during all the space the Dutch as aforesaid had her in XXX
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//Power, and under their Command neither the said Thomas
Newman y:e Supra Cargoe of the said Ship ''Bantam ffrigot'' nor the
said Isaac Taylor y:e captaine of the said ship ?or any of
y:e Marine.rs of her did doe any Injury or Wrong in
any Kinde to the said Dutch or any of them. ?that this
depo:t knoweth if. but did XXXXX them selves Civily
and peaceably towards them and this hee XXXXX
being M:r Mate of y:e said ship y:e said Voyage And
further cannot depose:

To the 31:th hee Cannot depose

To the 32:th he saith his foregoeing depon is true

Repetit before D:r Godolphon

CALIB XXXXX [His signature]

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===Case: S:r John Dethick Knight, Edward Bolle, John Bancks Richard ffoord, Edward Mico, William ?Pretman and Company, concerning the Bantam ffrigott: Deposition: 2. Lewis Walter, of Deptford, Mariner, aged 40 : Date: March 25th 1658===

The 25:th day of March 1659

Examined on the said Allon

2:us LEWIS WALTER of Deptford Mariner
aged 40 yeeres or thereabouts: sworne and Examined:/:

To the first arle of the said Allon hee saith that XX XXX monethes
of September, October, November. Decembe:r January ffeb:ry
and March 16?46. English Stile and Continually since the
arlate S:r John Dethick Knight XXXXX John Banckks Richard fford
Edward Mico & Willaim Prittman, and Company, or some
of them, (being all subjects of this Commonwealth) were
and at present are the true and lawfull owners and
Imployers of the arlate ''BANTAM FFRIGO:T'' and of her tackle
and furniture as hee verily beleeveth, and soe hee saith
they were and are Commonly accounted: And This hee
deposeth for that hee wenta ll the Voyage in question
Steward of the said Bantam ffrigot. and further cannot depose

To the second hee saith that in the said moneth of October
1656: the foresaid S:r John Dethick, John Banks; Richard
fford Edward Mico and William Prittman (who are all of
them well knowne to this Depo:t) and alsoe y:e arlate Edward
Bolle: did set out the said ship from this port of London
upon their owne account to East India there to Lade XXXX
and bring y:e same to Europe; for their Account, And
saith that the said Setters forth of the said ship did Appoint
y:e arlate Isaac Tailo:r to goe M:r of the said ship and the
arlate Thomas Newman Supra Cargoe of her the said
voyage, And the said Taylor & Newman did goe y:e said Voyage
in y:e said ship. in their said Apointed Place. The premises
he deposeth for the said S:r John Dethick and the rest of the XXX
aforesd did from XXX come on board y:e sd Shipp, before and at XXX XXXX//
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saile from this port with y:e said Captaine Tayl:rs and M:r
Newman on board her, and safely arrived in Indra ponza
Road upon y:e Coast of Sumatra in or about the moneth
of August 1657: w:ch hee knoweth for that hee sailed
thither in her. And further cannot Answer./.

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===Case: S:r John Dethick Knight, Edward Bolle, John Bancks Richard ffoord, Edward Mico, William ?Pretman and Company, concerning the Bantam ffrigott: Deposition: 4. Thomas Newman, of Mile End, Stepney, Merchant, late Supra cargo of the Bantam ffrigott, aged 43: Date: Aprill 16th 1658===

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To the 4:th hee saith that
Indra Ponza Roade is and ought to be
a place free for the English to trade in ober w:ch place y:e Queene of Achine
(whom this depo:t well knoweth having lived with her about five yeeres)
was and is the supreame Governournesse; who did about three yeeres
since?there: and at all other of her Dominiones proclaime ffree
Trade to the English Nation; And saith hee hath a Copy of the
said Proclamacon now in his Custody. And saith that after the
arrivall of the said Ship in y:e said Road this depo:t and one
ffrancis Griffith (who is since deceased) went ashore to Indra
Ponza to buy and provide pepp to lade the said ship, and did
there buy & provide enough pepper XXX to Lade the said ship, and was
all to have bin there put on board her. and to be Carried and
Transported in her to leghorne for the Account of the said ffrancis
who hee knoweth for y:e Reasons aforesd, And further deposeth not.

To the 5:th arles of the said Allon, hee saith that in y:e monethes
of September, and October 1657, this Depo:t upon y:e Account aforesd
did Lade aboard y:e said ship y:e ''Bantam'', shee then Lying in teh Roade
of Indra Ponza aforesaid six hundred seaventy two BXXXX of pepp
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//And that the rest of the pepper sufficient fully to lade the said
ship was then ready provided, and XXX, and was ready
to have bin put on board, and would have bin Laden Aboard
the said Ship within three or foure dayes next following, in
case y:e arlate Antonio van Voozt and Company had not
hindered them as hereafter is declared:

To the 6:th & 7:th arle of the sd Allon hee saith that on or about
the Eleveth day of October 1657: English Stile namely p:rsently after hee
this depo:t had sent out y:e foresaid 672 Bahaizes (sic) of Pepper on board the
''Bantam ffrigot'', this depo:t was sent for to Come on board
the ''Bantam'', And this depo:t accordingly went on board
the ''Bantam'', and upon his comming to her found y:e Arlate
Ship the ''Turtle Dove'' whereof y:e said Van Voozt was Comander
and alsoe three vessells with about tenne or Twelve peeces
of Ordinance a peece; Anchored neere y:e Bantam; And saith that
there came a Dutch Merchant from onboard y:e said Van Voozts
Ship. (w:ch was the Admirall in those pts.) who told this dep:t that
hee and y:e sd Taylor must come aboard their Comanders, (meaning the ''Turtle
Dove''; w:ch this Depo:t accordingly did. but the said Taylo:r
refused soe to doe saying hee had order from his imploy:rs
not to goe out of his Ship; or to that effect, And saith that upon
this Depots Comong on board y.e said ''Turtle Dove'', hee
Asked the said van Voozt where fore hee had sent for this
depo:t and y:e said Captaine Taylo:r to Come on board his
Ship, or to that effect whereunto the said Van Voozt made
Answer, that it was in regard the said ship the ''Bantam
ffrigot'' being an English Ship did trade there or to that effect,
And the said Van Voozt then pemptorily (sic) Charged & Comanded
this Depo:t that neither hee nor the said Isaac
Taylor nor any of y:e ''Bantams'' Company should trade there
or to that effect, And this Depo:t then told the said Van Voozt
that the ships full Lading of pepper was there ashore by him
bought, and some of it was allready Laden, and y:e rest
was provided to be laden and would within three or foure dayes
be all Laden aboard the said ship, and that hee had
money and Goods on shore; bit that hee should Dispatch all within
three or foure Dayes, and then be ready to depart with the ''Bantam''
and her Lading on board her, or to that effect and desired
the said Van Voozt not to give him any interruption therein
But the said Antonio van Voozt then told this Depo;t that if hee
did not dept from thence with the said ship without further
trading ?There, hee would forthwith force this depo:t and y:e sd Ship
and Company thereof to Dept thence; or to that effect, All w:ch
words and XXXions passed betweene this Depo:t & y:e sd Van Voozt on
board//

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//On board the sd ''Turtle Dove'' in the ?Molaine and English Language
but w:th Languages the said Van Voozt, and alsoe this Depo:t well spake
& understood and saith that one Kaleb ?Kime Mate of the ''Bantam''
heard some of the said words, and further hee cannot depose,
saving that both the said Van Voozt, and y:e ''Turtle Dove'', and
alsoe the said ther three vessells were then in the Imediate
Service of the Dutch East India Company:

To the 6:th hee saith that y:e next day after this Depo:t had bin
on board y:e ''Turtle Dove'' as aforesaid y:e said Captaine
Taylo:r went on board y:e said ''Dove'', but what discourse or
Words passed betweene him & y:e sd Van Voozt hee knoweth
not in regard hee went not with him, And further cannot
depose.

To the 9:th 10:th 11:th & 12:th hee saith that on y:e day y:t y:e said Taylo:r Went onboard
the said ''Turtle Dove'' as aforesd or y:e next day after this depo:t and
y:e said Taylo:r did againe goe aboard y:e sd ''Turtle Dove'', together,
And this depo:t & the said Taylor after their Coming on board her told the said
Van Voozt that besides y:e pepp that was on board the said
''Bantam ffrigot'' hee this depo:t had laid out at Indra Ponza three Thousand
Dollars and had invested y:e same in pepper. And desired
the said Van Voozt that hee would not hinder the lading
of the same on board the said Ship y:e ''Bantam'' or to that
effect, But the said Van Voozt in a Violent and Angry manner
said that none of the said Pepper should be brought aboard
the ''Bantam ffrigot'', and said ffurther that if any attempt
was made to bring any pepp aboard y:e said ship the
''Bantam ffrigot'' hee would seize, and take the same, And
alsoe told this depo:t and the said Tailo:r that
all the Trade for pepp on the West Coast of Sumatra in
the Queene of ?Acheines Dominions, belonged to the Dutch
East India Company: And then this Depo:t
went on board y:e ''Bantam'' and from thence this Depo:t
went in the ''bantam ffrigots'' Boate ashore, and there
caused about a Bahaire of pepper to be put on board y:e
said Boate; and having soe done, this depo:t went him
selfe into the said Boate intending to goe directly onboard
the''Bantam'' with the said pepper. but in his passage
one of y:e said Dutch Vessells. w:ch came and Anchored
at or neere y:e Barre of y:e River of Indra Ponza, sent her
boate and alsoe another Boate well manned to seize this depo:t and y:e said ''Bantam
ffrogotts'' boate & y:e Pepper therein w:ch they accordingly did
and Carried this depo:t & y:e Said Boate and Pepper to the
said Dutch Vessell and from thence they were sent to the
said Dutch Admirall the ''Turtle Dove''; and there the said
Pepper was by the said Van Voozt his order. taken out
of the said Boate and putt aboard y:e said ''Turtle Dove''
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//And there detained the same, And thereupon this Depo:t
and the said Isaac taylor and one ?Gotham Howard
Cheife Mate of the said ship protested against the
said Antonio van Voozt Comander of the said ship
the ''Turtle Dove'' and all of his Imploye:rs and having
nowe seene the first schedule annexed to the sd Allon
beginning WHEREAS THE QUEENE OF ACHEIN
&c: and Ending: Dated from on board y:e ''Bantam''
October y:e 19:th 1657: and subscribed Thomas Newman
Isaac Taylo:r Gotham Howard. hee saith the same
was and is a true Copy of the said Originall protest
made by this depo:t and y:e said Isaac Taylo:r and Howard
ag:t y:e sd Van Voozt, and all his Imploye:rs And
y:e said Originall protest was really and truely signed
by this depo:t and the said Isaac taylo:r and Gotham
Howard on or about, the said Nineteenth of October 1657
and y:e Contents thereof were and are true; And
further hee doth not depose.

To the 13:th hee saith that the said Van Voozt on or about
the said Nineteenth of Octob:r 1657: Caused the sd
Captaine Taylo:r and Company to Depart from
Indra Ponza, and sailed with the ''Bantam ffrigot''
in her way to Bantam. neere w:ch place arriving
the said Van Voozt, nor any other of the Dutch shipps
Lying before Bantam, soe that y:e ''Bantam
ffrigot'' was Constrained to goe to Battavia. And y:e said Van Voozt in
his ship the ''Turtle Dove''; and alsoe the saidthree other
Dutch Vessells. Sailed with her thither, and there hee
saith the said ''Bantam ffrigot'' lay under Comand of
the said ''Turtle Dove''; and y:e sd Three other dutch
vessells, and alsoe Under y:e Comand of severall other
Dutch ships there lying, alsoe in y:e Service of the said
Dutch East India Company. W:ch hee knoweth for that
hee was Carried in y:e said Ship ''Bantam'' from
Indra Ponza to Battavia. And further cannot depose

To the 14:th & 15:th hee saith that upon or about the ?7:th o October
1657: English Stile this Depo:t, and Captaine Isaac Taylo:r
were Comanded to Appeare before the arlate John
Martsuyker the Generall of and for the Dutch East
India Company at Battavia w:ch they according (sic) did
And the said Generall then told this Depo:t and y:e
said Taylo:r that hee had order that neither
they, nor any of the English should trade in any of the
Dominions of the Queene of Acheine, or to that effect
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//But the said Generall said that hee would speake with
his Counsell there that they might be XXXXXX with a Lading
at Battavia, And promised soe to doe, But notwithstandinge
hee put on board y:e ''Bantam ffrigot'' two or three XXXX
w:ch Comtinued on board y:e said Ship ''Bantam'', untill her
departure from Battavia, w:ch was

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//or thereabouts, During all w:ch time they or some of
them, would not suffer this Depo:t nor the said Captaine
Taylo:r nor any of the ''Bantam ffrigots'' Company
to take in any newe or other Lading on board her,
And soe this Depot and the said
Taylo:r and Company were forced to Depart with
the ''Bantam ffrigot'' from Battavia, and out of the
East Indias for Europe; with only the foresaid six hundred
Seaventy two Balarzes of pepp, w:ch were as aforesd
Laden on board the said ship, at Indra Ponza before
the said Van Voozt came and Interrupted and
hindred them as aforesaid: The premisses hee
Deposeth Goeing all the said time Supra Cargo
of the said ship as aforesaid, and further Cannot
depose

To the 10:th hee saith that had not this depo:t and Company
bin Interrupted and hindred by the said Van
Voozt and Company and y:e Dutch?X as aforesaid, all the said
pepp that this Depo:t had bought and provided
at Indra Ponza as aforesaid would have bin Laden
onboard the ''Bantam ffrigot'' for y:e account of the said ffreighto:rs and
undoubtedly have bin brought safe for Europe for
their said Account, And this depo:t further saith that
hee heard the said Taylo:r say at Legorne that Command:XX
of ships had there received her before any of her pepper
was unladen, and had or would give an Attestaccon under
their hands that the said ship Would have Carried
Ninety five tonnes or thereabouts of pepper more than shee had on board her or to
that effect, And further hee cannot depose:

To the 19:th hee saith hee Cannot depose:

To the 20:th hee saith that yt y:e time y:e said ship was in
East India aforesaid shee was as hee beleeveth of the
Burthen of 210 Tonnes or thereabouts, And further
cannot depose

To the 21:th hee saith that after y:e Departure of the said
''Bantam ffrigot'' from the East Indias as a foresaid shee
set saile for Legorne and there arrived on or about
the 18:th or 19:th day of August 1658: English Stile there the
said six hundred seaventy two BXXXXXX of pepper
were unladen and of the sd ship. And this
hee deposeth arriving therein her and further hee
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//To the 22:th hee deposeth not:

To the 23:th hee can not depose.

To the 24:th hee cannot deose, saving that every hundred weight
of the said Pepp at the time of the unlading thereof at Lighorne did
make a quintall

To the 25:th hee daith that at the said time of unlading
the said shipp at Leghorne every Quintall was worth about
fourteene peeces of Eight cleare of al Charges (sccounting
every oeece of Eight at five shillings a pXXXX and XXXX
and about that rfate a Quintall of Copper (sic) was then and
there usually sold for. And further hee Cannot depose

To the 26:th hee saith that the said 672 Bahaizes of
pepp soe laden on board the said ship as aforesaid at
Andra (sic) Ponza, and Carried in the said ship XX XXXX did
cost at Indra Ponza XXXX thousand seaven hundred &
fifteene peeces of Eight or neere thereabouts accounting
every peece of Eight at five shillings a peece at Indra
Ponza, w:ch doth amount unto 2428:li 15:s sterl: And saith
that the provision and ?scuturage of the same doth amount
to about 375:li sterl. The p:rmisses hee deooseth being
supra Cargoe of the said ship the said voyage; and
Laid out the said peeces of Eight at Indra Ponza
And further cannot depose:

To the 28:th hee saith that the said S:r John Dethick
Knight, and the rest of the ffreighters aforesad, have abd
must pay all y;e Dead ffreight, and for the Dammage
of the said ''Bantam ffrigot'' by the Dutch aforesd
And further hee cannot depose:

To the 29:th hee saith that the said S:r John Dethick and all
the partyes in the suite; (w:ho are all Englishmen and
subjects of this Comonwealth of England) besides the
foresaid damages , have sustained great Loss; and
Damages in forbearance of their principall money.

And further cannot depose.

To the 30:th hee saith that during the time that the said
ship the ''Bantam ffrigot'' was upon y:e Coast of Sumatra
& in y:e East Indias y:e Voyage in question; this depo:t
and the said Captaine Taylor and Company of the
said Ship Did Carry and demaneane themselves very
Civilly, and peacably, and did not doe any Injury or
wrong to any of the ships, goods, or psons, of or belonging
to the said Dutch East India Company, And that in
?Respect//
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//Respect of the Lading of the said Ship un the East Unias
the Generall of Battavia, and y:e said Van Voozt and
Company, Dif not Carry themselves Civilly towards
this Depo:t and y:e sd Taylo:r and Company. W:ch hee
knoweth, for y:e Reasons aforesd. And further
cannpt depose

To the 31:th hee saith that the said John Maetsuijker
the Generall of the said Dutch East India Company
at battavia Did (upon or about the 11:th
day of December 1657) at Battavia
give this Depo:t writing in the Dutch Language
subscribed w:th his owne hand. signifying. the goode
Carriage, and dilligence of this Depo:t And having
now sene the third schedule annexed to the said Allon
hee saith the same was and is the said Originall
writing soe Given to this Depo:t and by the sd Generall & XXXXX this Deps saw
the said ?Joan Mastsing subscribe the same
And further cannot depose-

To the last hee saith his foregoeing depon is true

THOMAS NEWMAN [His signture]

Repeated before D:r Godolphin

Here end proceedings in the protestors name

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===Case: The Brazill Company of Portugall concerning the Jonathan and Abigaill: Deposition: Thomas Morley: Date: June 13th 1659===

//The 13:th of June 1659

The Brazill Company of Portugall ag:t)
200 Quintalls of Brazil Wood or)
therabouts brought to this port)
in the ''Jonathan and Abigail'')<ref>The ''Jonathan and Abigaill''. See a later case involving the same ship. ([[MRP: HCA 13/76 Part One#head-5cf0caba21d3cd72801297968068a55885f62c8c|HCA 13/76 Part One: f. 1 recto: Case: The Jonathan and Abigail vs. Daniel Edwards: Deposition: Thomas Andrews, of Wapping, in the parish of White Chappell: Date: 16:th August 1666]]</ref>

(Thomas Morley M:r) and ag:t)
John Thacker)

Suckley Cheeker

Rp

Examined upon y:e Allon given
in by M:r Suckley

THOMAS MORLEY master of
the ship the ''Jonathan & Abigail''
aged 48 yeeres or thereabouts
sworne and Examined.

To the first arle of the said Allon hee saith and Deposeth
that y:e parcell of Brazil wood arlate (being two Hundred Kintalls (sic), or therabouts
was was (sic) brought to this Port in y:e said ship the ''Jonathan
& Abigail'', as Delivered to this Depo:t out of a yard at
Lisbone, w:ch yard did belong to the Portugall XXXX ?India Company as thisDepo:t
was then and there Credibly Informed and ?soe hee verily beleeveth
And saith that one John Roles, a Portugueze (sic) Broker, whom
this Depo:t Imployed in procuring of goods to lade onboard y:e sd
ship upon freight did ?procure all y:e said Brazill Wood, and y:e said Roles
hath often times told this Depo:t, about the time of the Lading thereof that y:e said Wood was to be
transported in y:e said Ship to London for y:e Account of the
Portugall Brazil Company, and soe this Depo:te verily beleeveth it was,
And saith that the said Roles did pcure other goods for this
Depo:t y:e said time of this Depo:ts being there, and saith there
was an Agreemt made amongst divers of the Merchants that
laded goods in y:e sd Ship that there should be
a Teston upon each Chest of Sugar, and tow Ryalls upon
each pipe of Oyle, and after that proporcon, for other goods
to be Given as a Gratuity to y:e Convoy that stayed there for
the ''Jonathan & Abigail'', and other English ships then there
And this Depo:t Demanded of the said Roles y:e like rates
for y:e said Brazill Wood and y:e other goods y:t hee
procured, and y:t were laden on board y:e said Ship, But for
the said 200 Quintalls of Brazil Wood y:e said Roles refused
to allow any thing. telling this Depo:t that y:e same did belong
to the Brazil Company, and they being a Joint Company
would beare their owne Adventures or to that effect, But
for the other goods that the sd Roles procured, y:e said Roles allowed y:e rates
aforesaid, to this Depo:t for y:e said Convoy, And soe much this
Depo:t beleeveth hee hath acknowledged to severall psons
The foresd premises hee deposeth, being M:r of the said
ship aforesaid And further Cannot depose./.
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===Case: Mayflower vs. XXXX: Deposition: 2. John Stannian, of the City of London; Gentleman, aged 26: Date: September 23rd 1659===

//The 23:th of September 1659
Examined upon the fore said allegaccon

2. JOHN STANNIAN of the vitie of London gent., aged 26
yeeres or thereabouts sworne & examined

To the first second and third of the articles of the said allegaccon hee saith and deposeth that hee well
remembreth, and that in or about ffebruary or March last was
XXXXXXth the Governour and Company of English Merchants trading
to East India Imployed and XXX are the said shipp from this port of London
on a trading voyage to goe and XXXX to XXXX on the coast of the Island
of Sumatra to lade pepper for the said companies account, w;ch
hee knoweth having XXXX the said Companies orders and XXXXXX XXX XXX
with XX
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//To the 2:d. hee saith that hee this Depo:t did in a former voyage
carry about three hundred Quintalls of Brazeel wood, from Lisbone
to Newhaven for y:e account as hee beleeveth of the said Brazil
Companie, and y:t wood was procured Alsoe by the said Roles
at the same BXXXXXX; And after, this Depo:te had receaved
y:e said3000 Quintalls on board his Ship y;e sd Roles brought
him bills of Lading, ready filled up; e:ch this Depo:t signed
and ?those w:ch this Depo:t signed for y:e said 200 Quintalls
of Wood now in Question; and alsoe for those other goods
which hee then procured. he brought bills of Lading to this
Depo:t, ready filled up in Portugueze, (w:ch this
Depo:t doth not well understand) and this Depo:t signed y:e same
And further cannot depose: /:

To the third hee saith that y:e arlate ffrancis Pardini is
(as this Depo:t hath heard) failed) ?in Estate, and y:e arlate
John Thacker (as this Depo:t hath also heard) is Employed
to make y:e said Pardinies Composicon with his Credito:es
And y:e said Pardini had never y:e possession of the
said wood. And further deposeth not saving hee referreth
himselfe to the sd bill of Lading.

To the last hee saith his foregoeing depon is true:/:

To the Interries.:/.

To the first he saith that y:e Bill of Lading Interrate nowe
showed unto him, is really signed by him this depot for
y:e said 200 Quintalls of Brazill, Wood and this Depo:t signed
onely two or three bills of Lading more for y:e said wood, w:ch this
DEpo:t verily beleeveth wweere of the same teno:r. and saith
hee as aforesaid beleeveth that the said goods were so laded for the account
of the Portugale Brazile company for the reasons before deposed, and
hee knoweth not XXXX did ?sen Marcos Valez da Silvera mentioned
to be the lader in the said bill, nor knoweth him to be the lader, ?more
than that that hee is so said to be in the said bill, the said XXXX being
the only person that procured and ordered the said lading, and saith the
said lading was so made at Lisbone, and upon the seizure of her
XXXXXX XXXXXX XXX XXXXXXX, and that the said bill was signed on or
about the day of the date thereof, And otherwise ?saving as aforesaid hee
cannot depose.

To the second hee saith that sometimes there are Colourable bills of
Lading made& signed for goods, and noe reall bills, but in such
Cases, the M:r of the ship hath Instrctions where and to wheom
to Deliver the goods mentioned in y:e Colourable bills./:

To the 3:d hee saith that the said three hundred Quintalls w:ch this
Depo:t Carried in his ship from Lisbone to Newhaven and w:ch as hee
beleeveth, were for y:e account of the said Portugall Brazil Companye
were mentioned in the bill of lading to be for the said
companies account or not, & further cannot answer saving as aforesd

To the 4:th hee saith, that hee doth not knowe that hee had any goods
on board y:e XXXXX ''Jonathan and Abigail'' in this her last homeward
Voyage for XXXXX of y:e sad Brazil Compa but beleeveth as aforesd, that y:e said 200 Quintalls were for their account
And further cannot Answer saving as aforesd/.
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//To the 5:th hee saith that hee was in y:e said yard (out of w:ch y:e said
Logwood was taken & sent on board y:e said ship) whilest, some of the sd
wood was weighing, and sawe most of it sent, and brought aboard
y:e said ship, y:e said yard being neere y:e waterside & neere unto
y:e place: where his ship lay & further Cannot Answer referring
himselfe to his foregoeing Depn./

To the 6:th hee saith that y:e said John Roles is of this Depo:ts
knowledge a Comon Broker, betwixt Merchts and M:r of ships
and other Trade:?s and hath noe pticular relaccon to the said
Brazil Companz that this Depo:t knoweth of/:

To the 7:th hee saith that y:e acknowledgements & Confessions that this
Depo:t hath made touching y:e Lading of y:e said goods on board y:e
sd. shipp, were made before hee had prsed his booke
wherin he tooke Not of such things:/

To the 8:th hee saith that had there not bin a arrest laid
upon y:e said two hundred Quintalls of Brazill Wood, this depo:t
intended to have deivered, and would have delivered y:e same
to the said ffrancis Pardini, or his order. in regard they are
Consigned to him by the said Bill of Lading: And saith that
hee was & is bound by the said Bill of Lading to deliver y:e same to the
said Pardini or his order, And saith that the said Interrate Colonell hath
not showed this DEpo:t any order or power to Demand or receive
the said Goods either from the said Company or any other. pson
whatsoever, and othewise Cannot Answer/.

THOMAS MORLEY [His signature]

Repeated before D:r Godolphin.

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===Case: XXXX: Examination: Thomas Morley, Master of the Jonathan and Abigail, aged 48: Date: June 12th 1659===

//The 13.:th day of June 1659./:

Examibed upon an Allon given in on behalfe
of the said Thacker:/.

The Brazil Companz of Portugall)
against 200 Quintalls of Brazil Wood)
brought to this Port Laded bz them)
(as is pretended) in Lisbone on board)
y:e ''Jonathan & Abigail'', Thomas Morley)
M:r arrested by authority of this Court, &)
ag:t John Thacker coming in for his interest)
therein Suckley: Cheeke)

THOMAS MORLEY M:r of the ship the
''Jonathan and Abigail'': aged 48 yeeres or
thereabouts sworne and Examined:/:

R?p

To the first & second arle hee cannot Depose:/:

To the 3.:d. hee cannot depose; saving hee referreth himselfe to his answer
to the fisrt Interrie, on y:e other part,

To the 4:th y:e Bill of Lading arlate now shewed unto him
& by him prsed hee saith and deposeth that y:e same was & is really
& truely signed by him this Depo:t. & is one of the Originall bills
of Lading for y:e 200 Quintalls of Brazill wood, and to y:e rest hee
referreth himselfe to his answer made to the first Interrie on y:e
other part,

To the 5:th. 6:th 7:th 8:th 9:th 10:th. 11:th & 12:th hee Cannot Depose:

THOMAS MORLEY [His signature]

Repeated as above.
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===Case: Touching the Mayflower: Examination: 2. John Stannian, of the City of London, aged 26: Date: September 23rd 1659===

//The 23:th of September 1659.

Examined upon the foresaid allegaccon

Touching the ''Mayflower'')
aforesaid)

2 JOHN STANNIAN of the citie of London gent, aged 26
yeeres or thereabouts sworne and examined.

To the first second and ?rest of the articles of the said allegaccon hee saith and deposeth that hee very
well knoweth the shipp the ''Mayflower'' arlate whereof William Curtis was
commander, and that in XXXXX ffeburary or March last was a
twelve moneth the ?Governour and Company of English Marchants trading
to East India Imployed and XX XX the said shipp from this port of London
on a trading voyage to goe and ?saile to Achean on the coast of the Island
of Sumatra to lade pepper for the said companies account, w:ch
hee knoweth having seane the said Companies orders and dispatches tXXX XXXX
they XXXX. And further
saith that hee hath seane Letters sent from the said master and factors of the said shipp
imployed in India about the said shipps trade,
purporting them upon the said shipps arrival before Acheen they XXXX
XXXXXX and had from admittance and ?license from her 9 XXXXX of Acheen
to lade her there with pepper, and in the said lre was alsoe sent the
said QuachXXX license in writing with aXXXXXXX thereof
to XXXXX and manifest to the said company her said leave to lade
pepper there, and further perporting that having got the said leave the
said factors and agents of the Company fell to ?procuring of pepper there
for her lading, and had XXXX or XXXXXX lading of pepper thXXXXX XXXX to be
laded aboard her for the said Companies use and account, containing fiftie
foure baggs of pepper w:ch weighed 3896 pounds net English weight
and then there lay there three dutch shipps belonging to the dutch
East India company whereof Balthazar ?Bert was commander and
that the said boate with the said pepper therein was by the ?men and
order of the said Balthazar Barts seized and taken away
from the ''Mayflowers'' ?helm and carried aboard the XXXXordia and
of the said dutch shipps, and that thXXX being donne, the dutch tooke ?all
the pepper and turned off the ''Mayflowers'' long boat aXXXXXX,
and would not suffer her to receive any more pepper or other goods from EXXXX but
wholly prohibited and ?dysppointed her therein, and he XXXX XXXXX the
voyage, to the greate dammage of the said English companye, and saith
that the said Captain Curtis XXXXXX said ?first XXXX and
seizure of her pepper were aboard the said XXX XXX, Balthazar Bart (as
the said XXXX XXXXX) and?expostulated the matter with him and
demanded the pepper XXXXX, but was denied and sent away without
any XXXXX, and that XXXXX hee and William Smith and John
?Shedd two of the companies factors made a protest against the XXXXX action
of the dutch and XXXX XXX XXX XX thereof to London under a ?notaries
hand and with their names thereto, w:ch XXXX this depot
hath
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MRP: Academic contacts

2012-06-06T14:48:48Z

SimonLiebesny:

'''Academic contacts'''

'''Editorial history'''

20/09/11, CSG: Created page
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'''Overview'''

This page lists individual academics & departments
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__TOC__
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==A==

Dr Paul Arblaster
Docent, Zuyd University
Vertaalacademie (School of Translation)

Selected publications:

• 'Piracy and Play: Two Catholic Appropriations of Nieuhof’s Gezantschap', in The Dutch Trading Companies as Knowledge Networks, ed. Jan L. de Jong et al. (Brill, 2010), pp. 129-143

• 'Antwerp and Brussels as Inter-European Spaces', in The Dissemination of News and the Emergence of Contemporaneity, ed. Brendan Dooley (Ashgate, 2010), pp. 193-205

• 'The Southern Netherlands Connection: Networks of Support and Patronage', in Catholic Communities in Protestant States: Britain and the Netherlands c.1570-1720, ed. Benjamin J. Kaplan et al. (Manchester UP, 2009), pp. 123-138

• 'London, Antwerp and Amsterdam: Journalistic Relations in the First Half of the Seventeenth Century', in The Bookshop of the World, ed. Lotte Hellinga et al. (HES & De Graaf, 2001), 145-150

• Arblaster, Paul. Antwerp & the World: Richard Verstegan and the International Culture of Roman Catholicism. Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2004
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==B==

Richard Blakemore
PhD candidate (advisor: David Smith)
Selwyn College
Cambridge
CB3 9DQ

T: XXXX
E: XXXX

[http://cambridge.academia.edu/RichardBlakemore Richard Blakemore Academic.edu profile]

INTERESTS:

"My thesis is a study of London seafarers, maritime tradesmen, and their families during the civil wars, exploring how, and to what extent, their actions in and experiences of the 1640s were shaped by a shared occupational identity, and what impact the civil wars had upon them as a community. My research interests include the role of seafarers in various maritime 'worlds' (Atlantic, Mediterranean, North Sea, Indian); the social aspects of the maritime community; the relationship between seafarers, the navy, and state-formation; and the social and cultural aspects of early modern navigation. I also have wider interests both in maritime and early modern history generally.

Between M.Phil. and Ph.D. research, I held a summer internship at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, working on navigational instruments as cultural artefacts. Before moving to Cambridge for postgraduate study, I completed my undergraduate degree at the University of Aberystwyth."
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Jonathan Blaney
Project Editor, British History Online
Institute of Historical Research
University of London
Senate House
Malet Street
LONDON WC1E 7HU

T: +44 (0)20 7862 8789
F: +44 (0)20 7862 8745
E: jonathan.blaney@sas.ac.uk

W: www.history.ac.uk
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Dr Mathew Bristow
Research Manager
Victoria County History
Institute of Historical Research
University of London
Senate House
Malet Street
London
WC1E 7HU

http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/about/staff

E: mathew.bristow@sas.ac.uk
T: 0207-664-4899

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Dr Jan Broadway
E: janb@xmera.co.uk

- Cell's technical Director, 2002-2010
- Now an independent consultant
- Her research concentrates on early modern gentry society and the development of local and family history

Publications

- a biography of the seventeenth-century herald and scholar Sir William Dugdale and a catalogue of his correspondence.

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==C==

The Cambridge Group for the History of Population Growth & Social Structure
Sir William Hardy Building
Department of Geography
University of Cambridge
Downing Place
Cambridge
CB2 3EN
Deputy director: Leigh Shaw-Taylor
E: Leigh.shaw-taylor@geog.cam.ac.uk
T: 0044-(0)1223 333181
W: http://www.hpss.geog.cam.ac.uk/
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CEDEX
[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cedex/index.aspx The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx)]

The Sir Clive Granger Building
The University of Nottingham, University Park
Nottingham NG7 2RD

Tel: +44 (0) 115 951 5620
Fax: +44 (0) 115 951 4159
For enquiries, please email sue.maccormick@nottingham.ac.uk. For experiments, please email cedex@nottingham.ac.uk.

* Founded in 2000, and is based in the School of Economics at the University of Nottingham
* The focus for the Centre is research into individual and strategic decision-making using a combination of theoretical and experimental methods
* [http://ideas.repec.org/top/top.cbe.html Ranked 8th in the world in the Field of Cognitive & Behavioural Economics, as of May 2012]
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Professor Thomas Corns
Head of School of English
University of Bangor
T: +44 (0)1248 382213
E: els009@bangor.ac.uk
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==D==

[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/innovation/groups/cerch/people/dunn/index.aspx Dr Stuart Dunn]
Lecturer, Centre for e-Research
Centre for e-Research
26-29 Drury Lane, Room 223
King's College London, London WC2B 5RL

E: stuart.dunn@kcl.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)20 7848 2709

'''Selected publications'''

Dunn, S. 2011: Dealing with the complexity deluge: VREs in the Arts and Humanities. In Wursteman, J. (ed.): Library Hi-Tech special issue, Virtual research environments: issues and opportunities for librarians: 205-216

'''Selected conference papers'''

Reception reconsidered: communicating material culture in the Internet age. Classical Association Conference, Durham, 2011.

GeoParsing: The Digitization and Historical Georeferencing of Text Documents. International Symposium on Grid Computing, Taipei, March 2010.
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==F==

Dr Adam Farquhar
Head of Digital technology
The British Library

[http://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/2010/05/brtf/adamfarquhar.aspx Dr Adam Farquhar: JISC Profile]
[http://uk.linkedin.com/in/adamfarquhar Dr Adam Farquhar: Linked In Profile]

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==G==

Dr Perry Gauci
V. H. H. Green Fellow, Tutor in History, Fellow Librarian and Archivist
Lincoln College
Turl Street
Oxford
OX1 3DR
T: 01865 279795 (direct line)
E: perry.gauci@lincoln.ox.ac.uk
See [http://www.linc.ox.ac.uk/Profile?aid=55 online profile]
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Dr. James M. Gibson
Bridge Archivist
The Bridge Chamber
5 The Esplanade
Rochester
Kent ME1 1QE
T: 01634 846706
E: bridgearchivist@rbt.org.uk.
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Guy Grannum
Discovery Product Manager
The National Archives
Kew
Surrey
TW9 4DU

E: Guy.Grannum@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk
T: +44(0)20 8392 5330 x 2307

Formerly:
User Collaboration Manager at The National Archives
Your Archives Manager at The National Archives
Caribbean specialist at The National Archives

[http://www.linkedin.com/in/guygrannum Guy Grannum LinkedIn profile"]

Guy Grannum, ''Tracing Your West Indian Ancestors'', 2nd edn (PRO Publications, 2002)
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==H==

[http://www.seek.salford.ac.uk/profiles/JHAGGERTY.jsp Dr John Haggerty]
Lecturer in Information Systems Security
School of Computing, Science & Engineering
Room 203 Newton Building, University of Salford, Salford, M5 4WT.

T: 0161-295-6329
E: j.haggerty@salford.ac.uk

CONFERENCES

Papers in Published Conference Proceedings

Haggerty, J & Haggerty, S 2011, Temporal Social Network Analysis for Historians: A Case Study, in: 'Proceedings of the International Conference on Visualization Theory and Applications (IVAPP 2011)', INSTICC, Algarve, Portugal, pp.207-217. Conference details: International Conference on Visualization Theory and Applications (IVAPP 2011), Algarve, Portugal, 5 - 7 March, 2011.

Haggerty, J & Lamb, D & Taylor, M 2009, Social Network Visualization for Forensic Investigation of E-Mail, in: '4th Annual Workshop on Digital Forensics and Incident Analysis (WDFIA 09)', University of Plymouth, Athens, Greece, pp.81-92.

Conference Presentations

Sustaining Business Networks during Uncertain Times: A Case Study of a Liverpool Trade Association, 1750-1810 (Annual Conference of the Association of Business History 2011, Reading, United Kingdom, July 2011 to July 2011).

Merchant Networks in Liverpool, 1750 - 1810: Efficiency, Power and Control (Annual Conference of the Association of Business History 2009, Liverpool, United Kingdom, July 2009).

Visual Analytics of Eighteenth-Century Business Networks: Pretty Useful? (Economic and Social History Conference, Warwick, United Kingdom, April 2009).
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[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/history/people/sheryllynne.haggerty Dr Sheryllynne Haggerty]
Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts
Room B3a Lenton Grove
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
UK

T: 0115 84 68358
E: sheryllynne.haggerty@nottingham.ac.uk

INTERESTS

* Expertise is in the area of eighteenth-century traders and the economy of the first British empire - both formal and informal
* Interest in networks of people, credit and goods and the lives of men and women who facilited this trade
* Member of the Centre for International Business History
* School of History representative for the management board of the Institute for the Study of Slavery (ISOS)
* Serve on the Council of the British Commission for Maritime History (BCMH)

RESEARCH

"Writing up my second monograph entitled 'Merely for Money'? Business Culture in the British Atlantic, due for pubication with Liverpool University Press in 2012.

This is the culmination of a long term project which began with an ESRC award for 2004-5 entitled Business Culture and Community: Liverpool in the 18th Century British Atlantic. This is an inter-disciplinary study into business culture during this period, but taking a wide, Atlantic perspective. Using a variety of primary sources, it adopts social-science theory to investigate the concepts of risk, trust, reputation, obligation and networks within the eighteenth-century trading community. I was Caird North American Research Fellow 2006, granted by the National Maritime Museum (UK) and the John Carter Brown Library (Rhode Island, USA) which contributed to this study."

"First monograph was entitled The British-Atlantic Trading Community 1760-1810: Men, Women, and the Distribution of Goods (Brill Press, 2006). This study investigated and profiled a far wider trading community than elite (male) merchants, and detailed the networks of people, credit and goods both within each city, regionally and across the Atlantic, between the two cities"

"Previously worked with Professor Kenneth Morgan (Brunel) and Professor Trevor Burnard (Warwick) on a Leverhulme funded research project entitled "Merchants and Merchandising: Kingston, Jamaica in the Eighteenth Century". This research investigated both the social and economic history of Kingston itself, and its business and social networks within the Atlantic framework."

"Liverpool University recently conducted research on the nineteenth-century Liverpool mercantile community which will result in a major web accessible database. See www.liv.ac.uk/merchants"

"Presently working with the school of Computing, Science and Engineering at the University of Salford, using Visual Analytic tools for the analysis of business networks. We have already published on this work. See my publications below"

CONFERENCES

Forthcoming

[http://www.imeha2012.ugent.be/ International Maritime and Economic History Conference, Ghent], " 'Merely for Money'? Business Culture in the British-Atlantic, 1750-1815" (Jul 2012).

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

HAGGERTY, S., 2012. 'You promise well and perform as badly': The Failure of the 'implicit contract of family' in the Scottish Atlantic International Journal of Maritime History. 1-15
HAGGERTY, JOHN AND SHERYLLYNNE HAGGERTY, 2011. The Life Cycle of a Metropolitan Business Network: Liverpool 1750-1810 Explorations in Economic History. 48(2), 189-206
HAGGERTY, J. and HAGGERTY, S., 2011. Temporal Social Network Analysis for Historians: A Case Study: Proceedings of the International Conference of Visualization Theory and Application In: International Conference on Visualization Theory and Applications. 207-217
HAGGERTY, SHERYLLYNNE AND JOHN HAGGERTY, 2010. Visual Analytics of an Eighteenth-Century Network Enterprise and Society. 11(1), 1-25
HAGGERTY, SHERYLLYNNE, 2010. Risk and Risk Management in the Liverpool Slave Trade Business History. 51(6), 816-834
HAGGERTY. S, A. WEBSTER and N. J. WHITE, 2008. The Empire in One City? Liverpool's Inconvenient Imperial Past Manchester: Manchester University Press.
HAGGERTY, S., 2006. The Structure of the Philadelphia Trading Community on the Transition from Colony to State Business History. 48(2), 171-192
HAGGERTY, S., 2002. The structure of the trading community in Liverpool, 1760-1810 Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. 151, 97-125
HAGGERTY, S., 2002. A link in the chain: trade and the trans-shipment of knowledge in the late eighteenth century International Journal of Maritime History. 14(1), 157-172
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Professor Elizabeth Harvey
University of Nottingham
E: XXXX
T: XXXC
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Dr Mark Hedges
Principal investigator, KCL crowdsourcing review
Director of the Centre for e-Research
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Digital Humanities, KCL
E: mark.hedges@kcl.ac.uk
T: XXXX
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Colin Heywood
Faculty member
University of Hull

T: XXXX
E: XXXXX

[http://hull.academia.edu/ColinHeywood Colin Heywood academic.edu profile]

INTERESTS:
Early modern Ottoman History, History of the Mediterranean, Maritime History, Microhistory as technique and approach, and Ottoman historical studies in the 20th century

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Professor Tim Hitchcock
University of Hertfordshire
Hatfield
Hertfordshire
AL10 9AB
T: +44 (0)1707 284000
E: T.Hitchcock@herts.ac.uk
[http://web-apps.herts.ac.uk/uhweb/about-us/profiles/profiles_home.cfm?profile=D9F0B63B-B44D-B348-DDEA711F6AE2FF7D&view=expertise Online profile]
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==J==

Professor Lisa Jardine
Centre for Editing Lives and Letters
ArtsOne
Queen Mary, University of London
Mile End Road
London E1 4NS

E: l.a.jardine@qmul.ac.uk
T:
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==L==

Centre for Urban History
University of Leicester
Marc Fitch House
3-5 Salisbury Road
Leicester, LE1 7QR
T: +44 (0)116 252 2378
E: cuh@le.ac.uk
www.le.ac.uk/ur
tinyurl.com/urbanhistory
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==M==

[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/History/People/julia.merritt Dr Julia Merritt]
Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts
University of Nottingham

E: julia.merritt@nottingham.ac.uk
T: 0115 951 5931
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Dr Noah Moxham
E: N.Moxham@uea.ac.uk

Centre for Editing Lives and Letters
ArtsOne
Queen Mary, University of London
Mile End Road
London E1 4NS

Specific enquiries:

* Research projects: Dr Matt Symonds, m.symonds@qmul.ac.uk, 020 7882 8905
* M.Res. and M.A. degree programmes: Dr Robyn Adams, r.adams@qmul.ac.uk, 020 7882 8907
* Events: Alex Filby, a.l.filby@qmul.ac.uk, 020 7882 8905
* Mailing list for the AHRC Centre for Editing Lives and Letters
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==N==

[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/humanities/digital/index.aspx University of Nottingham: The Digital Humanities Centre]

* "A facility for research and learning, located in the School of Humanities. It provides an innovative infrastructure to explore the interface between Humanities research and information technology and to develop new tools for scholarly humanities research and teaching."

* "The Digital Humanities Centre operates in collaboration with the Centre for Advanced Studies and the Digital Humanities Group."
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[http://nottingham.ac.uk/cibh/index.aspx University of Nottingham: Centre for International Business History (CIBH)]

The overall aim of this Centre is to develop the study of British and International business history and to act as a mechanism to promote and disseminate research on business history across the University as well as enhance the profile of business history in the UK. Business history illuminates how business strategies develop within political, institutional and economic environments.

Directors : Chris Wrigley, Department of History and Mark Billings, Nottingham University Business School.

Co-Directors

Dr Mark Billings, Business School

[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/history/people/sheryllynne.haggerty Dr Sheryllynne Haggerty], Department of History

Members

Dr Richard Goddard, Department of History

Professor Elizabeth Harvey, Department of History

Professor Colin Heywood, Department of History

Dr Peter Lyth, Business School

Dr Stephen Morgan, Contemporary Chinese Studies

Andy Newnham, Nottingham City Museums and Galleries in partnership with the School of History

[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/history/people/sue.townsend Dr Susan Townsend], Department of History

Emeritus Professor Maggie Walsh, Department of American and Canadian Studies

[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/history/people/chris.wrigley Professor Chris Wrigley], Department of History

Visiting Professors

Professor Forrest Capie, Cass Business School, City University London

Emeritus Professor Phil Cottrell, School of Historical Studies, University of Warwick

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==P==

Ms. Theresa Phipps
Doctoral candidate
University of Nottingham
E: ahxtp1@nottingham.ac.uk

Theresa Phipps (2011-present): 'Women, Power and Identity in Nottingham, c. 1350-1450'
Co-superviser: Richard Goddard
Co-superviser: Ross Balzetti

[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/history/people/ross.balzaretti Ross Balzaretti]
Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts
Room A12 Lenton Grove
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
UK
E: ross.balzaretti@nottingham.ac.uk
T: 0115 9515943

Between 2004-2010 Ross Balzaretti UK editor with my colleague Karen Adler of ''Gender & History'', one of the leading international History journals.
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Dr Richard Price
Founder of [http://www.academia.edu Academia.edu]
San Francisco (according to his Twitter account)

http://www.academia.edu
LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/richardprice

Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/richardprice100
E: XXXX
T: XXXX

"Richard Price did a Ph.D at Oxford in philosophy. Alongside his PhD, he founded a few startups, including a Craigslist for Oxford (Liveout.co.uk) and a Facebook app that was the largest on the platform for several months (PeopleRadar). After finishing his PhD, he founded Academia.edu, which is a platform for academics around the world to connect and share research. He spotted the need for the platform when doing his PhD.

He raised venture capital, and launched the site in September 2008. Currently the site has 1.2 million monthly visitors and about 4.9 million monthly page views. About 1,000 academics sign up every day. Academia.edu’s goal is for every academic in the world to be using the site to share and follow research."<ref>[http://ideamensch.com/richard-price/]</ref>
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PRISM
University of Virginia

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Jo Pugh
Education Technical Officer
The National Archives
T: +44 (0)20 8392 5330 x2748
E: jo.pugh@nationalarchives.gov.uk
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education

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==R==

Dr William O'Reilly
Trinity Hall
Cambridge
CB2 1TJ
T: +44 (0)1223 765956
E: wto@cam.ac.uk
See [http://www.histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk/william_oreilly.htm online profile]
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Dr. Geoffrey Rockwell
3-67 Assiniboia Hall
Department of Philosophy
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
T6G 2E7

Tel: 780 248-1209

Email: geoffrey.rockwell@ualberta.ca

Project director: TAPoR
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==S==

Professor Robert Shoemaker
University of Sheffield
E: r.shoemaker@sheffield.ac.uk
T: +44-(0)114-22 22584

- C18th century historian
- Steering Committee, [http://www.18thconnect.org/ 18thConnect] (project which aggregates 18th century digital resources; a partnership between Miami University, Ohio, and the University of Virginia)
** 18thConnect will soon offer access here to Voyeur: Reveal Your Texts, a window that allows using TaPOR tools to analyze these texts.

Selected publications:

- Arising out the London Lives project, Shoemaker is writing a book, co-authored with Hitchcock, entitled ''Poor Man, Sick Man, Beggarman, Thief: Plebeian Lives and the Making of Modern London, 1690-1800''. Planned as an e-book, this will examine the role played by plebeian Londoners, through their interactions with the agencies of poor relief and criminal justice, in the evolution modern social policy.

E-projects

[http://www.shef.ac.uk/hri/projects/projectpages/criminalintent Data Mining with Criminal Intent]
- Using Zotero and TAPoR on the Old Bailey Proceedings
** [http://www.zotero.org/ Zotero], a popular environment for managing online scholarship has been created that allows humanists to collect, index and manipulate large amounts of text
** [http://portal.tapor.ca/ TAPoR Tools], a range of facilities for the quantitative analysis of text, has been piloted and tested.

'''Newgate Commons''': The creation of Newgate Commons: a new form of interface for the Old Bailey Proceedings that supplements the current search interfaces. The Newgate Commons will allow scholars to use mining and clustering techniques to identify, collect and work with, sets of relevant trials and related texts, and to extract them for further study with other tools. The interface will also make it easy for users to train machine learning ‘agents’ to help identify patterns in the text (and underlying account of prosecutions and punishments) of interest to the researcher.

'''Zotero Virtual Collections''': The modification of Zotero Virtual Collections,the Zotero bibliographic reference management tool, so it can be used to manage the collections of documents created within the Newgate Commons and call upon full texts only when needed.

'''Voyeur Analytics''': [http://hermeneuti.ca/voyeur Voyeur Analytics]. the project will connect Zotero to analytical tools designed by the TAPoR project to work on large collections, including the Voyeur toolset for analysis and visualization. The emphasis throughout will be on extending existing tools as needed to allow researchers to navigate between them seamlessly and to use Zotero as a hub from which to manage large study collections. In the process we will create the potential to analyze and visualize change over time in a way that goes beyond current historical methodologies, illuminating the relationship between text and event in new ways.

- Funder: JISC, NEH, SSHRC
- Programme: Digging into Data Challenge
- Partners
** PI: Tim Hitchcock (University of Hertfordshire, UK)
** PI: Daniel Cohen (George Mason University, USA)
** PI: Geoffrey Rockwell (University of Alberta, Canada)
** William Turkel (University of Western Ontario, USA)
** Stéfan Sinclair (McMaster University, Canada)
** Robert Shoemaker (University of Sheffield, UK)
** HRI Digital, Humanities Research Institute (University of Sheffield, UK)
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==T==

Dr Bruce Tate
Institute of Historical Research
ReScript project manager

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==Y==

Dr Neil Younger, Essex University
E: nyounger@essex.ac.uk
T: 01206-872299

MRP: Academic contacts

2012-06-06T14:34:42Z

SimonLiebesny:

'''Academic contacts'''

'''Editorial history'''

20/09/11, CSG: Created page
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'''Overview'''

This page lists individual academics & departments
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__TOC__
----
==A==

Dr Paul Arblaster
Docent, Zuyd University
Vertaalacademie (School of Translation)

Selected publications:

• 'Piracy and Play: Two Catholic Appropriations of Nieuhof’s Gezantschap', in The Dutch Trading Companies as Knowledge Networks, ed. Jan L. de Jong et al. (Brill, 2010), pp. 129-143

• 'Antwerp and Brussels as Inter-European Spaces', in The Dissemination of News and the Emergence of Contemporaneity, ed. Brendan Dooley (Ashgate, 2010), pp. 193-205

• 'The Southern Netherlands Connection: Networks of Support and Patronage', in Catholic Communities in Protestant States: Britain and the Netherlands c.1570-1720, ed. Benjamin J. Kaplan et al. (Manchester UP, 2009), pp. 123-138

• 'London, Antwerp and Amsterdam: Journalistic Relations in the First Half of the Seventeenth Century', in The Bookshop of the World, ed. Lotte Hellinga et al. (HES & De Graaf, 2001), 145-150

• Arblaster, Paul. Antwerp & the World: Richard Verstegan and the International Culture of Roman Catholicism. Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2004
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==B==

Richard Blakemore
PhD candidate (advisor: David Smith)
Selwyn College
Cambridge
CB3 9DQ

T: XXXX
E: XXXX

[http://cambridge.academia.edu/RichardBlakemore Richard Blakemore Academic.edu profile]

INTERESTS:

"My thesis is a study of London seafarers, maritime tradesmen, and their families during the civil wars, exploring how, and to what extent, their actions in and experiences of the 1640s were shaped by a shared occupational identity, and what impact the civil wars had upon them as a community. My research interests include the role of seafarers in various maritime 'worlds' (Atlantic, Mediterranean, North Sea, Indian); the social aspects of the maritime community; the relationship between seafarers, the navy, and state-formation; and the social and cultural aspects of early modern navigation. I also have wider interests both in maritime and early modern history generally.

Between M.Phil. and Ph.D. research, I held a summer internship at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, working on navigational instruments as cultural artefacts. Before moving to Cambridge for postgraduate study, I completed my undergraduate degree at the University of Aberystwyth."
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Jonathan Blaney
Project Editor, British History Online
Institute of Historical Research
University of London
Senate House
Malet Street
LONDON WC1E 7HU

T: +44 (0)20 7862 8789
F: +44 (0)20 7862 8745
E: jonathan.blaney@sas.ac.uk

W: www.history.ac.uk
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Dr Mathew Bristow
Research Manager
Victoria County History
Institute of Historical Research
University of London
Senate House
Malet Street
London
WC1E 7HU

http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/about/staff

E: mathew.bristow@sas.ac.uk
T: 0207-664-4899

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Dr Jan Broadway
E: janb@xmera.co.uk

- Cell's technical Director, 2002-2010
- Now an independent consultant
- Her research concentrates on early modern gentry society and the development of local and family history

Publications

- a biography of the seventeenth-century herald and scholar Sir William Dugdale and a catalogue of his correspondence.

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==C==

The Cambridge Group for the History of Population Growth & Social Structure
Sir William Hardy Building
Department of Geography
University of Cambridge
Downing Place
Cambridge
CB2 3EN
Deputy director: Leigh Shaw-Taylor
E: Leigh.shaw-taylor@geog.cam.ac.uk
T: 0044-(0)1223 333181
W: http://www.hpss.geog.cam.ac.uk/
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CEDEX
[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cedex/index.aspx The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx)]

The Sir Clive Granger Building
The University of Nottingham, University Park
Nottingham NG7 2RD

Tel: +44 (0) 115 951 5620
Fax: +44 (0) 115 951 4159
For enquiries, please email sue.maccormick@nottingham.ac.uk. For experiments, please email cedex@nottingham.ac.uk.

* Founded in 2000, and is based in the School of Economics at the University of Nottingham
* The focus for the Centre is research into individual and strategic decision-making using a combination of theoretical and experimental methods
* [http://ideas.repec.org/top/top.cbe.html Ranked 8th in the world in the Field of Cognitive & Behavioural Economics, as of May 2012]
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Professor Thomas Corns
Head of School of English
University of Bangor
T: +44 (0)1248 382213
E: els009@bangor.ac.uk
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==D==

[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/innovation/groups/cerch/people/dunn/index.aspx Dr Stuart Dunn]
Lecturer, Centre for e-Research
Centre for e-Research
26-29 Drury Lane, Room 223
King's College London, London WC2B 5RL

E: stuart.dunn@kcl.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)20 7848 2709

'''Selected publications'''

Dunn, S. 2011: Dealing with the complexity deluge: VREs in the Arts and Humanities. In Wursteman, J. (ed.): Library Hi-Tech special issue, Virtual research environments: issues and opportunities for librarians: 205-216

'''Selected conference papers'''

Reception reconsidered: communicating material culture in the Internet age. Classical Association Conference, Durham, 2011.

GeoParsing: The Digitization and Historical Georeferencing of Text Documents. International Symposium on Grid Computing, Taipei, March 2010.
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==F==

Dr Adam Farquhar
Head of Digital technology
The British Library

[http://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/2010/05/brtf/adamfarquhar.aspx Dr Adam Farquhar: JISC Profile]
[http://uk.linkedin.com/in/adamfarquhar Dr Adam Farquhar: Linked In Profile]

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==G==

Dr Perry Gauci
V. H. H. Green Fellow, Tutor in History, Fellow Librarian and Archivist
Lincoln College
Turl Street
Oxford
OX1 3DR
T: 01865 279795 (direct line)
E: perry.gauci@lincoln.ox.ac.uk
See [http://www.linc.ox.ac.uk/Profile?aid=55 online profile]
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Dr. James M. Gibson
Bridge Archivist
The Bridge Chamber
5 The Esplanade
Rochester
Kent ME1 1QE
T: 01634 846706
E: bridgearchivist@rbt.org.uk.
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Guy Grannum
Discovery Product Manager
The National Archives
Kew
Surrey
TW9 4DU

E: Guy.Grannum@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk
T: +44(0)20 8392 5330 x 2307

Formerly:
User Collaboration Manager at The National Archives
Your Archives Manager at The National Archives
Caribbean specialist at The National Archives

[http://www.linkedin.com/in/guygrannum Guy Grannum LinkedIn profile"]

Guy Grannum, ''Tracing Your West Indian Ancestors'', 2nd edn (PRO Publications, 2002)
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==H==

[http://www.seek.salford.ac.uk/profiles/JHAGGERTY.jsp Dr John Haggerty]
Lecturer in Information Systems Security
School of Computing, Science & Engineering
Room 203 Newton Building, University of Salford, Salford, M5 4WT.

T: 0161-295-6329
E: j.haggerty@salford.ac.uk

CONFERENCES

Papers in Published Conference Proceedings

Haggerty, J & Haggerty, S 2011, Temporal Social Network Analysis for Historians: A Case Study, in: 'Proceedings of the International Conference on Visualization Theory and Applications (IVAPP 2011)', INSTICC, Algarve, Portugal, pp.207-217. Conference details: International Conference on Visualization Theory and Applications (IVAPP 2011), Algarve, Portugal, 5 - 7 March, 2011.

Haggerty, J & Lamb, D & Taylor, M 2009, Social Network Visualization for Forensic Investigation of E-Mail, in: '4th Annual Workshop on Digital Forensics and Incident Analysis (WDFIA 09)', University of Plymouth, Athens, Greece, pp.81-92.

Conference Presentations

Sustaining Business Networks during Uncertain Times: A Case Study of a Liverpool Trade Association, 1750-1810 (Annual Conference of the Association of Business History 2011, Reading, United Kingdom, July 2011 to July 2011).

Merchant Networks in Liverpool, 1750 - 1810: Efficiency, Power and Control (Annual Conference of the Association of Business History 2009, Liverpool, United Kingdom, July 2009).

Visual Analytics of Eighteenth-Century Business Networks: Pretty Useful? (Economic and Social History Conference, Warwick, United Kingdom, April 2009).
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[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/history/people/sheryllynne.haggerty Dr Sheryllynne Haggerty]
Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts
Room B3a Lenton Grove
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
UK

T: 0115 84 68358
E: sheryllynne.haggerty@nottingham.ac.uk

INTERESTS

* Expertise is in the area of eighteenth-century traders and the economy of the first British empire - both formal and informal
* Interest in networks of people, credit and goods and the lives of men and women who facilited this trade
* Member of the Centre for International Business History
* School of History representative for the management board of the Institute for the Study of Slavery (ISOS)
* Serve on the Council of the British Commission for Maritime History (BCMH)

RESEARCH

"Writing up my second monograph entitled 'Merely for Money'? Business Culture in the British Atlantic, due for pubication with Liverpool University Press in 2012.

This is the culmination of a long term project which began with an ESRC award for 2004-5 entitled Business Culture and Community: Liverpool in the 18th Century British Atlantic. This is an inter-disciplinary study into business culture during this period, but taking a wide, Atlantic perspective. Using a variety of primary sources, it adopts social-science theory to investigate the concepts of risk, trust, reputation, obligation and networks within the eighteenth-century trading community. I was Caird North American Research Fellow 2006, granted by the National Maritime Museum (UK) and the John Carter Brown Library (Rhode Island, USA) which contributed to this study."

"First monograph was entitled The British-Atlantic Trading Community 1760-1810: Men, Women, and the Distribution of Goods (Brill Press, 2006). This study investigated and profiled a far wider trading community than elite (male) merchants, and detailed the networks of people, credit and goods both within each city, regionally and across the Atlantic, between the two cities"

"Previously worked with Professor Kenneth Morgan (Brunel) and Professor Trevor Burnard (Warwick) on a Leverhulme funded research project entitled "Merchants and Merchandising: Kingston, Jamaica in the Eighteenth Century". This research investigated both the social and economic history of Kingston itself, and its business and social networks within the Atlantic framework."

"Liverpool University recently conducted research on the nineteenth-century Liverpool mercantile community which will result in a major web accessible database. See www.liv.ac.uk/merchants"

"Presently working with the school of Computing, Science and Engineering at the University of Salford, using Visual Analytic tools for the analysis of business networks. We have already published on this work. See my publications below"

CONFERENCES

Forthcoming

[http://www.imeha2012.ugent.be/ International Maritime and Economic History Conference, Ghent], " 'Merely for Money'? Business Culture in the British-Atlantic, 1750-1815" (Jul 2012).

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

HAGGERTY, S., 2012. 'You promise well and perform as badly': The Failure of the 'implicit contract of family' in the Scottish Atlantic International Journal of Maritime History. 1-15
HAGGERTY, JOHN AND SHERYLLYNNE HAGGERTY, 2011. The Life Cycle of a Metropolitan Business Network: Liverpool 1750-1810 Explorations in Economic History. 48(2), 189-206
HAGGERTY, J. and HAGGERTY, S., 2011. Temporal Social Network Analysis for Historians: A Case Study: Proceedings of the International Conference of Visualization Theory and Application In: International Conference on Visualization Theory and Applications. 207-217
HAGGERTY, SHERYLLYNNE AND JOHN HAGGERTY, 2010. Visual Analytics of an Eighteenth-Century Network Enterprise and Society. 11(1), 1-25
HAGGERTY, SHERYLLYNNE, 2010. Risk and Risk Management in the Liverpool Slave Trade Business History. 51(6), 816-834
HAGGERTY. S, A. WEBSTER and N. J. WHITE, 2008. The Empire in One City? Liverpool's Inconvenient Imperial Past Manchester: Manchester University Press.
HAGGERTY, S., 2006. The Structure of the Philadelphia Trading Community on the Transition from Colony to State Business History. 48(2), 171-192
HAGGERTY, S., 2002. The structure of the trading community in Liverpool, 1760-1810 Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. 151, 97-125
HAGGERTY, S., 2002. A link in the chain: trade and the trans-shipment of knowledge in the late eighteenth century International Journal of Maritime History. 14(1), 157-172
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Professor Elizabeth Harvey
University of Nottingham
E: XXXX
T: XXXC
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Dr Mark Hedges
Principal investigator, KCL crowdsourcing review
Director of the Centre for e-Research
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Digital Humanities, KCL
E: mark.hedges@kcl.ac.uk
T: XXXX
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Colin Heywood
Faculty member
University of Hull

T: XXXX
E: XXXXX

[http://hull.academia.edu/ColinHeywood Colin Heywood academic.edu profile]

INTERESTS:
Early modern Ottoman History, History of the Mediterranean, Maritime History, Microhistory as technique and approach, and Ottoman historical studies in the 20th century

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Professor Tim Hitchcock
University of Hertfordshire
Hatfield
Hertfordshire
AL10 9AB
T: +44 (0)1707 284000
E: T.Hitchcock@herts.ac.uk
[http://web-apps.herts.ac.uk/uhweb/about-us/profiles/profiles_home.cfm?profile=D9F0B63B-B44D-B348-DDEA711F6AE2FF7D&view=expertise Online profile]
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==J==

Professor Lisa Jardine
Centre for Editing Lives and Letters
ArtsOne
Queen Mary, University of London
Mile End Road
London E1 4NS

E: l.a.jardine@qmul.ac.uk
T:
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==L==

Centre for Urban History
University of Leicester
Marc Fitch House
3-5 Salisbury Road
Leicester, LE1 7QR
T: +44 (0)116 252 2378
E: cuh@le.ac.uk
www.le.ac.uk/ur
tinyurl.com/urbanhistory
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==M==

[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/History/People/julia.merritt Dr Julia Merritt]
Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts
University of Nottingham

E: julia.merritt@nottingham.ac.uk
T: 0115 951 5931
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Dr Noah Moxham
E: N.Moxham@uea.ac.uk

Centre for Editing Lives and Letters
ArtsOne
Queen Mary, University of London
Mile End Road
London E1 4NS

Specific enquiries:

* Research projects: Dr Matt Symonds, m.symonds@qmul.ac.uk, 020 7882 8905
* M.Res. and M.A. degree programmes: Dr Robyn Adams, r.adams@qmul.ac.uk, 020 7882 8907
* Events: Alex Filby, a.l.filby@qmul.ac.uk, 020 7882 8905
* Mailing list for the AHRC Centre for Editing Lives and Letters
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==N==

[http://nottingham.ac.uk/cibh/index.aspx University of Nottingham: Centre for International Business History (CIBH)]

The overall aim of this Centre is to develop the study of British and International business history and to act as a mechanism to promote and disseminate research on business history across the University as well as enhance the profile of business history in the UK. Business history illuminates how business strategies develop within political, institutional and economic environments.

Directors : Chris Wrigley, Department of History and Mark Billings, Nottingham University Business School.

Co-Directors

Dr Mark Billings, Business School

[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/history/people/sheryllynne.haggerty Dr Sheryllynne Haggerty], Department of History

Members

Dr Richard Goddard, Department of History

Professor Elizabeth Harvey, Department of History

Professor Colin Heywood, Department of History

Dr Peter Lyth, Business School

Dr Stephen Morgan, Contemporary Chinese Studies

Andy Newnham, Nottingham City Museums and Galleries in partnership with the School of History

[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/history/people/sue.townsend Dr Susan Townsend], Department of History

Emeritus Professor Maggie Walsh, Department of American and Canadian Studies

[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/history/people/chris.wrigley Professor Chris Wrigley], Department of History

Visiting Professors

Professor Forrest Capie, Cass Business School, City University London

Emeritus Professor Phil Cottrell, School of Historical Studies, University of Warwick

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==P==

Ms. Theresa Phipps
Doctoral candidate
University of Nottingham
E: ahxtp1@nottingham.ac.uk

Theresa Phipps (2011-present): 'Women, Power and Identity in Nottingham, c. 1350-1450'
Co-superviser: Richard Goddard
Co-superviser: Ross Balzetti

[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/history/people/ross.balzaretti Ross Balzaretti]
Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts
Room A12 Lenton Grove
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
UK
E: ross.balzaretti@nottingham.ac.uk
T: 0115 9515943

Between 2004-2010 Ross Balzaretti UK editor with my colleague Karen Adler of ''Gender & History'', one of the leading international History journals.
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Dr Richard Price
Founder of [http://www.academia.edu Academia.edu]
San Francisco (according to his Twitter account)

http://www.academia.edu
LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/richardprice

Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/richardprice100
E: XXXX
T: XXXX

"Richard Price did a Ph.D at Oxford in philosophy. Alongside his PhD, he founded a few startups, including a Craigslist for Oxford (Liveout.co.uk) and a Facebook app that was the largest on the platform for several months (PeopleRadar). After finishing his PhD, he founded Academia.edu, which is a platform for academics around the world to connect and share research. He spotted the need for the platform when doing his PhD.

He raised venture capital, and launched the site in September 2008. Currently the site has 1.2 million monthly visitors and about 4.9 million monthly page views. About 1,000 academics sign up every day. Academia.edu’s goal is for every academic in the world to be using the site to share and follow research."<ref>[http://ideamensch.com/richard-price/]</ref>
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PRISM
University of Virginia

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Jo Pugh
Education Technical Officer
The National Archives
T: +44 (0)20 8392 5330 x2748
E: jo.pugh@nationalarchives.gov.uk
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education

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==R==

Dr William O'Reilly
Trinity Hall
Cambridge
CB2 1TJ
T: +44 (0)1223 765956
E: wto@cam.ac.uk
See [http://www.histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk/william_oreilly.htm online profile]
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Dr. Geoffrey Rockwell
3-67 Assiniboia Hall
Department of Philosophy
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
T6G 2E7

Tel: 780 248-1209

Email: geoffrey.rockwell@ualberta.ca

Project director: TAPoR
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==S==

Professor Robert Shoemaker
University of Sheffield
E: r.shoemaker@sheffield.ac.uk
T: +44-(0)114-22 22584

- C18th century historian
- Steering Committee, [http://www.18thconnect.org/ 18thConnect] (project which aggregates 18th century digital resources; a partnership between Miami University, Ohio, and the University of Virginia)
** 18thConnect will soon offer access here to Voyeur: Reveal Your Texts, a window that allows using TaPOR tools to analyze these texts.

Selected publications:

- Arising out the London Lives project, Shoemaker is writing a book, co-authored with Hitchcock, entitled ''Poor Man, Sick Man, Beggarman, Thief: Plebeian Lives and the Making of Modern London, 1690-1800''. Planned as an e-book, this will examine the role played by plebeian Londoners, through their interactions with the agencies of poor relief and criminal justice, in the evolution modern social policy.

E-projects

[http://www.shef.ac.uk/hri/projects/projectpages/criminalintent Data Mining with Criminal Intent]
- Using Zotero and TAPoR on the Old Bailey Proceedings
** [http://www.zotero.org/ Zotero], a popular environment for managing online scholarship has been created that allows humanists to collect, index and manipulate large amounts of text
** [http://portal.tapor.ca/ TAPoR Tools], a range of facilities for the quantitative analysis of text, has been piloted and tested.

'''Newgate Commons''': The creation of Newgate Commons: a new form of interface for the Old Bailey Proceedings that supplements the current search interfaces. The Newgate Commons will allow scholars to use mining and clustering techniques to identify, collect and work with, sets of relevant trials and related texts, and to extract them for further study with other tools. The interface will also make it easy for users to train machine learning ‘agents’ to help identify patterns in the text (and underlying account of prosecutions and punishments) of interest to the researcher.

'''Zotero Virtual Collections''': The modification of Zotero Virtual Collections,the Zotero bibliographic reference management tool, so it can be used to manage the collections of documents created within the Newgate Commons and call upon full texts only when needed.

'''Voyeur Analytics''': [http://hermeneuti.ca/voyeur Voyeur Analytics]. the project will connect Zotero to analytical tools designed by the TAPoR project to work on large collections, including the Voyeur toolset for analysis and visualization. The emphasis throughout will be on extending existing tools as needed to allow researchers to navigate between them seamlessly and to use Zotero as a hub from which to manage large study collections. In the process we will create the potential to analyze and visualize change over time in a way that goes beyond current historical methodologies, illuminating the relationship between text and event in new ways.

- Funder: JISC, NEH, SSHRC
- Programme: Digging into Data Challenge
- Partners
** PI: Tim Hitchcock (University of Hertfordshire, UK)
** PI: Daniel Cohen (George Mason University, USA)
** PI: Geoffrey Rockwell (University of Alberta, Canada)
** William Turkel (University of Western Ontario, USA)
** Stéfan Sinclair (McMaster University, Canada)
** Robert Shoemaker (University of Sheffield, UK)
** HRI Digital, Humanities Research Institute (University of Sheffield, UK)
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==T==

Dr Bruce Tate
Institute of Historical Research
ReScript project manager

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==Y==

Dr Neil Younger, Essex University
E: nyounger@essex.ac.uk
T: 01206-872299

MRP: Academic contacts

2012-06-06T14:34:19Z

SimonLiebesny:

'''Academic contacts'''

'''Editorial history'''

20/09/11, CSG: Created page
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'''Overview'''

This page lists individual academics & departments
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==A==

Dr Paul Arblaster
Docent, Zuyd University
Vertaalacademie (School of Translation)

Selected publications:

• 'Piracy and Play: Two Catholic Appropriations of Nieuhof’s Gezantschap', in The Dutch Trading Companies as Knowledge Networks, ed. Jan L. de Jong et al. (Brill, 2010), pp. 129-143

• 'Antwerp and Brussels as Inter-European Spaces', in The Dissemination of News and the Emergence of Contemporaneity, ed. Brendan Dooley (Ashgate, 2010), pp. 193-205

• 'The Southern Netherlands Connection: Networks of Support and Patronage', in Catholic Communities in Protestant States: Britain and the Netherlands c.1570-1720, ed. Benjamin J. Kaplan et al. (Manchester UP, 2009), pp. 123-138

• 'London, Antwerp and Amsterdam: Journalistic Relations in the First Half of the Seventeenth Century', in The Bookshop of the World, ed. Lotte Hellinga et al. (HES & De Graaf, 2001), 145-150

• Arblaster, Paul. Antwerp & the World: Richard Verstegan and the International Culture of Roman Catholicism. Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2004
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==B==

Richard Blakemore
PhD candidate (advisor: David Smith)
Selwyn College
Cambridge
CB3 9DQ

T: XXXX
E: XXXX

[http://cambridge.academia.edu/RichardBlakemore Richard Blakemore Academic.edu profile]

INTERESTS:

"My thesis is a study of London seafarers, maritime tradesmen, and their families during the civil wars, exploring how, and to what extent, their actions in and experiences of the 1640s were shaped by a shared occupational identity, and what impact the civil wars had upon them as a community. My research interests include the role of seafarers in various maritime 'worlds' (Atlantic, Mediterranean, North Sea, Indian); the social aspects of the maritime community; the relationship between seafarers, the navy, and state-formation; and the social and cultural aspects of early modern navigation. I also have wider interests both in maritime and early modern history generally.

Between M.Phil. and Ph.D. research, I held a summer internship at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, working on navigational instruments as cultural artefacts. Before moving to Cambridge for postgraduate study, I completed my undergraduate degree at the University of Aberystwyth."
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Jonathan Blaney
Project Editor, British History Online
Institute of Historical Research
University of London
Senate House
Malet Street
LONDON WC1E 7HU

T: +44 (0)20 7862 8789
F: +44 (0)20 7862 8745
E: jonathan.blaney@sas.ac.uk

W: www.history.ac.uk
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Dr Mathew Bristow
Research Manager
Victoria County History
Institute of Historical Research
University of London
Senate House
Malet Street
London
WC1E 7HU

http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/about/staff

E: mathew.bristow@sas.ac.uk
T: 0207-664-4899

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Dr Jan Broadway
E: janb@xmera.co.uk

- Cell's technical Director, 2002-2010
- Now an independent consultant
- Her research concentrates on early modern gentry society and the development of local and family history

Publications

- a biography of the seventeenth-century herald and scholar Sir William Dugdale and a catalogue of his correspondence.

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==C==

The Cambridge Group for the History of Population Growth & Social Structure
Sir William Hardy Building
Department of Geography
University of Cambridge
Downing Place
Cambridge
CB2 3EN
Deputy director: Leigh Shaw-Taylor
E: Leigh.shaw-taylor@geog.cam.ac.uk
T: 0044-(0)1223 333181
W: http://www.hpss.geog.cam.ac.uk/
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CEDEX
[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cedex/index.aspx The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx)]

The Sir Clive Granger Building
The University of Nottingham, University Park
Nottingham NG7 2RD

Tel: +44 (0) 115 951 5620
Fax: +44 (0) 115 951 4159
For enquiries, please email sue.maccormick@nottingham.ac.uk. For experiments, please email cedex@nottingham.ac.uk.

* Founded in 2000, and is based in the School of Economics at the University of Nottingham
* The focus for the Centre is research into individual and strategic decision-making using a combination of theoretical and experimental methods
* [http://ideas.repec.org/top/top.cbe.html Ranked 8th in the world in the Field of Cognitive & Behavioural Economics, as of May 2012]

Professor Thomas Corns
Head of School of English
University of Bangor
T: +44 (0)1248 382213
E: els009@bangor.ac.uk
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==D==

[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/innovation/groups/cerch/people/dunn/index.aspx Dr Stuart Dunn]
Lecturer, Centre for e-Research
Centre for e-Research
26-29 Drury Lane, Room 223
King's College London, London WC2B 5RL

E: stuart.dunn@kcl.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)20 7848 2709

'''Selected publications'''

Dunn, S. 2011: Dealing with the complexity deluge: VREs in the Arts and Humanities. In Wursteman, J. (ed.): Library Hi-Tech special issue, Virtual research environments: issues and opportunities for librarians: 205-216

'''Selected conference papers'''

Reception reconsidered: communicating material culture in the Internet age. Classical Association Conference, Durham, 2011.

GeoParsing: The Digitization and Historical Georeferencing of Text Documents. International Symposium on Grid Computing, Taipei, March 2010.
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==F==

Dr Adam Farquhar
Head of Digital technology
The British Library

[http://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/2010/05/brtf/adamfarquhar.aspx Dr Adam Farquhar: JISC Profile]
[http://uk.linkedin.com/in/adamfarquhar Dr Adam Farquhar: Linked In Profile]

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==G==

Dr Perry Gauci
V. H. H. Green Fellow, Tutor in History, Fellow Librarian and Archivist
Lincoln College
Turl Street
Oxford
OX1 3DR
T: 01865 279795 (direct line)
E: perry.gauci@lincoln.ox.ac.uk
See [http://www.linc.ox.ac.uk/Profile?aid=55 online profile]
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Dr. James M. Gibson
Bridge Archivist
The Bridge Chamber
5 The Esplanade
Rochester
Kent ME1 1QE
T: 01634 846706
E: bridgearchivist@rbt.org.uk.
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Guy Grannum
Discovery Product Manager
The National Archives
Kew
Surrey
TW9 4DU

E: Guy.Grannum@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk
T: +44(0)20 8392 5330 x 2307

Formerly:
User Collaboration Manager at The National Archives
Your Archives Manager at The National Archives
Caribbean specialist at The National Archives

[http://www.linkedin.com/in/guygrannum Guy Grannum LinkedIn profile"]

Guy Grannum, ''Tracing Your West Indian Ancestors'', 2nd edn (PRO Publications, 2002)
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==H==

[http://www.seek.salford.ac.uk/profiles/JHAGGERTY.jsp Dr John Haggerty]
Lecturer in Information Systems Security
School of Computing, Science & Engineering
Room 203 Newton Building, University of Salford, Salford, M5 4WT.

T: 0161-295-6329
E: j.haggerty@salford.ac.uk

CONFERENCES

Papers in Published Conference Proceedings

Haggerty, J & Haggerty, S 2011, Temporal Social Network Analysis for Historians: A Case Study, in: 'Proceedings of the International Conference on Visualization Theory and Applications (IVAPP 2011)', INSTICC, Algarve, Portugal, pp.207-217. Conference details: International Conference on Visualization Theory and Applications (IVAPP 2011), Algarve, Portugal, 5 - 7 March, 2011.

Haggerty, J & Lamb, D & Taylor, M 2009, Social Network Visualization for Forensic Investigation of E-Mail, in: '4th Annual Workshop on Digital Forensics and Incident Analysis (WDFIA 09)', University of Plymouth, Athens, Greece, pp.81-92.

Conference Presentations

Sustaining Business Networks during Uncertain Times: A Case Study of a Liverpool Trade Association, 1750-1810 (Annual Conference of the Association of Business History 2011, Reading, United Kingdom, July 2011 to July 2011).

Merchant Networks in Liverpool, 1750 - 1810: Efficiency, Power and Control (Annual Conference of the Association of Business History 2009, Liverpool, United Kingdom, July 2009).

Visual Analytics of Eighteenth-Century Business Networks: Pretty Useful? (Economic and Social History Conference, Warwick, United Kingdom, April 2009).
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[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/history/people/sheryllynne.haggerty Dr Sheryllynne Haggerty]
Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts
Room B3a Lenton Grove
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
UK

T: 0115 84 68358
E: sheryllynne.haggerty@nottingham.ac.uk

INTERESTS

* Expertise is in the area of eighteenth-century traders and the economy of the first British empire - both formal and informal
* Interest in networks of people, credit and goods and the lives of men and women who facilited this trade
* Member of the Centre for International Business History
* School of History representative for the management board of the Institute for the Study of Slavery (ISOS)
* Serve on the Council of the British Commission for Maritime History (BCMH)

RESEARCH

"Writing up my second monograph entitled 'Merely for Money'? Business Culture in the British Atlantic, due for pubication with Liverpool University Press in 2012.

This is the culmination of a long term project which began with an ESRC award for 2004-5 entitled Business Culture and Community: Liverpool in the 18th Century British Atlantic. This is an inter-disciplinary study into business culture during this period, but taking a wide, Atlantic perspective. Using a variety of primary sources, it adopts social-science theory to investigate the concepts of risk, trust, reputation, obligation and networks within the eighteenth-century trading community. I was Caird North American Research Fellow 2006, granted by the National Maritime Museum (UK) and the John Carter Brown Library (Rhode Island, USA) which contributed to this study."

"First monograph was entitled The British-Atlantic Trading Community 1760-1810: Men, Women, and the Distribution of Goods (Brill Press, 2006). This study investigated and profiled a far wider trading community than elite (male) merchants, and detailed the networks of people, credit and goods both within each city, regionally and across the Atlantic, between the two cities"

"Previously worked with Professor Kenneth Morgan (Brunel) and Professor Trevor Burnard (Warwick) on a Leverhulme funded research project entitled "Merchants and Merchandising: Kingston, Jamaica in the Eighteenth Century". This research investigated both the social and economic history of Kingston itself, and its business and social networks within the Atlantic framework."

"Liverpool University recently conducted research on the nineteenth-century Liverpool mercantile community which will result in a major web accessible database. See www.liv.ac.uk/merchants"

"Presently working with the school of Computing, Science and Engineering at the University of Salford, using Visual Analytic tools for the analysis of business networks. We have already published on this work. See my publications below"

CONFERENCES

Forthcoming

[http://www.imeha2012.ugent.be/ International Maritime and Economic History Conference, Ghent], " 'Merely for Money'? Business Culture in the British-Atlantic, 1750-1815" (Jul 2012).

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

HAGGERTY, S., 2012. 'You promise well and perform as badly': The Failure of the 'implicit contract of family' in the Scottish Atlantic International Journal of Maritime History. 1-15
HAGGERTY, JOHN AND SHERYLLYNNE HAGGERTY, 2011. The Life Cycle of a Metropolitan Business Network: Liverpool 1750-1810 Explorations in Economic History. 48(2), 189-206
HAGGERTY, J. and HAGGERTY, S., 2011. Temporal Social Network Analysis for Historians: A Case Study: Proceedings of the International Conference of Visualization Theory and Application In: International Conference on Visualization Theory and Applications. 207-217
HAGGERTY, SHERYLLYNNE AND JOHN HAGGERTY, 2010. Visual Analytics of an Eighteenth-Century Network Enterprise and Society. 11(1), 1-25
HAGGERTY, SHERYLLYNNE, 2010. Risk and Risk Management in the Liverpool Slave Trade Business History. 51(6), 816-834
HAGGERTY. S, A. WEBSTER and N. J. WHITE, 2008. The Empire in One City? Liverpool's Inconvenient Imperial Past Manchester: Manchester University Press.
HAGGERTY, S., 2006. The Structure of the Philadelphia Trading Community on the Transition from Colony to State Business History. 48(2), 171-192
HAGGERTY, S., 2002. The structure of the trading community in Liverpool, 1760-1810 Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. 151, 97-125
HAGGERTY, S., 2002. A link in the chain: trade and the trans-shipment of knowledge in the late eighteenth century International Journal of Maritime History. 14(1), 157-172
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Professor Elizabeth Harvey
University of Nottingham
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T: XXXC
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Dr Mark Hedges
Principal investigator, KCL crowdsourcing review
Director of the Centre for e-Research
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Digital Humanities, KCL
E: mark.hedges@kcl.ac.uk
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Colin Heywood
Faculty member
University of Hull

T: XXXX
E: XXXXX

[http://hull.academia.edu/ColinHeywood Colin Heywood academic.edu profile]

INTERESTS:
Early modern Ottoman History, History of the Mediterranean, Maritime History, Microhistory as technique and approach, and Ottoman historical studies in the 20th century

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Professor Tim Hitchcock
University of Hertfordshire
Hatfield
Hertfordshire
AL10 9AB
T: +44 (0)1707 284000
E: T.Hitchcock@herts.ac.uk
[http://web-apps.herts.ac.uk/uhweb/about-us/profiles/profiles_home.cfm?profile=D9F0B63B-B44D-B348-DDEA711F6AE2FF7D&view=expertise Online profile]
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==J==

Professor Lisa Jardine
Centre for Editing Lives and Letters
ArtsOne
Queen Mary, University of London
Mile End Road
London E1 4NS

E: l.a.jardine@qmul.ac.uk
T:
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==L==

Centre for Urban History
University of Leicester
Marc Fitch House
3-5 Salisbury Road
Leicester, LE1 7QR
T: +44 (0)116 252 2378
E: cuh@le.ac.uk
www.le.ac.uk/ur
tinyurl.com/urbanhistory
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==M==

[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/History/People/julia.merritt Dr Julia Merritt]
Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts
University of Nottingham

E: julia.merritt@nottingham.ac.uk
T: 0115 951 5931
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Dr Noah Moxham
E: N.Moxham@uea.ac.uk

Centre for Editing Lives and Letters
ArtsOne
Queen Mary, University of London
Mile End Road
London E1 4NS

Specific enquiries:

* Research projects: Dr Matt Symonds, m.symonds@qmul.ac.uk, 020 7882 8905
* M.Res. and M.A. degree programmes: Dr Robyn Adams, r.adams@qmul.ac.uk, 020 7882 8907
* Events: Alex Filby, a.l.filby@qmul.ac.uk, 020 7882 8905
* Mailing list for the AHRC Centre for Editing Lives and Letters
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==N==

[http://nottingham.ac.uk/cibh/index.aspx University of Nottingham: Centre for International Business History (CIBH)]

The overall aim of this Centre is to develop the study of British and International business history and to act as a mechanism to promote and disseminate research on business history across the University as well as enhance the profile of business history in the UK. Business history illuminates how business strategies develop within political, institutional and economic environments.

Directors : Chris Wrigley, Department of History and Mark Billings, Nottingham University Business School.

Co-Directors

Dr Mark Billings, Business School

[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/history/people/sheryllynne.haggerty Dr Sheryllynne Haggerty], Department of History

Members

Dr Richard Goddard, Department of History

Professor Elizabeth Harvey, Department of History

Professor Colin Heywood, Department of History

Dr Peter Lyth, Business School

Dr Stephen Morgan, Contemporary Chinese Studies

Andy Newnham, Nottingham City Museums and Galleries in partnership with the School of History

[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/history/people/sue.townsend Dr Susan Townsend], Department of History

Emeritus Professor Maggie Walsh, Department of American and Canadian Studies

[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/history/people/chris.wrigley Professor Chris Wrigley], Department of History

Visiting Professors

Professor Forrest Capie, Cass Business School, City University London

Emeritus Professor Phil Cottrell, School of Historical Studies, University of Warwick

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==P==

Ms. Theresa Phipps
Doctoral candidate
University of Nottingham
E: ahxtp1@nottingham.ac.uk

Theresa Phipps (2011-present): 'Women, Power and Identity in Nottingham, c. 1350-1450'
Co-superviser: Richard Goddard
Co-superviser: Ross Balzetti

[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/history/people/ross.balzaretti Ross Balzaretti]
Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts
Room A12 Lenton Grove
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
UK
E: ross.balzaretti@nottingham.ac.uk
T: 0115 9515943

Between 2004-2010 Ross Balzaretti UK editor with my colleague Karen Adler of ''Gender & History'', one of the leading international History journals.
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Dr Richard Price
Founder of [http://www.academia.edu Academia.edu]
San Francisco (according to his Twitter account)

http://www.academia.edu
LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/richardprice

Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/richardprice100
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"Richard Price did a Ph.D at Oxford in philosophy. Alongside his PhD, he founded a few startups, including a Craigslist for Oxford (Liveout.co.uk) and a Facebook app that was the largest on the platform for several months (PeopleRadar). After finishing his PhD, he founded Academia.edu, which is a platform for academics around the world to connect and share research. He spotted the need for the platform when doing his PhD.

He raised venture capital, and launched the site in September 2008. Currently the site has 1.2 million monthly visitors and about 4.9 million monthly page views. About 1,000 academics sign up every day. Academia.edu’s goal is for every academic in the world to be using the site to share and follow research."<ref>[http://ideamensch.com/richard-price/]</ref>
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PRISM
University of Virginia

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Jo Pugh
Education Technical Officer
The National Archives
T: +44 (0)20 8392 5330 x2748
E: jo.pugh@nationalarchives.gov.uk
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education

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==R==

Dr William O'Reilly
Trinity Hall
Cambridge
CB2 1TJ
T: +44 (0)1223 765956
E: wto@cam.ac.uk
See [http://www.histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk/william_oreilly.htm online profile]
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Dr. Geoffrey Rockwell
3-67 Assiniboia Hall
Department of Philosophy
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
T6G 2E7

Tel: 780 248-1209

Email: geoffrey.rockwell@ualberta.ca

Project director: TAPoR
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==S==

Professor Robert Shoemaker
University of Sheffield
E: r.shoemaker@sheffield.ac.uk
T: +44-(0)114-22 22584

- C18th century historian
- Steering Committee, [http://www.18thconnect.org/ 18thConnect] (project which aggregates 18th century digital resources; a partnership between Miami University, Ohio, and the University of Virginia)
** 18thConnect will soon offer access here to Voyeur: Reveal Your Texts, a window that allows using TaPOR tools to analyze these texts.

Selected publications:

- Arising out the London Lives project, Shoemaker is writing a book, co-authored with Hitchcock, entitled ''Poor Man, Sick Man, Beggarman, Thief: Plebeian Lives and the Making of Modern London, 1690-1800''. Planned as an e-book, this will examine the role played by plebeian Londoners, through their interactions with the agencies of poor relief and criminal justice, in the evolution modern social policy.

E-projects

[http://www.shef.ac.uk/hri/projects/projectpages/criminalintent Data Mining with Criminal Intent]
- Using Zotero and TAPoR on the Old Bailey Proceedings
** [http://www.zotero.org/ Zotero], a popular environment for managing online scholarship has been created that allows humanists to collect, index and manipulate large amounts of text
** [http://portal.tapor.ca/ TAPoR Tools], a range of facilities for the quantitative analysis of text, has been piloted and tested.

'''Newgate Commons''': The creation of Newgate Commons: a new form of interface for the Old Bailey Proceedings that supplements the current search interfaces. The Newgate Commons will allow scholars to use mining and clustering techniques to identify, collect and work with, sets of relevant trials and related texts, and to extract them for further study with other tools. The interface will also make it easy for users to train machine learning ‘agents’ to help identify patterns in the text (and underlying account of prosecutions and punishments) of interest to the researcher.

'''Zotero Virtual Collections''': The modification of Zotero Virtual Collections,the Zotero bibliographic reference management tool, so it can be used to manage the collections of documents created within the Newgate Commons and call upon full texts only when needed.

'''Voyeur Analytics''': [http://hermeneuti.ca/voyeur Voyeur Analytics]. the project will connect Zotero to analytical tools designed by the TAPoR project to work on large collections, including the Voyeur toolset for analysis and visualization. The emphasis throughout will be on extending existing tools as needed to allow researchers to navigate between them seamlessly and to use Zotero as a hub from which to manage large study collections. In the process we will create the potential to analyze and visualize change over time in a way that goes beyond current historical methodologies, illuminating the relationship between text and event in new ways.

- Funder: JISC, NEH, SSHRC
- Programme: Digging into Data Challenge
- Partners
** PI: Tim Hitchcock (University of Hertfordshire, UK)
** PI: Daniel Cohen (George Mason University, USA)
** PI: Geoffrey Rockwell (University of Alberta, Canada)
** William Turkel (University of Western Ontario, USA)
** Stéfan Sinclair (McMaster University, Canada)
** Robert Shoemaker (University of Sheffield, UK)
** HRI Digital, Humanities Research Institute (University of Sheffield, UK)
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==T==

Dr Bruce Tate
Institute of Historical Research
ReScript project manager

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==Y==

Dr Neil Younger, Essex University
E: nyounger@essex.ac.uk
T: 01206-872299

MRP: Synthesis

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'''Synthesis'''

'''Editorial history'''

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==Suggested links==

See [[MRP: Commodities|Commodities]]
See [[MRP: Geography|Geography]]
See [[MRP: Shipping terminology|Shipping terminology]]
See [[MRP: Style Sheet One|Style Sheet One]]
See [[MRP: Transcription|Transcription]]

See [[MRP: Admiralty court cases|Admiralty court cases]]
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==Notes==

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==Current topics for synthesis==
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===Adventures, money, cloathes and instruments===

- "the arlate Captaine Hosier and his Company had at the tyme of the seizure of the ''Lady ffrigott''& her ladeing by the sayd Gen?uoa man of warr the ''Sta Cruse'' goods which were her & their adventures and money cloathes and Instruments aboard her to the value in this deponents Judgement of eight hundred pounds of lawfull English money All which were seized and taken from the sayd Hosier & his Company & they utterly deprXed of them by the Captaine & Company of the sayd Gennoa man of warr who plundered them of them and having soe done kept the Company of the ''Lady ffrigott'' prisoners for a teyme the most of them being cheyned, and after wards sett them on shoare in the Island of Cephalonia to shXXX for themselves without allowing them money or provisions"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-8945bbd3b098cd3ca3d021ae3203b2772200c8a7|HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 3. Gilbert Anckelly, of Debtford, Kent, Mariner, late Boatswaine of the Lady ffrigott, aged 30 : Date: June 3rd, 1659]]</ref>
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===Amsterdam to the Spanish West Indies===

'''English merchants sending ship from Amsterdam to Spanish West Indies'''

- "M:r John Page one of the Merchants concerned in this busines, having with his associates a designe in hand to send a shipp from Amsterdam for the West Indies to trade for their account upon the coasts of the Spaniards, and understanding that this deponent understood both the Spanish and dutch tongues (besides English) and could speake them, and alsoe understood the busines of traffique and XXXXX as a marchant treated and agred with this deponent to goe the said voyage for five pounds per moneth wages and XXXX for XXX goods for his owne account, wherein hee this deponent was to give assistajce to John Lo?pes his ?precontest who was alsoe then XXX and being XX hired this deponent was XX XXX XXXXX in a dutch shipp called the ?''Mackerell'' bound for Amsterdam and concerned with him in the said shipp XXXXX, perpetuanas, ?hatts, and many other particulars of goods w:ch were here ?provided by the said M:r Page and XXXX ffernandez, M:r ?Robles, M:r Jenkin and M:r ?Painter Merchants of this citie, to be at Amsterdam put aboard such a shipp as could be provided for that XXXX and voyage."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-20cc9524f6449d3264092c6f244adaa50ab5d970|HCA 13/73: Case: Lord Protector ag:t the Hope: Deposition: 5. Peter Aylward, of London, Merchant, aged 40: Date: February 21st 1658 (59)]]</ref>
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===Appraisal===

'''Appraisal of the estate of a deceased person'''

- "there was also a warrant granted from the said Governor to M:r Humfrey Kent and M:r Richard SXXXswicke, to appreize the said goods accordinge to theire trew value, uppon theire oathes who (being sworne before the said Governor or some Justice of the Peace att the Barbados to the effect a forsaid) did apprize all the said goods uppon the XXXoathes att five thousand nine hundred seaventy and eight pounds of Tobacco and more as hee beleeveth"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/125#head-59f076f9d8b79695b760b46e06ea08d92bf5cd08|HCA 13/125: Case: Libell on behalfe of Elizabeth West, administrator of ffrancis West: Personal answeres: John Blith: Date: July 29th 1652]]</ref>

- "hee this rendent did deliver a pticular of Inventary of the said goods as they were apprised by the said Appraisors under theire hands to the said M:rs West or M:r William ffisher then Proctor for her in the Prerogative Court with a testification of theire being sworne uppon the said appraisem:t w:ch they the said M:rs West and her Proctor did ever since detaine from him"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/125#head-59f076f9d8b79695b760b46e06ea08d92bf5cd08|HCA 13/125: Case: Libell on behalfe of Elizabeth West, administrator of ffrancis West: Personal answeres: John Blith: Date: July 29th 1652]]</ref>

'''Appraisal of a ship for a prize court'''

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===Bad weather===

'''A great and violent storm on route from the Barbadoes to London'''

- "y:e ''Oporto Merchant'' being laden at the Barbadoes, with Sugars & Cottons & some other merchandizes for the account of several merchants Departed from thence bound for this Port of London and in her Course hetherward (sic), neere y:e Islands fflowers and Calves, being two of the Westerene Islands on XX or about the 20:th day of January last, shee met with a great , and violent Storme; w:ch Continued about sixteene houres very violent the Winde being then at West, and y:e sd. shipp tunning before y:e Sea, for her better preservaccon) under aforesaile, her sterne gave way, And thereupon, her Company were forced to hang their foresaile, and lye under a mizen, and y:e said Ships Tiller by Violence of the said Storme was broken, w:ch did much endanger her Rudder and sterne post, and by meanes of y:e breaking of her Tiller y:e said Ship, shee receaved much water in at her ?behind port ?w:ch came into y:e said Ships hold, and y:e said Ships mizen XXX by y:e violence & force of the said Storme was Torne in peeces. and y:e greatest part of it blowne away, and y:e said Ship lying broad off to y:e sea, shipped a great Sea, w:ch washed over board her sheath Anchor, w:ch was fastned by y:e said Ships side and washed her Boate and Skiffe, to Leewards, and y:e said Anchor, hanging by a Rope where with it was fastned to the said Ships side, and y:e said Ship, Turning or rowling too and fro, y:e said Anchor bilged a hole, neere y:e Lough of ?the Said Ship, and made a Leake in her, through w:ch ?there went some water, and their being as aforesaid much water receaved ar rge XXXX Port of the said Ship, y:e said Ship had about foure foote water in her hold, w:ch caused y:e said Ship to lye dead in y:e Sea. And saith that by the Violence and Duraccon of the said Storme & y:e pXXX aforesaid, the said Ship and her Lading and Company on board her were in Great Danger of Sinking and Perishing in y:e Sea The prmisses hee deposeth being on board y:e said Ship y:e said time, and Carpenter of her."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-97c8c234d938431c33de9853b70897bcf4aae4ee| HCA 13/73: Case: Rowland Hill John Hill and Company own:rs of the Oporto Merchant vs. Sir James Drax et al:: Examination: 3. Phillip Harvey, of Limehouse, Mariner, Carpenter of the Oporto Merchant, aged 40: Date: March 11th, 1658]]</ref>
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===Bills of lading===

'''Colourable bills of lading'''

- "[In context of trade in Brazil wood between Lisbone and Newhaven by the Portuguese Brazil Company] sometimes there are Colourable bills of Lading made & signed for goods, and noe reall bills, but in such Cases, the M:r of the ship hath Instrctions where and to whom to Deliver the goods mentioned in y:e Colourable bills./:"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-33d2b1e0e6e0fc1345132124672e893357ee3da7| HCA 13/73: Case: Mayflower vs. XXXX: Deposition: 2. John Stannian, of the City of London; Gentleman, aged 26: Date: September 23rd 1659]]</ref>

'''Tenor of bills of lading'''

- "after the reception thereof [138 bags of Spanish wooll sent to Antwerp] this dep:t signed three bills of lading of one teno:r and caused the same to be entred into his books. the receipt of the same, and to whome they were consigned as aforesaid"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-8d2b57a6d8ff68e8639c8effd7247eeaad951d03| HCA 13/68: Case: Clayme of Domingo Centurione for wools in the Morning Starr: Deposition: 3. Michael van Lubkin, of Hamborough, Mariner, Master of the Morning Starr, aged 31 Date: November 22nd 1653]]</ref>
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===Bottomery===

- "in or about the moneth of November 1656: the arlate ?James Nuthall did send unto the foresaid Henry Potts, for buying of provisions & to provide a Stock for y:e said Ship to goe the foresaid Voyage; and saith that the said Potts hath acknowledged soe much to this depo:t And saith further ?that the said Potts hath told this depo:t that the said Nuthall lent the foresaid money upon Bottomry:"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Nuthall ag:t Potts: Examination: 3. John Carter, of Limehouse, parish of Stepney, Blockmaker, aged 61: Date: March 21:th 1658]</ref>
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===Books of accounts===

'''Books of accounts left on wrecked ship'''

- "the winde was very high when y:e ''Anne'' was driven upon y:e sd sands, and the Seas were ?mighty boysterous. Insomuch that they beate over y:e Deck of the sd ship with such a fforce that y:e Company on y:e Deck could Scarce Stand upon their Leggs, and saith there were XXXXX saved, and brought out of the said ship, just before her breaching in peeces, and saith y:e bookes of Accounts belonging to y:e ship, was not brought out. but left in her, when her Company left her. And saith that, after the sd ship ?Struck upon y:e Sands, her Company had noe time to Take any of their owne goods (save what they had about them) were all busied about hoysting out their boate (OR, boats):"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Christopher Malyn, Thomas Carret, Bethnel Tynck, George Southerne, George Rogers, Thomas West, ffrancis Rosse, and John Robeck, late Mariners of the Ship the Anne:: Examination: 2. Joseph Bond: Date: February 26th 1658]</ref>
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===Brokers===

'''Common broker'''

- "John Roles is of this Depo:ts knowledge a Comon Broker, betwixt Merchts and M:r of ships and other Trade:?s and hath noe pticular relaccon to the said Brazil Companz that this Depo:t knoweth of/:"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-33d2b1e0e6e0fc1345132124672e893357ee3da7| HCA 13/73: Case: Mayflower vs. XXXX: Deposition: 2. John Stannian, of the City of London; Gentleman, aged 26: Date: September 23rd 1659]]</ref>
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===Cape merchant===

- "all w:ch goods were laded by the said John Lopez (as hee saith) who was Cape merchant of the said shipp the sad voyage, and is (as hee taketh it) a Spaniard"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: Lord Protector ag:t the Hope, Don Juan Master: Examined: Jacome Juan, of Deva in Biscay, Mariner, aged 28: Date: March 22:th 1658]</ref>
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===Characteristics of a good ship===

'''Strong and tight'''

- "att such tyme as the sayd shipp ''Free trade'' now seized at Lisbone as aforesd she was a strong and tight shipp and had bene but one voyage before att sea from the tyme of her sd building"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-ba56423722456e018a88d06052af3bdf5c97f223|Case: XXXX: Deposition: Nicholas Williams, of Redriffe, Surrey, Mariner, sometime Quartermaster on the Freetrade, aged 36: Date: March 9th 1653/44]]</ref>

'''Good Decks and was well rigged & fitted'''

- "y:e said ship was at her departure from the Barbadoes, y:e said voyage; and untill the said Storme happened, a strong tight and stXXXX Vessell, and had Good Decks and was well rigged & fitted with all XXXXs of materiall for such a voyage & Imploym:t and saith she was not over laden the said voyage, And further deposeth that the foresd Sheat Anchor, was well & Sufficiently fastned to the said Ships Side, ?al Anchors use to be for ought hee knoweth ?to the Contrary: And what damage is happened to y:e sd Ship & lading Came & happened meerely by the sd Storme & Timpestious (sic) XXXX & not through Insufficiency of y:e sd Ship. or Carlessnes of or in her Company or any of them."<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXXX]</ref>
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===Chief Mates===

'''Promotion from chief mate to Master on death of Master'''

- "upon y:e Death of the foresaid W:m Malim (w:ho was M:r of the said ship) this depo:t became M:r of her, hee being before: y:e said W:m Malims Cheife mate; And for that hee received at Satalia, of the sayd William Malim ?twenty Eight ryalls of Eight, and at Scanderoone hee received of y:e sd Malim either Eight or tenne Ryalls more (but, whether eight or Tenne he ?cannot ...."<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXXX]</ref>

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===Clearing a ship (to depart from a harbour)===

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===Coasting trade===

- "they nor either of them was even with him at Hamburrough neither hath the said Scrother (as they and every of them beleiveth) beene more than once att Hambrough these 7 yeares but doth trade and coast upp and downefrom place to place (as he conceiveth) most advantagious for his benefiitt"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/125#head-d3985b0ab6617bd2f0b9663a05fd9ef6ffcb4273|HCA 13/125: Case: Allegacion on behalfe of Peter Scrother: Personal answers: Clement Nootes, John Johnson John JXXXXs and William Reage: Date: July 7th 1652]]</ref>
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===Coming foule===

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===Commercial failure===

'''Composition with creditors'''

- "y:e arlate ffrancis Pardini is (as this Depo:t hath heard) failed) ?in Estate, and y:e arlate John Thacker (as this Depo:t hath also heard) is Employed to make y:e said Pardinies Composicon with his Credito:es"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-33d2b1e0e6e0fc1345132124672e893357ee3da7|HCA 13/73: Case: Mayflower vs. XXXX: Deposition: 2. John Stannian, of the City of London; Gentleman, aged 26: Date: September 23rd 1659]]</ref>

'''Failure of a merchant at Genoa or Legorne'''

- "at Genoa this rendent tooke in some pte of her lading & was to goe to Legorne to take in y:e remainder, & at his arrivall at Legorne the merchant who freaighted this rendents ship failed so that this rendents designe was overthrown" [Answer given June 1659]<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/129#head-2187c17fbe54015abbe3f7fced1c8d59ab105c17|HCA 13/129: Personal answers of Thomas Ewens: Allegation: Humfrey ffosse, John Tucker & Charles Howgate: Date: 2nd June 1659]]</ref>

'''False bills of sale to manipulate ownership of goods following a merchant's failure'''

- "hee doth beleive the said de Silvera not knowing the said ffrancis Pardini was failed did send the bill of lading unto him as he beleiveth but hee doth not beleive the said John Tha?cker did really buy the said wood of the said M:r Pardini or pay him any thing for the same, neither doth hee beleive that the said M:r Pardini or any other merchant that is failed hath a legall power to make any sale of any goods that come to him during the time they absent and are not able to pay their debts, but hee doth beleive the said M:r Thacker being imployed by y:e said M:r Pardini as his sollicitor to make his composicon with his creditors hee & the said M:r Pardini did contrive together to gett the said goods into their hands if possibly they could and in order thereunto he beleiveth the said M:r Pardini did colourably, and fraudulently signe the bill of sale or schedule alleadged and deliver the same for his XXX as hee beleeveth...

To the sixth hee answeareth that hee doth beleive that the said M:r Pardini did in further ?prosequucon of the said fraudulent contrivance betweene him and the said M:r Thacker his sollicitor endorse the bill of ladeing as is alleadged but hee being soe failed & absented hee doth beleive the same is utterly voyd and of noe effect." [Answer given June 1659, referring to events in 1649]<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/129#head-7add01eb55b9cf6345f63bbe88a499d677f3a0bf|HCA 13/129: Personal answers of Augustine Coronell: Allegation: John Thacker: Date: June 23rd 1659]]</ref>

'''Failure of bankruptcy of a merchant not known for some time'''

- "4 Itmm interr. Whether before the shippe ''Stockholme'' came from Stockholme, and before the Iron in controversie was Laden aboard, was itt nott commonly and generally reported that the said Godfrey Deleau was bankrupt or failed in his estate and in what moneth did the said wittnesse first heare that the said Deleau was failed. Et fiat ut supra."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 23/19#head-3a3b264dc7ab6b5850da1f19f766d617c0cac7e3|HCA 23/19: Document Number: 237: Case: XXXX: Date: XXXX]]</ref>

'''Failure of a merchant leading to forced sale of a ship to pay mariners' wages'''

- "after the the foresaid breakeinge of the said Merchants freighters, the said Cravens not haveing monies to paye the marriners theire wages for the said voyage the said Marriners arrested the said shipp for the same & by course of Lawe att Marcelles the said Shipp was condemned and sould for the payment of the said Marriners wages & other debts then due, uppon her the said Owners not takeing order to pay the said wages, and other debts then due uppon her in tyme" (HCA 15/6 Box Two)
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===Commercial activities of the King of Spain===

- "in the moneth of January 1653. new style, and for about 14. yeares before this depon:t hath well knowne the arlate John de Windt, who is a Merchant and Burgher of Cadiz, and is married there, and saith That by the credible relation of the said John de Windt and others at Cadiz this depon:t: hath understood y:t the arlate Domingo Centurione at the time of the Lading of the said woolls was a Spaniard liveing at Madrid, and Councello:r to his Catholique Ma:tie and his Principall ffacto:r or Agent for the sending of goods wares and merchandizes from Spaine into ffland:rs for the supply of his said Ma:ties occasions there, And saith both the psons arlate were and are commonly accompted Subiects to the said King of Spaine."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-8d2b57a6d8ff68e8639c8effd7247eeaad951d03| HCA 13/68: Case: Clayme of Domingo Centurione for wools in the Morning Starr: Deposition: 3. Michael van Lubkin, of Hamborough, Mariner, Master of the Morning Starr, aged 31 Date: November 22nd 1653]]</ref>
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===Commercial practices of planters===

'''Promising freight to ships returning to England'''

- "it is a Comon practise for planters at S:t Christophers and Mevis and parts thereabouts to make Verball Agreem:ts and to make Great and Large promises"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Commissions===

'''Tenor of a commission'''

- " they did with the said shippe the ''Elsabeth'' goe forth and seize in and take uppon the high Seas as Prize the severall vessells w:th their Ladeinges as is arlate neare about the tyme arlate and brought or sent the same to some portes of this Common Wealth to be proceeded against accordinge to the Tenor of this Rendents Commission"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/125#head-c403c7c62e1f965e187877df6bfbb20b437b128c|HCA 13/125: Case: Allegacion on the behalfe of Robert ?Coda: Personal answeres: Captain Samuell St?urton: Date: XXXX]]</ref>
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===Contempt of court===

'''Contempt of the High Court of Admiralty'''

- "hee answereth and beleeveth that hee hath not committed any contempt against this Court or the authoritie thereof, and thereofore ought not to be punished with havinge XXXXX the same."<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/128: Allegation: Richard fford: Answer: ?Bas Nelders: Date: July 5th 1657]</ref>
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===Cost of victualls & provisions===

'''Monthly cost of victualls & provisions for ship of XXX crew'''

- "the Victualls and Provisions. spent the said voayge, p moneth did amount unto /as the said Luke Wood hath told this Depo:t) about 25:li or 30:li"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: XXXX7]</ref>
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===Court at Nevis===

'''Thomas Grove before Court at Nevis'''

- "hee this deponent saith that hee well remembreth that the sayd Thomas Grove was while hee stayed at Nevis questionned by the sayd Luke Woods in the Court of Nevis (this deponent then sitting there as a member thereof,) touching his refractory and disobedient & uncivill carriage towards the sayd Woods his supracargo tending to the p:riudice of the voyage And hee well remembreth that the sayd Thomas Grove Master of the ''Peace'' did openly in the Court before this deponent & divers others who satt as Judges thereof, speake in ?disgrace of the ffish that the sayd Woods had bought & brought to Nevis & sayd that the ffish that hee the sayd Woods had bought & brought thither was Refuse ffish...

To the 35:th arle hee saith as aforesayd that hee being one of the Judges of the Court at Nevis knoweth that while the sayd Grove was there hee was by the sayd Woods conXXXed before the Court touching his refractory and uncivill carriage to the sayd Woods in the voyage in question leading to the preiudice and XXXXXXX of the sayd voyage and severall wittnesses produced & examined against him upon Interrogatories which notwithstanding the sayd Grove did as before hee this deponent hath declared in open Court say that the ffish the sayd Woods had bought & brought to Nevis in the ship ''Peace'' was Refuse ffish."<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Wood ag:t Grove: Examination: 6 Lawrence Broadbolt, of Nevis, in the West Indies, Merchant, borne at Knasburrough, Yorkshire, aged 44: Date: Aprill 23rd, 1659]</ref>
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===Court of Probate & Administration===

- "shee referreth herselfe the Registry of the Court for probate of Wills and Granting of Ad?conns:"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: 2. Grace Hogsflesh, of Stepney, Widowe, aged 39: Date: Aprill 12:th 1659]</ref>
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===Crew numbers===

- "[The 'XXXX"", a ship of XXX tonns] hee saith there were twenty men and a boy belonging to the
said shipp when shee XX XXXXX Milford<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-20cc9524f6449d3264092c6f244adaa50ab5d970|HCA 13/73: Case: Lord Protector ag:t the Hope: Deposition: 5. Peter Aylward, of London, Merchant, aged 40: Date: February 21st 1658 (59)]]</ref>
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===Currants===

'''Currants from Petrao and Mahalgo'''

- "the sayd shipp was hyred and taken to freight by some of the Turkey Company Merchants of London (but their names hee knoweth not in pticuler) to goe upon a Merchandising imployment from London to Petr?ao arlate and ?Mahaligo & other places beyond the seas to lade Currans and other goods for their use & Account & bring them for London & there deliver them to them or their Agents and did accordingly within the sayd tyme arrived at the Roade of Potrea and there & at Mahalago tooke in Currans to the quantity of one hundred and threescore Tonnes which were laden by the Agents of the sayd ffreighters to & for the sayd ffreighters Account to be thence transported to London & there delivered ti the sayd ffreighters or their Agents for their use this hee knoweth being one of the sayd shipps Company and helping to lade the sayd Currans"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-6dcf5b8b811454f886c6971a51aed8a72e650965|HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 5. John Gates, of Debtford, Kent, Ship Wright, one of the Carpenters of the Lady ffrigott, aged 18 : Date: June 4th, 1659]]</ref>

'''Currants from Zante and Mathalago'''

- "in ffebruary last hee this deponent with William Savage and Thomas ?Atterton, brought the lading of currans of the shipp the ''Virgin frigot'' being Zante Currans of the producente William Bowtell ?as XX agreed and paid three pounds and two shillings per ?pound weight for the same and soe much hee saith they were worth XX and saith that Mathalago currants were XXXXX worth twenty XX per hundred more than Zante currants."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-473df9fa2ed9980dcc252c820ecb271c7f141f3e|HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Examination: 8. John Savage, of S:t Bartholomew neere the Royal Exchange, London, Merchant, aged 32 : Date: June 4th, 1659]]</ref>
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===Dead freight===

'''Shee came home about halfe dead freighted'''

- "the shipp ''Peace'' was of the burthen of ?two [this figure appears to have been blotted out] hundred tonnes or neere thereabouts and that of his this deponents knowledge shee came home about halfe dead freighted for that the arlate Luke Woods beside the dammage hee susteyned in the sale of his three eighth parts of the sayd shipps ladeing of ffish & other Merchandizes did suffer losse and dammage in the sayd shipps want of ladeing home the simme of two hundred pounds sterling or neere thereabouts in this deponents Judgement & estimate"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the Peace and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]</ref>
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===Debauched behaviour===

'''A man of lewde and debauched behaviour'''

- "while the sayd shipp stayed at MXXX hee heard divers of the Planters there saye that they would have laded goods aboard the sayd ship the ''Pease'' but that they sawe that the arlate Thomas Grove was a man of lewde and debauched behaviour and therefore they dearst not trust him with their goods or words to that effect for which reason hee beleeveth that the sayd Woods was much damnified by the sayd Groves debauched behaviour and lost much ladeing there which otherwise hee might have had"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the Peace and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]</ref>
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===Discipline on board ship===

'''Use of the rope'''

- "Grove did set forward his mariners, and encourage them to doe their dutyes the said Voyage; and upon carles Neglects of the same, the said Grove did XXX some of his said Mariners, giving them moderate?Correccon with a Ropes End or the XXte"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Disguising the identity of a ship===

'''Colourable bills of lading'''

- "this Depot (besides these three pipes in question) hath received other wines from y:e said producent. w:ch were likewise mentioned in the Bills of Lading to be laden by & for account of the said Don Juan Corall, although in truth the same belonged to and were for y:e said Cowlings account, & the returnes thereof were made by this Depo:t to the said Cowlings and saith that since the warrs betweene this Nation and Spaine it hath bin and is usuall for English Merchants that trade by Canaryes, to Colo:r their goods by putting in Dutch or Spanish names in the Bills of Lading, in regard it is dangerous for English subjects to trade to at or from Canaryes in their, owne names"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Clayme of Thomas Cowling for Canary Wines taken in the S:t Laurence Peter: Examination: 1. Robert Bevin, of London, Merchant, aged 36: Date: October 11th 1659]</ref>

'''Use of non-English masters and commanders'''

- "the sd ship haveing unladen her outward goods did receive in other good to y:e value of neare thirty three hundred pounds and was in her returne about July last 1656. mett with by a Dunkirk or ?Dutch Vessell upon a Spanish Comission, and the Comp:ie neglecting to defend their sd Ship & goods (as they ought to have done) or to make any opposition or resistance, or so much as to conceale her from belonging to the English when as there as a dutch M:r & passes & other things necessary to have coloured her ?she was wholly lost from the Owners, to their very great damage"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-5756e8a4cff39ee460292afceafa94ffaa79ebc9|HCA 13/128: Case: Libell against Elias Beake and Peter Mathews in the name of John Salter & others: Personal answeres: Elias Beake: Date: October 28th 1656]]</ref>
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===Doctors Commons===

'''The Hall'''

- "Repeated before D:r Godolphin & Coll Cocke In the Hall x:r. November the 22:th 1658."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-76df3d90a0f1b878487f4c1ea5a00104bb4f00f7| HCA 13/128: Case: Allegation on behalfe of Nicholas Warren, Gregory Westcomb, John Jermin & Richard Westcomb: Personal answeres: Nicholas Pengelly & Alexander Ash: Date: November 22nd 1658]]</ref>

'''Chambers'''

- "15:° Novemb 1658. Repeated before dror Godolphon one of the Judges x:r In his Chamber x:X"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-d912e595b8b3fcb6f20e53a3531cdf07a3c95cdb| HCA 13/128: Case: Allegation on behalf of Alexander Bence: Personal answeres: John Hill, one of the owners of the Oporto Merchant: Date: November 15th 1658]]</ref>
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===Effect of drink===

'''Delayed departure from port due to Master drinking on shore'''

- "the sayd Grove ordered to sayle the sayd shipp over the barr and there to bring her againe to Anchor and haveing given such order, & there being a Country boate lyeing by the shipp side, the sayd Thomas Grove would needes goe on shoare againe and did goe on shoare in the sayd Country boate, notwithstanding the sayd Woods did earnestly persuade & entreate him not to goe on shoare & told him it would be a great hinderance to the voyage the shipp being bound upon a fishing designe & the winde being ?the fayre for her departure as in deede it was And the sayd Grove being soe gone on shoare some of the shipps company after they had sayled the shipp over the barr & then brought her to an Anchor went on shoare with the shipps boate to fetch the sayd Grove on board which notwithstanding the sayd Grove continewed ashoare most part of that night and came not againe on board the sayd shipp till about two of the Clock in the morning next after and was when hee soe came (in this deponents Judgment) much distempered with drink and began to to curse and sweare and amongst other words sayd that there were some on board thought much of his being on shoare but hee cared not for that, and sayd that the sayd shipp should ride longer there and accordingly did keepe her there at anchor about an hower after such his comming on board & then gave order to weigh Anchor, and did sett sayl, this hee deposeth of certayne knowledge & alsoe heareing the sayd words or others to that effect spoken, as alsoe did most of the sayd shipps company"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-761fc1c079262a26423aebf1557358559fe4210d|HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the ''Pearce '' and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]]</ref>
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===Expression of emotions in commercial discourse===

'''Anger'''

- " the said M:rs Craford being then p:rsent in the same roome; this depo:t told the said Thomas Middleton that this woman (pointing to and meaning y:e said M:rs Crafford,) was Come to demand his wages And y:e said Middleton replyed in an angry manner, that hee would not give her any account of it, because shee had arrested him; and dis?charged him; for hee had a house to Comand and a Ship to Comand, and tenne thousand pound to Comand, and was able enough to pay her, but nowe hee would not, for shee should have Lawe enough for her money: or to the very same effect"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: 2. Grace Hogsflesh, of Stepney, Widowe, aged 39: Date: Aprill 12:th 1659]</ref>
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===Female presence in commercial physical space===

'''Visiting a male merchant's house'''

- "the producent Anne Craford desired this depo:t to goe along with her to the signe of the Red Lyon at the Old Swan in Thames Streete there to Meete with the said Thomas Middleton, & to aske of him the wayges w:ch was due to the arlate Andrew Hill, And this depo:t at her request did goe with her to the said place; where this depo:t and y:e said M:r Craford found y:e said Thomas Middleton And this depo:t then and there asked y:e said Middlton whether hee had not one Andrew Hill Cooke of his ship, to w:ch the said Middleton Answered Yes; and this depo:t asking him howe long y:e sd Hill served in his ship; and at what what hee was shipped. at. The said Middleton replyed that hee served in his ship about foure yeere, and two Monethes: and was shipped at Thirty shillings p moneth...

M:rs Craford y:e producent required this depo:t to come and testify the truth of her Knowledge in the busnies and saith shee did never belong to y:e said Ship; And saith that this depo:t liveth at the next house; to the house whereof y:e said M:rs Craford Liveth, and hath lived there about four yeeres, & the said Craford hath lived there in her said house a longer time, and this depo:t being y:e time aforesyd the sd M:rs Craford neighbo:r shee was by y:e sd M:rs Craford Caried to the foresd place, to the foresd purpose; And saith she hath not Received neither bin Promised anything for her Testimony herein nor doth shee as shee saith expect to receave any thing for y:e same, And saith shee is worth about two hundred pounds. in her Cleare Estate, and to the rest negatively:/:...

Repeated before D:r Godolphin:/:

The marke of the ?said
Grace [The mark looks like an interlinked WW] Hogs?flesh"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: 2. Grace Hogsflesh, of Stepney, Widowe, aged 39: Date: Aprill 12:th 1659]</ref>
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===Fish===

'''Pickled herring'''

- "To the second Interrie This deponent saith and deposeth that the sayd ship the ''Hart'' had att the tyme of the sayd seizure, one hundred and four score Tonnes of pickled herrings on board her. And saith the sayd shipp and all her sayd lading did att the sayd tyme of seizure belong to severall merchants Inhabitants of Skadam subiects of the sayd States of the united Provinces"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-cbf44c467de680552a5558dbb74a47b9cba0a000|HCA 13/68: Case: The Keepers of the Liberty of England ag:t the ship the Heart of Skadam: Deposition: 1. William Evarson, of Skadam, Holland, Mariner, aged 44: Date: September 26:th 1653]]</ref>

'''Herring laded at Yarmouth for Marsellis [Marseilles]'''

- "at Yarmouth there was a Lading of Herrings put on board her, w:th w:ch she sailed ?to Marsellis and there delivered her said Lading"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Christopher Malyn, Thomas Carret, Bethnel Tynck, George Southerne, George Rogers, Thomas West, ffrancis Rosse, and John Robeck, late Mariners of the Ship the Anne:: Examination: 2. Joseph Bond: Date: February 26th 1658]</ref>

'''Salmon'''

- "y:e sayd shipp came from and began this her outwards voyage from Stockholme with her p:rsent lading of goods being Iron pitch tarr Copper shott andSalmon...all to be unladen att this port of London whither she was bound and where she now is the foresayd Salmon excepted which is to be transported to Burdeaux and there unladen and delivered to Jan Van Pullen a facto:r for y:e sayd Swedish merchants there resideing."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-7b4f93714010996fac626af356f7c2299b105fa4|HCA 13/68: Case: XXXX: Deposition: Charles Marescoe, of S:t Nicholas Lane, London, Merchant, aged 21: Date: The same day (?1653/54, or 1654]]</ref>
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===English High Court of Admiralty: procedures===

'''Adjugement of a prize'''

- "To the .13 he saith that in case the says shipp the ''Morning Starr'' shall be adiudged prize he this rendent expecteth benefit thereby according to the office he bore in the ''Advantage frigot''. and according to an Act or Ordinance of parliament made in that behalfe, and not otherwise."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-d4c8b9cff62f06d04b97e7848f01b08b8a1a388c|HCA 13/68: Case: The Keeper of the Liberty etc. vs. the Golden Starr: Deposition: 1. Mark Harrison, of Wapping, Middlesex, Mariner, aged 27: Date: September 22nd 1653]]</ref>

'''Advocates and Sollicitors of the Admiralty'''

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'''Appeal'''

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- ?Commissioners of appeal in the privy council (existed in 1801, but did this commission exist in mid-C17th?)

'''Appraisement and sale'''

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'''Condemnation'''

QUESTION: In any case in which a ship is condemned, establish how it is condemned by the court (e.g. condemned as a "droit of Admiralty")

'''Costs and damages'''

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'''Court jurisdiction'''

- "he answereth & beleeveth that he is a subiect of this Comon Wealth but not subiect to the Juxon of this Court by reason of this Suite"<ref>XXXX HCA 13/128: XXXX</ref>

'''Court of the Cinque Ports'''

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'''Expenses'''

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'''Foreign claimants'''

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'''Issuing of a warrant'''

- "he answereth & beleiveth that y:e sd Edward Peascott Michaell Peascott & Edward Randall have without iust cause arrested him by warr:t out of this Co:rt to answere them in their p?dsed cause of complaint"<ref>XXXX HCA 13/128: XXXX</ref>

'''Judgement of prize'''

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'''Judges'''

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'''Legal terms'''

- "[Practice in 1801] In term-time, the courts at Doctors' Commons with the by-week (only unobserved in the short interval of Easter term) make sessions of five weeks; there are five courts in a week, in which many cases of great length and importance, testimentary, matrimonial, and ecclesiastica, are heard."<ref>[http://play.google.com/books/reader?id=4OIzAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PR24 XXXX, p. xxiv]</ref>

'''Lord High Admiral'''

- Lord High Admiral is styled the Lieutenant of the Admiralty Board<ref>[http://play.google.com/books/reader?id=4OIzAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA10, p. 10]</ref>, viewed 21/05/12

'''Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty'''

- Grant of power to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty is from the sovereign (p. 12)

- Officers of the Admiralty are accountable to the Commissioners of the Admiralty for collecting and receiving (p. 12)

- The Board of Admiralty is executive, and as trustees of the sovereign, and as an inferior board of revenue in the case of droits, is "always subject to be superseded by the superior authority" (pp. 12-13)

'''Neutral claimants'''

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'''Prize Act'''

QUESTION: When wsa the first prize act passed in parliament and how did it substantively impact process and decisions of the High Court of Admiralty?

- The cruizers act of Queene Anne, 1703<ref>[http://play.google.com/books/reader?id=4OIzAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA16 XXX. p. 16]</ref>
--Gave the sole property, once forfeiture proven, to the captos, not to the Lord High Admiral (p. 17)

- "By the American act the prize offices were suppressed"<ref>[http://play.google.com/books/reader?id=4OIzAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA26, XXX, p. 26]</ref>

QUESTION: Can a prize of war be distinguished from a prize of forfeiture?

'''Proctors of the Admiralty'''

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'''Records of the Court'''

- "for the ?admidication or release thereof this Rendent referreth himself to the Records of this Court"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/125: Case: Allegacion on the behalfe of Robert ?Coda: Personal answeres: Captain Samuell St?urton: Date: XXXX]</ref>

'''Registry of the Court'''

- "the said shippe the ''Elsabeth'' did w:thin the time arlate goe forth upon a man of warre voyage and had a Commission from this Court to all or most of the effects articulate And this Rendent went out Captaine and Commander of her and for more certaintie referreth himselfe to the said Commission remaynninge on the Registrie of this Court"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/125#head-c403c7c62e1f965e187877df6bfbb20b437b128c|HCA 13/125: Case: Allegacion on the behalfe of Robert ?Coda: Personal answeres: Captain Samuell St?urton: Date: XXXX]]</ref>

- "otherwise for his parte hee doth not beleeve hee is bound by lawe by lawe (sic) to answear saveinge hee referreth himselfe to the Registry of this Courte"<ref>XXXX HCA 13/128: XXXX</ref>

- The Register-Office was reported in 1801 to be "in great confusion"<ref>[http://play.google.com/books/reader?id=4OIzAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA18 XXX, p. 18]</ref>

- "in y:e foresaid Letter, there came a Bill of Lading inclosed to this Depo:t for y:e said three pipes of wine subscribed Pieter Bennery sent, and having nowe seene y:e bill of Lading arlate formerly exhibited into the Regry of this Court, hee saith the same is the said Bill of Lading soe receaved by him this Depo:t"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: Clayme of Thomas Cowling for Canary Wines taken in the S:t Laurence Peter: Examination: 1. Robert Bevin, of London, Merchant, aged 36: Date: October 11th 1659]</ref>

'''Sentences of the Court'''

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'''Waiters of the Prize Office'''

- "To the 11:th he saith he was not aboard the interrte shipp the ''Golden Starr'' till after said tyme as the ?Wayters for the Prize office came upon her in the behalfe of the State, and by authority of the Com:rs for the Prize Office; And he saith that after the sd Waiters were so aboard he saw the master of the ''Waterhound'' named BLANK IN MANUSCRIPT Grant take out of the ''Golden Starr'' a bag of moneyes of about six hundred peices of 8/8, and saw the Captaine of y:e ''Water hound'' Giles Shelley take out of y:e ''Golden Starr'' a quantity of moneyes in a Bagg, but how much in certaine he knoweth not, and saw likewise Capt MiXX Commander of the ''Advantage frigott'' take out of the sayd ''Golden Starr'', in one or two baggs four hundred and three and twenty peices of eight and 1/2. And beleiveth that severall other parcells of moneyes were taken out of the sayd prize shipp he cannot specify, but beleiveth that all or most of the Company of the ''Advantage frigot'', and of the ''Water hound'' that were aboard the ''Golden Starr'' att the tyme of seizure and afterwards before she came into the River of Thames had and tooke some small quantityes of the sayd moneyes, the values whereof he knoweth not. And saith that some of the Company of y:e sayd ''Advantage'' and ''Waterhound'' but who in pticular he knoweth not tooke out of the ''Golden Starr'' some small Jarrs of oyle and some other things the particulars or values whereof he cannot sett forth."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-d4c8b9cff62f06d04b97e7848f01b08b8a1a388c|HCA 13/68: Case: The Keeper of the Liberty etc. vs. the Golden Starr: Deposition: 1. Mark Harrison, of Wapping, Middlesex, Mariner, aged 27: Date: September 22nd 1653]]</ref>
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===French High Court of Admiralty: procedures===

'''Restoration of funds'''

- "he hath heard & doth beleeve that y:e said ship & all the goods were sold & the money or pt of it deposited in the Court, and afterwards the sd money so deposited was decreed to be delivered or restored as he beleeveth...what costs & charges, & port charges were necessarily expended about the same is not possible for him to knowe, but hee is willing to allow his pporcon of what shall be legally proved but he doth beleeve his Agent did disburse five or six pounds or thereabouts towards the recovery of y:e sd ship & goods or proceed, & the sd M:r did take up from this rendents factor the summe of thirty pounds or thereabouts upon p:etence of fraight whereas there was none, due as he beleeveth w:ch he still detaineth in his hands"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-675122a975b594401e0e4f86b5eccafff312ac29|HCA 13/128: Allegation: On the behalfe of Thomas Cullinge Jonathan Andrewes & Gifford Bale: Personal answers: Samuell Micoe: Date: June 10th 1657]]</ref>
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===Fraudulent sale of a ship===

- " after the said Harris and Powicke had used and imployed the arlate Shippe y:e ''Little George'' by y:e space of twenty monethes & uppwards as they beleeve and had utterly spoyled her for want of furnishinges and fittinge her with such things as they ought to have fitted her with and had sould or otherwise disposed of the said Shippe and her furniture or parte thereof, and on purpose to deceave these respondents of their shippe and freight as they beleeve they tould these responedents the said shipp was leakye and that they had lost her at Cales"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/125#head-976ea983d178ec9f1d9446cd7c21cee5ea3b37b1|HCA 13/125 Case: Libell against them on behalfe of John Harris and John Powicke: Personal answers: Edward Bellamye and Thomas Day: Date: XXXX]]</ref>
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===Genoese men of war===

'''Genoese men of war seized an English ship'''

- "the Gunner & an other of her Company duXXXX ?boy who well speake good English told this deponent & others of the ''Lady ffrigotts'' Company that the Captainne of the ''Sta Cruse'' the better to enable him to seize the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her ladeing had a little before the sizure taken some Mariners & souldiers out of the foresayd two other Genoa men of warr And hee saith most of the Company of the ''Sta Cruse'' were Italians, and as they confessed belonged to Genoa...

To the 7:th arle hee saith that after the seizure of the ''Lady ffrigott'' & her ladeing severall of the Company of the ''Sta Cruse'' did confesse that they were sett out from Genoa upon a warlike designe a:t the Turk?s & had bin a great while abroad and Could get noe prizes & therefore they had taken a Spanish Commission which was only to last a certayne tyme, which tyme )as they sayd & acknowledged was expired two monethes before they seized the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her ladeing, but sayd alsoe that they were resolved ?although it were expired yet they would take any English shipps they ?would (OR, ?could) meete with This hee knoweth for that hee being Boatswaine of the ''Lady ffrigott'' & seized in her heard severall of the ''Sta Cruse'' her company speake the sayd words./"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-8945bbd3b098cd3ca3d021ae3203b2772200c8a7|HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 3. Gilbert Anckelly, of Debtford, Kent, Mariner, late Boatswaine of the Lady ffrigozz, aged 30 : Date: June 3rd, 1659]]</ref>
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===Grocers===

'''Merchant and Grocer of St Bartholomew Exchange, London, dealing in currans from the Morea'''

- "hee saith and deposeth that twenty hundred of ?Nathalago (OR, ?Mathalago) currans XXXX to and XXXke a XXXXX, and saith that in and during the monethes of November December January and ffebruary last ?Nathalago (OR, ?Mathalago) Currans were worth in this citie and would have yeilded three pounds and tenn shillings per hundred one hundred with another as the ordinary and XXXXX ?price for that XXXX w:ch hee knoweth ?being a ffreeman and a ?G:rocer of ?London and having XXXX used that trade, and thereby being well acquainted with the condition and price or valew of that commoditie"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-473df9fa2ed9980dcc252c820ecb271c7f141f3e|HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Examination: 8. John Savage, of S:t Bartholomew neere the Royal Exchange, London, Merchant, aged 32 : Date: June 4th, 1659]]</ref>

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===Gunns swords & other Instruments of warr===

- "a certayne shipp of about one hundred & fifty tonnes burthen manned for the most part with Italians, and called (as this deponent heard a dutch man who was Ma?ster of her & a dutch man who was gunner of her & an ?Irishman who was of her company & ?could XXX speake English saye after the seizure of the ''Lady ffrigot'' and her ladeing) the ''Sta Cruse'', whereof (as they sayd) one ffrancisco Stale was Captaine came into Petrao Road with a white flagg on her poope and made asif shee intended peaceably to have Anchored neere the ''Lady ffrigott'' but when shee came neere her the sayd Stale & his Company instead of coming to an Anchor did in a warlike manner with gunns swords & other Instruments of warr...COMPLETE THIS TEXT" '''ADD SOURCE'''
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===Health risks===

'''Unhealthfullness of the Lisbon to Brazil voyage'''

- "the ''Scipio'' had at Lisbon discharged her ladeing brought from Allecant the sayd Thomas Ewans the Master did take upon him a new voyage to be made from Lisbon to Brazeele & thence to returne to Lisbon & having contracted with the freighters for that new voyage acquainted his shipps Company therewith, who not being hyred for any such voyage were most off ?them unwilling to goe the same & refused to goe the same as being as ?they ?conceived an unlawfull voyage for that thereby they should XXXX the hazard of being taken by the hollanders w:ch were then at ?differences with the Portugueses in whose behalfe that voyage was to be made andalso be reason of the unhealthfullnesse of the voyage it being beyond ?the lyne & to the south latitude about fifteene degrees, whereupon the sayd Ewans seeing the unwillingnesse of the company to goe the sayd voyage to Brazeele did publiquely upon the deck of the ''Scipio'' in p:rsuance of this deponent & his p:rcontsts XXXXXhurst & XXgant & divers others of the sayd shipps company to encourage them the more readily to undergoe the sayd voyage voluntarily promised to advance his XXXXX Companyes wages five shillings in the pound per month from that tyme during the sayd XXXX over & above the wages hee had agreed with ?there for when ?hee shipped at London, and to pay every of them their wages then due till..."<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: Examination: 3. James Retallick, of Wapping, Mariner, aged 35: Date: March 5th 1658 English Style]</ref>
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===Hurricanes===

'''Spoyling of crops through Hurricanoes'''

- "a little before y:e arrivall of the said ship ''Peace'' at Nevis, the Tobacco plants Indico and Sugar Cane were there at at the other Leeward Islands, spoyled and rooted upp by reason of Hurricanoes w:ch happened there."<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>

- " upon the arrivall of the said ship ''Peace'' at Nevis XXX the Leeward Islands that XXXX found that Hurricanoes and Stormes had spoyled most of the Sugar Canes, Tobaccoe, and Indicoes in those places, and had rooted many of them up, and saith hee alsoe then found many of them up, and saith hee alsoe then found many houses upon y:e said Island w:ch were blowne downe (As this depo:t was there Credibly Informed by many of the Islands) alsoe by the Violence of the said Stormes, and Hurricanoes, And saith that the greater pt of those goods w:ch were not spoyled as aforesaid were laden on board y:e fflemish ships w:ch were then there, And the English themselves w:ch were then. there. (in regard of the Difference betwixt England and Spaine) did Lade their goods, and embarque themselves on board y:e said fflemish ships And saith that one Captaine Thorne, Comander of an English ship, did stay at Nevis and S:t Christophers about three monethes to reaceave in a Lading of goods there but at Length came away from thence for London a great Part dead ffreighted, And y:e XX reason was for that y:e Hurricanoes and stormes as aforesaid had spoiled most of y:e Sugar Canes, Tobaccoe and Indicaoes, And alsoe for that the fflemings tooke away most of ..."<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Ill behaviour of ship's master===

'''Rude and uncivill manner'''

- "in his this deponents Judgment the shipp the ''Peace'' her voyage was overthrowne and spoiled by the evell (sic) behaviour of the sayd Thomas Grove therein the sayd Grove behaving him selfe in that rude and uncivill manner wheresoever hee came during the sayd voyage that such persons as had heard of or sawe hisbehaviour did not care to have anything to doe with him the sayd Grave or the arlate Luke Woods for his sake and therefore diverse of them did forbeare the ladeing of their goods aboard the sayd shipp of this deponents sight (OR, right) & certayne knowledge and such the sayd Groves rude and uncivill behaviour was generall observed and taken notice of by the whole shipps Company and by divers who had occasion to lade goods aboard the sayd shipp and have dealings with the sayd Luke Woods"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the Peace and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]</ref>

'''Stubborne & refractory carriage'''

- "the sayd Grove did not only in remote parts beyond the seas behave him selfe in such rude and disobedient manner as is before declared but alsoe after the sayd shipp was returned to Plymouth from the voyage in question the sayd Grove by his stubborne & refractory carriage there and his refuseing to obey the orders of the sayd Luke Woods was an occasion of the sayd shipps stay there a much longer tyme than shee needed to have done by reason that seavrll Merchants who had goods aboard the sayd shipp and which were there to be delivered came aboard to demand their goods, and brought their bills of ladeing and severall tymes demanded them andthe sayd Grove refused to deliver them, and stayed there about tenn dayes whereas hee might have there discharged all the goods hee was there to unlade in three dayes tyme at the most & then might have had the oportunity of a fayer winde to sayle for London which oportunitie the sayd Grove by his sayd refractory carriage lost & the winde by his long stay there coming contrary the sayd shipp could not get there and arrive at London soe soone as otherwise shee might have done if the sayd Grove had behaved him selfe civilly and bin obedient to order as hee ought to have done by a moneths tyme or thereabouts"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the Peace and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]</ref>

'''A man of lewde and debauched behaviour'''

- "Thomas Grove was a man of lewde and debauched behaviour and therefore they dearst not trust him with their goods or words to that effect for which reason hee beleeveth that the sayd Woods was much damnified by the sayd Groves debauched behaviour and lost much ladeing there which otherwise hee might have had"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the Peace and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]</ref>
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===In service of a foreign nation===

'''In service of a foreign nation'''

- "hee acquainted his shipps company therewith who were most of them unwilling to goe the same they not being hyred as they sayd to goe any such voyage when they came from London as alsoe because the voyage was to an unhealthyfull Country lyeing beyond the Lyne about fourteene or fifteene degrees to the South latitude and in service of a foreigne Nation"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: Examination: 4. ffrancis Mould, of Poplar, Stepney, Middlesex, Mariner, aged 64: Date: March 7:th 1658 English Style]</ref>
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===Insults made at sea and on land===

'''Held upp his bare bumme or breech'''

- "the Captaine of the sayd ''Golden Starr'' in stead of showing submission to the authority of this Commonwealth being upon the Coasts of Englands as was demanded of him and is usuall did in a contemptuous manner returne skurrilous and base language and in an unbecoming and skornefull and reproach full way turned downe his breeches, and held upp his bare ?bumme or breech to the sayd Captaine Mill and Company, and waved his Cuttle axe bidding the sayd Captaine Mill Come to Leeward, all which this deponent saw and observed."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-2c290bc7658b707533f0ef48745cbac5db7f2231|HCA 13/68: Case: The Keeper of the Liberty etc. vs. the Golden Starr: 3. Thomas Keyes, of Deptford, Kent, Mariner, late Quarter Masters Mate of the Advantage Frigot: Date: October 3rd 1653]]</ref>

'''Sayd hee was a roague and a dogg'''

- "the sayd Grove before his goeing on shoare sayd before most of the sayd shipps Company that whosoever of them did ask any thing for Crispe (meaning the arlate Edward Crispe one of the Owners & Advenurers in the sayd shipp the voyage in question) hee would ?mallise or ?hate them during the voyage, or words to that effect & rayled against the sayd Crispe & sayd hee was a roague and a dogg & other the like expresonsfull towards ?him"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-761fc1c079262a26423aebf1557358559fe4210d|HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the ''Pearce '' and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]]</ref>

'''Called him old Roague and old Pedler and old Pimpe'''

- "the sayd Grove in an outragious manner reviled the sayd Wood and called him old Roague and old Pedler and old Pimpe and other the like disgracefull names and told him the sayd Wood that if hee were not an old roague hee would drubb him And alsoe sayd (speaking to the sayd Woods) yo:u old roague yo:u were in the hold the other day but if ever I see yo:u in hold againe I will ?trice yo:u up with a tackle or hee spake other menaceing speeches to the same effect all which opporobious language & threates and other passages were soe done & spoken on the open deck in p:rsence & heareing of this deponent & the Boatswaine & most of the sayd shipps company"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-761fc1c079262a26423aebf1557358559fe4210d| HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the Pearce and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]]</ref>

'''Yong Roague; and other reproachfull names'''

- "hee saith the said Luke Wood did all the said Voyage , give the said Grove as bad words as the said Grove gave or spake to or against the said Wood, and y:e said Wood oftentimes in this depo:ts hearing did call the said Grove Yong Rogue; and other reproachfull names and y:e said Wood told this depo:t that if it had not nin for him the said Wood y:e said Grove had never come in to y:e said Ship as M:r or to that effect, w:ch said Woods did disparidge the said Grove, and was as he saith a great meanes to make his Company or some of them slight him./.:<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Insurance===

'''Discharge of an insurance made on a single voyage following completion'''

- "this rendent haveing notice and intelligence that the said shipp was bound from Marcelles to Scanderoone & soe to Marcelles againe did att the imptantie and desire of M:r Gilbert Moorewood, and some other of her Owners and the said Cravens mother cause an Assurance for the said voyage onlie and noe longer to be made uppon the said shipp to the value of ?700:li and not above as he beleeveth the Premio whereof this rendent beleeveth the said Cravens mother paid w:ch voyage being ended and the said shipp comeinge safe to Marcelles againe the same was discharged, and voyded" (HCA 13/125)
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===Irish mariners===

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===Languages spoken by ships crews===

'''Dutchmen and Irishman who spoke good English'''

- "all or the greatest part of the sayd shipps company that made the sayd seizure were Italians, except one dutch man who was Master XXXXX & an other dutchman that was gunner of her, & an Irish man who was one of her Company, and hee further saith that after the sayd seizure the sayd two dutch men & Irish man (who could & did speake all XXXX of them good English)..."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-6dcf5b8b811454f886c6971a51aed8a72e650965| HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 5. John Gates, of Debtford, Kent, Ship Wright, one of the Carpenters of the Lady ffrigott, aged 18 : Date: June 4th, 1659]]</ref>
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===London docks===

'''Billingsgate dock'''

- "about the time arlate the shipp the ''Hopewell'' came and arrived at Billingsgate docke arlate"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/125: XXXX]</ref>

'''Wapping dock'''

- " in or about the beginning of the moneth of August 1658, the said ship ''Warewell'' arived in the River of Thames with her Lading of Coles. and came to an Anchor a little belowe or against Wapping dock, and there moored in a very good and Convenient birth, where ships doe usually ryde at Anchor, and there rid in safety one floud and two Ebbs, during w:ch time there was noe appearance of any Ancho:r or buoy neere unto the place where the said ship was moored The premises hee deposeth for that hee this Depo:t belonged the said time to the ''James'' of London w:ch then came up y:e River the Tide before the ''Warewell'' came up, and moored a little above the ''Warewell'', and this Depo:t did see the said ship y:e ''Warewell''. take up her birth in y:e foresaid place, and tooke notice of her said mooring & ryding as aforesaid:...

...after y:e said Ship y:e ''Warewell'' had layne moored in y:e place aforesaid for the space of One ffloud and two Ebbs. shee happened to be bilged upon an Anchor w;ch lay within the said ships birthe w:ch had not then any boy fastned to it, and saith that soo soone as y:e said ship y:e ''Warewell'' was preceived to be bilged by her not XXXXing in the River, this Depo:t and severall other Mariner:rs belonging to other ships that Rid there went p:rsently on board her, and found her then to have foure fooote water in her hold. And saith that this Depo:t & y:e said other mariners & alsoe the ''Warewells'' Company, did Labo:r very hard and used their best Endeavo:rs to XXXXX the said ship ashore, and to that end did pumpe her , and heave out about three Lighters of Coles: and then by their greate Labo:rs and endeavo:r go her some what neerer to the shore, and then heaved about another Lighter of Coales. out of her. and did all that they could possibly doe to p:rvent further dammages that might have happened to the said Ship and Coles by reason of her said bilging on y:e said Anchor"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73:Case: Clarke ag:t Scattergood: Examination: 2. Robert Hercules, of Ratcliffe, Mariner, aged 40: Date: October 27th 1659]</ref>
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===Long term merchant residents overseas===

- "hee [Robert Bevin, of London, merchant] saith hee is of the age of 36 yeeres or thereabouts and hath knowne y:e Said Cowling for y:e time aforesaid. but knoweth not his ffather or mother and hath bin Credibly informed that the said Cowling was borne at or neere Rippon in Yorkeshire...

the said Cowling hath lived at the Canaryes for all the time of this Depo:ts Knowledge of him, but knoweth not when hee went first thither, And saith hee hath, not bin in England since this Depo:ts Knowledge of him, that hee knoweth of, And saith y:e said Cowling is a Bachelo:r and payes Customs , for his goods, as other merchant Strange:rs doe; but no ?Tapes or Contribucons"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Clayme of Thomas Cowling for Canary Wines taken in the S:t Laurence Peter: Examination: 1. Robert Bevin, of London, Merchant, aged 36: Date: October 11th 1659]</ref>
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===Market glut & death===

- "y:e said Ship arrived at Nevis on the Eighth of November 1657: and there lay about four or five weekes before the said Wood, sent any fish or gods. to S:t Christophers: and in that time there arrived att the ?sd Islands severall vessells laden with fish, and other Comodityes w:ch did much glut the market there; and thereby did hinder y:e Sale of the ffish brought in the ''Peace''"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Mariners' skills===

'''Able Master of a ship'''

- "for about three yeeres last hee hath sailed in y:e said ship ''Peace'' with the said Thomas Grove [Master of the ''Peace''], and thereby Knoweth. that hee is an able skillfull, and Experienced Seaman, & soe Comonly accounted and hath as hee hath heard used y:e Sea for a long time"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Masters and Commanders===

'''Promotion to Master after twelve years at sea'''

- "hee hath used the sea for about Eighteene yeeres last, & about six yeeres last hath bin a Master of a ship; And saith hee knoweth not what heis worth"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Navigational errors===

- "the said Ship in her passing from Newfound:d towards the Barbadoes did meet with many Hurricanoes Gal?wes , and Contrary winds, And saith that about three dayes before the said ship arrived at Sta Lasia. aforesyd the said Grove Asked this depo:t (who was one of his Mates how farr they were to windward of the Barbadoes. by his Account, to w:ch hee answered, that by his account they were about 130 Leagues to the windward of the Barbadoes and y:e said Grove alsoe asked y:e Interrate Roger Grove and y:e Interrate William Tizard to the effect aforesaid, and y:e sd Grove made answer that hee was by his account about 140 Leages to windward of the Barbadoes: and y:e said Tizard said y:t by his account hee was about 100 Leagues to Windward of the Barbadoes or to that effect, and y:e said Thomas Grove y:e M:r of the said Ship said y:t by his account heee was above 100 Leagued to Windward of the Barbadoes: And further saith that y:e said William Tizard (who was shipped Cheife mate of the said Ship y:e said Voyage by y:e sd Wood) was and is an illiterate and unskillfull pson, and one that cannot write his name ans was not Capable of his said Office or place; and had noe Instrum:ts on board y:e said ship to doe and performe his said place, but a fewe ?Staffs and saith that hee beleeveth the reason of the said Shipsmissing the Barbadoes y:e said Voyage was occasioned and came by the said Hurricanes; and XXXXX, and Contrary winds"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>

- "Ships doe usually misse the Island of Barbadoes, by reason of Greate Currants. and foule and Thicke weather w:ch often times happens in these parts"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Wood ag:t Grove: Examination: 4. Captain Thomas Thorne, of S:t Catherines XXXX, Mariner, aged 34: Date: June 18th, 1659]</ref>

- "by meanes of Contrary windes, and Calmes, and Hurricanoes (w:ch were very frequent then there insoemuch that neither the said Grove nor this depo:t nor y:e other mates on board her could gaine the Latitude) The said ship did misse the Island of the Barbadoes, And not by the Willfullnes Ignorance or Carlessnes of the said Thomas Grove; And after the said Grove did perceive that the said Ship had missed the Barbadoes, hee told the said Wood (in the presence of this depo:t and others of the said Ships Company) that hee would beate it up againe (meaning the Barbadoes) and the said Grove did endeavour to saile to the Barbadoes, and hee haveing spent about Eighteene houres thereabout, (after they perceived that they had missed it,) The said Luke Wood, in this depo:ts presence gave the said Grove speciall order to saile the said ship to Martini?ce, and from thence to Mevis, w:ch the said Grove accordingly did; And saith that hee verily beleeveth that the said Grove would have Got to the Barbadoes with the said Ship, in (about) tenne Dayes of time, after hee perceived it was missed, if the said Wood would have sufferred him soe to doe, and not have ordered him to leave off his Endeavouring and saile to Martinice & soe to Mevis, And saith that all the Voyage from Newfoundland towards the Barbadoes the said Thomas Grove did use, and doe his uttmost endeavo:r in sailing y:e said Shipp directly for the Barbadoes, and did ...."<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Neutral carriers===

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===Nevis===

'''Plantations damaged by hurricanes'''

- "hee this Depo:t on or about the first day of January 1657: arrived at Nevis where hee ?found that y:e Hurricanes had spoiled y:e plantaccons ?there..."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-672e4aa5b619bd5a0ed880706fb5ff72f2a5747c|HCA 13/73: Case: Wood ag:t Grove: Examination: 4. Captain Thomas Thorne, of S:t Catherines XXXX, Mariner, aged 34: Date: June 18th, 1659]]</ref>
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===Packers and packing of goods===

'''Packer for a Canary wine importer'''

- "The premisses hee deposeth being y:e sd producents packer, and hathe as hee beleeveth packed goods at severall times for y:e sd producent to the vallue of above twenty Thousand pounds"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-7afb365c1d24c876f38db4951503907d0bc3217e| HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: Examination: David Lloyd, Citizen & Cloatheworker, of London, aged 56: Date: March 8th 1658 (59)]]</ref>
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===Payment of ransom===

'''Ransom paid to Tripoly'''

- "this rendent & his sd ship & ladeing were taken by three Tripoly men of warr, & carried to Tripoly & XXX XXXX ship & lading all lost, & this rendent & his Company made prisoners as he beleeveth, where this rendent continued by the space of Three moneths & ?od dayes, & then was ransomed w:ch cost him ?800. dollars as he beleeves, & this rendent beleeveth that all the rest of the sd Comp:ie who are liveing except Edward ?Paull are there yet in captivity"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-727068f18cfef4652fd5211886efa6c5543e24b2|HCA 13/128: Case: Allegacon on the behalfe of Edward Paull & others: Personal answeres: William Wilmott: Date: XXXX]]</ref>
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===Perception of risk===

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===Petrao Road===

- "the sayd shipp ?y:e ''Lady ffrigott'' was in the moneths & tyme arlate taken to freight by Alderman Andrew Riccard & Company for a tradeing voyage from London to ?Petrao and other pts beyond the Seas to lade Currans & other goods for their Account & bring the same for London & there deliver them to them or their Agents In order whereto the sayd shipp hee saith did in the moneths & tyme arlate safely arive in Petrao roade where and at Ma?thaligo the Agents of the sayd Alderman Riccard & Company laded one hundred & sixty tonnes of Currans of the growth of Mathalago:s and Petrao ad divers other goods & money for their use and Accompt to be transported for London & there delivered to them or their Agents for their use"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-6dcf5b8b811454f886c6971a51aed8a72e650965|HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 5. John Gates, of Debtford, Kent, Ship Wright, one of the Carpenters of the Lady ffrigott, aged 18 : Date: June 4th, 1659]]</ref>
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===Port charges===

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===Port Time Sources===

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===Probability===

'''Probabilty of a ship arriving if another event had not taken place'''

- "the shipp the ''Lady frigot'' allegate and the said shipp the ''VirginX frigat'' were designed and intended to come together in company to this port, to w:ch purpose the ''Lady frigot'' was intended to come from Morea to Zante and thence to come along with the ''VirginXX'' w:ch if shee had done, and that the ''VirginX'', XXXX had not XXXXXX, the said shipp the ''Lady frigot'' with her lading allegate and in all probabilitie arrived here in ffebruary last as the ''XXX frigot'' did."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-cf5f860abbc80dd7ac687905ebd30cf9a3110501| HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 7. William Bowtell, of London, Merchant, aged 25 : Date: June 8th, 1659]]</ref>
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===Problems of navigating to Barbadoes===

'''Great currents & foul weather'''

- "hee hath used y:e Barbadoes XXXXX of a ship for about six yeeres last. and thereby knoweth that Ships doe usually misse the Island of Barbadoes, by reason of Greate Currants. and foule and Thicke weather w:ch often times happens in these parts"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-672e4aa5b619bd5a0ed880706fb5ff72f2a5747c| HCA 13/73: Case: Wood ag:t Grove: Examination: 4. Captain Thomas Thorne, of S:t Catherines XXXX, Mariner, aged 34: Date: June 18th, 1659]]</ref>
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===Profitability of voyages===

'''Profits could vary significantly between consecutive voyages made by the same ship'''

- "he answeareth and beleeveth that the voyage from hence to Newfoundland and soe to Mallaga and hence to London the said shipp cleered in the whole shipp 105:li & not above as he beleeveth, and in the next voyage from hence to Mallaga, & home againe 107:li & not above as he beleeveth 14:li whereof more than his share & Randall Crewe receaved of under M:r Roydeon and for the voyage in the service of of the State the said shipp iXXXX XXX had beene XXX ?did cleere betwixt eight and nine hundred poundes about 500:li whereof is still unpaid and the remainder beinge about 400:li and Daniel Bright one of the Owners of the said shipp receaved & paid to everie Owner as he beleeveth theire XXXXX XX shares thereof And for the last voyage from hence to Barcellona and then to Marselles and soe to Barbary and Marcelles againe this rendent beleeveth there was losse uppon the said voyage about 440. or 450:li by reason the said shipp was imbargoed att Marcelles by the space of sixe monthes the Plague beinge then aboard her" (HCA 13/125 Box Two)

'''Knock on effects of a merchant's failure on the profitability if a voyage through failure to pay freight'''

- "after such tyme as the arlate Craven came into the said shipp the ''Jeremie'' he did make onlie one voyage w:ch was from Marcelles to Scanderoone and soe to Marcelles againe, and that att his returne thither before his fraight was paid as this rendent beleeveth his Merchant broke soe that he lost all his freight as he beleeveth" (HCA 13/125 Box Two)

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===Purchase of naval stores===

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===Pursers===

- "the said ship the ''Saphire'' (XXXX hee only depose) had Laden and put a bord her a Cargazoone of goods the pticulars whereof & to whom consigned are specified in this depon:ts Pursers booke of fraight delivered to the said General Blake or to such as he appointed to receave the same to ?w:ch for more certainty herein hee refereth himselfe"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/64#head-59f52ce5a73811a54a25ce1cbf62b0001de3a8e8|HCA 13/64: Case: XXXX: Deposition: Edward Wye, of Ratcliffe, parish of Stepney, Middlesex, late Master and Commander of the Saphire alias the ffairfax, aged 42: Date: XXXX]]</ref>
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===Refusal to take an oath===

'''Refusal to take an oath in the High Court of Admiralty'''

- "in obedience to his said warrants, and that they XXXXX unto him as hee beleiveth, their said Comission and declared unto him their power given XXXXX and the effect of the said Commission, and that hee was called as a witnesse to be examined thereupon, and that they sitting as com:es did admXXXX this rendent to take his oath as a Witnes to depose the trutht upon such matters as ?any ?could be expressed, and this respondent desiing to know of them what it was hee should bee examined upon, they or XXX of them answered that hee should know that, when hee had taken his oath, and that this respondent againe insisted and prayed them that hee might know before his swearing, what hee should be examined upon, and withall told and XXXX unto them, that hee was readie and would sweare that hee never tooke nor XXX XXX nor bought in XX any of the goods taken or that were out of the said shipp to his knowledge, but they still refusing to acquaint or tell him what matters hee should be examined upon, hee refused to take his oath, and would not be examined by or before them upon oath unlesse hee might know the matter concerning w:ch hee should bee examined before his taking his oath"<ref>http://bron.wikispot.org/HCA_13/128#head-b7e7fc954b7c6989da0ef5766b7addf6c17e38ca HCA 13/128: Allegation: Richard fford: Answer: ?Bas Nelders: Date: July 5th 1657</ref>
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===Refusal to pay mariners' wages===

'''Refusal of Duke of Venice to give satisfaction for forced use of ship to service the Venetian fleet'''

- " there this rendent was offered a fraight to Smirna & soe to Venice againe w:ch this rendent accepted of, but dureing such tyme as he was at Venice intreating about the same the Duke of Venice or his Officers forced this rendent & his sd ship into their Service contrary to this rendents good will & likeing to carry bread from thence to ?candy for the ffleete w:ch this rendents ship accordingly did & arrived & delivered the same there in or about y:e beginning of december 1655. as he believeth for w:ch this rendent never received any satisffaction at all and doth declare that so soone as hee shall receive satisffaction for the same he shalbe ready & willing to pay his sd Marrin:es what shalbe due unto them for y:e same"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-727068f18cfef4652fd5211886efa6c5543e24b2| HCA 13/128: Case: Allegacon on the behalfe of Edward Paull & others: Personal answeres: William Wilmott: Date: XXXX]]</ref>

'''Failure of mariners to defend their ship from seizure'''

- "he [Elias Beake, London merchant] hath bin required to pay wages to the sd Salter & others, & y:t he doth justly refuse as he humbly conceiveth, for the sd pties, or some of them coming to him to demand their wayges he asked them why they did not defend their sd ship & goods & make shott at y:e vessell y:t tooke them y:t so they might have beaten them of & saved the vessell & goods for the Own:es that they might have had incouragem:t to have paid them for their good service, to w:ch answear was made that whoe should have kept them if they had been wounded, or lost a Limb or to that effect, so that of marrin:es should refuse to use their gunnes in this manner the Own:es had as good throw them into y:e Sea as carry them in their Ships & if they may give up their vessells & goods & returne home & receive their wages as usuall"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-5756e8a4cff39ee460292afceafa94ffaa79ebc9|HCA 13/128: Case: Libell against Elias Beake and Peter Mathews in the name of John Salter & others: Personal answeres: Elias Beake: Date: October 28th 1656]]</ref>
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===Risk===

'''Risque'''

- "for his the said John Scrother the producents accompt and risque"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68 Part Two#head-4470969a6089650fa0451fb522657662b3e03f2a|HCA 13/68: Case: Clayme of John Scrother for goods on the Black Cock: Deposition: 1. Jacob Wigandi, of Hamborough, Merchant, aged 25: Date: November 30th 1653]]</ref>
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===Role of consuls===

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===Set out against the Turkes===

- "the sayd shipp the ''Sta Cruse'' was sett out from Gennoa as a man of warr against the Turkes" '''ADD SOURCE'''
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===Sheriff's Court of London===

'''Sueing in the Sheriff's Court'''

- "hee this Rendent hath sued and doth still sue and impleade the said George Cobden in the Sheriffs Court of London for the said sugars in an action of ?Trover; and alsoe beleeveth that y:e six tonnes of sugar soe as aforesaid by him laded or reputed to be laden aboard the said shipp the ''James'' in Carlisle bay, and the goods or sugars by him sued for in the sid Sheriffs Court, were and are the same goods or sugars, and not diverse"<ref>XXX HCA 13/128: XXXXX</ref>
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===Shipping charges===

- "it being very notorious & well knowne to the sd M:r Wayn Wright & all other mrchants that use the East countrey trade that every Last of wheate payeth one dollar the charges at Stettin & Stralsound & the charges for Smacks & boates to bring y:e sd corne on board, & petty pilotage & other dutyes, all w:ch heethis rendent did really pay"<ref>This is the footnote text</ref> '''ADD SOURCE'''
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===Ship prices===

- "a stXXX shipp of the burthen of 200 tunnes and upwards: and was worth with her tackle and furniture having bene newly fitted and equipped the summe of one thousand pounds ?sterl in the Judgm:t of this deponent"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-d950b85cda43fda487b419cf1928ed869167c202|HCA 13/68: Case: On behalf of John Harrison: Deposition: 3. William Neave, of Dukes Place, London, Merchant, aged 44: Date: December ?23rd 1653]]</ref>

- "she was a strong and tight shipp and had bene but one voyage before att sea from the tyme of her first building and was of the burthen of .200 tonnes or thereabouts and had in her sixteene ?persons, and the tackele apparell and furniture of and belonging unto her were likewise good and new And the freight of the says hipp so provided with gunns and tackle was well worth the summe of 250:li sterl p moneth And soe much was and is usually given p moneth for a shipp of her burthen and goodnes"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-ba56423722456e018a88d06052af3bdf5c97f223|HCA 13/88: Case: XXXX: Deposition: Nicholas Williams, of Redriffe, Surrey, Mariner, sometime Quartermaster on the Freetrade, aged 36: Date: March 9th 1653/44]]</ref>
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===Ship wrecks===

'''Her breaching in peeces'''

- "y:e ''Anne'' was driven upon y:e sd sands, and the Seas were ?mighty boysterous. Insomuch that they beate over y:e Deck of the sd ship with sich a fforce that y:e Company on y:e Deck could Scarce Stand upon their Leggs, and saith there were XXXXX saved, and brought out of the said ship, just before her breaching in peeces"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: Christopher Malyn, Thomas Carret, Bethnel Tynck, George Southerne, Geirge Rogers, Thomas West, ffrancis Rosse, and John Robeck, late Mariners of the Ship the Anne:: Examination: 2. Joseph Bond: Date: February 26th 1658]</ref>

'''Breaking and splitting in the sands'''

- "hee went from Gravesend in y:e sd Ship y:e voyage in question, and Continued onboard till shee was breaking and splitting on y:e said sands"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: Answer: John Atkins: Date: XXXX]</ref>

'''Using other meanes for saving of their Lives'''

- "after the ?said Ship came upon y:e said Sand?s her Company had noe time either to save any paps or any of their Cloathes or goods w:ch were in y:e sd Ship, but were most of them Imployed about Hoysting out their boate, and using other meanes for saving of their Lives."<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: Answer: John Atkins: Date: XXXX]</ref>

'''High winds, foule weather, and greate Tides'''

- "when they came from thence [ffalmouth] y:e winde was faire, and y:e next day y:e weather Changed, and was very Boisterous, and y:e said other Ships which were bigger, and better sailers than the ''Anne''; left her behinde them, and y:e sd ship ''Anne'' by y:e said High winds, foule weather, and greate Tides (and by ?noe other meanes) was forced and driven upon y:e Coast of ffrance, about tenne Leagues to the Westward of ?Bullen, where shee as aforesd: was broken in peeces and utterly lost."<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: Christopher Malyn, Thomas Carret, Bethnel Tynck, George Southerne, George Rogers, Thomas West, ffrancis Rosse, and John Robeck, late Mariners of the Ship the Anne:: Examination: 2. Joseph Bond: Date: February 26th 1658]</ref>
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===Spanish crew on English ships===

'''Voyage from London to Amsterdam to Trinidad and the Spanish West Indies and back to London'''

- "hee saith there were twenty men and a boy belonging to the said shipp when shee XX XXXXX Milford, whereof seaven were Spaniards the said John Lopez being one of the said Spaniards, and saith three of the said Spaniards are in London, and the rest were left abroad"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-20cc9524f6449d3264092c6f244adaa50ab5d970|HCA 13/73: Case: Lord Protector ag:t the Hope: Deposition: 5. Peter Aylward, of London, Merchant, aged 40: Date: February 21st 1658 (59)]]</ref>
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===States service===

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===Stopping, searching, & seizing ships===

- "the shipps arlate were stayed at y:e Isle of Wight by the Governour or his deputye at Yarmouth castle in the said Island upon information given by some of their owne Company as hee beleeveth that they were bound for Spayne"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/128: Case: Beane ag:t Jacobs: Personall answeares: Humfrey Beane: Date: XXXX]</ref>
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===Sugar===

'''Nevis vs. Barbadoes sugar'''

- "at y:e first coming of the said ship y:e ''Peace'' to Nevis y:e said Wood sold his fish after y:e rate of a pound of ffish, for a pound of Sugar, and Saith that Nevis Sugar is accounted better than Barbadoes Sugar"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73]</ref>
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===Supracargoe===

'''Powers of supracargo'''

- "the arlate Luke Woods did goe the voyage in question absolute and sole Supracargo & manager of the sayd shipp ''Pease'' as well for the parts that XXXXXXX hee the sayd Woods had hyred as for the other five eighths which was soe freighted by and belonged to the sayde Brewer and Crispe And was soe impowered to goe Supracargo and sole manager of the sayd Brewer & Crispe their five eighth parts by the sayde Brewer and Crispe"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXXX: Examination: 2. Richard Blake, of Ratcliffem Stepney, Middlesex, Mariner, aged 30: Date: January 14th 1658]</ref>

'''Powers of supracargo touching the lading unlading and reladeing of a ship'''

- "the sayd Woods being sole supracargo of the sayed shipp for the voyage in question both the Master and Mariners ought to obey and observe the orders of the sayd Luke Woods as Supracargo as touching the lading unlading and reladeing of the sayd shipp & to goe with the shipps boate, & with the sayd shipp from place to place according as the sayd Woods should for his best advantage of tradeing in the sayd voyage direct and appoint"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXXX: Examination: 2. Richard Blake, of Ratcliffem Stepney, Middlesex, Mariner, aged 30: Date: January 14th 1658]</ref>

'''Conflict between Master and supracargo'''

- "imediately after the sayd Grove had soe threatned and reviled the sayd Wood, hee the sayd Woods did in a civill & mylde manner demand of the sayd Grove why he would not lett him have any salt from on board and the sayd Grove replyed & sayd that the shipp wanted stiffneing or ballast whereto the sayd Wood answered and sayd to the sayd Grove why then did yo:w not a day agoe send for more stones whereto the sayd Grove replyed and sayd hee had forgott it & the sayd Woods then asked the sayd Grove what hee would doe when he had more stones aboard whereto the sayd Grove replyed and sayd that then hee would carry them on shoare againe And these speeches passed betwixt the sayd Grove & Woods publiquely upon the deck in p:rsence & hearing of this deponent and most of the shipps Company the sayd Wood speakeing soe loude and with such rage & fury that people who stood on shoare stood gazeing and wondering to see & heare such words & behaviour proceede from a Master of a shipp to his Supracargoe./"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-761fc1c079262a26423aebf1557358559fe4210d|HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the ''Pearce '' and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]]</ref>
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===Terra Firma===

'''North American continent as "Terra Firma"'''

- "?departed in or about November 1657 to ComXXXX a coast on the terra firma"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-20cc9524f6449d3264092c6f244adaa50ab5d970| HCA 13/73: Case: Lord Protector ag:t the ''Hope'': Deposition: 5. Peter Aylward, of London, Merchant, aged 40: Date: February 21st 1658 (59)]]</ref>
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===Timber yards===

'''Timber yard in Lisbon'''

- "hee was in y:e said yard (out of w:ch y:e said Logwood was taken & sent on board y:e said ship) whilest, some of the sd wood was weighing, and sawe most of it sent, and brought aboard y:e said ship, y:e said yard being neere y:e waterside & neere unto y:e place: where his ship lay"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-33d2b1e0e6e0fc1345132124672e893357ee3da7|HCA 13/73: Case: Mayflower vs. XXXX: Deposition: 2. John Stannian, of the City of London; Gentleman, aged 26: Date: September 23rd 1659]]</ref>
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===Trade with the Canary Islands===

'''English merchants trading under Dutch names'''

- "English merchants doe, (and have done since y:e warre betwixt England and Spaine) trade at y:e Canaryes under fained and fictitious Dutch names the better to Colo:r their goods, and p:eserved them from Spanish Capture."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-7afb365c1d24c876f38db4951503907d0bc3217e| HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: Examination: David Lloyd, Citizen & Cloatheworker, of London, aged 56: Date: March 8th 1658 (59)]]</ref>
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===Travel Time Sources===

'''Inverness to Rochell'''

- "he answereth & beleeveth That the weather ?serving a ship doth usually & may saile from Innvrnes to Rochell in ?20 dayes or thereabouts"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/129#head-4c61d7658a23d6dd6ec9e0acfe2fe7e3f9504449|HCA 13/129: Personal answers of Peter Cornelius Youngboare: Allegation: ?Maurice Trent: Date: 17th March 1658]]</ref>

'''Gravesend to coast of Greeneland and back to Gravesend'''

- "the sd ship sett sayle from Gravesend upon or about the fourteenth of Aprill 1656. & not before as they beleeve at w:ch time & not before the sd monethly pay was to begin in case the sd pties had behaved themselves as they ought to have done, & these rendents further beleeve that y:e ship the ''Greyhound'' came back againe into the River of Thames & was here discharged upon or about the fowrteenth day of September 1656 as they beleeve"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-1e528de4e0e74b6a9851e1a3ed2dd641cee9355b|HCA 13/128: Case: XXXX: Answer: Richard Batson, Humphrey Beane, & Gowen Goldegay: Date: XXXX]]</ref>

'''Lisbon to Brazil (exact Brazilian destination unspecified)'''

- "y:e sd ship the ''Scipio'' did enter upon & begin her voiage for Brazeel to wit in y:e lading of her goods for that place the 3:d of September 1649. and that y:e sd ship did dept from Lisborne upon y:e sd voiage the 5:th day of November arlate 1649 & ?arrived at Brazeele the 6:th day of March 1649 [i.e. 1650] & there discharged her lading about y:e end of Aprill 1650 & that upon the 20:th of June 1650. y:e sd ship did set saile in company of the portugall fleete for Lisborne againe, and was afterwards put back with the rest of y:e fleete by the command of y:e Admrall for Brazeel where they arrived againe about the first or second of July 1650."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/129#head-2187c17fbe54015abbe3f7fced1c8d59ab105c17|HCA 13/129: Personal answers of Humfey ffosse John Tucker Christofer Mills: Allegation: Captain Thomas Ewens: Date: XXXX]]</ref>

'''London to the Canary Islands'''

- "the sd Ship did go with some small commodities to ?Loratuna in the Canary ?Islands & did safely arrive there & unlade her goods as hee believeth but y:e time of her arrivall & lading he knoweth not, but believeth a ship may goe from home to y:e Canaries with goods & unlade the same within the space of sixe weekes"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-5756e8a4cff39ee460292afceafa94ffaa79ebc9| HCA 13/128: Case: Libell against Elias Beake and Peter Mathews in the name of John Salter & others: Personal answeres: Elias Beake: Date: October 28th 1656]]</ref>

'''Gravesend to Scanderoone and back to Gravesend'''

- " from y:e time of y,e Departure of y:e said Ship ''Anne'' from Gravesend & Untill the say of her discharging of her last goods at Scanderoone ?was about seaven monethes and three weekes"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Christopher Malyn, Thomas Carret, Bethnel Tynck, George Southerne, Geirge Rogers, Thomas West, ffrancis Rosse, and John Robeck, late Mariners of the Ship the Anne:: Examination: 2. Joseph Bond: Date: February 26th 1658]</ref>
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===Trust===

'''Trust reposed in an executor or administrator'''

- "this rendent did desire them the said M:r fford, and M:r Mayne to Joyne with him to administer uppon and dispose the said goods,accordinge to the trust reposed in them by the said M:r West decead, but they the said M:r fford ad M:r Mayne did both of them refuse, and then this rendent being unwillinge the said goods should bee lost and miscarye, did in ?order to that trust w:ch was reposed in him repaire to the Governor of the Barbados and there acquainted him with this whole matter, who thereuppon did issue out an order or warrant in the nature of an administration, to this rendent the said M:r fford and M:r Mayne, that they might thereby ?receave the said goods out of the said shipand make disposition thereof"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/125: Case: Libell on behalfe of Elizabeth West, administrator of ffrancis West: Personal answeres: John Blith: Date: July 29th 1652]</ref>
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===Turkey Company Merchants of London===

- "in ?Examinate & tyme arlate the sayd shipp was hyred and taken to freight by some of the Turkey Company Merchants of London...COMPLETE THIS TEXT"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-6dcf5b8b811454f886c6971a51aed8a72e650965| HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 5. John Gates, of Debtford, Kent, Ship Wright, one of the Carpenters of the Lady ffrigott, aged 18 : Date: June 4th, 1659]]</ref>
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===Use of arbitration===

'''Dispute of freight charges deducted from proceeds returned to Master and Owner'''

- "To the Eighteenth & Nyneteenth he answereth that he hath bin demanded to pay fraight, but doth beleeve there is none due to y:e sd pties, but for their ppoorcon of the monyes pceeding of the sd ship and goods he is & hath alwaies bin ready & willing to allow unto them their pporcon, if they would agree what the same should be or leave the same to any indiffrent psons to state the same betweene them" <ref>HCA 137128: XXXX)</ref>
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===Value of cargo vs value of ship===

'''XXX to XXX ratio'''

- "hee saith the ''Postillion'' at her seizure was of the burthen of two hundred tonne or therabouts and had nyne peeces of ordnance and the sayd shipp and her tackle apparrell & furniture were then well worth (in this deponents Judgement and estimate) two thousand six hundred pounds sterling or therabouts And saith the sayd shipp had aboard he at the tyme of the seizure, (for Accompt of the sayd Delboe Middleton Temmes Britton Taylor and Syon seaventeene hundred forty six parcell and thirty one ?Catees of pepper, and peeces of Eight three thousand three hundred and some odd peeces which pepper would in this deponents Judgment, if it had come safe to England have there yeild Thirteene Thousand pounds sterling besides freight due alsoe to the sayd Delboe Middleton Temms Britton Taylor and Syon as Owners of the sayd shipp which as hee beleeveth would have amounted to two thousand eight hundred pounds more of like money And hee saith that hee this deponent had for his owne Accompt aboard the sayd shipp at her seizure sixe hundred peeces of Eight, and pepper & Cloaves soe much as would have in England have yeilded seaventeene hundred pounds sterling, besides his wages for the sayd voyage which hee beleeveth did amount to ?three hundred pounds more of like money & his cloats amounting to about twenty pounds more of like money all which hee lost by the seizure aforesayd And hee saith the sayd shipps company at the tyme of the sayd seizure had aboard her for their Accompt pepper & ?Caude & other goods to the value of ?three hundred pounds sterling in this deponents Judgment and estimate, besides their cloathes and wages which as hee beleeveth was worth a thousand pounds more of like money all which they were samnified by the sayd seizure And hee saith that beside the p:rmisses there were about the sayd shipp at her seizure fower hundred Jarrs of Greene Ginger for Accompt of the English East India Company which were alsoe lost by the seizure aforesayd and would in this deponents Judgment have yeilded if they had come safe to England one thousand one hundred and twenty pounds sterling..."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/72#head-d1b938e8fde65c21af2869095458cde6e6f9685a| HCA 13/72: Case: Ex parte and on behalfe of Symon Delboe, Andrew Middleton, Nathaniell Temms, Thomas Britton, John Taylor, & Abraham Syon, owners of the Postillian: Examination: 1. John Kingsman, Mariner, Master of the Postillian, aged 32: Date: August 28th 1658]]</ref>

'''Ten to one ratio'''

- "To the fifteenth he answereth & beleeveth that the said ship & her tackle & furniture & other materialls when they were seized were worth about the summe of One hundred pounds, and not above as he beleeveth, and the sd goods in the said ship were worth as he beleeveth the summe of about one thousand pounds & not under as he beleeveth, but y;e sd ship by lyeing there and being pillaged was much spoyled & damnifyed & worth little as he beleeveth...[Following the sale of the ship & goods, snd subsequent decree to return the proceeds] 16. To the Sixteenth he answereth & beleeveth that y:e monyes which came to his hands as y:e pceed of y:e sd ship & goods did amount to about Two hundred Nynety five pounds as is alleaged & not lesse as he beleeveth, & he hath not since delivered y:e same, but alwayes offered & was & is willing to give them their due ppocon as he beleeveth"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-675122a975b594401e0e4f86b5eccafff312ac29|HCA 13/128: Allegation: On the behalfe of Thomas Cullinge Jonathan Andrewes & Gifford Bale: Personal answers: Samuell Micoe: Date: June 10th 1657]]</ref>

'''Two point six to one ratio'''

- "the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her tackle and furniture, & freight, and stock & provisions on board her at her seizure aforesayd by the sayd Gennoa (sic) man of warr called the ''Sta Cruse'' was in his this deponents Judgment well worth five thousand pounds of lawfull English money and soe much hee beleeveth the says Swift Parker & Harris & other her Owners were dammaged by her being surprized & taken as aforesayd...

the hundred & sixty Tonne of Currants aforesayd on board the ''Lady ffrigott'' belonging to the foresayd Alderman Riccard & Company were at their surprizall worth in this deponents Judgement and estimate ?thirteene thousand pounds of lawfull English money and would as hee verily beleeveth have yeilded the sayd Riccard & Company soe much of they had not bin surprized in manner as aforesayd"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-8945bbd3b098cd3ca3d021ae3203b2772200c8a7|HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 3. Gilbert Anckelly, of Debtford, Kent, Mariner, late Boatswaine of the Lady ffrigorr, aged 30 : Date: June 3rd, 1659]]</ref>
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===Wages===

'''Pay rates in sample ships'''

- The ''Content'' (London to Gambo (Africa) to Barbados (then lost at sea); wage schedule for twelve persons (1658/59)<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/129#head-d57d5f95b7c846f98a8764545b23dc8869a24d72|HCA 13/129: Personal answers of Robert Oxwick, William Weilday and John Jefferyes: Allegation: John White & others: Date: 4th Feb. 1658]]</ref>

'''Seamens' wages to travel from Lisbon to Brazil and back'''

- "some consideraccon extraordinary above what they were in the first place hired for"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/129#head-2187c17fbe54015abbe3f7fced1c8d59ab105c17|HCA 13/129: Personal answers of Humfey ffosse John Tucker Christofer Mills: Allegation: Captain Thomas Ewens: Date: XXXX)]]</ref>

- "the sayd Ewens in persuance of such his offere & promises did pay unto his sayd Company eight moneths pay according to the first agreement made at London & did promise & agree to pay them an addition of five shillings in the pound p moneth for the future over & above the rates formerly agreed on which promise of addition the Company did agree to & promised to provide on the sayd Brazeele voyage and the sayd ffosse Tucker Howgate this deponent & the rest of the shipps Company did thereupon proceede upon the sayd voyage after the sayd new contract"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: Examination: 3. James Retallick, of Wapping, Mariner, aged 35: Date: March 5th 1658 English Style)]</ref>

'''Customary exchange rates for mariners'''

- "thereupon y:e sd M:r did pay them off freely Eight moneths pay in dollars at foure shills six pence per dollar, which is y.e usuall rate that English marrin:rs receive their wages at in dollars"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/129#head-2187c17fbe54015abbe3f7fced1c8d59ab105c17|HCA 13/129: Personal answers of Humfey ffosse John Tucker Christofer Mills: Allegation: Captain Thomas Ewens: Date: XXXX)]]</ref>

'''No paymen of wages overseas'''

- "this depo:t asking him howe long y:e sd Hill served in his ship; and at what what hee was shipped. at. The said Middleton replyed that hee served in his ship about foure yeere, and two Monethes: and was shipped at Thirty shillings p moneth, And then this depo:t asked him if hee had paid him any of his wages: To w:ch hee replied Noe, I Doe not use to pay men abroad."<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: 2. Grace Hogsflesh, of Stepney, Widowe, aged 39: Date: Aprill 12:th 1659]</ref>

'''Monthly wages for named qualities on voayge from Gravesend to the Streights and back'''

- "in or about November 1657: ?y:e said W:m Malim did hyre all the Marine:rs severall mentioned in the schedule annexed to y:e said Allon nowe showed unto him, to goe & serve in y:e said ship ''Anne'' from this port. to Yarmouth, and from thence to the streights. and to returne againe to this port. And saith that y:e schedulate Christopher Malym Mate; and Carpenter of y:e said Ship, was hyred at 3:li p moneth to goe y:e sd Voyage; Thomas Garret Carpenter of the said ship at 1:XXX p moneth to go y:e sd voayage Bethel Tinke (OR, Finke) A Common marriner of the said Ship at 1:li. viij:s p moneth to goe the said voayage, George Sotherne a Comon man of the said ship at 1:li ix:s p moneth to goe y:e said voyage., George. Rogers a Comon man of y:e said Ship at 1;li. viij:s p moneth, to goey:e sd voyage, Thomas West Coop at j:li. xiiij:s p moneth , to goe y:e sd voyage, & ffrancis RoXXX at 1:li. 10:s p moneth to goe y:e said Voyage; And soe ?much the foresaid Mariners well deserved, and soe much is usually given to Marine:rs that serve in the quality aforesaid. in such voyages. and oftentimes, greater summes, And saith hee save y:e foresaid Marine:rs recvd their halfe pay at Yarmouth and thereby knoweth y:e premisses, but saith hee knoweth not for how much John Roberts y:e Chirurghion of y:e sd ship was shipt at, but saith hee well knoweth y:t hee well deserved 2:li. 2:s. p moneth, and saith hee this depo:t never ?knewe lesse given, to a Chirurgion for y:e same; or y:e like Voyage"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Christopher Malyn, Thomas Carret, Bethnel Tynck, George Southerne, George Rogers, Thomas West, ffrancis Rosse, and John Robeck, late Mariners of the Ship the Anne:: Examination: 2. Joseph Bond: Date: February 26th 1658)]</ref>
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===Will of God===

'''Bilging of ship on sands on coast of France'''

- "neither her M:r nor any of her Company were in any fault. but the same came and happened meerely by y:e said Extraordinary winds and y:e will of God. The premisses hee deposeth by sad Experience being on board her, when y:e said Disaster happened"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Christopher Malyn, Thomas Carret, Bethnel Tynck, George Southerne, Geirge Rogers, Thomas West, ffrancis Rosse, and John Robeck, late Mariners of the Ship the Anne:: Examination: 2. Joseph Bond: Date: February 26th 1658)]</ref>
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==Possible topics for synthesis==

* Attitudes and behaviour towards negroes by sailors and ship masters

* Brazeele trade

* Corruption and kickbacks (prevalence; function)

* Fish

- "he answereth & beleeveth that Salmon & herings were no vendible commodity at Rochell in y:e moneths arlate" (HCA 13/19)
- Relative price of fish
- Whaling described as "fishing"
- Oysters
- Lobsters

* Geographical language

- Areas
- Linked to commodities (Rhenish wine; French wine)
- Non-port towns
- Ports
- Seas

* Greenland fishing

* Insults made between ships during conflict at sea

* Port to port routes

* Ship age

- "an old shipp being about the Age of thirteen or fourteen yeers old" (the ''Mayflower'', ca. ?1659)<ref>[[MRP: HCA 23/19#head-af09a70a13fcdce6c67c19f4135a1566d421bf11|HCA 23/19: Document Number: 51: Case: Willia, Curtis, Thomas Hussey, Samuel Harvar(d): Date: ?1660]]</ref>

* Ship prices

- Create table of price of ships per ton (by age and burthen)

- Prices outside England, e.g. Surat (the ''Mayflower'', 280 tonnes, 13 or 14 years old, badly damaged, valued with tackle and provisions at 910:li sterling by Capt. Robert ffisher, commander of the ''Smirna Merchant'' (£3.25 per ton)

* Timber merchants

* Time

- Between ports
- lading in port
- Unlading in port

* Wages

- Levels by job function
- Variances within and between job functions, & over time, & according to perceived risk and supply/demand

* Workings of Vice Admiralty courts outside London

- Regional courts

-- Example: Leith, Scotland
-- Example: Court of West England

- Process
- Registry

MRP: Synthesis

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SimonLiebesny:

'''Synthesis'''

'''Editorial history'''

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==Suggested links==

See [[MRP: Commodities|Commodities]]
See [[MRP: Geography|Geography]]
See [[MRP: Shipping terminology|Shipping terminology]]
See [[MRP: Style Sheet One|Style Sheet One]]
See [[MRP: Transcription|Transcription]]

See [[MRP: Admiralty court cases|Admiralty court cases]]
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==Notes==

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==Current topics for synthesis==
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===Adventures, money, cloathes and instruments===

- "the arlate Captaine Hosier and his Company had at the tyme of the seizure of the ''Lady ffrigott''& her ladeing by the sayd Gen?uoa man of warr the ''Sta Cruse'' goods which were her & their adventures and money cloathes and Instruments aboard her to the value in this deponents Judgement of eight hundred pounds of lawfull English money All which were seized and taken from the sayd Hosier & his Company & they utterly deprXed of them by the Captaine & Company of the sayd Gennoa man of warr who plundered them of them and having soe done kept the Company of the ''Lady ffrigott'' prisoners for a teyme the most of them being cheyned, and after wards sett them on shoare in the Island of Cephalonia to shXXX for themselves without allowing them money or provisions"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-8945bbd3b098cd3ca3d021ae3203b2772200c8a7|HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 3. Gilbert Anckelly, of Debtford, Kent, Mariner, late Boatswaine of the Lady ffrigott, aged 30 : Date: June 3rd, 1659]]</ref>
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===Amsterdam to the Spanish West Indies===

'''English merchants sending ship from Amsterdam to Spanish West Indies'''

- "M:r John Page one of the Merchants concerned in this busines, having with his associates a designe in hand to send a shipp from Amsterdam for the West Indies to trade for their account upon the coasts of the Spaniards, and understanding that this deponent understood both the Spanish and dutch tongues (besides English) and could speake them, and alsoe understood the busines of traffique and XXXXX as a marchant treated and agred with this deponent to goe the said voyage for five pounds per moneth wages and XXXX for XXX goods for his owne account, wherein hee this deponent was to give assistajce to John Lo?pes his ?precontest who was alsoe then XXX and being XX hired this deponent was XX XXX XXXXX in a dutch shipp called the ?''Mackerell'' bound for Amsterdam and concerned with him in the said shipp XXXXX, perpetuanas, ?hatts, and many other particulars of goods w:ch were here ?provided by the said M:r Page and XXXX ffernandez, M:r ?Robles, M:r Jenkin and M:r ?Painter Merchants of this citie, to be at Amsterdam put aboard such a shipp as could be provided for that XXXX and voyage."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-20cc9524f6449d3264092c6f244adaa50ab5d970|HCA 13/73: Case: Lord Protector ag:t the Hope: Deposition: 5. Peter Aylward, of London, Merchant, aged 40: Date: February 21st 1658 (59)]]</ref>
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===Appraisal===

'''Appraisal of the estate of a deceased person'''

- "there was also a warrant granted from the said Governor to M:r Humfrey Kent and M:r Richard SXXXswicke, to appreize the said goods accordinge to theire trew value, uppon theire oathes who (being sworne before the said Governor or some Justice of the Peace att the Barbados to the effect a forsaid) did apprize all the said goods uppon the XXXoathes att five thousand nine hundred seaventy and eight pounds of Tobacco and more as hee beleeveth"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/125#head-59f076f9d8b79695b760b46e06ea08d92bf5cd08|HCA 13/125: Case: Libell on behalfe of Elizabeth West, administrator of ffrancis West: Personal answeres: John Blith: Date: July 29th 1652]]</ref>

- "hee this rendent did deliver a pticular of Inventary of the said goods as they were apprised by the said Appraisors under theire hands to the said M:rs West or M:r William ffisher then Proctor for her in the Prerogative Court with a testification of theire being sworne uppon the said appraisem:t w:ch they the said M:rs West and her Proctor did ever since detaine from him"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/125#head-59f076f9d8b79695b760b46e06ea08d92bf5cd08|HCA 13/125: Case: Libell on behalfe of Elizabeth West, administrator of ffrancis West: Personal answeres: John Blith: Date: July 29th 1652]]</ref>

'''Appraisal of a ship for a prize court'''

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===Bad weather===

'''A great and violent storm on route from the Barbadoes to London'''

- "y:e ''Oporto Merchant'' being laden at the Barbadoes, with Sugars & Cottons & some other merchandizes for the account of several merchants Departed from thence bound for this Port of London and in her Course hetherward (sic), neere y:e Islands fflowers and Calves, being two of the Westerene Islands on XX or about the 20:th day of January last, shee met with a great , and violent Storme; w:ch Continued about sixteene houres very violent the Winde being then at West, and y:e sd. shipp tunning before y:e Sea, for her better preservaccon) under aforesaile, her sterne gave way, And thereupon, her Company were forced to hang their foresaile, and lye under a mizen, and y:e said Ships Tiller by Violence of the said Storme was broken, w:ch did much endanger her Rudder and sterne post, and by meanes of y:e breaking of her Tiller y:e said Ship, shee receaved much water in at her ?behind port ?w:ch came into y:e said Ships hold, and y:e said Ships mizen XXX by y:e violence & force of the said Storme was Torne in peeces. and y:e greatest part of it blowne away, and y:e said Ship lying broad off to y:e sea, shipped a great Sea, w:ch washed over board her sheath Anchor, w:ch was fastned by y:e said Ships side and washed her Boate and Skiffe, to Leewards, and y:e said Anchor, hanging by a Rope where with it was fastned to the said Ships side, and y:e said Ship, Turning or rowling too and fro, y:e said Anchor bilged a hole, neere y:e Lough of ?the Said Ship, and made a Leake in her, through w:ch ?there went some water, and their being as aforesaid much water receaved ar rge XXXX Port of the said Ship, y:e said Ship had about foure foote water in her hold, w:ch caused y:e said Ship to lye dead in y:e Sea. And saith that by the Violence and Duraccon of the said Storme & y:e pXXX aforesaid, the said Ship and her Lading and Company on board her were in Great Danger of Sinking and Perishing in y:e Sea The prmisses hee deposeth being on board y:e said Ship y:e said time, and Carpenter of her."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-97c8c234d938431c33de9853b70897bcf4aae4ee| HCA 13/73: Case: Rowland Hill John Hill and Company own:rs of the Oporto Merchant vs. Sir James Drax et al:: Examination: 3. Phillip Harvey, of Limehouse, Mariner, Carpenter of the Oporto Merchant, aged 40: Date: March 11th, 1658]]</ref>
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===Bills of lading===

'''Colourable bills of lading'''

- "[In context of trade in Brazil wood between Lisbone and Newhaven by the Portuguese Brazil Company] sometimes there are Colourable bills of Lading made & signed for goods, and noe reall bills, but in such Cases, the M:r of the ship hath Instrctions where and to whom to Deliver the goods mentioned in y:e Colourable bills./:"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-33d2b1e0e6e0fc1345132124672e893357ee3da7| HCA 13/73: Case: Mayflower vs. XXXX: Deposition: 2. John Stannian, of the City of London; Gentleman, aged 26: Date: September 23rd 1659]]</ref>

'''Tenor of bills of lading'''

- "after the reception thereof [138 bags of Spanish wooll sent to Antwerp] this dep:t signed three bills of lading of one teno:r and caused the same to be entred into his books. the receipt of the same, and to whome they were consigned as aforesaid"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-8d2b57a6d8ff68e8639c8effd7247eeaad951d03| HCA 13/68: Case: Clayme of Domingo Centurione for wools in the Morning Starr: Deposition: 3. Michael van Lubkin, of Hamborough, Mariner, Master of the Morning Starr, aged 31 Date: November 22nd 1653]]</ref>
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===Bottomery===

- "in or about the moneth of November 1656: the arlate ?James Nuthall did send unto the foresaid Henry Potts, for buying of provisions & to provide a Stock for y:e said Ship to goe the foresaid Voyage; and saith that the said Potts hath acknowledged soe much to this depo:t And saith further ?that the said Potts hath told this depo:t that the said Nuthall lent the foresaid money upon Bottomry:"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Nuthall ag:t Potts: Examination: 3. John Carter, of Limehouse, parish of Stepney, Blockmaker, aged 61: Date: March 21:th 1658]</ref>
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===Books of accounts===

'''Books of accounts left on wrecked ship'''

- "the winde was very high when y:e ''Anne'' was driven upon y:e sd sands, and the Seas were ?mighty boysterous. Insomuch that they beate over y:e Deck of the sd ship with such a fforce that y:e Company on y:e Deck could Scarce Stand upon their Leggs, and saith there were XXXXX saved, and brought out of the said ship, just before her breaching in peeces, and saith y:e bookes of Accounts belonging to y:e ship, was not brought out. but left in her, when her Company left her. And saith that, after the sd ship ?Struck upon y:e Sands, her Company had noe time to Take any of their owne goods (save what they had about them) were all busied about hoysting out their boate (OR, boats):"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Christopher Malyn, Thomas Carret, Bethnel Tynck, George Southerne, George Rogers, Thomas West, ffrancis Rosse, and John Robeck, late Mariners of the Ship the Anne:: Examination: 2. Joseph Bond: Date: February 26th 1658]</ref>
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===Brokers===

'''Common broker'''

- "John Roles is of this Depo:ts knowledge a Comon Broker, betwixt Merchts and M:r of ships and other Trade:?s and hath noe pticular relaccon to the said Brazil Companz that this Depo:t knoweth of/:"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-33d2b1e0e6e0fc1345132124672e893357ee3da7| HCA 13/73: Case: Mayflower vs. XXXX: Deposition: 2. John Stannian, of the City of London; Gentleman, aged 26: Date: September 23rd 1659]]</ref>
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===Cape merchant===

- "all w:ch goods were laded by the said John Lopez (as hee saith) who was Cape merchant of the said shipp the sad voyage, and is (as hee taketh it) a Spaniard"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: Lord Protector ag:t the Hope, Don Juan Master: Examined: Jacome Juan, of Deva in Biscay, Mariner, aged 28: Date: March 22:th 1658]</ref>
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===Characteristics of a good ship===

'''Strong and tight'''

- "att such tyme as the sayd shipp ''Free trade'' now seized at Lisbone as aforesd she was a strong and tight shipp and had bene but one voyage before att sea from the tyme of her sd building"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-ba56423722456e018a88d06052af3bdf5c97f223|Case: XXXX: Deposition: Nicholas Williams, of Redriffe, Surrey, Mariner, sometime Quartermaster on the Freetrade, aged 36: Date: March 9th 1653/44]]</ref>

'''Good Decks and was well rigged & fitted'''

- "y:e said ship was at her departure from the Barbadoes, y:e said voyage; and untill the said Storme happened, a strong tight and stXXXX Vessell, and had Good Decks and was well rigged & fitted with all XXXXs of materiall for such a voyage & Imploym:t and saith she was not over laden the said voyage, And further deposeth that the foresd Sheat Anchor, was well & Sufficiently fastned to the said Ships Side, ?al Anchors use to be for ought hee knoweth ?to the Contrary: And what damage is happened to y:e sd Ship & lading Came & happened meerely by the sd Storme & Timpestious (sic) XXXX & not through Insufficiency of y:e sd Ship. or Carlessnes of or in her Company or any of them."<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXXX]</ref>
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===Chief Mates===

'''Promotion from chief mate to Master on death of Master'''

- "upon y:e Death of the foresaid W:m Malim (w:ho was M:r of the said ship) this depo:t became M:r of her, hee being before: y:e said W:m Malims Cheife mate; And for that hee received at Satalia, of the sayd William Malim ?twenty Eight ryalls of Eight, and at Scanderoone hee received of y:e sd Malim either Eight or tenne Ryalls more (but, whether eight or Tenne he ?cannot ...."<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXXX]</ref>

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===Clearing a ship (to depart from a harbour)===

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===Coasting trade===

- "they nor either of them was even with him at Hamburrough neither hath the said Scrother (as they and every of them beleiveth) beene more than once att Hambrough these 7 yeares but doth trade and coast upp and downefrom place to place (as he conceiveth) most advantagious for his benefiitt"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/125#head-d3985b0ab6617bd2f0b9663a05fd9ef6ffcb4273|HCA 13/125: Case: Allegacion on behalfe of Peter Scrother: Personal answers: Clement Nootes, John Johnson John JXXXXs and William Reage: Date: July 7th 1652]]</ref>
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===Coming foule===

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===Commercial failure===

'''Composition with creditors'''

- "y:e arlate ffrancis Pardini is (as this Depo:t hath heard) failed) ?in Estate, and y:e arlate John Thacker (as this Depo:t hath also heard) is Employed to make y:e said Pardinies Composicon with his Credito:es"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-33d2b1e0e6e0fc1345132124672e893357ee3da7|HCA 13/73: Case: Mayflower vs. XXXX: Deposition: 2. John Stannian, of the City of London; Gentleman, aged 26: Date: September 23rd 1659]]</ref>

'''Failure of a merchant at Genoa or Legorne'''

- "at Genoa this rendent tooke in some pte of her lading & was to goe to Legorne to take in y:e remainder, & at his arrivall at Legorne the merchant who freaighted this rendents ship failed so that this rendents designe was overthrown" [Answer given June 1659]<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/129#head-2187c17fbe54015abbe3f7fced1c8d59ab105c17|HCA 13/129: Personal answers of Thomas Ewens: Allegation: Humfrey ffosse, John Tucker & Charles Howgate: Date: 2nd June 1659]]</ref>

'''False bills of sale to manipulate ownership of goods following a merchant's failure'''

- "hee doth beleive the said de Silvera not knowing the said ffrancis Pardini was failed did send the bill of lading unto him as he beleiveth but hee doth not beleive the said John Tha?cker did really buy the said wood of the said M:r Pardini or pay him any thing for the same, neither doth hee beleive that the said M:r Pardini or any other merchant that is failed hath a legall power to make any sale of any goods that come to him during the time they absent and are not able to pay their debts, but hee doth beleive the said M:r Thacker being imployed by y:e said M:r Pardini as his sollicitor to make his composicon with his creditors hee & the said M:r Pardini did contrive together to gett the said goods into their hands if possibly they could and in order thereunto he beleiveth the said M:r Pardini did colourably, and fraudulently signe the bill of sale or schedule alleadged and deliver the same for his XXX as hee beleeveth...

To the sixth hee answeareth that hee doth beleive that the said M:r Pardini did in further ?prosequucon of the said fraudulent contrivance betweene him and the said M:r Thacker his sollicitor endorse the bill of ladeing as is alleadged but hee being soe failed & absented hee doth beleive the same is utterly voyd and of noe effect." [Answer given June 1659, referring to events in 1649]<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/129#head-7add01eb55b9cf6345f63bbe88a499d677f3a0bf|HCA 13/129: Personal answers of Augustine Coronell: Allegation: John Thacker: Date: June 23rd 1659]]</ref>

'''Failure of bankruptcy of a merchant not known for some time'''

- "4 Itmm interr. Whether before the shippe ''Stockholme'' came from Stockholme, and before the Iron in controversie was Laden aboard, was itt nott commonly and generally reported that the said Godfrey Deleau was bankrupt or failed in his estate and in what moneth did the said wittnesse first heare that the said Deleau was failed. Et fiat ut supra."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 23/19#head-3a3b264dc7ab6b5850da1f19f766d617c0cac7e3|HCA 23/19: Document Number: 237: Case: XXXX: Date: XXXX]]</ref>

'''Failure of a merchant leading to forced sale of a ship to pay mariners' wages'''

- "after the the foresaid breakeinge of the said Merchants freighters, the said Cravens not haveing monies to paye the marriners theire wages for the said voyage the said Marriners arrested the said shipp for the same & by course of Lawe att Marcelles the said Shipp was condemned and sould for the payment of the said Marriners wages & other debts then due, uppon her the said Owners not takeing order to pay the said wages, and other debts then due uppon her in tyme" (HCA 15/6 Box Two)
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===Commercial activities of the King of Spain===

- "in the moneth of January 1653. new style, and for about 14. yeares before this depon:t hath well knowne the arlate John de Windt, who is a Merchant and Burgher of Cadiz, and is married there, and saith That by the credible relation of the said John de Windt and others at Cadiz this depon:t: hath understood y:t the arlate Domingo Centurione at the time of the Lading of the said woolls was a Spaniard liveing at Madrid, and Councello:r to his Catholique Ma:tie and his Principall ffacto:r or Agent for the sending of goods wares and merchandizes from Spaine into ffland:rs for the supply of his said Ma:ties occasions there, And saith both the psons arlate were and are commonly accompted Subiects to the said King of Spaine."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-8d2b57a6d8ff68e8639c8effd7247eeaad951d03| HCA 13/68: Case: Clayme of Domingo Centurione for wools in the Morning Starr: Deposition: 3. Michael van Lubkin, of Hamborough, Mariner, Master of the Morning Starr, aged 31 Date: November 22nd 1653]]</ref>
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===Commercial practices of planters===

'''Promising freight to ships returning to England'''

- "it is a Comon practise for planters at S:t Christophers and Mevis and parts thereabouts to make Verball Agreem:ts and to make Great and Large promises"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Commissions===

'''Tenor of a commission'''

- " they did with the said shippe the ''Elsabeth'' goe forth and seize in and take uppon the high Seas as Prize the severall vessells w:th their Ladeinges as is arlate neare about the tyme arlate and brought or sent the same to some portes of this Common Wealth to be proceeded against accordinge to the Tenor of this Rendents Commission"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/125#head-c403c7c62e1f965e187877df6bfbb20b437b128c|HCA 13/125: Case: Allegacion on the behalfe of Robert ?Coda: Personal answeres: Captain Samuell St?urton: Date: XXXX]]</ref>
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===Contempt of court===

'''Contempt of the High Court of Admiralty'''

- "hee answereth and beleeveth that hee hath not committed any contempt against this Court or the authoritie thereof, and thereofore ought not to be punished with havinge XXXXX the same."<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/128: Allegation: Richard fford: Answer: ?Bas Nelders: Date: July 5th 1657]</ref>
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===Cost of victualls & provisions===

'''Monthly cost of victualls & provisions for ship of XXX crew'''

- "the Victualls and Provisions. spent the said voayge, p moneth did amount unto /as the said Luke Wood hath told this Depo:t) about 25:li or 30:li"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: XXXX7]</ref>
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===Court of Probate & Administration===

- "shee referreth herselfe the Registry of the Court for probate of Wills and Granting of Ad?conns:"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: 2. Grace Hogsflesh, of Stepney, Widowe, aged 39: Date: Aprill 12:th 1659]</ref>
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===Crew numbers===

- "[The 'XXXX"", a ship of XXX tonns] hee saith there were twenty men and a boy belonging to the
said shipp when shee XX XXXXX Milford<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-20cc9524f6449d3264092c6f244adaa50ab5d970|HCA 13/73: Case: Lord Protector ag:t the Hope: Deposition: 5. Peter Aylward, of London, Merchant, aged 40: Date: February 21st 1658 (59)]]</ref>
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===Currants===

'''Currants from Petrao and Mahalgo'''

- "the sayd shipp was hyred and taken to freight by some of the Turkey Company Merchants of London (but their names hee knoweth not in pticuler) to goe upon a Merchandising imployment from London to Petr?ao arlate and ?Mahaligo & other places beyond the seas to lade Currans and other goods for their use & Account & bring them for London & there deliver them to them or their Agents and did accordingly within the sayd tyme arrived at the Roade of Potrea and there & at Mahalago tooke in Currans to the quantity of one hundred and threescore Tonnes which were laden by the Agents of the sayd ffreighters to & for the sayd ffreighters Account to be thence transported to London & there delivered ti the sayd ffreighters or their Agents for their use this hee knoweth being one of the sayd shipps Company and helping to lade the sayd Currans"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-6dcf5b8b811454f886c6971a51aed8a72e650965|HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 5. John Gates, of Debtford, Kent, Ship Wright, one of the Carpenters of the Lady ffrigott, aged 18 : Date: June 4th, 1659]]</ref>

'''Currants from Zante and Mathalago'''

- "in ffebruary last hee this deponent with William Savage and Thomas ?Atterton, brought the lading of currans of the shipp the ''Virgin frigot'' being Zante Currans of the producente William Bowtell ?as XX agreed and paid three pounds and two shillings per ?pound weight for the same and soe much hee saith they were worth XX and saith that Mathalago currants were XXXXX worth twenty XX per hundred more than Zante currants."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-473df9fa2ed9980dcc252c820ecb271c7f141f3e|HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Examination: 8. John Savage, of S:t Bartholomew neere the Royal Exchange, London, Merchant, aged 32 : Date: June 4th, 1659]]</ref>
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===Dead freight===

'''Shee came home about halfe dead freighted'''

- "the shipp ''Peace'' was of the burthen of ?two [this figure appears to have been blotted out] hundred tonnes or neere thereabouts and that of his this deponents knowledge shee came home about halfe dead freighted for that the arlate Luke Woods beside the dammage hee susteyned in the sale of his three eighth parts of the sayd shipps ladeing of ffish & other Merchandizes did suffer losse and dammage in the sayd shipps want of ladeing home the simme of two hundred pounds sterling or neere thereabouts in this deponents Judgement & estimate"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the Peace and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]</ref>
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===Debauched behaviour===

'''A man of lewde and debauched behaviour'''

- "while the sayd shipp stayed at MXXX hee heard divers of the Planters there saye that they would have laded goods aboard the sayd ship the ''Pease'' but that they sawe that the arlate Thomas Grove was a man of lewde and debauched behaviour and therefore they dearst not trust him with their goods or words to that effect for which reason hee beleeveth that the sayd Woods was much damnified by the sayd Groves debauched behaviour and lost much ladeing there which otherwise hee might have had"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the Peace and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]</ref>
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===Discipline on board ship===

'''Use of the rope'''

- "Grove did set forward his mariners, and encourage them to doe their dutyes the said Voyage; and upon carles Neglects of the same, the said Grove did XXX some of his said Mariners, giving them moderate?Correccon with a Ropes End or the XXte"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Disguising the identity of a ship===

'''Colourable bills of lading'''

- "this Depot (besides these three pipes in question) hath received other wines from y:e said producent. w:ch were likewise mentioned in the Bills of Lading to be laden by & for account of the said Don Juan Corall, although in truth the same belonged to and were for y:e said Cowlings account, & the returnes thereof were made by this Depo:t to the said Cowlings and saith that since the warrs betweene this Nation and Spaine it hath bin and is usuall for English Merchants that trade by Canaryes, to Colo:r their goods by putting in Dutch or Spanish names in the Bills of Lading, in regard it is dangerous for English subjects to trade to at or from Canaryes in their, owne names"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Clayme of Thomas Cowling for Canary Wines taken in the S:t Laurence Peter: Examination: 1. Robert Bevin, of London, Merchant, aged 36: Date: October 11th 1659]</ref>

'''Use of non-English masters and commanders'''

- "the sd ship haveing unladen her outward goods did receive in other good to y:e value of neare thirty three hundred pounds and was in her returne about July last 1656. mett with by a Dunkirk or ?Dutch Vessell upon a Spanish Comission, and the Comp:ie neglecting to defend their sd Ship & goods (as they ought to have done) or to make any opposition or resistance, or so much as to conceale her from belonging to the English when as there as a dutch M:r & passes & other things necessary to have coloured her ?she was wholly lost from the Owners, to their very great damage"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-5756e8a4cff39ee460292afceafa94ffaa79ebc9|HCA 13/128: Case: Libell against Elias Beake and Peter Mathews in the name of John Salter & others: Personal answeres: Elias Beake: Date: October 28th 1656]]</ref>
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===Doctors Commons===

'''The Hall'''

- "Repeated before D:r Godolphin & Coll Cocke In the Hall x:r. November the 22:th 1658."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-76df3d90a0f1b878487f4c1ea5a00104bb4f00f7| HCA 13/128: Case: Allegation on behalfe of Nicholas Warren, Gregory Westcomb, John Jermin & Richard Westcomb: Personal answeres: Nicholas Pengelly & Alexander Ash: Date: November 22nd 1658]]</ref>

'''Chambers'''

- "15:° Novemb 1658. Repeated before dror Godolphon one of the Judges x:r In his Chamber x:X"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-d912e595b8b3fcb6f20e53a3531cdf07a3c95cdb| HCA 13/128: Case: Allegation on behalf of Alexander Bence: Personal answeres: John Hill, one of the owners of the Oporto Merchant: Date: November 15th 1658]]</ref>
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===Effect of drink===

'''Delayed departure from port due to Master drinking on shore'''

- "the sayd Grove ordered to sayle the sayd shipp over the barr and there to bring her againe to Anchor and haveing given such order, & there being a Country boate lyeing by the shipp side, the sayd Thomas Grove would needes goe on shoare againe and did goe on shoare in the sayd Country boate, notwithstanding the sayd Woods did earnestly persuade & entreate him not to goe on shoare & told him it would be a great hinderance to the voyage the shipp being bound upon a fishing designe & the winde being ?the fayre for her departure as in deede it was And the sayd Grove being soe gone on shoare some of the shipps company after they had sayled the shipp over the barr & then brought her to an Anchor went on shoare with the shipps boate to fetch the sayd Grove on board which notwithstanding the sayd Grove continewed ashoare most part of that night and came not againe on board the sayd shipp till about two of the Clock in the morning next after and was when hee soe came (in this deponents Judgment) much distempered with drink and began to to curse and sweare and amongst other words sayd that there were some on board thought much of his being on shoare but hee cared not for that, and sayd that the sayd shipp should ride longer there and accordingly did keepe her there at anchor about an hower after such his comming on board & then gave order to weigh Anchor, and did sett sayl, this hee deposeth of certayne knowledge & alsoe heareing the sayd words or others to that effect spoken, as alsoe did most of the sayd shipps company"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-761fc1c079262a26423aebf1557358559fe4210d|HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the ''Pearce '' and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]]</ref>
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===Expression of emotions in commercial discourse===

'''Anger'''

- " the said M:rs Craford being then p:rsent in the same roome; this depo:t told the said Thomas Middleton that this woman (pointing to and meaning y:e said M:rs Crafford,) was Come to demand his wages And y:e said Middleton replyed in an angry manner, that hee would not give her any account of it, because shee had arrested him; and dis?charged him; for hee had a house to Comand and a Ship to Comand, and tenne thousand pound to Comand, and was able enough to pay her, but nowe hee would not, for shee should have Lawe enough for her money: or to the very same effect"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: 2. Grace Hogsflesh, of Stepney, Widowe, aged 39: Date: Aprill 12:th 1659]</ref>
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===Female presence in commercial physical space===

'''Visiting a male merchant's house'''

- "the producent Anne Craford desired this depo:t to goe along with her to the signe of the Red Lyon at the Old Swan in Thames Streete there to Meete with the said Thomas Middleton, & to aske of him the wayges w:ch was due to the arlate Andrew Hill, And this depo:t at her request did goe with her to the said place; where this depo:t and y:e said M:r Craford found y:e said Thomas Middleton And this depo:t then and there asked y:e said Middlton whether hee had not one Andrew Hill Cooke of his ship, to w:ch the said Middleton Answered Yes; and this depo:t asking him howe long y:e sd Hill served in his ship; and at what what hee was shipped. at. The said Middleton replyed that hee served in his ship about foure yeere, and two Monethes: and was shipped at Thirty shillings p moneth...

M:rs Craford y:e producent required this depo:t to come and testify the truth of her Knowledge in the busnies and saith shee did never belong to y:e said Ship; And saith that this depo:t liveth at the next house; to the house whereof y:e said M:rs Craford Liveth, and hath lived there about four yeeres, & the said Craford hath lived there in her said house a longer time, and this depo:t being y:e time aforesyd the sd M:rs Craford neighbo:r shee was by y:e sd M:rs Craford Caried to the foresd place, to the foresd purpose; And saith she hath not Received neither bin Promised anything for her Testimony herein nor doth shee as shee saith expect to receave any thing for y:e same, And saith shee is worth about two hundred pounds. in her Cleare Estate, and to the rest negatively:/:...

Repeated before D:r Godolphin:/:

The marke of the ?said
Grace [The mark looks like an interlinked WW] Hogs?flesh"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: 2. Grace Hogsflesh, of Stepney, Widowe, aged 39: Date: Aprill 12:th 1659]</ref>
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===Fish===

'''Pickled herring'''

- "To the second Interrie This deponent saith and deposeth that the sayd ship the ''Hart'' had att the tyme of the sayd seizure, one hundred and four score Tonnes of pickled herrings on board her. And saith the sayd shipp and all her sayd lading did att the sayd tyme of seizure belong to severall merchants Inhabitants of Skadam subiects of the sayd States of the united Provinces"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-cbf44c467de680552a5558dbb74a47b9cba0a000|HCA 13/68: Case: The Keepers of the Liberty of England ag:t the ship the Heart of Skadam: Deposition: 1. William Evarson, of Skadam, Holland, Mariner, aged 44: Date: September 26:th 1653]]</ref>

'''Herring laded at Yarmouth for Marsellis [Marseilles]'''

- "at Yarmouth there was a Lading of Herrings put on board her, w:th w:ch she sailed ?to Marsellis and there delivered her said Lading"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Christopher Malyn, Thomas Carret, Bethnel Tynck, George Southerne, George Rogers, Thomas West, ffrancis Rosse, and John Robeck, late Mariners of the Ship the Anne:: Examination: 2. Joseph Bond: Date: February 26th 1658]</ref>

'''Salmon'''

- "y:e sayd shipp came from and began this her outwards voyage from Stockholme with her p:rsent lading of goods being Iron pitch tarr Copper shott andSalmon...all to be unladen att this port of London whither she was bound and where she now is the foresayd Salmon excepted which is to be transported to Burdeaux and there unladen and delivered to Jan Van Pullen a facto:r for y:e sayd Swedish merchants there resideing."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-7b4f93714010996fac626af356f7c2299b105fa4|HCA 13/68: Case: XXXX: Deposition: Charles Marescoe, of S:t Nicholas Lane, London, Merchant, aged 21: Date: The same day (?1653/54, or 1654]]</ref>
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===English High Court of Admiralty: procedures===

'''Adjugement of a prize'''

- "To the .13 he saith that in case the says shipp the ''Morning Starr'' shall be adiudged prize he this rendent expecteth benefit thereby according to the office he bore in the ''Advantage frigot''. and according to an Act or Ordinance of parliament made in that behalfe, and not otherwise."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-d4c8b9cff62f06d04b97e7848f01b08b8a1a388c|HCA 13/68: Case: The Keeper of the Liberty etc. vs. the Golden Starr: Deposition: 1. Mark Harrison, of Wapping, Middlesex, Mariner, aged 27: Date: September 22nd 1653]]</ref>

'''Advocates and Sollicitors of the Admiralty'''

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'''Appeal'''

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- ?Commissioners of appeal in the privy council (existed in 1801, but did this commission exist in mid-C17th?)

'''Appraisement and sale'''

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'''Condemnation'''

QUESTION: In any case in which a ship is condemned, establish how it is condemned by the court (e.g. condemned as a "droit of Admiralty")

'''Costs and damages'''

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'''Court jurisdiction'''

- "he answereth & beleeveth that he is a subiect of this Comon Wealth but not subiect to the Juxon of this Court by reason of this Suite"<ref>XXXX HCA 13/128: XXXX</ref>

'''Court of the Cinque Ports'''

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'''Expenses'''

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'''Foreign claimants'''

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'''Issuing of a warrant'''

- "he answereth & beleiveth that y:e sd Edward Peascott Michaell Peascott & Edward Randall have without iust cause arrested him by warr:t out of this Co:rt to answere them in their p?dsed cause of complaint"<ref>XXXX HCA 13/128: XXXX</ref>

'''Judgement of prize'''

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'''Judges'''

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'''Legal terms'''

- "[Practice in 1801] In term-time, the courts at Doctors' Commons with the by-week (only unobserved in the short interval of Easter term) make sessions of five weeks; there are five courts in a week, in which many cases of great length and importance, testimentary, matrimonial, and ecclesiastica, are heard."<ref>[http://play.google.com/books/reader?id=4OIzAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PR24 XXXX, p. xxiv]</ref>

'''Lord High Admiral'''

- Lord High Admiral is styled the Lieutenant of the Admiralty Board<ref>[http://play.google.com/books/reader?id=4OIzAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA10, p. 10]</ref>, viewed 21/05/12

'''Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty'''

- Grant of power to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty is from the sovereign (p. 12)

- Officers of the Admiralty are accountable to the Commissioners of the Admiralty for collecting and receiving (p. 12)

- The Board of Admiralty is executive, and as trustees of the sovereign, and as an inferior board of revenue in the case of droits, is "always subject to be superseded by the superior authority" (pp. 12-13)

'''Neutral claimants'''

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'''Prize Act'''

QUESTION: When wsa the first prize act passed in parliament and how did it substantively impact process and decisions of the High Court of Admiralty?

- The cruizers act of Queene Anne, 1703<ref>[http://play.google.com/books/reader?id=4OIzAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA16 XXX. p. 16]</ref>
--Gave the sole property, once forfeiture proven, to the captos, not to the Lord High Admiral (p. 17)

- "By the American act the prize offices were suppressed"<ref>[http://play.google.com/books/reader?id=4OIzAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA26, XXX, p. 26]</ref>

QUESTION: Can a prize of war be distinguished from a prize of forfeiture?

'''Proctors of the Admiralty'''

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'''Records of the Court'''

- "for the ?admidication or release thereof this Rendent referreth himself to the Records of this Court"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/125: Case: Allegacion on the behalfe of Robert ?Coda: Personal answeres: Captain Samuell St?urton: Date: XXXX]</ref>

'''Registry of the Court'''

- "the said shippe the ''Elsabeth'' did w:thin the time arlate goe forth upon a man of warre voyage and had a Commission from this Court to all or most of the effects articulate And this Rendent went out Captaine and Commander of her and for more certaintie referreth himselfe to the said Commission remaynninge on the Registrie of this Court"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/125#head-c403c7c62e1f965e187877df6bfbb20b437b128c|HCA 13/125: Case: Allegacion on the behalfe of Robert ?Coda: Personal answeres: Captain Samuell St?urton: Date: XXXX]]</ref>

- "otherwise for his parte hee doth not beleeve hee is bound by lawe by lawe (sic) to answear saveinge hee referreth himselfe to the Registry of this Courte"<ref>XXXX HCA 13/128: XXXX</ref>

- The Register-Office was reported in 1801 to be "in great confusion"<ref>[http://play.google.com/books/reader?id=4OIzAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA18 XXX, p. 18]</ref>

- "in y:e foresaid Letter, there came a Bill of Lading inclosed to this Depo:t for y:e said three pipes of wine subscribed Pieter Bennery sent, and having nowe seene y:e bill of Lading arlate formerly exhibited into the Regry of this Court, hee saith the same is the said Bill of Lading soe receaved by him this Depo:t"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: Clayme of Thomas Cowling for Canary Wines taken in the S:t Laurence Peter: Examination: 1. Robert Bevin, of London, Merchant, aged 36: Date: October 11th 1659]</ref>

'''Sentences of the Court'''

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'''Waiters of the Prize Office'''

- "To the 11:th he saith he was not aboard the interrte shipp the ''Golden Starr'' till after said tyme as the ?Wayters for the Prize office came upon her in the behalfe of the State, and by authority of the Com:rs for the Prize Office; And he saith that after the sd Waiters were so aboard he saw the master of the ''Waterhound'' named BLANK IN MANUSCRIPT Grant take out of the ''Golden Starr'' a bag of moneyes of about six hundred peices of 8/8, and saw the Captaine of y:e ''Water hound'' Giles Shelley take out of y:e ''Golden Starr'' a quantity of moneyes in a Bagg, but how much in certaine he knoweth not, and saw likewise Capt MiXX Commander of the ''Advantage frigott'' take out of the sayd ''Golden Starr'', in one or two baggs four hundred and three and twenty peices of eight and 1/2. And beleiveth that severall other parcells of moneyes were taken out of the sayd prize shipp he cannot specify, but beleiveth that all or most of the Company of the ''Advantage frigot'', and of the ''Water hound'' that were aboard the ''Golden Starr'' att the tyme of seizure and afterwards before she came into the River of Thames had and tooke some small quantityes of the sayd moneyes, the values whereof he knoweth not. And saith that some of the Company of y:e sayd ''Advantage'' and ''Waterhound'' but who in pticular he knoweth not tooke out of the ''Golden Starr'' some small Jarrs of oyle and some other things the particulars or values whereof he cannot sett forth."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-d4c8b9cff62f06d04b97e7848f01b08b8a1a388c|HCA 13/68: Case: The Keeper of the Liberty etc. vs. the Golden Starr: Deposition: 1. Mark Harrison, of Wapping, Middlesex, Mariner, aged 27: Date: September 22nd 1653]]</ref>
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===French High Court of Admiralty: procedures===

'''Restoration of funds'''

- "he hath heard & doth beleeve that y:e said ship & all the goods were sold & the money or pt of it deposited in the Court, and afterwards the sd money so deposited was decreed to be delivered or restored as he beleeveth...what costs & charges, & port charges were necessarily expended about the same is not possible for him to knowe, but hee is willing to allow his pporcon of what shall be legally proved but he doth beleeve his Agent did disburse five or six pounds or thereabouts towards the recovery of y:e sd ship & goods or proceed, & the sd M:r did take up from this rendents factor the summe of thirty pounds or thereabouts upon p:etence of fraight whereas there was none, due as he beleeveth w:ch he still detaineth in his hands"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-675122a975b594401e0e4f86b5eccafff312ac29|HCA 13/128: Allegation: On the behalfe of Thomas Cullinge Jonathan Andrewes & Gifford Bale: Personal answers: Samuell Micoe: Date: June 10th 1657]]</ref>
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===Fraudulent sale of a ship===

- " after the said Harris and Powicke had used and imployed the arlate Shippe y:e ''Little George'' by y:e space of twenty monethes & uppwards as they beleeve and had utterly spoyled her for want of furnishinges and fittinge her with such things as they ought to have fitted her with and had sould or otherwise disposed of the said Shippe and her furniture or parte thereof, and on purpose to deceave these respondents of their shippe and freight as they beleeve they tould these responedents the said shipp was leakye and that they had lost her at Cales"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/125#head-976ea983d178ec9f1d9446cd7c21cee5ea3b37b1|HCA 13/125 Case: Libell against them on behalfe of John Harris and John Powicke: Personal answers: Edward Bellamye and Thomas Day: Date: XXXX]]</ref>
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===Genoese men of war===

'''Genoese men of war seized an English ship'''

- "the Gunner & an other of her Company duXXXX ?boy who well speake good English told this deponent & others of the ''Lady ffrigotts'' Company that the Captainne of the ''Sta Cruse'' the better to enable him to seize the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her ladeing had a little before the sizure taken some Mariners & souldiers out of the foresayd two other Genoa men of warr And hee saith most of the Company of the ''Sta Cruse'' were Italians, and as they confessed belonged to Genoa...

To the 7:th arle hee saith that after the seizure of the ''Lady ffrigott'' & her ladeing severall of the Company of the ''Sta Cruse'' did confesse that they were sett out from Genoa upon a warlike designe a:t the Turk?s & had bin a great while abroad and Could get noe prizes & therefore they had taken a Spanish Commission which was only to last a certayne tyme, which tyme )as they sayd & acknowledged was expired two monethes before they seized the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her ladeing, but sayd alsoe that they were resolved ?although it were expired yet they would take any English shipps they ?would (OR, ?could) meete with This hee knoweth for that hee being Boatswaine of the ''Lady ffrigott'' & seized in her heard severall of the ''Sta Cruse'' her company speake the sayd words./"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-8945bbd3b098cd3ca3d021ae3203b2772200c8a7|HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 3. Gilbert Anckelly, of Debtford, Kent, Mariner, late Boatswaine of the Lady ffrigozz, aged 30 : Date: June 3rd, 1659]]</ref>
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===Grocers===

'''Merchant and Grocer of St Bartholomew Exchange, London, dealing in currans from the Morea'''

- "hee saith and deposeth that twenty hundred of ?Nathalago (OR, ?Mathalago) currans XXXX to and XXXke a XXXXX, and saith that in and during the monethes of November December January and ffebruary last ?Nathalago (OR, ?Mathalago) Currans were worth in this citie and would have yeilded three pounds and tenn shillings per hundred one hundred with another as the ordinary and XXXXX ?price for that XXXX w:ch hee knoweth ?being a ffreeman and a ?G:rocer of ?London and having XXXX used that trade, and thereby being well acquainted with the condition and price or valew of that commoditie"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-473df9fa2ed9980dcc252c820ecb271c7f141f3e|HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Examination: 8. John Savage, of S:t Bartholomew neere the Royal Exchange, London, Merchant, aged 32 : Date: June 4th, 1659]]</ref>

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===Gunns swords & other Instruments of warr===

- "a certayne shipp of about one hundred & fifty tonnes burthen manned for the most part with Italians, and called (as this deponent heard a dutch man who was Ma?ster of her & a dutch man who was gunner of her & an ?Irishman who was of her company & ?could XXX speake English saye after the seizure of the ''Lady ffrigot'' and her ladeing) the ''Sta Cruse'', whereof (as they sayd) one ffrancisco Stale was Captaine came into Petrao Road with a white flagg on her poope and made asif shee intended peaceably to have Anchored neere the ''Lady ffrigott'' but when shee came neere her the sayd Stale & his Company instead of coming to an Anchor did in a warlike manner with gunns swords & other Instruments of warr...COMPLETE THIS TEXT" '''ADD SOURCE'''
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===Health risks===

'''Unhealthfullness of the Lisbon to Brazil voyage'''

- "the ''Scipio'' had at Lisbon discharged her ladeing brought from Allecant the sayd Thomas Ewans the Master did take upon him a new voyage to be made from Lisbon to Brazeele & thence to returne to Lisbon & having contracted with the freighters for that new voyage acquainted his shipps Company therewith, who not being hyred for any such voyage were most off ?them unwilling to goe the same & refused to goe the same as being as ?they ?conceived an unlawfull voyage for that thereby they should XXXX the hazard of being taken by the hollanders w:ch were then at ?differences with the Portugueses in whose behalfe that voyage was to be made andalso be reason of the unhealthfullnesse of the voyage it being beyond ?the lyne & to the south latitude about fifteene degrees, whereupon the sayd Ewans seeing the unwillingnesse of the company to goe the sayd voyage to Brazeele did publiquely upon the deck of the ''Scipio'' in p:rsuance of this deponent & his p:rcontsts XXXXXhurst & XXgant & divers others of the sayd shipps company to encourage them the more readily to undergoe the sayd voyage voluntarily promised to advance his XXXXX Companyes wages five shillings in the pound per month from that tyme during the sayd XXXX over & above the wages hee had agreed with ?there for when ?hee shipped at London, and to pay every of them their wages then due till..."<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: Examination: 3. James Retallick, of Wapping, Mariner, aged 35: Date: March 5th 1658 English Style]</ref>
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===Hurricanes===

'''Spoyling of crops through Hurricanoes'''

- "a little before y:e arrivall of the said ship ''Peace'' at Nevis, the Tobacco plants Indico and Sugar Cane were there at at the other Leeward Islands, spoyled and rooted upp by reason of Hurricanoes w:ch happened there."<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>

- " upon the arrivall of the said ship ''Peace'' at Nevis XXX the Leeward Islands that XXXX found that Hurricanoes and Stormes had spoyled most of the Sugar Canes, Tobaccoe, and Indicoes in those places, and had rooted many of them up, and saith hee alsoe then found many of them up, and saith hee alsoe then found many houses upon y:e said Island w:ch were blowne downe (As this depo:t was there Credibly Informed by many of the Islands) alsoe by the Violence of the said Stormes, and Hurricanoes, And saith that the greater pt of those goods w:ch were not spoyled as aforesaid were laden on board y:e fflemish ships w:ch were then there, And the English themselves w:ch were then. there. (in regard of the Difference betwixt England and Spaine) did Lade their goods, and embarque themselves on board y:e said fflemish ships And saith that one Captaine Thorne, Comander of an English ship, did stay at Nevis and S:t Christophers about three monethes to reaceave in a Lading of goods there but at Length came away from thence for London a great Part dead ffreighted, And y:e XX reason was for that y:e Hurricanoes and stormes as aforesaid had spoiled most of y:e Sugar Canes, Tobaccoe and Indicaoes, And alsoe for that the fflemings tooke away most of ..."<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Ill behaviour of ship's master===

'''Rude and uncivill manner'''

- "in his this deponents Judgment the shipp the ''Peace'' her voyage was overthrowne and spoiled by the evell (sic) behaviour of the sayd Thomas Grove therein the sayd Grove behaving him selfe in that rude and uncivill manner wheresoever hee came during the sayd voyage that such persons as had heard of or sawe hisbehaviour did not care to have anything to doe with him the sayd Grave or the arlate Luke Woods for his sake and therefore diverse of them did forbeare the ladeing of their goods aboard the sayd shipp of this deponents sight (OR, right) & certayne knowledge and such the sayd Groves rude and uncivill behaviour was generall observed and taken notice of by the whole shipps Company and by divers who had occasion to lade goods aboard the sayd shipp and have dealings with the sayd Luke Woods"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the Peace and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]</ref>

'''Stubborne & refractory carriage'''

- "the sayd Grove did not only in remote parts beyond the seas behave him selfe in such rude and disobedient manner as is before declared but alsoe after the sayd shipp was returned to Plymouth from the voyage in question the sayd Grove by his stubborne & refractory carriage there and his refuseing to obey the orders of the sayd Luke Woods was an occasion of the sayd shipps stay there a much longer tyme than shee needed to have done by reason that seavrll Merchants who had goods aboard the sayd shipp and which were there to be delivered came aboard to demand their goods, and brought their bills of ladeing and severall tymes demanded them andthe sayd Grove refused to deliver them, and stayed there about tenn dayes whereas hee might have there discharged all the goods hee was there to unlade in three dayes tyme at the most & then might have had the oportunity of a fayer winde to sayle for London which oportunitie the sayd Grove by his sayd refractory carriage lost & the winde by his long stay there coming contrary the sayd shipp could not get there and arrive at London soe soone as otherwise shee might have done if the sayd Grove had behaved him selfe civilly and bin obedient to order as hee ought to have done by a moneths tyme or thereabouts"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the Peace and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]</ref>

'''A man of lewde and debauched behaviour'''

- "Thomas Grove was a man of lewde and debauched behaviour and therefore they dearst not trust him with their goods or words to that effect for which reason hee beleeveth that the sayd Woods was much damnified by the sayd Groves debauched behaviour and lost much ladeing there which otherwise hee might have had"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the Peace and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]</ref>
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===In service of a foreign nation===

'''In service of a foreign nation'''

- "hee acquainted his shipps company therewith who were most of them unwilling to goe the same they not being hyred as they sayd to goe any such voyage when they came from London as alsoe because the voyage was to an unhealthyfull Country lyeing beyond the Lyne about fourteene or fifteene degrees to the South latitude and in service of a foreigne Nation"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: Examination: 4. ffrancis Mould, of Poplar, Stepney, Middlesex, Mariner, aged 64: Date: March 7:th 1658 English Style]</ref>
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===Insults made at sea and on land===

'''Held upp his bare bumme or breech'''

- "the Captaine of the sayd ''Golden Starr'' in stead of showing submission to the authority of this Commonwealth being upon the Coasts of Englands as was demanded of him and is usuall did in a contemptuous manner returne skurrilous and base language and in an unbecoming and skornefull and reproach full way turned downe his breeches, and held upp his bare ?bumme or breech to the sayd Captaine Mill and Company, and waved his Cuttle axe bidding the sayd Captaine Mill Come to Leeward, all which this deponent saw and observed."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-2c290bc7658b707533f0ef48745cbac5db7f2231|HCA 13/68: Case: The Keeper of the Liberty etc. vs. the Golden Starr: 3. Thomas Keyes, of Deptford, Kent, Mariner, late Quarter Masters Mate of the Advantage Frigot: Date: October 3rd 1653]]</ref>

'''Sayd hee was a roague and a dogg'''

- "the sayd Grove before his goeing on shoare sayd before most of the sayd shipps Company that whosoever of them did ask any thing for Crispe (meaning the arlate Edward Crispe one of the Owners & Advenurers in the sayd shipp the voyage in question) hee would ?mallise or ?hate them during the voyage, or words to that effect & rayled against the sayd Crispe & sayd hee was a roague and a dogg & other the like expresonsfull towards ?him"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-761fc1c079262a26423aebf1557358559fe4210d|HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the ''Pearce '' and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]]</ref>

'''Called him old Roague and old Pedler and old Pimpe'''

- "the sayd Grove in an outragious manner reviled the sayd Wood and called him old Roague and old Pedler and old Pimpe and other the like disgracefull names and told him the sayd Wood that if hee were not an old roague hee would drubb him And alsoe sayd (speaking to the sayd Woods) yo:u old roague yo:u were in the hold the other day but if ever I see yo:u in hold againe I will ?trice yo:u up with a tackle or hee spake other menaceing speeches to the same effect all which opporobious language & threates and other passages were soe done & spoken on the open deck in p:rsence & heareing of this deponent & the Boatswaine & most of the sayd shipps company"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-761fc1c079262a26423aebf1557358559fe4210d| HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the Pearce and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]]</ref>

'''Yong Roague; and other reproachfull names'''

- "hee saith the said Luke Wood did all the said Voyage , give the said Grove as bad words as the said Grove gave or spake to or against the said Wood, and y:e said Wood oftentimes in this depo:ts hearing did call the said Grove Yong Rogue; and other reproachfull names and y:e said Wood told this depo:t that if it had not nin for him the said Wood y:e said Grove had never come in to y:e said Ship as M:r or to that effect, w:ch said Woods did disparidge the said Grove, and was as he saith a great meanes to make his Company or some of them slight him./.:<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Insurance===

'''Discharge of an insurance made on a single voyage following completion'''

- "this rendent haveing notice and intelligence that the said shipp was bound from Marcelles to Scanderoone & soe to Marcelles againe did att the imptantie and desire of M:r Gilbert Moorewood, and some other of her Owners and the said Cravens mother cause an Assurance for the said voyage onlie and noe longer to be made uppon the said shipp to the value of ?700:li and not above as he beleeveth the Premio whereof this rendent beleeveth the said Cravens mother paid w:ch voyage being ended and the said shipp comeinge safe to Marcelles againe the same was discharged, and voyded" (HCA 13/125)
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===Irish mariners===

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===Languages spoken by ships crews===

'''Dutchmen and Irishman who spoke good English'''

- "all or the greatest part of the sayd shipps company that made the sayd seizure were Italians, except one dutch man who was Master XXXXX & an other dutchman that was gunner of her, & an Irish man who was one of her Company, and hee further saith that after the sayd seizure the sayd two dutch men & Irish man (who could & did speake all XXXX of them good English)..."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-6dcf5b8b811454f886c6971a51aed8a72e650965| HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 5. John Gates, of Debtford, Kent, Ship Wright, one of the Carpenters of the Lady ffrigott, aged 18 : Date: June 4th, 1659]]</ref>
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===London docks===

'''Billingsgate dock'''

- "about the time arlate the shipp the ''Hopewell'' came and arrived at Billingsgate docke arlate"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/125: XXXX]</ref>

'''Wapping dock'''

- " in or about the beginning of the moneth of August 1658, the said ship ''Warewell'' arived in the River of Thames with her Lading of Coles. and came to an Anchor a little belowe or against Wapping dock, and there moored in a very good and Convenient birth, where ships doe usually ryde at Anchor, and there rid in safety one floud and two Ebbs, during w:ch time there was noe appearance of any Ancho:r or buoy neere unto the place where the said ship was moored The premises hee deposeth for that hee this Depo:t belonged the said time to the ''James'' of London w:ch then came up y:e River the Tide before the ''Warewell'' came up, and moored a little above the ''Warewell'', and this Depo:t did see the said ship y:e ''Warewell''. take up her birth in y:e foresaid place, and tooke notice of her said mooring & ryding as aforesaid:...

...after y:e said Ship y:e ''Warewell'' had layne moored in y:e place aforesaid for the space of One ffloud and two Ebbs. shee happened to be bilged upon an Anchor w;ch lay within the said ships birthe w:ch had not then any boy fastned to it, and saith that soo soone as y:e said ship y:e ''Warewell'' was preceived to be bilged by her not XXXXing in the River, this Depo:t and severall other Mariner:rs belonging to other ships that Rid there went p:rsently on board her, and found her then to have foure fooote water in her hold. And saith that this Depo:t & y:e said other mariners & alsoe the ''Warewells'' Company, did Labo:r very hard and used their best Endeavo:rs to XXXXX the said ship ashore, and to that end did pumpe her , and heave out about three Lighters of Coles: and then by their greate Labo:rs and endeavo:r go her some what neerer to the shore, and then heaved about another Lighter of Coales. out of her. and did all that they could possibly doe to p:rvent further dammages that might have happened to the said Ship and Coles by reason of her said bilging on y:e said Anchor"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73:Case: Clarke ag:t Scattergood: Examination: 2. Robert Hercules, of Ratcliffe, Mariner, aged 40: Date: October 27th 1659]</ref>
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===Long term merchant residents overseas===

- "hee [Robert Bevin, of London, merchant] saith hee is of the age of 36 yeeres or thereabouts and hath knowne y:e Said Cowling for y:e time aforesaid. but knoweth not his ffather or mother and hath bin Credibly informed that the said Cowling was borne at or neere Rippon in Yorkeshire...

the said Cowling hath lived at the Canaryes for all the time of this Depo:ts Knowledge of him, but knoweth not when hee went first thither, And saith hee hath, not bin in England since this Depo:ts Knowledge of him, that hee knoweth of, And saith y:e said Cowling is a Bachelo:r and payes Customs , for his goods, as other merchant Strange:rs doe; but no ?Tapes or Contribucons"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Clayme of Thomas Cowling for Canary Wines taken in the S:t Laurence Peter: Examination: 1. Robert Bevin, of London, Merchant, aged 36: Date: October 11th 1659]</ref>
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===Market glut & death===

- "y:e said Ship arrived at Nevis on the Eighth of November 1657: and there lay about four or five weekes before the said Wood, sent any fish or gods. to S:t Christophers: and in that time there arrived att the ?sd Islands severall vessells laden with fish, and other Comodityes w:ch did much glut the market there; and thereby did hinder y:e Sale of the ffish brought in the ''Peace''"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Mariners' skills===

'''Able Master of a ship'''

- "for about three yeeres last hee hath sailed in y:e said ship ''Peace'' with the said Thomas Grove [Master of the ''Peace''], and thereby Knoweth. that hee is an able skillfull, and Experienced Seaman, & soe Comonly accounted and hath as hee hath heard used y:e Sea for a long time"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Masters and Commanders===

'''Promotion to Master after twelve years at sea'''

- "hee hath used the sea for about Eighteene yeeres last, & about six yeeres last hath bin a Master of a ship; And saith hee knoweth not what heis worth"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Navigational errors===

- "the said Ship in her passing from Newfound:d towards the Barbadoes did meet with many Hurricanoes Gal?wes , and Contrary winds, And saith that about three dayes before the said ship arrived at Sta Lasia. aforesyd the said Grove Asked this depo:t (who was one of his Mates how farr they were to windward of the Barbadoes. by his Account, to w:ch hee answered, that by his account they were about 130 Leagues to the windward of the Barbadoes and y:e said Grove alsoe asked y:e Interrate Roger Grove and y:e Interrate William Tizard to the effect aforesaid, and y:e sd Grove made answer that hee was by his account about 140 Leages to windward of the Barbadoes: and y:e said Tizard said y:t by his account hee was about 100 Leagues to Windward of the Barbadoes or to that effect, and y:e said Thomas Grove y:e M:r of the said Ship said y:t by his account heee was above 100 Leagued to Windward of the Barbadoes: And further saith that y:e said William Tizard (who was shipped Cheife mate of the said Ship y:e said Voyage by y:e sd Wood) was and is an illiterate and unskillfull pson, and one that cannot write his name ans was not Capable of his said Office or place; and had noe Instrum:ts on board y:e said ship to doe and performe his said place, but a fewe ?Staffs and saith that hee beleeveth the reason of the said Shipsmissing the Barbadoes y:e said Voyage was occasioned and came by the said Hurricanes; and XXXXX, and Contrary winds"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>

- "Ships doe usually misse the Island of Barbadoes, by reason of Greate Currants. and foule and Thicke weather w:ch often times happens in these parts"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Wood ag:t Grove: Examination: 4. Captain Thomas Thorne, of S:t Catherines XXXX, Mariner, aged 34: Date: June 18th, 1659]</ref>

- "by meanes of Contrary windes, and Calmes, and Hurricanoes (w:ch were very frequent then there insoemuch that neither the said Grove nor this depo:t nor y:e other mates on board her could gaine the Latitude) The said ship did misse the Island of the Barbadoes, And not by the Willfullnes Ignorance or Carlessnes of the said Thomas Grove; And after the said Grove did perceive that the said Ship had missed the Barbadoes, hee told the said Wood (in the presence of this depo:t and others of the said Ships Company) that hee would beate it up againe (meaning the Barbadoes) and the said Grove did endeavour to saile to the Barbadoes, and hee haveing spent about Eighteene houres thereabout, (after they perceived that they had missed it,) The said Luke Wood, in this depo:ts presence gave the said Grove speciall order to saile the said ship to Martini?ce, and from thence to Mevis, w:ch the said Grove accordingly did; And saith that hee verily beleeveth that the said Grove would have Got to the Barbadoes with the said Ship, in (about) tenne Dayes of time, after hee perceived it was missed, if the said Wood would have sufferred him soe to doe, and not have ordered him to leave off his Endeavouring and saile to Martinice & soe to Mevis, And saith that all the Voyage from Newfoundland towards the Barbadoes the said Thomas Grove did use, and doe his uttmost endeavo:r in sailing y:e said Shipp directly for the Barbadoes, and did ...."<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Neutral carriers===

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===Nevis===

'''Plantations damaged by hurricanes'''

- "hee this Depo:t on or about the first day of January 1657: arrived at Nevis where hee ?found that y:e Hurricanes had spoiled y:e plantaccons ?there..."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-672e4aa5b619bd5a0ed880706fb5ff72f2a5747c|HCA 13/73: Case: Wood ag:t Grove: Examination: 4. Captain Thomas Thorne, of S:t Catherines XXXX, Mariner, aged 34: Date: June 18th, 1659]]</ref>
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===Packers and packing of goods===

'''Packer for a Canary wine importer'''

- "The premisses hee deposeth being y:e sd producents packer, and hathe as hee beleeveth packed goods at severall times for y:e sd producent to the vallue of above twenty Thousand pounds"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-7afb365c1d24c876f38db4951503907d0bc3217e| HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: Examination: David Lloyd, Citizen & Cloatheworker, of London, aged 56: Date: March 8th 1658 (59)]]</ref>
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===Payment of ransom===

'''Ransom paid to Tripoly'''

- "this rendent & his sd ship & ladeing were taken by three Tripoly men of warr, & carried to Tripoly & XXX XXXX ship & lading all lost, & this rendent & his Company made prisoners as he beleeveth, where this rendent continued by the space of Three moneths & ?od dayes, & then was ransomed w:ch cost him ?800. dollars as he beleeves, & this rendent beleeveth that all the rest of the sd Comp:ie who are liveing except Edward ?Paull are there yet in captivity"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-727068f18cfef4652fd5211886efa6c5543e24b2|HCA 13/128: Case: Allegacon on the behalfe of Edward Paull & others: Personal answeres: William Wilmott: Date: XXXX]]</ref>
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===Perception of risk===

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===Petrao Road===

- "the sayd shipp ?y:e ''Lady ffrigott'' was in the moneths & tyme arlate taken to freight by Alderman Andrew Riccard & Company for a tradeing voyage from London to ?Petrao and other pts beyond the Seas to lade Currans & other goods for their Account & bring the same for London & there deliver them to them or their Agents In order whereto the sayd shipp hee saith did in the moneths & tyme arlate safely arive in Petrao roade where and at Ma?thaligo the Agents of the sayd Alderman Riccard & Company laded one hundred & sixty tonnes of Currans of the growth of Mathalago:s and Petrao ad divers other goods & money for their use and Accompt to be transported for London & there delivered to them or their Agents for their use"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-6dcf5b8b811454f886c6971a51aed8a72e650965|HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 5. John Gates, of Debtford, Kent, Ship Wright, one of the Carpenters of the Lady ffrigott, aged 18 : Date: June 4th, 1659]]</ref>
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===Port charges===

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===Port Time Sources===

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===Probability===

'''Probabilty of a ship arriving if another event had not taken place'''

- "the shipp the ''Lady frigot'' allegate and the said shipp the ''VirginX frigat'' were designed and intended to come together in company to this port, to w:ch purpose the ''Lady frigot'' was intended to come from Morea to Zante and thence to come along with the ''VirginXX'' w:ch if shee had done, and that the ''VirginX'', XXXX had not XXXXXX, the said shipp the ''Lady frigot'' with her lading allegate and in all probabilitie arrived here in ffebruary last as the ''XXX frigot'' did."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-cf5f860abbc80dd7ac687905ebd30cf9a3110501| HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 7. William Bowtell, of London, Merchant, aged 25 : Date: June 8th, 1659]]</ref>
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===Problems of navigating to Barbadoes===

'''Great currents & foul weather'''

- "hee hath used y:e Barbadoes XXXXX of a ship for about six yeeres last. and thereby knoweth that Ships doe usually misse the Island of Barbadoes, by reason of Greate Currants. and foule and Thicke weather w:ch often times happens in these parts"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-672e4aa5b619bd5a0ed880706fb5ff72f2a5747c| HCA 13/73: Case: Wood ag:t Grove: Examination: 4. Captain Thomas Thorne, of S:t Catherines XXXX, Mariner, aged 34: Date: June 18th, 1659]]</ref>
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===Profitability of voyages===

'''Profits could vary significantly between consecutive voyages made by the same ship'''

- "he answeareth and beleeveth that the voyage from hence to Newfoundland and soe to Mallaga and hence to London the said shipp cleered in the whole shipp 105:li & not above as he beleeveth, and in the next voyage from hence to Mallaga, & home againe 107:li & not above as he beleeveth 14:li whereof more than his share & Randall Crewe receaved of under M:r Roydeon and for the voyage in the service of of the State the said shipp iXXXX XXX had beene XXX ?did cleere betwixt eight and nine hundred poundes about 500:li whereof is still unpaid and the remainder beinge about 400:li and Daniel Bright one of the Owners of the said shipp receaved & paid to everie Owner as he beleeveth theire XXXXX XX shares thereof And for the last voyage from hence to Barcellona and then to Marselles and soe to Barbary and Marcelles againe this rendent beleeveth there was losse uppon the said voyage about 440. or 450:li by reason the said shipp was imbargoed att Marcelles by the space of sixe monthes the Plague beinge then aboard her" (HCA 13/125 Box Two)

'''Knock on effects of a merchant's failure on the profitability if a voyage through failure to pay freight'''

- "after such tyme as the arlate Craven came into the said shipp the ''Jeremie'' he did make onlie one voyage w:ch was from Marcelles to Scanderoone and soe to Marcelles againe, and that att his returne thither before his fraight was paid as this rendent beleeveth his Merchant broke soe that he lost all his freight as he beleeveth" (HCA 13/125 Box Two)

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===Purchase of naval stores===

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===Pursers===

- "the said ship the ''Saphire'' (XXXX hee only depose) had Laden and put a bord her a Cargazoone of goods the pticulars whereof & to whom consigned are specified in this depon:ts Pursers booke of fraight delivered to the said General Blake or to such as he appointed to receave the same to ?w:ch for more certainty herein hee refereth himselfe"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/64#head-59f52ce5a73811a54a25ce1cbf62b0001de3a8e8|HCA 13/64: Case: XXXX: Deposition: Edward Wye, of Ratcliffe, parish of Stepney, Middlesex, late Master and Commander of the Saphire alias the ffairfax, aged 42: Date: XXXX]]</ref>
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===Refusal to take an oath===

'''Refusal to take an oath in the High Court of Admiralty'''

- "in obedience to his said warrants, and that they XXXXX unto him as hee beleiveth, their said Comission and declared unto him their power given XXXXX and the effect of the said Commission, and that hee was called as a witnesse to be examined thereupon, and that they sitting as com:es did admXXXX this rendent to take his oath as a Witnes to depose the trutht upon such matters as ?any ?could be expressed, and this respondent desiing to know of them what it was hee should bee examined upon, they or XXX of them answered that hee should know that, when hee had taken his oath, and that this respondent againe insisted and prayed them that hee might know before his swearing, what hee should be examined upon, and withall told and XXXX unto them, that hee was readie and would sweare that hee never tooke nor XXX XXX nor bought in XX any of the goods taken or that were out of the said shipp to his knowledge, but they still refusing to acquaint or tell him what matters hee should be examined upon, hee refused to take his oath, and would not be examined by or before them upon oath unlesse hee might know the matter concerning w:ch hee should bee examined before his taking his oath"<ref>http://bron.wikispot.org/HCA_13/128#head-b7e7fc954b7c6989da0ef5766b7addf6c17e38ca HCA 13/128: Allegation: Richard fford: Answer: ?Bas Nelders: Date: July 5th 1657</ref>
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===Refusal to pay mariners' wages===

'''Refusal of Duke of Venice to give satisfaction for forced use of ship to service the Venetian fleet'''

- " there this rendent was offered a fraight to Smirna & soe to Venice againe w:ch this rendent accepted of, but dureing such tyme as he was at Venice intreating about the same the Duke of Venice or his Officers forced this rendent & his sd ship into their Service contrary to this rendents good will & likeing to carry bread from thence to ?candy for the ffleete w:ch this rendents ship accordingly did & arrived & delivered the same there in or about y:e beginning of december 1655. as he believeth for w:ch this rendent never received any satisffaction at all and doth declare that so soone as hee shall receive satisffaction for the same he shalbe ready & willing to pay his sd Marrin:es what shalbe due unto them for y:e same"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-727068f18cfef4652fd5211886efa6c5543e24b2| HCA 13/128: Case: Allegacon on the behalfe of Edward Paull & others: Personal answeres: William Wilmott: Date: XXXX]]</ref>

'''Failure of mariners to defend their ship from seizure'''

- "he [Elias Beake, London merchant] hath bin required to pay wages to the sd Salter & others, & y:t he doth justly refuse as he humbly conceiveth, for the sd pties, or some of them coming to him to demand their wayges he asked them why they did not defend their sd ship & goods & make shott at y:e vessell y:t tooke them y:t so they might have beaten them of & saved the vessell & goods for the Own:es that they might have had incouragem:t to have paid them for their good service, to w:ch answear was made that whoe should have kept them if they had been wounded, or lost a Limb or to that effect, so that of marrin:es should refuse to use their gunnes in this manner the Own:es had as good throw them into y:e Sea as carry them in their Ships & if they may give up their vessells & goods & returne home & receive their wages as usuall"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-5756e8a4cff39ee460292afceafa94ffaa79ebc9|HCA 13/128: Case: Libell against Elias Beake and Peter Mathews in the name of John Salter & others: Personal answeres: Elias Beake: Date: October 28th 1656]]</ref>
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===Risk===

'''Risque'''

- "for his the said John Scrother the producents accompt and risque"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68 Part Two#head-4470969a6089650fa0451fb522657662b3e03f2a|HCA 13/68: Case: Clayme of John Scrother for goods on the Black Cock: Deposition: 1. Jacob Wigandi, of Hamborough, Merchant, aged 25: Date: November 30th 1653]]</ref>
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===Role of consuls===

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===Set out against the Turkes===

- "the sayd shipp the ''Sta Cruse'' was sett out from Gennoa as a man of warr against the Turkes" '''ADD SOURCE'''
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===Sheriff's Court of London===

'''Sueing in the Sheriff's Court'''

- "hee this Rendent hath sued and doth still sue and impleade the said George Cobden in the Sheriffs Court of London for the said sugars in an action of ?Trover; and alsoe beleeveth that y:e six tonnes of sugar soe as aforesaid by him laded or reputed to be laden aboard the said shipp the ''James'' in Carlisle bay, and the goods or sugars by him sued for in the sid Sheriffs Court, were and are the same goods or sugars, and not diverse"<ref>XXX HCA 13/128: XXXXX</ref>
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===Shipping charges===

- "it being very notorious & well knowne to the sd M:r Wayn Wright & all other mrchants that use the East countrey trade that every Last of wheate payeth one dollar the charges at Stettin & Stralsound & the charges for Smacks & boates to bring y:e sd corne on board, & petty pilotage & other dutyes, all w:ch heethis rendent did really pay"<ref>This is the footnote text</ref> '''ADD SOURCE'''
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===Ship prices===

- "a stXXX shipp of the burthen of 200 tunnes and upwards: and was worth with her tackle and furniture having bene newly fitted and equipped the summe of one thousand pounds ?sterl in the Judgm:t of this deponent"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-d950b85cda43fda487b419cf1928ed869167c202|HCA 13/68: Case: On behalf of John Harrison: Deposition: 3. William Neave, of Dukes Place, London, Merchant, aged 44: Date: December ?23rd 1653]]</ref>

- "she was a strong and tight shipp and had bene but one voyage before att sea from the tyme of her first building and was of the burthen of .200 tonnes or thereabouts and had in her sixteene ?persons, and the tackele apparell and furniture of and belonging unto her were likewise good and new And the freight of the says hipp so provided with gunns and tackle was well worth the summe of 250:li sterl p moneth And soe much was and is usually given p moneth for a shipp of her burthen and goodnes"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-ba56423722456e018a88d06052af3bdf5c97f223|HCA 13/88: Case: XXXX: Deposition: Nicholas Williams, of Redriffe, Surrey, Mariner, sometime Quartermaster on the Freetrade, aged 36: Date: March 9th 1653/44]]</ref>
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===Ship wrecks===

'''Her breaching in peeces'''

- "y:e ''Anne'' was driven upon y:e sd sands, and the Seas were ?mighty boysterous. Insomuch that they beate over y:e Deck of the sd ship with sich a fforce that y:e Company on y:e Deck could Scarce Stand upon their Leggs, and saith there were XXXXX saved, and brought out of the said ship, just before her breaching in peeces"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: Christopher Malyn, Thomas Carret, Bethnel Tynck, George Southerne, Geirge Rogers, Thomas West, ffrancis Rosse, and John Robeck, late Mariners of the Ship the Anne:: Examination: 2. Joseph Bond: Date: February 26th 1658]</ref>

'''Breaking and splitting in the sands'''

- "hee went from Gravesend in y:e sd Ship y:e voyage in question, and Continued onboard till shee was breaking and splitting on y:e said sands"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: Answer: John Atkins: Date: XXXX]</ref>

'''Using other meanes for saving of their Lives'''

- "after the ?said Ship came upon y:e said Sand?s her Company had noe time either to save any paps or any of their Cloathes or goods w:ch were in y:e sd Ship, but were most of them Imployed about Hoysting out their boate, and using other meanes for saving of their Lives."<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: Answer: John Atkins: Date: XXXX]</ref>

'''High winds, foule weather, and greate Tides'''

- "when they came from thence [ffalmouth] y:e winde was faire, and y:e next day y:e weather Changed, and was very Boisterous, and y:e said other Ships which were bigger, and better sailers than the ''Anne''; left her behinde them, and y:e sd ship ''Anne'' by y:e said High winds, foule weather, and greate Tides (and by ?noe other meanes) was forced and driven upon y:e Coast of ffrance, about tenne Leagues to the Westward of ?Bullen, where shee as aforesd: was broken in peeces and utterly lost."<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: Christopher Malyn, Thomas Carret, Bethnel Tynck, George Southerne, George Rogers, Thomas West, ffrancis Rosse, and John Robeck, late Mariners of the Ship the Anne:: Examination: 2. Joseph Bond: Date: February 26th 1658]</ref>
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===Spanish crew on English ships===

'''Voyage from London to Amsterdam to Trinidad and the Spanish West Indies and back to London'''

- "hee saith there were twenty men and a boy belonging to the said shipp when shee XX XXXXX Milford, whereof seaven were Spaniards the said John Lopez being one of the said Spaniards, and saith three of the said Spaniards are in London, and the rest were left abroad"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-20cc9524f6449d3264092c6f244adaa50ab5d970|HCA 13/73: Case: Lord Protector ag:t the Hope: Deposition: 5. Peter Aylward, of London, Merchant, aged 40: Date: February 21st 1658 (59)]]</ref>
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===States service===

- "gone in the States Service" (HCA 13/73))
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===Stopping, searching, & seizing ships===

- "the shipps arlate were stayed at y:e Isle of Wight by the Governour or his deputye at Yarmouth castle in the said Island upon information given by some of their owne Company as hee beleeveth that they were bound for Spayne"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/128: Case: Beane ag:t Jacobs: Personall answeares: Humfrey Beane: Date: XXXX]</ref>
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===Sugar===

'''Nevis vs. Barbadoes sugar'''

- "at y:e first coming of the said ship y:e ''Peace'' to Nevis y:e said Wood sold his fish after y:e rate of a pound of ffish, for a pound of Sugar, and Saith that Nevis Sugar is accounted better than Barbadoes Sugar"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73]</ref>
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===Supracargoe===

'''Powers of supracargo'''

- "the arlate Luke Woods did goe the voyage in question absolute and sole Supracargo & manager of the sayd shipp ''Pease'' as well for the parts that XXXXXXX hee the sayd Woods had hyred as for the other five eighths which was soe freighted by and belonged to the sayde Brewer and Crispe And was soe impowered to goe Supracargo and sole manager of the sayd Brewer & Crispe their five eighth parts by the sayde Brewer and Crispe"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXXX: Examination: 2. Richard Blake, of Ratcliffem Stepney, Middlesex, Mariner, aged 30: Date: January 14th 1658]</ref>

'''Powers of supracargo touching the lading unlading and reladeing of a ship'''

- "the sayd Woods being sole supracargo of the sayed shipp for the voyage in question both the Master and Mariners ought to obey and observe the orders of the sayd Luke Woods as Supracargo as touching the lading unlading and reladeing of the sayd shipp & to goe with the shipps boate, & with the sayd shipp from place to place according as the sayd Woods should for his best advantage of tradeing in the sayd voyage direct and appoint"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXXX: Examination: 2. Richard Blake, of Ratcliffem Stepney, Middlesex, Mariner, aged 30: Date: January 14th 1658]</ref>

'''Conflict between Master and supracargo'''

- "imediately after the sayd Grove had soe threatned and reviled the sayd Wood, hee the sayd Woods did in a civill & mylde manner demand of the sayd Grove why he would not lett him have any salt from on board and the sayd Grove replyed & sayd that the shipp wanted stiffneing or ballast whereto the sayd Wood answered and sayd to the sayd Grove why then did yo:w not a day agoe send for more stones whereto the sayd Grove replyed and sayd hee had forgott it & the sayd Woods then asked the sayd Grove what hee would doe when he had more stones aboard whereto the sayd Grove replyed and sayd that then hee would carry them on shoare againe And these speeches passed betwixt the sayd Grove & Woods publiquely upon the deck in p:rsence & hearing of this deponent and most of the shipps Company the sayd Wood speakeing soe loude and with such rage & fury that people who stood on shoare stood gazeing and wondering to see & heare such words & behaviour proceede from a Master of a shipp to his Supracargoe./"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-761fc1c079262a26423aebf1557358559fe4210d|HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the ''Pearce '' and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]]</ref>
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===Terra Firma===

'''North American continent as "Terra Firma"'''

- "?departed in or about November 1657 to ComXXXX a coast on the terra firma"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-20cc9524f6449d3264092c6f244adaa50ab5d970| HCA 13/73: Case: Lord Protector ag:t the ''Hope'': Deposition: 5. Peter Aylward, of London, Merchant, aged 40: Date: February 21st 1658 (59)]]</ref>
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===Timber yards===

'''Timber yard in Lisbon'''

- "hee was in y:e said yard (out of w:ch y:e said Logwood was taken & sent on board y:e said ship) whilest, some of the sd wood was weighing, and sawe most of it sent, and brought aboard y:e said ship, y:e said yard being neere y:e waterside & neere unto y:e place: where his ship lay"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-33d2b1e0e6e0fc1345132124672e893357ee3da7|HCA 13/73: Case: Mayflower vs. XXXX: Deposition: 2. John Stannian, of the City of London; Gentleman, aged 26: Date: September 23rd 1659]]</ref>
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===Trade with the Canary Islands===

'''English merchants trading under Dutch names'''

- "English merchants doe, (and have done since y:e warre betwixt England and Spaine) trade at y:e Canaryes under fained and fictitious Dutch names the better to Colo:r their goods, and p:eserved them from Spanish Capture."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-7afb365c1d24c876f38db4951503907d0bc3217e| HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: Examination: David Lloyd, Citizen & Cloatheworker, of London, aged 56: Date: March 8th 1658 (59)]]</ref>
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===Travel Time Sources===

'''Inverness to Rochell'''

- "he answereth & beleeveth That the weather ?serving a ship doth usually & may saile from Innvrnes to Rochell in ?20 dayes or thereabouts"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/129#head-4c61d7658a23d6dd6ec9e0acfe2fe7e3f9504449|HCA 13/129: Personal answers of Peter Cornelius Youngboare: Allegation: ?Maurice Trent: Date: 17th March 1658]]</ref>

'''Gravesend to coast of Greeneland and back to Gravesend'''

- "the sd ship sett sayle from Gravesend upon or about the fourteenth of Aprill 1656. & not before as they beleeve at w:ch time & not before the sd monethly pay was to begin in case the sd pties had behaved themselves as they ought to have done, & these rendents further beleeve that y:e ship the ''Greyhound'' came back againe into the River of Thames & was here discharged upon or about the fowrteenth day of September 1656 as they beleeve"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-1e528de4e0e74b6a9851e1a3ed2dd641cee9355b|HCA 13/128: Case: XXXX: Answer: Richard Batson, Humphrey Beane, & Gowen Goldegay: Date: XXXX]]</ref>

'''Lisbon to Brazil (exact Brazilian destination unspecified)'''

- "y:e sd ship the ''Scipio'' did enter upon & begin her voiage for Brazeel to wit in y:e lading of her goods for that place the 3:d of September 1649. and that y:e sd ship did dept from Lisborne upon y:e sd voiage the 5:th day of November arlate 1649 & ?arrived at Brazeele the 6:th day of March 1649 [i.e. 1650] & there discharged her lading about y:e end of Aprill 1650 & that upon the 20:th of June 1650. y:e sd ship did set saile in company of the portugall fleete for Lisborne againe, and was afterwards put back with the rest of y:e fleete by the command of y:e Admrall for Brazeel where they arrived againe about the first or second of July 1650."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/129#head-2187c17fbe54015abbe3f7fced1c8d59ab105c17|HCA 13/129: Personal answers of Humfey ffosse John Tucker Christofer Mills: Allegation: Captain Thomas Ewens: Date: XXXX]]</ref>

'''London to the Canary Islands'''

- "the sd Ship did go with some small commodities to ?Loratuna in the Canary ?Islands & did safely arrive there & unlade her goods as hee believeth but y:e time of her arrivall & lading he knoweth not, but believeth a ship may goe from home to y:e Canaries with goods & unlade the same within the space of sixe weekes"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-5756e8a4cff39ee460292afceafa94ffaa79ebc9| HCA 13/128: Case: Libell against Elias Beake and Peter Mathews in the name of John Salter & others: Personal answeres: Elias Beake: Date: October 28th 1656]]</ref>

'''Gravesend to Scanderoone and back to Gravesend'''

- " from y:e time of y,e Departure of y:e said Ship ''Anne'' from Gravesend & Untill the say of her discharging of her last goods at Scanderoone ?was about seaven monethes and three weekes"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Christopher Malyn, Thomas Carret, Bethnel Tynck, George Southerne, Geirge Rogers, Thomas West, ffrancis Rosse, and John Robeck, late Mariners of the Ship the Anne:: Examination: 2. Joseph Bond: Date: February 26th 1658]</ref>
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===Trust===

'''Trust reposed in an executor or administrator'''

- "this rendent did desire them the said M:r fford, and M:r Mayne to Joyne with him to administer uppon and dispose the said goods,accordinge to the trust reposed in them by the said M:r West decead, but they the said M:r fford ad M:r Mayne did both of them refuse, and then this rendent being unwillinge the said goods should bee lost and miscarye, did in ?order to that trust w:ch was reposed in him repaire to the Governor of the Barbados and there acquainted him with this whole matter, who thereuppon did issue out an order or warrant in the nature of an administration, to this rendent the said M:r fford and M:r Mayne, that they might thereby ?receave the said goods out of the said shipand make disposition thereof"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/125: Case: Libell on behalfe of Elizabeth West, administrator of ffrancis West: Personal answeres: John Blith: Date: July 29th 1652]</ref>
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===Turkey Company Merchants of London===

- "in ?Examinate & tyme arlate the sayd shipp was hyred and taken to freight by some of the Turkey Company Merchants of London...COMPLETE THIS TEXT"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-6dcf5b8b811454f886c6971a51aed8a72e650965| HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 5. John Gates, of Debtford, Kent, Ship Wright, one of the Carpenters of the Lady ffrigott, aged 18 : Date: June 4th, 1659]]</ref>
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===Use of arbitration===

'''Dispute of freight charges deducted from proceeds returned to Master and Owner'''

- "To the Eighteenth & Nyneteenth he answereth that he hath bin demanded to pay fraight, but doth beleeve there is none due to y:e sd pties, but for their ppoorcon of the monyes pceeding of the sd ship and goods he is & hath alwaies bin ready & willing to allow unto them their pporcon, if they would agree what the same should be or leave the same to any indiffrent psons to state the same betweene them" <ref>HCA 137128: XXXX)</ref>
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===Value of cargo vs value of ship===

'''XXX to XXX ratio'''

- "hee saith the ''Postillion'' at her seizure was of the burthen of two hundred tonne or therabouts and had nyne peeces of ordnance and the sayd shipp and her tackle apparrell & furniture were then well worth (in this deponents Judgement and estimate) two thousand six hundred pounds sterling or therabouts And saith the sayd shipp had aboard he at the tyme of the seizure, (for Accompt of the sayd Delboe Middleton Temmes Britton Taylor and Syon seaventeene hundred forty six parcell and thirty one ?Catees of pepper, and peeces of Eight three thousand three hundred and some odd peeces which pepper would in this deponents Judgment, if it had come safe to England have there yeild Thirteene Thousand pounds sterling besides freight due alsoe to the sayd Delboe Middleton Temms Britton Taylor and Syon as Owners of the sayd shipp which as hee beleeveth would have amounted to two thousand eight hundred pounds more of like money And hee saith that hee this deponent had for his owne Accompt aboard the sayd shipp at her seizure sixe hundred peeces of Eight, and pepper & Cloaves soe much as would have in England have yeilded seaventeene hundred pounds sterling, besides his wages for the sayd voyage which hee beleeveth did amount to ?three hundred pounds more of like money & his cloats amounting to about twenty pounds more of like money all which hee lost by the seizure aforesayd And hee saith the sayd shipps company at the tyme of the sayd seizure had aboard her for their Accompt pepper & ?Caude & other goods to the value of ?three hundred pounds sterling in this deponents Judgment and estimate, besides their cloathes and wages which as hee beleeveth was worth a thousand pounds more of like money all which they were samnified by the sayd seizure And hee saith that beside the p:rmisses there were about the sayd shipp at her seizure fower hundred Jarrs of Greene Ginger for Accompt of the English East India Company which were alsoe lost by the seizure aforesayd and would in this deponents Judgment have yeilded if they had come safe to England one thousand one hundred and twenty pounds sterling..."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/72#head-d1b938e8fde65c21af2869095458cde6e6f9685a| HCA 13/72: Case: Ex parte and on behalfe of Symon Delboe, Andrew Middleton, Nathaniell Temms, Thomas Britton, John Taylor, & Abraham Syon, owners of the Postillian: Examination: 1. John Kingsman, Mariner, Master of the Postillian, aged 32: Date: August 28th 1658]]</ref>

'''Ten to one ratio'''

- "To the fifteenth he answereth & beleeveth that the said ship & her tackle & furniture & other materialls when they were seized were worth about the summe of One hundred pounds, and not above as he beleeveth, and the sd goods in the said ship were worth as he beleeveth the summe of about one thousand pounds & not under as he beleeveth, but y;e sd ship by lyeing there and being pillaged was much spoyled & damnifyed & worth little as he beleeveth...[Following the sale of the ship & goods, snd subsequent decree to return the proceeds] 16. To the Sixteenth he answereth & beleeveth that y:e monyes which came to his hands as y:e pceed of y:e sd ship & goods did amount to about Two hundred Nynety five pounds as is alleaged & not lesse as he beleeveth, & he hath not since delivered y:e same, but alwayes offered & was & is willing to give them their due ppocon as he beleeveth"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-675122a975b594401e0e4f86b5eccafff312ac29|HCA 13/128: Allegation: On the behalfe of Thomas Cullinge Jonathan Andrewes & Gifford Bale: Personal answers: Samuell Micoe: Date: June 10th 1657]]</ref>

'''Two point six to one ratio'''

- "the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her tackle and furniture, & freight, and stock & provisions on board her at her seizure aforesayd by the sayd Gennoa (sic) man of warr called the ''Sta Cruse'' was in his this deponents Judgment well worth five thousand pounds of lawfull English money and soe much hee beleeveth the says Swift Parker & Harris & other her Owners were dammaged by her being surprized & taken as aforesayd...

the hundred & sixty Tonne of Currants aforesayd on board the ''Lady ffrigott'' belonging to the foresayd Alderman Riccard & Company were at their surprizall worth in this deponents Judgement and estimate ?thirteene thousand pounds of lawfull English money and would as hee verily beleeveth have yeilded the sayd Riccard & Company soe much of they had not bin surprized in manner as aforesayd"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-8945bbd3b098cd3ca3d021ae3203b2772200c8a7|HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 3. Gilbert Anckelly, of Debtford, Kent, Mariner, late Boatswaine of the Lady ffrigorr, aged 30 : Date: June 3rd, 1659]]</ref>
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===Wages===

'''Pay rates in sample ships'''

- The ''Content'' (London to Gambo (Africa) to Barbados (then lost at sea); wage schedule for twelve persons (1658/59)<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/129#head-d57d5f95b7c846f98a8764545b23dc8869a24d72|HCA 13/129: Personal answers of Robert Oxwick, William Weilday and John Jefferyes: Allegation: John White & others: Date: 4th Feb. 1658]]</ref>

'''Seamens' wages to travel from Lisbon to Brazil and back'''

- "some consideraccon extraordinary above what they were in the first place hired for"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/129#head-2187c17fbe54015abbe3f7fced1c8d59ab105c17|HCA 13/129: Personal answers of Humfey ffosse John Tucker Christofer Mills: Allegation: Captain Thomas Ewens: Date: XXXX)]]</ref>

- "the sayd Ewens in persuance of such his offere & promises did pay unto his sayd Company eight moneths pay according to the first agreement made at London & did promise & agree to pay them an addition of five shillings in the pound p moneth for the future over & above the rates formerly agreed on which promise of addition the Company did agree to & promised to provide on the sayd Brazeele voyage and the sayd ffosse Tucker Howgate this deponent & the rest of the shipps Company did thereupon proceede upon the sayd voyage after the sayd new contract"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: Examination: 3. James Retallick, of Wapping, Mariner, aged 35: Date: March 5th 1658 English Style)]</ref>

'''Customary exchange rates for mariners'''

- "thereupon y:e sd M:r did pay them off freely Eight moneths pay in dollars at foure shills six pence per dollar, which is y.e usuall rate that English marrin:rs receive their wages at in dollars"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/129#head-2187c17fbe54015abbe3f7fced1c8d59ab105c17|HCA 13/129: Personal answers of Humfey ffosse John Tucker Christofer Mills: Allegation: Captain Thomas Ewens: Date: XXXX)]]</ref>

'''No paymen of wages overseas'''

- "this depo:t asking him howe long y:e sd Hill served in his ship; and at what what hee was shipped. at. The said Middleton replyed that hee served in his ship about foure yeere, and two Monethes: and was shipped at Thirty shillings p moneth, And then this depo:t asked him if hee had paid him any of his wages: To w:ch hee replied Noe, I Doe not use to pay men abroad."<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: 2. Grace Hogsflesh, of Stepney, Widowe, aged 39: Date: Aprill 12:th 1659]</ref>

'''Monthly wages for named qualities on voayge from Gravesend to the Streights and back'''

- "in or about November 1657: ?y:e said W:m Malim did hyre all the Marine:rs severall mentioned in the schedule annexed to y:e said Allon nowe showed unto him, to goe & serve in y:e said ship ''Anne'' from this port. to Yarmouth, and from thence to the streights. and to returne againe to this port. And saith that y:e schedulate Christopher Malym Mate; and Carpenter of y:e said Ship, was hyred at 3:li p moneth to goe y:e sd Voyage; Thomas Garret Carpenter of the said ship at 1:XXX p moneth to go y:e sd voayage Bethel Tinke (OR, Finke) A Common marriner of the said Ship at 1:li. viij:s p moneth to goe the said voayage, George Sotherne a Comon man of the said ship at 1:li ix:s p moneth to goe y:e said voyage., George. Rogers a Comon man of y:e said Ship at 1;li. viij:s p moneth, to goey:e sd voyage, Thomas West Coop at j:li. xiiij:s p moneth , to goe y:e sd voyage, & ffrancis RoXXX at 1:li. 10:s p moneth to goe y:e said Voyage; And soe ?much the foresaid Mariners well deserved, and soe much is usually given to Marine:rs that serve in the quality aforesaid. in such voyages. and oftentimes, greater summes, And saith hee save y:e foresaid Marine:rs recvd their halfe pay at Yarmouth and thereby knoweth y:e premisses, but saith hee knoweth not for how much John Roberts y:e Chirurghion of y:e sd ship was shipt at, but saith hee well knoweth y:t hee well deserved 2:li. 2:s. p moneth, and saith hee this depo:t never ?knewe lesse given, to a Chirurgion for y:e same; or y:e like Voyage"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Christopher Malyn, Thomas Carret, Bethnel Tynck, George Southerne, George Rogers, Thomas West, ffrancis Rosse, and John Robeck, late Mariners of the Ship the Anne:: Examination: 2. Joseph Bond: Date: February 26th 1658)]</ref>
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===Will of God===

'''Bilging of ship on sands on coast of France'''

- "neither her M:r nor any of her Company were in any fault. but the same came and happened meerely by y:e said Extraordinary winds and y:e will of God. The premisses hee deposeth by sad Experience being on board her, when y:e said Disaster happened"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Christopher Malyn, Thomas Carret, Bethnel Tynck, George Southerne, Geirge Rogers, Thomas West, ffrancis Rosse, and John Robeck, late Mariners of the Ship the Anne:: Examination: 2. Joseph Bond: Date: February 26th 1658)]</ref>
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==Possible topics for synthesis==

* Attitudes and behaviour towards negroes by sailors and ship masters

* Brazeele trade

* Corruption and kickbacks (prevalence; function)

* Fish

- "he answereth & beleeveth that Salmon & herings were no vendible commodity at Rochell in y:e moneths arlate" (HCA 13/19)
- Relative price of fish
- Whaling described as "fishing"
- Oysters
- Lobsters

* Geographical language

- Areas
- Linked to commodities (Rhenish wine; French wine)
- Non-port towns
- Ports
- Seas

* Greenland fishing

* Insults made between ships during conflict at sea

* Port to port routes

* Ship age

- "an old shipp being about the Age of thirteen or fourteen yeers old" (the ''Mayflower'', ca. ?1659)<ref>[[MRP: HCA 23/19#head-af09a70a13fcdce6c67c19f4135a1566d421bf11|HCA 23/19: Document Number: 51: Case: Willia, Curtis, Thomas Hussey, Samuel Harvar(d): Date: ?1660]]</ref>

* Ship prices

- Create table of price of ships per ton (by age and burthen)

- Prices outside England, e.g. Surat (the ''Mayflower'', 280 tonnes, 13 or 14 years old, badly damaged, valued with tackle and provisions at 910:li sterling by Capt. Robert ffisher, commander of the ''Smirna Merchant'' (£3.25 per ton)

* Timber merchants

* Time

- Between ports
- lading in port
- Unlading in port

* Wages

- Levels by job function
- Variances within and between job functions, & over time, & according to perceived risk and supply/demand

* Workings of Vice Admiralty courts outside London

- Regional courts

-- Example: Leith, Scotland
-- Example: Court of West England

- Process
- Registry

MRP: Synthesis

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SimonLiebesny:

'''Synthesis'''

'''Editorial history'''

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==Suggested links==

See [[MRP: Commodities|Commodities]]
See [[MRP: Geography|Geography]]
See [[MRP: Shipping terminology|Shipping terminology]]
See [[MRP: Style Sheet One|Style Sheet One]]
See [[MRP: Transcription|Transcription]]

See [[MRP: Admiralty court cases|Admiralty court cases]]
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==To do==
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==Notes==

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==Current topics for synthesis==
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===Adventures, money, cloathes and instruments===

- "the arlate Captaine Hosier and his Company had at the tyme of the seizure of the ''Lady ffrigott''& her ladeing by the sayd Gen?uoa man of warr the ''Sta Cruse'' goods which were her & their adventures and money cloathes and Instruments aboard her to the value in this deponents Judgement of eight hundred pounds of lawfull English money All which were seized and taken from the sayd Hosier & his Company & they utterly deprXed of them by the Captaine & Company of the sayd Gennoa man of warr who plundered them of them and having soe done kept the Company of the ''Lady ffrigott'' prisoners for a teyme the most of them being cheyned, and after wards sett them on shoare in the Island of Cephalonia to shXXX for themselves without allowing them money or provisions"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-8945bbd3b098cd3ca3d021ae3203b2772200c8a7|HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 3. Gilbert Anckelly, of Debtford, Kent, Mariner, late Boatswaine of the Lady ffrigott, aged 30 : Date: June 3rd, 1659]]</ref>
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===Amsterdam to the Spanish West Indies===

'''English merchants sending ship from Amsterdam to Spanish West Indies'''

- "M:r John Page one of the Merchants concerned in this busines, having with his associates a designe in hand to send a shipp from Amsterdam for the West Indies to trade for their account upon the coasts of the Spaniards, and understanding that this deponent understood both the Spanish and dutch tongues (besides English) and could speake them, and alsoe understood the busines of traffique and XXXXX as a marchant treated and agred with this deponent to goe the said voyage for five pounds per moneth wages and XXXX for XXX goods for his owne account, wherein hee this deponent was to give assistajce to John Lo?pes his ?precontest who was alsoe then XXX and being XX hired this deponent was XX XXX XXXXX in a dutch shipp called the ?''Mackerell'' bound for Amsterdam and concerned with him in the said shipp XXXXX, perpetuanas, ?hatts, and many other particulars of goods w:ch were here ?provided by the said M:r Page and XXXX ffernandez, M:r ?Robles, M:r Jenkin and M:r ?Painter Merchants of this citie, to be at Amsterdam put aboard such a shipp as could be provided for that XXXX and voyage."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-20cc9524f6449d3264092c6f244adaa50ab5d970|HCA 13/73: Case: Lord Protector ag:t the Hope: Deposition: 5. Peter Aylward, of London, Merchant, aged 40: Date: February 21st 1658 (59)]]</ref>
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===Appraisal===

'''Appraisal of the estate of a deceased person'''

- "there was also a warrant granted from the said Governor to M:r Humfrey Kent and M:r Richard SXXXswicke, to appreize the said goods accordinge to theire trew value, uppon theire oathes who (being sworne before the said Governor or some Justice of the Peace att the Barbados to the effect a forsaid) did apprize all the said goods uppon the XXXoathes att five thousand nine hundred seaventy and eight pounds of Tobacco and more as hee beleeveth"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/125#head-59f076f9d8b79695b760b46e06ea08d92bf5cd08|HCA 13/125: Case: Libell on behalfe of Elizabeth West, administrator of ffrancis West: Personal answeres: John Blith: Date: July 29th 1652]]</ref>

- "hee this rendent did deliver a pticular of Inventary of the said goods as they were apprised by the said Appraisors under theire hands to the said M:rs West or M:r William ffisher then Proctor for her in the Prerogative Court with a testification of theire being sworne uppon the said appraisem:t w:ch they the said M:rs West and her Proctor did ever since detaine from him"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/125#head-59f076f9d8b79695b760b46e06ea08d92bf5cd08|HCA 13/125: Case: Libell on behalfe of Elizabeth West, administrator of ffrancis West: Personal answeres: John Blith: Date: July 29th 1652]]</ref>

'''Appraisal of a ship for a prize court'''

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===Bad weather===

'''A great and violent storm on route from the Barbadoes to London'''

- "y:e ''Oporto Merchant'' being laden at the Barbadoes, with Sugars & Cottons & some other merchandizes for the account of several merchants Departed from thence bound for this Port of London and in her Course hetherward (sic), neere y:e Islands fflowers and Calves, being two of the Westerene Islands on XX or about the 20:th day of January last, shee met with a great , and violent Storme; w:ch Continued about sixteene houres very violent the Winde being then at West, and y:e sd. shipp tunning before y:e Sea, for her better preservaccon) under aforesaile, her sterne gave way, And thereupon, her Company were forced to hang their foresaile, and lye under a mizen, and y:e said Ships Tiller by Violence of the said Storme was broken, w:ch did much endanger her Rudder and sterne post, and by meanes of y:e breaking of her Tiller y:e said Ship, shee receaved much water in at her ?behind port ?w:ch came into y:e said Ships hold, and y:e said Ships mizen XXX by y:e violence & force of the said Storme was Torne in peeces. and y:e greatest part of it blowne away, and y:e said Ship lying broad off to y:e sea, shipped a great Sea, w:ch washed over board her sheath Anchor, w:ch was fastned by y:e said Ships side and washed her Boate and Skiffe, to Leewards, and y:e said Anchor, hanging by a Rope where with it was fastned to the said Ships side, and y:e said Ship, Turning or rowling too and fro, y:e said Anchor bilged a hole, neere y:e Lough of ?the Said Ship, and made a Leake in her, through w:ch ?there went some water, and their being as aforesaid much water receaved ar rge XXXX Port of the said Ship, y:e said Ship had about foure foote water in her hold, w:ch caused y:e said Ship to lye dead in y:e Sea. And saith that by the Violence and Duraccon of the said Storme & y:e pXXX aforesaid, the said Ship and her Lading and Company on board her were in Great Danger of Sinking and Perishing in y:e Sea The prmisses hee deposeth being on board y:e said Ship y:e said time, and Carpenter of her."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-97c8c234d938431c33de9853b70897bcf4aae4ee| HCA 13/73: Case: Rowland Hill John Hill and Company own:rs of the Oporto Merchant vs. Sir James Drax et al:: Examination: 3. Phillip Harvey, of Limehouse, Mariner, Carpenter of the Oporto Merchant, aged 40: Date: March 11th, 1658]]</ref>
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===Bills of lading===

'''Colourable bills of lading'''

- "[In context of trade in Brazil wood between Lisbone and Newhaven by the Portuguese Brazil Company] sometimes there are Colourable bills of Lading made & signed for goods, and noe reall bills, but in such Cases, the M:r of the ship hath Instrctions where and to whom to Deliver the goods mentioned in y:e Colourable bills./:"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-33d2b1e0e6e0fc1345132124672e893357ee3da7| HCA 13/73: Case: Mayflower vs. XXXX: Deposition: 2. John Stannian, of the City of London; Gentleman, aged 26: Date: September 23rd 1659]]</ref>

'''Tenor of bills of lading'''

- "after the reception thereof [138 bags of Spanish wooll sent to Antwerp] this dep:t signed three bills of lading of one teno:r and caused the same to be entred into his books. the receipt of the same, and to whome they were consigned as aforesaid"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-8d2b57a6d8ff68e8639c8effd7247eeaad951d03| HCA 13/68: Case: Clayme of Domingo Centurione for wools in the Morning Starr: Deposition: 3. Michael van Lubkin, of Hamborough, Mariner, Master of the Morning Starr, aged 31 Date: November 22nd 1653]]</ref>
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===Bottomery===

- "in or about the moneth of November 1656: the arlate ?James Nuthall did send unto the foresaid Henry Potts, for buying of provisions & to provide a Stock for y:e said Ship to goe the foresaid Voyage; and saith that the said Potts hath acknowledged soe much to this depo:t And saith further ?that the said Potts hath told this depo:t that the said Nuthall lent the foresaid money upon Bottomry:"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Nuthall ag:t Potts: Examination: 3. John Carter, of Limehouse, parish of Stepney, Blockmaker, aged 61: Date: March 21:th 1658]</ref>
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===Books of accounts===

'''Books of accounts left on wrecked ship'''

- "the winde was very high when y:e ''Anne'' was driven upon y:e sd sands, and the Seas were ?mighty boysterous. Insomuch that they beate over y:e Deck of the sd ship with such a fforce that y:e Company on y:e Deck could Scarce Stand upon their Leggs, and saith there were XXXXX saved, and brought out of the said ship, just before her breaching in peeces, and saith y:e bookes of Accounts belonging to y:e ship, was not brought out. but left in her, when her Company left her. And saith that, after the sd ship ?Struck upon y:e Sands, her Company had noe time to Take any of their owne goods (save what they had about them) were all busied about hoysting out their boate (OR, boats):"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Christopher Malyn, Thomas Carret, Bethnel Tynck, George Southerne, George Rogers, Thomas West, ffrancis Rosse, and John Robeck, late Mariners of the Ship the Anne:: Examination: 2. Joseph Bond: Date: February 26th 1658]</ref>
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===Brokers===

'''Common broker'''

- "John Roles is of this Depo:ts knowledge a Comon Broker, betwixt Merchts and M:r of ships and other Trade:?s and hath noe pticular relaccon to the said Brazil Companz that this Depo:t knoweth of/:"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-33d2b1e0e6e0fc1345132124672e893357ee3da7| HCA 13/73: Case: Mayflower vs. XXXX: Deposition: 2. John Stannian, of the City of London; Gentleman, aged 26: Date: September 23rd 1659]]</ref>
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===Cape merchant===

- "all w:ch goods were laded by the said John Lopez (as hee saith) who was Cape merchant of the said shipp the sad voyage, and is (as hee taketh it) a Spaniard"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: Lord Protector ag:t the Hope, Don Juan Master: Examined: Jacome Juan, of Deva in Biscay, Mariner, aged 28: Date: March 22:th 1658]</ref>
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===Characteristics of a good ship===

'''Strong and tight'''

- "att such tyme as the sayd shipp ''Free trade'' now seized at Lisbone as aforesd she was a strong and tight shipp and had bene but one voyage before att sea from the tyme of her sd building"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-ba56423722456e018a88d06052af3bdf5c97f223|Case: XXXX: Deposition: Nicholas Williams, of Redriffe, Surrey, Mariner, sometime Quartermaster on the Freetrade, aged 36: Date: March 9th 1653/44]]</ref>

'''Good Decks and was well rigged & fitted'''

- "y:e said ship was at her departure from the Barbadoes, y:e said voyage; and untill the said Storme happened, a strong tight and stXXXX Vessell, and had Good Decks and was well rigged & fitted with all XXXXs of materiall for such a voyage & Imploym:t and saith she was not over laden the said voyage, And further deposeth that the foresd Sheat Anchor, was well & Sufficiently fastned to the said Ships Side, ?al Anchors use to be for ought hee knoweth ?to the Contrary: And what damage is happened to y:e sd Ship & lading Came & happened meerely by the sd Storme & Timpestious (sic) XXXX & not through Insufficiency of y:e sd Ship. or Carlessnes of or in her Company or any of them."<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXXX]</ref>
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===Chief Mates===

'''Promotion from chief mate to Master on death of Master'''

- "upon y:e Death of the foresaid W:m Malim (w:ho was M:r of the said ship) this depo:t became M:r of her, hee being before: y:e said W:m Malims Cheife mate; And for that hee received at Satalia, of the sayd William Malim ?twenty Eight ryalls of Eight, and at Scanderoone hee received of y:e sd Malim either Eight or tenne Ryalls more (but, whether eight or Tenne he ?cannot ...."<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXXX]</ref>

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===Clearing a ship (to depart from a harbour)===

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===Coasting trade===

- "they nor either of them was even with him at Hamburrough neither hath the said Scrother (as they and every of them beleiveth) beene more than once att Hambrough these 7 yeares but doth trade and coast upp and downefrom place to place (as he conceiveth) most advantagious for his benefiitt"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/125#head-d3985b0ab6617bd2f0b9663a05fd9ef6ffcb4273|HCA 13/125: Case: Allegacion on behalfe of Peter Scrother: Personal answers: Clement Nootes, John Johnson John JXXXXs and William Reage: Date: July 7th 1652]]</ref>
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===Coming foule===

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===Commercial failure===

'''Composition with creditors'''

- "y:e arlate ffrancis Pardini is (as this Depo:t hath heard) failed) ?in Estate, and y:e arlate John Thacker (as this Depo:t hath also heard) is Employed to make y:e said Pardinies Composicon with his Credito:es"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-33d2b1e0e6e0fc1345132124672e893357ee3da7|HCA 13/73: Case: Mayflower vs. XXXX: Deposition: 2. John Stannian, of the City of London; Gentleman, aged 26: Date: September 23rd 1659]]</ref>

'''Failure of a merchant at Genoa or Legorne'''

- "at Genoa this rendent tooke in some pte of her lading & was to goe to Legorne to take in y:e remainder, & at his arrivall at Legorne the merchant who freaighted this rendents ship failed so that this rendents designe was overthrown" [Answer given June 1659]<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/129#head-2187c17fbe54015abbe3f7fced1c8d59ab105c17|HCA 13/129: Personal answers of Thomas Ewens: Allegation: Humfrey ffosse, John Tucker & Charles Howgate: Date: 2nd June 1659]]</ref>

'''False bills of sale to manipulate ownership of goods following a merchant's failure'''

- "hee doth beleive the said de Silvera not knowing the said ffrancis Pardini was failed did send the bill of lading unto him as he beleiveth but hee doth not beleive the said John Tha?cker did really buy the said wood of the said M:r Pardini or pay him any thing for the same, neither doth hee beleive that the said M:r Pardini or any other merchant that is failed hath a legall power to make any sale of any goods that come to him during the time they absent and are not able to pay their debts, but hee doth beleive the said M:r Thacker being imployed by y:e said M:r Pardini as his sollicitor to make his composicon with his creditors hee & the said M:r Pardini did contrive together to gett the said goods into their hands if possibly they could and in order thereunto he beleiveth the said M:r Pardini did colourably, and fraudulently signe the bill of sale or schedule alleadged and deliver the same for his XXX as hee beleeveth...

To the sixth hee answeareth that hee doth beleive that the said M:r Pardini did in further ?prosequucon of the said fraudulent contrivance betweene him and the said M:r Thacker his sollicitor endorse the bill of ladeing as is alleadged but hee being soe failed & absented hee doth beleive the same is utterly voyd and of noe effect." [Answer given June 1659, referring to events in 1649]<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/129#head-7add01eb55b9cf6345f63bbe88a499d677f3a0bf|HCA 13/129: Personal answers of Augustine Coronell: Allegation: John Thacker: Date: June 23rd 1659]]</ref>

'''Failure of bankruptcy of a merchant not known for some time'''

- "4 Itmm interr. Whether before the shippe ''Stockholme'' came from Stockholme, and before the Iron in controversie was Laden aboard, was itt nott commonly and generally reported that the said Godfrey Deleau was bankrupt or failed in his estate and in what moneth did the said wittnesse first heare that the said Deleau was failed. Et fiat ut supra."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 23/19#head-3a3b264dc7ab6b5850da1f19f766d617c0cac7e3|HCA 23/19: Document Number: 237: Case: XXXX: Date: XXXX]]</ref>

'''Failure of a merchant leading to forced sale of a ship to pay mariners' wages'''

- "after the the foresaid breakeinge of the said Merchants freighters, the said Cravens not haveing monies to paye the marriners theire wages for the said voyage the said Marriners arrested the said shipp for the same & by course of Lawe att Marcelles the said Shipp was condemned and sould for the payment of the said Marriners wages & other debts then due, uppon her the said Owners not takeing order to pay the said wages, and other debts then due uppon her in tyme" (HCA 15/6 Box Two)
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===Commercial activities of the King of Spain===

- "in the moneth of January 1653. new style, and for about 14. yeares before this depon:t hath well knowne the arlate John de Windt, who is a Merchant and Burgher of Cadiz, and is married there, and saith That by the credible relation of the said John de Windt and others at Cadiz this depon:t: hath understood y:t the arlate Domingo Centurione at the time of the Lading of the said woolls was a Spaniard liveing at Madrid, and Councello:r to his Catholique Ma:tie and his Principall ffacto:r or Agent for the sending of goods wares and merchandizes from Spaine into ffland:rs for the supply of his said Ma:ties occasions there, And saith both the psons arlate were and are commonly accompted Subiects to the said King of Spaine."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-8d2b57a6d8ff68e8639c8effd7247eeaad951d03| HCA 13/68: Case: Clayme of Domingo Centurione for wools in the Morning Starr: Deposition: 3. Michael van Lubkin, of Hamborough, Mariner, Master of the Morning Starr, aged 31 Date: November 22nd 1653]]</ref>
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===Commercial practices of planters===

'''Promising freight to ships returning to England'''

- "it is a Comon practise for planters at S:t Christophers and Mevis and parts thereabouts to make Verball Agreem:ts and to make Great and Large promises"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Commissions===

'''Tenor of a commission'''

- " they did with the said shippe the ''Elsabeth'' goe forth and seize in and take uppon the high Seas as Prize the severall vessells w:th their Ladeinges as is arlate neare about the tyme arlate and brought or sent the same to some portes of this Common Wealth to be proceeded against accordinge to the Tenor of this Rendents Commission"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/125#head-c403c7c62e1f965e187877df6bfbb20b437b128c|HCA 13/125: Case: Allegacion on the behalfe of Robert ?Coda: Personal answeres: Captain Samuell St?urton: Date: XXXX]]</ref>
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===Contempt of court===

'''Contempt of the High Court of Admiralty'''

- "hee answereth and beleeveth that hee hath not committed any contempt against this Court or the authoritie thereof, and thereofore ought not to be punished with havinge XXXXX the same."<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/128: Allegation: Richard fford: Answer: ?Bas Nelders: Date: July 5th 1657]</ref>
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===Cost of victualls & provisions===

'''Monthly cost of victualls & provisions for ship of XXX crew'''

- "the Victualls and Provisions. spent the said voayge, p moneth did amount unto /as the said Luke Wood hath told this Depo:t) about 25:li or 30:li"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: XXXX7]</ref>
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===Court of Probate & Administration===

- "shee referreth herselfe the Registry of the Court for probate of Wills and Granting of Ad?conns:"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: 2. Grace Hogsflesh, of Stepney, Widowe, aged 39: Date: Aprill 12:th 1659]</ref>
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===Crew numbers===

- "[The 'XXXX"", a ship of XXX tonns] hee saith there were twenty men and a boy belonging to the
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===Currants===

'''Currants from Petrao and Mahalgo'''

- "the sayd shipp was hyred and taken to freight by some of the Turkey Company Merchants of London (but their names hee knoweth not in pticuler) to goe upon a Merchandising imployment from London to Petr?ao arlate and ?Mahaligo & other places beyond the seas to lade Currans and other goods for their use & Account & bring them for London & there deliver them to them or their Agents and did accordingly within the sayd tyme arrived at the Roade of Potrea and there & at Mahalago tooke in Currans to the quantity of one hundred and threescore Tonnes which were laden by the Agents of the sayd ffreighters to & for the sayd ffreighters Account to be thence transported to London & there delivered ti the sayd ffreighters or their Agents for their use this hee knoweth being one of the sayd shipps Company and helping to lade the sayd Currans"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-6dcf5b8b811454f886c6971a51aed8a72e650965|HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 5. John Gates, of Debtford, Kent, Ship Wright, one of the Carpenters of the Lady ffrigott, aged 18 : Date: June 4th, 1659]]</ref>

'''Currants from Zante and Mathalago'''

- "in ffebruary last hee this deponent with William Savage and Thomas ?Atterton, brought the lading of currans of the shipp the ''Virgin frigot'' being Zante Currans of the producente William Bowtell ?as XX agreed and paid three pounds and two shillings per ?pound weight for the same and soe much hee saith they were worth XX and saith that Mathalago currants were XXXXX worth twenty XX per hundred more than Zante currants."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-473df9fa2ed9980dcc252c820ecb271c7f141f3e|HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Examination: 8. John Savage, of S:t Bartholomew neere the Royal Exchange, London, Merchant, aged 32 : Date: June 4th, 1659]]</ref>
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===Dead freight===

'''Shee came home about halfe dead freighted'''

- "the shipp ''Peace'' was of the burthen of ?two [this figure appears to have been blotted out] hundred tonnes or neere thereabouts and that of his this deponents knowledge shee came home about halfe dead freighted for that the arlate Luke Woods beside the dammage hee susteyned in the sale of his three eighth parts of the sayd shipps ladeing of ffish & other Merchandizes did suffer losse and dammage in the sayd shipps want of ladeing home the simme of two hundred pounds sterling or neere thereabouts in this deponents Judgement & estimate"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the Peace and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]</ref>
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===Debauched behaviour===

'''A man of lewde and debauched behaviour'''

- "while the sayd shipp stayed at MXXX hee heard divers of the Planters there saye that they would have laded goods aboard the sayd ship the ''Pease'' but that they sawe that the arlate Thomas Grove was a man of lewde and debauched behaviour and therefore they dearst not trust him with their goods or words to that effect for which reason hee beleeveth that the sayd Woods was much damnified by the sayd Groves debauched behaviour and lost much ladeing there which otherwise hee might have had"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the Peace and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]</ref>
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===Discipline on board ship===

- "Grove did set forward his mariners, and encourage them to doe their dutyes the said Voyage; and upon carles Neglects of the same, the said Grove did XXX some of his said Mariners, giving them moderate?Correccon with a Ropes End or the XXte"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Disguising the identity of a ship===

'''Colourable bills of lading'''

- "this Depot (besides these three pipes in question) hath received other wines from y:e said producent. w:ch were likewise mentioned in the Bills of Lading to be laden by & for account of the said Don Juan Corall, although in truth the same belonged to and were for y:e said Cowlings account, & the returnes thereof were made by this Depo:t to the said Cowlings and saith that since the warrs betweene this Nation and Spaine it hath bin and is usuall for English Merchants that trade by Canaryes, to Colo:r their goods by putting in Dutch or Spanish names in the Bills of Lading, in regard it is dangerous for English subjects to trade to at or from Canaryes in their, owne names"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Clayme of Thomas Cowling for Canary Wines taken in the S:t Laurence Peter: Examination: 1. Robert Bevin, of London, Merchant, aged 36: Date: October 11th 1659]</ref>

'''Use of non-English masters and commanders'''

- "the sd ship haveing unladen her outward goods did receive in other good to y:e value of neare thirty three hundred pounds and was in her returne about July last 1656. mett with by a Dunkirk or ?Dutch Vessell upon a Spanish Comission, and the Comp:ie neglecting to defend their sd Ship & goods (as they ought to have done) or to make any opposition or resistance, or so much as to conceale her from belonging to the English when as there as a dutch M:r & passes & other things necessary to have coloured her ?she was wholly lost from the Owners, to their very great damage"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-5756e8a4cff39ee460292afceafa94ffaa79ebc9|HCA 13/128: Case: Libell against Elias Beake and Peter Mathews in the name of John Salter & others: Personal answeres: Elias Beake: Date: October 28th 1656]]</ref>
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===Doctors Commons===

'''The Hall'''

- "Repeated before D:r Godolphin & Coll Cocke In the Hall x:r. November the 22:th 1658."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-76df3d90a0f1b878487f4c1ea5a00104bb4f00f7| HCA 13/128: Case: Allegation on behalfe of Nicholas Warren, Gregory Westcomb, John Jermin & Richard Westcomb: Personal answeres: Nicholas Pengelly & Alexander Ash: Date: November 22nd 1658]]</ref>

'''Chambers'''

- "15:° Novemb 1658. Repeated before dror Godolphon one of the Judges x:r In his Chamber x:X"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-d912e595b8b3fcb6f20e53a3531cdf07a3c95cdb| HCA 13/128: Case: Allegation on behalf of Alexander Bence: Personal answeres: John Hill, one of the owners of the Oporto Merchant: Date: November 15th 1658]]</ref>
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===Effect of drink===

'''Delayed departure from port due to Master drinking on shore'''

- "the sayd Grove ordered to sayle the sayd shipp over the barr and there to bring her againe to Anchor and haveing given such order, & there being a Country boate lyeing by the shipp side, the sayd Thomas Grove would needes goe on shoare againe and did goe on shoare in the sayd Country boate, notwithstanding the sayd Woods did earnestly persuade & entreate him not to goe on shoare & told him it would be a great hinderance to the voyage the shipp being bound upon a fishing designe & the winde being ?the fayre for her departure as in deede it was And the sayd Grove being soe gone on shoare some of the shipps company after they had sayled the shipp over the barr & then brought her to an Anchor went on shoare with the shipps boate to fetch the sayd Grove on board which notwithstanding the sayd Grove continewed ashoare most part of that night and came not againe on board the sayd shipp till about two of the Clock in the morning next after and was when hee soe came (in this deponents Judgment) much distempered with drink and began to to curse and sweare and amongst other words sayd that there were some on board thought much of his being on shoare but hee cared not for that, and sayd that the sayd shipp should ride longer there and accordingly did keepe her there at anchor about an hower after such his comming on board & then gave order to weigh Anchor, and did sett sayl, this hee deposeth of certayne knowledge & alsoe heareing the sayd words or others to that effect spoken, as alsoe did most of the sayd shipps company"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-761fc1c079262a26423aebf1557358559fe4210d|HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the ''Pearce '' and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]]</ref>
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===Expression of emotions in commercial discourse===

'''Anger'''

- " the said M:rs Craford being then p:rsent in the same roome; this depo:t told the said Thomas Middleton that this woman (pointing to and meaning y:e said M:rs Crafford,) was Come to demand his wages And y:e said Middleton replyed in an angry manner, that hee would not give her any account of it, because shee had arrested him; and dis?charged him; for hee had a house to Comand and a Ship to Comand, and tenne thousand pound to Comand, and was able enough to pay her, but nowe hee would not, for shee should have Lawe enough for her money: or to the very same effect"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: 2. Grace Hogsflesh, of Stepney, Widowe, aged 39: Date: Aprill 12:th 1659]</ref>
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===Female presence in commercial physical space===

'''Visiting a male merchant's house'''

- "the producent Anne Craford desired this depo:t to goe along with her to the signe of the Red Lyon at the Old Swan in Thames Streete there to Meete with the said Thomas Middleton, & to aske of him the wayges w:ch was due to the arlate Andrew Hill, And this depo:t at her request did goe with her to the said place; where this depo:t and y:e said M:r Craford found y:e said Thomas Middleton And this depo:t then and there asked y:e said Middlton whether hee had not one Andrew Hill Cooke of his ship, to w:ch the said Middleton Answered Yes; and this depo:t asking him howe long y:e sd Hill served in his ship; and at what what hee was shipped. at. The said Middleton replyed that hee served in his ship about foure yeere, and two Monethes: and was shipped at Thirty shillings p moneth...

M:rs Craford y:e producent required this depo:t to come and testify the truth of her Knowledge in the busnies and saith shee did never belong to y:e said Ship; And saith that this depo:t liveth at the next house; to the house whereof y:e said M:rs Craford Liveth, and hath lived there about four yeeres, & the said Craford hath lived there in her said house a longer time, and this depo:t being y:e time aforesyd the sd M:rs Craford neighbo:r shee was by y:e sd M:rs Craford Caried to the foresd place, to the foresd purpose; And saith she hath not Received neither bin Promised anything for her Testimony herein nor doth shee as shee saith expect to receave any thing for y:e same, And saith shee is worth about two hundred pounds. in her Cleare Estate, and to the rest negatively:/:...

Repeated before D:r Godolphin:/:

The marke of the ?said
Grace [The mark looks like an interlinked WW] Hogs?flesh"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: 2. Grace Hogsflesh, of Stepney, Widowe, aged 39: Date: Aprill 12:th 1659]</ref>
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===Fish===

'''Pickled herring'''

- "To the second Interrie This deponent saith and deposeth that the sayd ship the ''Hart'' had att the tyme of the sayd seizure, one hundred and four score Tonnes of pickled herrings on board her. And saith the sayd shipp and all her sayd lading did att the sayd tyme of seizure belong to severall merchants Inhabitants of Skadam subiects of the sayd States of the united Provinces"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-cbf44c467de680552a5558dbb74a47b9cba0a000|HCA 13/68: Case: The Keepers of the Liberty of England ag:t the ship the Heart of Skadam: Deposition: 1. William Evarson, of Skadam, Holland, Mariner, aged 44: Date: September 26:th 1653]]</ref>

'''Herring laded at Yarmouth for Marsellis [Marseilles]'''

- "at Yarmouth there was a Lading of Herrings put on board her, w:th w:ch she sailed ?to Marsellis and there delivered her said Lading"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Christopher Malyn, Thomas Carret, Bethnel Tynck, George Southerne, George Rogers, Thomas West, ffrancis Rosse, and John Robeck, late Mariners of the Ship the Anne:: Examination: 2. Joseph Bond: Date: February 26th 1658]</ref>

'''Salmon'''

- "y:e sayd shipp came from and began this her outwards voyage from Stockholme with her p:rsent lading of goods being Iron pitch tarr Copper shott andSalmon...all to be unladen att this port of London whither she was bound and where she now is the foresayd Salmon excepted which is to be transported to Burdeaux and there unladen and delivered to Jan Van Pullen a facto:r for y:e sayd Swedish merchants there resideing."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-7b4f93714010996fac626af356f7c2299b105fa4|HCA 13/68: Case: XXXX: Deposition: Charles Marescoe, of S:t Nicholas Lane, London, Merchant, aged 21: Date: The same day (?1653/54, or 1654]]</ref>
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===English High Court of Admiralty: procedures===

'''Adjugement of a prize'''

- "To the .13 he saith that in case the says shipp the ''Morning Starr'' shall be adiudged prize he this rendent expecteth benefit thereby according to the office he bore in the ''Advantage frigot''. and according to an Act or Ordinance of parliament made in that behalfe, and not otherwise."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-d4c8b9cff62f06d04b97e7848f01b08b8a1a388c|HCA 13/68: Case: The Keeper of the Liberty etc. vs. the Golden Starr: Deposition: 1. Mark Harrison, of Wapping, Middlesex, Mariner, aged 27: Date: September 22nd 1653]]</ref>

'''Advocates and Sollicitors of the Admiralty'''

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'''Appeal'''

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- ?Commissioners of appeal in the privy council (existed in 1801, but did this commission exist in mid-C17th?)

'''Appraisement and sale'''

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'''Condemnation'''

QUESTION: In any case in which a ship is condemned, establish how it is condemned by the court (e.g. condemned as a "droit of Admiralty")

'''Costs and damages'''

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'''Court jurisdiction'''

- "he answereth & beleeveth that he is a subiect of this Comon Wealth but not subiect to the Juxon of this Court by reason of this Suite"<ref>XXXX HCA 13/128: XXXX</ref>

'''Court of the Cinque Ports'''

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'''Expenses'''

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'''Foreign claimants'''

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'''Issuing of a warrant'''

- "he answereth & beleiveth that y:e sd Edward Peascott Michaell Peascott & Edward Randall have without iust cause arrested him by warr:t out of this Co:rt to answere them in their p?dsed cause of complaint"<ref>XXXX HCA 13/128: XXXX</ref>

'''Judgement of prize'''

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'''Judges'''

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'''Legal terms'''

- "[Practice in 1801] In term-time, the courts at Doctors' Commons with the by-week (only unobserved in the short interval of Easter term) make sessions of five weeks; there are five courts in a week, in which many cases of great length and importance, testimentary, matrimonial, and ecclesiastica, are heard."<ref>[http://play.google.com/books/reader?id=4OIzAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PR24 XXXX, p. xxiv]</ref>

'''Lord High Admiral'''

- Lord High Admiral is styled the Lieutenant of the Admiralty Board<ref>[http://play.google.com/books/reader?id=4OIzAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA10, p. 10]</ref>, viewed 21/05/12

'''Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty'''

- Grant of power to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty is from the sovereign (p. 12)

- Officers of the Admiralty are accountable to the Commissioners of the Admiralty for collecting and receiving (p. 12)

- The Board of Admiralty is executive, and as trustees of the sovereign, and as an inferior board of revenue in the case of droits, is "always subject to be superseded by the superior authority" (pp. 12-13)

'''Neutral claimants'''

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'''Prize Act'''

QUESTION: When wsa the first prize act passed in parliament and how did it substantively impact process and decisions of the High Court of Admiralty?

- The cruizers act of Queene Anne, 1703<ref>[http://play.google.com/books/reader?id=4OIzAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA16 XXX. p. 16]</ref>
--Gave the sole property, once forfeiture proven, to the captos, not to the Lord High Admiral (p. 17)

- "By the American act the prize offices were suppressed"<ref>[http://play.google.com/books/reader?id=4OIzAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA26, XXX, p. 26]</ref>

QUESTION: Can a prize of war be distinguished from a prize of forfeiture?

'''Proctors of the Admiralty'''

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'''Records of the Court'''

- "for the ?admidication or release thereof this Rendent referreth himself to the Records of this Court"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/125: Case: Allegacion on the behalfe of Robert ?Coda: Personal answeres: Captain Samuell St?urton: Date: XXXX]</ref>

'''Registry of the Court'''

- "the said shippe the ''Elsabeth'' did w:thin the time arlate goe forth upon a man of warre voyage and had a Commission from this Court to all or most of the effects articulate And this Rendent went out Captaine and Commander of her and for more certaintie referreth himselfe to the said Commission remaynninge on the Registrie of this Court"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/125#head-c403c7c62e1f965e187877df6bfbb20b437b128c|HCA 13/125: Case: Allegacion on the behalfe of Robert ?Coda: Personal answeres: Captain Samuell St?urton: Date: XXXX]]</ref>

- "otherwise for his parte hee doth not beleeve hee is bound by lawe by lawe (sic) to answear saveinge hee referreth himselfe to the Registry of this Courte"<ref>XXXX HCA 13/128: XXXX</ref>

- The Register-Office was reported in 1801 to be "in great confusion"<ref>[http://play.google.com/books/reader?id=4OIzAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA18 XXX, p. 18]</ref>

- "in y:e foresaid Letter, there came a Bill of Lading inclosed to this Depo:t for y:e said three pipes of wine subscribed Pieter Bennery sent, and having nowe seene y:e bill of Lading arlate formerly exhibited into the Regry of this Court, hee saith the same is the said Bill of Lading soe receaved by him this Depo:t"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: Clayme of Thomas Cowling for Canary Wines taken in the S:t Laurence Peter: Examination: 1. Robert Bevin, of London, Merchant, aged 36: Date: October 11th 1659]</ref>

'''Sentences of the Court'''

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'''Waiters of the Prize Office'''

- "To the 11:th he saith he was not aboard the interrte shipp the ''Golden Starr'' till after said tyme as the ?Wayters for the Prize office came upon her in the behalfe of the State, and by authority of the Com:rs for the Prize Office; And he saith that after the sd Waiters were so aboard he saw the master of the ''Waterhound'' named BLANK IN MANUSCRIPT Grant take out of the ''Golden Starr'' a bag of moneyes of about six hundred peices of 8/8, and saw the Captaine of y:e ''Water hound'' Giles Shelley take out of y:e ''Golden Starr'' a quantity of moneyes in a Bagg, but how much in certaine he knoweth not, and saw likewise Capt MiXX Commander of the ''Advantage frigott'' take out of the sayd ''Golden Starr'', in one or two baggs four hundred and three and twenty peices of eight and 1/2. And beleiveth that severall other parcells of moneyes were taken out of the sayd prize shipp he cannot specify, but beleiveth that all or most of the Company of the ''Advantage frigot'', and of the ''Water hound'' that were aboard the ''Golden Starr'' att the tyme of seizure and afterwards before she came into the River of Thames had and tooke some small quantityes of the sayd moneyes, the values whereof he knoweth not. And saith that some of the Company of y:e sayd ''Advantage'' and ''Waterhound'' but who in pticular he knoweth not tooke out of the ''Golden Starr'' some small Jarrs of oyle and some other things the particulars or values whereof he cannot sett forth."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-d4c8b9cff62f06d04b97e7848f01b08b8a1a388c|HCA 13/68: Case: The Keeper of the Liberty etc. vs. the Golden Starr: Deposition: 1. Mark Harrison, of Wapping, Middlesex, Mariner, aged 27: Date: September 22nd 1653]]</ref>
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===French High Court of Admiralty: procedures===

'''Restoration of funds'''

- "he hath heard & doth beleeve that y:e said ship & all the goods were sold & the money or pt of it deposited in the Court, and afterwards the sd money so deposited was decreed to be delivered or restored as he beleeveth...what costs & charges, & port charges were necessarily expended about the same is not possible for him to knowe, but hee is willing to allow his pporcon of what shall be legally proved but he doth beleeve his Agent did disburse five or six pounds or thereabouts towards the recovery of y:e sd ship & goods or proceed, & the sd M:r did take up from this rendents factor the summe of thirty pounds or thereabouts upon p:etence of fraight whereas there was none, due as he beleeveth w:ch he still detaineth in his hands"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-675122a975b594401e0e4f86b5eccafff312ac29|HCA 13/128: Allegation: On the behalfe of Thomas Cullinge Jonathan Andrewes & Gifford Bale: Personal answers: Samuell Micoe: Date: June 10th 1657]]</ref>
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===Fraudulent sale of a ship===

- " after the said Harris and Powicke had used and imployed the arlate Shippe y:e ''Little George'' by y:e space of twenty monethes & uppwards as they beleeve and had utterly spoyled her for want of furnishinges and fittinge her with such things as they ought to have fitted her with and had sould or otherwise disposed of the said Shippe and her furniture or parte thereof, and on purpose to deceave these respondents of their shippe and freight as they beleeve they tould these responedents the said shipp was leakye and that they had lost her at Cales"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/125#head-976ea983d178ec9f1d9446cd7c21cee5ea3b37b1|HCA 13/125 Case: Libell against them on behalfe of John Harris and John Powicke: Personal answers: Edward Bellamye and Thomas Day: Date: XXXX]]</ref>
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===Genoese men of war===

'''Genoese men of war seized an English ship'''

- "the Gunner & an other of her Company duXXXX ?boy who well speake good English told this deponent & others of the ''Lady ffrigotts'' Company that the Captainne of the ''Sta Cruse'' the better to enable him to seize the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her ladeing had a little before the sizure taken some Mariners & souldiers out of the foresayd two other Genoa men of warr And hee saith most of the Company of the ''Sta Cruse'' were Italians, and as they confessed belonged to Genoa...

To the 7:th arle hee saith that after the seizure of the ''Lady ffrigott'' & her ladeing severall of the Company of the ''Sta Cruse'' did confesse that they were sett out from Genoa upon a warlike designe a:t the Turk?s & had bin a great while abroad and Could get noe prizes & therefore they had taken a Spanish Commission which was only to last a certayne tyme, which tyme )as they sayd & acknowledged was expired two monethes before they seized the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her ladeing, but sayd alsoe that they were resolved ?although it were expired yet they would take any English shipps they ?would (OR, ?could) meete with This hee knoweth for that hee being Boatswaine of the ''Lady ffrigott'' & seized in her heard severall of the ''Sta Cruse'' her company speake the sayd words./"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-8945bbd3b098cd3ca3d021ae3203b2772200c8a7|HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 3. Gilbert Anckelly, of Debtford, Kent, Mariner, late Boatswaine of the Lady ffrigozz, aged 30 : Date: June 3rd, 1659]]</ref>
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===Grocers===

'''Merchant and Grocer of St Bartholomew Exchange, London, dealing in currans from the Morea'''

- "hee saith and deposeth that twenty hundred of ?Nathalago (OR, ?Mathalago) currans XXXX to and XXXke a XXXXX, and saith that in and during the monethes of November December January and ffebruary last ?Nathalago (OR, ?Mathalago) Currans were worth in this citie and would have yeilded three pounds and tenn shillings per hundred one hundred with another as the ordinary and XXXXX ?price for that XXXX w:ch hee knoweth ?being a ffreeman and a ?G:rocer of ?London and having XXXX used that trade, and thereby being well acquainted with the condition and price or valew of that commoditie"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-473df9fa2ed9980dcc252c820ecb271c7f141f3e|HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Examination: 8. John Savage, of S:t Bartholomew neere the Royal Exchange, London, Merchant, aged 32 : Date: June 4th, 1659]]</ref>

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===Gunns swords & other Instruments of warr===

- "a certayne shipp of about one hundred & fifty tonnes burthen manned for the most part with Italians, and called (as this deponent heard a dutch man who was Ma?ster of her & a dutch man who was gunner of her & an ?Irishman who was of her company & ?could XXX speake English saye after the seizure of the ''Lady ffrigot'' and her ladeing) the ''Sta Cruse'', whereof (as they sayd) one ffrancisco Stale was Captaine came into Petrao Road with a white flagg on her poope and made asif shee intended peaceably to have Anchored neere the ''Lady ffrigott'' but when shee came neere her the sayd Stale & his Company instead of coming to an Anchor did in a warlike manner with gunns swords & other Instruments of warr...COMPLETE THIS TEXT" '''ADD SOURCE'''
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===Health risks===

'''Unhealthfullness of the Lisbon to Brazil voyage'''

- "the ''Scipio'' had at Lisbon discharged her ladeing brought from Allecant the sayd Thomas Ewans the Master did take upon him a new voyage to be made from Lisbon to Brazeele & thence to returne to Lisbon & having contracted with the freighters for that new voyage acquainted his shipps Company therewith, who not being hyred for any such voyage were most off ?them unwilling to goe the same & refused to goe the same as being as ?they ?conceived an unlawfull voyage for that thereby they should XXXX the hazard of being taken by the hollanders w:ch were then at ?differences with the Portugueses in whose behalfe that voyage was to be made andalso be reason of the unhealthfullnesse of the voyage it being beyond ?the lyne & to the south latitude about fifteene degrees, whereupon the sayd Ewans seeing the unwillingnesse of the company to goe the sayd voyage to Brazeele did publiquely upon the deck of the ''Scipio'' in p:rsuance of this deponent & his p:rcontsts XXXXXhurst & XXgant & divers others of the sayd shipps company to encourage them the more readily to undergoe the sayd voyage voluntarily promised to advance his XXXXX Companyes wages five shillings in the pound per month from that tyme during the sayd XXXX over & above the wages hee had agreed with ?there for when ?hee shipped at London, and to pay every of them their wages then due till..."<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: Examination: 3. James Retallick, of Wapping, Mariner, aged 35: Date: March 5th 1658 English Style]</ref>
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===Hurricanes===

'''Spoyling of crops through Hurricanoes'''

- "a little before y:e arrivall of the said ship ''Peace'' at Nevis, the Tobacco plants Indico and Sugar Cane were there at at the other Leeward Islands, spoyled and rooted upp by reason of Hurricanoes w:ch happened there."<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>

- " upon the arrivall of the said ship ''Peace'' at Nevis XXX the Leeward Islands that XXXX found that Hurricanoes and Stormes had spoyled most of the Sugar Canes, Tobaccoe, and Indicoes in those places, and had rooted many of them up, and saith hee alsoe then found many of them up, and saith hee alsoe then found many houses upon y:e said Island w:ch were blowne downe (As this depo:t was there Credibly Informed by many of the Islands) alsoe by the Violence of the said Stormes, and Hurricanoes, And saith that the greater pt of those goods w:ch were not spoyled as aforesaid were laden on board y:e fflemish ships w:ch were then there, And the English themselves w:ch were then. there. (in regard of the Difference betwixt England and Spaine) did Lade their goods, and embarque themselves on board y:e said fflemish ships And saith that one Captaine Thorne, Comander of an English ship, did stay at Nevis and S:t Christophers about three monethes to reaceave in a Lading of goods there but at Length came away from thence for London a great Part dead ffreighted, And y:e XX reason was for that y:e Hurricanoes and stormes as aforesaid had spoiled most of y:e Sugar Canes, Tobaccoe and Indicaoes, And alsoe for that the fflemings tooke away most of ..."<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Ill behaviour of ship's master===

'''Rude and uncivill manner'''

- "in his this deponents Judgment the shipp the ''Peace'' her voyage was overthrowne and spoiled by the evell (sic) behaviour of the sayd Thomas Grove therein the sayd Grove behaving him selfe in that rude and uncivill manner wheresoever hee came during the sayd voyage that such persons as had heard of or sawe hisbehaviour did not care to have anything to doe with him the sayd Grave or the arlate Luke Woods for his sake and therefore diverse of them did forbeare the ladeing of their goods aboard the sayd shipp of this deponents sight (OR, right) & certayne knowledge and such the sayd Groves rude and uncivill behaviour was generall observed and taken notice of by the whole shipps Company and by divers who had occasion to lade goods aboard the sayd shipp and have dealings with the sayd Luke Woods"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the Peace and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]</ref>

'''Stubborne & refractory carriage'''

- "the sayd Grove did not only in remote parts beyond the seas behave him selfe in such rude and disobedient manner as is before declared but alsoe after the sayd shipp was returned to Plymouth from the voyage in question the sayd Grove by his stubborne & refractory carriage there and his refuseing to obey the orders of the sayd Luke Woods was an occasion of the sayd shipps stay there a much longer tyme than shee needed to have done by reason that seavrll Merchants who had goods aboard the sayd shipp and which were there to be delivered came aboard to demand their goods, and brought their bills of ladeing and severall tymes demanded them andthe sayd Grove refused to deliver them, and stayed there about tenn dayes whereas hee might have there discharged all the goods hee was there to unlade in three dayes tyme at the most & then might have had the oportunity of a fayer winde to sayle for London which oportunitie the sayd Grove by his sayd refractory carriage lost & the winde by his long stay there coming contrary the sayd shipp could not get there and arrive at London soe soone as otherwise shee might have done if the sayd Grove had behaved him selfe civilly and bin obedient to order as hee ought to have done by a moneths tyme or thereabouts"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the Peace and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]</ref>

'''A man of lewde and debauched behaviour'''

- "Thomas Grove was a man of lewde and debauched behaviour and therefore they dearst not trust him with their goods or words to that effect for which reason hee beleeveth that the sayd Woods was much damnified by the sayd Groves debauched behaviour and lost much ladeing there which otherwise hee might have had"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the Peace and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]</ref>
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===In service of a foreign nation===

'''In service of a foreign nation'''

- "hee acquainted his shipps company therewith who were most of them unwilling to goe the same they not being hyred as they sayd to goe any such voyage when they came from London as alsoe because the voyage was to an unhealthyfull Country lyeing beyond the Lyne about fourteene or fifteene degrees to the South latitude and in service of a foreigne Nation"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: Examination: 4. ffrancis Mould, of Poplar, Stepney, Middlesex, Mariner, aged 64: Date: March 7:th 1658 English Style]</ref>
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===Insults made at sea and on land===

'''Held upp his bare bumme or breech'''

- "the Captaine of the sayd ''Golden Starr'' in stead of showing submission to the authority of this Commonwealth being upon the Coasts of Englands as was demanded of him and is usuall did in a contemptuous manner returne skurrilous and base language and in an unbecoming and skornefull and reproach full way turned downe his breeches, and held upp his bare ?bumme or breech to the sayd Captaine Mill and Company, and waved his Cuttle axe bidding the sayd Captaine Mill Come to Leeward, all which this deponent saw and observed."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-2c290bc7658b707533f0ef48745cbac5db7f2231|HCA 13/68: Case: The Keeper of the Liberty etc. vs. the Golden Starr: 3. Thomas Keyes, of Deptford, Kent, Mariner, late Quarter Masters Mate of the Advantage Frigot: Date: October 3rd 1653]]</ref>

'''Sayd hee was a roague and a dogg'''

- "the sayd Grove before his goeing on shoare sayd before most of the sayd shipps Company that whosoever of them did ask any thing for Crispe (meaning the arlate Edward Crispe one of the Owners & Advenurers in the sayd shipp the voyage in question) hee would ?mallise or ?hate them during the voyage, or words to that effect & rayled against the sayd Crispe & sayd hee was a roague and a dogg & other the like expresonsfull towards ?him"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-761fc1c079262a26423aebf1557358559fe4210d|HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the ''Pearce '' and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]]</ref>

'''Called him old Roague and old Pedler and old Pimpe'''

- "the sayd Grove in an outragious manner reviled the sayd Wood and called him old Roague and old Pedler and old Pimpe and other the like disgracefull names and told him the sayd Wood that if hee were not an old roague hee would drubb him And alsoe sayd (speaking to the sayd Woods) yo:u old roague yo:u were in the hold the other day but if ever I see yo:u in hold againe I will ?trice yo:u up with a tackle or hee spake other menaceing speeches to the same effect all which opporobious language & threates and other passages were soe done & spoken on the open deck in p:rsence & heareing of this deponent & the Boatswaine & most of the sayd shipps company"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-761fc1c079262a26423aebf1557358559fe4210d| HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the Pearce and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]]</ref>

'''Yong Roague; and other reproachfull names'''

- "hee saith the said Luke Wood did all the said Voyage , give the said Grove as bad words as the said Grove gave or spake to or against the said Wood, and y:e said Wood oftentimes in this depo:ts hearing did call the said Grove Yong Rogue; and other reproachfull names and y:e said Wood told this depo:t that if it had not nin for him the said Wood y:e said Grove had never come in to y:e said Ship as M:r or to that effect, w:ch said Woods did disparidge the said Grove, and was as he saith a great meanes to make his Company or some of them slight him./.:<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Insurance===

'''Discharge of an insurance made on a single voyage following completion'''

- "this rendent haveing notice and intelligence that the said shipp was bound from Marcelles to Scanderoone & soe to Marcelles againe did att the imptantie and desire of M:r Gilbert Moorewood, and some other of her Owners and the said Cravens mother cause an Assurance for the said voyage onlie and noe longer to be made uppon the said shipp to the value of ?700:li and not above as he beleeveth the Premio whereof this rendent beleeveth the said Cravens mother paid w:ch voyage being ended and the said shipp comeinge safe to Marcelles againe the same was discharged, and voyded" (HCA 13/125)
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===Irish mariners===

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===Languages spoken by ships crews===

'''Dutchmen and Irishman who spoke good English'''

- "all or the greatest part of the sayd shipps company that made the sayd seizure were Italians, except one dutch man who was Master XXXXX & an other dutchman that was gunner of her, & an Irish man who was one of her Company, and hee further saith that after the sayd seizure the sayd two dutch men & Irish man (who could & did speake all XXXX of them good English)..."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-6dcf5b8b811454f886c6971a51aed8a72e650965| HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 5. John Gates, of Debtford, Kent, Ship Wright, one of the Carpenters of the Lady ffrigott, aged 18 : Date: June 4th, 1659]]</ref>
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===London docks===

'''Billingsgate dock'''

- "about the time arlate the shipp the ''Hopewell'' came and arrived at Billingsgate docke arlate"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/125: XXXX]</ref>

'''Wapping dock'''

- " in or about the beginning of the moneth of August 1658, the said ship ''Warewell'' arived in the River of Thames with her Lading of Coles. and came to an Anchor a little belowe or against Wapping dock, and there moored in a very good and Convenient birth, where ships doe usually ryde at Anchor, and there rid in safety one floud and two Ebbs, during w:ch time there was noe appearance of any Ancho:r or buoy neere unto the place where the said ship was moored The premises hee deposeth for that hee this Depo:t belonged the said time to the ''James'' of London w:ch then came up y:e River the Tide before the ''Warewell'' came up, and moored a little above the ''Warewell'', and this Depo:t did see the said ship y:e ''Warewell''. take up her birth in y:e foresaid place, and tooke notice of her said mooring & ryding as aforesaid:...

...after y:e said Ship y:e ''Warewell'' had layne moored in y:e place aforesaid for the space of One ffloud and two Ebbs. shee happened to be bilged upon an Anchor w;ch lay within the said ships birthe w:ch had not then any boy fastned to it, and saith that soo soone as y:e said ship y:e ''Warewell'' was preceived to be bilged by her not XXXXing in the River, this Depo:t and severall other Mariner:rs belonging to other ships that Rid there went p:rsently on board her, and found her then to have foure fooote water in her hold. And saith that this Depo:t & y:e said other mariners & alsoe the ''Warewells'' Company, did Labo:r very hard and used their best Endeavo:rs to XXXXX the said ship ashore, and to that end did pumpe her , and heave out about three Lighters of Coles: and then by their greate Labo:rs and endeavo:r go her some what neerer to the shore, and then heaved about another Lighter of Coales. out of her. and did all that they could possibly doe to p:rvent further dammages that might have happened to the said Ship and Coles by reason of her said bilging on y:e said Anchor"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73:Case: Clarke ag:t Scattergood: Examination: 2. Robert Hercules, of Ratcliffe, Mariner, aged 40: Date: October 27th 1659]</ref>
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===Long term merchant residents overseas===

- "hee [Robert Bevin, of London, merchant] saith hee is of the age of 36 yeeres or thereabouts and hath knowne y:e Said Cowling for y:e time aforesaid. but knoweth not his ffather or mother and hath bin Credibly informed that the said Cowling was borne at or neere Rippon in Yorkeshire...

the said Cowling hath lived at the Canaryes for all the time of this Depo:ts Knowledge of him, but knoweth not when hee went first thither, And saith hee hath, not bin in England since this Depo:ts Knowledge of him, that hee knoweth of, And saith y:e said Cowling is a Bachelo:r and payes Customs , for his goods, as other merchant Strange:rs doe; but no ?Tapes or Contribucons"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Clayme of Thomas Cowling for Canary Wines taken in the S:t Laurence Peter: Examination: 1. Robert Bevin, of London, Merchant, aged 36: Date: October 11th 1659]</ref>
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===Market glut & death===

- "y:e said Ship arrived at Nevis on the Eighth of November 1657: and there lay about four or five weekes before the said Wood, sent any fish or gods. to S:t Christophers: and in that time there arrived att the ?sd Islands severall vessells laden with fish, and other Comodityes w:ch did much glut the market there; and thereby did hinder y:e Sale of the ffish brought in the ''Peace''"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Mariners' skills===

'''Able Master of a ship'''

- "for about three yeeres last hee hath sailed in y:e said ship ''Peace'' with the said Thomas Grove [Master of the ''Peace''], and thereby Knoweth. that hee is an able skillfull, and Experienced Seaman, & soe Comonly accounted and hath as hee hath heard used y:e Sea for a long time"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Masters and Commanders===

'''Promotion to Master after twelve years at sea'''

- "hee hath used the sea for about Eighteene yeeres last, & about six yeeres last hath bin a Master of a ship; And saith hee knoweth not what heis worth"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Navigational errors===

- "the said Ship in her passing from Newfound:d towards the Barbadoes did meet with many Hurricanoes Gal?wes , and Contrary winds, And saith that about three dayes before the said ship arrived at Sta Lasia. aforesyd the said Grove Asked this depo:t (who was one of his Mates how farr they were to windward of the Barbadoes. by his Account, to w:ch hee answered, that by his account they were about 130 Leagues to the windward of the Barbadoes and y:e said Grove alsoe asked y:e Interrate Roger Grove and y:e Interrate William Tizard to the effect aforesaid, and y:e sd Grove made answer that hee was by his account about 140 Leages to windward of the Barbadoes: and y:e said Tizard said y:t by his account hee was about 100 Leagues to Windward of the Barbadoes or to that effect, and y:e said Thomas Grove y:e M:r of the said Ship said y:t by his account heee was above 100 Leagued to Windward of the Barbadoes: And further saith that y:e said William Tizard (who was shipped Cheife mate of the said Ship y:e said Voyage by y:e sd Wood) was and is an illiterate and unskillfull pson, and one that cannot write his name ans was not Capable of his said Office or place; and had noe Instrum:ts on board y:e said ship to doe and performe his said place, but a fewe ?Staffs and saith that hee beleeveth the reason of the said Shipsmissing the Barbadoes y:e said Voyage was occasioned and came by the said Hurricanes; and XXXXX, and Contrary winds"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>

- "Ships doe usually misse the Island of Barbadoes, by reason of Greate Currants. and foule and Thicke weather w:ch often times happens in these parts"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Wood ag:t Grove: Examination: 4. Captain Thomas Thorne, of S:t Catherines XXXX, Mariner, aged 34: Date: June 18th, 1659]</ref>

- "by meanes of Contrary windes, and Calmes, and Hurricanoes (w:ch were very frequent then there insoemuch that neither the said Grove nor this depo:t nor y:e other mates on board her could gaine the Latitude) The said ship did misse the Island of the Barbadoes, And not by the Willfullnes Ignorance or Carlessnes of the said Thomas Grove; And after the said Grove did perceive that the said Ship had missed the Barbadoes, hee told the said Wood (in the presence of this depo:t and others of the said Ships Company) that hee would beate it up againe (meaning the Barbadoes) and the said Grove did endeavour to saile to the Barbadoes, and hee haveing spent about Eighteene houres thereabout, (after they perceived that they had missed it,) The said Luke Wood, in this depo:ts presence gave the said Grove speciall order to saile the said ship to Martini?ce, and from thence to Mevis, w:ch the said Grove accordingly did; And saith that hee verily beleeveth that the said Grove would have Got to the Barbadoes with the said Ship, in (about) tenne Dayes of time, after hee perceived it was missed, if the said Wood would have sufferred him soe to doe, and not have ordered him to leave off his Endeavouring and saile to Martinice & soe to Mevis, And saith that all the Voyage from Newfoundland towards the Barbadoes the said Thomas Grove did use, and doe his uttmost endeavo:r in sailing y:e said Shipp directly for the Barbadoes, and did ...."<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Neutral carriers===

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===Nevis===

'''Plantations damaged by hurricanes'''

- "hee this Depo:t on or about the first day of January 1657: arrived at Nevis where hee ?found that y:e Hurricanes had spoiled y:e plantaccons ?there..."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-672e4aa5b619bd5a0ed880706fb5ff72f2a5747c|HCA 13/73: Case: Wood ag:t Grove: Examination: 4. Captain Thomas Thorne, of S:t Catherines XXXX, Mariner, aged 34: Date: June 18th, 1659]]</ref>
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===Packers and packing of goods===

'''Packer for a Canary wine importer'''

- "The premisses hee deposeth being y:e sd producents packer, and hathe as hee beleeveth packed goods at severall times for y:e sd producent to the vallue of above twenty Thousand pounds"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-7afb365c1d24c876f38db4951503907d0bc3217e| HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: Examination: David Lloyd, Citizen & Cloatheworker, of London, aged 56: Date: March 8th 1658 (59)]]</ref>
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===Payment of ransom===

'''Ransom paid to Tripoly'''

- "this rendent & his sd ship & ladeing were taken by three Tripoly men of warr, & carried to Tripoly & XXX XXXX ship & lading all lost, & this rendent & his Company made prisoners as he beleeveth, where this rendent continued by the space of Three moneths & ?od dayes, & then was ransomed w:ch cost him ?800. dollars as he beleeves, & this rendent beleeveth that all the rest of the sd Comp:ie who are liveing except Edward ?Paull are there yet in captivity"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-727068f18cfef4652fd5211886efa6c5543e24b2|HCA 13/128: Case: Allegacon on the behalfe of Edward Paull & others: Personal answeres: William Wilmott: Date: XXXX]]</ref>
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===Perception of risk===

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===Petrao Road===

- "the sayd shipp ?y:e ''Lady ffrigott'' was in the moneths & tyme arlate taken to freight by Alderman Andrew Riccard & Company for a tradeing voyage from London to ?Petrao and other pts beyond the Seas to lade Currans & other goods for their Account & bring the same for London & there deliver them to them or their Agents In order whereto the sayd shipp hee saith did in the moneths & tyme arlate safely arive in Petrao roade where and at Ma?thaligo the Agents of the sayd Alderman Riccard & Company laded one hundred & sixty tonnes of Currans of the growth of Mathalago:s and Petrao ad divers other goods & money for their use and Accompt to be transported for London & there delivered to them or their Agents for their use"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-6dcf5b8b811454f886c6971a51aed8a72e650965|HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 5. John Gates, of Debtford, Kent, Ship Wright, one of the Carpenters of the Lady ffrigott, aged 18 : Date: June 4th, 1659]]</ref>
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===Port charges===

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===Port Time Sources===

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===Probability===

'''Probabilty of a ship arriving if another event had not taken place'''

- "the shipp the ''Lady frigot'' allegate and the said shipp the ''VirginX frigat'' were designed and intended to come together in company to this port, to w:ch purpose the ''Lady frigot'' was intended to come from Morea to Zante and thence to come along with the ''VirginXX'' w:ch if shee had done, and that the ''VirginX'', XXXX had not XXXXXX, the said shipp the ''Lady frigot'' with her lading allegate and in all probabilitie arrived here in ffebruary last as the ''XXX frigot'' did."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-cf5f860abbc80dd7ac687905ebd30cf9a3110501| HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 7. William Bowtell, of London, Merchant, aged 25 : Date: June 8th, 1659]]</ref>
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===Problems of navigating to Barbadoes===

'''Great currents & foul weather'''

- "hee hath used y:e Barbadoes XXXXX of a ship for about six yeeres last. and thereby knoweth that Ships doe usually misse the Island of Barbadoes, by reason of Greate Currants. and foule and Thicke weather w:ch often times happens in these parts"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-672e4aa5b619bd5a0ed880706fb5ff72f2a5747c| HCA 13/73: Case: Wood ag:t Grove: Examination: 4. Captain Thomas Thorne, of S:t Catherines XXXX, Mariner, aged 34: Date: June 18th, 1659]]</ref>
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===Profitability of voyages===

'''Profits could vary significantly between consecutive voyages made by the same ship'''

- "he answeareth and beleeveth that the voyage from hence to Newfoundland and soe to Mallaga and hence to London the said shipp cleered in the whole shipp 105:li & not above as he beleeveth, and in the next voyage from hence to Mallaga, & home againe 107:li & not above as he beleeveth 14:li whereof more than his share & Randall Crewe receaved of under M:r Roydeon and for the voyage in the service of of the State the said shipp iXXXX XXX had beene XXX ?did cleere betwixt eight and nine hundred poundes about 500:li whereof is still unpaid and the remainder beinge about 400:li and Daniel Bright one of the Owners of the said shipp receaved & paid to everie Owner as he beleeveth theire XXXXX XX shares thereof And for the last voyage from hence to Barcellona and then to Marselles and soe to Barbary and Marcelles againe this rendent beleeveth there was losse uppon the said voyage about 440. or 450:li by reason the said shipp was imbargoed att Marcelles by the space of sixe monthes the Plague beinge then aboard her" (HCA 13/125 Box Two)

'''Knock on effects of a merchant's failure on the profitability if a voyage through failure to pay freight'''

- "after such tyme as the arlate Craven came into the said shipp the ''Jeremie'' he did make onlie one voyage w:ch was from Marcelles to Scanderoone and soe to Marcelles againe, and that att his returne thither before his fraight was paid as this rendent beleeveth his Merchant broke soe that he lost all his freight as he beleeveth" (HCA 13/125 Box Two)

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===Purchase of naval stores===

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===Pursers===

- "the said ship the ''Saphire'' (XXXX hee only depose) had Laden and put a bord her a Cargazoone of goods the pticulars whereof & to whom consigned are specified in this depon:ts Pursers booke of fraight delivered to the said General Blake or to such as he appointed to receave the same to ?w:ch for more certainty herein hee refereth himselfe"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/64#head-59f52ce5a73811a54a25ce1cbf62b0001de3a8e8|HCA 13/64: Case: XXXX: Deposition: Edward Wye, of Ratcliffe, parish of Stepney, Middlesex, late Master and Commander of the Saphire alias the ffairfax, aged 42: Date: XXXX]]</ref>
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===Refusal to take an oath===

'''Refusal to take an oath in the High Court of Admiralty'''

- "in obedience to his said warrants, and that they XXXXX unto him as hee beleiveth, their said Comission and declared unto him their power given XXXXX and the effect of the said Commission, and that hee was called as a witnesse to be examined thereupon, and that they sitting as com:es did admXXXX this rendent to take his oath as a Witnes to depose the trutht upon such matters as ?any ?could be expressed, and this respondent desiing to know of them what it was hee should bee examined upon, they or XXX of them answered that hee should know that, when hee had taken his oath, and that this respondent againe insisted and prayed them that hee might know before his swearing, what hee should be examined upon, and withall told and XXXX unto them, that hee was readie and would sweare that hee never tooke nor XXX XXX nor bought in XX any of the goods taken or that were out of the said shipp to his knowledge, but they still refusing to acquaint or tell him what matters hee should be examined upon, hee refused to take his oath, and would not be examined by or before them upon oath unlesse hee might know the matter concerning w:ch hee should bee examined before his taking his oath"<ref>http://bron.wikispot.org/HCA_13/128#head-b7e7fc954b7c6989da0ef5766b7addf6c17e38ca HCA 13/128: Allegation: Richard fford: Answer: ?Bas Nelders: Date: July 5th 1657</ref>
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===Refusal to pay mariners' wages===

'''Refusal of Duke of Venice to give satisfaction for forced use of ship to service the Venetian fleet'''

- " there this rendent was offered a fraight to Smirna & soe to Venice againe w:ch this rendent accepted of, but dureing such tyme as he was at Venice intreating about the same the Duke of Venice or his Officers forced this rendent & his sd ship into their Service contrary to this rendents good will & likeing to carry bread from thence to ?candy for the ffleete w:ch this rendents ship accordingly did & arrived & delivered the same there in or about y:e beginning of december 1655. as he believeth for w:ch this rendent never received any satisffaction at all and doth declare that so soone as hee shall receive satisffaction for the same he shalbe ready & willing to pay his sd Marrin:es what shalbe due unto them for y:e same"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-727068f18cfef4652fd5211886efa6c5543e24b2| HCA 13/128: Case: Allegacon on the behalfe of Edward Paull & others: Personal answeres: William Wilmott: Date: XXXX]]</ref>

'''Failure of mariners to defend their ship from seizure'''

- "he [Elias Beake, London merchant] hath bin required to pay wages to the sd Salter & others, & y:t he doth justly refuse as he humbly conceiveth, for the sd pties, or some of them coming to him to demand their wayges he asked them why they did not defend their sd ship & goods & make shott at y:e vessell y:t tooke them y:t so they might have beaten them of & saved the vessell & goods for the Own:es that they might have had incouragem:t to have paid them for their good service, to w:ch answear was made that whoe should have kept them if they had been wounded, or lost a Limb or to that effect, so that of marrin:es should refuse to use their gunnes in this manner the Own:es had as good throw them into y:e Sea as carry them in their Ships & if they may give up their vessells & goods & returne home & receive their wages as usuall"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-5756e8a4cff39ee460292afceafa94ffaa79ebc9|HCA 13/128: Case: Libell against Elias Beake and Peter Mathews in the name of John Salter & others: Personal answeres: Elias Beake: Date: October 28th 1656]]</ref>
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===Risk===

'''Risque'''

- "for his the said John Scrother the producents accompt and risque"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68 Part Two#head-4470969a6089650fa0451fb522657662b3e03f2a|HCA 13/68: Case: Clayme of John Scrother for goods on the Black Cock: Deposition: 1. Jacob Wigandi, of Hamborough, Merchant, aged 25: Date: November 30th 1653]]</ref>
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===Role of consuls===

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===Set out against the Turkes===

- "the sayd shipp the ''Sta Cruse'' was sett out from Gennoa as a man of warr against the Turkes" '''ADD SOURCE'''
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===Sheriff's Court of London===

'''Sueing in the Sheriff's Court'''

- "hee this Rendent hath sued and doth still sue and impleade the said George Cobden in the Sheriffs Court of London for the said sugars in an action of ?Trover; and alsoe beleeveth that y:e six tonnes of sugar soe as aforesaid by him laded or reputed to be laden aboard the said shipp the ''James'' in Carlisle bay, and the goods or sugars by him sued for in the sid Sheriffs Court, were and are the same goods or sugars, and not diverse"<ref>XXX HCA 13/128: XXXXX</ref>
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===Shipping charges===

- "it being very notorious & well knowne to the sd M:r Wayn Wright & all other mrchants that use the East countrey trade that every Last of wheate payeth one dollar the charges at Stettin & Stralsound & the charges for Smacks & boates to bring y:e sd corne on board, & petty pilotage & other dutyes, all w:ch heethis rendent did really pay"<ref>This is the footnote text</ref> '''ADD SOURCE'''
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===Ship prices===

- "a stXXX shipp of the burthen of 200 tunnes and upwards: and was worth with her tackle and furniture having bene newly fitted and equipped the summe of one thousand pounds ?sterl in the Judgm:t of this deponent"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-d950b85cda43fda487b419cf1928ed869167c202|HCA 13/68: Case: On behalf of John Harrison: Deposition: 3. William Neave, of Dukes Place, London, Merchant, aged 44: Date: December ?23rd 1653]]</ref>

- "she was a strong and tight shipp and had bene but one voyage before att sea from the tyme of her first building and was of the burthen of .200 tonnes or thereabouts and had in her sixteene ?persons, and the tackele apparell and furniture of and belonging unto her were likewise good and new And the freight of the says hipp so provided with gunns and tackle was well worth the summe of 250:li sterl p moneth And soe much was and is usually given p moneth for a shipp of her burthen and goodnes"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-ba56423722456e018a88d06052af3bdf5c97f223|HCA 13/88: Case: XXXX: Deposition: Nicholas Williams, of Redriffe, Surrey, Mariner, sometime Quartermaster on the Freetrade, aged 36: Date: March 9th 1653/44]]</ref>
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===Ship wrecks===

'''Her breaching in peeces'''

- "y:e ''Anne'' was driven upon y:e sd sands, and the Seas were ?mighty boysterous. Insomuch that they beate over y:e Deck of the sd ship with sich a fforce that y:e Company on y:e Deck could Scarce Stand upon their Leggs, and saith there were XXXXX saved, and brought out of the said ship, just before her breaching in peeces"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: Christopher Malyn, Thomas Carret, Bethnel Tynck, George Southerne, Geirge Rogers, Thomas West, ffrancis Rosse, and John Robeck, late Mariners of the Ship the Anne:: Examination: 2. Joseph Bond: Date: February 26th 1658]</ref>

'''Breaking and splitting in the sands'''

- "hee went from Gravesend in y:e sd Ship y:e voyage in question, and Continued onboard till shee was breaking and splitting on y:e said sands"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: Answer: John Atkins: Date: XXXX]</ref>

'''Using other meanes for saving of their Lives'''

- "after the ?said Ship came upon y:e said Sand?s her Company had noe time either to save any paps or any of their Cloathes or goods w:ch were in y:e sd Ship, but were most of them Imployed about Hoysting out their boate, and using other meanes for saving of their Lives."<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: Answer: John Atkins: Date: XXXX]</ref>

'''High winds, foule weather, and greate Tides'''

- "when they came from thence [ffalmouth] y:e winde was faire, and y:e next day y:e weather Changed, and was very Boisterous, and y:e said other Ships which were bigger, and better sailers than the ''Anne''; left her behinde them, and y:e sd ship ''Anne'' by y:e said High winds, foule weather, and greate Tides (and by ?noe other meanes) was forced and driven upon y:e Coast of ffrance, about tenne Leagues to the Westward of ?Bullen, where shee as aforesd: was broken in peeces and utterly lost."<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: Christopher Malyn, Thomas Carret, Bethnel Tynck, George Southerne, George Rogers, Thomas West, ffrancis Rosse, and John Robeck, late Mariners of the Ship the Anne:: Examination: 2. Joseph Bond: Date: February 26th 1658]</ref>
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===Spanish crew on English ships===

'''Voyage from London to Amsterdam to Trinidad and the Spanish West Indies and back to London'''

- "hee saith there were twenty men and a boy belonging to the said shipp when shee XX XXXXX Milford, whereof seaven were Spaniards the said John Lopez being one of the said Spaniards, and saith three of the said Spaniards are in London, and the rest were left abroad"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-20cc9524f6449d3264092c6f244adaa50ab5d970|HCA 13/73: Case: Lord Protector ag:t the Hope: Deposition: 5. Peter Aylward, of London, Merchant, aged 40: Date: February 21st 1658 (59)]]</ref>
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===States service===

- "gone in the States Service" (HCA 13/73))
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===Stopping, searching, & seizing ships===

- "the shipps arlate were stayed at y:e Isle of Wight by the Governour or his deputye at Yarmouth castle in the said Island upon information given by some of their owne Company as hee beleeveth that they were bound for Spayne"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/128: Case: Beane ag:t Jacobs: Personall answeares: Humfrey Beane: Date: XXXX]</ref>
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===Sugar===

'''Nevis vs. Barbadoes sugar'''

- "at y:e first coming of the said ship y:e ''Peace'' to Nevis y:e said Wood sold his fish after y:e rate of a pound of ffish, for a pound of Sugar, and Saith that Nevis Sugar is accounted better than Barbadoes Sugar"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73]</ref>
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===Supracargoe===

'''Powers of supracargo'''

- "the arlate Luke Woods did goe the voyage in question absolute and sole Supracargo & manager of the sayd shipp ''Pease'' as well for the parts that XXXXXXX hee the sayd Woods had hyred as for the other five eighths which was soe freighted by and belonged to the sayde Brewer and Crispe And was soe impowered to goe Supracargo and sole manager of the sayd Brewer & Crispe their five eighth parts by the sayde Brewer and Crispe"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXXX: Examination: 2. Richard Blake, of Ratcliffem Stepney, Middlesex, Mariner, aged 30: Date: January 14th 1658]</ref>

'''Powers of supracargo touching the lading unlading and reladeing of a ship'''

- "the sayd Woods being sole supracargo of the sayed shipp for the voyage in question both the Master and Mariners ought to obey and observe the orders of the sayd Luke Woods as Supracargo as touching the lading unlading and reladeing of the sayd shipp & to goe with the shipps boate, & with the sayd shipp from place to place according as the sayd Woods should for his best advantage of tradeing in the sayd voyage direct and appoint"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXXX: Examination: 2. Richard Blake, of Ratcliffem Stepney, Middlesex, Mariner, aged 30: Date: January 14th 1658]</ref>

'''Conflict between Master and supracargo'''

- "imediately after the sayd Grove had soe threatned and reviled the sayd Wood, hee the sayd Woods did in a civill & mylde manner demand of the sayd Grove why he would not lett him have any salt from on board and the sayd Grove replyed & sayd that the shipp wanted stiffneing or ballast whereto the sayd Wood answered and sayd to the sayd Grove why then did yo:w not a day agoe send for more stones whereto the sayd Grove replyed and sayd hee had forgott it & the sayd Woods then asked the sayd Grove what hee would doe when he had more stones aboard whereto the sayd Grove replyed and sayd that then hee would carry them on shoare againe And these speeches passed betwixt the sayd Grove & Woods publiquely upon the deck in p:rsence & hearing of this deponent and most of the shipps Company the sayd Wood speakeing soe loude and with such rage & fury that people who stood on shoare stood gazeing and wondering to see & heare such words & behaviour proceede from a Master of a shipp to his Supracargoe./"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-761fc1c079262a26423aebf1557358559fe4210d|HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the ''Pearce '' and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]]</ref>
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===Terra Firma===

'''North American continent as "Terra Firma"'''

- "?departed in or about November 1657 to ComXXXX a coast on the terra firma"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-20cc9524f6449d3264092c6f244adaa50ab5d970| HCA 13/73: Case: Lord Protector ag:t the ''Hope'': Deposition: 5. Peter Aylward, of London, Merchant, aged 40: Date: February 21st 1658 (59)]]</ref>
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===Timber yards===

'''Timber yard in Lisbon'''

- "hee was in y:e said yard (out of w:ch y:e said Logwood was taken & sent on board y:e said ship) whilest, some of the sd wood was weighing, and sawe most of it sent, and brought aboard y:e said ship, y:e said yard being neere y:e waterside & neere unto y:e place: where his ship lay"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-33d2b1e0e6e0fc1345132124672e893357ee3da7|HCA 13/73: Case: Mayflower vs. XXXX: Deposition: 2. John Stannian, of the City of London; Gentleman, aged 26: Date: September 23rd 1659]]</ref>
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===Trade with the Canary Islands===

'''English merchants trading under Dutch names'''

- "English merchants doe, (and have done since y:e warre betwixt England and Spaine) trade at y:e Canaryes under fained and fictitious Dutch names the better to Colo:r their goods, and p:eserved them from Spanish Capture."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-7afb365c1d24c876f38db4951503907d0bc3217e| HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: Examination: David Lloyd, Citizen & Cloatheworker, of London, aged 56: Date: March 8th 1658 (59)]]</ref>
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===Travel Time Sources===

'''Inverness to Rochell'''

- "he answereth & beleeveth That the weather ?serving a ship doth usually & may saile from Innvrnes to Rochell in ?20 dayes or thereabouts"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/129#head-4c61d7658a23d6dd6ec9e0acfe2fe7e3f9504449|HCA 13/129: Personal answers of Peter Cornelius Youngboare: Allegation: ?Maurice Trent: Date: 17th March 1658]]</ref>

'''Gravesend to coast of Greeneland and back to Gravesend'''

- "the sd ship sett sayle from Gravesend upon or about the fourteenth of Aprill 1656. & not before as they beleeve at w:ch time & not before the sd monethly pay was to begin in case the sd pties had behaved themselves as they ought to have done, & these rendents further beleeve that y:e ship the ''Greyhound'' came back againe into the River of Thames & was here discharged upon or about the fowrteenth day of September 1656 as they beleeve"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-1e528de4e0e74b6a9851e1a3ed2dd641cee9355b|HCA 13/128: Case: XXXX: Answer: Richard Batson, Humphrey Beane, & Gowen Goldegay: Date: XXXX]]</ref>

'''Lisbon to Brazil (exact Brazilian destination unspecified)'''

- "y:e sd ship the ''Scipio'' did enter upon & begin her voiage for Brazeel to wit in y:e lading of her goods for that place the 3:d of September 1649. and that y:e sd ship did dept from Lisborne upon y:e sd voiage the 5:th day of November arlate 1649 & ?arrived at Brazeele the 6:th day of March 1649 [i.e. 1650] & there discharged her lading about y:e end of Aprill 1650 & that upon the 20:th of June 1650. y:e sd ship did set saile in company of the portugall fleete for Lisborne againe, and was afterwards put back with the rest of y:e fleete by the command of y:e Admrall for Brazeel where they arrived againe about the first or second of July 1650."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/129#head-2187c17fbe54015abbe3f7fced1c8d59ab105c17|HCA 13/129: Personal answers of Humfey ffosse John Tucker Christofer Mills: Allegation: Captain Thomas Ewens: Date: XXXX]]</ref>

'''London to the Canary Islands'''

- "the sd Ship did go with some small commodities to ?Loratuna in the Canary ?Islands & did safely arrive there & unlade her goods as hee believeth but y:e time of her arrivall & lading he knoweth not, but believeth a ship may goe from home to y:e Canaries with goods & unlade the same within the space of sixe weekes"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-5756e8a4cff39ee460292afceafa94ffaa79ebc9| HCA 13/128: Case: Libell against Elias Beake and Peter Mathews in the name of John Salter & others: Personal answeres: Elias Beake: Date: October 28th 1656]]</ref>

'''Gravesend to Scanderoone and back to Gravesend'''

- " from y:e time of y,e Departure of y:e said Ship ''Anne'' from Gravesend & Untill the say of her discharging of her last goods at Scanderoone ?was about seaven monethes and three weekes"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Christopher Malyn, Thomas Carret, Bethnel Tynck, George Southerne, Geirge Rogers, Thomas West, ffrancis Rosse, and John Robeck, late Mariners of the Ship the Anne:: Examination: 2. Joseph Bond: Date: February 26th 1658]</ref>
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===Trust===

'''Trust reposed in an executor or administrator'''

- "this rendent did desire them the said M:r fford, and M:r Mayne to Joyne with him to administer uppon and dispose the said goods,accordinge to the trust reposed in them by the said M:r West decead, but they the said M:r fford ad M:r Mayne did both of them refuse, and then this rendent being unwillinge the said goods should bee lost and miscarye, did in ?order to that trust w:ch was reposed in him repaire to the Governor of the Barbados and there acquainted him with this whole matter, who thereuppon did issue out an order or warrant in the nature of an administration, to this rendent the said M:r fford and M:r Mayne, that they might thereby ?receave the said goods out of the said shipand make disposition thereof"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/125: Case: Libell on behalfe of Elizabeth West, administrator of ffrancis West: Personal answeres: John Blith: Date: July 29th 1652]</ref>
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===Turkey Company Merchants of London===

- "in ?Examinate & tyme arlate the sayd shipp was hyred and taken to freight by some of the Turkey Company Merchants of London...COMPLETE THIS TEXT"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-6dcf5b8b811454f886c6971a51aed8a72e650965| HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 5. John Gates, of Debtford, Kent, Ship Wright, one of the Carpenters of the Lady ffrigott, aged 18 : Date: June 4th, 1659]]</ref>
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===Use of arbitration===

'''Dispute of freight charges deducted from proceeds returned to Master and Owner'''

- "To the Eighteenth & Nyneteenth he answereth that he hath bin demanded to pay fraight, but doth beleeve there is none due to y:e sd pties, but for their ppoorcon of the monyes pceeding of the sd ship and goods he is & hath alwaies bin ready & willing to allow unto them their pporcon, if they would agree what the same should be or leave the same to any indiffrent psons to state the same betweene them" <ref>HCA 137128: XXXX)</ref>
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===Value of cargo vs value of ship===

'''XXX to XXX ratio'''

- "hee saith the ''Postillion'' at her seizure was of the burthen of two hundred tonne or therabouts and had nyne peeces of ordnance and the sayd shipp and her tackle apparrell & furniture were then well worth (in this deponents Judgement and estimate) two thousand six hundred pounds sterling or therabouts And saith the sayd shipp had aboard he at the tyme of the seizure, (for Accompt of the sayd Delboe Middleton Temmes Britton Taylor and Syon seaventeene hundred forty six parcell and thirty one ?Catees of pepper, and peeces of Eight three thousand three hundred and some odd peeces which pepper would in this deponents Judgment, if it had come safe to England have there yeild Thirteene Thousand pounds sterling besides freight due alsoe to the sayd Delboe Middleton Temms Britton Taylor and Syon as Owners of the sayd shipp which as hee beleeveth would have amounted to two thousand eight hundred pounds more of like money And hee saith that hee this deponent had for his owne Accompt aboard the sayd shipp at her seizure sixe hundred peeces of Eight, and pepper & Cloaves soe much as would have in England have yeilded seaventeene hundred pounds sterling, besides his wages for the sayd voyage which hee beleeveth did amount to ?three hundred pounds more of like money & his cloats amounting to about twenty pounds more of like money all which hee lost by the seizure aforesayd And hee saith the sayd shipps company at the tyme of the sayd seizure had aboard her for their Accompt pepper & ?Caude & other goods to the value of ?three hundred pounds sterling in this deponents Judgment and estimate, besides their cloathes and wages which as hee beleeveth was worth a thousand pounds more of like money all which they were samnified by the sayd seizure And hee saith that beside the p:rmisses there were about the sayd shipp at her seizure fower hundred Jarrs of Greene Ginger for Accompt of the English East India Company which were alsoe lost by the seizure aforesayd and would in this deponents Judgment have yeilded if they had come safe to England one thousand one hundred and twenty pounds sterling..."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/72#head-d1b938e8fde65c21af2869095458cde6e6f9685a| HCA 13/72: Case: Ex parte and on behalfe of Symon Delboe, Andrew Middleton, Nathaniell Temms, Thomas Britton, John Taylor, & Abraham Syon, owners of the Postillian: Examination: 1. John Kingsman, Mariner, Master of the Postillian, aged 32: Date: August 28th 1658]]</ref>

'''Ten to one ratio'''

- "To the fifteenth he answereth & beleeveth that the said ship & her tackle & furniture & other materialls when they were seized were worth about the summe of One hundred pounds, and not above as he beleeveth, and the sd goods in the said ship were worth as he beleeveth the summe of about one thousand pounds & not under as he beleeveth, but y;e sd ship by lyeing there and being pillaged was much spoyled & damnifyed & worth little as he beleeveth...[Following the sale of the ship & goods, snd subsequent decree to return the proceeds] 16. To the Sixteenth he answereth & beleeveth that y:e monyes which came to his hands as y:e pceed of y:e sd ship & goods did amount to about Two hundred Nynety five pounds as is alleaged & not lesse as he beleeveth, & he hath not since delivered y:e same, but alwayes offered & was & is willing to give them their due ppocon as he beleeveth"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-675122a975b594401e0e4f86b5eccafff312ac29|HCA 13/128: Allegation: On the behalfe of Thomas Cullinge Jonathan Andrewes & Gifford Bale: Personal answers: Samuell Micoe: Date: June 10th 1657]]</ref>

'''Two point six to one ratio'''

- "the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her tackle and furniture, & freight, and stock & provisions on board her at her seizure aforesayd by the sayd Gennoa (sic) man of warr called the ''Sta Cruse'' was in his this deponents Judgment well worth five thousand pounds of lawfull English money and soe much hee beleeveth the says Swift Parker & Harris & other her Owners were dammaged by her being surprized & taken as aforesayd...

the hundred & sixty Tonne of Currants aforesayd on board the ''Lady ffrigott'' belonging to the foresayd Alderman Riccard & Company were at their surprizall worth in this deponents Judgement and estimate ?thirteene thousand pounds of lawfull English money and would as hee verily beleeveth have yeilded the sayd Riccard & Company soe much of they had not bin surprized in manner as aforesayd"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-8945bbd3b098cd3ca3d021ae3203b2772200c8a7|HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 3. Gilbert Anckelly, of Debtford, Kent, Mariner, late Boatswaine of the Lady ffrigorr, aged 30 : Date: June 3rd, 1659]]</ref>
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===Wages===

'''Pay rates in sample ships'''

- The ''Content'' (London to Gambo (Africa) to Barbados (then lost at sea); wage schedule for twelve persons (1658/59)<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/129#head-d57d5f95b7c846f98a8764545b23dc8869a24d72|HCA 13/129: Personal answers of Robert Oxwick, William Weilday and John Jefferyes: Allegation: John White & others: Date: 4th Feb. 1658]]</ref>

'''Seamens' wages to travel from Lisbon to Brazil and back'''

- "some consideraccon extraordinary above what they were in the first place hired for"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/129#head-2187c17fbe54015abbe3f7fced1c8d59ab105c17|HCA 13/129: Personal answers of Humfey ffosse John Tucker Christofer Mills: Allegation: Captain Thomas Ewens: Date: XXXX)]]</ref>

- "the sayd Ewens in persuance of such his offere & promises did pay unto his sayd Company eight moneths pay according to the first agreement made at London & did promise & agree to pay them an addition of five shillings in the pound p moneth for the future over & above the rates formerly agreed on which promise of addition the Company did agree to & promised to provide on the sayd Brazeele voyage and the sayd ffosse Tucker Howgate this deponent & the rest of the shipps Company did thereupon proceede upon the sayd voyage after the sayd new contract"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: Examination: 3. James Retallick, of Wapping, Mariner, aged 35: Date: March 5th 1658 English Style)]</ref>

'''Customary exchange rates for mariners'''

- "thereupon y:e sd M:r did pay them off freely Eight moneths pay in dollars at foure shills six pence per dollar, which is y.e usuall rate that English marrin:rs receive their wages at in dollars"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/129#head-2187c17fbe54015abbe3f7fced1c8d59ab105c17|HCA 13/129: Personal answers of Humfey ffosse John Tucker Christofer Mills: Allegation: Captain Thomas Ewens: Date: XXXX)]]</ref>

'''No paymen of wages overseas'''

- "this depo:t asking him howe long y:e sd Hill served in his ship; and at what what hee was shipped. at. The said Middleton replyed that hee served in his ship about foure yeere, and two Monethes: and was shipped at Thirty shillings p moneth, And then this depo:t asked him if hee had paid him any of his wages: To w:ch hee replied Noe, I Doe not use to pay men abroad."<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: 2. Grace Hogsflesh, of Stepney, Widowe, aged 39: Date: Aprill 12:th 1659]</ref>

'''Monthly wages for named qualities on voayge from Gravesend to the Streights and back'''

- "in or about November 1657: ?y:e said W:m Malim did hyre all the Marine:rs severall mentioned in the schedule annexed to y:e said Allon nowe showed unto him, to goe & serve in y:e said ship ''Anne'' from this port. to Yarmouth, and from thence to the streights. and to returne againe to this port. And saith that y:e schedulate Christopher Malym Mate; and Carpenter of y:e said Ship, was hyred at 3:li p moneth to goe y:e sd Voyage; Thomas Garret Carpenter of the said ship at 1:XXX p moneth to go y:e sd voayage Bethel Tinke (OR, Finke) A Common marriner of the said Ship at 1:li. viij:s p moneth to goe the said voayage, George Sotherne a Comon man of the said ship at 1:li ix:s p moneth to goe y:e said voyage., George. Rogers a Comon man of y:e said Ship at 1;li. viij:s p moneth, to goey:e sd voyage, Thomas West Coop at j:li. xiiij:s p moneth , to goe y:e sd voyage, & ffrancis RoXXX at 1:li. 10:s p moneth to goe y:e said Voyage; And soe ?much the foresaid Mariners well deserved, and soe much is usually given to Marine:rs that serve in the quality aforesaid. in such voyages. and oftentimes, greater summes, And saith hee save y:e foresaid Marine:rs recvd their halfe pay at Yarmouth and thereby knoweth y:e premisses, but saith hee knoweth not for how much John Roberts y:e Chirurghion of y:e sd ship was shipt at, but saith hee well knoweth y:t hee well deserved 2:li. 2:s. p moneth, and saith hee this depo:t never ?knewe lesse given, to a Chirurgion for y:e same; or y:e like Voyage"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Christopher Malyn, Thomas Carret, Bethnel Tynck, George Southerne, George Rogers, Thomas West, ffrancis Rosse, and John Robeck, late Mariners of the Ship the Anne:: Examination: 2. Joseph Bond: Date: February 26th 1658)]</ref>
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===Will of God===

'''Bilging of ship on sands on coast of France'''

- "neither her M:r nor any of her Company were in any fault. but the same came and happened meerely by y:e said Extraordinary winds and y:e will of God. The premisses hee deposeth by sad Experience being on board her, when y:e said Disaster happened"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Christopher Malyn, Thomas Carret, Bethnel Tynck, George Southerne, Geirge Rogers, Thomas West, ffrancis Rosse, and John Robeck, late Mariners of the Ship the Anne:: Examination: 2. Joseph Bond: Date: February 26th 1658)]</ref>
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==Possible topics for synthesis==

* Attitudes and behaviour towards negroes by sailors and ship masters

* Brazeele trade

* Corruption and kickbacks (prevalence; function)

* Fish

- "he answereth & beleeveth that Salmon & herings were no vendible commodity at Rochell in y:e moneths arlate" (HCA 13/19)
- Relative price of fish
- Whaling described as "fishing"
- Oysters
- Lobsters

* Geographical language

- Areas
- Linked to commodities (Rhenish wine; French wine)
- Non-port towns
- Ports
- Seas

* Greenland fishing

* Insults made between ships during conflict at sea

* Port to port routes

* Ship age

- "an old shipp being about the Age of thirteen or fourteen yeers old" (the ''Mayflower'', ca. ?1659)<ref>[[MRP: HCA 23/19#head-af09a70a13fcdce6c67c19f4135a1566d421bf11|HCA 23/19: Document Number: 51: Case: Willia, Curtis, Thomas Hussey, Samuel Harvar(d): Date: ?1660]]</ref>

* Ship prices

- Create table of price of ships per ton (by age and burthen)

- Prices outside England, e.g. Surat (the ''Mayflower'', 280 tonnes, 13 or 14 years old, badly damaged, valued with tackle and provisions at 910:li sterling by Capt. Robert ffisher, commander of the ''Smirna Merchant'' (£3.25 per ton)

* Timber merchants

* Time

- Between ports
- lading in port
- Unlading in port

* Wages

- Levels by job function
- Variances within and between job functions, & over time, & according to perceived risk and supply/demand

* Workings of Vice Admiralty courts outside London

- Regional courts

-- Example: Leith, Scotland
-- Example: Court of West England

- Process
- Registry

MRP: Sir George Oxenden

2012-06-06T11:19:51Z

SimonLiebesny:

'''Sir George Oxenden'''

'''Editorial history'''

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'''THIS ENTRY IS IN PREPARATION'''
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-->''"you haveing for y:e tyme past truely made your life a kinde of á pilgrimage,
you have seene many of y:e great wonders of y:e Great God, Ocularly, w:ch wee
have onely by Contemplation, & in y.t I (that have never beene out of my
native Countrey) have taken great pleasur"''<ref>[[MRP: 9th April 1663, Letter from Robert Raworth to Sir GO| BL, MSS. XXXXX, Letter from Robert Raworth to Sir George Oxenden, Gray's Inn, 9th April 1663, ff. 106-10]]</ref><--

-->([[MRP: 9th April 1663, Letter from Robert Raworth to Sir GO| Robert Raworth to Sir George Oxenden, April 9th, 1663]])<--

'''Sir George Oxenden, engraving, 1668'''

[[File:Sir George Oxenden Engraving 1668_copy2.png|thumbnail|400px|none]]

As president of the English East India company in Surat between 1663 and 1669, Sir George Oxenden left a private correspondence with his sister, [[MRP: Elizabeth Dallison|Elizabeth Dallison]], and with other kin, close friends, and commercial partners. The correspondence, now in the British Library, provides a starting point from which to explore their lives.

Bound in still bright red Indian leather, the volumes are the work of Oxenden’s copyists, his factory writers, rather than autograph manuscripts. The communication is largely one way, with Oxenden’s own voice often to be inferred from the tone and substance of his correspondents.<ref>BL, Add. MSS. 40708-40713, The Oxenden papers, vols. XIII-XVIII</ref>

A careful reading of the correspondence reveals the existence of two connected joint stock companies formed in in the decade prior to Oxenden’s presidency by Sir George Oxenden and five former colleagues from Surat. Two slightly divergent lists of subscribers to the two ventures were subsequently discovered by this author in the National Archives in Chancery papers related to the ventures.<ref>TNA, C10/109/102 (1663); TNA, C10/82/2 (1664)</ref>

In 1655 the English East India company was in disarray, its monopoly had expired, and the eastern markets were up for grabs. Yet, the ventures have little visibility in the historiography, and are the subject of only a brief footnote by Sir William Foster.<ref>William Foster (ed.), ''XXXX'', citing ''Home Miscellaneous'', vol. 26, 10 June 165[8?] (fol. 5)</ref>

See [[MRP: Smirna Venture Joint Stock subscriber list|Smirna Venture Joint Stock subscriber list]]
See [[MRP: King Fernandez subscriber list|King Fernandez subscriber list]]

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===Suggested links===

See biographical profile of [[MRP: Sir James Oxenden|Sir James Oxenden]] (father of Sir George Oxenden)
See biographical profile of [[MRP: Elizabeth Dallison|Elizabeth Dallison]] (favourite sister and London agent of Sir George Oxenden)
See biographical profile of [[MRP: Sir Henry Oxenden|Sir Henry Oxenden]] (eldest brother of Sir George Oxenden)

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===Primary sources===

BL, IOR/H/MISC/32 Various letters relating to the Williams Venture
BL, MSS. XXXXX, Letter from Robert Raworth to Sir George Oxenden, Gray's Inn, 9th April 1663, ff. 106-107
BL, Add. MSS. 40708-40713, The Oxenden papers, vols. XIII-XVIII

TNA, C10/109/102 (1663)
TNA, C10/82/2 (1664)
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===Secondary sources===

William Foster (ed.), ''XXXX'', citing ''Home Miscellaneous'', vol. 26, 10 June 165[8?] (fol. 5)
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===Images===

'Sir George Oxenden, 1668', unnumbered plate, between pp. 40 & 41, in Cecil L. Burns, ''Catalogue of the Collection of Maps, Prints and Photographs of the Island & City of Bombay, Victoria & Albert Museum'' (Bombay, 1918). No artist, technical details, nor provenance given.

'''Image credits'''

'Sir George Oxenden, 1668', unnumbered plate, between pp. 40 & 41, in Cecil L. Burns, ''Catalogue of the Collection of Maps, Prints and Photographs of the Island & City of Bombay, Victoria & Albert Museum'' (Bombay, 1918). Book and image are out of copyright.

MRP: Synthesis

2012-06-06T09:26:11Z

SimonLiebesny:

'''Synthesis'''

'''Editorial history'''

26/04/12, CSG: Created page
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==Suggested links==

See [[MRP: Commodities|Commodities]]
See [[MRP: Geography|Geography]]
See [[MRP: Shipping terminology|Shipping terminology]]
See [[MRP: Style Sheet One|Style Sheet One]]
See [[MRP: Transcription|Transcription]]

See [[MRP: Admiralty court cases|Admiralty court cases]]
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==Notes==

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==Current topics for synthesis==
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===Adventures, money, cloathes and instruments===

- "the arlate Captaine Hosier and his Company had at the tyme of the seizure of the ''Lady ffrigott''& her ladeing by the sayd Gen?uoa man of warr the ''Sta Cruse'' goods which were her & their adventures and money cloathes and Instruments aboard her to the value in this deponents Judgement of eight hundred pounds of lawfull English money All which were seized and taken from the sayd Hosier & his Company & they utterly deprXed of them by the Captaine & Company of the sayd Gennoa man of warr who plundered them of them and having soe done kept the Company of the ''Lady ffrigott'' prisoners for a teyme the most of them being cheyned, and after wards sett them on shoare in the Island of Cephalonia to shXXX for themselves without allowing them money or provisions"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-8945bbd3b098cd3ca3d021ae3203b2772200c8a7|HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 3. Gilbert Anckelly, of Debtford, Kent, Mariner, late Boatswaine of the Lady ffrigott, aged 30 : Date: June 3rd, 1659]]</ref>
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===Amsterdam to the Spanish West Indies===

'''English merchants sending ship from Amsterdam to Spanish West Indies'''

- "M:r John Page one of the Merchants concerned in this busines, having with his associates a designe in hand to send a shipp from Amsterdam for the West Indies to trade for their account upon the coasts of the Spaniards, and understanding that this deponent understood both the Spanish and dutch tongues (besides English) and could speake them, and alsoe understood the busines of traffique and XXXXX as a marchant treated and agred with this deponent to goe the said voyage for five pounds per moneth wages and XXXX for XXX goods for his owne account, wherein hee this deponent was to give assistajce to John Lo?pes his ?precontest who was alsoe then XXX and being XX hired this deponent was XX XXX XXXXX in a dutch shipp called the ?''Mackerell'' bound for Amsterdam and concerned with him in the said shipp XXXXX, perpetuanas, ?hatts, and many other particulars of goods w:ch were here ?provided by the said M:r Page and XXXX ffernandez, M:r ?Robles, M:r Jenkin and M:r ?Painter Merchants of this citie, to be at Amsterdam put aboard such a shipp as could be provided for that XXXX and voyage."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-20cc9524f6449d3264092c6f244adaa50ab5d970|HCA 13/73: Case: Lord Protector ag:t the Hope: Deposition: 5. Peter Aylward, of London, Merchant, aged 40: Date: February 21st 1658 (59)]]</ref>
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===Appraisal===

'''Appraisal of the estate of a deceased person'''

- "there was also a warrant granted from the said Governor to M:r Humfrey Kent and M:r Richard SXXXswicke, to appreize the said goods accordinge to theire trew value, uppon theire oathes who (being sworne before the said Governor or some Justice of the Peace att the Barbados to the effect a forsaid) did apprize all the said goods uppon the XXXoathes att five thousand nine hundred seaventy and eight pounds of Tobacco and more as hee beleeveth"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/125#head-59f076f9d8b79695b760b46e06ea08d92bf5cd08|HCA 13/125: Case: Libell on behalfe of Elizabeth West, administrator of ffrancis West: Personal answeres: John Blith: Date: July 29th 1652]]</ref>

- "hee this rendent did deliver a pticular of Inventary of the said goods as they were apprised by the said Appraisors under theire hands to the said M:rs West or M:r William ffisher then Proctor for her in the Prerogative Court with a testification of theire being sworne uppon the said appraisem:t w:ch they the said M:rs West and her Proctor did ever since detaine from him"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/125#head-59f076f9d8b79695b760b46e06ea08d92bf5cd08|HCA 13/125: Case: Libell on behalfe of Elizabeth West, administrator of ffrancis West: Personal answeres: John Blith: Date: July 29th 1652]]</ref>

'''Appraisal of a ship for a prize court'''

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===Bad weather===

'''A great and violent storm on route from the Barbadoes to London'''

- "y:e ''Oporto Merchant'' being laden at the Barbadoes, with Sugars & Cottons & some other merchandizes for the account of several merchants Departed from thence bound for this Port of London and in her Course hetherward (sic), neere y:e Islands fflowers and Calves, being two of the Westerene Islands on XX or about the 20:th day of January last, shee met with a great , and violent Storme; w:ch Continued about sixteene houres very violent the Winde being then at West, and y:e sd. shipp tunning before y:e Sea, for her better preservaccon) under aforesaile, her sterne gave way, And thereupon, her Company were forced to hang their foresaile, and lye under a mizen, and y:e said Ships Tiller by Violence of the said Storme was broken, w:ch did much endanger her Rudder and sterne post, and by meanes of y:e breaking of her Tiller y:e said Ship, shee receaved much water in at her ?behind port ?w:ch came into y:e said Ships hold, and y:e said Ships mizen XXX by y:e violence & force of the said Storme was Torne in peeces. and y:e greatest part of it blowne away, and y:e said Ship lying broad off to y:e sea, shipped a great Sea, w:ch washed over board her sheath Anchor, w:ch was fastned by y:e said Ships side and washed her Boate and Skiffe, to Leewards, and y:e said Anchor, hanging by a Rope where with it was fastned to the said Ships side, and y:e said Ship, Turning or rowling too and fro, y:e said Anchor bilged a hole, neere y:e Lough of ?the Said Ship, and made a Leake in her, through w:ch ?there went some water, and their being as aforesaid much water receaved ar rge XXXX Port of the said Ship, y:e said Ship had about foure foote water in her hold, w:ch caused y:e said Ship to lye dead in y:e Sea. And saith that by the Violence and Duraccon of the said Storme & y:e pXXX aforesaid, the said Ship and her Lading and Company on board her were in Great Danger of Sinking and Perishing in y:e Sea The prmisses hee deposeth being on board y:e said Ship y:e said time, and Carpenter of her."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-97c8c234d938431c33de9853b70897bcf4aae4ee| HCA 13/73: Case: Rowland Hill John Hill and Company own:rs of the Oporto Merchant vs. Sir James Drax et al:: Examination: 3. Phillip Harvey, of Limehouse, Mariner, Carpenter of the Oporto Merchant, aged 40: Date: March 11th, 1658]]</ref>
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===Bills of lading===

'''Colourable bills of lading'''

- "[In context of trade in Brazil wood between Lisbone and Newhaven by the Portuguese Brazil Company] sometimes there are Colourable bills of Lading made & signed for goods, and noe reall bills, but in such Cases, the M:r of the ship hath Instrctions where and to whom to Deliver the goods mentioned in y:e Colourable bills./:"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-33d2b1e0e6e0fc1345132124672e893357ee3da7| HCA 13/73: Case: Mayflower vs. XXXX: Deposition: 2. John Stannian, of the City of London; Gentleman, aged 26: Date: September 23rd 1659]]</ref>

'''Tenor of bills of lading'''

- "after the reception thereof [138 bags of Spanish wooll sent to Antwerp] this dep:t signed three bills of lading of one teno:r and caused the same to be entred into his books. the receipt of the same, and to whome they were consigned as aforesaid"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-8d2b57a6d8ff68e8639c8effd7247eeaad951d03| HCA 13/68: Case: Clayme of Domingo Centurione for wools in the Morning Starr: Deposition: 3. Michael van Lubkin, of Hamborough, Mariner, Master of the Morning Starr, aged 31 Date: November 22nd 1653]]</ref>
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===Bottomery===

- "in or about the moneth of November 1656: the arlate ?James Nuthall did send unto the foresaid Henry Potts, for buying of provisions & to provide a Stock for y:e said Ship to goe the foresaid Voyage; and saith that the said Potts hath acknowledged soe much to this depo:t And saith further ?that the said Potts hath told this depo:t that the said Nuthall lent the foresaid money upon Bottomry:"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Nuthall ag:t Potts: Examination: 3. John Carter, of Limehouse, parish of Stepney, Blockmaker, aged 61: Date: March 21:th 1658]</ref>
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===Books of accounts===

'''Books of accounts left on wrecked ship'''

- "the winde was very high when y:e ''Anne'' was driven upon y:e sd sands, and the Seas were ?mighty boysterous. Insomuch that they beate over y:e Deck of the sd ship with such a fforce that y:e Company on y:e Deck could Scarce Stand upon their Leggs, and saith there were XXXXX saved, and brought out of the said ship, just before her breaching in peeces, and saith y:e bookes of Accounts belonging to y:e ship, was not brought out. but left in her, when her Company left her. And saith that, after the sd ship ?Struck upon y:e Sands, her Company had noe time to Take any of their owne goods (save what they had about them) were all busied about hoysting out their boate (OR, boats):"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Christopher Malyn, Thomas Carret, Bethnel Tynck, George Southerne, George Rogers, Thomas West, ffrancis Rosse, and John Robeck, late Mariners of the Ship the Anne:: Examination: 2. Joseph Bond: Date: February 26th 1658]</ref>
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===Brokers===

'''Common broker'''

- "John Roles is of this Depo:ts knowledge a Comon Broker, betwixt Merchts and M:r of ships and other Trade:?s and hath noe pticular relaccon to the said Brazil Companz that this Depo:t knoweth of/:"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-33d2b1e0e6e0fc1345132124672e893357ee3da7| HCA 13/73: Case: Mayflower vs. XXXX: Deposition: 2. John Stannian, of the City of London; Gentleman, aged 26: Date: September 23rd 1659]]</ref>
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===Cape merchant===

- "all w:ch goods were laded by the said John Lopez (as hee saith) who was Cape merchant of the said shipp the sad voyage, and is (as hee taketh it) a Spaniard"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: Lord Protector ag:t the Hope, Don Juan Master: Examined: Jacome Juan, of Deva in Biscay, Mariner, aged 28: Date: March 22:th 1658]</ref>
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===Characteristics of a good ship===

'''Strong and tight'''

- "att such tyme as the sayd shipp ''Free trade'' now seized at Lisbone as aforesd she was a strong and tight shipp and had bene but one voyage before att sea from the tyme of her sd building"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-ba56423722456e018a88d06052af3bdf5c97f223|Case: XXXX: Deposition: Nicholas Williams, of Redriffe, Surrey, Mariner, sometime Quartermaster on the Freetrade, aged 36: Date: March 9th 1653/44]]</ref>

'''Good Decks and was well rigged & fitted'''

- "y:e said ship was at her departure from the Barbadoes, y:e said voyage; and untill the said Storme happened, a strong tight and stXXXX Vessell, and had Good Decks and was well rigged & fitted with all XXXXs of materiall for such a voyage & Imploym:t and saith she was not over laden the said voyage, And further deposeth that the foresd Sheat Anchor, was well & Sufficiently fastned to the said Ships Side, ?al Anchors use to be for ought hee knoweth ?to the Contrary: And what damage is happened to y:e sd Ship & lading Came & happened meerely by the sd Storme & Timpestious (sic) XXXX & not through Insufficiency of y:e sd Ship. or Carlessnes of or in her Company or any of them."<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXXX]</ref>
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===Chief Mates===

'''Promotion from chief mate to Master on death of Master'''

- "upon y:e Death of the foresaid W:m Malim (w:ho was M:r of the said ship) this depo:t became M:r of her, hee being before: y:e said W:m Malims Cheife mate; And for that hee received at Satalia, of the sayd William Malim ?twenty Eight ryalls of Eight, and at Scanderoone hee received of y:e sd Malim either Eight or tenne Ryalls more (but, whether eight or Tenne he ?cannot ...."<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXXX]</ref>

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===Clearing a ship (to depart from a harbour)===

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===Coasting trade===

- "they nor either of them was even with him at Hamburrough neither hath the said Scrother (as they and every of them beleiveth) beene more than once att Hambrough these 7 yeares but doth trade and coast upp and downefrom place to place (as he conceiveth) most advantagious for his benefiitt"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/125#head-d3985b0ab6617bd2f0b9663a05fd9ef6ffcb4273|HCA 13/125: Case: Allegacion on behalfe of Peter Scrother: Personal answers: Clement Nootes, John Johnson John JXXXXs and William Reage: Date: July 7th 1652]]</ref>
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===Coming foule===

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===Commercial failure===

'''Composition with creditors'''

- "y:e arlate ffrancis Pardini is (as this Depo:t hath heard) failed) ?in Estate, and y:e arlate John Thacker (as this Depo:t hath also heard) is Employed to make y:e said Pardinies Composicon with his Credito:es"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-33d2b1e0e6e0fc1345132124672e893357ee3da7|HCA 13/73: Case: Mayflower vs. XXXX: Deposition: 2. John Stannian, of the City of London; Gentleman, aged 26: Date: September 23rd 1659]]</ref>

'''Failure of a merchant at Genoa or Legorne'''

- "at Genoa this rendent tooke in some pte of her lading & was to goe to Legorne to take in y:e remainder, & at his arrivall at Legorne the merchant who freaighted this rendents ship failed so that this rendents designe was overthrown" [Answer given June 1659]<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/129#head-2187c17fbe54015abbe3f7fced1c8d59ab105c17|HCA 13/129: Personal answers of Thomas Ewens: Allegation: Humfrey ffosse, John Tucker & Charles Howgate: Date: 2nd June 1659]]</ref>

'''False bills of sale to manipulate ownership of goods following a merchant's failure'''

- "hee doth beleive the said de Silvera not knowing the said ffrancis Pardini was failed did send the bill of lading unto him as he beleiveth but hee doth not beleive the said John Tha?cker did really buy the said wood of the said M:r Pardini or pay him any thing for the same, neither doth hee beleive that the said M:r Pardini or any other merchant that is failed hath a legall power to make any sale of any goods that come to him during the time they absent and are not able to pay their debts, but hee doth beleive the said M:r Thacker being imployed by y:e said M:r Pardini as his sollicitor to make his composicon with his creditors hee & the said M:r Pardini did contrive together to gett the said goods into their hands if possibly they could and in order thereunto he beleiveth the said M:r Pardini did colourably, and fraudulently signe the bill of sale or schedule alleadged and deliver the same for his XXX as hee beleeveth...

To the sixth hee answeareth that hee doth beleive that the said M:r Pardini did in further ?prosequucon of the said fraudulent contrivance betweene him and the said M:r Thacker his sollicitor endorse the bill of ladeing as is alleadged but hee being soe failed & absented hee doth beleive the same is utterly voyd and of noe effect." [Answer given June 1659, referring to events in 1649]<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/129#head-7add01eb55b9cf6345f63bbe88a499d677f3a0bf|HCA 13/129: Personal answers of Augustine Coronell: Allegation: John Thacker: Date: June 23rd 1659]]</ref>

'''Failure of bankruptcy of a merchant not known for some time'''

- "4 Itmm interr. Whether before the shippe ''Stockholme'' came from Stockholme, and before the Iron in controversie was Laden aboard, was itt nott commonly and generally reported that the said Godfrey Deleau was bankrupt or failed in his estate and in what moneth did the said wittnesse first heare that the said Deleau was failed. Et fiat ut supra."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 23/19#head-3a3b264dc7ab6b5850da1f19f766d617c0cac7e3|HCA 23/19: Document Number: 237: Case: XXXX: Date: XXXX]]</ref>

'''Failure of a merchant leading to forced sale of a ship to pay mariners' wages'''

- "after the the foresaid breakeinge of the said Merchants freighters, the said Cravens not haveing monies to paye the marriners theire wages for the said voyage the said Marriners arrested the said shipp for the same & by course of Lawe att Marcelles the said Shipp was condemned and sould for the payment of the said Marriners wages & other debts then due, uppon her the said Owners not takeing order to pay the said wages, and other debts then due uppon her in tyme" (HCA 15/6 Box Two)
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===Commercial activities of the King of Spain===

- "in the moneth of January 1653. new style, and for about 14. yeares before this depon:t hath well knowne the arlate John de Windt, who is a Merchant and Burgher of Cadiz, and is married there, and saith That by the credible relation of the said John de Windt and others at Cadiz this depon:t: hath understood y:t the arlate Domingo Centurione at the time of the Lading of the said woolls was a Spaniard liveing at Madrid, and Councello:r to his Catholique Ma:tie and his Principall ffacto:r or Agent for the sending of goods wares and merchandizes from Spaine into ffland:rs for the supply of his said Ma:ties occasions there, And saith both the psons arlate were and are commonly accompted Subiects to the said King of Spaine."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-8d2b57a6d8ff68e8639c8effd7247eeaad951d03| HCA 13/68: Case: Clayme of Domingo Centurione for wools in the Morning Starr: Deposition: 3. Michael van Lubkin, of Hamborough, Mariner, Master of the Morning Starr, aged 31 Date: November 22nd 1653]]</ref>
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===Commercial practices of planters===

'''Promising freight to ships returning to England'''

- "it is a Comon practise for planters at S:t Christophers and Mevis and parts thereabouts to make Verball Agreem:ts and to make Great and Large promises"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Commissions===

'''Tenor of a commission'''

- " they did with the said shippe the ''Elsabeth'' goe forth and seize in and take uppon the high Seas as Prize the severall vessells w:th their Ladeinges as is arlate neare about the tyme arlate and brought or sent the same to some portes of this Common Wealth to be proceeded against accordinge to the Tenor of this Rendents Commission"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/125#head-c403c7c62e1f965e187877df6bfbb20b437b128c|HCA 13/125: Case: Allegacion on the behalfe of Robert ?Coda: Personal answeres: Captain Samuell St?urton: Date: XXXX]]</ref>
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===Contempt of court===

'''Contempt of the High Court of Admiralty'''

- "hee answereth and beleeveth that hee hath not committed any contempt against this Court or the authoritie thereof, and thereofore ought not to be punished with havinge XXXXX the same."<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/128: Allegation: Richard fford: Answer: ?Bas Nelders: Date: July 5th 1657]</ref>
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===Cost of victualls & provisions===

'''Monthly cost of victualls & provisions for ship of XXX crew'''

- "the Victualls and Provisions. spent the said voayge, p moneth did amount unto /as the said Luke Wood hath told this Depo:t) about 25:li or 30:li"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: XXXX7]</ref>
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===Court of Probate & Administration===

- "shee referreth herselfe the Registry of the Court for probate of Wills and Granting of Ad?conns:"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: 2. Grace Hogsflesh, of Stepney, Widowe, aged 39: Date: Aprill 12:th 1659]</ref>
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===Crew numbers===

- "[The 'XXXX"", a ship of XXX tonns] hee saith there were twenty men and a boy belonging to the
said shipp when shee XX XXXXX Milford<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-20cc9524f6449d3264092c6f244adaa50ab5d970|HCA 13/73: Case: Lord Protector ag:t the Hope: Deposition: 5. Peter Aylward, of London, Merchant, aged 40: Date: February 21st 1658 (59)]]</ref>
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===Currants===

'''Currants from Petrao and Mahalgo'''

- "the sayd shipp was hyred and taken to freight by some of the Turkey Company Merchants of London (but their names hee knoweth not in pticuler) to goe upon a Merchandising imployment from London to Petr?ao arlate and ?Mahaligo & other places beyond the seas to lade Currans and other goods for their use & Account & bring them for London & there deliver them to them or their Agents and did accordingly within the sayd tyme arrived at the Roade of Potrea and there & at Mahalago tooke in Currans to the quantity of one hundred and threescore Tonnes which were laden by the Agents of the sayd ffreighters to & for the sayd ffreighters Account to be thence transported to London & there delivered ti the sayd ffreighters or their Agents for their use this hee knoweth being one of the sayd shipps Company and helping to lade the sayd Currans"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-6dcf5b8b811454f886c6971a51aed8a72e650965|HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 5. John Gates, of Debtford, Kent, Ship Wright, one of the Carpenters of the Lady ffrigott, aged 18 : Date: June 4th, 1659]]</ref>

'''Currants from Zante and Mathalago'''

- "in ffebruary last hee this deponent with William Savage and Thomas ?Atterton, brought the lading of currans of the shipp the ''Virgin frigot'' being Zante Currans of the producente William Bowtell ?as XX agreed and paid three pounds and two shillings per ?pound weight for the same and soe much hee saith they were worth XX and saith that Mathalago currants were XXXXX worth twenty XX per hundred more than Zante currants."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-473df9fa2ed9980dcc252c820ecb271c7f141f3e|HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Examination: 8. John Savage, of S:t Bartholomew neere the Royal Exchange, London, Merchant, aged 32 : Date: June 4th, 1659]]</ref>
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===Dead freight===

'''Shee came home about halfe dead freighted'''

- "the shipp ''Peace'' was of the burthen of ?two [this figure appears to have been blotted out] hundred tonnes or neere thereabouts and that of his this deponents knowledge shee came home about halfe dead freighted for that the arlate Luke Woods beside the dammage hee susteyned in the sale of his three eighth parts of the sayd shipps ladeing of ffish & other Merchandizes did suffer losse and dammage in the sayd shipps want of ladeing home the simme of two hundred pounds sterling or neere thereabouts in this deponents Judgement & estimate"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the Peace and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]</ref>
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===Debauched behaviour===

'''A man of lewde and debauched behaviour'''

- "while the sayd shipp stayed at MXXX hee heard divers of the Planters there saye that they would have laded goods aboard the sayd ship the ''Pease'' but that they sawe that the arlate Thomas Grove was a man of lewde and debauched behaviour and therefore they dearst not trust him with their goods or words to that effect for which reason hee beleeveth that the sayd Woods was much damnified by the sayd Groves debauched behaviour and lost much ladeing there which otherwise hee might have had"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the Peace and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]</ref>
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===Disguising the identity of a ship===

'''Colourable bills of lading'''

- "this Depot (besides these three pipes in question) hath received other wines from y:e said producent. w:ch were likewise mentioned in the Bills of Lading to be laden by & for account of the said Don Juan
Corall, although in truth the same belonged to and were for y:e said Cowlings account, & the returnes thereof were made by this Depo:t to the said Cowlings and saith that since the warrs betweene this Nation and Spaine it hath bin and is usuall for English Merchants that trade by Canaryes, to Colo:r their goods by putting in Dutch or Spanish names in the Bills of Lading, in regard it is dangerous for English subjects to trade to at or from Canaryes in their, owne names"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Clayme of Thomas Cowling for Canary Wines taken in the S:t Laurence Peter: Examination: 1. Robert Bevin, of London, Merchant, aged 36: Date: October 11th 1659]</ref>

'''Use of non-English masters and commanders'''

- "the sd ship haveing unladen her outward goods did receive in other good to y:e value of neare thirty three hundred pounds and was in her returne about July last 1656. mett with by a Dunkirk or ?Dutch Vessell upon a Spanish Comission, and the Comp:ie neglecting to defend their sd Ship & goods (as they ought to have done) or to make any opposition or resistance, or so much as to conceale her from belonging to the English when as there as a dutch M:r & passes & other things necessary to have coloured her ?she was wholly lost from the Owners, to their very great damage"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-5756e8a4cff39ee460292afceafa94ffaa79ebc9|HCA 13/128: Case: Libell against Elias Beake and Peter Mathews in the name of John Salter & others: Personal answeres: Elias Beake: Date: October 28th 1656]]</ref>
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===Doctors Commons===

'''The Hall'''

- "Repeated before D:r Godolphin & Coll Cocke In the Hall x:r. November the 22:th 1658."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-76df3d90a0f1b878487f4c1ea5a00104bb4f00f7| HCA 13/128: Case: Allegation on behalfe of Nicholas Warren, Gregory Westcomb, John Jermin & Richard Westcomb: Personal answeres: Nicholas Pengelly & Alexander Ash: Date: November 22nd 1658]]</ref>

'''Chambers'''

- "15:° Novemb 1658. Repeated before dror Godolphon one of the Judges x:r In his Chamber x:X"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-d912e595b8b3fcb6f20e53a3531cdf07a3c95cdb| HCA 13/128: Case: Allegation on behalf of Alexander Bence: Personal answeres: John Hill, one of the owners of the Oporto Merchant: Date: November 15th 1658]]</ref>
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===Effect of drink===

'''Delayed departure from port due to Master drinking on shore'''

- "the sayd Grove ordered to sayle the sayd shipp over the barr and there to bring her againe to Anchor and haveing given such order, & there being a Country boate lyeing by the shipp side, the sayd Thomas Grove would needes goe on shoare againe and did goe on shoare in the sayd Country boate, notwithstanding the sayd Woods did earnestly persuade & entreate him not to goe on shoare & told him it would be a great hinderance to the voyage the shipp being bound upon a fishing designe & the winde being ?the fayre for her departure as in deede it was And the sayd Grove being soe gone on shoare some of the shipps company after they had sayled the shipp over the barr & then brought her to an Anchor went on shoare with the shipps boate to fetch the sayd Grove on board which notwithstanding the sayd Grove continewed ashoare most part of that night and came not againe on board the sayd shipp till about two of the Clock in the morning next after and was when hee soe came (in this deponents Judgment) much distempered with drink and began to to curse and sweare and amongst other words sayd that there were some on board thought much of his being on shoare but hee cared not for that, and sayd that the sayd shipp should ride longer there and accordingly did keepe her there at anchor about an hower after such his comming on board & then gave order to weigh Anchor, and did sett sayl, this hee deposeth of certayne knowledge & alsoe heareing the sayd words or others to that effect spoken, as alsoe did most of the sayd shipps company"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-761fc1c079262a26423aebf1557358559fe4210d|HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the ''Pearce '' and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]]</ref>
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===Expression of emotions in commercial discourse===

'''Anger'''

- " the said M:rs Craford being then p:rsent in the same roome; this depo:t told the said Thomas Middleton that this woman (pointing to and meaning y:e said M:rs Crafford,) was Come to demand his wages And y:e said Middleton replyed in an angry manner, that hee would not give her any account of it, because shee had arrested him; and dis?charged him; for hee had a house to Comand and a Ship to Comand, and tenne thousand pound to Comand, and was able enough to pay her, but nowe hee would not, for shee should have Lawe enough for her money: or to the very same effect"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: 2. Grace Hogsflesh, of Stepney, Widowe, aged 39: Date: Aprill 12:th 1659]</ref>
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===Female presence in commercial physical space===

'''Visiting a male merchant's house'''

- "the producent Anne Craford desired this depo:t to goe along with her to the signe of the Red Lyon at the Old Swan in Thames Streete there to Meete with the said Thomas Middleton, & to aske of him the wayges w:ch was due to the arlate Andrew Hill, And this depo:t at her request did goe with her to the said place; where this depo:t and y:e said M:r Craford found y:e said Thomas Middleton And this depo:t then and there asked y:e said Middlton whether hee had not one Andrew Hill Cooke of his ship, to w:ch the said Middleton Answered Yes; and this depo:t asking him howe long y:e sd Hill served in his ship; and at what what hee was shipped. at. The said Middleton replyed that hee served in his ship about foure yeere, and two Monethes: and was shipped at Thirty shillings p moneth...

M:rs Craford y:e producent required this depo:t to come and testify the truth of her Knowledge in the busnies and saith shee did never belong to y:e said Ship; And saith that this depo:t liveth at the next house; to the house whereof y:e said M:rs Craford Liveth, and hath lived there about four yeeres, & the said Craford hath lived there in her said house a longer time, and this depo:t being y:e time aforesyd the sd M:rs Craford neighbo:r shee was by y:e sd M:rs Craford Caried to the foresd place, to the foresd purpose; And saith she hath not Received neither bin Promised anything for her Testimony herein nor doth shee as shee saith expect to receave any thing for y:e same, And saith shee is worth about two hundred pounds. in her Cleare Estate, and to the rest negatively:/:...

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The marke of the ?said
Grace [The mark looks like an interlinked WW] Hogs?flesh"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: 2. Grace Hogsflesh, of Stepney, Widowe, aged 39: Date: Aprill 12:th 1659]</ref>
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===Fish===

'''Pickled herring'''

- "To the second Interrie This deponent saith and deposeth that the sayd ship the ''Hart'' had att the tyme of the sayd seizure, one hundred and four score Tonnes of pickled herrings on board her. And saith the sayd shipp and all her sayd lading did att the sayd tyme of seizure belong to severall merchants Inhabitants of Skadam subiects of the sayd States of the united Provinces"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-cbf44c467de680552a5558dbb74a47b9cba0a000|HCA 13/68: Case: The Keepers of the Liberty of England ag:t the ship the Heart of Skadam: Deposition: 1. William Evarson, of Skadam, Holland, Mariner, aged 44: Date: September 26:th 1653]]</ref>

'''Herring laded at Yarmouth for Marsellis [Marseilles]'''

- "at Yarmouth there was a Lading of Herrings put on board her, w:th w:ch she sailed ?to Marsellis and there delivered her said Lading"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Christopher Malyn, Thomas Carret, Bethnel Tynck, George Southerne, George Rogers, Thomas West, ffrancis Rosse, and John Robeck, late Mariners of the Ship the Anne:: Examination: 2. Joseph Bond: Date: February 26th 1658]</ref>

'''Salmon'''

- "y:e sayd shipp came from and began this her outwards voyage from Stockholme with her p:rsent lading of goods being Iron pitch tarr Copper shott andSalmon...all to be unladen att this port of London whither she was bound and where she now is the foresayd Salmon excepted which is to be transported to Burdeaux and there unladen and delivered to Jan Van Pullen a facto:r for y:e sayd Swedish merchants there resideing."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-7b4f93714010996fac626af356f7c2299b105fa4|HCA 13/68: Case: XXXX: Deposition: Charles Marescoe, of S:t Nicholas Lane, London, Merchant, aged 21: Date: The same day (?1653/54, or 1654]]</ref>
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===English High Court of Admiralty: procedures===

'''Adjugement of a prize'''

- "To the .13 he saith that in case the says shipp the ''Morning Starr'' shall be adiudged prize he this rendent expecteth benefit thereby according to the office he bore in the ''Advantage frigot''. and according to an Act or Ordinance of parliament made in that behalfe, and not otherwise."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-d4c8b9cff62f06d04b97e7848f01b08b8a1a388c|HCA 13/68: Case: The Keeper of the Liberty etc. vs. the Golden Starr: Deposition: 1. Mark Harrison, of Wapping, Middlesex, Mariner, aged 27: Date: September 22nd 1653]]</ref>

'''Advocates and Sollicitors of the Admiralty'''

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'''Appeal'''

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- ?Commissioners of appeal in the privy council (existed in 1801, but did this commission exist in mid-C17th?)

'''Appraisement and sale'''

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'''Condemnation'''

QUESTION: In any case in which a ship is condemned, establish how it is condemned by the court (e.g. condemned as a "droit of Admiralty")

'''Costs and damages'''

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'''Court jurisdiction'''

- "he answereth & beleeveth that he is a subiect of this Comon Wealth but not subiect to the Juxon of this Court by reason of this Suite"<ref>XXXX HCA 13/128: XXXX</ref>

'''Court of the Cinque Ports'''

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'''Expenses'''

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'''Foreign claimants'''

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'''Issuing of a warrant'''

- "he answereth & beleiveth that y:e sd Edward Peascott Michaell Peascott & Edward Randall have without iust cause arrested him by warr:t out of this Co:rt to answere them in their p?dsed cause of complaint"<ref>XXXX HCA 13/128: XXXX</ref>

'''Judgement of prize'''

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'''Judges'''

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'''Legal terms'''

- "[Practice in 1801] In term-time, the courts at Doctors' Commons with the by-week (only unobserved in the short interval of Easter term) make sessions of five weeks; there are five courts in a week, in which many cases of great length and importance, testimentary, matrimonial, and ecclesiastica, are heard."<ref>[http://play.google.com/books/reader?id=4OIzAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PR24 XXXX, p. xxiv]</ref>

'''Lord High Admiral'''

- Lord High Admiral is styled the Lieutenant of the Admiralty Board<ref>[http://play.google.com/books/reader?id=4OIzAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA10, p. 10]</ref>, viewed 21/05/12

'''Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty'''

- Grant of power to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty is from the sovereign (p. 12)

- Officers of the Admiralty are accountable to the Commissioners of the Admiralty for collecting and receiving (p. 12)

- The Board of Admiralty is executive, and as trustees of the sovereign, and as an inferior board of revenue in the case of droits, is "always subject to be superseded by the superior authority" (pp. 12-13)

'''Neutral claimants'''

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'''Prize Act'''

QUESTION: When wsa the first prize act passed in parliament and how did it substantively impact process and decisions of the High Court of Admiralty?

- The cruizers act of Queene Anne, 1703<ref>[http://play.google.com/books/reader?id=4OIzAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA16 XXX. p. 16]</ref>
--Gave the sole property, once forfeiture proven, to the captos, not to the Lord High Admiral (p. 17)

- "By the American act the prize offices were suppressed"<ref>[http://play.google.com/books/reader?id=4OIzAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA26, XXX, p. 26]</ref>

QUESTION: Can a prize of war be distinguished from a prize of forfeiture?

'''Proctors of the Admiralty'''

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'''Records of the Court'''

- "for the ?admidication or release thereof this Rendent referreth himself to the Records of this Court"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/125: Case: Allegacion on the behalfe of Robert ?Coda: Personal answeres: Captain Samuell St?urton: Date: XXXX]</ref>

'''Registry of the Court'''

- "the said shippe the ''Elsabeth'' did w:thin the time arlate goe forth upon a man of warre voyage and had a Commission from this Court to all or most of the effects articulate And this Rendent went out Captaine and Commander of her and for more certaintie referreth himselfe to the said Commission remaynninge on the Registrie of this Court"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/125#head-c403c7c62e1f965e187877df6bfbb20b437b128c|HCA 13/125: Case: Allegacion on the behalfe of Robert ?Coda: Personal answeres: Captain Samuell St?urton: Date: XXXX]]</ref>

- "otherwise for his parte hee doth not beleeve hee is bound by lawe by lawe (sic) to answear saveinge hee referreth himselfe to the Registry of this Courte"<ref>XXXX HCA 13/128: XXXX</ref>

- The Register-Office was reported in 1801 to be "in great confusion"<ref>[http://play.google.com/books/reader?id=4OIzAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA18 XXX, p. 18]</ref>

- "in y:e foresaid Letter, there came a Bill of Lading inclosed to this Depo:t for y:e said three pipes of wine subscribed Pieter Bennery sent, and having nowe seene y:e bill of Lading arlate formerly exhibited into the Regry of this Court, hee saith the same is the said Bill of Lading soe receaved by him this Depo:t"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: Clayme of Thomas Cowling for Canary Wines taken in the S:t Laurence Peter: Examination: 1. Robert Bevin, of London, Merchant, aged 36: Date: October 11th 1659]</ref>

'''Sentences of the Court'''

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'''Waiters of the Prize Office'''

- "To the 11:th he saith he was not aboard the interrte shipp the ''Golden Starr'' till after said tyme as the ?Wayters for the Prize office came upon her in the behalfe of the State, and by authority of the Com:rs for the Prize Office; And he saith that after the sd Waiters were so aboard he saw the master of the ''Waterhound'' named BLANK IN MANUSCRIPT Grant take out of the ''Golden Starr'' a bag of moneyes of about six hundred peices of 8/8, and saw the Captaine of y:e ''Water hound'' Giles Shelley take out of y:e ''Golden Starr'' a quantity of moneyes in a Bagg, but how much in certaine he knoweth not, and saw likewise Capt MiXX Commander of the ''Advantage frigott'' take out of the sayd ''Golden Starr'', in one or two baggs four hundred and three and twenty peices of eight and 1/2. And beleiveth that severall other parcells of moneyes were taken out of the sayd prize shipp he cannot specify, but beleiveth that all or most of the Company of the ''Advantage frigot'', and of the ''Water hound'' that were aboard the ''Golden Starr'' att the tyme of seizure and afterwards before she came into the River of Thames had and tooke some small quantityes of the sayd moneyes, the values whereof he knoweth not. And saith that some of the Company of y:e sayd ''Advantage'' and ''Waterhound'' but who in pticular he knoweth not tooke out of the ''Golden Starr'' some small Jarrs of oyle and some other things the particulars or values whereof he cannot sett forth."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-d4c8b9cff62f06d04b97e7848f01b08b8a1a388c|HCA 13/68: Case: The Keeper of the Liberty etc. vs. the Golden Starr: Deposition: 1. Mark Harrison, of Wapping, Middlesex, Mariner, aged 27: Date: September 22nd 1653]]</ref>
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===French High Court of Admiralty: procedures===

'''Restoration of funds'''

- "he hath heard & doth beleeve that y:e said ship & all the goods were sold & the money or pt of it deposited in the Court, and afterwards the sd money so deposited was decreed to be delivered or restored as he beleeveth...what costs & charges, & port charges were necessarily expended about the same is not possible for him to knowe, but hee is willing to allow his pporcon of what shall be legally proved but he doth beleeve his Agent did disburse five or six pounds or thereabouts towards the recovery of y:e sd ship & goods or proceed, & the sd M:r did take up from this rendents factor the summe of thirty pounds or thereabouts upon p:etence of fraight whereas there was none, due as he beleeveth w:ch he still detaineth in his hands"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-675122a975b594401e0e4f86b5eccafff312ac29|HCA 13/128: Allegation: On the behalfe of Thomas Cullinge Jonathan Andrewes & Gifford Bale: Personal answers: Samuell Micoe: Date: June 10th 1657]]</ref>
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===Fraudulent sale of a ship===

- " after the said Harris and Powicke had used and imployed the arlate Shippe y:e ''Little George'' by y:e space of twenty monethes & uppwards as they beleeve and had utterly spoyled her for want of furnishinges and fittinge her with such things as they ought to have fitted her with and had sould or otherwise disposed of the said Shippe and her furniture or parte thereof, and on purpose to deceave these respondents of their shippe and freight as they beleeve they tould these responedents the said shipp was leakye and that they had lost her at Cales"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/125#head-976ea983d178ec9f1d9446cd7c21cee5ea3b37b1|HCA 13/125 Case: Libell against them on behalfe of John Harris and John Powicke: Personal answers: Edward Bellamye and Thomas Day: Date: XXXX]]</ref>
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===Genoese men of war===

'''Genoese men of war seized an English ship'''

- "the Gunner & an other of her Company duXXXX ?boy who well speake good English told this deponent & others of the ''Lady ffrigotts'' Company that the Captainne of the ''Sta Cruse'' the better to enable him to seize the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her ladeing had a little before the sizure taken some Mariners & souldiers out of the foresayd two other Genoa men of warr And hee saith most of the Company of the ''Sta Cruse'' were Italians, and as they confessed belonged to Genoa...

To the 7:th arle hee saith that after the seizure of the ''Lady ffrigott'' & her ladeing severall of the Company of the ''Sta Cruse'' did confesse that they were sett out from Genoa upon a warlike designe a:t the Turk?s & had bin a great while abroad and Could get noe prizes & therefore they had taken a Spanish Commission which was only to last a certayne tyme, which tyme )as they sayd & acknowledged was expired two monethes before they seized the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her ladeing, but sayd alsoe that they were resolved ?although it were expired yet they would take any English shipps they ?would (OR, ?could) meete with This hee knoweth for that hee being Boatswaine of the ''Lady ffrigott'' & seized in her heard severall of the ''Sta Cruse'' her company speake the sayd words./"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-8945bbd3b098cd3ca3d021ae3203b2772200c8a7|HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 3. Gilbert Anckelly, of Debtford, Kent, Mariner, late Boatswaine of the Lady ffrigozz, aged 30 : Date: June 3rd, 1659]]</ref>
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===Grocers===

'''Merchant and Grocer of St Bartholomew Exchange, London, dealing in currans from the Morea'''

- "hee saith and deposeth that twenty hundred of ?Nathalago (OR, ?Mathalago) currans XXXX to and XXXke a XXXXX, and saith that in and during the monethes of November December January and ffebruary last ?Nathalago (OR, ?Mathalago) Currans were worth in this citie and would have yeilded three pounds and tenn shillings per hundred one hundred with another as the ordinary and XXXXX ?price for that XXXX w:ch hee knoweth ?being a ffreeman and a ?G:rocer of ?London and having XXXX used that trade, and thereby being well acquainted with the condition and price or valew of that commoditie"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-473df9fa2ed9980dcc252c820ecb271c7f141f3e|HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Examination: 8. John Savage, of S:t Bartholomew neere the Royal Exchange, London, Merchant, aged 32 : Date: June 4th, 1659]]</ref>

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===Gunns swords & other Instruments of warr===

- "a certayne shipp of about one hundred & fifty tonnes burthen manned for the most part with Italians, and called (as this deponent heard a dutch man who was Ma?ster of her & a dutch man who was gunner of her & an ?Irishman who was of her company & ?could XXX speake English saye after the seizure of the ''Lady ffrigot'' and her ladeing) the ''Sta Cruse'', whereof (as they sayd) one ffrancisco Stale was Captaine came into Petrao Road with a white flagg on her poope and made asif shee intended peaceably to have Anchored neere the ''Lady ffrigott'' but when shee came neere her the sayd Stale & his Company instead of coming to an Anchor did in a warlike manner with gunns swords & other Instruments of warr...COMPLETE THIS TEXT" '''ADD SOURCE'''
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===Health risks===

'''Unhealthfullness of the Lisbon to Brazil voyage'''

- "the ''Scipio'' had at Lisbon discharged her ladeing brought from Allecant the sayd Thomas Ewans the Master did take upon him a new voyage to be made from Lisbon to Brazeele & thence to returne to Lisbon & having contracted with the freighters for that new voyage acquainted his shipps Company therewith, who not being hyred for any such voyage were most off ?them unwilling to goe the same & refused to goe the same as being as ?they ?conceived an unlawfull voyage for that thereby they should XXXX the hazard of being taken by the hollanders w:ch were then at ?differences with the Portugueses in whose behalfe that voyage was to be made andalso be reason of the unhealthfullnesse of the voyage it being beyond ?the lyne & to the south latitude about fifteene degrees, whereupon the sayd Ewans seeing the unwillingnesse of the company to goe the sayd voyage to Brazeele did publiquely upon the deck of the ''Scipio'' in p:rsuance of this deponent & his p:rcontsts XXXXXhurst & XXgant & divers others of the sayd shipps company to encourage them the more readily to undergoe the sayd voyage voluntarily promised to advance his XXXXX Companyes wages five shillings in the pound per month from that tyme during the sayd XXXX over & above the wages hee had agreed with ?there for when ?hee shipped at London, and to pay every of them their wages then due till..."<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: Examination: 3. James Retallick, of Wapping, Mariner, aged 35: Date: March 5th 1658 English Style]</ref>
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===Hurricanes===

'''Spoyling of crops through Hurricanoes'''

- "a little before y:e arrivall of the said ship ''Peace'' at Nevis, the Tobacco plants Indico and Sugar Cane were there at at the other Leeward Islands, spoyled and rooted upp by reason of Hurricanoes w:ch happened there."<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>

- " upon the arrivall of the said ship ''Peace'' at Nevis XXX the Leeward Islands that XXXX found that Hurricanoes and Stormes had spoyled most of the Sugar Canes, Tobaccoe, and Indicoes in those places, and had rooted many of them up, and saith hee alsoe then found many of them up, and saith hee alsoe then found many houses upon y:e said Island w:ch were blowne downe (As this depo:t was there Credibly Informed by many of the Islands) alsoe by the Violence of the said Stormes, and Hurricanoes, And saith that the greater pt of those goods w:ch were not spoyled as aforesaid were laden on board y:e fflemish ships w:ch were then there, And the English themselves w:ch were then. there. (in regard of the Difference betwixt England and Spaine) did Lade their goods, and embarque themselves on board y:e said fflemish ships And saith that one Captaine Thorne, Comander of an English ship, did stay at Nevis and S:t Christophers about three monethes to reaceave in a Lading of goods there but at Length came away from thence for London a great Part dead ffreighted, And y:e XX reason was for that y:e Hurricanoes and stormes as aforesaid had spoiled most of y:e Sugar Canes, Tobaccoe and Indicaoes, And alsoe for that the fflemings tooke away most of ..."<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Ill behaviour of ship's master===

'''Rude and uncivill manner'''

- "in his this deponents Judgment the shipp the ''Peace'' her voyage was overthrowne and spoiled by the evell (sic) behaviour of the sayd Thomas Grove therein the sayd Grove behaving him selfe in that rude and uncivill manner wheresoever hee came during the sayd voyage that such persons as had heard of or sawe hisbehaviour did not care to have anything to doe with him the sayd Grave or the arlate Luke Woods for his sake and therefore diverse of them did forbeare the ladeing of their goods aboard the sayd shipp of this deponents sight (OR, right) & certayne knowledge and such the sayd Groves rude and uncivill behaviour was generall observed and taken notice of by the whole shipps Company and by divers who had occasion to lade goods aboard the sayd shipp and have dealings with the sayd Luke Woods"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the Peace and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]</ref>

'''Stubborne & refractory carriage'''

- "the sayd Grove did not only in remote parts beyond the seas behave him selfe in such rude and disobedient manner as is before declared but alsoe after the sayd shipp was returned to Plymouth from the voyage in question the sayd Grove by his stubborne & refractory carriage there and his refuseing to obey the orders of the sayd Luke Woods was an occasion of the sayd shipps stay there a much longer tyme than shee needed to have done by reason that seavrll Merchants who had goods aboard the sayd shipp and which were there to be delivered came aboard to demand their goods, and brought their bills of ladeing and severall tymes demanded them andthe sayd Grove refused to deliver them, and stayed there about tenn dayes whereas hee might have there discharged all the goods hee was there to unlade in three dayes tyme at the most & then might have had the oportunity of a fayer winde to sayle for London which oportunitie the sayd Grove by his sayd refractory carriage lost & the winde by his long stay there coming contrary the sayd shipp could not get there and arrive at London soe soone as otherwise shee might have done if the sayd Grove had behaved him selfe civilly and bin obedient to order as hee ought to have done by a moneths tyme or thereabouts"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the Peace and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]</ref>

'''A man of lewde and debauched behaviour'''

- "Thomas Grove was a man of lewde and debauched behaviour and therefore they dearst not trust him with their goods or words to that effect for which reason hee beleeveth that the sayd Woods was much damnified by the sayd Groves debauched behaviour and lost much ladeing there which otherwise hee might have had"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the Peace and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]</ref>
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===In service of a foreign nation===

'''In service of a foreign nation'''

- "hee acquainted his shipps company therewith who were most of them unwilling to goe the same they not being hyred as they sayd to goe any such voyage when they came from London as alsoe because the voyage was to an unhealthyfull Country lyeing beyond the Lyne about fourteene or fifteene degrees to the South latitude and in service of a foreigne Nation"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: Examination: 4. ffrancis Mould, of Poplar, Stepney, Middlesex, Mariner, aged 64: Date: March 7:th 1658 English Style]</ref>
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===Insults made at sea and on land===

'''Held upp his bare bumme or breech'''

- "the Captaine of the sayd ''Golden Starr'' in stead of showing submission to the authority of this Commonwealth being upon the Coasts of Englands as was demanded of him and is usuall did in a contemptuous manner returne skurrilous and base language and in an unbecoming and skornefull and reproach full way turned downe his breeches, and held upp his bare ?bumme or breech to the sayd Captaine Mill and Company, and waved his Cuttle axe bidding the sayd Captaine Mill Come to Leeward, all which this deponent saw and observed."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-2c290bc7658b707533f0ef48745cbac5db7f2231|HCA 13/68: Case: The Keeper of the Liberty etc. vs. the Golden Starr: 3. Thomas Keyes, of Deptford, Kent, Mariner, late Quarter Masters Mate of the Advantage Frigot: Date: October 3rd 1653]]</ref>

'''Sayd hee was a roague and a dogg'''

- "the sayd Grove before his goeing on shoare sayd before most of the sayd shipps Company that whosoever of them did ask any thing for Crispe (meaning the arlate Edward Crispe one of the Owners & Advenurers in the sayd shipp the voyage in question) hee would ?mallise or ?hate them during the voyage, or words to that effect & rayled against the sayd Crispe & sayd hee was a roague and a dogg & other the like expresonsfull towards ?him"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-761fc1c079262a26423aebf1557358559fe4210d|HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the ''Pearce '' and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]]</ref>

'''Called him old Roague and old Pedler and old Pimpe'''

- "the sayd Grove in an outragious manner reviled the sayd Wood and called him old Roague and old Pedler and old Pimpe and other the like disgracefull names and told him the sayd Wood that if hee were not an old roague hee would drubb him And alsoe sayd (speaking to the sayd Woods) yo:u old roague yo:u were in the hold the other day but if ever I see yo:u in hold againe I will ?trice yo:u up with a tackle or hee spake other menaceing speeches to the same effect all which opporobious language & threates and other passages were soe done & spoken on the open deck in p:rsence & heareing of this deponent & the Boatswaine & most of the sayd shipps company"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-761fc1c079262a26423aebf1557358559fe4210d| HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the Pearce and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]]</ref>

'''Yong Roague; and other reproachfull names'''

- "hee saith the said Luke Wood did all the said Voyage , give the said Grove as bad words as the said Grove gave or spake to or against the said Wood, and y:e said Wood oftentimes in this depo:ts hearing did call the said Grove Yong Rogue; and other reproachfull names and y:e said Wood told this depo:t that if it had not nin for him the said Wood y:e said Grove had never come in to y:e said Ship as M:r or to that effect, w:ch said Woods did disparidge the said Grove, and was as he saith a great meanes to make his Company or some of them slight him./.:<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Insurance===

'''Discharge of an insurance made on a single voyage following completion'''

- "this rendent haveing notice and intelligence that the said shipp was bound from Marcelles to Scanderoone & soe to Marcelles againe did att the imptantie and desire of M:r Gilbert Moorewood, and some other of her Owners and the said Cravens mother cause an Assurance for the said voyage onlie and noe longer to be made uppon the said shipp to the value of ?700:li and not above as he beleeveth the Premio whereof this rendent beleeveth the said Cravens mother paid w:ch voyage being ended and the said shipp comeinge safe to Marcelles againe the same was discharged, and voyded" (HCA 13/125)
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===Irish mariners===

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===Languages spoken by ships crews===

'''Dutchmen and Irishman who spoke good English'''

- "all or the greatest part of the sayd shipps company that made the sayd seizure were Italians, except one dutch man who was Master XXXXX & an other dutchman that was gunner of her, & an Irish man who was one of her Company, and hee further saith that after the sayd seizure the sayd two dutch men & Irish man (who could & did speake all XXXX of them good English)..."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-6dcf5b8b811454f886c6971a51aed8a72e650965| HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 5. John Gates, of Debtford, Kent, Ship Wright, one of the Carpenters of the Lady ffrigott, aged 18 : Date: June 4th, 1659]]</ref>
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===London docks===

'''Billingsgate dock'''

- "about the time arlate the shipp the ''Hopewell'' came and arrived at Billingsgate docke arlate"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/125: XXXX]</ref>

'''Wapping dock'''

- " in or about the beginning of the moneth of August 1658, the said ship ''Warewell'' arived in the River of Thames with her Lading of Coles. and came to an Anchor a little belowe or against Wapping dock, and there moored in a very good and Convenient birth, where ships doe usually ryde at Anchor, and there rid in safety one floud and two Ebbs, during w:ch time there was noe appearance of any Ancho:r or buoy neere unto the place where the said ship was moored The premises hee deposeth for that hee this Depo:t belonged the said time to the ''James'' of London w:ch then came up y:e River the Tide before the ''Warewell'' came up, and moored a little above the ''Warewell'', and this Depo:t did see the said ship y:e ''Warewell''. take up her birth in y:e foresaid place, and tooke notice of her said mooring & ryding as aforesaid:...

...after y:e said Ship y:e ''Warewell'' had layne moored in y:e place aforesaid for the space of One ffloud and two Ebbs. shee happened to be bilged upon an Anchor w;ch lay within the said ships birthe w:ch had not then any boy fastned to it, and saith that soo soone as y:e said ship y:e ''Warewell'' was preceived to be bilged by her not XXXXing in the River, this Depo:t and severall other Mariner:rs belonging to other ships that Rid there went p:rsently on board her, and found her then to have foure fooote water in her hold. And saith that this Depo:t & y:e said other mariners & alsoe the ''Warewells'' Company, did Labo:r very hard and used their best Endeavo:rs to XXXXX the said ship ashore, and to that end did pumpe her , and heave out about three Lighters of Coles: and then by their greate Labo:rs and endeavo:r go her some what neerer to the shore, and then heaved about another Lighter of Coales. out of her. and did all that they could possibly doe to p:rvent further dammages that might have happened to the said Ship and Coles by reason of her said bilging on y:e said Anchor"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73:Case: Clarke ag:t Scattergood: Examination: 2. Robert Hercules, of Ratcliffe, Mariner, aged 40: Date: October 27th 1659]</ref>
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===Long term merchant residents overseas===

- "hee [Robert Bevin, of London, merchant] saith hee is of the age of 36 yeeres or thereabouts and hath knowne y:e Said Cowling for y:e time aforesaid. but knoweth not his ffather or mother and hath bin Credibly informed that the said Cowling was borne at or neere Rippon in Yorkeshire...

the said Cowling hath lived at the Canaryes for all the time of this Depo:ts Knowledge of him, but knoweth not when hee went first thither, And saith hee hath, not bin in England since this Depo:ts Knowledge of him, that hee knoweth of, And saith y:e said Cowling is a Bachelo:r and payes Customs , for his goods, as other merchant Strange:rs doe; but no ?Tapes or Contribucons"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Clayme of Thomas Cowling for Canary Wines taken in the S:t Laurence Peter: Examination: 1. Robert Bevin, of London, Merchant, aged 36: Date: October 11th 1659]</ref>
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===Market glut & death===

- "y:e said Ship arrived at Nevis on the Eighth of November 1657: and there lay about four or five weekes before the said Wood, sent any fish or gods. to S:t Christophers: and in that time there arrived att the ?sd Islands severall vessells laden with fish, and other Comodityes w:ch did much glut the market there; and thereby did hinder y:e Sale of the ffish brought in the ''Peace''"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Mariners' skills===

'''Able Master of a ship'''

- "for about three yeeres last hee hath sailed in y:e said ship ''Peace'' with the said Thomas Grove [Master of the ''Peace''], and thereby Knoweth. that hee is an able skillfull, and Experienced Seaman, & soe Comonly accounted and hath as hee hath heard used y:e Sea for a long time"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Masters and Commanders===

'''Promotion to Master after twelve years at sea'''

- "hee hath used the sea for about Eighteene yeeres last, & about six yeeres last hath bin a Master of a ship; And saith hee knoweth not what heis worth"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Navigational errors===

- "the said Ship in her passing from Newfound:d towards the Barbadoes did meet with many Hurricanoes Gal?wes , and Contrary winds, And saith that about three dayes before the said ship arrived at Sta Lasia. aforesyd the said Grove Asked this depo:t (who was one of his Mates how farr they were to windward of the Barbadoes. by his Account, to w:ch hee answered, that by his account they were about 130 Leagues to the windward of the Barbadoes and y:e said Grove alsoe asked y:e Interrate Roger Grove and y:e Interrate William Tizard to the effect aforesaid, and y:e sd Grove made answer that hee was by his account about 140 Leages to windward of the Barbadoes: and y:e said Tizard said y:t by his account hee was about 100 Leagues to Windward of the Barbadoes or to that effect, and y:e said Thomas Grove y:e M:r of the said Ship said y:t by his account heee was above 100 Leagued to Windward of the Barbadoes: And further saith that y:e said William Tizard (who was shipped Cheife mate of the said Ship y:e said Voyage by y:e sd Wood) was and is an illiterate and unskillfull pson, and one that cannot write his name ans was not Capable of his said Office or place; and had noe Instrum:ts on board y:e said ship to doe and performe his said place, but a fewe ?Staffs and saith that hee beleeveth the reason of the said Shipsmissing the Barbadoes y:e said Voyage was occasioned and came by the said Hurricanes; and XXXXX, and Contrary winds"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>

- "Ships doe usually misse the Island of Barbadoes, by reason of Greate Currants. and foule and Thicke weather w:ch often times happens in these parts"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Wood ag:t Grove: Examination: 4. Captain Thomas Thorne, of S:t Catherines XXXX, Mariner, aged 34: Date: June 18th, 1659]</ref>

- "by meanes of Contrary windes, and Calmes, and Hurricanoes (w:ch were very frequent then there insoemuch that neither the said Grove nor this depo:t nor y:e other mates on board her could gaine the Latitude) The said ship did misse the Island of the Barbadoes, And not by the Willfullnes Ignorance or Carlessnes of the said Thomas Grove; And after the said Grove did perceive that the said Ship had missed the Barbadoes, hee told the said Wood (in the presence of this depo:t and others of the said Ships Company) that hee would beate it up againe (meaning the Barbadoes) and the said Grove did endeavour to saile to the Barbadoes, and hee haveing spent about Eighteene houres thereabout, (after they perceived that they had missed it,) The said Luke Wood, in this depo:ts presence gave the said Grove speciall order to saile the said ship to Martini?ce, and from thence to Mevis, w:ch the said Grove accordingly did; And saith that hee verily beleeveth that the said Grove would have Got to the Barbadoes with the said Ship, in (about) tenne Dayes of time, after hee perceived it was missed, if the said Wood would have sufferred him soe to doe, and not have ordered him to leave off his Endeavouring and saile to Martinice & soe to Mevis, And saith that all the Voyage from Newfoundland towards the Barbadoes the said Thomas Grove did use, and doe his uttmost endeavo:r in sailing y:e said Shipp directly for the Barbadoes, and did ...."<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: XXX]</ref>
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===Neutral carriers===

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===Nevis===

'''Plantations damaged by hurricanes'''

- "hee this Depo:t on or about the first day of January 1657: arrived at Nevis where hee ?found that y:e Hurricanes had spoiled y:e plantaccons ?there..."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-672e4aa5b619bd5a0ed880706fb5ff72f2a5747c|HCA 13/73: Case: Wood ag:t Grove: Examination: 4. Captain Thomas Thorne, of S:t Catherines XXXX, Mariner, aged 34: Date: June 18th, 1659]]</ref>
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===Packers and packing of goods===

'''Packer for a Canary wine importer'''

- "The premisses hee deposeth being y:e sd producents packer, and hathe as hee beleeveth packed goods at severall times for y:e sd producent to the vallue of above twenty Thousand pounds"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-7afb365c1d24c876f38db4951503907d0bc3217e| HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: Examination: David Lloyd, Citizen & Cloatheworker, of London, aged 56: Date: March 8th 1658 (59)]]</ref>
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===Payment of ransom===

'''Ransom paid to Tripoly'''

- "this rendent & his sd ship & ladeing were taken by three Tripoly men of warr, & carried to Tripoly & XXX XXXX ship & lading all lost, & this rendent & his Company made prisoners as he beleeveth, where this rendent continued by the space of Three moneths & ?od dayes, & then was ransomed w:ch cost him ?800. dollars as he beleeves, & this rendent beleeveth that all the rest of the sd Comp:ie who are liveing except Edward ?Paull are there yet in captivity"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-727068f18cfef4652fd5211886efa6c5543e24b2|HCA 13/128: Case: Allegacon on the behalfe of Edward Paull & others: Personal answeres: William Wilmott: Date: XXXX]]</ref>
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===Perception of risk===

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===Petrao Road===

- "the sayd shipp ?y:e ''Lady ffrigott'' was in the moneths & tyme arlate taken to freight by Alderman Andrew Riccard & Company for a tradeing voyage from London to ?Petrao and other pts beyond the Seas to lade Currans & other goods for their Account & bring the same for London & there deliver them to them or their Agents In order whereto the sayd shipp hee saith did in the moneths & tyme arlate safely arive in Petrao roade where and at Ma?thaligo the Agents of the sayd Alderman Riccard & Company laded one hundred & sixty tonnes of Currans of the growth of Mathalago:s and Petrao ad divers other goods & money for their use and Accompt to be transported for London & there delivered to them or their Agents for their use"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-6dcf5b8b811454f886c6971a51aed8a72e650965|HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 5. John Gates, of Debtford, Kent, Ship Wright, one of the Carpenters of the Lady ffrigott, aged 18 : Date: June 4th, 1659]]</ref>
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===Port charges===

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===Port Time Sources===

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===Probability===

'''Probabilty of a ship arriving if another event had not taken place'''

- "the shipp the ''Lady frigot'' allegate and the said shipp the ''VirginX frigat'' were designed and intended to come together in company to this port, to w:ch purpose the ''Lady frigot'' was intended to come from Morea to Zante and thence to come along with the ''VirginXX'' w:ch if shee had done, and that the ''VirginX'', XXXX had not XXXXXX, the said shipp the ''Lady frigot'' with her lading allegate and in all probabilitie arrived here in ffebruary last as the ''XXX frigot'' did."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-cf5f860abbc80dd7ac687905ebd30cf9a3110501| HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 7. William Bowtell, of London, Merchant, aged 25 : Date: June 8th, 1659]]</ref>
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===Problems of navigating to Barbadoes===

'''Great currents & foul weather'''

- "hee hath used y:e Barbadoes XXXXX of a ship for about six yeeres last. and thereby knoweth that Ships doe usually misse the Island of Barbadoes, by reason of Greate Currants. and foule and Thicke weather w:ch often times happens in these parts"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-672e4aa5b619bd5a0ed880706fb5ff72f2a5747c| HCA 13/73: Case: Wood ag:t Grove: Examination: 4. Captain Thomas Thorne, of S:t Catherines XXXX, Mariner, aged 34: Date: June 18th, 1659]]</ref>
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===Profitability of voyages===

'''Profits could vary significantly between consecutive voyages made by the same ship'''

- "he answeareth and beleeveth that the voyage from hence to Newfoundland and soe to Mallaga and hence to London the said shipp cleered in the whole shipp 105:li & not above as he beleeveth, and in the next voyage from hence to Mallaga, & home againe 107:li & not above as he beleeveth 14:li whereof more than his share & Randall Crewe receaved of under M:r Roydeon and for the voyage in the service of of the State the said shipp iXXXX XXX had beene XXX ?did cleere betwixt eight and nine hundred poundes about 500:li whereof is still unpaid and the remainder beinge about 400:li and Daniel Bright one of the Owners of the said shipp receaved & paid to everie Owner as he beleeveth theire XXXXX XX shares thereof And for the last voyage from hence to Barcellona and then to Marselles and soe to Barbary and Marcelles againe this rendent beleeveth there was losse uppon the said voyage about 440. or 450:li by reason the said shipp was imbargoed att Marcelles by the space of sixe monthes the Plague beinge then aboard her" (HCA 13/125 Box Two)

'''Knock on effects of a merchant's failure on the profitability if a voyage through failure to pay freight'''

- "after such tyme as the arlate Craven came into the said shipp the ''Jeremie'' he did make onlie one voyage w:ch was from Marcelles to Scanderoone and soe to Marcelles againe, and that att his returne thither before his fraight was paid as this rendent beleeveth his Merchant broke soe that he lost all his freight as he beleeveth" (HCA 13/125 Box Two)

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===Purchase of naval stores===

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===Pursers===

- "the said ship the ''Saphire'' (XXXX hee only depose) had Laden and put a bord her a Cargazoone of goods the pticulars whereof & to whom consigned are specified in this depon:ts Pursers booke of fraight delivered to the said General Blake or to such as he appointed to receave the same to ?w:ch for more certainty herein hee refereth himselfe"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/64#head-59f52ce5a73811a54a25ce1cbf62b0001de3a8e8|HCA 13/64: Case: XXXX: Deposition: Edward Wye, of Ratcliffe, parish of Stepney, Middlesex, late Master and Commander of the Saphire alias the ffairfax, aged 42: Date: XXXX]]</ref>
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===Refusal to take an oath===

'''Refusal to take an oath in the High Court of Admiralty'''

- "in obedience to his said warrants, and that they XXXXX unto him as hee beleiveth, their said Comission and declared unto him their power given XXXXX and the effect of the said Commission, and that hee was called as a witnesse to be examined thereupon, and that they sitting as com:es did admXXXX this rendent to take his oath as a Witnes to depose the trutht upon such matters as ?any ?could be expressed, and this respondent desiing to know of them what it was hee should bee examined upon, they or XXX of them answered that hee should know that, when hee had taken his oath, and that this respondent againe insisted and prayed them that hee might know before his swearing, what hee should be examined upon, and withall told and XXXX unto them, that hee was readie and would sweare that hee never tooke nor XXX XXX nor bought in XX any of the goods taken or that were out of the said shipp to his knowledge, but they still refusing to acquaint or tell him what matters hee should be examined upon, hee refused to take his oath, and would not be examined by or before them upon oath unlesse hee might know the matter concerning w:ch hee should bee examined before his taking his oath"<ref>http://bron.wikispot.org/HCA_13/128#head-b7e7fc954b7c6989da0ef5766b7addf6c17e38ca HCA 13/128: Allegation: Richard fford: Answer: ?Bas Nelders: Date: July 5th 1657</ref>
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===Refusal to pay mariners' wages===

'''Refusal of Duke of Venice to give satisfaction for forced use of ship to service the Venetian fleet'''

- " there this rendent was offered a fraight to Smirna & soe to Venice againe w:ch this rendent accepted of, but dureing such tyme as he was at Venice intreating about the same the Duke of Venice or his Officers forced this rendent & his sd ship into their Service contrary to this rendents good will & likeing to carry bread from thence to ?candy for the ffleete w:ch this rendents ship accordingly did & arrived & delivered the same there in or about y:e beginning of december 1655. as he believeth for w:ch this rendent never received any satisffaction at all and doth declare that so soone as hee shall receive satisffaction for the same he shalbe ready & willing to pay his sd Marrin:es what shalbe due unto them for y:e same"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-727068f18cfef4652fd5211886efa6c5543e24b2| HCA 13/128: Case: Allegacon on the behalfe of Edward Paull & others: Personal answeres: William Wilmott: Date: XXXX]]</ref>

'''Failure of mariners to defend their ship from seizure'''

- "he [Elias Beake, London merchant] hath bin required to pay wages to the sd Salter & others, & y:t he doth justly refuse as he humbly conceiveth, for the sd pties, or some of them coming to him to demand their wayges he asked them why they did not defend their sd ship & goods & make shott at y:e vessell y:t tooke them y:t so they might have beaten them of & saved the vessell & goods for the Own:es that they might have had incouragem:t to have paid them for their good service, to w:ch answear was made that whoe should have kept them if they had been wounded, or lost a Limb or to that effect, so that of marrin:es should refuse to use their gunnes in this manner the Own:es had as good throw them into y:e Sea as carry them in their Ships & if they may give up their vessells & goods & returne home & receive their wages as usuall"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-5756e8a4cff39ee460292afceafa94ffaa79ebc9|HCA 13/128: Case: Libell against Elias Beake and Peter Mathews in the name of John Salter & others: Personal answeres: Elias Beake: Date: October 28th 1656]]</ref>
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===Risk===

'''Risque'''

- "for his the said John Scrother the producents accompt and risque"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68 Part Two#head-4470969a6089650fa0451fb522657662b3e03f2a|HCA 13/68: Case: Clayme of John Scrother for goods on the Black Cock: Deposition: 1. Jacob Wigandi, of Hamborough, Merchant, aged 25: Date: November 30th 1653]]</ref>
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===Role of consuls===

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===Set out against the Turkes===

- "the sayd shipp the ''Sta Cruse'' was sett out from Gennoa as a man of warr against the Turkes" '''ADD SOURCE'''
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===Sheriff's Court of London===

'''Sueing in the Sheriff's Court'''

- "hee this Rendent hath sued and doth still sue and impleade the said George Cobden in the Sheriffs Court of London for the said sugars in an action of ?Trover; and alsoe beleeveth that y:e six tonnes of sugar soe as aforesaid by him laded or reputed to be laden aboard the said shipp the ''James'' in Carlisle bay, and the goods or sugars by him sued for in the sid Sheriffs Court, were and are the same goods or sugars, and not diverse"<ref>XXX HCA 13/128: XXXXX</ref>
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===Shipping charges===

- "it being very notorious & well knowne to the sd M:r Wayn Wright & all other mrchants that use the East countrey trade that every Last of wheate payeth one dollar the charges at Stettin & Stralsound & the charges for Smacks & boates to bring y:e sd corne on board, & petty pilotage & other dutyes, all w:ch heethis rendent did really pay"<ref>This is the footnote text</ref> '''ADD SOURCE'''
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===Ship prices===

- "a stXXX shipp of the burthen of 200 tunnes and upwards: and was worth with her tackle and furniture having bene newly fitted and equipped the summe of one thousand pounds ?sterl in the Judgm:t of this deponent"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-d950b85cda43fda487b419cf1928ed869167c202|HCA 13/68: Case: On behalf of John Harrison: Deposition: 3. William Neave, of Dukes Place, London, Merchant, aged 44: Date: December ?23rd 1653]]</ref>

- "she was a strong and tight shipp and had bene but one voyage before att sea from the tyme of her first building and was of the burthen of .200 tonnes or thereabouts and had in her sixteene ?persons, and the tackele apparell and furniture of and belonging unto her were likewise good and new And the freight of the says hipp so provided with gunns and tackle was well worth the summe of 250:li sterl p moneth And soe much was and is usually given p moneth for a shipp of her burthen and goodnes"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/68#head-ba56423722456e018a88d06052af3bdf5c97f223|HCA 13/88: Case: XXXX: Deposition: Nicholas Williams, of Redriffe, Surrey, Mariner, sometime Quartermaster on the Freetrade, aged 36: Date: March 9th 1653/44]]</ref>
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===Ship wrecks===

'''Her breaching in peeces'''

- "y:e ''Anne'' was driven upon y:e sd sands, and the Seas were ?mighty boysterous. Insomuch that they beate over y:e Deck of the sd ship with sich a fforce that y:e Company on y:e Deck could Scarce Stand upon their Leggs, and saith there were XXXXX saved, and brought out of the said ship, just before her breaching in peeces"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: Christopher Malyn, Thomas Carret, Bethnel Tynck, George Southerne, Geirge Rogers, Thomas West, ffrancis Rosse, and John Robeck, late Mariners of the Ship the Anne:: Examination: 2. Joseph Bond: Date: February 26th 1658]</ref>

'''Breaking and splitting in the sands'''

- "hee went from Gravesend in y:e sd Ship y:e voyage in question, and Continued onboard till shee was breaking and splitting on y:e said sands"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: Answer: John Atkins: Date: XXXX]</ref>

'''Using other meanes for saving of their Lives'''

- "after the ?said Ship came upon y:e said Sand?s her Company had noe time either to save any paps or any of their Cloathes or goods w:ch were in y:e sd Ship, but were most of them Imployed about Hoysting out their boate, and using other meanes for saving of their Lives."<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: Answer: John Atkins: Date: XXXX]</ref>

'''High winds, foule weather, and greate Tides'''

- "when they came from thence [ffalmouth] y:e winde was faire, and y:e next day y:e weather Changed, and was very Boisterous, and y:e said other Ships which were bigger, and better sailers than the ''Anne''; left her behinde them, and y:e sd ship ''Anne'' by y:e said High winds, foule weather, and greate Tides (and by ?noe other meanes) was forced and driven upon y:e Coast of ffrance, about tenne Leagues to the Westward of ?Bullen, where shee as aforesd: was broken in peeces and utterly lost."<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: Christopher Malyn, Thomas Carret, Bethnel Tynck, George Southerne, George Rogers, Thomas West, ffrancis Rosse, and John Robeck, late Mariners of the Ship the Anne:: Examination: 2. Joseph Bond: Date: February 26th 1658]</ref>
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===Spanish crew on English ships===

'''Voyage from London to Amsterdam to Trinidad and the Spanish West Indies and back to London'''

- "hee saith there were twenty men and a boy belonging to the said shipp when shee XX XXXXX Milford, whereof seaven were Spaniards the said John Lopez being one of the said Spaniards, and saith three of the said Spaniards are in London, and the rest were left abroad"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-20cc9524f6449d3264092c6f244adaa50ab5d970|HCA 13/73: Case: Lord Protector ag:t the Hope: Deposition: 5. Peter Aylward, of London, Merchant, aged 40: Date: February 21st 1658 (59)]]</ref>
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===States service===

- "gone in the States Service" (HCA 13/73))
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===Stopping, searching, & seizing ships===

- "the shipps arlate were stayed at y:e Isle of Wight by the Governour or his deputye at Yarmouth castle in the said Island upon information given by some of their owne Company as hee beleeveth that they were bound for Spayne"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/128: Case: Beane ag:t Jacobs: Personall answeares: Humfrey Beane: Date: XXXX]</ref>
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===Sugar===

'''Nevis vs. Barbadoes sugar'''

- "at y:e first coming of the said ship y:e ''Peace'' to Nevis y:e said Wood sold his fish after y:e rate of a pound of ffish, for a pound of Sugar, and Saith that Nevis Sugar is accounted better than Barbadoes Sugar"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73]</ref>
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===Supracargoe===

'''Powers of supracargo'''

- "the arlate Luke Woods did goe the voyage in question absolute and sole Supracargo & manager of the sayd shipp ''Pease'' as well for the parts that XXXXXXX hee the sayd Woods had hyred as for the other five eighths which was soe freighted by and belonged to the sayde Brewer and Crispe And was soe impowered to goe Supracargo and sole manager of the sayd Brewer & Crispe their five eighth parts by the sayde Brewer and Crispe"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXXX: Examination: 2. Richard Blake, of Ratcliffem Stepney, Middlesex, Mariner, aged 30: Date: January 14th 1658]</ref>

'''Powers of supracargo touching the lading unlading and reladeing of a ship'''

- "the sayd Woods being sole supracargo of the sayed shipp for the voyage in question both the Master and Mariners ought to obey and observe the orders of the sayd Luke Woods as Supracargo as touching the lading unlading and reladeing of the sayd shipp & to goe with the shipps boate, & with the sayd shipp from place to place according as the sayd Woods should for his best advantage of tradeing in the sayd voyage direct and appoint"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXXX: Examination: 2. Richard Blake, of Ratcliffem Stepney, Middlesex, Mariner, aged 30: Date: January 14th 1658]</ref>

'''Conflict between Master and supracargo'''

- "imediately after the sayd Grove had soe threatned and reviled the sayd Wood, hee the sayd Woods did in a civill & mylde manner demand of the sayd Grove why he would not lett him have any salt from on board and the sayd Grove replyed & sayd that the shipp wanted stiffneing or ballast whereto the sayd Wood answered and sayd to the sayd Grove why then did yo:w not a day agoe send for more stones whereto the sayd Grove replyed and sayd hee had forgott it & the sayd Woods then asked the sayd Grove what hee would doe when he had more stones aboard whereto the sayd Grove replyed and sayd that then hee would carry them on shoare againe And these speeches passed betwixt the sayd Grove & Woods publiquely upon the deck in p:rsence & hearing of this deponent and most of the shipps Company the sayd Wood speakeing soe loude and with such rage & fury that people who stood on shoare stood gazeing and wondering to see & heare such words & behaviour proceede from a Master of a shipp to his Supracargoe./"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-761fc1c079262a26423aebf1557358559fe4210d|HCA 13/73: Case: Luke Wood x:r ag:t the ''Pearce '' and ag:t Thomas Grove: Examination: 3. Peter Bartlet, of Ratcliff, Shipwright, aged 30: Date: January 12th, 1658]]</ref>
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===Terra Firma===

'''North American continent as "Terra Firma"'''

- "?departed in or about November 1657 to ComXXXX a coast on the terra firma"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-20cc9524f6449d3264092c6f244adaa50ab5d970| HCA 13/73: Case: Lord Protector ag:t the ''Hope'': Deposition: 5. Peter Aylward, of London, Merchant, aged 40: Date: February 21st 1658 (59)]]</ref>
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===Timber yards===

'''Timber yard in Lisbon'''

- "hee was in y:e said yard (out of w:ch y:e said Logwood was taken & sent on board y:e said ship) whilest, some of the sd wood was weighing, and sawe most of it sent, and brought aboard y:e said ship, y:e said yard being neere y:e waterside & neere unto y:e place: where his ship lay"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-33d2b1e0e6e0fc1345132124672e893357ee3da7|HCA 13/73: Case: Mayflower vs. XXXX: Deposition: 2. John Stannian, of the City of London; Gentleman, aged 26: Date: September 23rd 1659]]</ref>
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===Trade with the Canary Islands===

'''English merchants trading under Dutch names'''

- "English merchants doe, (and have done since y:e warre betwixt England and Spaine) trade at y:e Canaryes under fained and fictitious Dutch names the better to Colo:r their goods, and p:eserved them from Spanish Capture."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-7afb365c1d24c876f38db4951503907d0bc3217e| HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: Examination: David Lloyd, Citizen & Cloatheworker, of London, aged 56: Date: March 8th 1658 (59)]]</ref>
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===Travel Time Sources===

'''Inverness to Rochell'''

- "he answereth & beleeveth That the weather ?serving a ship doth usually & may saile from Innvrnes to Rochell in ?20 dayes or thereabouts"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/129#head-4c61d7658a23d6dd6ec9e0acfe2fe7e3f9504449|HCA 13/129: Personal answers of Peter Cornelius Youngboare: Allegation: ?Maurice Trent: Date: 17th March 1658]]</ref>

'''Gravesend to coast of Greeneland and back to Gravesend'''

- "the sd ship sett sayle from Gravesend upon or about the fourteenth of Aprill 1656. & not before as they beleeve at w:ch time & not before the sd monethly pay was to begin in case the sd pties had behaved themselves as they ought to have done, & these rendents further beleeve that y:e ship the ''Greyhound'' came back againe into the River of Thames & was here discharged upon or about the fowrteenth day of September 1656 as they beleeve"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-1e528de4e0e74b6a9851e1a3ed2dd641cee9355b|HCA 13/128: Case: XXXX: Answer: Richard Batson, Humphrey Beane, & Gowen Goldegay: Date: XXXX]]</ref>

'''Lisbon to Brazil (exact Brazilian destination unspecified)'''

- "y:e sd ship the ''Scipio'' did enter upon & begin her voiage for Brazeel to wit in y:e lading of her goods for that place the 3:d of September 1649. and that y:e sd ship did dept from Lisborne upon y:e sd voiage the 5:th day of November arlate 1649 & ?arrived at Brazeele the 6:th day of March 1649 [i.e. 1650] & there discharged her lading about y:e end of Aprill 1650 & that upon the 20:th of June 1650. y:e sd ship did set saile in company of the portugall fleete for Lisborne againe, and was afterwards put back with the rest of y:e fleete by the command of y:e Admrall for Brazeel where they arrived againe about the first or second of July 1650."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/129#head-2187c17fbe54015abbe3f7fced1c8d59ab105c17|HCA 13/129: Personal answers of Humfey ffosse John Tucker Christofer Mills: Allegation: Captain Thomas Ewens: Date: XXXX]]</ref>

'''London to the Canary Islands'''

- "the sd Ship did go with some small commodities to ?Loratuna in the Canary ?Islands & did safely arrive there & unlade her goods as hee believeth but y:e time of her arrivall & lading he knoweth not, but believeth a ship may goe from home to y:e Canaries with goods & unlade the same within the space of sixe weekes"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-5756e8a4cff39ee460292afceafa94ffaa79ebc9| HCA 13/128: Case: Libell against Elias Beake and Peter Mathews in the name of John Salter & others: Personal answeres: Elias Beake: Date: October 28th 1656]]</ref>

'''Gravesend to Scanderoone and back to Gravesend'''

- " from y:e time of y,e Departure of y:e said Ship ''Anne'' from Gravesend & Untill the say of her discharging of her last goods at Scanderoone ?was about seaven monethes and three weekes"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Christopher Malyn, Thomas Carret, Bethnel Tynck, George Southerne, Geirge Rogers, Thomas West, ffrancis Rosse, and John Robeck, late Mariners of the Ship the Anne:: Examination: 2. Joseph Bond: Date: February 26th 1658]</ref>
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===Trust===

'''Trust reposed in an executor or administrator'''

- "this rendent did desire them the said M:r fford, and M:r Mayne to Joyne with him to administer uppon and dispose the said goods,accordinge to the trust reposed in them by the said M:r West decead, but they the said M:r fford ad M:r Mayne did both of them refuse, and then this rendent being unwillinge the said goods should bee lost and miscarye, did in ?order to that trust w:ch was reposed in him repaire to the Governor of the Barbados and there acquainted him with this whole matter, who thereuppon did issue out an order or warrant in the nature of an administration, to this rendent the said M:r fford and M:r Mayne, that they might thereby ?receave the said goods out of the said shipand make disposition thereof"<ref>[XXXX HCA 13/125: Case: Libell on behalfe of Elizabeth West, administrator of ffrancis West: Personal answeres: John Blith: Date: July 29th 1652]</ref>
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===Turkey Company Merchants of London===

- "in ?Examinate & tyme arlate the sayd shipp was hyred and taken to freight by some of the Turkey Company Merchants of London...COMPLETE THIS TEXT"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-6dcf5b8b811454f886c6971a51aed8a72e650965| HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 5. John Gates, of Debtford, Kent, Ship Wright, one of the Carpenters of the Lady ffrigott, aged 18 : Date: June 4th, 1659]]</ref>
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===Use of arbitration===

'''Dispute of freight charges deducted from proceeds returned to Master and Owner'''

- "To the Eighteenth & Nyneteenth he answereth that he hath bin demanded to pay fraight, but doth beleeve there is none due to y:e sd pties, but for their ppoorcon of the monyes pceeding of the sd ship and goods he is & hath alwaies bin ready & willing to allow unto them their pporcon, if they would agree what the same should be or leave the same to any indiffrent psons to state the same betweene them" <ref>HCA 137128: XXXX)</ref>
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===Value of cargo vs value of ship===

'''XXX to XXX ratio'''

- "hee saith the ''Postillion'' at her seizure was of the burthen of two hundred tonne or therabouts and had nyne peeces of ordnance and the sayd shipp and her tackle apparrell & furniture were then well worth (in this deponents Judgement and estimate) two thousand six hundred pounds sterling or therabouts And saith the sayd shipp had aboard he at the tyme of the seizure, (for Accompt of the sayd Delboe Middleton Temmes Britton Taylor and Syon seaventeene hundred forty six parcell and thirty one ?Catees of pepper, and peeces of Eight three thousand three hundred and some odd peeces which pepper would in this deponents Judgment, if it had come safe to England have there yeild Thirteene Thousand pounds sterling besides freight due alsoe to the sayd Delboe Middleton Temms Britton Taylor and Syon as Owners of the sayd shipp which as hee beleeveth would have amounted to two thousand eight hundred pounds more of like money And hee saith that hee this deponent had for his owne Accompt aboard the sayd shipp at her seizure sixe hundred peeces of Eight, and pepper & Cloaves soe much as would have in England have yeilded seaventeene hundred pounds sterling, besides his wages for the sayd voyage which hee beleeveth did amount to ?three hundred pounds more of like money & his cloats amounting to about twenty pounds more of like money all which hee lost by the seizure aforesayd And hee saith the sayd shipps company at the tyme of the sayd seizure had aboard her for their Accompt pepper & ?Caude & other goods to the value of ?three hundred pounds sterling in this deponents Judgment and estimate, besides their cloathes and wages which as hee beleeveth was worth a thousand pounds more of like money all which they were samnified by the sayd seizure And hee saith that beside the p:rmisses there were about the sayd shipp at her seizure fower hundred Jarrs of Greene Ginger for Accompt of the English East India Company which were alsoe lost by the seizure aforesayd and would in this deponents Judgment have yeilded if they had come safe to England one thousand one hundred and twenty pounds sterling..."<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/72#head-d1b938e8fde65c21af2869095458cde6e6f9685a| HCA 13/72: Case: Ex parte and on behalfe of Symon Delboe, Andrew Middleton, Nathaniell Temms, Thomas Britton, John Taylor, & Abraham Syon, owners of the Postillian: Examination: 1. John Kingsman, Mariner, Master of the Postillian, aged 32: Date: August 28th 1658]]</ref>

'''Ten to one ratio'''

- "To the fifteenth he answereth & beleeveth that the said ship & her tackle & furniture & other materialls when they were seized were worth about the summe of One hundred pounds, and not above as he beleeveth, and the sd goods in the said ship were worth as he beleeveth the summe of about one thousand pounds & not under as he beleeveth, but y;e sd ship by lyeing there and being pillaged was much spoyled & damnifyed & worth little as he beleeveth...[Following the sale of the ship & goods, snd subsequent decree to return the proceeds] 16. To the Sixteenth he answereth & beleeveth that y:e monyes which came to his hands as y:e pceed of y:e sd ship & goods did amount to about Two hundred Nynety five pounds as is alleaged & not lesse as he beleeveth, & he hath not since delivered y:e same, but alwayes offered & was & is willing to give them their due ppocon as he beleeveth"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/128#head-675122a975b594401e0e4f86b5eccafff312ac29|HCA 13/128: Allegation: On the behalfe of Thomas Cullinge Jonathan Andrewes & Gifford Bale: Personal answers: Samuell Micoe: Date: June 10th 1657]]</ref>

'''Two point six to one ratio'''

- "the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her tackle and furniture, & freight, and stock & provisions on board her at her seizure aforesayd by the sayd Gennoa (sic) man of warr called the ''Sta Cruse'' was in his this deponents Judgment well worth five thousand pounds of lawfull English money and soe much hee beleeveth the says Swift Parker & Harris & other her Owners were dammaged by her being surprized & taken as aforesayd...

the hundred & sixty Tonne of Currants aforesayd on board the ''Lady ffrigott'' belonging to the foresayd Alderman Riccard & Company were at their surprizall worth in this deponents Judgement and estimate ?thirteene thousand pounds of lawfull English money and would as hee verily beleeveth have yeilded the sayd Riccard & Company soe much of they had not bin surprized in manner as aforesayd"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/73#head-8945bbd3b098cd3ca3d021ae3203b2772200c8a7|HCA 13/73: Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 3. Gilbert Anckelly, of Debtford, Kent, Mariner, late Boatswaine of the Lady ffrigorr, aged 30 : Date: June 3rd, 1659]]</ref>
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===Wages===

'''Pay rates in sample ships'''

- The ''Content'' (London to Gambo (Africa) to Barbados (then lost at sea); wage schedule for twelve persons (1658/59)<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/129#head-d57d5f95b7c846f98a8764545b23dc8869a24d72|HCA 13/129: Personal answers of Robert Oxwick, William Weilday and John Jefferyes: Allegation: John White & others: Date: 4th Feb. 1658]]</ref>

'''Seamens' wages to travel from Lisbon to Brazil and back'''

- "some consideraccon extraordinary above what they were in the first place hired for"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/129#head-2187c17fbe54015abbe3f7fced1c8d59ab105c17|HCA 13/129: Personal answers of Humfey ffosse John Tucker Christofer Mills: Allegation: Captain Thomas Ewens: Date: XXXX)]]</ref>

- "the sayd Ewens in persuance of such his offere & promises did pay unto his sayd Company eight moneths pay according to the first agreement made at London & did promise & agree to pay them an addition of five shillings in the pound p moneth for the future over & above the rates formerly agreed on which promise of addition the Company did agree to & promised to provide on the sayd Brazeele voyage and the sayd ffosse Tucker Howgate this deponent & the rest of the shipps Company did thereupon proceede upon the sayd voyage after the sayd new contract"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: Examination: 3. James Retallick, of Wapping, Mariner, aged 35: Date: March 5th 1658 English Style)]</ref>

'''Customary exchange rates for mariners'''

- "thereupon y:e sd M:r did pay them off freely Eight moneths pay in dollars at foure shills six pence per dollar, which is y.e usuall rate that English marrin:rs receive their wages at in dollars"<ref>[[MRP: HCA 13/129#head-2187c17fbe54015abbe3f7fced1c8d59ab105c17|HCA 13/129: Personal answers of Humfey ffosse John Tucker Christofer Mills: Allegation: Captain Thomas Ewens: Date: XXXX)]]</ref>

'''No paymen of wages overseas'''

- "this depo:t asking him howe long y:e sd Hill served in his ship; and at what what hee was shipped. at. The said Middleton replyed that hee served in his ship about foure yeere, and two Monethes: and was shipped at Thirty shillings p moneth, And then this depo:t asked him if hee had paid him any of his wages: To w:ch hee replied Noe, I Doe not use to pay men abroad."<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: XXXX: 2. Grace Hogsflesh, of Stepney, Widowe, aged 39: Date: Aprill 12:th 1659]</ref>

'''Monthly wages for named qualities on voayge from Gravesend to the Streights and back'''

- "in or about November 1657: ?y:e said W:m Malim did hyre all the Marine:rs severall mentioned in the schedule annexed to y:e said Allon nowe showed unto him, to goe & serve in y:e said ship ''Anne'' from this port. to Yarmouth, and from thence to the streights. and to returne againe to this port. And saith that y:e schedulate Christopher Malym Mate; and Carpenter of y:e said Ship, was hyred at 3:li p moneth to goe y:e sd Voyage; Thomas Garret Carpenter of the said ship at 1:XXX p moneth to go y:e sd voayage Bethel Tinke (OR, Finke) A Common marriner of the said Ship at 1:li. viij:s p moneth to goe the said voayage, George Sotherne a Comon man of the said ship at 1:li ix:s p moneth to goe y:e said voyage., George. Rogers a Comon man of y:e said Ship at 1;li. viij:s p moneth, to goey:e sd voyage, Thomas West Coop at j:li. xiiij:s p moneth , to goe y:e sd voyage, & ffrancis RoXXX at 1:li. 10:s p moneth to goe y:e said Voyage; And soe ?much the foresaid Mariners well deserved, and soe much is usually given to Marine:rs that serve in the quality aforesaid. in such voyages. and oftentimes, greater summes, And saith hee save y:e foresaid Marine:rs recvd their halfe pay at Yarmouth and thereby knoweth y:e premisses, but saith hee knoweth not for how much John Roberts y:e Chirurghion of y:e sd ship was shipt at, but saith hee well knoweth y:t hee well deserved 2:li. 2:s. p moneth, and saith hee this depo:t never ?knewe lesse given, to a Chirurgion for y:e same; or y:e like Voyage"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Christopher Malyn, Thomas Carret, Bethnel Tynck, George Southerne, George Rogers, Thomas West, ffrancis Rosse, and John Robeck, late Mariners of the Ship the Anne:: Examination: 2. Joseph Bond: Date: February 26th 1658)]</ref>
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===Will of God===

'''Bilging of ship on sands on coast of France'''

- "neither her M:r nor any of her Company were in any fault. but the same came and happened meerely by y:e said Extraordinary winds and y:e will of God. The premisses hee deposeth by sad Experience being on board her, when y:e said Disaster happened"<ref>[XXX HCA 13/73: Case: Christopher Malyn, Thomas Carret, Bethnel Tynck, George Southerne, Geirge Rogers, Thomas West, ffrancis Rosse, and John Robeck, late Mariners of the Ship the Anne:: Examination: 2. Joseph Bond: Date: February 26th 1658)]</ref>
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==Possible topics for synthesis==

* Attitudes and behaviour towards negroes by sailors and ship masters

* Brazeele trade

* Corruption and kickbacks (prevalence; function)

* Fish

- "he answereth & beleeveth that Salmon & herings were no vendible commodity at Rochell in y:e moneths arlate" (HCA 13/19)
- Relative price of fish
- Whaling described as "fishing"
- Oysters
- Lobsters

* Geographical language

- Areas
- Linked to commodities (Rhenish wine; French wine)
- Non-port towns
- Ports
- Seas

* Greenland fishing

* Insults made between ships during conflict at sea

* Port to port routes

* Ship age

- "an old shipp being about the Age of thirteen or fourteen yeers old" (the ''Mayflower'', ca. ?1659)<ref>[[MRP: HCA 23/19#head-af09a70a13fcdce6c67c19f4135a1566d421bf11|HCA 23/19: Document Number: 51: Case: Willia, Curtis, Thomas Hussey, Samuel Harvar(d): Date: ?1660]]</ref>

* Ship prices

- Create table of price of ships per ton (by age and burthen)

- Prices outside England, e.g. Surat (the ''Mayflower'', 280 tonnes, 13 or 14 years old, badly damaged, valued with tackle and provisions at 910:li sterling by Capt. Robert ffisher, commander of the ''Smirna Merchant'' (£3.25 per ton)

* Timber merchants

* Time

- Between ports
- lading in port
- Unlading in port

* Wages

- Levels by job function
- Variances within and between job functions, & over time, & according to perceived risk and supply/demand

* Workings of Vice Admiralty courts outside London

- Regional courts

-- Example: Leith, Scotland
-- Example: Court of West England

- Process
- Registry

MRP: HCA 13/76 Part One

2012-06-06T09:05:25Z

SimonLiebesny:

'''HCA 13/76 Part One'''

'''Editorial history'''

23/04/12, CSG: Split HCA 13/67 (created 04/04/12) into Part One and Part Two, due to size of page
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==Suggested links==

See [[MRP: HCA 13/73 Part Two|HCA 13/73 Part Two]]

See [[MRP: Admiralty court cases|Admiralty court cases]]

See [[MRP: Ships|Ships]]
See [[MRP: Shipping terminology|Shipping terminology]]
See [[MRP: Style Sheet One|Style Sheet One]]
See [[MRP: Synthesis|Synthesis]]
See [[MRP: Transcription|Transcription]]

See [[MRP: HCA 13/76 Analysis|HCA 13/76 Analysis]]
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==To do==

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==Listing of imaged cases==
===Case: The Jonathan and Abigail vs. Daniel Edwards; Deposition: Thomas Andrews, of Wapping, in the parish of White Chappell===

P1090919
f. 1r.

16:o Aug:ti 1666
Super allon apud acta ex parte
drorum Brandling et alXX

THOMAS ANDREWS de Wapping in parro
S:ta Marice Matsellon als White Chappell
annos agens 42 aut XXXXXXXX
testis produit et Juratus.

Ad dictam allegacconem deponit et dictit thathee hath for severall
yeers last knowne the allegate shipp ''Jonathan and Abigaill'' Thomas
Morley<ref>Thomas Morley. Possibly Thomas Morley (b. ?, d. ca. 1672), mariner, of Wapping, Middlesex (PROB 11/338 Eure 1-54 Will of Thomas Morley, Mariner of Wapping, Middlesex 15 April 1672)</ref> Master. And saith that hee hath bin informed by the said
Morley and the Merchants the ffreighters that the said Charles
Caryll on behalfe of himselfe and Company tooke to ffreighte
the said shipp ''Jonathan and Abigall'' (sic) two hundred and fourty tonnes
certaine to the best of his remembrance to goe from this port of
London to Archangels in Russia thence back againe to this port of
London with such goods as the said Caryll and therest of y:e ffreighters
should send aboard, and the said ffreighters as appeares by the said
Charterparty were to pay for ffreight at the rate of 6:li 10:s per tonne
primage and average XXXXX And saith that about the time of the said affreightment there was
a generall Embargo upon all English shipps and a generall Imprsse for
all seamen in the publiqe service, and the sd Caryll taking notice
thereof this deponent heard him promise to procure a lycense for
the sd shipp and a proteccon for her mariners from these Imprests
And not long after the said promise hee saith the sd Caryll gave by the
hands of this deponent to the sd Morley a paper or writing which hee
procured upon the sd voyage as also a protection for the security
of y:e marriners from the sd Impresse. And the sd Morley having
soe received the same ffitted and prepared the said shipp for the sd
voyage had Expended as hee verlily beleeveth in the calking, graveing
rigging and fitting her out clearing at y:e Custome house and at
Gravesend neere one hundred pounds y:e whole charge amounting ?to 400:li to sett her to sea and did hire mariners to saile
and serve in the said shipp, the whole company with the M:r and boy
consisting of 34 or 36 persons and provided and furnished the said shipp with
provisions necessary for the said voyage for the space of foure or five monthes. And the sd shipp being ready the said Merchants sent
severall goods on board to bee carryed in her the sd voyage but
he beleeveth that the sd Merchants were not bound to send any goods
aboard but the said shipp might have gon in her ballast thither
And the said ship lying windbound in Bugbyes hole being ready
to proceede upon the sd voyage the sd Morley in this deponents
hearing advised the sd Caryll and Bell two of his said ffreighters to goe
downe to y:e Generalls of y:e ffleet then riding at the buoy in the XXXX
and to carry with them y:e said passe or oroteccon as they affirmed it
to bee and show it to y:e Generalls and know of them whether by XXXX
thereof they might proceed upon their said voyage. Howbeit the sd
Caryl and Bell refused ffor to doe and with the other ffreighters importuned
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P1090920
f. 1v.

importuned and urged the sd Morley to goe downe with his shipp
which hee accordingly did with the first faire wind the sd Carryll
and Berry two of y:e said ffreighters going downe in the sd Morley's shipp
and Bell and Thirsby in this depots shipp which shipp was also ffreighted
by the sd Carll and Company for the sd voyage and was to goe in ?Company
with the ''Jonathan and Abigall''. And comming into the Buoy and the XXX
the Generalls commanded the sd Morley and this depots shipp to an Anchor
and sent for the merchants and the said Morley and this depot who
accordingly comming aboard Captaine Hobart Capt of ''Royall Charles''
told the said Morley and this depot that y:e Prince and the Duke would
see their proteccons, And the s:d Morley and this depo:t accordingly
gave him the very same papers that Mr Caryll had before
given them which they had affirmed to be the lycense and protteccon aforesd. and after
saying that the Generalls had seene the, And saith that about the
same time y:e Generalls under theor hands sent an order to the sd Capt:
Hobart to empresse, and the sd Hobart or some employee under him did by
virtue of the sd Warrant impresse all y:e seamen saving fifteene men to bring the
shipp back into the river of Thames. And much about that time
the sd Capt Hobart and the Lieutenant of y:e ''Royall Charles'' told
this Deponent and y:e sd Morley that had the Merchants come downe before the
shipps and addrest themselves to y:e Generalls, they beleived the Generalls
would have suffered them to have proceeded on their sd voyage
with their full number of men and not have imprest them.
The premisses hee deposeth and knoweth to bee true Having seene
y:e Charterparty, and to his best remembrance seing the same
signed. And ffor that this depo:t lett his shipp to ffreight to the said
Caryll and Company and was bound to goe the same voyage
and being an eye and Earewitnesse of the premisses and
acquainted therewith. And the merchts hee saith were also aboard
and were eye and eare witnesses of y:e premisses namely of the Impresse
of the men and sending the sd shipps back againe into the river
of Thames whereof she came to an Anchor at Ratcliffe ?Chaine on or about the 30:th
or 31:th of June last past, Rtalr nescit deponere.

Ad Interria

Ad primum rendit that hee was the time Interr and now is M:r
if y:e ship the ''Owen and David'' and is owner of an Eigth part
of her Etalr nescit.

Ad 2:th deponit that hee XXX and appeares in this busienes on the
behalfe of his owners being as M:r of y:e said shipp ?aferX:t to them and ?perceiving XXX
of them which is XXX about six pounds y:e month. And this XXXXX XX y:e
only person signing y:e Charterparty for letting the said shipp the ''Owen
and David'' to ffreight to the sd Merchants parties in this suite on behalfe
of himselfe and the rest of y:e said owners, Whose names and parts
in the''Owen and David'' are as followeth vizt John Sands owner of
an 8:th John Harris of a 16:th, Edward ffenn of a 16:th Walter Hampton and
M:r ?Hanning 16:th Thomas Hancock 16:th John ?Asty 16:th M:r ?Walter
?Wild a 16:th John ?Chaston 16:th David Sidney a 16:th Thomas
Davies 16_th Richard Adams 16:th this depo;t an 8:th And knoweth
not Who are the owners of y:e ''Jonathan and Abigaill'' saving he
hath heard M:r Morley say that M:r Brandling and M:r Hoopers are
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P1090921
f. 2r.

parties in this suite are two of his owners but of what parts hee knoweth not nor
hath heard Aalis nescit rendere.

Ad 4 et 5 deponit that at the time or times of treating for y:e ffreighters
of the sd shipps ''Jonathan and Abigail'' (sic) ''Owen and David'' this depot and the
sd Morley knew that there was a generall Imbargoe upon all English
shipps and a generall impresse for all seamen. And saith this depot
agreed with the sd caryll that hee and or the rest of said ffreighters should
procure a lycense and proteccon for the sd shipps and mens the said voyage
and they bringing the papers predeposed being as the sd Carykk
alwayes affirmed a lycense and proteccon, this deponent then signed the Charterparty and not before, And he beleeveth
and is well assured that the sd Morley did the like.

And saith the
saidproteccons were signed (James) and the Anchor (a Seale)
was put to the topps or heads of them. And this deponent saith
that had the said proteccons bin sufficient (which this depot
and the sd Morley never beleeved they were in regard the sd
Caryll would not procure them a lycense to ?neere y:e Kings XXXX
the Generalls would not have impeded the voyage by the impresse
of their men and ordering the said shipps back againe to this
River, And the sd passes or papers are in the hands of M:r Sukly
the Procter. A alr referendese ad predeposta nescit XX

Ad 6 et 8 rendit that the sd Caryll. Bell, Perry and Thirsby and XXXXXX y:e sd ?Caryll did at
Greenewich and London after the obtaining the sd passe and
before and after the sealing of y:e Charterparty Interr declare
and affirme that the sd lycence and proteccon. would cleare
them from being hindered or molested in their said voyage. And the
said ffreighters nor any of them did not promisse to pay the
Charges of fitting and preparing, or of victualling the said shipp.
or to pay the mariners wages in case the said shipps or any
of them should bee stopped or hindered in their said voyage. Et
alr nescit rendere.

Ad 8 et 9 rendit that the ''Owen and David'' os of y:e burthen
of about 200 tonns or thereabouts the ''Jonathan and Abigail''
about 250 tonnes and this deponents freight for this voyage
would have amounted to 1200:li or thereabouts and the ffreight
y:e ''Jonathan and Abigail'' about 1500:li as hee beleeveth. And saith
that y:e voyage in question is usually made in five or
six monthes, And saith that the sd ship ''Owen and David'' cost this depot
about ?1800Li sterln and hee bought her before this voyage namely about about twelve moneths time. And saith
the said shipps ''Owen and David'' and the ''Jonathan and Abigail''
had not bin fitt for the voyage in question unles they had
bin reparied and fitted in the same Conditon she went downe
int to the buoy and Nore. But as to the particular repaires and summes
of money expended he saith they are entred and mencconed
in his ship booke which booke he shall be ready to produce for
y:e informacon of Court when required thereto. And the ''Jonath
and Abigall'' with her tackle apparrell and furniture hee judgeth
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P1090922
f. 2v.

to bee worth 1400:li or 1600:li sterling And saith the said shipps
if either of them goe upon another voyage must bee ?new
caulked rigged and graved, snd severall other things done
which are wanting and will bee but necessary. Aalr nescit
renera.

Ad 10 rendet that in the time of peace three pounds
five shillings have bin usually paid per tonne. And soe much
this depo:t hath had per tonne having bin severall
times the voyage Interr. But are not then at halfe the
Charges for wages as they are now at. Hee remembreth
not what hee made the last voyage with his shipp which
voyage Was about two yeers since. Etalr nescit rendera

Ad 11. 12. et 13 rendit That he is to beare and Eigth part of
the whole shipps Charges being the owner as aforesaid of an
8:th . And saith that hee is to pay and hath paid for marriners
wages fitting and setting out the sd shipp ''Owen and David'' ?according
to the Note thereof which hee now leaves. And he also
leaveth a Note of the quantities qualities and prices of the provisions
of the said ship and what were spent by y:e shipps company to which
herefforth himselfe having compared them with his said ?note
and made them to agree in every particuler. And saith hee
had an adventure consisting of woolen Manufactury, stuffes,
and other goods. but the perticulers and quantities he now remembreth
not but saith the same may beknowne by his cockets remaining
in the Custome house. some part of his Adventure yet on board
and some on shore, and denieth that ever hee
since the sd shipps returne ever proffered to sell any of his clothes
or other part of his Adventure for losse or otherwayes and did
suffer dammage as hee is an Eigth part of the sd shipp Et
alr nescit rendere neiscit quid credat.

Ad 14 renat that he beleeveth the goods mencconed in the
bills of lading were lading on board the ship the ''Jonathan
and Abigail'' Interr and knoweth the firme of Thomas
Morley thereto to bee of his the sd Thomas his
handwriting And saith hee hath heard M:r Richard Perry
and some others of y:e ffreighters acknowledge that they
had received all their goods from on board the ''Jonathan
and Abigail'' according to the bill of lading And as to the severall
parcells of goods and quantities and qualities laden aboard the ''Owen and David'' hee
refereth himselfe to the Bills of lading signed by him upon
the receipt of those goods contents and Qualities not knowne
all which are returned againe to the sd ffdreighters save
100 slabbs of lead Which lieth yet on board at the
request of M:r Daniell Edwards etalr nescit.
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P1090923
f. 3r.

Ad 15 Rendit that M:r Suckly has y:e order Interr and
has a copy now about him. there is mot any command
therein to pay y:e mariners wagaes. Et alr salvis prodepstis
nescite deponets

Ad 16 et 17 rendat that some of his mariners were hired
by the voyage others by the month, and one with another hee
reconeth their wages to bee about fifty shill a man per month.
And saith that two or three of his said men were hyred
about a weeke or tenn dayes before the sd shipps Went out from
Bugbys hole, In time of peace hee saith it is usuall to hire men
at Halfe pay in the River of Thames, until their falling
downe to Gravesend and untill they shall bee cleared there.
There was noe ffreight to bee paid according to y:e Charter
party untill the shipps returne. Onely primage and Average
at the delivery of y:e Goods at Archangell. Et alr nescit

Ad 18 rend:t that this depo:t and the said Morley advised the ffreighters
of some or one of them to goe to the ffleete as is Interr. andproffered to beare their Charges up and downe. And saith that M:r
Caryll and Bell came to London but whether they tooke
any Advice of merch:ts about that busienes hee knoweth not.
Et Alr nescit

Ad 19. 20 et 21. Rendat that these two sutes in his Judgmt are one
and the same, and the Charterparties are thesame saving the shipps
names y:e owners the burthen of y:e shipp the Masters names, number
of men. And hee beleeveth the determinacon. will bee one
and the same, M:r Suckly is proctor. S:r W:m Turner S:r Walter
Walker are Counsell for this depots owners. Morley is Examined on this
deponents owners behalfe, and this deponent on the sd Morleys hath
not had Communicaccon with any about this busienes, or his disposition
herein: Before this suite was commenced this depot on behalfe of his
owners proffessed to and would have left the decision of this busienes
to the award of any unconcerned merchts: the owners hee saith are
not to pay any thing to the ffreighters as to any losse or dammage
in regard as hee saith these ffreighters were not bound to lade any
goods on board, and also for that they failed in their lycense and
proteccon. And these Caryll and Edwards hee saith many times
declared to this dep:t and the s:d Morley that they had bought
the hreatest part of y:e goods the yeare before and could not
shipp them of that yeare. As to the ffreight and damages
sued for by this suite he referreth them to the determinaccon
of y:e law: And saith that hee beleeveth that he came from the buoy in the
Nore in three or ffowre days space. to Ratcliffe Chaine. And saith the sd
ffreighters neversent a boate or bills of lading to take away their said
goods untill they were by order from this Court summoned to appeare
and show cause why they would not ffetch away their goods &
pay this depot and his owners their Charges. And M:r thirsby he saith
XXX:t before y:e sd processe was issued out said that the shipp was a
good warehouse for their goods. Etalr nescit

THOMAS ANDREWS [His signature]

Repetit coram dre
lloyd. SaXX XXXX Edwardo Browne not. pubb.
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===Case: Rex vs. the St Peter, of which Rasmas was Master: Deposition: Sven Rasmusond, XXXX, of Sweden===

P1090924
f. 3v.

Dmus M:r Rex con Navem y:e ''S:t Peter'')
suon Rasmas est magister)

XXXX XXXXXX Sug Interriys in proppario XXXXXX

I:us SVEN RASMUSOND Master (and in SuoXia Navarchus dicte
navis annos agens 50:ta ant XX rirter testis producent et JuruXXX
dicit et deponit proXtxxx

Ad j:n 2 et reliqua Interria deponit that hee will knoweth the
Interr shipp ''S:t Peter'', and hath sailed in and bin M:r of her for
one yeere last past, during all which time she hath
belonged to Masterland in Sweden, and to subjects of the said King,
And saith his owners and their parts are as followeth viz:t. Hanco
Croosen of Masterland owner of one eigth part. Hanco Martinson of
Stockholme of an Eigth part, Olock Tromon of Stockholme of an Eigth
part John ffrick of Stockholme also of an Eigth part, and this deponent
of the other halfe part of the said shipp, all subjects and natives
of his Majesty of Sweden, and Eminent Burgers of the Cities of
Masterland and Stockholme And saith that y:e foresaid Crooson is
a native and an Alderman of y:e City of Masterland aforesd, and the
other three are Burgers natives and Inhabitants of y:e City of
Stockholme and for and as such commonly accounted. And
saith the said shipp was about a yeare since built at
Masterland, by order of this deponent on behalfe of himselfe and y:e
rest of y:e foresaid owners. And saith that the said ship hath made
three voyages since y:e ?sd building. The ffirst was from ottenborow
in Sweden to Hamborow with Iron, Pitch, & XXXlis, ad from thence to Masterland
with salt. The second was from Masterland with Herrings to
Stockholme, and there this depo:t tooke in a lading of Pitch, tarr,
Iron and some Dealeboards, for and to bee delivered at this
city of London to Charles Marisco a merchant here, And saith the
same were laded at Stockholme by Jacob Mumma, Abraham
Mumms, Abraham Veruson all Inhabitants in and XXXX
of Stockholme, for their owne account consigned to and to bee delivered the foresd
Charles Marisco, and the quantities and qualities were as followeth twenty thhree
lasts of tarr, twenty lasts of pitch, ffive hundred shipp pounds
of Iron. Every shipp pound conteining three hundred w:t of Iron
and ffive hundred DEales being his whole shipps lading. And
saith noe part of his lading belongeth to any of the subjects of y:e ffrench King or King of Denmark or any in Enmity with this
Crowne. And saith that there was noe ffrench Dutch or Danish
ffactor or supra Cargo aboard his said ship the foresd voyages
or y:e voyage in question where in hee was seized. And at seizure
of y:e sd shipp he saith hee had with himselfe and his Company
consisted of Eight mariners all natives of and hired by this depo:t
at Masterland in Sweden aforesd, and subjects of the sd King. Nor XXX XXXX
live in any of y:e Dominions or territoryes of y:e ffrench King Dane or
States of y:e United provinces. And saith that y:e papers and writings at
the sd shipp were delivered to y:e Captaine of the ''ffXXXXXXX'' who XXXXXXXXXX
of of Yarmouth as he was comming with his sd ship and lading to
London, and afterwards the sd shipp was sent up into y:e river of Thames
and is there now remaining. And saith there was noe papers or
writings burnt, torne, concealed or any wayes made away. And saith
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P1090925
f. 4r.

y:t y:e foresaid seizure happened on the 12:th instant And saith
that at his sd siezure he declared to y:e Captaine of y:e vessell that tooke
him that his said shipp belonged to Masterland
and that hee was to goe with his ship and lading to Ostend, and
showed him his passe which hee had on board purporting soe
much, ffearing the seizor might have bin ffrench, Dutch,
or Danish man being very darke in y:e night which passe they did clourably that they might
thereby gett through the Sound. And saith she had at her
sd seizure and never ?carired any but y:e Swedish fflagge or ?poles nor
ever had any other on board her, And saith that there were noe goods
betweene the said shipps docks she having but one deck. at the time of her said seizure,
and that the sd shipp is of the burthen of about 60 lasts and hath
bin M:r of her ever since her building at Masterland as aforesaid
And lastly saith that for the lading in question hee signed bills of
lading all of one tene:r as they are found in And taken out of y:e said ship
by the seizor Et Alr nescit

SVEN RASMUSON [His signature]

Interpreted by mee
John da LalXXXX [His signature]

****
===Case: XXXX: Deposition: Petrus Cordus, of Masterland, aged 25===

Eadem die

Sup Interris prodict

2. PETRUS CORDUS de Masterland in Suecia agens annos 25 aut ricter
testis product et Jurat.

Ad primum 2 et reliqua deponit that hee well lnoweth the ''S:t
Peter'' Interrate and hath soe knowne her about twelve monthes last
and was hired to serve and saile in the sd shipp at Masterland
by his precontest Sven Rasmonson about twelve monthes since
and was shipped as a common mariner, And saith the sd shipp was about twelve month
since built at Masterland by the order of the sd M:r, this depot
severall times having seene the M:r looke after the buildinh
of her, on the au:t of himselfe and the other owners, one whereof is
Hance Croose of Masterland but of what part hee knoweth not
The other ?three hath heard live at Stockholme but of what
parts they are owners hee knoweth not, all reputed natives
and subjects of y:e King of Sweden. And saith that about tenne
or eleaven weekes since the sd Rasmason set forward to this
port of London, with a lading consisting in pitch, tarr, Iron
and deales laded aboard the sd shipp, by some persons living in
Stockholme but hee knoweth not their names nor for whose accompt
the same were laden, nor to waht merchant they were consigned in London. And saith that in her course for London
she was seized by the vessell the ''ffanfan'' on or about Sunday
last was seavenXXXX tenn or twelve leagues off of YarXXXXX
bankes with her sd lading aboard and was afterwards sent up
into the river of Thames where she now lyes. And saith
that upon the sd seizure the sd skipper delovered his passe and
all the sd shipps papers to the hands of y:e Captaine that tokke
him, and there were not any concealed throwne over board
Or
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P1090926
f. 4v.

or otherwise made away that hee knoweth of neither were there any ffrench Danish or
Holland Colle:r of ffaco:rs aboard, and beleeveth that there were
noe other bills of lading aboard than w:t came to y:e hands of the
seizers, The sd shipp is single decked and of y:e burthen
of about 60 lasts, and beleeve th the sd shipp and lading to be-
long to Swedes and that none other w:tsoever are intressed
therein And saith the sd shipps Company with the M:r consists of Eight
persons all Swedes, borne in Masterland, this depo:t being also borne
there and there dwelling with his wife and child when at home. Et alr nescit
deponere

Interpreted by mee
John da LetXXce

PETTER XXXXX [His signature]
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P1090927
f. 5r.

===Case: The Orange tree and XXXX: Deposition: Andreas Barton, midshipman, & John Ennet, John Carter, John Rice marriners, of the Crowne ffrigott===

Touching the ''Orange tree'' and XXXX
two Hoys seized by y:e ''Crowne ffrigott''
D:t Rex

23:° Aug:ti 66

ANDREW BARTON midshipman of y:e ''Crowne ffrigott''
JOHN ENNET, JOHN CARTER, JOHN RICE, Marriners of y:e
''Crowne ffrigott'' sworne & before y:e Right Wor:lls S:r Giles Sweit Kn:t
D:r of lawes surrogate to y:e Right Worll Leolini Jenkins d:r of lawes Judge
of y:e High Court of Admiralty of England say and deposeth by vertue of their
oathes as followeth vizt.

That off of the River of Emms upon the Coast of Holland they with
their sd ffrigott W:m Godfrey Commander about Wednesday last was a ffortnight discovered and gave chase
to two hoyes and making up to them fired two Gunns
to one of them named the ''Orange'' (sic), upon which she struck, and the other of them seeing now
opportunity of an Escape, bore up to the ffrigott and struck also And when these
deponents came up with them they went aboard and tooke possession
of them and found them both to bee laden with oake Timber
for shipping. And imediately after sich taking the Command:er
of y:e ''Crowne'' ffrigott sent and ordered these deponents to goe on
board and bring the sd Hoyes up the said River of Thames
namely these deponents Andrew Barton John ?Ennett, John
Carter on board (the ''Death''), and constituted this deponent
Andrew Barton as Commander of her, And these three deponents say
and declare that two Dutchment that were left aboard
(the Skipper being taken onboard the ''Crowne'') declared that
the sd lading of Oake Timber was lawfull prize and that they were and
bound for Holland and soe they constantly
affirmed during the time these deponents were aboard the sd Hoy
And they further say that off of Yarmouth a ffrench
ffisherman gave chace to y:e sd prize (y:e ''death'') who comming
and bearing up with them the sd two Dutchmen told the
ffrenchman that there were goods onboard their sd Vessell were
Hollands goods and that they were bound for Holland, where
upon the ffrench asking the sd Dutch men if they would bee
released the sd Dutch men answred that they would. then the
ffrench men bad them to come on board. Whereupon one of
the Dutch men being at the Helme endeavoured thereby to lay
the ffrencgman aboard which this depo:t taking notice of
thrust him from it & fired a pistoll at them and soe gott cleare.
And saith that this depo:ts John Rice & Thomas XXXX, and Henry Bryan since XXXX was put aboard the ''Orange''
The other prize and put this depot John Rice M:r of her And
one ffleming that was left in the ''Orange'' (the M:r and the other
of them being taken aboard the ffrigott.) often declared to this
these two depots John Rice and Thomas Chick that the sd lading of
oaje timber aboard the sd prize y:e ''Orange'' was free prize, belonging
to enemys of this Crowne. And saith they came to an anchor with them
sd two prizes at S:t Catharines where they came yesterday afternoone
y.e afternoone where they are now remaining

JOHN RICE [HIS MARK] His marke
Sigm [HIS MARK] dicti & XXck

XXXXX XXXX

Jo: XXXXX marke

John Xarle Marke

Repetit et ?jurat XXXX XXX
XXXX sura:to pXXX XXXX

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===Case: The Death: Deposition: Oll Oilse, of ffrederickstadt, Holstein, Sailor, aged 30===

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Dnus nr Rex XXXX navem y:e ''Deale'' or ''Death''
cujus Hancaus Decker XX Doata eXXXXX
et Rex

24:° Aug:ti 66

Super Interr in propario. Examinat

OLL OILSE Nomos de ffeure prope ffrederick stadt in ?HolXXX
Nauta, annos agens. 30 aut de rixter testtis
productus et Juratus

Ad primum 2 et reliqua Interria deponit that the Interr shipp the XXX
belongeth and hath belonged to ffrederickstadt ever since her building
there which happened about five or six yeares since, and was
hired to serve in the sd shipp; ''DEath'', about Easter last by the Skipper
named Hance Decker le Doate, at ffrederickstadt, where the owners
of her live, but who are the owners are (sic) what their names are
or of what parts they are owners hee knowteth not but beleeveth
them to bee ffee persons under the Dominions of the Duke of ?Holsten
And saith that since he soe served in the sd shipp she never was
in any of y:e ports or places of y:e ffrench King or states of
Holland, but has bin once in Norway but saith that this depo:t
was borne in ffoure neere ffrederickstadt and when he is
not at sea hee liveth with his father and mother there dwelling
and housekeepe
And saith the sd shipp is of the burthen of about 32 tonns and had
on board her a lading of Oake Timber (for building of shipping and
Houses) laded on board her by severall merchants living
at ffrederickstadt, but their names hee knoweth not, nor for whoe
act the same were laden nor knoweth hee to whom consigned, but
saith the same were to be delivered in Holland or in the dominions of y:e sd States and the laders of the
said timber he knoweth to dwell and bee inhabitants of ffrederickstadt
And saith that since he became marriner and served in the said ship
she made a voyage from ffrederickstadt to Norway in Ballast
and returned thence with a lading of DEale boards to ffrederickstadt
And saith that at her ?asiling she had not any ffrench Danish or Hollans
ffactors aboard, nor any ffrench Danish or Hollands Colors onboard but the
Nettle leafe the ffrederickstadt fflag was on board
saving there are some other fflaggs on board
asguifts with their coates of ?armes in them which severall merchants have given them, There were
with this depot three persons on board which was y:e whole Company
the other two namely y:e skipper and Cooke are natives
of ffrederickstadt where the skipper liveth when hee is at
home and hath a wife and children there,
all ffree persons under the Duke of Holstein (sic).
And that what papers were on board the sd shipp came to the hands
of y:e Captaine of y:e ''Crowne'' ffrigott that tooke and seized them
off the River of Emms upon y:e Coast of Holland without concealing or making away
any of them. And that upon theisaid seizure they declared that
the said shipp and lading belonged to ffrederickstadt to owners and
merchants there, all ffree persons, but were bound for Holland, and
the sd seizure happened about twelve dayes since: And saith that
the sd shipp hath made three voyages since hee served in her the first was as aforesd in Ballast
from ffrederickstadt to Norway when XX she returned with
Deales to ffrederickstadt where shee delivered her sd lading.
And then going a second voyage from ffrederickstadt to Norway in
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Ballast to take a ffreight she was by tempestuous weather forced back againe to ffrederickstadt
where being arrived the Skipper tooke in her now lading of Timber for Holland.
There were noe colourable bills of lading signed, nor any of Contrary
tenour, And saith the sd shipp has but one deck. And saith that when
y.e ''Crowne'' ffrigott that chaced them fired a gunn the skipper and this depot XX
presently struck saile and yeilded themselves and denieth that any of
the Company deserted the sd shipp But saith that the Skipper was
taken out of his shipp aboard the man of warr that tooke him, and
three Englishmen put on board the sd vessell who brought her and
her sd lading of Timber with this depot up into the river of Thames

Et alr nescit

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX [His signature]

Interpreted by mee
John delXXXXre

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===Case: XXXXX: Deponent: Hanceus Peterson, of ffrederickstadt, sailor, aged 29===

Eadem dia sup Interrijs prodict

2. HANCEUS PETERSON da ffrederickstadt natus ibm. annos agens
29 aut XXXXricter testsis

Ad dXX Interria deponit that hee hath knowne the ship the ''Death''
Inter for the sd fowre yeers last and hath served in her ever since the
last spring as cooke of her; And saith the sd shipp hath belonged
to ffrederickstadt ever since her sd building at ffrederickstadt which happened
about fowre yeares since and to owners there, but knoweth not their
names and parts, but they the sd owners are said to bee Burgers and
inhabitants of ffrederickstadt a ffreecity in the Dominions of the Duke of
Holsteyne And when hee is at home he liveth with his parents housekeepers
and dwellers in the liberties of y:e city of ffrederickstadt being a Batchelo:r
And saith the said vessell is but a smale vessell but of how many tonns hee
knoweth not having bever seene her lading with corne, and at her
sd seizure had a lading of Crooked XXXX wood ffor sbuilding shipps and Clapboards on board her laded by merchants
of ffrederickstadt but what their names wer hee knoweth not nor
knoweth to whom the same were consigned but saith they were to have
bin delivered at Amsterdam. And saith hee was hired to serve in the sd shipp
by y:e yeare being hired as the shipps boy and Cooke And the sd shipp hath
made three voyages since such this depots becoming cooke of her the ffirst
was from ffrederickstadt to XXXXX XXXX from and thence she returned with beames to ffrederickstadt
the second was from ffrederickstadt to Norway in Ballast, and thence she returned
with a lading of Deales, which she delivered at ffrederickstadt, And the
voyage in question was the third voyage. And saith that there were not
at the sd seizure any ffrench, Dutch or Danish ffactor or Coloures
aboard, nor any else saveing Swede a passenger who XXX y:e ship aboard the man of warr and saving the ffrederickstadter
flagg being the Nettle leafe was up or XXX XXXX that y:e Company consisted of three persons
with this depo:t and noe more, all natives of ffrederickstadt and dwellers there
and no XXX their XXXX, never lived in any of y:e territoryes of y:e dominions of y:e
states of y:e united neatherlands ffrench King or King of Denmark And saith that
in their Course for Holland the sd ship was mett with and seized by y:e ''Crowne''
one of his Majesties ffrigotts off of Emms a river on y:e Coast of Holland
and the papers of the sd shipp were delivered to the Captaine of the
ffrigott without any concealment or embeazelment thereof or any of them
made. And saith that upon the sd seizure upon the Captains demand
whence they were and whether bound they declared that the ship
and lading belonged to ffrederickstadt and that she was bound for
Holland and saith hee never saw any colourable bills of lading
on board the said shipp which has but one deck and is of a smale
burthen

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the skipper and hath soe done these two yeers last, And saith
that all the shipps papers that hee knoweth of were delivered to
the Captaine of y:e ''ffan fan'' who seized and tooke sd shipp ''Peter'' off of
Yarmouth about siy leagues from thence and was by him sent with
her sd lading up y:e river of Thames where she now lyes
neere y:e Newcrane, There were noe papers XXX XXX burnt or anywayes made away
that hee knoweth of or hath knowne, And saith that it was very darke when the sd
''ffan fan'' seized them and fearing that she might have bin a Dutch or
some enemies vessell the skipper sayed they were bound for Ostend
but hee saith they were really bound for
London And saith she carried none but the Sweedes fflagg and
never had any other colo;r on board, and there was noe goods
betweene the Deck the shipp having but one Deck

signed [HIS MARK] dicti. Tobierner

Interpreted by mee
John LXXX Lyonell

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===Case: XXXX: 2. Richardus Tuo, of Rye, Sussex, victualler, aged 33===

30:° Aug:ti 66

Sup allone arlata prodict. Examinatus.

Dnno Turpor et Carow reXd)
The ''Jesus Maria Joseph S:t Andrew'')

2. RICHARDUS TUO de Rye in Com Sussex Victualler ibni ubibitant
per octonnia aut XXter annos agens 33 et ultra, testis produt
et Jurat.

Ad 6. 7. 14. et 17 arles super quibus solemmodo Examinatur XX XXXXX
M:rs Eaton deponit. That he well knoweth the shipp ''Surprizall'' aclate,
Capt John Tozier Command:r and was and went as Corporall of her when shee
was fitted and sett out from Rye as is aclate, And saith that the second
or third day after such their setting out from Rye they discovered and
seized by vertue of a Common which the sd Tozier had onboard the aclate
ship the ''Jesus Josephe Mary'' of the burthen (as this deponent guesseth)
of about 150 tonns, laden with ?razons part whereof they took XX XXXX XXXX XXXX they consisted which they
brought into Rye, And saith that at the sd seizure (which happened
about ffoure leagues off of Rye in the English Channell) this deponent
and fowre more namely ffrancis Spooner, W:m Standish one of the
owners and his brother Charles Standish the Lieutenant of y:e sd ship
''Suprizall'', George Blanch and this deponent went on board the sd shipp:
''Jesus Joseph S:t mary''. And this deponent at his first coming onboard
of her one of y:e persons onbpard a clubfoated fellow and a pilot or
stiersman of y:e sd XXXXX but his name hee knoweth not whence
they came he answered from Genova, and asking him twice together
whether hee was bound, hee Answered to Amsterdam. Which words
hespake in very good English and very pertinent to y:e quetions untill
another person who also spake English, and was also a pilot or stiersman as
hee beleeveth ?hubbed the sd person they first spake to, and to
this deponent and the other onboard that they were bound for Hamboro
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saying that hee (the first person they soe spake to) know not what hee
sayes whereupon, the first person or clubfoated fellow said that
they were bound for Hamborow. Although as hee saith the Clubfooted
fellow spoke a great deale better English than the other did, and
this depo:t better understood him. And this deponent verily beleeveth
in his Confesiones that Had not y:e ''Drake'' ffrigott bin on the one side
and one of the Kings XXXXX on the other side the said Prize the ''Joseph Jesus
and Maria'' would have fought the ''Suprizall'' Each man having
their matches ready having their gunns charged and primd being XX
whole XX domicalven, and Eight or nine Petareren or peeces called maXXXXXX &
pistoll XXXXX XXX XXXXX Et alr nescit this depot hath bin
informed by some of y:e sd XXXX XXXXXX that y:e ''DXXXXe'' ffrigott alsoe waited for the sd prize and saving
they seized upon the sd shipp and lading as prize and belonging
to the states of the united Neatherlands, or their subiects

Ad Interria

Ad primum redet that hee cometh by y:e meanes and at y:e request of
one Capt Steele, And saith he was Examined before the Mayor of Rye
about a fortnight or three weekes since and then deposed to the like effect
of this his deposicon, And hee Expecteth that the sd Captaine Steeéle
should beare his charges up and downe but as yet hee hath not
received any thing saving tenn shillings of XXX then at Rye
to whom y:e Capt wrote to send up this dep:t and nomore to XXX XXXX, he hath
lived and kept a victualling house in Rye for about seaven or eight
yeers last, knoweth not what he is worth and owes but litle. Et alr
nescit.

Et 2. rendet that he knoweth not who are the laders of y:e goods
in Controversy, nor where laden saving he hath heard some of the
XXX XXXXX Company say that the same or a great part thereof were
laden at Malaga, and cannot specify the particuler parcels of them
Et alre nescit.

Asd 3 non concernit cum.

Ad 4 nescit nec audivit.

Ad 5 nonconcernit cum.

Ad 6 rendt that hee was one of y:e man of warrs Company, namely Corporall
but knoweth not whether he shall have any share in y:e XXX
y:e ship and goods bee condemned, neither knoweth hee of any money or other
goods taken from the XX or XXX of y.e sd shipp. Et alr nescit.

RICHARD XXXX [His signature]

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===Case: XXXX: Deposition: Georgius Blanch, of Rye, Sussex, sailor, aged 50===

Eadem die

Super all XXXX prodict

3. GEORGIUS BLANCH de Rye in Com Sessex Nauta, natXXX ubi
annos agens 50 aut XXXX ter testis product et XXXX

Ad 6. 7. 14. et 17 arles super quibus solummodo Examinatis depont
et dicit THat he was one of y:e ship ''uprizalls'' Company XXXX
Masters Mate of her, and went on board her at Rye where she
was fitted victualled and manned And saith that after they had
bin at sea for a day or two she tooke and seized a Vessell or prize.
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and as belonging to y:e subiects of the States of the United Neather-lands named
the ''Jesus Joseph Mary and S:t Andrew'' burthen about 140 or 130 tonnes.
And goth, upon the high and open seas in the English Channell about some
three leagues off of Rye, And saith that presentley after the sd seizure
this deponent, M:r Standish, one of y:e owners of the man of warr, and
his brother Charles Standish Lieutenant his ?precontent Two, and
one ffrancis Spooner XXX XXXX and upon such their coming onboard they found
two Pilotts as they XXXX but what country men they were hee knoweth
not, and asking one of them a lame footed man, who spake very good
English whence they were and whether bound he told this depo:t
and the other on board that he came from Genoa, and touched
at Malaga in Spaine and were bound with their lading comprising
of raisons and some wine for Amsterdam, Which theother pilot
hearing and jogging the person that answered the depot
and saying that they were bound for Hamboro the
person who first answered this deponent said soe alsoe - but not before.
And upon their comming on board hee saith they found them
in a warlike posture ready for fighting, there XXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Stones that lay upon the deck ready fitted, and would have undoubtedly
fought had not the ''Drake'' frigott and one of the Kings Ketches bin
insight andneere to them, Et alr nescit saving the sd ''Jesus
Joseph Maria'' was brought by this depot who was Command:r of her and
tooke care to and by the assistance of y:e other foure
persons and the rest of the ?prezt Company was brought unto y:e
port or Harbo:r of Rye. And saving the two pilotts assisted in
carrying her in the lame one hee saith stood by this deponent
at the ?lead ad as this deponent found the water and according XXXX
depo:ts direcon the sd pilot gave direcons to his seamen to order ?their
sales and they both also spake Dutch.

Ad Interria

Ad primum rend:t that one M:r Raymond on behalf of Capt Steele spoke to
this depo:t to come and bee a witness herein, and at Rye XX XXX received of Raymond
ten shillings but Exoects to have his owne Charges and horse hire upon XXXX XXX
andliveth by going to sea. knoweth not what he is worth. Ad alr nescit

Ad 2 rend:t that hee knoweth not who laded y:e goods in question nor for whom XXXXX
nor can specify the particular parcells of them. Et alr nescit.

Ad 3 non concernit cum.

Ad 4 nescit non XXXXX

Ad 5 non concernit cum.

Ad 6 rendit that in case the shipp on lading bee condemned hee Expecteth hos
share as a Seaman and according to his XXXX which is XXX XXXX. Knoweth
not of any money taken away from the XXXXX but XXXXXXXXX Captaine
Tozier tooke a little box out of y:e Captaines Cabbin XXXX Et alre nescit

XXXX XXXXX

Repetitium precXXXXXX coram XXXX
XXX XXX unto Ed:do BrXXXXXX
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===Case: XXXX: 4. Carolus Standish, of Rye, Sussex===

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31:° Aug:tis 66

Super allone predict Examinat

4. CAROLUS STANDISH de Rye in Com Sussex inhihitavit
per biennium aut XXXXX annos agens 24 XXXX XXXX testis product et Jurat

Ad 5. 7. 14. et 17 arles dicte allonis super quibus solemedo
Examinatur ex direnono M:ri Exton premria deponit et dicit that
hee welll knoweth the ship the ''Suprizall'' aclate and was one of her
company namely Lieutenant of her, And saith that about three
monthes since the sd vessell having taken in men
at Rye aforesaid went from Rye in the Evening of a day, and the next
morning about six of y:e Clock seized and tooke the aclate shipp
The ''Jesus, Joseph, Mary and S:t Andrew'' of the burthen of about 150 tonnes laded with wine and fruite and brought the
sd shipp with her said lading into Rye harbo:r, And she was
soe seized and tooke by the ''Suprizall'' and her Company about foure leagues
off . y:e West ward of Rye (to the best of this deponents Judgm:t) in the English
Channell, And saith that upon the boarding the sd vessel
by this deponent, his precontists George Blanch, Richard Tue,
Edward Standish this depots brother and one of y:e ''Surprizall'', owners
and ffrancis Spooner, all of y:e ''Surprizalls'' Company they found
onboard the said vessell two pilotts one of which he saith affirmed himselfe
to bee a Hamburger, both spake dutch as alsoe poor English,
and they being asked by this deponent and others then on board from whence
they came, and whether they were bound, one of y:e pilotts a Clubfoated
person,) answered that they came from Genoa, and were bound
for Amsterdam, Which the other pilott hearing said, Noe.
for Hamborow, and then the sd Clubfoated fellow also said
for Hamborow but not before although hee well understood w:t was asked him speaking so good English Et alr nescit upon XXXX. Saving this deponent when
hee and the others soe went on board ffound them in a ffighting posture, their Petererers
or peeces called ?Murderers being Eight in number laded, and their baggs
of shott by them, and some which were on board with this deponent told this
depo:t that they saw severall matches lighted, and most of their
musquets charged, The peterers were discharged at Rye harbo:r
and the musquetts carried aboard the ''Surprizall'', and in one musquett
he saith there were five bulletts one or two whereof were chewed
this depo:t seing the same drawne, And y:e sd ''Jesus Joseph Mary S:t Andrew'' had fought them as hee beleeveth
had not the ''Drake'' ffrigott and another Catch bin neere them.

Ad Interria

Ad primum rend:t that hee cometh at y:e request of M:r Steele on of y:e
owners of y:e ''Surprizall'' who came to know what this deponent could say
herein because he knew or understood that this depot was one
of her Company as aforesd. And saith that before he was sworne as a
witnesse M:r Exton asked this depot what hee could say in this
busienes, and this deponent then told him to y:e effect aforesd. And
Expects to have his Charges borne by the owners of the
sd Man of warr, ffor his paines in comming to bee Examined
herein, And saith hee was an apprentice to one M:r ?ffiels a

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a vintner at y:e Greene Dragon<ref>Greene Dragon. Walter Thornbury writes that "The original 'Green Dragon' [Fleet Street] (No. 56, south) was destroyed by the Great Fire, and the new building set six feet backward." The 'Green Dragon' dated back to at least the late C16th, appearing in the Chamberlain's Account for 1585-6. Fifteen inns and coffee houses were listed in an April 29, 1841 parliamentary return of 'Houses occupied by Persons Licensed to sell Spirituous Liquors by Retail', with the 'Green Dragon' assessed by the Officers of the Excise as one of the highest in value (Item 176. h., [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64548#s1 Betty R. Masters (ed.), 'The Chamberlain's Account 1585-6: Nos. 147-226', Chamber accounts of the sixteenth century: London Record Society, 20 (1984), pp. 63-87], viewed 18/04/12; [http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/11540/eppi_pages/268952 'Licensed Victuallers, &c.', part 2, The House of Commons, April 29, 1841, p. 7], viewed 18/04/12)</ref> in ffleete street for y:e space of six yeers of thereabouts ending aboit
twelve month since, and hath bin imployed in one busienes or other
touching the ''Surprizall'' aforesd, to and againe from Rye to ?London
by his sd brother Edward Standish and in other busienesses for him, and is maintained
by him. Et alr nescit

Ad 2 rendet that hee knoweth not for whose ac:t y:e goods in question were
laden, or where laded, neither can he specify the particular
parcells of them. Et alr nescit

Ad3 non concernit cum.

Ad 4 nescit rendere Hee not being at Mallaga the time Interr.

Ad 5 nescit deponere salvis predepositis nor concernited

Ad 6 rendit That if the said ship or lading proove lawfull prize this depo:t
Expects his share as being one of y:e Company that tooke her: And
saithh this deponents brother had or tooke from the Captaine of the ''Jesus Maria Joseph'', Nine peeces of Eight and three shillings for which he told him
he would bee responsible in case the ship and lading prooved not prize,
and Captaine Tozier has also a little gold ring with a blackstone, in it which
was taken out of y:e Captaines Chest, And some cloaths hee saith the Company
of the ''Surprizall'' tooke from onboard y:e ''Jesus Maria Joseph S:t Andrew''
Et alr nescit.

CHARLES STANDISH [His signature]

Repetit coram dire XXXXX surr:t
prXXX Edw:o Browne No: publ.
****
===Case: XXXX: 5. Gabriel Morgan, of Stepney, Middlesex, sailor, aged 36===

Primo Septembris 1666

Super allone predict. Examinat.

5. GABRIEL MORGAN paroa de Stepney in Com Midd Nauta, ubi
habitavit per Septennia aut ?ricter annos agens
36 aut rirter testis productus et Juratus.

Ad 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. et 16. arles super quibus solum mod o Examinatur
et direccons M:ri Exton deponit et dicit That on or about the befinning
of ffebruary last past the aclate ship the ''Jesus Joseph Mary S:t Andrew'' came
with affaire wind to Malaga. Xould ffor feare as was sd she should bee taken by S:r jeremy Smith
then being at y:e Streights mouths And saith that at such
her coming thether she came full laden with muscadino candies and pirckled
Lemmons which were by y.e Common report of merchants and others there
ladedin the river ao (sic) or Bay of Genoa by the Dutch Consull there and two other
merchants there (whose names hee remembreth not) for their
acc:t to bee delivered at Amsterdam for the same acc:t And saith
the said ship going there by the name of the ''Genowesse petache'' might
have departed and gone away with her said lading to Hamborow the
wind being then Easterly and faire for her, And there was a Hamburger
man of warr of thirty six peeces of ordinance or upwards and
fourteene merchant men under his Convoy which then rode neere
y:e same mole where the sd shipp ''Jesus Joseph S:t Mary'' then rode
which sd ''Genowesse Petachi'' he saith runn up as farr as she could
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into y:e ?moule and there moored her selfe at a great distance
from them, and pulled of her sailes from her yards And at
the time aforesd hee saith there was an ostend man of warr then
also riding neere the sd Mole one ?carew and Englishman M:r or
Command:r of her
the M:r of y:e said ''Petacher'' he saith was very fearefull
and refused to put to sea least shee should bee seized and taken by S:r
Jeremy Smith who with his squadron at that time and for
severall dayes together rode without the Hamburgers in the Road
within shott of y:e mole where the sd ''Petachi'' then ridd, And soe long as there
was any report of S:r jeremy Smiths being in the Streights or
anyways thereabouts the Captaine of the ''Petache'' never stirred
nor dared soe to doe but kept himselfe within Malega Mole for fear
of being taken by y:e English. And saith that during the sd
shipps ''Joseph Marias'' aboade at Malega, this deponent and
severall other English belonging to English Shipps then there
told the said Captaine of the said Genowesse vessell that the
English would meete with them before they gott to Amsterdam
the M:r and others of his Company replyed that they cared
not a ffart for y:e English for they had friends enough abroad
to guard them or words to the same or like Effect. And saith
there were onboard two pilotts, which
were said to bee Dutch men and as they acknowledged
themselves to bee, Namely hee hath bin told by the Clubfooted fellowe
(one of y:e pilotts) that hee was borne and lived severall yeers together
at Amsterdam, but that he now lived with his wife at ?Alicant And some
of y:e ''Petuches'' Company hee saith declared to this depo:t that a young
fellow (a Cooke) was borne at Schedam. And saith that when this
deponent, who was Masters mate of a merchtman y:e ''John'' of
London John Nansun Captaine
came away heeleft the sd Ostend man of warr as also y:e Hamburger
and his fleete and the Genewesse ''Petache'' all behind them at Malega
and if the sd Genewesse vessell had bin bound for Hamborow she
might have gonn in Company with te Hamborow ffleete XXXXXX
which she did not, as this depo:t hath bin informed or with S:r Jeremy Smith and
the English Squadron and merchantmen, Which as hee heard
she never did, But saith this deponent and severall other
English merchants then looked upon her to bee bound for Amsterdam
and to have Dutch lading on board ffor that Hamburgers now
and have ?done ever since the beginning of this warr
ffetched and doe ffetch their owne goods from Genoa and other
places in y:e Streights and send out good shipps for that purpose. And
saith that many more (that are now in his Majestys service) could and
can witnesse y:e same that this deponent hathe before deposed
----
P1090936
f. 10r.

Ad Interria

Ad j:in rend:t that hee cometh at the request of one Captaine Steel who hearing
that this depo:t was at Malega when the ship the ''Jesus Mary S:t
Andrew'' was there spake to this rend:t to testify the truth herein. Espects
nothing for his paines herein. And hath bin for five yeares and two
months last upon a merchandizing voyage from port to port, and
knoweth not whether hee bee worth anything or nothing. Et alr nescit

Ad 2 rendit y:t hee cannot specify the perticular parcells of y:e goods in question And
saith that hee hath bin informed that y:e owners of y:e ''Petache'' are Italians and
that they lett her to ffreight to y:e foresd Dutch consull and merchnts at Genoa
and that there was insurance made at Genoa upon y:e sd ship by which y:e ffreighters were to pay for her
in case she shpuld bee taken by y:e English. Et nescit se ad prode poita Alr nescit

Ad 3 nescit saying hee left y:e Hamborow and Osetnd convoy at Malega when hee departed thence.

Ad 4 rend:t that S:r Jeremy Smith went from Malaga about tenn dayes
before this repd:t who came thence yout y:e sixth of March last past and left by y:e Hamborow convoy there. Et alr nescit
Salvis predepositis.

Ad 5 et 6 deponit that y:e words aforesd were spoken in y:e presence of many of
y.e Company of the ''John'' of London aforesaid. And saith theforesd Clubfooted
pilot was raken in at Alicant as this depot hath bin informed by ?lres from severall
merchants in Alicant, where he saith about tenn or elaven weekes
this depo:t saw the sd pilott and hath once bin in his house there where hee hath
lived for about three yeers space as hee beleeveth. Et alr nescit rendira.

GABRIELL MORGAN [ His signature]

****
===Case: The Richard and Elizabeth: Deposition: Thomas Holbert, of St Saviour, Southwarke, Waterman, aged 44===

The nyneth of October 1666.

On behalfe of his Matie, touching
goods ?embrazeld out of the ''Richard and Elizabeth''

THOMAS HOLBERT of the parish of
S:t Saviour Southwarke Waterman
aged 44 or thereabouts, sworne in the
high Court of the Admiraltie of England
saith and deposeth by vertue of his oath

That the said shipp the ''Richard and Elizabeth'' (whereof
Richard ?Bothick was and is M:r and part owner) being a Victualling
shipp in the service of his matie riding on tuesday before the
late lamentable fire at anchor in Solebay neere to the ''Assistance''
frigot, Captaine Browne commander, and the said Captaine
desiring some firewood to be delivered aboard him one of the
''Richard and Elizabeth'', XXX XXX the frigot aboard the next
morning being Wednesday, and delivered wood aboard accordingly.
And while the ''Richard and Elizabeth'' lay ?lashed aboard the
said frigot, there were on the said Wednesay morning about foure
or five baggs of Spanish wools put out of the frigot aboard
her to be brought for London as for the ?use of the said Captaine
Browne, and then througe fowle weather the ''Richard and
Elizabeth'' bearing a sterne the frigot by the frigot ''?HalXX'', and
riding
----
P1090937
f. 10v.

riding thereby, there were the XXX XXXXX a parcell of three
hundred skinnes (w:ch as hee undertood were XXXola skinnes) brought
in the said frigates pinnaces and put also aboard the ''Richard and
Elizabeth'', and alsoe a parcell of kidd skinns (the number hee
cannot declare9 and also a parcell of flax, to be also brought
for London: all w:ch goods were by the conXXXX of the XXXXX
declared to be prize goods, and to thXXX ?purrpse they were XXXXX
thXX the Generall XXXXX XXX and take XXXX of them. And
saith that in the said shipp ''Richard ad Elizabeth'' all the
sd goods were brought up the River of Thames to Ratcliff XXXX
where they came to an anchor therewith on monday night the
third of September, and this deponent in regard of the danger
hee tooke his XXX and familie to be in, by XXX of the fire
getting XXXX by XXX hour, hee went that night ashore to his
house on the banck side leaving all the said goods aboard under
command of the said Bothwick. And on the Satturday next
following being the ?eigth of September this deponent
comming to goe aboard the said shipp, XXX with Samuel
?Clayman the XXX XXXXX ashore on Ratcliffe XXXXX, and
they goeing together into a XXX house to drinke a cup of beare
together, this deponent (who had got some intelligence that
the said goods were carried ashore by the said Masters order) asked
the said Boatswain as they wre in discourse thereabouts, how
they XXX XXX, to get parts to carry the said goods soe farr uplands
to w:ch him made answer that hee the said boatswaine by the said
Masters order got carts from Captaine Swanley XXX XXXX
to carry the said goods to Captaine Swanleys warehouse there
and that the CC they were carried accordingly. And this deponent
going to XXXX the said goods at Captain Swanleys, and
commanding a Constable of Stepney to assist them, the said
Constable declared unto them XX XXX of this materman
assisted in unloading the said goods one of the carts into the said
Captane Swanleys warehouse, and this deponent having
XXX XXXX with XXX of the XXXXX (whose XXX hee
now remembreth not) heard him affirme the XXXX

Signed [HIS MARK] XXXX XXXXX
----
===Case: XXXX: Deposition: Georgus Schoonmarker, citzen of hamburg, Sailor, aged 51===

P1090938
f. 11r.

Dmus XX XXX rerd navam the)
''S:t Jurgien'' (or George) de)
Hamborow, Jurgius Schoonmaker XXXXX)

14 Septembris 1666

GEORGUS SCHOONMARKER civitatis Hamburgen Nauta
atatis 51 aut et XXXXX, navarhus dicte navis
in preparatorio exteXXXtus

Ad primum, 2 et reliquor Interrix deponit et dicit that hee hath bin
Master of the said shipp the ''S:t George'' for nine yeeres last past and
upwards, during w:ch ?space shee hath belonged and doth belong to Hamburgh
and toInyhabitants and burgers there, who are still jer owners, namely
to Jurgien Bloyler a sixteenth part, Hance EstingXXaus a 16:th, Johan
Van Peren a 16:th, John Berenbergh a 16:th, Rudolph Bownbergh a 16
Augustin Henrdricks a 16:th, John van Campson a 16:th, ?harman Henricks
a 32:th, and this deponent the rest, namely halfe the shipp and a 32:th part
And that the said proprietors hath bin and are subiects of the ffree state of
Hamborow, and that noe part of shipp or goods belongs to any Dane,
Hollander or ffrenchman, or any subiect of the XXXdominions, and that shee
is of 60 lasts burthen
----
And further that her now cargo of marchandize
of wooll, ?leade, ?steele, kettles and other goods (referring to his bills for
further particularities) was laded at Hamborow about two moneths ?past
by Hamburghers their (sic) dwelling, and for Hamburghers their accompt
saving two parcells for Antwerpians and XX for ?Cullenaers
and a Bremer, as by his bills and attestations that were aboard
is more fully to be XXXX, and were all to be carried to and delivered
at ?Roane on the same accompt. And saith further that hee and
all his company are Hamburgers, ?saving one in XXXhauser and his
boy a Swede, and were hired by him for the said voyage to ?Rouane and
home againe. And that hee had not any ffrench, Holland or danish factor
or colours aboard. And moreover that hee XXXX bils of éading
for the said goods, and that one of XXX with his other documents (all
true and reall) were aboard an XXX of his XXXX by the ''Newcaster''
frigot about 5 weekes since, about 3 or 4 leagues to the west of the
?fflive as shee was plying with a XXXXXX XXXXX to perform her course
for ?Roane , her intended port of discharge, to the Captaine of
w:ch frigot this deponent delivered XX allXis said papers and
writings, withoutam XXXXXX or dissimulation. And further that
in the said nine ceeres XXXX the said shipp hath not bin in Holland
but hath ?used to ?saile from Hamborow to ffrance and England and
was this yeere in Scotland, all upon Hamburgers accompt. And
lastly that his company with himselfe XXXXX of eight man and a boy
and denieth that hee XXXX any false bills. Et alre nescit

JUERGEN SHOOXXXXX XXXXX [His signature]

****
===Case: XXXX: Deposition: 1. Peter Peterson, of Riga, Sailor, aged 45===

----
P1090939
f. 11v.

XXXXXXXXX

****
===Case: XXXX: Deposition: Eggert Wolf, of Stralsund, Pommerania, aged 60===

EGGERT WOLF de Stralesund in Pommerania in XXXX

hat his said shipp was built at Stralsund about ?eight yeeres since
XXX XXX XXX this deponent was appointed to XXX XX and XXXX XXX his then and
now owners, who were and are all Stralsunders and subiects of the King
of ?Sweden, XXXX Nicholas Bowman, owner of an eigth part, John HoustXXX
eigth, John XXXXmaster an eigth, Hanse Yeila a 32_th, Ernest Waranta an 32:th
Jurris XXXX a 16:th, Claus PaXXXX a 16:th, Charles Banck a 16:th, Martin
ClXXXX a 16:th HXXXXX Clowe 1 16:th, and this deponent a 16:th part
and that noe Hollander, ffrench or dane hath any share therein, And they are
cometh now from Stralsund bound for Bremen, laded with XXXXX, and
XXXXX, XXXX three lasts of wheate, eleaven baggs of wool, 2000 sheep skins, and
about 20 shipp pounds of uron, 6 XXX of XXX XXXX, 12 barrells of linseed
and one felt of XXXX, all laded at Stralsund by subiects of the king of Sweden
and to them belonging and for their accompt and to be carried to Bremen from
rge XXXX XXXXX

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
----
P1090940
f.12r.

XXXX and
XXXX at interest to this deponent too XXXX her building, for w:ch his shipp is liable XXXX
bottomrie to XXX fourteene Rix Dollars seventy bedides the principall. And
saith that this deponent and his company XXXX his letter three persons
are all of ffrederickstadt, there and thereabouts dwelling in the XXXX
of the duke of XXXXXX, and there being and XXXX subiects , and that XXX
Hollanders, ffrench or danes hath any part in

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

****

===Case: XXXX: Deposition: Detlef Hendrickson, of ffrederickstat, Holsatia, sailor, aged 38===

25:° Septembris 1666

Contra navem the ''Orange tree'')
of ffrederickstat)

2:is DITLEF HENRICKSON de ffrederickstat in Holsatia
Nauta, XXXXX dicti navis the ''Orange tree''
a'tatis 38 annorum aut ou XXXXX testis in
preparis examinatur, deponit et XXXXX, vizt

vide 1:xx in D

That his said shipp (of the burthen of sixteene lasts) was built at
ffrederickstadt about eight yeeres since, and hath ever since belonged to that
port in that Dominion of the Duke of Holstein; and that Cornelius vander
Loo and this deponent of ffrederickstat and John ffolkers trading at Colembet neere
that citie (where rgey alwaies dwelt and were and are subiects of the said
Duke) have bin the owners ever since the said building and are XX at present
namely this deponent owner of halfe the shipp and the other two each of
a fourth part, and that noe Hollander, ffrench or dane hath any part
or share therein- And that about ?seaven weekes xxxx (as hee remembreth

the time) hee (in company of the shipp the ''Death'' Hance Dorker M:r) came
from ffrederickstat with a parcell of timber & clapboard (by way of ballast)
and some XXXXX, w:ch wood was laded by John John?sen Burger there
andthe XXXXX by Miles Johnson & John Ruttenberg two other
Burgers there and a widow there dwelling all subiects of the said duke
and their XXX a ?park (the contents hee knowes not) laded by Claus XXX they
?alsoe a Burger there, and they were all to be delivered at Amsterdam
for accompt of the said ?owners, to w:ch XXX of Amsterdam the said shipp
?was bound (in carrying as aforesaid) to fetch Rhenish wine and Millstones
for the use and accompt of the said ?duke to be brought to ffrederickstat.
And there his company was XX XXX XXX himselfe and one man more
but subiects as aforesaid and dwelling in the dominion and XXXXX therein
And thXX ?running off the XXX XXX they were taken by the ''XXXX''
frigot, and after brought up into the Thames, and ther the Captaine
and company of the ''XXXX'' tooke this said XXX and XXXX aboard the
man of warr, and XXX of the clap board and many of this deponents XXXXX. And saith that XXXX
by rhis XXX to the Captaine, and XXX another by him, w:ch XXX
XXXXX to ?return, and ?had nine other XXXX XX XXXX XX passes XX
nore any interested or XXX away

DH

And
----
===Case: The Sampson of Stetin in Pomerania: Deponent: Joachim Smit, citozen of Stetin in Pomerania, sailor, aged 62===

P1090941
f. 12v.

Contra nav?am the ''Sampson'')
of Stetin in Pomerania)

JOACHIMUS SMIT civitatis Stetis in Pomerania in XXXX
?SueXXXX Natua, XXXXX XXXX XXXX navis, annos natus 62 XX
XXXX testis in propario exXXXXXX deponit XXXXX XXXX

That his ?said shipp was built at Stetin and is about ?20 yeeres old, and
hath alwaies belonged to XXXXX, and saith that hee this deponent hath XXX
XXX of him for XXX yeeres, and that GXXXX XXXXXXX is owner of
XXXX the shipp, Peter may a quarter parte & ?hamn TruXXX a widow a quarter
part, and are all Inyabitants and natives of Stetin and Subiects of the king
of Sweden, and that now Hollander, Dane or ffrench hath any share therein. XXX
saith that in June last there was with his said shipp at Amsterdam XX XXXX
had carried XXX XXX for XXXX XXXX acc:t) and was then freighted by a XXXX
named XXXX ?Orst to goe to Longsound in Norway to ?fetch a cargo of deales
and `Spanns for Amsterdam, w.ch voyage the said XXXX XXXX XXXX him and
XXXXX the said XXXX, and the said shipp reXXXXX therwith to Amsterdam)
the said XXX then XXX XXXX XXXXX owne accompt and then this deponents
said owner having XXX for and ordered this XXXXX XXXXX to Stetin, and
was returning in ballast, andcomming in XXXX this XXXXXX to trhe XXXXXX
XXXX XXXX athe XXXXX XXX the ships there being on fire) XXX XXXXX
?burning XX XXX them, was taken with his said shipp by the XXXX fleete and
XXX XX XXX wherethis shipp now lyeth. And saith his company were XXXX
XXX and a boy all ?Easterlings, XXX his stiersman of WXXXXX, and a
common man of Stralsund, and all the rest Stetinners. And that his
master fearing to be burned, XXXXX him and fledd in XXX XXXX, and left him
alone as this shipp XXXXXX taken, And that this ?paper was delivered
XX XXX XXXXXX, and XXXX XXXX XXXX

?ASA ?GEM ?KNIEST [His signature]

----
===Case: XXXX: Deponent: Michael de Craeyer, citizen of Antwerp, merchant, aged 68===

P1090942
f. 13r.

XXX GaXXXX Gyorkhammer, Mercatoris Antwerpiani)
pro navis the ''S:t XXXXXX'' et Xrro ?Limi)

4:° Octobris 1666

?Tuyer allegacconn arlate ex parte XXXX
Gyorkhammer date et XXXX annexis

MICHAEL DE CRAWYER cicitatis AutXXXpia Mercator,
annos agens 68 aut de XXXXX testis.

Ad primim srlum et XXXX in eadem mercanto deponit that hee hath
for two yeeres last and upwards bin Booke Keeper of and for the
producent GXXyor Gyorkhouwer, who is (as hee saith) a Merchant
of very eminent qualities, traffiquing to England, ffrance, Spaine, andinto the Streights and other places, and that hee is a native of Antwerp
where this deponent hath knowne him from his ?infancie, in w:ch infancie
this deponent hath often had him in his armes. And saith that in March
last the said XXXXX wrote and gave order to the arlate ?Romart
and de ?Panno his factors at Amsterdam (acting in company) to looke out
and bouy for him a shipp of about 200n lasts, of the price of about
nine or tenn thousand guilders, intimating his purpose to imploy her
to Rochell to fetch XXX, having found that to be a good traffique,
and after the firrst ?lr, ?hee confirmed such his order by others,
with direction to draw upon him for the payment for the said shipp
and XXXXXX, and signifying that hee would provide a M:r and
?Mariner for her in Brabant or fflanders to fetch her from
Amsterdam to XXXX XX XXX his accompt, or to the ?same effect, as is and
by the XXX ?lrs arlate appeareth, to w.ch hee referreth himsefe, and
to XXX XXXXX are XXX extants all of the parchments bookes of XXXXX
or ?lres , and that the ccontentts thereof were and areXXXXXX. Et alr nescit.

Ad 2:XX arlum et schedulas deponit that the timXXX arlate the
said ?productentXXX whXXX XX is XXX said factors to the effect arlate XXXXX
they XXX XXX they had bought such a shipp according to his order
and afterwards, that the XXXX that they were agreed of the price as
is arlate, and that ?they had honoured their draught, and would
make payment accordingly, referring himselfe to the lres arlate
numbred or marked D. E. XXXX XXXX ?w:ch are ?extrusted (XXX as the ?former)
one of the producents books of copies of lres by ?Cornelius Pirq a
Notarie of Antwerp, well knowne to this deponent, and whom this
deponent XXX XXXX in the said XXXX of the bookesa nd ex?trusting
Et alr nescit.

Ad 3:XXX arlum XX XXXXX in eadem XXXXXX et annex di XXXXXas
deponit that the said Bonnart and de Pann having brought that
said shipp sor the said producent, signified such buying and cost unto
him, and of their purchase to XXX and after that they had drawne
the payment and XXXXX XXX him and XXXX him the accompt
amounting as is arlate, and saith that the schedules marked N:o
2. 3. linro B were and are the said Boniara and da Pann their
said originall lres ?ther sent to the said producent, XXXX XX w:ch lres
hee saith is very well knowne ?tryin to be their hand of their lres
w:ch hee knoweth by the XXXX XXXX XXXXXX w:ch they
XXX w:th the producent in whose Counting House hee writeth.
----
P1090943
f. 13v.

and frequently XXXXX his lres out and home, and often writeth
his outward lres w:ch the producent subscribeth. And to the accompt
N:° ?3 libro B hee saith that the ?same is the accompt XXXXXX from XXX
said factors touching the said shipps buying and costs. Et alr nescit

Ad 4:XX arlum et novam XXXX XXXXX exXXXXXX in eadem XXXXXX deponit
that the said billes (now XXX XXXX him) were and are the originall bills
of eschange XX drawn on the said producent in regard of the said shipp
and w:ch heehath accepted and hath paid the contents, owing and
w:ch was not payable till after this deponents comming from Antwerp
?namely in the said end of October 1666 now XXXX. Et alr nescit, ?saving (OR, having)
hee is XXXX to the said XXXments and artXXXX therein XX the exXXXXX
?for the said producent, and made entrie thereof in his books.

Ad 5:XXX arlum XX schedulas in eadem XXXXXX, XXXXXX in XXX XXXX
Libro C. deponit that the XXXX from Amsterdam was therein XXXewed
in a packet of thXXX said producent at Antwerp, this deponent XXXX
the XXXXX thereof. And the attestatxxon from Antwerp in the ?forthe
pf the said booke C. XXX XXXX hee knoweth to bee sealed with the ?towne
seale of Antwerp, and well knoweth the firme of XXXor ?Valrkenniser
the Towne Clark ?thereto, and is well assured of the truth of the
contents of the said attestaccons for the XXXX aforesaid alr nescit

Ad 6 arlum deponit that the said producent is a ?Hamberger with his
wife ?Hildrum and familie in Antwerp, and was and is a subiect of
the king of ?Szcinn, and one that fXXXth keepeth his bookes of
Merchandize, w:ch hee knoweth being his booke-keeper. And
saith the said accompt of the buying and fitting the said shipp is
onely entred in his the producents leger (sic) bookes, and severall
other things XXXX entred both before and after the same, and the
said ?Sparkhoumar hath really and truely paid and undertaken
to pay as is arlated. And saith hee well knoweth all the
Englishmen whose names are subscribed to the schedule arlate marked
2. lib. A. and that they are dwellers in Antwerp, and that they saw
thXXX ?people the said parchments bookes arlate, and saith that the ?certified
arlate from the ?magistrates of Antwerp was and is ?valid with the
said TXXXXX XXXX, and hee beleeveth the contents thereof to be true,
and which hee knoweth (for the reasons aforesaid) that the said producent
was and is the sole owner of the said shipp ''S:t Barbara'', and that
?now other person XXX XXXX hath any XXX therein. Et alr nescit

Ad 7 nescit.

Ad ult. cicit predepsiter sum ad XXXX

Ad Interria

Ad primum rendet that hee is an Antwerpian by birth, and hath
lived for the most part there, and hath XXXly dwelt there for 17
or 18 yeeres last, and is not of kin of the producent, nor XXXX
otherwise than as his book keeper, this deponent being a XXX keeper of
XXXXX, and XXXX the victory according to ?right, and soe hee
would XXX the same, favouring XX XXXX.

Ad
----
P1090944
f. 14r.

Ad 2 rendet that hee XXXX XXXX XXXX from Antwerp to declare the
XXX XXX is businesse at the XXX and XXXXX of the said producent
XX XXXXX XXXX hee XXXXX for his voyage and time, nor having
made any ?interest with him, Et alr negative.

Ad 2. negative.

Ad 4 rendet that hee hath seene and perused all the bookes interrogated,
and being the producents booke keeper and principall writer of his lres
is frequently XXXX therein, and privie to his XXXXX and
XXX XXXXXX, having bin his booke keeper for two whole yeares.

Ad 5 rendet that he beleevetrh the said producent receiveth XXX XXX
lres one ?other hee XXXX accomptest thereof in the XXXXX or in the
file and w:ch is obvious to the view of this deponent and XXXX,
Et alr negative.

Ad 6 negative referendo XX ad XXXXtor.

Ad 7 rendetr that the said producent is owner of the said shipp ''S:t
Barbara'' of about 220 lats, the ''Three Kings'' of 120 lasts, XXther
(the name whereof hee remembreth not without booke) of about 30
or 40 lats) Peter Moret M:r. The ''Postellon'' of Antwerp of about
30 lasts, and hee is part owner of the ?''Armies'' of Antwerp of
the like burthen. Et alr. nescit.

Ad 8 nescit.

Ad 9 rendet that Madam the widow de la ?Renee and XXXth
de la Ronde are the producents partner in Ro?chell, and hee saith
XXX XXXX saith them in that qualities for the said two yeeres wherein
thid deponent hath bin Booke Keeper, and as hee XXXX XXXX
before, Et alr nescit XXXX parte XXX negative.

Ad 10 rendet that the said producent XXX XXXX times of writing
to the said Madame and GXXfrey de la Ronde touching lading the said shipp
''S:t Barbara'' with XXX for Bristoll. Et alr. nescit-

MIGUEL DE CRAEYER [His signature]

****
===Case: XXXX: Deponent: Jeremias Peltz, XXX, aged 20===

5:° Octobris 1666

Super allegaconne et XXXX praed.

JERMIAS PELTZ famulus magri Syerkhounser producentis
cui inXXXXX per XXXXXX ult etatitis 20 annoorum aut
XXXXX testis

Ad primum arlum de XXXX in eadem XXXXte deponit that hee hath
well knowne the producent M:r ?SparkXXXer for six yeeres last
to have bin and to be a merchant of good qualitie and XXXX, and
having for XXXX monthes last served him as his counting
house clerke, well knoweth that hee tradeth for England, Germany
Spaine, ffrance, Italy and other parts. And saith that hee XXXX
arlate namely in May last the said producent wrote to his factors
BXXX and de Pann arlate at Amsterdam to XX XXX and
XXX

----
P1090945
f. 14v.

'''Digital image is unclear'''
----
P1090946
f. 15r.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Ad Interria

Ad primXX rendt XXXX

JEREMIAS PELS [His signature]
----
===Case: XXXX: Deposition: Arthur Burlacia, aged 22===

P1090947
f. 15v.

16:° Octobris 1666

ARTHUR BURLACIA one of the Company
of the ''Dragon'' frigot, aged 22 yeeres or
thereabouts, sworne on behalf of his
Ma:tie XXXX AND DEPOSETH.

That the said frigot the ''Dragon'' Captaine ?Oule commander
in her immediate service of his Maiestie scouting by order
of the Generall off the ffleXX on the coast of Holland
about two monethes XXXXX espied two vessells XXXding in for
the fflXXX, and the said Captaine setting out his boate
XXXXed after them, the said two bessells XXpied bestooke
themselves to XXXX boates and flXXXX, and XXX the said two
vessells were taken by the frigots XXXmann, in w:ch XXXXXX
this deponent was one ?who XXXed to broad and
XXXX them, and of w:ch hee ?hath had a picture XXXX
XXXX. w:ch was said to be the ''Charitie'', XXXX as hee hath
since heard, XXXX hath by a dutchman the XXXXXX bin
a ffrXXd to be named the ''S:t John'' and to be belonging to
Ansterdam, but the name of the XXXX hee knoweth not
sand saith the said two vessells were and are Holland built
their companies that the XXXX XXXX carried XXX
XXXXX with them as hee verily beleeveth XXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXX were none left in XXX of them

Signed Artheri [HIS MARK] Burlachi

<nowiki>*****</nowiki>
===Case: XXXX: Deposition: Abraham Walvin, Sailor, aged 23===

Dmnos Turner et ?Carew the)
''Nostra Signora del Gratia'' et bona)
in eadem et rad ffoote et alios)

25:° Octobris 1666

Super alleno erlate XX partadictXXXX
ffoote et alirorum dXXXX et exhibitis annXXXX
examinatus.

ABRAHAM WALVIN, soperacargo navis the ''Nostra Signora
del Gratia'', natus in parXXhia sancti salvatoris in burg da
Southwarke, a'tatis 23 aut et cicriter testos perdurkus & XXXX

Ad primum

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Ad 2:XX arlXX et prima schedulum annexum et XXXX XXX deponit
that hee well knoweth the said other producents vizt Samuel ffaXX
XX Daniel Pourteen, and Edward Watts, and hath so done for
eight moneths last, and saith they are Merchants of London, and
traders to Venice and other parts of the Streights XXXX here they came
their factors and correspondents, and at Venice the arlate XXXX
VandenXXXst there dwelling was and is their factor of this depts XXX
knowledge, for XXX XXX that in January last or thereabouts the
said XXXcroft oat Venice as factor of and for the said three London
Merchants Alderman ffoote, M:r Pourteen and M:r Watts and for their
accompt hired and tooke the said shipp to freight of the said Signor
LXXXlle to goe to Zant to lade currants and to Gallipoli to lade
oiles to be brought directly to this port of London and there to be
delivered to and to the XX of the said three merchants, who as hee
hath understood XXX XXX XXX his comming to London, have partners in the said
XXXXX, vizt that the oiles are for Alderman ffoote and
partners and the currants for M:r Pourteen M:r Watts and partners,
and MXXXX GXXXXoft (an Antwerpian being and in
?JoyXXXX for them or XXXX of this deponents knowledge of Venice)
is by the said Pourteen and Watts said to be their partner in the said currants
and XXXXX factor or agent with lading thereof. And this
XXX first schedule annexed was and is a translation out of Italian
into English of the originall counterpartie XX made and passed at
venice for the said voyage betweene the said Ravenscroft and Lominelli
and XXXtly the effect of the said affreightment. w:ch hee
knoweth being privie to the said affreightment and acquainted with
all the designe of the voyage, being (as hee XXX
hee was) hired at Venice (at the time of the said affreightment)
by the said M:r Ravenscroft as factor aforesaid to goe upon XXXX
of the said ?shipp for the said Merchants, who M:r Ravenscroft took
order and XXXX this deponent who ?speaketh very good dutch,
that in case of meeting with dutch or ffrench shipps, hee this deponent
should pretend himselfe to be a dutchman, and that the goods were
bound for Ostend, and that hee should carry himselfe as a dutchman
to the end to conceale the London designe from the Mariners and
?conveying of the said shipp, but with that hee is an Englishman borne
as aforesaid in S:t Saviours parish, where his father and mother
lived and died, and with his father by common repute and as XXX
XXXXXX said was borne at Norwich and his mother in London,
and two of his this deponents ??brothers by his said father and mother
live near London at present, and saith that albeit this deponent
hath formerly lived in Holland to learne the language, yet XXX XXX
it is six yeares or thereabouts ?since hee was there last, And further
steersman of the said shipp named Claus Mayer, XXX with that hee
this deponent XXXXX him at Cadiz in the said shipps comming from
London and understanding him to be Hamburger and well acquainted
with the course of ?writing in the XXXXX, this deponent hired him there
to goe stearsman in assistance of this deponent, and the said steersman
hath bin for XXX to and XXXX by XXXX XXXXXX XXXX as their
?Townsman namely Hamburger, and for such ?knowne and is commonly
accompted, and none of the company subiects of the United Provinces. Et
alr nescit.
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Ad 4 et 5:X arluX et XXXX in eadem XXX

shippXXXXX to Gallipoli, and this deponent in

Ad 7 arlum deponit that for the XXX XXXX of the said XXXX and
voyage the said XXX XXXX and this deponent XXXXa XXXX firm the
English consul in ?Venice, XXXting the said prods belonged to
the said XXXX an Englishman and was bound for London.
XXX XX XXX XXX was by the said XXXX fforXXX a certificate XXX
XX John ffinch Resident in fflorencum with the Grand Duke
of Tiuscany to XXXX XXXX then XX interest of her said shipp and
ggods was in XXXX XXX XX, and thereXXXX bills XXXXXX
by this deponent to the said purpose w:ch were performance Tantam
to XXXX
by them and there was after and English Ensign carried at her XX
in the said shipp to the XXXX
course for London about thirteen longXXXX XXX of their hands and
XXXX
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they were met with by two Holland men of warr, one of w:ch haled
them and bad them come aboard, an XXXXX ducth answered
that the XXX men XX XXX and biund for Ostend, and for coming aboard
they made XXX
XXXX as they could
them to lie by them till morning (for in war XXX when they XX
came up with them) this XXXXX XXXX man of warr XXXX
put XX his boate and came aboard and finde their English documents
made them all fast up with five or six XX XXX in the said English
Ensign, and XXXX them
the XX and XXX them, namely the said XXX
bills of lading, and noe other papers or writings whatsoever were
at XXX XXXXXXXXXXX, And about the middle of the
first XXXX in the night, and Ostender (then with other Ostenders and
an English shipp were in their XXXXX) carrying her XXX
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aboard, one of XXXX du Gramm but hee knoweth not of what
XXXX the other was, nor the name of either of them, XXX XXXX that
spake XXX Italian.

Ad 3 rendet that the interr Sign:e Piscilla who laded the ship XXXX
accompted an Antwerpian borne, and this deponent was XXX XXXX
ordered by the said XXXXX XXXXX the XXX XXXXX XXXX said Piscilla
for the said lading of XXXXX. Et alr nescit XXXX XXX XXXX

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ABRAH: WALWYN His signature

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===Case: XXXX: Deposition: ffranciscus Raynsford, apprentice of Alderman ffoote, aged 19===

Eadem die

Super allone predict examinat:e

2. ffRANCISCUS RAYNSFORD famulas Apprenticius Aldermanni
ffote partis producend. annos agens 19 aut XXXXX testis

Ad primum nescit deponere

Ad 2 aclum deponit that y:e aclate Alderman ffoote,<ref>Alderman ffoote. The London vintner Samuel Foote was sworn as an Alderman for Farringdon Ward without on June 27th, 1661. Woodhead (1966) identifies him as 'Foote, Samuel (B)', and suggests that he was made free of the Vintners in 1641/42, and was a merchant trading to Turkey in 1663, but does not identify a date of birth or death, or a will ([http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=67208#s1 Alfred P. Beaven, 'Aldermen of the City of London: Farringdon ward without', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 153-165], viewed 18/04/12; 'Foote, Samuel (B)' in [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=31882#s37 J.R. Woodhead, 'Fabian - Fyge', The Rulers of London 1660-1689: A biographical record of the Aldermen and Common Councilment of the City of London (1966), pp. 67-74], viewed 18/04/12)</ref> Daniel Porteene, and Edward
Watts, are merchts of quality and Inhabitants of this city of London And
the sd Alderman ffoote hee saith hath traded and doth trade to Venice
Gallipoli and other places beyond y:e seas, and kepeth his factors to that
purpose, and particulerly he saith the aclate George Ravenscroft<ref>George Ravenscroft. George Ravenscroft (b. 1632, d. 1683) is the subject of a short Wikipedia profile. This profile states that he is "primarily known for his work in developing clear lead crystal glass (also known as flint glass) in England". The second of five sons of catholic parents, who hid their faith, he was baptised in Alconbury Weston, England. He attended the English College in Douai, France, to train for the priestgood, but did not complete his studies. Supposedly, at some time between 1651 and 1666 he was resident in Venice, returning thereafter to London, setting up a glass manufacturing business, whilst continuing to act as a merchant. He apparently set up a business with his brothers Francis and James trading with Venice (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ravenscroft, viewed 18/04/12)</ref> is the
factor for y:e sd producent at Venice aforesd. And saith that about
January 1665 old stile the sd Ravenscroft informed the sd producent
Ald: ffoote that hee had freighted a shipp called ''XXX Seignigyn ?del Gratia'' to goe to
Zant and Gallipoli there to lade oyles and currants and to bring y:e
same to London. And the oyles hee saith being three score ten tonnes or
thereabouts are for y:e acc:t and ?uisage of this depo:ts M:r and partners and to
his sd facto:r at Venice: And to that purpose hee saith hee hath seene y:e
lres sent to his sd Master, who he was desired by the sd Ravenscroft to receive
y:e freight due for Currants then on board. Et alr referendose ad primam
schedulam qua credit esse veram nescit saving hee beleeveth the sd schedule
to bee of y:e sd Ravenscrofts handwriting.

Ad 3 deponit that the sd Ravenscroft informed the sd producent Ald. ffoote that
hee had hired the sd aclate Abraham Walwyn to doe and act as is aclate
the better to avoid seizure by ffrench or dutch, knoweth not where the
sd Walwyn was borne, but hath seene a womman in London whom the sd Walwyn XXXX
to bee his sister. Et alr nescit.

Ad 4 deponit that the sd Ravenscroft advised this depts sd Master
that he had caused to bee laden at Gallipoli one hundred sixty three
Caskes of oyle smale and great on board the sd shipp, marked as is XXXX, for his sd Masters XXXX
au:t, ad that hee had colourably used the name of the aclate Angelo del Oylies
for feare of being mett with by y:e Enemys to this kingdome, which he knoweth
having seene such lres and being made privy to all his sd M:rs transactions
in merchandizing affarres and writing his lres and being booke keeper Et alre
referendo XX ad filie dulam qua credit esse verant in hummodi erle XXXXX
nescit deponere.

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Ad 5 nescit deponere salvis predeportis refereado se ad schedulas aclate

Ad 6 deponit that y:e aclate Robert ffoote<ref>Robert ffoote. Matteo Giunti lists Robert ffoote (b.1637, d. 1714) on his 'Leghorn Merchant Networks' blog (http://leghornmerchants.wordpress.com/home/leghorn-merchants/, viewed 18/04/12</ref> and Benjamin Child advised this
depots sd M:r that they had laded on board the sd ship at Legorne (she touching
there in her passage for London) two bailes of kid skins for their owne
XXX markes and numbred as aclate. And that y:e sd Welwyn had subscribed
a note as is aclate And saith y:e fifth schedule is subscribed by the sd Welwyn
as is aclate, this deponent having severall times seene him write his name.
and thereby being acquanited with manner and character in writing
Et alr refereado se ad drum schedulam nescit

Ad 7 deponit that y:e aclate Robert ffoote sent a Copy of a Certificate obtained from
y:e aclate S:r John ffinch<ref>S:r John ffinch. Sir John Finch (b. 1626, d. 1682); a younger brother of Sir Heneage Finch, 1st earl of Nottingham. Educated at Eton and Christ's College, Cambridge. Graduated in medicine at Padua (1656), and made a fellow of the Royal Society. Minister to the court of the Duke of Florence, 1665 to 1670. Subsequently English ambassador at Constantinople (1672-1681) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Finch_%28ambassador%29, viewed 18/04/12) </ref> his Matys resident at fflorence to this depots
sd master. Which Copy he alsoe saw: Et alr nescit proprantosua saving he beleeveth
that y:e sd currans really belong to y:e aclate Daniel ?Pourteene and Edward Watts
Ad nescit deponere

Ad 9 deponit that when the sd shipp was seized or stoppd in ffalmouth by the parties aclate
Oyles were then worth and about London would have bin sold for 60: L XXXX and upwards
per tonne, and now they will yeild but abput 45:L per tonne. And saith that hee hath
seene a note subscribed by one ?Fremaine for the receipt of twenty one XXX
from his precontest M:r Walwyn Et alr nescit saving the sd producent
XXXX suffered losse and dfammage in y:e losse of their marketts and demurrage of their
shipp and leakeage of oiles, and dammage of goods, in this deponents Judgmt

Ad 10:th deponit that y:e lading of oyles belonging to this depots M:r and partners were assured upon
at Genoa to come from Gallipoli for London for y:e acc:t aforesd by ffrancis Gardiner
and Thomas Kirke and y:e Charge thereof was drawne upon this depots master
who gace credit in his XXXX to his sd factor as he procured the sae to bee assured, which
hee knoweth for y:e reasons aforesd.

Ad ult. dicit predeporta per cum XXXXXX

Ad Interria

Ad primum rend:t that hee is not related to Alderman ffoote otherwise than by being his
apprentice nor to any of y:e parties producent and was borne at ?Harrndon
in Northtonshire as he supposeth it to bee.

Ad negative saying
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===Case: XXXX: Deponent: 3. Robertas Demetrius, of St Botolphs without Alddgate, London, aged 35===

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16:th of October 1666

Super XXX

3. ROBERTAS DEMETRIUS paroa S:ti Bodolphi extra Aldgate London XXXX
annos agens 35 entrXXXX testis product et Jurat

Ad primum nescit deponit

Ad 2. 3. 4. & 5. deponit that hee well knoweth y:e Aclate Alderman Samuell ffoote,<ref>Alderman Samuell ffoote. J. R. Woodhead (1966) gives no date of death or will for Samuel Woodhead, vintner. (See PROB 11/372 Drax 1-51 Will of Samuel Foote, Merchant Tailor of London 17 January 1683; PROB 11/408 Fane 1-48 Will of Samuel Foote, Ironmonger of London 08 February 1692; PROB 11/437 Pyne 45-88 Will of Samuell Foote, Merchant of London 20 April 1697</ref> M:r
Daniell Pourteene and M:r Edward Watts merchts and Inhabitants of this
city of London. And soe hath knowne Alderman ffoote and M:r Watts for
theise twenty yeares or thereabouts and M:r Powrteene for about XXX
yeers last who hee saith are merchts of very good quality and great ?trade
to Venice Gallipoli and Zant and other places in y:e Streights and to
that purpose keepe their factors beyond seas. And saith there were laden
on board the shipp ''Notro Seigniora del Gratia'' at Zant one hundred and fifty
thousand weight or thereabouts of Currans for the ac:t of the aclate
Daniel Pourteene, Edward Watts and Marine ?Gathoffe a
subiect of Venice and there resident and the same were to bee XXXX
in the sd shipp to London and here to bee delovered for y:e same ac:t And
saith the sd Currants are as hee verily beleeveth and is well
assured marked and numbred as is aclate and that none but
y:e persons aclate have any share or interest in the sd Currans or any
part thereof. And the third and fourth schedules being two original
bills of lading are as hee beleeveth the bills of lading soo signed for
y:e said Currans and y:e Contents thereof reall and true. The premisses
hee deposeth having seene y:e receipt of severall lres from y:e said
Gelthoff about y:e same and having answered and copyed the lres
of y:e said

XXXXXXXXXX

Ad Interria

Ad primum rendit that hee was borne in S:t Mary Axe in London. And
that M:r Pourteene married this rend:ts first cozen is not otherwayes related
to any of them

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therein and XXXX him XXX to y:t purpose which hee this depot entred in his book of
copies of lres. And XXX only after he sent another lre advising the sd XXXXXX
that hee had laded them onboard a ship XXX ''Signora del Gratia'' being y:e
ship in XX XXX. Et alr nescit

Ad 11-12 et 13 nescit

Ad 14 et alr nescit.

Ad 16 nescit.

ROBERT DEMETRIUS [His signature]

Repetit coram dXXX XXXXX surr:to
parte D:re XXXXX XXXXX

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===Case: XXXX: Deposition: 1. Abraham Beake, son of Arnold Beake, aged 22===

29:° Octobris 1666

Super allegacone arlate XX XXX
ex parte eake et al examinate.

1. ABRAHAM BEAKE filius Arnolde Beake producent
annus natus 22 aut XX XXXXX testis productus

Ad primum secundum et 3:th arle deponit that the producent Arnolde
Beake is his father (with whom hee hath lived for the most part of
histime) and Elias Beake his uncle, who for all the time
of his remembrance have bin merchants of and dwellers in London
(where they at present inhabit) and subiects of his Ma:tie and such
ias have and doe drive a trade of merchandize betwixt
England and ffrance upon their owne accompt for wine, brandy and
vinager, andXXXX XXXX good quantities thereof XXXX them to London from ffrance for the proper acco:t of them the said Arnold and Elias
Beake who were and are partners in ther trade and busines. And
with that the aclate Samuel Beake is his this deponents brother
(sonne alsoe of the said Arnold) and a native of London and for the time
aclate hath bin and is the factor of the said Arnold and Rlias at
Bordeaux, and XXX XXXX XX accompted, and bought and
provided by their order and for their accompt severall ?greate quantities
of wine and brandy, and shippedXX XXX XXXX XXX XXX London
and particularely (as by lres and XXX XX from him) in or about
the moneth of July 1666 hee laded and caused at Bordeaux to bee
laded and XX about the shipp ''ffortune'' of XXXX aclate twenty
XXX of brandy marked with the first mark in th margin
and further two tunns and one hogshead of wine and three tunns and
three hogsheads of vinegar of the ?same marke in the margin, all
to be transported in the said shipp to London and there to be XX to them
and for their accompt, w:ch hee knoweth for they XX writeth in the
sd producents Counting house and is acquainted with thXX XXX XXX
and XXX XXXXXXX the said bookes touching XXXXX
frequently pressing the bookes and XXX XXX in those affaires XXX
Et alre nescit

Ad 4 aclum et prima schedulam annex deponit that hee verily beleeveth
the said schedulXX to be one of their bills of lading XX XXX ?signed by the said XX for
the said goods, for that hee knoweth the hand writing of the filling
XX XXX to be the hand of one of the said Samuell his servants, and to XXX
remembrance made ?her taketh in her XXX in XXXX XXXXX from the said Samuel
to this said XXXX, and saith hee is assured of the truth of the XXX
thereof Et alr nescit
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Ad 5:X arlum et secundam et 3:X sched annex deponit that
hee well knoweth (for the reasons aforesaid) the said second schedule
to bee of the hand of the said Sammuele XXXX XXXXX and the said third
schedule to be the said Samuels owne hand, and is assured of the
truth of the contents thereof, with this addition XXX the said
Elias is in part ?ownershipp therein as in the rest of their trade
with the said Aclate, w:ch the said Sammuel well understands as XX
albeXXX them for ?brevitie and for his part XXXX XX to whom hee XXX XXX XXX markes
the addresses XXX XXXX Arnold Beake alone

Ad 6 aclam deponit that hee jath heard and beleeveth that there
was a colourable bill of lading signed by the said XXX to the
end of avoiding seizure and confiscation in case of capture by the
enemies of this XXXX, But of his certaine
knowledge the said XXX were really laded for the accompt of the
said Arnold and Elias who did and doe ?run the XX adventure
thereof, and are by efforts of theirs in the said Samuels hand
(w:ch this deponent knoweth XXX XXXXXX) or otherwise to XXXX
by them the said Arnold and Elias Beake, who of his knowledge
as aforesaid run the XXX thereof
Et alr nescit

Ad 7. deponit that hee well knoweth the aclate Peter Crosse
and hath XXXX true XXXXX this deponents said brother from
XXXXXX directed to the said Peter in this the said Peters hand
and ?truely knoweth them to ne correspondents, and this deponent
hath understood that the said Sammuel XXXX the XXX XXX and XX
the shipp aclate for the said Peters acco:t for London tenn XXXX of
brandy of the marke in the margin w:ch said Peter hee saith is
an English man (as this deponent taketh him) and lately
as hee hath heard lived in Billeter lane London, and having ?seen
the 4. 5. and 6:th schedules annexed hee saith the
5:th schedule being the bill of lading for the said
tenn ?peeXX of brandy is filled up with the hand of one of the
?servants of the said Sammuel, the 5:th schedule being the XXXX
for the same is of the hand of the other XXXX of the said Sammuel
and the 6:th is the prod:ts Sammels owne hand and XXXXXXX the
contents thereof to be true. Et alr nescit.

Ad 9 deponit that XXX
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and documents, hee hath ?seen and understand them the said bessell
was in her two voyages XXX

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

ABRAHAM BEAKE [His signature]

Ad Interria

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

ABRAHAM BEAKE [His signature]
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===Case: XXXX: Deposition: 2. Johannes Poplar, of St Salvatoris, Southwarke, yeoman, aged 26===

Eadem die

Super Allone prXXX Examinat

2:X JOHANNES POPLAR paro S:ti Salvatorie in Burgo da
Southwarke ?yeoman annos agens 26 aut inter dicit et
deponit prout seq viz:t

Ad primum et 2:XX dXX XXXXX deponit et dicit That hee well knoweth
y:e aclate Arnold & Elias Beake and soe hath done ever since hee can
remember during all w:ch time they the sd Arnold & Elias Beake have
lived in London and were & are subiects of his majesty of England &
soe commonly accounted & knowne to be and saith that they are merchn:ts
of great repute and dealings on their owne acc:t w:ch hee knoweth
for that hee hath bin one of their Clerkes in their counting house for
about a yeere last and used to copy their lres & make up
accounts about their merchandizing affaires, And saith that hee
thereby alsoe knoweth that they have during the sd times of his having
bin their serv:t driven a great trade from ffrance to England for wine
Brandy XXXXX & other things XXXX all as far as ever hee understood
on their owne acc:t & adventure they being brothers using to trade in
ptnership, et alr nescit

Ad 3:XX 4:XX 5:XX 6:XX 7:XX 8:XXX et 9:XX arles dXXX Allonie deponit et dicit
That by y:e meanes aforesd h
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Ad 11:XX deponit That head not y:e sd ship bin seized shee ?would
doubly have come directly to Legorne X where y:e sd goods XXXX
to the sd partyes or their assignes et alr nescit.

Ad 12:XX XXX pte sua nescit.

Ad 13:XX deponit That hee hath heard that the M:r & Company of y:e sd
ship (who queszion?bly is necessary XXXXX herein) were XXXX up in
person as Enemyes
et alr nescit

Ad ult XXXX prepoisa p XXXX esse vera.

Ad Interria

Adprimum rend:t that the sd Arnold & Elias Beake did not in any of their
lres ofOrders about y:e XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX goods in question XX y:e sd ship ''ffortune''
and saith that they sent the sd lres XXXXX by ?post to y:e sd Samuel Beake
at Nourdeaux & this depo:t just before they were sent away copyed them
in y:e Copy book of y:e sd M:r Beake, out of w;ch hee tooke
notes (w:ch hee hath now w:th him) of ye teno:r aforesd, et
alre salvit prdepotie ad qua XXXXX nescit.

Ad 2:XXX rend:t That hee knoweth not y:e rest of y:e sd goods but by y:e
Invoyces to XXX he referred wXX Invoyces were sent over by y:e sd
Samuel Beakes to the sd XXXXXX, but when they received them hee
knoweth not nor knoweth whether any money or any thing els is
pd for or in pt of y:e goods now claimed. et alr nescit

Ad 3:XX rend:t That the sd M:r Beakes XXX severall markes
but y:e pticular markes hee cannot put downe And saith that the
sd M:r Arnold Beake is this rend:ts uncle & hee is their XXX as a foresd
& is not otherwise related to them, & sayth that hee hath now interest in y:e
goods claimed, & is worth fourty pounds in cleare estate as hee beleeveth
et alr nescit.

JOHN POPLAR [His signature]

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===Case: The Seaven Starrs, taken by the Assurance: Deposition: 1. Nathaniel ?Pocket, Masters Mate, aged 24===

Ult: Octobris 1666

Touching y:e shipp the ''Seaven Starrs'')
taken and seized by the ''Assurance'')
ffrigott. On behalfe of his majesty)

NATHANIEL ?POCKET Masters mate of y:e ''Assurance''
ffrigot aged 24 or thereabouts sworne and
Examined on behalfe of his Majesty in
prapacrco. saith and deposeth

XXXX

That hee was one of the Company of y:e ''Assurance ffrigott'' John Norborow Commander
and hath soe bin mate of her, and Mitchiap (sic) man for about five monthes last
And saith the said ffrigott being by y:e Generalls sent out to front while
the English ffleete lay at Sole bay, and being upon the scout on or about
the thirteenth of August last past discovered three vessells under
saile and making up to the shipp in question discovered her to have
dutch colo:r up and ?hee (OR, ?her) by eleaven of y:e clock toward ?noone comming soe no one as to discerne the ffrigott to bee
an Engish ffrigott, boore away before y:e wind making all the saile hee
possibly could which y:e Command:r of y:e sd ffrigott XXXceiving made also
after them and on or about one or two of y:e Clock in the afternoone of y:e same day
seized and tooke the ''Seaven Starrs'' aclate being laden with wine and
Brandy as y:e Company affirmed, bound for Holland and having eleaven
Gunns on board. And saith that after and before the said ffrigott
came up with her the sd prize she fired severall gunns at y:e ffrigott
namely one of the shotts tooke place in y:e main mast, another in y:e
maine topmast, which much damnifyed the masts and XXXXXall the
Shotts before she and XXXX before XXX XXXXX
And saith severall of y:e sd Shipps Company declared that they came from
ffrance and were bound for Holland, and that the sd shipp and lading consisting
of wine and brandy belonged to Hollanders also. Et alr nescit saving y:e M:r refusing to yeild
was by one of y:e ''Assurances'' Company killed, whereupon they presently yeilded

NATHANIELL ?POCKETT [His signature]
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===Case: The Seaven Starrs, taken by the Assurance: Deposition: 2. Thomas Beavens, of the Assuance ffrigott, aged 46===

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The same day

2. THOMAS BEAVENS one of y:e Company of the ''Assurance'' ffrigott
aged 46 aut XXXX sworne saith and deposeth

That in Aug: t last the ''Assurance'' ffrigott was sent out of
Solebay by y:e Generalls to scout, and being out upon such scouting
on or about the eleaventh of Aug:t last to the best of his
remembrance of the time, discovered and tooke a shippe called
the ''Seaven Starrs'' ladn with wines and brandy and bound for
Amsterdam as y:e Company declared to this dep:t and others: having
Eleaven Gunns on board sverall of which she fired at trhe ffrigott and
made severall shotts at y:e masts rigging and sailes endeavouring
thereby to disable the ffirgott and to impede her persuite being in and upon asterne chase.
And three of her shotts he saith in particuler were remarkeable
one X y:e first was in her Main topmast, the second in her mainmast which
his precontest saw and tooke y:e bullet out being a bullet of 3:li weight
the other was through her spritsaile yard, which rendred her
unable to beare any more saile thereupon. And saith that when
they came up together and within shott the sd ffrigott fired some
gunns and severall small shotts past bteweene them and were given
and taken. And y:e Captaine of the said ''Seaven Starrs'' being killed
with a finale shott the Company Imediately yeilded, who declared
that there said shipp and lading belonged to Hollanders and was
thither bound, and that they had taken a Scotch bessell bound for
y:e barbadoes that they had made prize of her lading and restored
the shipp to the master againe wanting to XXXXXX And that they had taken an English
fflyboate laden with deales. And saith there were two other vessells
in the sd ''Seaven Starrs'' Company a dutch ffly boate and another
who made their escape wule the ffrigott was in persuite of y:e said 7
Starrs. who was taken by y:e said ffrigott about 17 or 19 leagues from
shore betweene Sole and Lasthow. Et alr nescit.

THOMAS BEAVENS [His signature]

****
===Case: The Swedish Lyon: Deposition: 2. Johannes Rainmorter, of North Yarmouth, sailor, aged 25===

13. Novembris 1666

XXXX et XXXX)
XXXX con y:e ''Swedish)
Lyon'' predict.)

XXXXX

2. JOHANNES RAINMORTER de North Yarmouth Nauta annos agens 25
aut XXXX testis productis et Juratus dicit et deponit proXXXXX

Ad primum et secundum arles deponit et dicit that for about tenn or Eleaven
yeares last past this deponent hath knowne y:e producent Samuell Beake who hee
saith was and is a merchant of good quality and reputaccon and one that
drives and hath driven a good trade in salt wines, and other
ffrench Merchandizes for his owne acc:t from severall places in ffrance to the
kingdomes of Ireland and England. And saith that the said Beake is to y:e best
of his knowledge and as hee beleeveth an Englishman, the sonne of y:e aclate
Arnold Beake and this depo:t hath bin informed that y:e said Sam:le was borne in
London. And dwelling such the time of this depo:ts knowledge of him hee the said Samuel
hath bin ffor y:e most part resident in Bourdeaux, a Batchelo:r, and boarded there. And further
carrying on of such his trade hee keeps his factors at Rochel ?Olroone
and other places in the dominions of y:e said ffrench King as also at Dublin and Corke, in Ireland. Et alr nescit deponit

Ad tertium et 4 arles deponit that in ffebruary last past the aclate Peter Knight and y:e
producent had treaty about the buying and selling a shipp, and the producent XXX
of him the said XXX shipp called then the ''Cumberland'' the said Knight XXX lying in the
River of and neere Bourdeaux for y:e summe of foure thousand Livers or
thereabouts
----
P1090962
f. 23r.

thereabouts which hee knoweth hee being made privy thereto, And being
sent by the said Samuell Beake to view the said shipp her tackle and
furniture. and to give him acc:t what this depo:t thought the same
were worth. And saith the sd producent agreed and undxertooke to pay for
y:e said shipp at her arrivall at Royen (sic) below in that River the foresaid summe
of 4000 livers or thereabouts in this depots presence. And hee verily beleeveth that the said summe
is since paid but he for his part saw not any mony paid. And for y:e reasons
aforesd beleeveth him to bee sole owner of the said shipp her tackle apparell
and furniture. And saith that after such buying the said shipp hee the sd
Beake Changed her name and called And named her y:e ''Swedish Lyon'' and
put and constituted the aclate Henry Roode M:r of her and the said producent
Expended and laid out severall summes of mony in triming and fitting put
the said shipp for a voyage to bee made from y:e port of Bourdeauy to Dublin in
Ireland, for which voyage and for his owne acc:t and XXXX to the best of this
deponents knowledge hee laded and caused to bee laden on board the said shipp
about seaventy tonns of White and redd wines, and severall peeces of Bruins (sic)
to bee carried to, and which were carried to and delivered at Dublin in
Ireland to y:e aclate Josuah Allen
his factor there and to bee and were disposed of by him for y:e sd Beakes acc:z. And
the aclate Henry Roode y:e master hee is well assured received moe mony for
ffreight of y:e said goods from y:e sd Allen or from any other, y:e same belonging wholy to
y:e said producent. Which hee knoweth being one of y:e Company
and going the said voyage and being made privy to the
whole transaction of the sd lading and voyage by y:e sd M:r Beake and Master
of y:e sd shipp. Et alr nescit saving that in y:e voyage afoesaid they touched at
Plymouth and there tooke in a Pilott bamed Nicholas Lampin an Englishman
living then at Plymouth to goe in her to Dublin in Ireland, this depo:t being a
stranger in these seas, and the sd shipp went from Plymouth some part of y:e seas under
the Convoy of the ''Dartmouth'' and y:e ''Little ?Guifts'' his Majesties frigots untill
stresse of weather parted them.

Ad 5. 6. & 7 deponit that y:e said shipp returned in Ballast with some small things
to Rochell and ?Oloroone about June last past, by y:e orders of y:e said Samuel Beake, And
hee saith the aclate Baily the producents factor did at Xloroone lade
and caused to bee laden on board the said shipp by order and advice of y:e
said producent, and for his ac:t about three hundred of Xloroone salt to bee
carried in the said ship to Corke in y:e Kingdome of Ireland and there
to bee delivered to y:e aclate Gold for y:e sd producents acc:t and to bee
by him vended and disposed of for y:e same acc:t which hee knoweth ffor that
this deponent and y:e Master at Dublin as also at Rochell after their returne
from Dublin had lres from the said Beake ordering them to goe to ?Moroone
and advising them that the aclate Baily would lade them with salt for
his ac:t to bee carried to Corke in Ireland. Which lres hee has since lost, as
hee beleeveth. But knoweth not of any bills of Exchange drawne upon y:e
sd producent or of any monies wither paid or remitted for y:e sd lading but beleeveth
the same to bee paid for y:t y:e said Beake being as hee supposeth a rich mann & a great trader
useth to pay very Currant. Et alre nescit.

Ad 8 deponit that y:e lre aclate being y:e first schedule is wholy written and subscribed
by and with y:e proper hand of y:e said Samuell Beake which hee knoweth having
severall times seene him write, and received severalll lres from him and therby
being well acquainted with his manner and Character of handwriting. Et alre
referendo soad diXXX misivam, ffacturam et atte starenem aclate et contenta in eiXXdem
nescit depondre saving . Sam Beake at y:e foote of y:e sd attestaccon is y:e firme of y:e sd producent
----
P1090963
f. 23v.

Ad 9 deponit that the said shipp ''Swedish Lyon'' with her said lading of salt on
board was in her Course for Corke in Ireland namely about halfe Seas over from
?Ushing in ffrance to y:e landsend y:e wind being scant met with and seized by a
private man of warr one Hampton then Comman:r and by him brought
up into or neere ?ffoye aclate Et alre nescit.

Ad 10 deponit that since y:e said seizure the sd privateers Company have broken
the sd shipps bulke and have taken and plundred out of the said bulke about
two thirds of the sd salt to the best of this depots judgmt being part of y:e sd shipps
lading and belonging to the sd Beake, and about three tonns of wines white
and red and about five or six haffe hogsheads of Brandy belonging to y:e
shipps company as this depo:t hath bin informed by y:e ;:r and other of y:e Company and as hee guesseth by y:e lightnes of y:e shipp and have also taken away a New Cable about Eight
Inches thicknes, and a halter also belonging to the said shipp and severall
of y:e Companies Cloathes, and monies, and sailes Kettles and other
the Shipps furniture and three barrells of XXXXX, and y:e bookes belonging to y:e sd Knight
And as this dep:t who was a prisoner on shore at ffoy ?about some twelve dayes hath bin
informed y:e said privateers used to and did put the Company of y.e said
shipp ''Swedish Lyon'' into y:e Great cabbin when they had a mind to plunder
or tale anything out of the sd shipp least the sd Company should see what
they soe tooke, and to that purpose they ordered a person to stand with a
pistoll charged at y:e doore of y:e cabbin to keep them in. And saith that one
W:m Pauley (who came onboard with Captaine Stanthwaite and who is now
waiter on board the sd shipp) stood with a pistoll to that purpose and hee the said Pawley
hath confessed to this depo:t that hee was ordered by the privateers
soe to doe.
Et alr dicit predeporta pereum de vera:.

Ad Interria.

Ad primum rend:t that he went onboard and served in the said shipp soe soone
as she was bought and hath served in her ever since untill her said seizure
and is well assured that y:e shipp y:e ''Swedish Layon'' is the same that
was formerly called the ''Cumberland'' and was and is one and y:e same
ship and not divers. Et alr referende sead predeporta.

Ad 2 rend:t that he saw y:e greatest part of y:e lading of salt put on board y:e sd
ship ''Swedish Layon'' by order of y:e sd Bailey for y:e sd Beakes acc:t but sawe noe mony paid
for y:e same. and knoweth not whether hee bee related to any of y:e parties
Interr. and knoweth note what he is worth, andoweth little or nothing. Et
nescit so ad predeporta. Nescit.

Ad 3 ren:t that hee knwoeth not y:e parties Interr., and hath heard that M:r
Sam:ll Beake Interrate hath corresponded withone ?Guill living in fflushing as hee hath
heard and remembreth. And denieth that y:e sd lading or any part thereof was
to have bin delivered at any other port whatsoever than Corke in Ireland
And saith that y:e sd shipp with her sd lading was seized about 13 or 14 leagues
from Ushiont to y:e best of his Judgement and saith that y:e palce where she
was seized is y:e way from Rochell to Amsterdam. and somewhat out of y:e
way from Rochell to Corke. but was forced to steere that way the wind being
betweene the West and y:e North west and very scant and thought it a greate
deale better to fech any port in England than to Cruze at sea which they XXX
?not doe. Et alr nescit novo

Ad 4 rend:t that hee knoweth not of any bills of lading that were signed for y:e XXXX
question But saith that y:e M:r told this depo:t that hee had signed one for Stockholme to XXX
secure y:e goods. And knoweth not who directed y:e same Et alr nescit

JOHN RIMMORTER [His signature]

Repetit corum dri Lloyd Currta
XXXX Ed:da Browne XXXXX

----
===Case: The Swedish Lyon: Deposition: 1. Johannes Rainmorter, of North Yarmouth, sailor, aged 25===

P1090964
f. 24r.

Ad 3 et 4 arles deponit that hee well knoweth the aclate Michael Hobbs
reputed deputy ?defico Admirall of ffowey in whose house this deponent was
kept a prisoner for the soace of tenn or twelve days, and during that
time was not suffered to speake to any one but by the permission of y:e aclate
Captaine Stainthwaite and M:r Hobbs and in the presence and hearing of one or
both of them. And hee saith that within the said time by M:r Hibbs his permision
this depo:t wrote foure lres at wto separate ?tymes two to M:r W:m Jennings of Plymouth (M:r Arnold
Beakes Correspond:t there) and two therein inclosed for and to bee conveyed
to M:r Arnold Beake Two of which lres hee the said Hibbs read before sealing thereof
after sealing this depo:t gave two of y:e same to
M:r Hobbs to bee sent to y.e post house which lres were never delivered
but were by some meanes or other intercepted by Captaine Stainthwaite , and this
depo:t sending y:e other two by a messenger to Plymouth, the sd Stainthwaite mett
with the sd Messenger and tooke y:e sd lres from him, and about two days after came
to this deponent and told him that hee had mett with y:e messenger and had cut and
secured him and seized upon this deponents lres and then also shewed this deponent
the sd lres. And saith that the aclate Hibbs is the owner of y:e man of
warr aclate that seized the sd ship ''Swedish Lyon'' and for and as such commonly
accounted and reputed. And that y:e said Hobbs hath confessed to this deponent
that hee stood engaged for y:e mony that bought the sd man of Warr. And
this depo:t during such his imprionm:t saw y:e wife of y:e said Hibbs helpe XXXX
and salt Beefe, and saw meate put into a boate
----
P1090965
f. 24v.

to bee carried on board the said shipp . And saith that about thXXXX
?August since the sd shipp or man of warr was in y:e possession of y:e sd Hobbs whom
this deponent often saw on board the same shipp neere his owne XXXX
and looking to and taking care of her. And saith that upon and after
the sd seizure this deponent complaining of Embezlemen of the XXXX ?M:r
(Nicholas?Grove) of y:e sd man of warr who kept y:e ?keys of y:e Hibbs
of y:e ''Swedish Lyon'') told this deponent that hee needs not feare any XXX
for their owner (meaning and speaking of y:e aclate Hobbs) whom
(as he said)deputy vice Admirall would seale up the hatches soe soone
as she came into Harbo:r. And beleeveth that if y:e said shipp ?''Swedhish Layon''
and her lading bee condemned the sd Hobbs will have a share
as owner of y:e sd Man of warr. Et alr nescit.

Ad 5:nd aclum deponit that hee hath bin told by the M:r that y:e aclate XX XX
Great Cabbin doore with a pistoll charged and therewith kept y:e Company
of y:e ''Swedhish Layon'' in the great Cabbin by the privateers XXX XXX
the sd shipps Company should see w:t they soe plundered or carried away
And that during such his standing there XXXX XXXXX XXXXXX of XXX
wines and Brandy were carryed away as the sd M:r also told this depot. Et alr
nescit.

Ad 6:nd deponit that it is a usuall thing for masters and Companies of shipps XX
in shipps from ffrance to load XXX quantities of wines and Brandy for
their owne acc:ts and saith that the M:r and this deponent had on board y:e sd
XXXX of y:e sd shipp twelve hogsheads and five XXXX of XXXX
and two halfe hogsgeads of Barndy and three barrells of Beefe and y:e Company
had also some quantities of wines and brandies aboard All which were
laded upon by and for y:e acc_t of y:e Master and Companies and by them
paid for and that noe other person whatsoever but they the M:r and
Company of the said shipp have any part or share therein. Et alr
nescit.

Ad 7 deponit that y:e said shipp y:e voyage proceding the voyage in question ?touched
at Plymouth in her course for Dublin in Ireland, and was convoyed part of
her way from thence to Ireland by two of his Majesties ffrigotts the
''Dartmouth'' and the ''Little ?Guift'' and had convoyed them further had not
a storme parted them. Et alr nescit.

Ad 8 deponit that the said shipp had undoubtedly arrived with her
said lading at Corke and delivered the same to the aclate GraXX
according to Consignation had not the said seizure happened. Et
alr nescit.

Ad ult dicit predepita pereum offe vera.

Ad Interria

Ad j:n rend:t that he is not concerned in this busienes otheriwse than by being
Pilot and szoracargo of y:e sd ship ''Swedish Lyon''. Et nescit soad predeposita
A liter nescit.

Ad 2 rend:t that he knoweth not of any papers hid concealed or any ways made away
and to y:e best of his knowledge all y:e papers on board ca,e to y:e hands of y:e sezors. Et alr nescit-

Ad 3 rend:t that he saw a bill of lading a letter in the ?Rogry shewed him by M:r XXXX XXX
who writ y:e said lre hee knoweth not nor how y:e sd lre and bill of lading came thither XXX
beleeveth that y:e ffirme subscribed to y:e sd Bill is y.e skippers firme having compared y:e XXX
with y:e skippers firme to lres received by this depot from him. dindes y:e same of XXX
characters. Et alr nescit

JOHN RIMMORTER [His signature]

Repetit coram XXX Lloyd suXXX:te
XXXX Ed:to XXX XXXXXXXX
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===Case: The Godlieve: Deposition: 1. Johannes Blackwall, of the Strand, Middlesex, aged 50===

P1090966
f. 25r.
----
P10900967
f. 25v.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

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===Case: XXXX: Deposition: Johannes Janson, of Ostende, sailor, aged 29===
----
P1090968
f. 26r.
----
P10900969
f. 26v.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

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===Case: The Swedish Lyon: Deposition: 3. Arnoldus Beake, of Crutched ffryers, London, merchant, aged ?56 (OR, ?58)===

16:° Novembris 1666

Super allone prodict Examinat

3. ARNOLDUS BEAKE<ref>Arnoldus Beake. The two brothers, Arnold Beake and Elias Beake, were London merchants and partners. They appear in a number of Chancery records. (C 6/206/4 Short title: Beake v Beake. Plaintiffs: Anne Beake widow, Elias Beake, Johanne Beake, Anne Beake and Sarah Beake. Defendants: Arnold Beake, Samuel Beake and Abraham Beake. Subject: money matters, Middlesex. Document type: bill, two answers. 1673; C 10/107/19 Beake v. Beake 1671; C 10/176/15 Beak v. Beak: Middx 1670; C 10/178/23 Beake v. Beake: Middx 1670; C 10/191/11 Beake v. Beake: Middx 1674; C 10/487/16 Beake v. Beake: Middx 1675) </ref> habitans in Crutched ffryers London
mercator, atatis ?56 autooricter testis product et Jurat

Ad primum aclum deponit that y:e aclate Samuel Beake is this
deponents sonne and was borne in the parish of S:t Buttolph ?Billens
gate in this city of London, and here educated by this deponent
his father and was and is a subiect of o:r soveraigne Lord y:e King
and for such commonly accounted.

Ad 2 deponit that the said Samuel liveth at Bourdeaux as a merchant
stranger and facto:r being an Englishman and a batchelour
noe housekeeper but a lodger there, And that hath driven and doth
drive a very considerable trade in merchandizing from Rochel, MoXXXX
and other places in ffrance to Corke and other places in Ireland
upon his owe acc:t And to that purpose keepes his factors at the respective places, which
hee knoweth being frequently advised by lres of such his
negotiaccon and traffique Natr salvis subsequon nescit.

Ad 3. deponit that the aclate Samuel Beake advised this depot that
hee had bought a shipp Peter Knight M:r and English shipp then
called y:e ''Cumberland'' of London now y:e ''wedish Layon''
and this depot desireing a share with him therein, he denyed this dep:t
adviseing him that hee had laded her with wines and ?pruines for
Dublin in Ireland to bee delivered and consigned to Josuah Allen a
merchn:t of Dublin , and that she was upon her voyage. But when ?shee
had ended her voyage hee wrote
this deponent that hee might then have a share. And the aclate Joshua Allen
wrote this deponent about May last that hee had Received a
lading of wines and pruines and had sold or disposed of them or y:e greater part of them for the said
Samlls acct. and that hee intended to have laden her back for Rochel
with pipe staves. Which this depot forbad him in regard they were
Counterband goods and soe counter manded his said sonnes order. Et
alr nescit.

Ad 6 deponit that the aclate Baily did about the month of July
last by advice and order from the sd producent lade and caused to bee
laden on board the sd shipp ''Swedish Lyon'' three hundred of ?Maroon of XXX
wanting Eight bushells, or thereabouts for his the sd producent, and to bee
----
P1090970
f. 27r.

carried in the sd shipp to Corke in Ireland and there to bee delivered to M:r
Gold of Corke his factor there to bee by him disposed of and vended for his the
sd producents acc:t which hee knoweth having received Adv ice of the sd
lading from his said sonne, and order therein to assure upon the sd
shipp and goods Which this deponent could not effect before seizure
of the shipp ''Swedish Lyon''. And for y:e reasons aforesd is assured that y:e
sd producent is owner of y:e said salt and noe other person whatsoever
hath any share or interest therein. Et alr nescit.

Ad 8 in aclum et Exhibita in eadem deponit that y:e first schedule annexed was
and is wholly written subscribed by and with the proper hand of y:e said
Samuell this depots sonne and was received by him this depot on y:e 20:th
of August last as appeares by y:e post marke on y:e backside thereof. And the
factory being y:e second schedule annexed hee knoweth to bee the hand
writing of y:e aclate Baily this deponent having corresponded with him
for severall yeers together last past and thereby made acquainted
with his character and handwriting And beleeveth the Attestacon annexed
to bee true and reall and knoweth the firmes of Sam: Beake, ?Botoll
and decator thereto to bee of their respective handwritings. ET
alr rederando sead dictas schedulas et contenta XXdom nescit.

Ad 9 deponit that y:e sd ship ''Swedish Lyon'' with her lading on board was
in her course for Corke taken and seized by a privateer one of ?Carews
Com:on and brought into ffoye aclate.

Ad 10:nd deponit that hee hath bin informed y:e privateer have broken Bulke and
plundered and taken away a considerable part of her lading of salt
a new cable and a halter, and many other of the shipps necessaries.
Et alr nescit.

Ad ult dicit predeporta Xoreum ad vera.

Ad Interria

Ad primum rendet that by this depots Advices y:e shipp y:e ''Cumberland'' formerly soe called
and y:e ''Swedish Lyon'' in question were and are one and the same shipp. And
verily beleeveth it to be y:e same and to belong in propriety to this depots sonne
onéy Et alr salvis predeprta nescit.

Ad 2 rendet quod nescit Rendere saying y:e salt was laded at Oleroone<ref>Oleroone. The Île d'Oléron is an island off the Atlantic coast of France, due west of Rochefort. It is the second largest French island after Corsiaca. Coordinates: 45.9°N 1.3°W. The estuary of the Seudres river, on the nearby mainland, was known for its salt flats. Likewise, the Île d'Oléron, had salt pans. For background on the mid-western coast of France in the C17th see Kevin C. Robbins, ''City on the Ocean Sea: La Rochelle, 1530-1650 : Urban Society, Religion, and Politics on the French Atlantic Frontier'' (Leiden, 1997)</ref> where
this deponent was not. this deponent is ffather to y:e producent and the Interr Elias
Beake is this rend:ts brother and partner in merchandizing affaires knoweth not
what hee is worth.

Ad 3 rend:t that in times of peace he beleeveth y:e producent did correspond with
Dutchmen. knoweth not y:e parties Interr Et alr nescit
et novo

Ad 4 rendet that he knoweth not of any bills of lading signed for y:e said goods
And that hee is well assured that the sd shipp was bound to Corke and now where
else for that this depo:t had advice that there was a parcell of butter bought at Corke
to relade her back, and this dep:t had orders from his said sonne to insure
upon y:e sd lading back wards five or six hundred pounds according as y:e goods should amount unto. Et alre nescit deponere

ARNOLD BEAKE [His signature]
----
===Case: XXXX: Deposition: 3. Benjamin Bennett, of Kingston supra Thames, XXXX, aged 32===

P1090971
f. 27v.

16:° Novembris 1666

Super allone prodict Examinat

3. BENJAMIN BENNETT de Kingston supra Thamesm in Com Surria ?Gen
annos agens 32 aut de ricter testis productus et Juratus dicit
et deponit prout seq:r (viz:t)

Ad primum et 2 arles deponit that hee this depot was steward of y:e vessell
or man of warr called y:e ''Royall'' XXXX Bourne Captaine
at y:e seizure of y:e shipp ''God liffe'' Michael Sansier M:r And saith that
upon his the said santions first coming on board y:e ''Royall'' hee the said
Sansier Stamping and fretting severe and passionately said that had hee
knowne that y:e ''Royall'' had had soe few men on board he would not have
bin taken he would have runne her over first, Which words of
y:e like in effect hee soe spake in the Cabbin in the presence of this XXX
and his precontest John Blackwall and y:e Captaine of y:e man of warr
And shortly after namely within two days or thereabouts
after the said seizure he the said sansieur declared and ackmowledged
that his shipp and lading were good prize and that hee was bound
for Amsterdam And saith the sd Captaine Sansier did declare to him
this deponent walking upon the sd ''Royall''
----
P1090972
f. 28r.

----
P1090973
f. 28v.

===Case: XXXX: Deposition: Samuell Swynocke, of St Catherine Colman, ffanchurch street, London, merchant, aged 43===

16:° Novembris pedicta
Super allone XXXX

4. SAMUELL SWYNOCKE paroa S:t Catherine Colman ffanchurch
street London Mercator, annos agens 43 XXXXX
testis product et Jurat.

Ad 3:nd aclam dicti allonis deponit that hee was a fourth part
owner of a ship called then y:e ''Cumberland'' of London whereof
Peter Knight was M:r And saith that y:e sd Knight went with the
sd shipp upon this depots and y:e rest of his then owners acc:t upon a trading
voyage from this port of London to Rochel from thence to Dublin
in Ireland from thence back to Rochel and Bourdeaux. And when she
came to Bourdeaux he saith the aclate Peter Knight sold to
the aclate Samuell Beake XXXX the sd shipp then lying in y:e port of Bourdeaux
for y:e summe of foure thousand livers
which he knoweth by being part owner, namely of a fourth part
and by his factor Gabriell ?Reaw merch:t in Bourdeaux
having received y:e sd summe of 1000 livers for his share
or fourth part. And this deponent and y:e rest of y:e owners ?approved
of such sale made by the sd M:r And for y:e reasons aforesd this depot
beleeveth the sd M:r Beake to bee only proprietor of and XX
y:e properly to reste only in him. And for such hee was and is commonly
accounted.

Ad Interria

Ad primum nescit se ad predeporta. Als nescit saving as hee and XXX
the foresd Knight received y:e sd mony for y:e sd shipp and hath XXXXXX

Ad 2 nescit not being present at y:e lading in question. And is worth ?100:li

Ad 3 nescit.

Ad 4 nescit not being present when y:e salt was laded.

SAM SWYNOCKE [His signature]

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===Case: The ?Welfare: Deposition: fferdinando Bartlet, of XXXX, sailor, aged 3?9===

17:° Novembris 1666

Touching y:e ?''Welfare'' Samuel Bates M:r)

Super Interr ex parte Gold et Savior

FFERDINANDO BARTLETT paroa de ?Maker in Com XXXX
Nauta, annos agens ?39 aut XXXXX testis prodXXX
et Jurat dicit et deponit XXXXX

Ad primum rendet et deponit that hee was one of y:e Company namely Masters
Mate of y:e shipp the ''Welfare'' XXXX Samuel Ra?tell M:r the voyage in
question which voyage she began on or about y:e twentieth of
December last past from Plymouth to Leghorne, from thence to
Gallipoli, to lade oyles thence to London, whenre the XXX
shipp arrived and came to an anchor about five weekes of XXXXX
Shadwell dock or staire where she delivered her XXX
of oyles. Et alre nescit.

Ad 2. rend:t that the lading outwards bound from Plymouth consisted of
XXXXX of betweene five or six hundred hogsheads or thereabouts XXX XXXX
of XXXX Gold and Company as hee supposeth and were carried in the said shipp XXX
at Leghorne for XXXX as hee beleeveth. Et alr nescit.
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P109094
f. 29r.

Ad 3 rendet et deponit that when the said shipp went from Plymouth her said
voyage she was an old shipp w.ch soe generally looket upon to bee, And the
upper worke he saith was untrimed and unrepaired and the pumpes of y:e shipp
were not fitted as they should have bin for such a voyage and by reason
of such defects of the said shipp and a great storme happening neere y:e
Northerne Cape the foresaid goods received dammage by reason
of y:e waters comming into y:e said shipp and running into y:e hold. Et
alr nescit.

Ad 4 rendet et deponit that in case the said shipp had bin fitted as she ought to have
bin for such a voyage, in her upper workes and pumpes hee beleeveth
in his Conscience that the goods would not have received soe much
dammage as they did. And it is possible hee saith that y:e goods
might have bin damnified by y:e fore sd storme had the shipp bin a
tight and substantiall shipp, et alr nescit.

Ad 5 rendet et deponit that hee helped to land y:e said lading of
Pilchards at Leghorne, and did see and know that severall of y:e Caskes
of y:e said goods were damnifyed by water running into or amongst them, which were chiefly occasioned by reason the shipp
was defective in her upper workes and pumpes and thereby unable to beare
a storme soe well as a stronger shipp. Et alre nescit

Ad 6 rendet et deponit that y:e owners of y:e said pilchard have sustained losse
and dammage but to what vallue he cannot estimate. Et alr nescit

FFARDINANDO BARTLETT [His signature]

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===Case: XXXX: Deposition: 2. Peter Tooker, of MXXXX, Cornwall, sailor, aged 30===

Eadem die

Super Intererys predict. Examinat

2. PETER TOOKER de Milnrooke in Com Cornwall Nauta annos agens 30 XXXXX XXXXX XXXX Jurat

Ad primum et 2 Interria deponit et rendet that hee was second mate of y:e aclate
shipp ''Welfare'' Samuell XXXXX M:r and sailed in her from Plymouth
to Leghorne thence to Gallipoli to lade oiles and thence to London which
yoyage she soe began on about the 20:th of December last and came to
an anchor over ag:t Bell wharfe staires in lower Shadwell about six weekes since. And saith the said shipp went from Plymouth with a lading of
about 600 hogsheads of pilchards to bee carried in the sd ship and to bee delivered at Leghorne to M:r James Gould upon y:e acct of M:r John Gold<ref>M:r John Gold. Just possibly John Gold (b. ?, d. ca. 1695), London merchant (PROB 11/428 Irby 166-203 Will of John Gould, Merchant of London 27 November 1695)</ref>
and Company y:e producents. Et alr nescit.

Ad 3 et 4 Interria rendet et depont that when the sd ship began her sd
voyage she was an old shipp and some part of her upper work was defective
and the pumps underviceable when occasion and greatest use was to have bin
made of them and thereby unusefull for y:e said shipp, and by reason thereof
and stresse of weather or storme happening off y:e Northerne Cape the goods
or lading of pilchards received dammage about (as hee conceiveth) twenty two
Inches deepe. at y:e Windward pumpe. And beleeveth also that y:f y:e said shipp
had bin a tight and substantiall shipp the goods in all probability would not
have suffered dammage in such a measure as they did notwithstanding y:e foresd storme Et alre nescit rendere.
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f. 29v.

Ad 5 et 6 deponit et rendet that hee assisted and helped to unlade the said
goods so sawe and know some of y:e caskes to bee damnifyed but how many
or what dammage y:e merchts have suffered thereby hee cannot
declare. And saith that there was noe neglect in y:e Companyes
endeavours in pumping and keeping of waters from y:e goods for preservaccon
of them from dammage. Et alr nescit

PETER TOOKER [His signature]
----

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===Case: XXXX: Deposition: 3. Franciscus Fleau, of Argenton, Britannia, sailor, aged 22===

p1090992
f. 38r.

3. FRANCISCUS FLEAU de Argenton in
Britannia Nauta, annos agens 22 aut
de ricter dicit et deponit prout XXX Vizt

Ad dra Interria respond:t et discit That hee well knoweth the sship
the ''Swallowe'' interrate Captaine Manning Com:der and hath knowne her
for about two monthes last past and came to knowe her by being taken
by her as a XXXXXXX about two monthes XXXXX
in Britannia w:hr was laden w:th about 20 tonnes XXX XXXXXX salt for the acc:t offfrXXXXXXX
the sd ships owners were also XXXXXXXX that were XXXX
taken her company were all ffranXXXXX du GXXXX upon y:e sd XXXXX
all escaped in the boate saving this depo:t who hath ever since bin of the ''Swallowes''
company, and saith that p:rsently after y:e XX ship ''Margaret'' was taken towit
the same day the ''Swallowe'' also tooke a Rotterdammer and suddenly
after towit about 8 or 9 dayes shee tooke two
ffrench ships of S:t Malloes of about 35 or 40 Tonnes laden w:th Rosin
& Pitch & y:e M:r XXXXX was ?Peter Bettard & the other
John Mathew XXXX XXXXXX XXXXX the sd shipps & their ladings &
company were carryed to ffalmouth, by y:e sd Captaine Manning

XXXXX

THOMAS XXXXXX lately of Rye in
Sussex but now a prisoner in y:e Marshalseyey
in Southwarke , Vintner, aged 31
or thereabouts saith & deposeth as followeth viz:t

To the 3:d 5:th & 6:th arles of the sd Libell hee deposeth & sayth That
on a Saturday happening in or about August last the aclate Cap:t
Nicholas HayXXXXX w:th y:e ship ''Neptune'' where hee was command:r met
upon y:e high & open seas to wit on y:e coast of ffrance off y:e fflatts
of Somme a reclaimed ship called the ''ffortunde'' of Hamborow John GXXXX
M:r
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f. 38v.

M:r laden w:th Copper wire Copper plates Copper Kettles some
blew XXXXX Tinne Lattin & other goods, coming as y:e M:r says from
Hamborow bound for Roane in ffrance, and saith that upon y:e sd XXX
w:ch was about foure or five of y.e Clock in y:e afternoone of the s:d XXX
the sd Captaine Heydon haled y:e sd ship & bid y:e XXX come on board
him w:ch XXX writings, w:ch the M:r did. And
p:rsently after the sd Captaine Heydon & the sd M:r went on board
the sd ship ''ffortune'' and this depo:t (belonging then to the sd ship ''Neptune''
went
----
===Case: XXXX: Deposition: 1. Johannes ?Bapistral, of XXXX, sailor, about 24===

P1090955
f. 39v.

1. JOHANNES ?BAPRISTAL XXXX
de ArXXXsano in X XXXX
XXXX Nauta
about 24 aut XX

Ad primum XXXXX XXX XXXX deponit et dicit That hee well knoweth
the aclate Joachim LanzXXXXX & David XXXXXXX & his freighters XXX
& hath soe knowne them ever since they freighted ?his ship the
''Jesus Maria Joseph S:t Andrew'' of w:ch XXXX the Cap:t XXX
freighting him was in December last at Valentia in y:e Dominion of the
King of Spaine, at w:ch place the ds freighters lived the sd time and
kept house, and there hee left them all living. And sayth that they
freighted the sd ship to goe from Valentia to GauXXXX & XXXX in the
Kingdome of Valentia aforesd to take in Wine & RegXXXX & XXXXX
XXX as their ffactors would lade, and to carry the same to fflanders
and there to Deliver the same to John SXXXXing a merchant & XXXX
of that place And all for y:e acc:t of the sayd three XXX
XX freighters And says his paps XXX alsoe dXXXXXX ?should &
et alr nescit

Ad 2:nd deponiit That y:e sd ship being soe freighted
the sd PolleXXXX did lade XXXX sd ship at ?Gaudia
one hundred seaventy five pipes of wine, and twelve butts of PXXXX
XXXX XXX XXX butts of Brandy and two hundred sixty XXX XXX
of Raysens, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX about six bales of XXXXX other goods and at ?Sabia they
alsoe lade onboard the sd ship about two thousand foure hundred XXX
seaven basketts of Raysins All for the acc:t of the sd XXXX XXXX
who were p:rsent at y:e sd places, and the same hee saith were to be XXX
XXX delivered at Hamborow as aforesd for & upon the acc:t & adventure
of y:e sd XX XXXX And hee XXXX saith that hee tooke
not any XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
of wines for one of his pilotts & two butts more for his other pilot XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
nescit saving hee saith that hee this depo:t laded at Gaudia[[FootNote(?Gaudia (OR, ?Gandia). Gandia is a town on the Mediterranean coast of Spain, ca. 75 km south of Valencia]] three butts of
black wines for his owne provision & at Sabia sixty XXXX basketts of
raysins for his owne acc:t

Ad 3:XXX deponit That the sd XXXX Zolliroffore told this Depo:t at the ?time
of lading y:e sd Goods that M:r John Luiknoll of London Merch:t was XXX
correspond:t in England, and that if hee this depo:t should by ?storme or other
accident be driven into England hee should make his addresses to the sd
XX XXXX, And saith that then thXX aclate M:r Tobias ZolliXXXffer was
XXX into England et alre pro XX sua nescit.

Ad 4:XX deponit That hee this depo:t did not before hee was brought in by
y.e XXXXXX that tooke him receive any letter about this busuines from
y:e XXX Tobias ZolliXXffor but since y:e sd XX Tobias Zollinffor wrote to
him promising him to assist him & get him cleared w:ch w:t expedicon XX
could. And hee further saith that this sd Cargo of Goods
marked w:th y:e marke in y:e marg:t XXX as XXX marke &
it being heated y:e marke was burnt upon y:e Caskes, and hee supposeth that
the sd marke is the usuall marke of the sd freighters, but hee doth not know
it to be soe not having ever before carryed any goods from them et alr referendXX
Et al RegXXXX XXXX XXXXX nescit
----
P1090996
f. 40r.
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===Case: XXXX Deposition: Tobias Zollicoffre, of S:t Gall, XXXXX, Merchant, aged 39===

P1090999
f. ?

15 Octobris 1666

Super Allone prod Examinat

2:dn TOBIAS ZOLLICOFFRE<ref>Tobias Zollicoffre. The Zollicoffre family was an established merchant family of St Gall, Switzerland. The family name is variously spelled Zollicoffre, Zollicoffer, Zollikofer, and Sollicoffre. John Calvin wrote from Lausanne to Christopher and Thomas Zollicoffre in Lyons, in a letter dated March 28th, 1553, describing them on the back of the letter as "my kind brethren and friends, the brothers Christopher and Thomas Sollicoffre, merchants of Saint Gall, dwelling at Lyons" (Letter CCCXI.- To Christopher and to Thomas Zollicoffre, March 28th, 1553, in [http://books.google.co.uk/books/reader?id=tlUYAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PA378 Jules Bonnet (ed.), Letters of John Calvin, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1857), p. 378], viewed 18/04/12)</ref> de S:t Gall in Switzerland
Mercator annos agens 39. aut XXXXX dicit et
deponit prout seq:r vizt.

Ad primum aclum depo:t et dicit That the Company called by y:e name
of ?Joachim Laurence and David Zollicoffre<ref>David Zollicoffre. David Zollicoffre (b. ?, d. ?), merchant of S:t Gall Switzerland. Noel mmalcolm (2005) states in a footnote that the mathematician John Pell (b. 1611, d. 1685) pursued a debt with the calvinist divine Johan Jakob Ulrich "via Haak and a Swiss merchant, Tobias Zollicoffer, until Ulrich's death in 1668." Following Ulrich's death "On 19 May 1669 he [Pell] wrote to Zollicoffer that he would not press Ulrich's widow for payment" (Noel Malcolm, ''John Pell (1611-1685) and His Correspondence With Sir Charles Cavendish: The Mental World of an Early Modern Mathematician'' (Oxford, 2005), p. 178 and p. 211, citing Bodl., MS Aubrey 13, fo. 95, 'Pell to Tobias Zollicoffer, via Haak, 19 May 1669)</ref> of S:t Gall in Switzerland
are afarr off allyed to this depo:t And this depo:t was a serv:t of y:e sd
Company at Valentia & Allicant & other places (?where they had & have a house of trade or buisines) for about Nine yeers
ending about Eight yeeres since the sd Company using to XXX
in their merchandizing affaires most of their owne name & XXXX
and saith that there were Joachim Zollicofre & one Jacob Laurence living now or lately in
S:t Gall in Switzerland, and there was & is alsoe one David Zollicoffre
also of S:t Gall, but lately lived or was at Valentia in the
Dominions of the King of Spaine, where this depo:t had XXX
from him about three quarters of a yeere XXXX & some about the ship & lading in
question called the ''Jesus Maria Joseph S:t Andrew'' John Crayliff a XXXX
Command:r And other letters this depo:t alsoe received from other
in the name of the sd Company about y:e sd ship s Lading XXX
XXXX before her seizure to wit about ffebruary & March
last All declaring that the sd Company had freighted or caused to be
freighted at Valentia aforesd the sd ship ''Jesus Maria Joseph S:t Andrew''
to goe to Gandia & Sabia, there to take in her full lading of wine & fruite
on the sd Companyes proper acc:t & adventure, and to carry the sayd
Lading directly to Hamborrowe, on the same acc:t & adventures, and there
to deliver the same to John Srzethering (who this depo:t well knowes & XXXX
him to be a Burgher and senato:r of Hamborow) or to this depo:t XX XXX
then there, And saith that of the trueth thereof hee is fully assured &
convinced in his conscience, saying that if there had bin any XXX
of role therein or any thing contrary to what is above mentioned that
this depo:t (as he weekely used to receive letters from y:e sd Company & XX
to be made privy to their merchandizing affaires) must needs have XXXX
thereof. Et alr nescit.

Ad 2. 3. et 4:XX deponit That in or about March last hee ?received
an acc:t from y:e sd Company that on the 10:th of January last
there were laden onboard the sd ship at Gandia for the acc:tXXXX XXX of the sd XXX
of Zollicoffre (who hee saith are all Switzers (sic) & subjects of y:e Cantons of
Switzerland) One hundred seaventy five pipes of red wine, three
pipes of Brandy, twelve pipes of pickled XXnons one hundred thirty
two XXintalls of XXXXX , a pcell of dry rosemary leaves
consists, & squills, Eight parts of DXXXX, and two ?sucall cases of perfume
and at Sabia on the same acc:t & XXX two Thousand foure hundred sixty
basketts of Raisins as marked w:th XXXX y:e XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX and in the letter in 10:X that XXX XXXXXX y:e sd Company
gave this depo:t full power that if in case the sd ship should be forced
or brought into England that then this depo:t if hee found an
advantagious market should sell the whole lading there for their acc:t
and they alsoe wrote to that effect to M:r John Lucknel their ffactor
or Correspondent here in this depo:ts absence, the sd Company not being
certaine how long this depo:t should stay here before hee returned to haXXXXX
And saith that hee is fully psuaded in his conscience XXXX XX that the sd Acc:t was & XXX
reall, and that none besides y:e Company have had any interest in y:e sd Lading since the putting y:e same onboard the
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And sayeth that this depo:t having XXXX y:e XXXXX
advice and knowing that XXXX & wines & espetially y:e ?fruite were
good Comodities XXXX and about two monthes before y:e seizure of the sd
ship write foure lres of one teno:r XXX foure of y:e XXXX theise ports of England
?Receited to y:e sd Captaine of y:e sd ship, to acquaint him that hee this
depo:t was at London & that hee had XXXX order XXXX XXX Company to y:e effect aforesd and thatt
XXX ffruite & wines were good commodityes here & that therefore XX XXX was
brought or ?feried into England hee would advise him this depo:t thereof
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX or to that effect, but notice of the sd Lres (as hee understands) came to y:e sd
Captanes hands, hee being brought into Rye, et alr nescit, saving hee saith that
upon y,e XXX of the sd advice this dep:t did make an XXXXX
for XXXXXXXX XXX the sd Lading in the XXXX of this court as thereby
appreareth.

Ad 5:th deponit That the sd Company alsoe advised this depo:t long before
the seizure of the sd ship that they sent the Charterpty for y:e sd
ships sd voyage & a bill of lading for y:e sd Lading overland to the sd
John Srzehering at Hamborowe, and the sd John Srzehering from
Hamborowe before y:e sd ships seizure advised this depo:t that hee had
received advise of the sd ships lading & a bill of Lading and wished that
this depo:t might be at Hamborowe at y:e time of the sd ships arrivall
there, for that hee XXXXX was old & did not care to be troubled w:th
factorage, And saith that y:e sd Company gave order to the
sayd Srzehering & to this depo:t y:f hee was at Hamborowe whXXXXX
sd ship arrived here to relade her w:ch the XXXX of her p:rsent lading
w:th Load Tarr & other merchandizes ?on theri acc:t and to send her on the
same acc:t to Valentia & Allicant, and that if this depo:t met w:th the sd
ship here & disposed of her lading then to lade her w:ch the proceed
thereof w:ch load, load XXXX XXXXX XXXX pepper & other commodityes
on their acc:t & XXXX & to send her on y:e same acc:t to Vallentia & Allicant
And saith that hee by reason of y:e premisses well knwoweth that y:e sd
ship (of this depo:t did not meete XXX her in England) was to goe
directly to Hamborow & not to Holland or any unfree or other port
than Hamborow w:htsoever, and hee is well assured that y:e Captaine would
not have goce for y:e freight agreed on, to any unfree port, et alr nescit

Ad 6:XX nescit.

Ad 7:XX deponit That hee is well assured that y:e foresd Lading was
taken in at Gandia Sabia, according as is mentioned in the
acc:t by him receaved as aforesd, and hee doth verily beleeve that nothing
was taken in at Mallega unles twas some small matter taken in
between Decke by some of y:e Company, And say that hee knowe not
sd shipps Company before seizure, And saith that by their XXXXX
hee judge them to be all of Genoa except the two pilotts, one of w:hom is
called Gro XXXXXXX XX is at this depo:ts judges by his name & XXXXX a Hamburger
and the other (who is clubfooted & sayd to have bin marryed three yeeres in Allicant)
declares themselfes to be of ffrerickstadt<ref>ffrerickstadt. Written 'Frederiksstad' in Danish. Located in Nordfriesland, now in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Coordinates: 54° 22′ 0″ N, 9° 4′ 0″ E. Located on the river Eider, ca. twelve km south of Husum. Founded by Dutch settlers in 1621. See Wikipedia entry for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrichstadt Friedrichstadt]</ref> under y:e Dominion of y:e Duke
of Holsteyn & soe this depo:t beleeveth hee is, et alr nescit.

Ad XXXX arle deponit that y:e foresd one hundred seaventy five pipes pf
wine laden at gandia as aforesd (being now filled up) doe ?make but about
Eighty pipes of wine, soe that allowing five p. Cent ?common Leakage there would
have bin about one hundred sixty seaven pipes w:ch would have yeilded at
Hamborowe
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f. 42v.

Hambrorowe ten pound p pipe cleere of all charges therXXXXX only XXXX
and according to that computacon there are X7 ?pipes XXXX short, w:ch XXXX
out by reason of y:e detention of the sd ship at Rye about three months
y:e hottest time of the yeere in w:ch time that depo:t was onboard XXXX
Rye and ?found & sawe that y:e heate had so XXXX that the raisins
resXXXXXXX ?leaves, that they dryed the caskes & made y:e hoopes dry
& consequently y:e wines to leake out & this depo:t then sawe
Bucketts full of wine pumped up XXX at this depo:t XXXXXX
informed, used to be done every morning, And saith that by reason
of y:e said heat most of the wine that is left is decayed & growne XX
and worth but about two thirds of w:t twas worth at the time of y:e XXXX
And saith that y:e foresd CreyXXXX making in all one thousand three
hundred sixty five XXXXalls & a XXXXX (two of y:e foresd basketts being
XXXXX to a Quintall) were worth at XXXXXXXXX both there and at Hamborowe about
two & seventy shill p Quintall ?cleere of all charges freight excepted,
and y:t should yeild at publicke XXXX (by reason of their being XXX
overflowed by their says long detention) Much lesse to wit about a thousand
Quintalls but about ?five shill a Quintall and the rest about Nine
shillings a Quintall, Amd saith that y:e greatest pt XXXXXX XXXXX
XXXXXXX Quintalls XXXXXX y:e XXXXXX sd oyles & the wine away
by reason of y:e sd long Detention, XXX XXX
of XXX ?Rosemary leave being worthat y:e sizure at Hamborow about
thirty shillings, but y:e vallue of y:e XXXXXXX XX cannot XXXXX XX
but supposes that the same was of some greater vallue than the
Rosemary leaves, And saith that the Rosemary leaves that are left XX
are about fourty Quintalls all much damnifyed by y:e sd long ?detention
Et alr nescit.

Ad ult dicit prdeposita p omna XXX vera.

Ad Interria

Ad primum rend:t That hee knoweth not who are y:e owners of the sd
ship, et quoad cetera refert so ad prdeposita et alr nescit.

Ad 2:XXX rend:t RThat since the XXXX y:e sd Company hath yet XXX
knoweth of or beleeves traded to Holland or had any factors
XXXX there, And saith that in regard this rend:t was there hee had ?heard
that y:e sd ship should ?have bin taken by y:e English than by y:e ?Hollanders
& hee beleeveth that XX of Company were of y:e same mind for y:t reason
Et alr nescit

Ad 3:XX rend:t That hee sawe not any money payd for y:e sd Lading, And
saith that an Assurance is made upon y:e sd Lading at Genoa by?Charles ?Dominick XXXXX
& XXXXX Henoueses & merch:ts dwelling at Genoa & well XXXX & XXXXX of that free XXXX
to this rend:t who hath lately recvd lres from them about y:e same to get XXXX
to avoyd the Companys that they may sustaine, Et XXXXX causas XXXX
XXXXX supra et alr nescit.

Ad 4 nescit nor XXX XXX p pte sua.

Ad XX rendit That y:e sd ship was by agreem:t to have two pilotts XXXX
at XXX and charges of the freighters as this depo:t was informed & XXXX
clubfooted pilott (whose name hee knoweth not) was taken in before the other
pilott as hee understandes, And saith that twas very XXXX
that there should be two pilotts that one XXXXX have the other XXX
awake, the rest of the men being strang:rs in these seas, et alr nescit
XX
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P1100003
f. 43r.

Ad 6:XX rend:t se ad XXX deporta et alr nescit

Ad 7:XX nescit et XXX sua.

Ad 8:XXX rend:t That the sd ship was seized in or about ?may XXX
last And saith that hee doth not knowe beleeve or hath heard that the sd
ship ''Jesus Maria Joseph S:t Andrew'' made or intended to make any
resistance at her sd seizure, et alr nescit

Ad 9:XX nescit

Ad 10:XX necit

Ad 11. 12. et 13:XX rendet That p:rsently after baile was
given in this Court for y:e bringing y:e sd ship about to wit in July last hee
this depon:t went downe to Rye to XXX XXXX to bring her about to
London & there to unlade her to pvent further leakage & damage And sayeth
that noebody at Rye XX XXX XXX proposed to have any ?remedy put to p:rvent further damage
but on the contrary hee XX XXXX was XXXX from bringing y:e sd ship about by
George ?carew ag:t whom hee protested for y:e same and sayth that he XXXX XXXXX
M:r Steele did XXX London give this rend:t a note to some ast Rye to
assist him this rend:t for y:e p:rvention of damage, w:ch note signifyd
XXX this rend:t being XXXXed by M:r Carew as aforesd And sath that y:e
sd note was directed to one Standish of Rye to whom this depo:t delivered the
same & hee by consent of this rend:t did XXXX XXX and M:r Gilliard of
Rye sell about ffifty foure basketts of Raysins XXX XXXX and agreed that y:e money should
be deposited in the hands of the Major of Rye wXXXXX XXXXXX XXX promise XXXX
& this day at this XXXX is informed, the sd sale being made after this
refend:t departed from Rye, And saith that the sd M:r Steele XXX hee gave him
y:e sd note told him that XXX XXXXX out XXX this rend:t knowe XXX
XX true and saith that XX XXXX was allwayes willing & soe was M:r Lucknell & the Captaine
tp p:rvent leakage XXX damage as XXXX at XXXX as is
?concerned them to doe, but nothing appeared but XXXX XXX on y:e other side
And saith that although this rend:t left an order in writing w:th the sd GiXXX
to sell as many of y:e sd raisins as hee could at & about Rye & XXXX xx:s
a Quintall w:th this priXXXX taht be mony should be payd into y:e hands of the
major of Rye XX XXX Gilliard XX XXX could not sell any more at or about Rye
as XXXXX informed this rend:t et alr nescit rendere

Ad 14:XX rend:t That neyther hee this rend:t nor y:e sd M:r Lucknell
to his knowledge ever refused to doe any thing that XXXX to XX
p:rXXXXX of Lekage or damage of y.e sd Lading, and any that were
frequently told by the owne pty & the privateers that y:e wines leaked
out & y:e fruite receaved every day damage and hee this rend:t used his endeavo:r
to p:rvent the same but was obstructed by M:r carew as aforesd, et alr
salvis predeporta nescit.

Ad 15:XX rendet That about foure or five weekes after seizure of y.e sd
ship ?D:r Exton y:e proctor for y:e privateer XXXXXXXXXXXX professed XX this rend:t That
hee shpuld have the ship & goods his XXX possession, giving
baile to be answereable for the vallue w:ch hee XXX did not accept of, not
knowing in w:t condition the fruite XXXX & XXXX, & for y:t the same could not XXXXXX
be appraised. And for that XXX not being XXXXX in y:e ship was not willing
to engage for her. the sd M:r Exton standing upon XXXly from this
rend:t XXXX for her as her lading, et alr nescit

Ad 16:XX rend:t That hee cannot judge w:t damage or leakage happened tp
y.e sd wine XX XX XX or six weekes after sd seizure
XXw:t y:e XXX were deteriorated w:thn in ye sd time or w:thin every moneth
nor any moneth since, et alr nescit

Ad 17:XX rend:t That XXXXX at first desired that thee sd ship
should be XXX XXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXx decaying XX XX baile was given in
in
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P1100004
f. 43v.

in this Court as y;t afterwards will make appeare and to wit after his returne from Rye XX
gave his owne bond in 3000:li to bring y:e sd ship about to London y:e
danger of y:e seas excepted & to satnd y:e Judgem:t of this Court
this being done the sd ship was brought about to London and saith that when this XXX
was at Rye the XXX aforesd
y:e Dutch ffleete was then gone or going off the English Coast, and
that they were all gone of the English Coast, et alr nescit

Ad ult nescit nor XXXXXX

TOBIAS ZOLLICROFTE [His signature]

****
===Case: XXXX: 3. Garret Johnson, of Allicante, sailor, aged 37===

3. GARRET JOHNSON de Allicant in Regno XXXX
Nauta annos agens 37 aut inter dicit et deponit
prout sequitir

Ad primum et 2:XX arle dXX Allonis deponit et dicit That hee well knoweth
the aclate ship ''Jesus Maria Joseph S:t Andrew'' Capt. John Bapstisto GalXXXXX
Comman:r abd hath soe done ever since the XX:th of June
last new stile at w:ch time this depon:t came onboard her at Allicant to goe ?as
one of her steeresmen from thence directly to Hamborowe, and thence back againe to
Allicant & there he was to be freed, and saith that hee was hired for the
sd voyage by two Merchants called The ?Sollingffore who live at
Allicant who at their hiring told this depo:t that y:e ship was free & the
goods were free & the place hee was to goe to was free, this depon:t
refusing otherwise to goe in the sd ship, And saith that before this
depo:ts coming onboard the sd ship shee was fully laden XXX XXXXX & XXXXXXXXXX and XXXX
was Layd from Gandia & Sabia and saith that hee cannot set downe y:e
pticulars of y:e sd Lading but saith that as heeallwayes understood & as hee
verily beleeveth the sayd Lading was & is upon y:e acc:t of a free company
called y:e Sollisoffers and saith that hee is very sure that y:e sd ship was
to carry y:e sd Lading directly to Hamborowe, and that the said lading was
to be delivered there to John Srzethering XXXXX to be a Lord of y:e
Towne of Hamborowe And firther saith that from Allicant y:e sd ship went
to mallaga because y:e Hamborowe Convoy lay there, w:ch when that sd XXXX
ordered the sd Captaine to keepe company to
Hamborowe, and saith that nothing was taken in at Mallaga, saving
that hee this depo:t tooke in two pipes of Mallaga wine for his owne acc:t
and the Captaine two pipes on his acc:t & the other steirsman called Henry HrXXXXX who was XXX
at Mallaga) tooke in two more piples, & XX XXX Company one pipe, et alr
nescit

Ad 3:XX nescit XXX pte sua.

Ad 4:XX nrefert so ad XXXquam hujus Curia et alr nescit
saving that hee hath seene severall things in y:e sd ship of her cargoe
marked w:th such a marke as is aclate.

Ad 5:XX deponit That hee is well assured that y:e sd ship was to have gone
directly XXX her sd lading to hamborowe & at XXXXXX there to XXXX the same as
aforesd, and hee was hired to goe directly their to XXXXX from thence
directly to Alicante, And saith that hee is well assured that y:e sd Captaine
would not have gone for Holland or any unfree place for much ?more XX
sd was the XXXX XX for his freight & this depo:t for his p:t would not have gone
for any unfree place for two times his wages, et alr nescit.
Ad
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Ad ?6:XX deponit That the sd shipp stayd at Mallaha attending y:e ?dpture
of the sd Hamborowe Convoy from y:e 19:th or thereabouts of ffebruary to the ?16:th of
Aprill last or thereabouts new stile and saith that the Captaine of y:e sd
ship ''Jesus Maria Joseph S:t Andrew'' & this depon:t severall ?times at Mallaga
wentt on board y:e sd Convoy & the Comman:r of y:e sd Hamborow Convoy
was XX well tp them, and lent them a CXXXXX w:ch they were to returne
to him at Hamborowe, And saith that from Mallaga the
ship went any XXX y:e sd Hamborow Convoy
also y:e Ostend Convoy in XXXX and Pre XXXXX lost y:e sd Ostend
Convoy and the ship ca,e w:th y:e sd Hamborow Convoy to y:e
sayd XXXX XXXXX & XXXXX Hamborow Convoy sailed away to goe y:e
?North passage but y:e Captaine of y:e sd ship ''Jesus Maria Joseph S:t Andrew''
understanding that that was two hundred ?Duty miles out of his way &
in regard gee was hired to goe that way & for that hee considered himselfe
free from y:e XXXXXXXXX his only XXXXX hee steered to come
through y:e Channell, And saith that hee did not y:e time aforesd heare
that S:r Jeremy Smith or y:e English ffleete were at or neere any place
where the sd ship was. Et alr nescit.

Ad 7:th deponit That Gandia is about a hundred leagues or ?Dutch
miles from Mallaga And saith that
the foresd Henry GrotXXXXson is a Hamburger & there hath
a XXX XXXXX as hee & other s have affirmed to this depo:t & this
depo:t doth verily beleeve & saith that hee this depo:t XXXX is y:e XXXX
XXX XXXXX pilott or the XXX) XX of Allicante there hath lived to y:e
XXXX wife & XXXXXX for XXX three yeeres & a halfe last & before that
went to XX & downe XXXX & before lived at ?Jeere & XX the XXX
at Allicant, and was borne in Frederickstadt under y:e Duke of Holsteyn
and saith that tis true that hee hath bin & XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX in Holland & there marryed his
wife but never was asubject of the united provinces & soe soone as gee
was marryed hee carryed his wife to Allicant where shee hath ever since
lived and saith that had hee not bin a free pson the Zollwiffres
would bot have hired him they being careful that noe unfree persons
should come onboard y:e sd ship. et alr nescit

Ad 8:XX deponit That by reason of y:e wine so long lying at
Rye abundance of y:e wine namely about halfe as hee
suposeth is leaked out & that w:t remaineth is ?much damnifyed,
& soe are the reasins (sic) as hee judgeth & hee sawe that severall other goods
towit _S:t Johns ?Broke & Rosemary leaves were XXXX spoiled
XXXX of y:e goods hee beleeves are almost XXXXX all occasioned by
long detention by y:e Cap that tooke the ship and saith that hee
cannot estimate y:e sd damage not having skill in
the vallue of such merchandizes , but saith that ?had not y:e sd seizure happened
the same would doubtles have come to a good market et alr nescit

Ad 9:XX arlum deponit That so soone as y:e ?Caver came up
toward y:e sd ship ''Jesus Maria Joseph S:t Andrew'' shee fired a Gun at
XX her , & then one of her company put tp y:e Genoese flag & that
?bouXX done &XX y:e spXXX that one might have XXXX XXXXXred after y:e ?firing
y:e first gun the Cap fired a second & then the sd ship ''Jesus Maria Joseph
S:t Andrew'' XXXXX XXXX her top saile & pulled up her mainesaile XXX
& sd shipp, & did stop her p:rsently & XXXXXX submitted to y:e sd Cap &
did not make or ?attempt to make any resistance w:tsoever. And saith that
XXX
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f. 44v.

the sd Cap commander & y:e Captaine of y:e sd ship ''Jesus Maria Joseph S:t Andrew''
on board XX, and the Captaine soe soone as possibly hee could XXXX on
his boate went onboard y:e ap XX w:th his paprs and then severall
of y:e Caps Company came onboard y:e sd ship & tooke XXX into their
custody & tooke away y:e Captaines money amounting as y:e Captaine
sd to about sixty or seaventy peeces of Eight & his Ring, silver forks,
& spoones & some of his cloathes and severalll of y:e ships cpmpany
XXXX, alsoe some wXXX XXX & amongst XX belonging to
XX sd ship, and XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX of the Captaines
XXXX & one of this depon:ts piples of wine
XXX pipe worth then 15:li sterle cleare of all charges. et alr nescit

Ad ult XXX pde XXX p XXXX este vera.

Ad Interria

Ad primum rend:t That hee cannot sware XXX XXXX brought of y:e sd
ship but knoweth her to be a Genoese shipp, and saithh that
hee knows none of y:e sd Ships Company before this voyage saving two
of them w:ch hee knowe about a yeer before & saith
that y:e sd Captaine & all the Company. (saving this rend:t & XXXX pilot
hath CCCCCC or of some place thereabouts. et alr referando
XX XXX XXXX nescit.

Ad 2:XX salvis predeprta nescit rendere

Ad 3:XX rend:t That hee sawe noe money payd for y:e sd ships cargoe,
& for this XXXX XXXX payd for y:e hands & XXX himselfe. et alr pro pte sua nescir

Ad 4:XX nescit.

Ad 5:XX rend:t That when this rend:t was hired & came onboard y:e sd shipp
shee had never a pilot & XX or pilot XXXX taken in afterwards at Mallaga
and two were taken in, in regard that y:e Genoese XXXX little skill
navigacon , & for feare that one pilot should dye or be sick
et alre XXXXXX

Ad 6:XX refert XX ad preXXXX

Ad 7:XXX nescit et negative per ptesiva

Ad 8:XXX rend:t That y:e ship was taken on y:e 5:th of June last new
stile, and say that the Cap fired but two Gunns in all a y:e sd ship,
& tis treie that y:e Cap was prepared to fight, & sd Cap XX XXX
at sea use to be , but y:e sd ship ''Jesus Maria Joseph S:t Andrew'' prepared ?nothing
for fighting nor was at XXXX when y:e Cap came up XXX her in XXX
XXXXX to XXXXX make resistance shee used to be / sautrh that they knowing
that they were met w:th by English who were three freinds, they did not
make or intend to make resistance, expecting upon sight of the paps
to be let goe, et alr salvis pdeposis nescit rendere.

Ad 9:XX rend:t that at first Xahing this rend:t & severall others the CapXX
several times that they were bound to Hamborow XX XXXXX Y:e Lawe
but say that some of the Caps company coming onboard y:e sd ship & ?beating
Company from one place of the ship to the other
and XXXXX y:e Cap company crying out that the sd ship was to goe
to Holland this rend:t (being ?frightened) did on a sudden let the word Amsterdam
slip out of his mouth, w:ch hee p:rsently recalled of himselfe & sayd Hamborowe
as hee had sayd halfe a dozen times before, as the truth was et alr nescit rendere

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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f. 45r.

Ad 15:XXX nescit

Ad 16:XXX nescit referendere

Ad 17:XX rend:t That M:r XXX was at XX thereabout XXXX but XXX
the Dutch ffleete then was hee knoweth XXX XXX heard et alr nbescit

Ad 20:XX ultimo refert so ad prdepoita et alr nescit p pte due

XXXX XXXXX

Interpreted by
WILL GEMEXX [His signature]

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===Case: XXXX: Deposition: Anthony Smith, of Poole, Dorset, marriner, late Boatswaine of the Orange Tree, aged 20, and Robert Williams, also of Poole, Dorset, late a foremast mate of the Orange Tree===

The 27:th of October 1666

ANTHONY SMITH of Poole y:e YYY
of Dorsett Marriner late Boatswaine
of thesd ship ''Orange Tree'', aged 28 yeeres
or thereabouts, and ROBERT WILLIAMS
of the same place ?QauartXXXX late a foremast
mate of the sd ship, aged 26 yeeres or therabouts
being sworne before y:e right ?Worll S:r Giles Sweit
Knight D:r of Lawes Suerogate of y:e right wor:ll Leolini Jenkins
D:r of Lawes and Judge of his Majesties high Court of
Admiralty of Engl. say & depose by vertue of their
Oathes as followes.

That they came on board the sd ship ''Orange Tree'' (JXXXX Bowles M:r at
Portsmouth in or about y:e beginning of Juary last and thence went
to Plymouth for a Convoy to goe to Limerick in Ireland to lode pipe staves for his
Majesties uses, and after XXX weekes stay at Plymouth the ''Nightingale frigot''
Cap:t ?Louis Comand:r had order from XXXX of his Maj:ties Com:r or Officers
to convoy y:e sd ship ''Orange Tree'' to XXX Limerick aforesd & to XXX
her home w:th the sd Lading of Pipe staves for his maj:ties use to Portsmouth
aforesd And saith that on y:e 2?7:th of Aprill last, the sd ship ''Orange tree''
in Company of the sd ''Nightingale ffrigott'' & a merch:tman called the
''Hono:r'' bound to Virginia & siy saileXXXX of merch:t men bound to XXXX
XXXXX set saile from Plymouth; And saith that all the sd ships continued in company until early the next
morning after their comming out from Plymouth, and then a fog happening
the ''Nightingale ffrigott'' being upon the XXXX XXXXXXX
her XXX topsailes & fell a XXXX of y:e ''Orange tree'' and XX the ''Orange
tree'' therby lost sight of y:e sd ffrigott, and thereupon y:e ''Orange Tree''
(as XXX agreed on by arles betweene the sd ffrigott & y:e ''Orange tree'' & as is
usuall ) fired severall gunnes thereupon severall of y:e
merch:t men appeared supposing that y:e ''Orange tree'' that fired was y:e
sd ffrigot y:e ''Nightingale'' but saith that y:e sd ffrigott appeared
not nor the sd ship ''Hono:r'' nor did they seem them afterwards, and as
some of the ''Nightingales'' men haveXXXX told the sd XXXXXXX the sd
''Nightingale ffrigot'' went away w:th y:e sd ship ''Hono:r'' & kept her &
someother shipe company towards Virginia for five or six dayes
together afterwards, And saith that on y:e next day after y:e sd ffrigotts
leaving the sd ship ''Orange Tree'' a privateer came up to y:e sd ship, and layd
her aboard, and her sd Captaine Powley perceiving her to be an XXXX
sought her & gave her abroad side & severall XXXXX & fought her board &
board & resisted her for y:e space of an hower, and then one man was
killed & two woounded & y:e rest not able to hold out they were forced
to surrend:r to y:e sd privateer w:ch proved to be a privateer of Zealand XXXXXX
Cornelius van Shiys XXX Comand:t) and thereby y:e sd ship was XXXX
& all in her was utterly lost, w:ch was occasioned & XXXX of reasonm of y:e
''Nightingall frigatts'' neglect of her duty in leaving the sd ship ''Orange Tree''
w:ch they doe XXX & knowe to be true being of her Company and onbord
her
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P1100008
f. 45v.

her during all the time aforesd.

ANTHONY SMITH [His signature]
ROBERT WILLIAMS [His signature]

<nowiki>*****</nowiki>
===Case: XXXX: Johes Dobson, of Plymouth, sailor, aged 20===

28 Octobris 1666

DXXX Guilielmus Turnor XXXX XX Georgina XXXX)
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Lyon et bona in ead et)
M:r Samuelus Beake Civitati London mercator)
pro intereste sue in dea XXX et XXXX in XXX)
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX Suckley ffrancklin)

Sup Allons p XXX XXXX
Examinat

1. JOHES DOBSON De Plymouth
Nauta annos agens 20 aut XXX
dicit et depo:t prout seq:r vizt

Ad dram AllegationXXX deponit et dicit That hee this depo:t was Master
of y:e privateer called y:e ''Edward Bonadventure'' set out by M:r XXXX
Coulon at y:e time that shee tooke the aclate shipp y:e ''Swedes Lyon''
w:ch was on y:e last of July last, and saith that y:e ship being taken this
depo:t was put in on board her, and there finding an Englishman XXX
XXXX (whose name hee knoweth not) this depo:t asked him how hee
being an Englishman durst saile when XXX contrary to y:e Kings XXXX
to w:ch hee replyed at last that y:e sd ship was free & was bound to London
& that hee was supracargo of her, and this depo:t asking of him to whom shee
was consigned hee sd to a kinsman of his, & this depo:t asking his
kinsmans name, hee sayd that hee could not tell to rights, and ?then this
depo:t asking for his cocketts & bills of lading hee sayd that hee had XXX
and p:rsently after hee went from that p:rtense & says that hee was
bound to Yarmouth, but had noe cocketts for that place and this depo:t finding him in
divers XXXXX & supposimnh that y:e sd ship was unfree urged him to XXX
the XXXX telling him that y:e Captaine would be favourable to him, & XXX
him to XXX money to beare his charges or to XXXXXXXX his loss or
to that effect whereupon hee sayth that y:e sd Englishman speaking to this
depo:t sayd ffor Gods sake stande my freinds for y:e ship (speaking of &
meaning y:e sd ship ''Swedes Lyon'' is bound to Amsterdam. And this
depo:t promising to speake to y:e Captaine on his behalfe, they ended the
discourse all w:ch was in y:e sd ship ''Swedes Lyon'' none being p:rsent w:th ?them
et alr nescit.

Ad Interria

Ad prima rend:t that hee is now in his maj:tyes service, But y:e time aforesd
was mate of y:e sd privateer alr negative.

Ad 2:XX rend:t That if the sd ship ''Swedes Lyon'' & XXXXy be condemned for prize hee
expecteth to have a share thereof according to his place, et alr nescit rendere

Ad 3:XX rend:t That hee denyes that hee or any other of y:e sd privateers
Company did that hee knoweth or hath heard or beleeveth take any XXX
of y:e sd ship goods XXX et alr nescit rendere

Ad 4:XX XXXX p:rdepoitis negative.

Ad 5:XX rend:t That hee was p:rsent at y:e taking of y:e sd ship but y:e day of y:e
weeke or month hee certainly remembreth not et alr nescit

Ad 6:XX rend:t That the foresd discourse was spoken ptly in Dutch & ptly in English being
languages they both understood & the same was so spoken XXX y:e next day after seizur & in y:e day time & XXX
sd ship & none were p:rsent w:th them. et alr nescit

Ad 7:XX rend:t that hee liveth & allwayes lived at Plymouth (where hee was borne) saving when hee hath
XXXX upon voyages XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Privateer Edward Bonadventure

Ad Interria

''Swedes Lyon''
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===Case: XXXX: Deposition: Isaac Gill, citizen of Dublin, Ireland, Merchant, aged 21===

P1100009
f. 46r.

And changed the name
Lyon
said Beakes
said M:r Allen
said Samuel Beakes acco:t
in regard
w:ch hee knoweth

Ad 6 et 7 et 9 deponit
at Dublin
to the order
XXXX
for Rochel
July
w:ch
factor
carried
Gold
----
P1100010
f. 46v.

Allen (who had formerly XXX XXXX the said Ignatius to his teh said
Samueles correspondence) to write to the said Ignatius to lade about
the said shipp after her arrival and delivered at XXXX) 20 or 30
tonnes of butter for Bordeauy for the said Samuels acco:t XXX of
w:ch butter jee saith was accordingly provided as the said Ignatius
Gold ?accepted the saod M:r Allen by lres, to w:ch M:r Allen XXX
said Samuel Beake further wrote that hee should get lading for the
resz of the said shipps ?tonnage in ?beef ?herrings or pilchards upon freight
XX XXX XXX XXXX freight.
And hee saith moreover that the said M:r Beake also wrote to the
said M:r Allen

ISSAC GILL [His signature]

****
===Case: XXXX: Deposition: 3. Isaac Gill, XXXX===

----
P1100011
f. 47r.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

ISAAC GILL [His signature]

****
===Case: XXXX Deposition: Petrus Peterson, citizen of Riga, Livonia, sailor, aged 44===

5:° Novembris 1666

PETRUS PETERSON civitatis Rega in Livonia Nauta
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
----
P1100012
f. 47v.

'''Digital image is poor'''
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P1100013
f. 48r.

therin neglected on the decke, XXXX
taken
his
him to confesse against the
And saith that
said freight taken this deponent
with a XXXX or small
betwixt the binding and this
him to great XXXX
his hands, and afterwards
againe ashore. And
companies clothes
worth about 100:li sterling
XXX they have taken money

----
P1100014
f. 48v.

And XXX by the Captain, the makeing is XXX
----
P1100015
f. 49r.

Ad 4 rendet that the said cargo of XXX at Amsterdam was delivered
to XXXX XXXX XXXX, the producents further XXX, and XXX this depo:t
paid off his marriners that went to the said shipp, they respecting to
XXX further in the XXXX XXX them, Et alr negative XXX
prodXXXX.

Ad 5 rendet that the said Cornelius ?Dow XXX his factor affirmed
that this XXX XXX XXX

Ad 6 rendet that the sd bill of

Ad 7 rendet the said XXXX XXX XXX broken by the said storme
and that XXXX shipp came to Amsterdam them came man aboard to
XXX this XXX, Et alr nescit ex negative,
and not XXX the day of the beginning of the storme.

Ad 8 rendet that it was the 12 day (new stile) of July last that
the said XX Captaine CCCC CCC , about eight or nine at night,
and the XXX in XXX they fell to torturing him and his XXXXX
aforesaid, and with that hee was by the said Captaine Manners
on the deck in the ?hinder part of the shipp when the masters mate
came and XXX this deponent XXX abd carried him below
and tortured him as aforesaid, but this said QXXXXXX was
tortured above on the deck, and the said XXXX being then XXX
on the deck could not but XXXX and XXX his XXXX and
XXXX. And saith that true it is, that after such their torturing, the
said Captaine Manning for a colour XXXX offended, and when
XXX XXX XXX was XXX, talked of XXXXXX her, and asked this
deponent if hee would have it don, who knowing it was but
for a protest, expressed noe desire for the XXXX it,
beleeving the said XXXXXX , yet it should not XXX don
Et alr negative referendo et ad XXX XXXX.

Ad 9 rendet that

Ad 10 rendet that the said Captaine and her ffranch colours

Ad 11 rendet that XXX they XXX
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f. 49v.

Ad 12 rendet that hee XXXX his said XXX att Riga, 'S:r John
?Skelener lre at Plimouth, and saith hee was present before the XXXX
of Riga and XXXX make oath of such therein
proXXXX, Et nescit XXXXXXXXXXX

Ad 13 rendet that his wife XX

Ad 14 rendet that to his remembrance hee did not set his hand to
any ExXXX accon taken in the ?mutiny, but only to a note or paper
tendred on the Captaines byalfe, whereunto hee was found to subscribe
nor doth hee know nor then did knowe when they have pretended
to XXX this exXXXtion or declaration, Et alr nescit salvis XXXX
and XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Ad 15 refeXXX ad predepoita, et exXXXX interrXXX
Et alr nescit

Ad 16 rendet that the said ffrench boy is of the age of 14 according to
this deponents XXX of his age by his XXX and lookes, XXXX
XXX nor CCCC, nor hath knowingly abooard 8 of 9
monthes, Et alr nescit et perparze sum negative XXXX

Ad 17 rendet XXX XXX only knoweth at Baka when hee
was XXX last in Holland, at w:ch place of XXXX his wife has
a sister dwelling, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXX, and XXXXXXXXX

Ad 18 rendet that XXX had a barrel of brimstone aboard at the
time of her seizure, w:ch was laded at Amsterdam by himselfe and
for his owne accompt, and wXXX to sell it for his owne
proffit; and XXXX tXX 400

XXXX XXXXXXX [His signature]

Repetit coram dre Mills surrato

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===Case: XXXX Deposition: Petrus Rich, of Lambeth (sic) Norway (sic) Merchant, aged 36===

The Clayme of Thomas Russell of Lambeth and Thomas Popplewell)
of XXXX English merch:ts for y:e ship Esperance XXXX Towison M:r)
and lading of deale boards consisting of about 2400 in number brought)
from Norway to Hull in this Kingdome of England and their seized)
by his Matyes and his Royall highness y:e Lord Adlls Courts for prize goods)

8:° Novembris 1666

Super allonoXX XXXX ColoqXXX
ex parte dictorXd reclaman datXX
ExamanXXXXty

Coloquitte XXXXX

Ad primum et secundum arles deponit et dicit that Yesterday this depo:t
compared the order arlate with the originall order remaining in the hands of
S:r Richard Browne one of the Clerkes of the Counsell and found the same
Copy toXXX with it said originall word for word. And saith that upon the
ninth of July last past this deponent gave and XXX security according to y:e foresd XXXX

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for y:e ''Sperance'' arlate of Dram in Norway ?damp M:r to the ffarmers of y:e Custome house XXXXX Tourson now but formerly Cornely to come with her
lading of deales from Norway to some of his Majesties ports of England or Ireland
And saith the arlate S:r John Shaw and S:r John Wolstonholme two of the
ffarmers of the Custome house gave a testificazon under their hands of such
security given,a s appeareth in one of y:e schedules annexed. Et alr referendo
so ad dictas schedulas qua dicit esse verat nescit deponere.

Ad 3 et 4 arle deponit that hee well knoweth the arlate Thomas Russell and soe hath
don for theise twelve yeers last or thereabouts who was and is an Englishman &
borne as hee hath bin credibly informed in Hampshire. Who hee saith hath bin for
these three yeers last and upwards and still is as hee beleeveth halfe part owner
of y:e said shipp ''Sperance'' of Dram. which hee knoweth ffor that the said vessell
was consigned to this depo:t by the said Thomas Russell with a lading of Deales about three
yeers since. And then also gave this depo:t order to sell the said shipp for him and y:e sd
Knope, who was reputed the other halfe owner. which this depo:t could not doe
by reason hee could not raise the price sett to him And is still the halfe part owner
of her as hee is well assured for that about May last past this depot wrote to the
said Thomas Russell to send the said shipp with a lading of deales consigned to this deponent upon his
this deponents owne adventure. And the said Russell then wrote this deponent
that he would consigne the said shipp and her lading of dales to this depo:t upon his owne adventure
And saith that upon the lading of the said shipp. the arlate Jonathan Smith
advised the arlate Thomas Popplewell his master living at Hull that hee
had bought of one M:r Daniel Knope the other halfe part of y:e ship the ''Esperance''
(of which M:r Russell arlate was y:e other halfe owner.) which lre came under
this depots cover and which hee hath read, And the next post or shortly after hee sent
another lre under this deponents covert also wherein hee advised the said
Popplewell that hee had paid 150 Rix dollars for y:e halfe of y:e said shipp And
in y:e said lre he saith the said Smith advised his said M:r that hee had laded &
caused to bee laden onboard the said shipp ''Sperance'' about three or
foure and twenty hundred deales for his the sd Popplewells acc:t to bee
brought in y:e sd ship to Hull and there to bee delivered upon and for y:e same
acc:t and that hee had bought them of M:r Rissell some for 5:li 15:s and
some for six pounds per Cent. And the said Russell wrote this deponent
an Excuse for not sending y:e sd shipp upon this depots acc:t as aforesd saying
that hee had mett with one that would give more ffor those deales than they would yeild
at London. And therein the sd Russell wrote this deponent that the arlate
Smith had bought Deales of him the sd Russell and laded them for his sd
Masters ac:t, and that hee had received in part 200 Rix dollars which
lres he shall produce for satisfaction of this Court. Et alr nescit

Ad 5 et 6 deponit that the said shipp came with her said lading of deales
to Hull in September last of her owne accord, and as this depot hath bin informed there she was
seized by y:e Comrs for prizes of that port for his majestyes use, but was
cleared or discharged from the said seizure by an order from y:e Lords
prin:ll Com:rs for prizes. Which order of y:e Lords he hath now with
him and leaveth here with y:e foresd order of his Majesty and attestacon
from y:e Custome house. Et alr nescit referendo so ad dicta in strumenta

Ad 7 refert so ad Jura. Et alr nescit.

Ad Interria

Ad primum rend:t that hee hath knowne y:e Interr Popplewell for about halfe a
yeere last, who as y:e sd Popplewell hath declared to this depo:t and others was borne
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in Lincolnshire, and XX a house keeper
of Hull, and the
in Norway upon
his
said Russell was since y;e warr with denmarke
proXXX

Ad XX rend:t that about
y.e
white of Lambeth

YXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

P. RICH [His signature]

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===Case: XXXX Deposition: Cornelius Van XXXX, XXX, XXXX===

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Contract or Sale of the same. And that as this depo:t is well assured it cannot
be made appeareth that ever the sayd M:r Luke Luy did ever buy y:e contract
for any

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===Case: XXXX Deposition: 2. Humphrey Groome, of London, merchant, aged 36===

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John Day

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hee saith were all y: etime of y;e daies of y:e respective schedules aclate
XXXXXX belonging to the sd Prize Office, and sath used to
receive money and give receits & this depo:t hath had severall ?receipts
of them and being well acquainted w:th their manner of subscription
ther first schedule to be signed by the sd Hugh Hurst the second
& fourth by the sd Edw:d BuryX & the third by the sd Clement
Eglestone, and beleeveth y:e contents of the said foure receipts (w:ch
hee hath seene & XXX to be true & reall, to be soe XXX &
done as herein is conteyned et alr nescit

Ad Interria

Ad primum et 2:XX That y:e Copyes of y:e TRansferrs interraie w:ch
are
drawne according to y:e sd John Dayes usuall forme of drawing y:e ?transferrs
and saith that hee cannot tell whether y:e sd John
Day did YYYY 1652 1653 or 1654 act as a Broker
or not bit this Rend:t knowes that hee did fore
that time sometimes doe busines as a Broker et alr salvis
p:rdepositis nescit

Ad 3:XXX rend:t that hee hath not seene the Prize Office Bookes or ?is
relaccon to this busuines, et alr nescit.

Ad 4:XX rend:t That M:r ?Cury might w:thin y:e time interrare buy
severaéé Quantityes of Prize goods of the then Com:rs or their
Officers & not pay for the same & this rend:t not knowe there XXX
but saith that hee doth not knowe that hee bought XXXX et
alr nescit

Ad 5XX nescit pro ptescia

Ad 6:XX nescit.

Ad 7:XX rendet That hee never sawe any money payd by the sd Luke Lucy
to XXX the Com:r interrate et alr nescit

Ad 8:XXX nescit.

Ad 9:XX rend:t that hee this rend:t recvd the foresd three summes or sawe it
received of the sd XXX XXXX XXXX pr els hee should not have given the receits for the same w:ch XXX
hee knoweth to be his owne hand , but w;ch XXX money out or who was then
p:rent or where hee recdd the same of the XXX otherwise than by the dare
of y:e receit note hee beleeveth are XXXXdated hee for his pte
remembreth not it being soe long since et alr nescit rendere.

Ad 10:XX rend:t that hee hath not prssed y:e bookes interraia in relacon to y:e
busiones, nor did this rend:t ever belong to y:e sd Prize Office et alr nescit

Ad 11:XX 12:XX 13:XX et 14:XX rend:t that hee was not p:rsent nor did XX
the foresd Hurst BXXXX & Eglestone or any of them subscribe the
foresd Receits et alr nescit

Ad 15:XX et 16:XX nescit pXX pte

Ad 17:XXX rend:t That nothing is given or promised to him for his
testimony herein or coming about this busuines nor doth hee expect
ought bor will it be ay benefit or p:rjudice to this rendt w:ch way
soever thi cause goes y:t hee knoweth of et alr negXXXXX

HUM BROME [His signature]

Repetit coram Dno Sweit Sur:to
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===Case: XXXX Deposition: 3. Thomas Harris, citizen of London, XXXX, aged 52===

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13:° Novembris 1666

Sup Allone prod Examinat

3. THOMAS HARRIS civitatis London Generesus annos
agens 52 aut XXX dicit et deponit prout seq Evizt

Ad Octavium et 9:XX arl die Allonis et computum deponit et dicit That this depo:t very
well knoweth y:e aclate M:r Luke Lucy deced and often time did busines for him
and sayth that in the yeere 1659 that y:e sd M:r Lucy was called before a Committee for brining
in y:e arreres of the revenue appointed by y;e then power, and one M:r ?ffinch XX XXX was then
theCouncell & this depo:t was his solicitor and did XXXX or XXXX appeare as XXX XXXX M:r
Lucy & M:r ffinch before the sd Comittee, and oftentimes about that time this depo:t heard
y:e sd M:r Luke Lucy very seriously affirme that an agr:t was made up betweene
him & y:e aclate John Day CCC CCC time of y:e sd Day for
y:e ship ''Elias'' & other XXXX goods bought of y:e sd Day, and that hee y:e sd M:r Lucy had really payd
for y:e same, and had severall acquittances for money payd on that acc:t
and that the sayd Day was & continued still his debtor above a hundred pounds
and that in regard of their old acquaintance & former service done by the sd Day
hee the sd M:r Lucy tooke two Looking Glasses for the same, All w:ch this depo:t
doth really beleeve to be true, for that the sd M:r Lucy was a man of great
integrity, and one that would not as this depo:t is psuaded in his conscience affect
such a thing unles twas true & reall, And saith that the sd M:r Lucy was
XXXXX before y:e sd Committee in y:e month of June 1659
to pay into y:e treasury for prize goods 504:li 10:s 2:d or therabouts for soe much owing by
him for prize goods bought of the late Com:r for Prizes and alsoe to pay
290:li 2.s 3:d for prize goods bought of y:e sd Com:r by the sd Lucy & John
Day, and saith that the sd M:r Lucy together w:th the sd M:r ?ffinch & this depo:t
did appeare before y:e sd Comittee & denyed the charges and the sd M:r Lucy
then desiring to avoyd further trouble being a XXXX man did by his Councell
M:r ffinch put it upon this issue That if it did appeare by y.e bookes of the
Prize Office that the sd M:r Lucy was anyways
endebted to y:e sd office for any ship or goods bought of the sd Office by him
or his order, that then hee the sd Lucy would Imediately pay what hee should
be soe charged w:thall, whereupon the sd Comittee made an order a copy of
w:ch this depo:t nowe hath w:th him being of the teno:r following vizt
Wednesday 29. June 1659. By the Comittee for bringing in the arrears
of the revenue due to the Commonwealth Upon hearing what was offered
this day by the Com:r for prize goods acc:t Lucas Lucy and w:t in M:r ffinch
being of the Counsell alledhed on his behalfe it is ordered that the sd Com:r
doe suffer y:e sd M:r Lucy to see their bookes in relaccon to his charge or
discharge for prize goods as likewise to deliver him Copyes of the transferrs made
by M:r Day and also tp give him a copy of the XXXX acc:t charged upon him
of thee desire the ?Land and they are to agree & setle the acc:t if they can
or else the Com:r are to certify us in writing the state of the case w;th
their opinion upon Wednesday the sixth of July next at nine of the
Clock in the forenoone, signed in the name & by the order of the sd Com:r
A ?Baynes. And saith that some few dayes after the sd order was soe
made, the sd M:r Lucy & his serv:t Abraham Guallier now as this depo:t
beleeveth in y:e barbadoes) & hee this depo:t did w:th severall of the
Accomptants & other Officers or Clarkes of the sd Office ther in the p:sence
alsoe to his remembreance of one or more of the sd Com:rs & alsoe
one M:r ?RomX accomp:t to M:r Oxenbridge y:e Controller of y:e sd Office
peruse the bookes of the sd Office w:th were then produced by some of the sd
Office, and the sd M:r Lucy did then desire them to show him where
hee stood XXXX in their bookes w:th any of XX sd summ for w:ch hee was
questioned before the sd Committee but notwithstanding XX
of them did (or could as hee beleeves) shew any Amount XX the sd
XXX in any of y:e bookes of the sd Office, wherby hee was charged as Debter
to them for any time but only shewed unto him the acc:t of the sd John Day

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And sayth that hee this Rend:tthen or about that time did declare to the sd
Lucy this depo:t being p:rsent that hee hath XXXXX the Acc:ts of the sd Office
and by reason of his sd Imploym:t did well understand them, and thatM:r Lucy was not charged for any thing therein, or to that effect, and ?after
hee told this depo:t that the sd Office could not charge the sd M:r Lucy w:th any XXX
unles by the bookes being written over againe, w.:ch hee sayd
they had bin as hee beleeved twice or thrice or to that effect And further
that suddenly after the foresd XXXXX hee this depo:t did repaire to the XXXX
or Register of y:e sd Comittee and desired to knowe whether y:e sd ComXXX
had made any rectifyate according to y:e foresd order & whwther the sd Comittee
had made any order thereupon, and hee replyed & told this depo:t that
hee beleeved that the XXXX XXXXX XXXXX noe other XXXXXX or to that
effect, And saith that afterwards y:e XX M:r Lucy was not ever XXX y;e XX depo:ts
knoweth or ever heard of further questioned XXX et alr nescit saving that the sd
John Day did live some yeeres after the time in w:ch the ship
& goods in question were sayd to be bought.
Sup reliquis non examinatur ex direnone M:r Lucy

Ad Interria

Ad primum rendet that hee cannot answer thereto, nor can tell w:t to beleeve
therein hee being a stranger to y,e buisines interrate.

Ad 2:XX rend:t That the sd John Day was reputed to by a publique broker
about twenty yeeres since
& this depon:t hath heard and beleeveth that the sd John Day
did buy or contract for severall parcells of prize goods both as a broker and XX
as merchant on his owne acc:t et alr nescit.

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===Case: XXXX Deposition: 1. Guilielmus Sweetmore, of Redcliff, Surrey, sailor, aged XXX===

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Ad primum et 2:XXX arle XXX deponit et dicit That hee this depo:t was one of y:e
Company of the ship ''Hopefull Seaventure'' Henry Robinson M:r XXXX
and XXXX that about five weekes since cXXXXing alr non nescit the sd ship was
by a stiffe winde driven almost upon ? XXX Bucksam sand coming foule XX XX XXX
Anchor XXX to get further off, and the sd shipp, the ''Hopefull Seaventure'' being under sayle
w:th her sprittsaile y:e aclate ship y:e ''Comfort'' Sparkes M:r did lie in the way of y;e
sd shipp ''Hopefull Seaventure'' by a sayle XXXX upon the XXXXX, soe that y:e sd Robinson
could get cleare of y:e ''Comfort'' or not called out & XXX six or seaven XXXX
aloud, & as loud as possibly they could to those of the ''Comfort'' to clap their
XXXXX a port that y:e ''Hopefull Seaventure'' might goe cleere, and this depo:t (XXX XXX
y:e rest of the sd ships company soe called & cried out and saith that after such
calling & crying a which much was y:e sd Sparkes XXX as hee of herXXX confessed in this depo:ts ?presence
came running up out of his cabbin, & to the forecastle & by that time

the sd ship ''Hopewell Seaventure'' was past the sd ship ''Comfort'', and saith that noe answer
XXXX XXXXX was made by y:e sd Sparkes or any of his company that this
depo:t heard, and therfore this depo:t judges that they were all besides y:e sd Sparkes
asleepe, and that M:r Sparkes the next day did onboard the sd ship ''Hopefull
Seaventure'' in the p:rsence of this depo:t & the rest of the sd ships company confesse
that there was none upon his ships deck the time aforesd & that his watch
was asleep in the Cooke roome, But saith that notwithstanding this neglect
in them the sd ship ''Hopefull Seaventure'' by gods blessing upon y:e endeavo:r of
the XX M:r & Company went clere of the ''Comfort'' & never touched her head
Boltspritt masts or any pt of the yards, or any thing els belonging
to her only y:e yard arme of the spritsaile w:ch was soe slightly touched that
noe XXX was done to it or to the sd ship ''Comfort'' of his surtaine
knowledge of this depo:T who was an eye witnes thereof, and saith that such touching the sd
yard arme might have bin easily p:rvented if the M:r & Company of the ''Comfort''
or any of them had bin at hand to have put their XXXX a port
or topped their sprittsaile yard. et alr nescit

Ad 3:XX arlum deponit That y:e sd ship ''Hopefull Seaventure'' being passed the ''Comfort''
it went about a quarter of a mile from the ''Comfort'', XX past anyXX & veered
out a hundred & a fathom of cable, and XX about ag:X of a milestone the ''Comfort''
XX continued fast at anchor halfe and hower or betweene
halfe an hower & three a:r of an hower after y:e ''Hopefull Seaventure'' passed by
and then this depo:t espyed her driving and shee suddenly after passed by the
''Hopefull Seaventure'' and came to an Anchor about two Cables length off of her
and saith that had the ''Hopefull Seaventure'' XXXyed her cable this depo:t XXXXX who has
bin a seaman these 6 yeeres must needs have bin sensible of it for them hee saith XXXXXXXXXXXX
that the ''Hopefull Seaventure'' would have in stopped & in danger of being
sunk by XXXX y:e ''Comforts'' haws or else her cable must have yeilded & y:e ship
''Comfort'' have driven, and this is well knowne to all seamen, and saith that
y:e sd ship ''Hopefull Seaventure'' was not in y:e least stopped, but went as cleere
as any ship could doe, and y:e ''Comfort'' continued XXX for the time aforesd
et alr nescit
Ad
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Ad 4:XX et 5:XX XXX deponit et dicit That the next day after y:e ship ''Hopefull
Seaventure'' passed by y:e ''Comfort'' as aforesd the M:r of the ''Comfort'' ?swept one
tide for his cable & anchor, but not finding of it hee came that day onboard the
''Hopefull SEaventure'', and then p:rtended that shee had not his cable, and sayd that
hee had had a buoy to his anchor but that twas not seene in eight& XXXX XXXXX
before XX shee was adrift or to that effect w:ch hee sayd &
confessed in the p:rsence of this depo:t & severall of teh rest of the ''Hopefull
Seaventures'' company and alsoe of his owne company. And saith that the
sd M:r of the ''Comfort'' desiring the ship & Company of the ''Hopefull Seaventure''
to assist upon in sweeping for the sd Anchor & cable, y:e Company of the ''Hopefull''
did sweepe two ?tymes for the same, but noe buoy appearing they could not
find the same, and soe the M:r of the ''Comfort'' gave it ober for lost, and came
away y:e next day w:th the ''Hopefull Seaventure'' & y:e rest of the ffleete & gave
noe order that hee XXXXX of or beleeveth) for any further ?search for the same
and in XX the same it lost XXXX occasioned for want of a buoy, and not
through any neglect or default in y:e help Company of the ''Hopefull SEaventure'' or
any of them nor indeed was any manner of p:rjudice done to y:e sd ship ''Comfort''
by y:e sd ship ''Hopefull Seaventure'' or her M:r & Company or any of them.
Et ar nescit XXX knoweth as aforesd et alr nescit.

Et alr XXX predeporta p XXX XXXXX.

Ad Interria.

Ad primum rend:t That hee was a common man of y;e Company of the
''Hopefull Seaventure'', and hee was to have 7:li 10:s for his wages from London to XXX
& back againe, w:ch hee receaved about three weekes since, & saith that y:e ''Hopefull
Seaventure'' had about fourteene or fifteene marriners onboard her the night
aforesd & shee is of about 240 tonnes burthen & the ''Comfort'' is of about XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Ad 2:XX rend:t That hee knowes not whether the sd Henry Robinson hath any pt in
y:e sd ship ''Hopefull Seaventure'' or not & ?hee warned this rend:t to come to XXXXXX XXXX
& told him that if hee would not come in hee would subpoena him in & saith that
upon his life hee XXXX XXXX only y:e truth betweeene the ptyes concerned X
XXXXX hee saith hee equally favoureth and saith that if it were in his power hee
would give y:e victory of this cause to hee that is least in fault
alr negative.

Ad 3:XX rend:t That y:e ''Hopefull Seaventure'' just before shee came & passed by y:e
''Comfort'' as aforesd in aout a quarter of a mile XXX the ''Comfort'' & the ''Hopefull
Seaventure'' then ?at about a mile from shore, but a about halfe a cables length from
Buckhans Sand & the ''Comfort'' athere rode about a mule & ag:r from y:e shore, &
soe the sd ships had layd almost two dayes, et alr nescit rendere

Ad 4:XX rendt That the sd ship ''Hopefull Seaventure'' weighed anchor about two of y:e
clocke in y:e foresd night & twas then very darke, & XXX & XXX weather & there
was them a?Long stiff gale of wind and saith that they
were then forced to weigh in regard that the wind drove them soe towards the sd sand
that they were in eminent danger of being foule of y:e sd sand et alr nescit.

Ad 5:XX rend:t That y:e sd rend:t & Company first spyed the sd ship ''Comfort'' the ?time
aforesd about a cables lebgth before they came at her , & soe soone as they XXXXXher they cryed out to her, and by speciall order of the M:r every man of the ''Hopefull
Seaventures'' company cryed out as loud as they could hXXXXX hallowe the better to
give notice & to wake the ''Comforts'' watch, w:ch they feared were asleepe because they
did not answer at severall times calling before, et alr nescit.

Ad 5:XX rend:t That y:e wind was at west south west the time aforesd & blew very
hard, & the ''Comfort'' lay north or north east from y:e ''Hopefull
Seaventure'' when shee weighted as aforesd et alr nescit.

Ad 6:XX rend:t That there was roome enough on each side of the ''Comfort'' for
y.e ''Hopefull Seaventure'' to passe by to wit about two or three Cables length
but y:eXXX was soo that XXX could not have command of the ''Hopefull Seaventure''
to bee otherwise than XXXX saith that they used their XXXX abd XXXX to get
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cleere of the ''Comfort'' as it concerned them highly to doe et alr referende
so ad predeporta nescit

Ad 8:XX rend:t That it is usuall & doubles lawfull for ships to
lye at Anchor (to wit by a single anchor that they may veere & give way
as occasion requires) in such a place as the ''Comfort'' was in the time
aforesd, but not w:thout a buoy w:ch is a warning to ships to keepe XXX
of the XXX it being y:e custome for a buoy to be at every Anchor XX
out in all rivers harbozrs & all XXX places et alr nescit.

Ad 9:XX rend:t prod refert so d p:rdeporta et alr nescit.

Ad 10:XX rend:t That y:e M:r of the ''Hopefull SEaventure'' assisted the M:r
of the ''Comfort'' in Sweeping as aforesd because the M:r of the ''Comfort''
desired him. et alr nescit.

Ad 11:XX rend:t That 'tis a very difficult thing to find an anchor lost
in the foresd place without a buoy the sd place being a wide ?space & full of sands et alr referendo XX ad p:rdepita
nescit
Sigmund dM WS [HIS MARK] Guilielmi Sweeting

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===Case: XXXX Deposition: 2. Guilielmus Chip, of Redcliff, Surrey, sailor, aged 67===

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Ad 10:XX rend:t That the M:r of the ''Hopefull BaXXXXXX'' helped to sweepe for XX
cable & Anchor because the M:r of the ''Comfort'' came & desired that hee XXXX
alr nescit

Ad 11:XX that the foresd place is a wide Roade, and he there expXXXXX
Difficult to find an Anchor that is lost w:thout a buoy fastened thereto, et alr
nescit

signum dm. [HIS MARK] XXX XXXX

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===Case: XXXX Deposition: 3. Jacobus Taylor, of White Chappell, London, sailor, aged 46===

Eadem dXX

Super Allone pred Examinat.

3.XX JACOBUS TAYLOR de White Chappell prope
London Nauta annos agens 46 aut XXX dicit et deponit
prout seq:ricter

Ad primum et 2:XX arles XXX Allonis deponit et dicit That hee this dep:t
was a foremastman of the Arlate ship ''Hopefull Seaventure'' at the time
arlate and saith that shee XXX in XX about three or foure fathom water and in
great danger (y:e wind being high) of being drawn upon
Buckhand Sand in ?Humber River where XXX XXXXX were shee weighed XXXX for about
Eleaven or twelve of the clock in the night of y:e 21:st day or thereabouts
of Octob:r last, and loosened the spritt saile XXXX Company not
judging it safe to make any other saile because y:e ?wind was XXXX; and saith
that as shee was soe sailing out farther into deeper water her M:r & Company (all
of them being above deck) did at about a Cables longe distance espey the
arlate ship ''Comfort'' riding by a single anchor upon her XXXXXX and ?imediately they cryed &
called out to her to sheere off (as they might have done any way)
or to put their helme a port, to the and that y:e sd ship ''Hopefull Seaventure''
might passe cleere of her w:ch M:r & Company then feared shee would not
but spey:d that noe answeer was returned from the ''Comfort'' nor did any body
appeare upon her deck although they were severall times w:th much XXXXX earnestley called
by this depo:t & the rest, and then by order of Henry Robinson the M:r of the
''Hopefull Seaventure'' all her Company made an outcry together
yet noebody of y:e ''Comfort'' made answer or appeared untill the ''Hopefull
Seaventure'' passed by her w:ch shee did by & throughe the endeavours
of her M:r & Company, and Gods mercy w:thout doeing her
any manner of damage that hee knoweth of or beleeveth saveing y:e breaking
of a small rope called her sprit saile cluting, & w:thout touching her or
any pt of her that hee knoweth of saving shee slightly touched y:e yard arXXXX
of the spritsaile yard, and that might have bin p:rvented y:f the
M:r & Company of the ''Comfort'' had but
put their helme a port or veered or ?lopped their spritsaile, et alr nescit

Ad 3:XX arlum depo:t That the sd ship ''Hopefull Seaventure'' being passed
by the ''Comfort'' shee went & lay at anchor about halfe a mile from the
XXXX XXXX & lost her Xyding by the sd Anchor, and about halfe an
hower after & not afore this depo:t sawe y:e ''Comfort'' adrift and sayth that y:e sd
ship ''Hopefull Seaventure'' went over y:e place where y:e ''Comforts''
Cable lay, but whether shee touched it or not hee knoweth
not, but saith that if shee did touch it the touch was so slight that XXX XXXXX that
was not y:e occasion of her beng afterwards adrift et alr nescit saing
that the sd ship ''Comfort'' might the time aforesd have sheere to & fro by the
shipping of her XXXXX at the XXXXX of her M:r & Company XXX deny
or receiving p:rjudice.

Ad 4:XXX et 5:XXX arles die Allonis deponit That the next day afore y:e ?prmisses the M:r
of the ''Comfort'' did sweepe for her Anchor & Cable & not finding
XXXX came the same day onboard the ''Hopefull Seaventure'' and desired y:e sd ?Cap:t Robinson that
in

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him, & y:e sd Anchor & Cable was XXX XXXX swept for, but in XXX XXXXX
appeareth noe XXXX to the Anchor, and the M:r of the ''Comfort''
(when hee had appointed to sweepe for it againe) went onshore to XXXX by
shortly after came away) from thence XXX the sd ship ''Comfort'' XXXXX
''Hopefull Seaventure'', And lastly saith that XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXX & y:e sd ship or any XXXX belonging XXX besides y:e breaking of the XXXX
rope w:ch was but a very small matter) came through y:e neglect of her XXXX
company & not through any default or neglect of or in the XX XXXXX of y;e
Company of the sd ship ''Hopefull Seaventure'', et alr nescit.

Ad ult dicit predeporta pXXXX esse vera.

Ad Interria

Ad primum rend:t That hee was a foremastman in the sd ship ''Hopefull Seaventure''
& had for his wayges for y:e whole voyage 7:li 15:s & shee had the time aforesd about XX
or 15 marriners onboard her, and shee is of about XXXXX score tonnes & the ''Comfort''
of neere about the same burthen, et alr nescit.

Ad 2:XXX rend:t That hee knoweth not whether the sd Henry Robinson hath any
share in the sd ship or not & hee cometh to testify herein at y:e sd Robinsons request
& saith that y:e partyes are all a like to him, and hee would if it were in
his power give the vivtory of this cause to the ptye that hath most right to it saying
tis all one to him who hath it et alr negative.

Ad 3:XX rend:t That before y.e ''Hopefull Seaventure'' weighed as aforesd she
lay about halfe a mile from y:e ''Comfort'', & y:e ''Hopefull Seaventure'' was about
three q:tr of a mile from y:e land & the ''Comfort'' about a mile,
&soe XXX hath layne about two dayes & before they lay somew:t more
distant et alr nescit.

Ad 4:XX rend:t That y:e sd night was darke rayny & the wind blew hard
& therewas ?then noe moonelight & but little star light, et alr referendo
Et ad prdeporta nescit.

Ad 5:XXX refert XXX pdeporta et alr nescit.

Ad 6:XX rend:t That the wind was about west south west the time aforesd
& was high, and the ''Comfort'' lay North East or North East by East or neer
thereabouts from y:e ''Hopefull Seaventure'' when shee weighed as aforesd et alr nescit

Ad 7:XX rend:t That there was romme amongXXXX on each side y:e ''Comfort'' for a
ship to goe by on either side namely two or three cables length and shee had
roome enough to XXXXX, but y:e ''Hopefull Seaventures'' Company could not
by reason of y:e wind & tyde command her to saile any other course
than that shee would and they all hee saith did w:t men could doe in such a
XXXX to p:rvent damage & danger, their lives lying at stake, et alr
referend so ad p:rdeporta nescit reXXXdere.
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===Case: XXXX Deposition: 1. Jacobus Hedoethorne, of London, Merchant, aged 30===

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Ad 2:XXX 3:XX 4:XX 5:XX et 6:XXX arlate deponit That hee this depo:t very well noweth y:e aclate
M:r Samuel Beake son of M:r Arnold Beake of London Merch:t & this
depo:t hath lived w:th y:e sd Samuele Beake severall yeeres XXX here in
London and in ffrenace w:ch sd Samuel Beake hee saith is an Engléish man
borne, but is or lately was resident at Bourdeaux but not as a subject
of y:e ffrench King, but as a merch:t stranger and as a
subject of his Majesty of England, And further saith that this depo:t
being at Bristoll about a fortnight before y:e lamentable fire in London
and lodging at y:e house of the allegate M:r James Whittwood
who is y:e said Samuel Beakes correspondent three hee was lading goods for him at Bristoll XXX ship st
Bristoll being also a subject of his sd Majesty XXX severall times XXXXX

w:th him about the sayd ship ''Crowne Towne'' of Bruges XXX fflanders and the sd M:r Whittwood
in XX disXXXXXX XXX was before y:e newes of y:e seizure of the sd ship)
?forciebly told this depo:t that hee dayly expected the arrivalll of the sd ship
''Crowned Towne'' of Bruges at Bristoll, from Nantes w:th a lading of Salt
Wine, Spiritts of wine or Brandy & shewed this depo:t & XX from y:e XXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXx w:ch hee was to receive and
dispose of for the acc:t of the sd M:r Samuel Beake, declaring that hee
knowe not that any other was commanded therein, and further say that hee
had order to relade her at Bristoll w:th Calve Skinns Lead
& butter & pilchards if hee could get any for the sd Samuel Beake, and this depo:t well knowes that y:e
sd Whitwood did provide a considerable quantity of Calves skinnes for
pt of y:e sd ships Lading and therefore hee is fully psuaded that y:e sd ship was
really bound to Bristoll & that shee was there to deliver her lading now in
question seized in her consisting as hee understands of ffourscore
fourteene muXX & a halfe last fifteene great Barrells
or peeces, & a small peeice pf spiritts of wine or Brandy, fourteene Tonnes
& a higshead of Mountaine (sic) wine tow tonnes & a halfe of
Spanish wne, two tonns & a halfe of small Nantes wine, and one
hogshead of black or red wine, marked as in the marg:t that the
same were to be transported from Nantes to Bristoll aforesd on the
acc:t and XXgo of the sd Samuel Beake and Partners therein all
freinds and all of this Kingdome, and that noe enimy hath had any interest
therein, XXX the Lading thereof, And hee further deposeth that hee
is well assured that y:e mentioning in y:e bill of Lading that y:e sd ship was bound
to XXXton in Norway, & the sd Lading consigned to M:r BruXXghan there, was
done

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f. 58v.

done merely to p:rvent seizure & XXXXX by y:e Enemeyes of this
Kingdome, such consignm:t being frequently made of this depo:ts
knowledge upon English men are concerned y:e better to XXXX
their goods. And further saith that hee well knoweth y:e Lader of the
sd Lading called Jacob Vandermesse living at Nantes XX knoweth
that the sd Samuell Beake & y:e sd Jacob Vandermesse doe XX to doe busines
for one another all y:e places where they reside, and knowes
that there have bin dor severall moneys ?left ?on
open acc:t betweene them w:ch hee the better knoweth for that hee
this dep:t (XXXXX a little nefore coming ober XX y:e sd HolleX) used to doe business for y:e sd
Samuel Beake at Nantes, and upon his XXXX to com some
to England reXXXXXed y:e sd Samuel Beake to make of of the
sd Jacob Vandermesses at Nantes, a:ch Samuel Beake approved
of, & accordingly imployed him & this depo:t sawe some acc:ts betweene
them and when this depo:t came away from ffrance hee sawe that
by y:e acc:ts the sd Vandermesse was debtor to y:e sd Beake, but how
much hee cannot remember, et alr pre pte sua nescit.

Ad X XXXX aclum et XXXXX in XXXX
must in often deponit et dicit That hee beleeveth that y:e
Attestacon aclate is sealed w:th the seale of Bruges, and that the
contents of y:e sd attestacon were & are true, & that 'twas soe ?had &
done as therein is contained, et alr refereXX ad predepoita nescit
deponere.

Ad ult dicit p:rdepoita pXXX este vera.

JAMES HEDGTHORNE [His signature]

Reponsa sua ad Interria pXX exam M:r Arnold Beake.

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===Case: XXXX Deposition: Arnoldus Beake, of London, Merchant, aged 58===

Eodem dXX

Sup Allone pXXX Examiniatus

2. ARNOLDUS BEAKE de London Mercator annos agens
58 aut ricter dicit et deponit prout seq:r vizt

Ad primum arlum necit pre pte sua salvis subscriptis.

Ad 2:XX 3:XX 4:XX 5:XX 6:XX et 7:XX arles dra Allegaconnis deponit et dicit
That hee this depo:t well knoweth y:e sd aclate Samuel Beake hee being
the depo:ts son, who hee saith is an English man and was borne in London
but now lives at Bourdeaux in ffrance as a Merch:t stranger & a subject
of his Majestie of England and hee stayed at Bourdeaux to accomplish his busuines ther
having a Licence (as hee wrote to this depo:t) from the ffrench King soe to
doe, and saith that from Bourdeaux this sd son wrote to him this depo:t
that hee had freighted the aclate ship the ''Crowne Torone'' of XXXXX
Jacob ffrance) XX y:e to goe from Nantes to Bristoll, and that hee had laded
her
w:th salt & Brandy & some wine, and had consigned her to Jacob
WrightXXXX or Whitewood of Bristoll, and that one XX XXXXX
sd lading was for the acc.t of him the sd Samuel Beake XXXX XXXX XXX
for y:e acc:t of hs p:rcontest James Hedges & XXXX (also an English man) and
ChXXXX CruXXXXXX XXXXX of Bruges and Company (meaning as hee beleeveth
the rest of the owners. of y:e sd ship all whom hee beleeveth to be ffrandzians & subiects
of y:e King of Spaine) and further saith that y:e sd XXXX
who is ffactor for this deponents says son Samuel Beake at Bristoll
wrote XX
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f. 59r.

wrote to this depo:t from Bristoll before y:e newes of the lading of y;e sd ship
That hee expected the sd ship ''Crowned Towne'' of Bruges at Bristoll with
salt Brandy & wines for his this depo:ts sonn Samuels acc:t (hee not knowing
that any other was concerned therein, and that hee was to relade her w:th
butter lead & other goods at Bristoll & send her to Bourdeaux or Royall
ans sayth that hee is well assured by such this informaccon that the sd ship
was really bound to Bristoll w:th her p:rsent lading of salt Brandy
& wine, and doth verily beleeve in his conscience that the sd ships lading
seized in her was designed to be transported in y:e sd ship to Bristoll & there
to be delivered & disposed of by y:e sd Whitwood on the account & XXXX
as his sd son mentioned, to wit one third on y:e acc:t & risgo of his sd
son, and thother two thirds for the acc:t & risgo of the sd Jacob
Hedgethorne and of Phillip Cornelison & Company fflandrans & subjects of
his Majestie of Spaine and hee is very certaine that y:e sd ship
putting in in XXXX that y:e ship was bound to XXXX in Norway & consigned to
M:r Brugman was done colourably to avoyd seizure by y:e Enmyes
of England And further sayth that hee well knoweth that his said son Samuel
& the aclate Jacob Vander Messe, living at Nantes, doe correspond
together & that the sd Vander messe doth use to doe busines for
his sd son at Nantes & y:t for some businesses that hee hath there done
for this depo:t son hee hath drawne bills of Exchange upon this
Depo:t
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Ad 5:XX refert ad p:rdepsita et alr nescit

Ad 6:XX repon:t questioning y:e acc:t of y:e sd ship XXX hee XXXX
to Bristoll hee seriously averred to this depo:t that hee intended
to goe to Bristoll, but when this XXXXXX know that they
made a reXXXXXtion to carry the sd ship to Ostend because XX
was a XXX place most of them XXX thereabouts and that they

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f. 60r.

hands of M:r Abraham Gill of Nantes for his sd ?sixth part off y:e sd Lading
& hee denyes that hee is ffactor thereof XXXX for any of tXXX
?persoms comcerned therein et alr nescit

Ad 3:XX rend:t That hee hath knowne the foresd Jacob Vandernesse
for about two yeeres last XXX during that time & long before as hee
beleeves, thay lived at Nantes in ffrance w:th his wife children &
family, & sath that hee supposeth that hee is a Hollander borne et
alr nescit

Ad 4 rend:t That hee beleeveth that Merchants that lade goods in
ffrance doe use to conceale (as much as in them lyes) to w:t place the
goods soe laden are consigned the better to carry on trading &
this this rend:t ?hath done severall times to
p:rvent seizure, and paper hee (as other slsoe have done) hath caused
to be made for free places when the ship were bound to a place
that had war, but hee for his owne pt never did any thing of that
XXXX but for this Subjects of his Maj:ty of England
And saith that in ships merch:ts doe use to write a coloured
lre & inclose y:e Colourable bill of Lading directed to some from at the the free port,
to w:ch the ship us ptended is bound although the ship is to goe to a place that hath warr & this hee hath alsoe done
but only for his Maj:ties subjects to carry on y:e Englishe trade et alr
nescit

Ad 5:XX refert XX ad predeita et alr nescit.

Ad 6:XX rend:t That hee ?lknoweth not where y:e sd ship was taken & XXX
that if shee was out of her course to Bristoll (to w;ch place hee is certaine
shee was really bound to make her discharge) hee beleeveth that twas occassioned
by her marriners revolting or by contrary windes, et alr nescit.

Ad 7:XX rend:t That hee beleeveth that y:e sd Samuel doth drive a
Trade colourably for the subjects of his majesty of England in such
manner as is mentioned in y:e 5:th Interry, but hee doth not knowe nor
hath heard that hee hath driven any trade XX under any role for any
of the XXXXX of his Majesty of England, et alr nescit.

Ad 8:XX nescit XXX XXXivit pco pte sua.

Ad 9:XX rend:t That y:e sd Samuel Beake did ct
& lade goods for some Dutch subjects of the United Provinces & ffrench
subjects of y:e ffrench King before y:e now warrs. but hwther hee hath soe
done since y:e warr or not. hee knoweth not nor hath heard, but supposeth
that now & then hee doth but not under any role XX in all upon XXX in XXXXXX
as hee beleeveth et alr nescit

JAMES HEDGTHORNE [His signature]

Repetit XXX XXXXXX suo coram Duo Judican
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f. 60v.

21 Decembris 1666

Super allegatXXX prXXX ex XXX dXX XXX XXX
XXXX 22:° Nov: XXX examinate

4. MATHAUS STARENBURG civitatis Brugensis Nauta, ubi XXX
per XXXX ult aut XXXXX, atatis 26 annos XX XXX XXXX
testis

Ad primum, 2. 3 et 4 arles dicte allagaconis deponit that hee this deponent
is Carpenter of the said shipp the ''Godelieve'' w:ch hee hath knowne for
about 15 monthes last, and that above a month before Easter last hee was
imployed to work in the repair of her in the XXX of the producents XXX
XXXX and Anthonio XX BogXXXden who were and are her owners and XXXX
XXX XXXX accompted. And for w:ch XXXX hee was paid by the said XXXXXX
and after XXXed for XXXXX where XX XXX aboard, hee was XXXX to XXX
Carpenter of her, her former Carpenter leaving her, and XXX XXXX in
the voyage in question for Nantes, And saith that the said XXXX and VanXXXXX
and Michaell XXXX XXXXX were and are XXXXX and Inyabitants of Bridges and subiects of the kingdom
of Spaine, And saith that in or about July last there was laded aboard the
said shipp at Nantes a cargo of wine, and XXXXX, and vinegar and
caskes of saffron to be carried in her for Bridges for accompt (as this deponent understood) of her said
owners and other fflandrians, and hee being told by the said VanburXXXden that
the said shipp was to fetch a cargo of wine for her owners accompts, And
alsoe thereunto laded aboard her foure XXX XXXX of wine for accompt of
Claus BurkXXXXX the ship XXXXXX and this deponent the Carpenter of the said shipp.
And having XXXXXX the said goods aboard, the said shipp departed
for Bridges her port of discharge, and was in the course of XXXX
more XXX and XXXXX by the arlate Chrystian ?braun and company and XXX
first to ?Porta and afterwards into the XXXXXX River, w:ch hee knoweth
sailing in her and beng aboard when XXX was XXXX XXXXX. Ez alr. nescit.

Ad 5 et 6 deponit that upon the said seizure this deponent saw the master
of the GXXXXXX Merchant XXXX deliver a XXXXX (wherein hee
suggesteth was one or more writings) to the said Chrystian XXXXX, and John du Plessys M:r fortune of XXXXX and his XXXX XXXX and after-
wards her XXX said Captaine XXXX in XXXX her XXXX, and saith the
said ?Baum did XXX XXX XXX XXX master or any of her company to be XX
examinat at Porta, nor (XXXX as hee undersand) and XXXXXX
them. Et alr nescit, salvis XXXXXXX.

Ad 7. 8. et 9 deponit that thee said Captaine ?Braune and company XX
plundered the said ship GuXXXXX after such seizure and tooke away t
the said salt saving some little quantity, a parcell of saffron, and tooke away ?also
all y:e sweetmeates. And dranke embXXXted and plundered away severall ?barrells of
the sd shipps wine being part of her lading and sold and disposed thereof ?as ?they
pleased. And saith that y:e said ?Borne carryed the said shipps Hoods from XX
Poole to Chichester, where neere y:e mouth of y:e River neere XXX XXXXX
Harbo:r there came a pilot on board ye ''Godliffe'' by y:e sd Bearnes order as this deponent XXX
and endeavouring to bring her up the sd River of Chichester with that XXX to y:e XX
sd lading that was untouched hee rann her on y:e ground where stick soe
fast that they could not gett her off though y:e sd Bearne and Company hXXXXX
a great part of y:e sd shipps lading ober board to lighten y:e said shipp, where ?she
lay soe aground for severall dayes together. And saith that y:e shipp is now in y:e
harbour of Chichester, where she lyes on y:e Ground saving foure or ffive howres ?each
day, and one of her underdecks is risen about a ffoote and halfe and XX XXX
XX
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f. 61r.

masts namely y:e maine mast XX XXXX downe And sawe
that the water stands in the hold of y:e said shipp
and is bery much damnifyed thereby. Et alr nescit

Ad 10:a deponit that y:e said Michael Sanfier was confined and kept under Custody as a
prisoner under y:e pretence of being a Holland:r by the meanes of Captaine XXX
and his Complices And soe were the Company in Custody severall dayes together
Et alr nescit

Ad 11. 12. 13. 14. nescit et preparte sua neve.

Ad 15 deponit that y:e sd Bearne and Company after y:e seizure of y:e sd shipp ''Godlife''
kept on board and confined in the sd shipp y:e ''Godliffes'' Commander and were denyed pen inke
or paper nor would they suffer them to write to any friends et alr nescit

Ad 16:XX XXX predeporta sua de vera.

XXXXXXX [His signature]

Ad primum nescit deponere salvis subscriptis.

Ad 2 deponit that hee hath bin but y:e voyage in question in the said shipp ''Godliffe'' which
was from Bruges to Nants and thence was to have gon to and had arrived at Bridges
had not y:e foresaid seizure happened Et alr nescit

Ad 3 et 4 deponit that hee hath seene a person called John Johnson, an Ostender who
came on board the Privateer at y:e Ille of Wight , by y:e meanes and at y:e request of y:e
foresd Captaine Bearne, who went with the sd Bearne in his Man of Warr to Chichester and sometimes came on board
y:e ''Godliffe'' at Chichester. And XXXX the said Johnson was not any of y:e ''Godliffs'' Company. Et alr
nescit salvis predeporta.

Ad 5 deponit that soone after namely about three or foure days after y:e sd shipp
''Godliffe'' came into Chichester one M:r Bradshaw as hee understood he name bee came on board
the sd shipp and sealed up y:e hatches of y:e sd shipp to prevent further plundering
And saith that y:e said Bradshaw sealing up a like place wherein y:e sweetmeats
were with y:e foresaid soule the aclate Johnson or some of y:e sd Bearnes Company
brake y:e sd Seales and carried away y:e sd Sweetmeates and some other things
Et alr nescit

Ad &:X deponit that y:e aclate Joseph Vorstell is a common seaman And one of y:e ships
Company. And beleeveth that he lives at Bridges or Ostend having seene his wife thre
Et alr nescit.

Ad 7 deponit that there is noe such person belonging to y:e shipp aclate as Bartholomew ?Xayes,
And saith that this sepo:t is y:e said shipps Carpenter And had served in the said shipp about
three monthes before y:e said seizure, and hath lived at Bruges with his wife and family
the sd two yeares last and is a Burger of that place. And that when hee was XXXX
at Chichester, one Captaine?Walchan an Englishman told this depo:t that Bartholomew and Mathias were allone and y:e same name. Et alr nescit

Ad 8 deponit that the aclate ?Casher is one of y:e Company of y:e ''Godliffe'' aclate, and was
hired at Bruges to serve in the said shipp, and is commonly said to bee borne in ?Rosebroogen
and to bee a Burger of Bruges. Et alr nescit

Ad 9 deponit that y:e said Phillip Arrison is one of y:e shipps Company. Et alr nescit.

Ad 10:a deponit that y:e aclate Claes Brooke Huisen is stiersman of y:e ''Godliffe'' and doth and
hath kived at Bridges the sd XXX or three yeeres last or thereabouts. and is a Burger of that
place and a subject of y:e king of Spaine. Et alr nescit.

Ad 11 deponit that the aclate Mary Bushee and her three children ca,e aboard the sd
shipp at Nants and was a passenger only And was to goe to Ostend Et alr nescit.

Ad 12 deponit that y:e aclate Peter Johnson falling sick at Nants came on board the said
shipp to goe also as a passenger to Ostend And beleeveth him to bee of XXX
and to dwell there and to bee a subject of y:e Spanish King. Et alr nescit
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===Case: Rowland Hill John Hill and Company own:rs of the Oporto Merchant vs. Sir James Drax et al: Deposition: 1. Thomas Chevers, of Limehouse, Stepney, Mariner, Master of the Oporto Merchant, aged 28: Date: March 9th 1658===

//The 9:th day of March 1658

Rowland Hill John Hill and Company own:rs of)
the ''Oporto Merchant''. Thomas Chevers M:r)
ag:t S:r James Drax Knight Richard ?Huggins Tho:)
?Kendall, James ?Wyck and Robert Welding)
Merchants in particular and all others in)
Generall that have or p:rtend to have any
rights, Titles, or interest in y:e goods wares and
Merchandizes lately brought in y:e sayd ship)
to this port from y:e Barbadoes in a Cause
of Damage and average. Suckley.

Rp

1. THOMAS CHEVERS
of Limehouse in the
parish of Stepney
Mariner, M:r of the
ship the ''Oporto Merchant''
aged 28 yeeres or thereabouts
sworne and Examined.

To the first arle of the said Allon hee saith that hee hath well
knowne y:e arlate y:e ship the ''Opoto Merchant'' whereof this depo:t
is nowe M:r for about Twelve monethes last, and well
knoweth that y:e arlate Rowland Hill John Hill, and XX
Hopegood and Company for all y:e ?same time
were the true and lawfull owners and proprieto:rs of the
said ship and of her tackle Apparell, and furniture,
and for such being XX accounted and reputed: And further
hee cannot depose.

To the second hee saith the said ship the ''Oporto Merchant'' in
her course from Barbadoes to this port of London
?Laden with Sugars Cotton and Indico and other Comodityes
for the account of y:e arlate S:r James Drax Richard XXXXX
Thomas Kendall James Wyck Robt ?Weeking & others did meete
with neere the fflowers and Calves, on or about the
twentieth day of January last a greate and violente storme
w:ch did soe continue for about sixteene houres, the
winde being then at West, And y:e said ship running
before the sea, under ?her foresaile, the said ships ?stern
gave way, and this depo:t and Company were forced
to ?haul the said foresaile of the said ship, and lye under
a ?mizen, And saith that y:e seas being very high brake
the said ships Tiller, w:ch did much endanger y:e ?keeper the
said ships Rudder, and ?Sterne part; And at the XXXX
part (OR, port) hee saith the said ship, shipped under water w:ch came
into y:e hold of y:e sd ship, And y:e weather being very
Tempestuous, and y:e violent winde continueing, y:e said
ships ?Missen saile was blowne away, and lost, and by
Meanes of looseing y:e Misen, y:e said ship lay broad XXX
to the sea, and by reason thereof shipped a very violent sea
w:ch washed overboard And ?Sheats Anchor, and the long boate
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//and skiffe: y:t were fastned to y:e sd ships Deck were XXXX
to Leeward, and with the goeing oberboard of the said XXX
w:ch hunge to the said ship by y:e Rope to w.ch it was fast was XXX
and by y:e said ships Rowlings it bilged a hole in y:e XXXX
of the said ship, through w:ch hole; and other places in y:e sd ships side w:ch were XX by violence of the XXXX
Insoemuch that there was in a short time foure foote
and a halfe of water in her hold, w:ch caused y:e said XXX
to lye dead in y:e sea; And saith that the said ships lading XXX
and Company onboard. by reason long XXXXXX of the said ?Extreme
Stormy and windy weather, were all in greate danger
of Sinking and perishing in the sea. And further ?deposeth
that this depo:t and Company on board y:e said ship did
upon good advice Consideraccon, and Consultaccon, for y:e
prservaccon of the said ship and Lading, and their owne
Lives. Cut downe y:e maine mast. by the board. and cut
away. y:e Ropes and Tackling thereto belonging,
and did stave and cast over board most
of their caskes with fresh waterm And were for y:e preservaccon of their shipp XXXX XXXto cut their foresaid XXX Anchor, and main XXX
and tackling thereto belonging, and all and singular
the Tackle Apparrell funiture and things belonging
to the said ship y:e ''Oporto Merchant'' . mentionedd and
set downe in the Schedule annexed to y:e said Allon
(now seene and read over by this depo:t) and y:e said Tackle
and things therein set downe. were at the tome of
their said Cutting and Casting away and loosing
well worth the severall summes set downe in y:e said schedule
for y:e same, amounting in y:e whole to the summe of One hundred
fourty two pounds two shillings sterling. And saith. that by
the violence of y:e said Storme y:e said mizen saile was blown
away and Lost w:ch was then worth four pounds, and y:e stern
poast Rudder and sterne of the said Shipp. were by y:e same
meanes much damnifyed to the vallue of about twenty
pounds: The premisses hee Deposeth being M:r of the said
Ship, and on board her y:e foresaid time, and an Eye witness
of the same And further hee cannot depose.

To the 4:th and 5:th (sic) hee saith that during all the time the
said Storme Continued, and after wards, this depo:t and
All his Company did Constantly keepe both the
pumpes goeing, and y:e water increasing they were CCCC
to bring y;e said Ships starboard side to the sea, and then XXX
said Ship being XXred, or turned, her spritsaile was XXX
away, by y:e violence of the said Storme, and in y:e morning of
the 21:th day of January last, y:e Said Storme abated And
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//Depo:t and Company did with much Carepaines & Dilligence
stop the said hole made by the said ?sheat Anchor, and, freed
her of the water, w:ch shee had received in at the the said Hold
and at other places. as aforesaid. and saith that when the
said ship departed from y:e Barbadoes, and untill y:e said
storme came and happened the said ship was strong
strong and Tight, and was well fitted with all manner
of necessaryes and materialls for y:e said voyage, and was
not over laden, but was able to beare the lLading w:ch was
then on board her. and saith her ?sheath Anchor was well
and sufficiently fastened to the side of the said ship; untill
the same was washed from y:e same by the said storme,
And saith that what dammage did happen to y:e said ship
and Lading y:e said time, happened meerely by y:e said
tormy and windy weather, and not by any insufficiency
in y:e said ship, or any fault of or in this depo:t, or any of his
Company. The premises hee Deposeth for the reasons
aforesaid: And further cannot Depose.

To the 6:th hee referreth himselfe to the Registry of this Court

To the last hee saith his foregoeing depon is true.

THO CHEVERS [His signature]

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===Case: Rowland Hill John Hill and Company own:rs of the Oporto Merchant vs. Sir James Drax et al: Examination: 2. Richard James, of Limehouse, Boatswaine of the Oporto Merchant, aged 3?8: Date: March 10th 1658===

The Tenth day of March 1658

Examined on the said Allon

Rp

2:nd RICHARD JAMES of Limehouse. Boatswaine
of the ship the ''Oporto Merchant'' aged 3?8 yeeres or
thereabouts sworne and Examined:

To the first Arle of the said Allon hee saith and deposeth that
hee verily beleeveth that the arlate M:r Rowland Hill and Company
fo:r theis twelve monethes last, have bin, and at p:rsent are
the true & awfull own:rs of the arlate ship y:e ''Oporto
Merchant'' (whereof Thomas Cheevers is M:r) and of her tackle &
furniture & things belonging unto her, and soe they are Comonly
accounted. The premises hee deposeth for that hee hath bin
boatswaine of the said ship y:e ''Oporto Merchant'' for about thirteene
monethes last, And otherwise cannot depose:

To the second hee saith that y:e said ship y:e ''Oporto Merchant''
Coming from y:e Barbadoes Laden with Sugars, Cotton & some Indico
for y:e account of S:r James Drax. M:r Wood?ward severall other M:rchants
Bound for this Port of London; in her Course ?hether was neere y:e XXXXXXX
on or about the twentieth day of January, last, there happened and
rose a very great & violent storme; w:ch Continued very violent for
about Eight or Tenn houres, the winde being then at West, and
saith that for y:e p:rservaccon of the said ship, Lading and men on board
her, her Company ranne her before y:e sea, under her ?foreCourse
halfe mast high; and which they ranne her soe, her Sterne (OR, Stemme) gave way//
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//XXXX, And XXXXXX y:e ?Master and Company of the said
ship were foreced to ?hand their foreCourse; or foresaile, and
lye under a mizen. and whXXXX shee soe lay. y:e said shipps
Tiller was broken by y.e violence of the said Storme, and did
much endanger y:e looseing of the Rudder and sterne ?poast
of the said ship, and saith that at y:e XXXX port wher
her Tiller was broken the said ship receaved much water
in her hold, And y:e said very Violent Storme; not abating
y.e said ships missen sail, was by the Violence there of XX
splitt & Torne; and blowne away, and after it was blowne
away, the said ship was by
the force and Violence of the said Storme, forced to lye
broad off, to the sea, and by that meanes, shipped a greate
sea, which washed her boate and skiffe. to Leeward
and washed her sheat Anchor over board, and it, hanging
to y:e Rope to which it was fastened, and y:e said ship Roling
two and againe y:e said Anchor bilged a hole in y:e side of the
said ship just by her Lough, through w:ch. And other places
and ?Crozes: there came such Water in hold; soe that
her hold, had & receaved in a short space some four and XXXX
halfe water, w:ch caused y:e said ship to lye in y:e Sea,
without motion; And saith that by reason of trhe Violence
and duraccon of the said Storme; both the said ship Lading
and all the Company on board her were in great
danger of persihing in y:e Sea. This hee deposeth for that
hee was Boatswaine of and on board the said ship at
y:e time when y:e sayd Storme happened, and further hee
doth not depose.

To the 3:d hee saith that fore said Thomas Cheevers, and Company
off and on board the said shipp; in y:e said Storme did XX
upon a seious Consideraccon, for y:e safeguard of the said
ship and Lading, and their owne Lives Cut the said ships
Mainmast by the board, and Cut away the saile and
Rigging, and Tackling thereto belonging, and Cut away
her Sheat Anchor, and staved most of the Caskes of water
y:t were aboard her, and therby did much Lighten the said
Shipp: And having now seene & read y:e Schedule Exhibited hee
saith that all and singular y:e Masts, sailes, tackle and
funiture & Materialls. therein set downe & Expressed
to the said Ship, were and are Uteerly lost by meanes of the said Storme and they were XX
, the time of their said Cutting away, and loosing well worth
the severall and respective summes of money, set downe in the
said schedule for y:e same, in y:e whole amounting to y:e summe
of One hundred fourty two pounds two shilllings sterl. XXX
that, besides y:e foresaid Damages, there was alsoe (by meanes
of the violence of the said Storme,) much hurt and damage//
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//done to the said ships Rudder Sternepost and XXXXXXX; the
repaire whereof will oast the said ?Owner:es about twenty pounds
sterlins, besides hee saith that y:e ?Masson saile of y:e sd ship,
was worth about XXXX at y:e time of y;e blowing away of the same; The
premisses hee deposeth for y:e Reasons aforesaid, and for that
hee was one that helped to comprize y:e ssaid Materialle
set downe in y:e said schedule; and further hee deposeth not:

To the 4:th hee saith that for and during y:e Continuance of the
said Storme,; her Company did (when they
could stand upon the Deck) XX XXX her pumpes, and keepe
them goeing XXX Storme Continunuaeing the Company
of the said ship were forced to bring the said Ships Starboard
Syde to the Sea and the shipp being turned her Spritsaile
was blowne away, and y:e next morning about day light
the said Storme Abating the M:r and Company of the said ship
by their Great Labo:r, Care, & Dilligence, did Stop the said
ships Leake, by her Lough, and freed her of the water w:ch
shee had in her, This hee deposeth for that hee assisted
therein, And further hee cannot depose.

To the 5:th hee saith that the said Ship, at such time as shee
came from y:e Barbadoes y:e sd voyage, and untill the said
Storme and Tempest happened was a strongXXXX & Tight
Vesselle, and had very good ?decke and very well fitted with all manner of materialle
fit for such A ship, and Voyage, And was not ober Laden
the said voyage, And saith that the said sheat Anchor w:ch
was as aforesaid washed from y:e said ships side; was before
it was washed off very well and sufficiently made fast to
the said ships Sude; the stock being lashed to the Timber before
and the ff?looks Checked out, and firmely muffled and
made fast w:th the shanke painter, And saith that all such
dammage w:ch happened to y:e said ship; and that which is
happened to her Lading or any part thereof, came not nor
was occasioned by any insufficiency in y:e said ship, or any
fault, or negligence; of or in her M:r and Company, on board
her. But neerely by y:e said violent weather yeilding a reason of his knowledge as before And otherwys (sic)
Cannot depose./

To the 6:th hee referreth himselfe to the Registrey of this Court.

To the last hee saith his foregoeing ?Repon is true./:

RICHARD JAMES [His signature]//

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===Case: Rowland Hill John Hill and Company own:rs of the Oporto Merchant vs. Sir James Drax et al:: Examination: 3. Phillip Harvey, of Limehouse, Mariner, Carpenter of the Oporto Merchant, aged 40: Date: March 11th, 1658===

//The 11:th day of March 1658

Examined upon y:e sayd Allon.

Rp

3:?ne PHILLIP HARVEY of Limehouse Mariner, Carpenter
of the ship y:e ''Oporto Merchant'', aged 40 yeeres or
thereabouts sworne and Examined:/
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//To the first arle of the said Allon hee saith hee hath knowne
y:e arlate Ship the ''Oporto Merchant'' for about two yeeres
Last, and saith y:e arlate M:r Hill, hath bin for all the said
time Comonly accounted a pt owne:r of the said Ship
and of her tackle and furniture, and further hee cannot
depose/:

To the second hee saith that the sayed Ship y:e ''Oporto Merchant''
being laden at the Barbadoes, with Sugars & Cottons &
some other merchandizes for the account of several merchants
Departed from thence bound for this Port of London and
in her Course hetherward (sic), neere y:e Islands fflowers
and Calves, being two of the Westerene Islands on XX
or about the 20:th day of January last, shee met with
a great , and violent Storme; w:ch Continued about
sixteene houres very violent, the Winde being then
at West, and y:e sd. shipp tunning before y:e Sea, for
her better preservaccon) under aforesaile, her sterne gave
way, And thereupon, her Company were forced to
hang their foresaile, and lye under a mizen, and
y:e said Ships Tiller by Violence of the said Storme
was broken, w:ch did much endanger her Rudder and
sterne post, and by meanes of y:e breaking of her Tiller
y:e said Ship, shee receaved much water in at her ?behind port ?w:ch
came into y:e said Ships hold, and y:e said Ships mizen XXX
by y:e violence & force of the said Storme was Torne in
peeces. and y:e greatest part of it blowne away, and y:e
said Ship lying broad off to y:e sea, shipped a great
Sea, w:ch washed over board her sheath Anchor, w:ch
was fastned by y:e said Ships side and washed her Boate
and Skiffe, to Leewards, and y:e said Anchor, hanging
by a Rope where with it was fastned to the said Ships
side, and y:e said Ship, Turning or rowling too and
fro, y:e said Anchor bilged a hole, neere y:e Lough of ?the
Said Ship, and made a Leake in her, through w:ch ?there
went some water, and their being as aforesaid much
water receaved ar rge XXXX Port of the said Ship, y:e said
Ship had about foure foote water in her hold, w:ch
caused y:e said Ship to lye dead in y:e Sea. And saith that
by the Violence and Duraccon of the said Storme & y:e pXXX
aforesaid, the said Ship and her Lading and Company
on board her were in Great Danger of Sinking and
Perishing in y:e Sea The prmisses hee deposeth being on board
y:e said Ship y:e said time, and Carpenter of her. And
Otherwise cannot depose.///
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//To the 3:d arle & Schedule therein menconed hee saith that y:e M:r and Company of
and on board y:e said Ship, did upon Good Consideraccon
for y:e Safeguard of the said Shipp and Lading, and of
their owne Lives. Cut downe y:e said Ships Maine
Mast by y:e board and Cut away all the Tackling
thereto belonging, and did Stave & Cast over board most
of the Caske (OR, casks) of ffresh water, y:t y:e said Sjip might bee
Lightened. And saith that y:e said Mainemast, sheat
Anchor. and all and Singular y:e tackle Appell and
furniture of or belonging to the said Ship the ''Oporto Merch:''
severally mentioned & set downe in y:e Schedule, were
Cast into, (and lost) in y:e sea, for y:e preservaccon of the said
Ship, and at the time of such their loosing were well
worth the severall summes mentioned, and set downe in
y:, (now read over unto him). amounting in
y:e whole to One hundred, fourty two pounds two shillings
And beside y:e sd goods & materialls hee saith y:e Missen saile Blowne
away as aforesaid, was worth about foure pounds XXXXX
And much damage done to the said Ships Rudder
sterne post, a nd sterne, the repaires whereof will Cost the
said Owne:s about twenty pounds as he beleeveth The
Premisses hee deposeth being Carpenter of the said Ship
as aforesaid. And further cannot Depose./:

To the 4:th and 5:th hee saith that During the Continuance
of the said Storme . y:e M:r and Company of the said Ship
did Constantly ply both the Pumpes of the said ship and
kept them Goeing
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//XXXXXing in the sea. The premisses hee deposeth being
on board & Gunner of the said ship when the said Disaster
happened, And further hee Cannot: Depose:/:

To the 3:d hee saith that Thomas Chever M:r of the said ship.
and y:e marine:rs on board her. did upon a ?serious Consideracon
for y:e safeguard of y:e sd ship and Lading, & men on board
her Cut Fowne the Ships mainemast by the board; and
Cut away the Tackling thereto belonging and staved
most of her Casks w:ch did much lighten the said Ship
and having now seene & read over the schedule arlate
hee saith that all and Singular the masts sailes, &
Materialls therein mentioned were belonging to y:e
said Ship, and Cast over board & lost, for y:e p:rservaccon of her
& her Lading, & men in her, & saith they were of his
knowledge worth the severall summes therein
particularly mentioned & set downe, at the time of their
said loosing, amounting in the whole to the summe of
One hundred ffourty two pounds two shillings ?shere
And further saith that y:e mizen saile (w:ch is not set Downe in
y:e sd Schedule) was worth at the time of the sd blowing away
about foure pounds, And saith that ?there ?this great Damage done
to the Rudder Sterne post & Sterne of the said ship
but cannot estimate the same - And further cannot depose

To the 4:th hee saith that During all the time that the
said Storme Continued the M:r and Company of the
said Ship did ply their Pumpes. with Great Care ?about
& paines, And Saith that, y:e water Increasing in her hold they were
Constrained to bring the said Ships Starboard side to y:e Sea
and y:e said Ship being then ?wared her Spritsaile was
blowne away and lost, and the said storme y:e
next morning abating y:e M:r & marine:rs through their great
Labour & Paines Cleared her hold: and stoped her Leakes
w:ch hee Deposeth helping & assisting in the p:rmisses
And further hee cannot depose:/:

To the .5:th hee saith that y:e said ship was at her departure from
the Barbadoes, y:e said voyage; and untill the said Storme
happened, a strong tight and stXXXX Vessell, and had
Good Decks and was well rigged & fitted with all
XXXXs of materiall for such a voyage & Imploym:t
and saith she was not over laden the said voyage, And
further deposeth that the foresd Sheat Anchor, was well
& Sufficiently fastned to the said Ships Side, ?al Anchors
use to be for ought hee knoweth ?to the Contrary: And what damage is happened to y:e sd Ship & lading
Came & happened meerely by the sd Storme & Timpestious (sic) XXXX
& not through Insufficiency of y:e sd Ship. or Carlessnes of or in her Company
or any of them. This hee deposeth for y:e reasons aforesad & further cannot depose

To the 6:th hee referreth himselfe to the Registry of this Court:/:

To the last hee saith his foregoeing depon is true:/

JOHN XXXXXXXX [His signature]//
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===Case: Nuthall ag:t Potts: Examination: 3. John Carter, of Limehouse, parish of Stepney, Blockmaker, aged 61: Date: March 21:th 1658===

The 21:th day of March 1650:.

Examined on y.e said Allon:.

Nuthall ag:t Potte.)
aforesayd:)

Rp.

3:xx JOHN CARTER of Limehouse in parish of
Stepney Blockmaker aged 61 yeeres or thereabouts
Sworne and Examined./.

To the first arle of the said Allon hee saith that for and during
all the time arkate, the arlate Henry Potts was M:r and Commander
of the arlate Ship the ?''Gilly flower'', now called (as hee remembreth
y:e ''Hopefull'' , and for such was Comonly accounted; And
further cannot depose

To the second and third hee saith that in the moneth of November
1656: y:e said Ship y:e ?''Gilly flower'', was bound on a voyage
to be made directly from this port of London to Newcastle
and to returne from thence directly to this port againe where
shee was to end her said voayage, And further saith that
in the said moneth of November 1656, the said Ship did
want and stand in need of severall provisions tackle
furniture, Materialls and Stock: to Pceede and goe the said
Voyage, The premisses hee Deposeth for that y:e said rime s hee well
Knowe the said ship y:e ?''Gilliflower'', and went then
on board her, and Alsoe for the reasons following And further
cannot depose:/:

To the 4:th and fifth hee saith that hee verily beleeveth that in or
about the moneth of November 1656: the arlate ?James
Nuthall did send unto the foresaid Henry Potts
, for buying of provisions & to provide a Stock for y:e said Ship
to goe the foresaid Voyage; and saith that the said Potts hath
acknowledged soe much to this depo:t And saith further ?that
the said Potts hath told this depo:t that the said Nuthall lent
the foresaid money upon Bottomry: and further ?cannot
depose it being soe long since./.

To the 6:th hee saith that in or, about y:e said moneth of November
y:e said ship went from hence on y:e said voyage for Newcastle
and arrived (from thence ) here in safety And further he
canot depose.:/:

To the 7:th hee saith that on or about the two and twenty
day of November 1656: the foresayd henry Potts and
this depo:t (who is the arlate John Carter,) did enter into & XXXXX BXXXX
unto the foresaid James Nuthall, in the summe of Three
Thousand pounds of Lawfull money of England for the pXXXX
of a certaine writing, and having now seene and prsed y:e
Bond Exhibited anexed to the said Allon hee saith the same
was and is the said Bond, and was and is signed with
the handwritings of the said Potts, and this Depo:t and XXX
by them, and by them Delivered for and as their act and
And further hee saith hee cannot depose./

Repeated before D:r Godolphin:

JOHN CARTER [His signature]//
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===Case: XXXX: 2. Grace Hogsflesh, of Stepney, Widowe, aged 39: Date: Aprill 12:th 1659===

To the first shee saith shee well knowe the arlate Thomas Midleton
in his Life time, and saith he hath told this Depo:t that hee
was for all y:e time arlate M:r and Comand:r of the arlate ship
the ''Elizabeth and Mary'', and further shee saith shee cannot depose:/:

To the second and third arles of the said Allon she saith that
about two yeeres since (the time otherwise shee doth not now remember)
the producent Anne Craford desired this depo:t to goe along with her
to the signe of the Red Lyon at the Old Swan in Thames Streete
there to Meete with the said Thomas Middleton, & to aske of him
the wayges w:ch was due to the arlate Andrew Hill, And this
depo:t at her request did goe with her to the said place; where this depo:t
and y:e said M:r Craford found y:e said Thomas Middleton
And this depo:t then and there asked y:e said Middlton whether
hee had not one Andrew Hill Cooke of his ship, to w:ch the said
Middleton Answered Yes; and this depo:t asking him howe
long y:e sd Hill served in his ship; and at what what hee was
shipped. at. The said Middleton replyed that hee served in his
ship about foure yeere, and two Monethes: and was shipped
at Thirty shillings p moneth, And then this depo:t asked him
if hee had paid him any of his wages: To w:ch hee replied
Noe, I Doe not use to pay men abroad. And the said M:rs Craford
being then p:rsent in the same roome; this depo:t told the
said Thomas Middleton that this woman (pointing to and
meaning y:e said M:rs Crafford,) was Come to demand his wages
And y:e said Middleton replyed in an angry manner, that hee would
not give her any account of it, because shee had arrested
him; and dis?charged him; for hee had a house to Comand and a Ship
to Comand, and tenne thousand pound to Comand, and was able
enough to pay her, but nowe hee would not, for shee should
have Lawe enough for her money: or to the very same effect,

To the 4:th shee referreth herselfe to the Registry of the Court for probate
of Wills and Granting of Ad?conns:/.

To the 5:th shee referreth herselfe to the Registry of this Court: And
further deposeth not./.

To the 6:th shee sauth her foregoeing depon is true./:

To the Interries

To the first shee saith that M:rs Craford y:e producent required
this depo:t to come and testify the truth of her Knowledge in the busnies
and saith shee did never belong to y:e said Ship; And saith that this depo:t liveth
at the next house; to the house whereof y:e said M:rs Craford Liveth , and
hath lived there about four yeeres, & the said Craford hath lived there
in her said house a longer time, and this depo:t being y:e time aforesyd
the sd M:rs Craford neighbo:r shee was by y:e sd M:rs Craford Caried
to the foresd place, to the foresd purpose; And saith she hath not Received//
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//neither bin Promised anything for her Testimony herein nor
doth shee as shee saith expect to receave any thing for y:e same, And saith shee
is worth about two hundred pounds. in her Cleare Estate, and
to the rest negatively:/:

To the 2:d shee hath heard y:t y;e said M:rs Craford recovered of y:e
said Thomas Middleton for the said Hills Cloathes and
goods, and some small moneyes w:ch y:e said Hill had on board
the said Ship at y:e time of his Death, about six and twenty
pounds, and to the rest shee answereth negatively for her
pt, saving as aforesaid:/:/

To the 3:d she saith she favoureth both the partyes Litigant alike
and if it were in her Power, shee would (as she saith) give the
Victory to hat party , w:ch had most right to the same; /:

Repeated before D:r Godolphin:/:

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THOMAS YEOMANS [His signature]

To the Interries

To the first Interrie (it being done as is required) hee saith
hee was warned to, come and Testifye the truth in this
cause by M:r Bray servant to M:r Browne and saith hee was
Mate and Purser of the said ship y:e ''Pearce'' the yoyage in
question; and hath received twelve monethes pay in full
for his service in the said ship: y:e sd Voyage: and hath not receabed
any thing for his Testimony in this Cause: but execteth
that hee shall be satisfyed for his losse of time; according
as if hee had bin at worke; and not otherwise: and favoureth
both the partyes Litigant a like, and would (if it were in his
Power) give the victory according to right and equity: and
otherwise Negatovely:/:

To the Second hee saith that hee hath heard the foresaid Luke
Woods in the Voyage in question say that the said Ship was
bound from Newfoundland, to the Leeward Islands as well as
to the Barbadoes. And saith that y:e said ship in her outward
voyage lay about thirteene dayes windbound at ffalmouth
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To the 7:th hee saith that for ought hee knoweth to the
Contrary the said Thomas Grove did from Newfound
-Land the said Voyage use his Endevo:r to saile to and
arrive at the Barbadoes; according to the said Woods order,
And saith that the said Ship in her passing from Newfound:d
towards the Barbadoes did meet with many Hurricanoes
Gal?wes , and Contrary winds, And saith that about three
dayes before the said ship arrived at Sta Lasia. aforesyd
the said Grove Asked this depo:t (who was one of his Mates
how farr they were to windward of the Barbadoes. by his
Account, to w:ch hee answered, that by his account they were
about 130 Leagues to the windward of the Barbadoes
and y:e said Grove alsoe asked y:e Interrate Roger Grove and
y:e Interrate William Tizard to the effect aforesaid, and
y:e sd Grove made answer that hee was by his account
about 140 Leages to windward of the Barbadoes: and y:e said
Tizard said y:t by his account hee was about 100 Leagues to
Windward of the Barbadoes or to that effect, and y:e said
Thomas Grove y:e M:r of the said Ship said y:t by his account heee was above 100 Leagued to Windward of the Barbadoes:
And further saith that y:e said William Tizard (who was shipped
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//and is an illiterate and unskillfull pson, and one that
cannot write his name ans was not Capable of his said
Office or place; and had noe Instrum:ts on board y:e said
ship to doe and performe his said place, but a fewe ?Staffs
and saith that hee beleeveth the reason of the said Ships
missing the Barbadoes y:e said Voyage was occasioned
and came by the said Hurricanes; and XXXXX, and
Contrary winds, And further cannot answer:/

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//on board y:e fflemings. in regard of the Difference betwixt
England and Spaine, And further that Captaine
Thorne Interr. stayed at Mevis and S:t Christopher: about
five monethes, but about what, occasion hee knoweth not, And saith
that it is a Common thing used aming the Plante:rs and
Inhabitants in the said Islands to promise to lade goods
on board ships to be Transported to severall ports, and
yet to break their promise. and lade none; And saith
that hee beleeveth y:t y:e occasion of the ''Peace'' her comming
home dead freighted, was by meanes of the said
Hurricanoes. and y:e fflemings being there as aforesaid:/:
and further cannot answer.

To the 11:th. hee cannot Answer saving his forefoeing depon
ands aving that the said Grove did use all meanes to
dispatche the said ship from y:e severall ports and places shee was at
the said Voyage according to the order of the said Woods
and hee beleeveth that if the said Woods had come away
sooner from y:e said Island w:ch hee saith hee might have
done) it would have saved much money; w:ch was spent
in y:e time of the said ships lying there, and alsoe have
benefitted y:e said Voyage./:

To the 12:th hee cannot Answer:/:

Tio the 13.:th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing depon and
further hee saith hee Cannot . Answer:/:-

To the 14:th. hee saith that the Victualls and
provisions. spent the said Voyage: p moneth did amount unto (as the said Luke Wood hath told this Depo:t) about
25:li or 30:li: and further cannot answer saving as aforesd

To the 15:th. hee referreth himselfe to his forefoeing depon
and further cannot Answer:/:

To the 16:th: hee saith that at, and betweene ffalmouth and
Plymouth the said Wood did Cleare foure men off of the ship; And saith that there was want of Provisions onboard y:e said Shipp
from ffalmouth up to London y:e homwwards voyage, and
Otherwise Answereth not:/:

To the 17:th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing depon, and
further doth not answer, saving hee saith the said Luke
Wood did all the said Voyage , give the said Grove as bad
words as the said Grove gave or spake to or against the
said Wood, and y:e said Wood oftentimes in this depo:ts
hearing did call the said Grove Yong Rogue; and other
reproachfull names and y:e said Wood told this depo:t that
if it had not nin for him the said Wood y:e said Grove
had never come in to y:e said Ship as M:r or to that effect, w:ch
said Woods did disparidge the said Grove, and was as
he saith a great meanes to make his Company or some of them slight
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===Case: Clayme of Thomas Cowling for Canary Wines taken in the S:t Laurence Peter: Examination: 1. Robert Bevin, of London, Merchant, aged 36: Date: October 11th 1659===

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//said three pipes of wine marked as aforesd. were
laden on board y:e said ship the ''S:t Laurence Peter''
?Bennery Sent M:r) in y:e Roade of Oratava. by the order
& upon y:e Sole and propper account & adventure of
the said M:r Cowling; and to be Transported in the
said Ship to this Port upon his said Account; And
here to be Delivered to him this Depo:t And further
cannot depose:/:

To the 5.:th sixth, 7.:th & eighth arles hee saith and Deposeth
that in y:e foresaid Letter, there came a Bill of Lading
inclosed to this Depo:t for y:e said three pipes of wine
subscribed Pieter Bennery sent, and having nowe
seene y:e bill of Lading arlate formerly exhibited into the Regry
of this Court, hee saith the same is the said Bill
of Lading soe receaved by him this Depo:t, And whereas
in y:e said Bill y:e said wines are mentioned to be
Laden by, and for the XXXX of Don Juan del Corall
a Spaniard, he saith the ssame was & is Colourably
done, and y:e said name put into the said Bill by the said Cow?lings order to avoid
y:e seizure & Confiscation of the said wines, if the
ship should be met with by Spaniards. or other enymyes
of this Comonwealth, And this Depot (besides these three
pipes in question) hath received other wines from y:e
said producent. w:ch were likewise mentioned in the
Bills of Lading to be laden by & for account of the said Don Juan
del Corall, although in truth the same belonged to and
were for y:e said Cowlings account, & the returnes thereof
were made by this Depo:t to the said Cowlings and
saith that since the warrs betweene this Nation
and Spaine it hath bin and is usuall for English
Merchants that trade by Canaryes, to Colo:r
their goods by putting in Dutch or Spanish names
in the Bills of Lading, in regard it is dangerous for English subjects
to trade to at or from Canaryes in their, owne names, And this
Depo:t having nowe seene the Letter annexed to the
sd Allon, Dated 14:th June 1658, hee saith that y:e
same was and is the said Letter soe by him this
Depo:t received as aforesaid, & the samewith the sd Bill
of lading therein, came in the said ship the ''Saint Laurence''
and saith the said Letter is wholly written & subscribed
by and with the proper hand writing
of the said M:r Cowling, (as this Depo:t verily beleeveth) he
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//being very well acquainted with the hand writing of
the said Producent having received many letters
from him, and very often seene him write, And
further cannot depose, saving as aforesaid:/:

To the last hee saith his foregoeing depon is true:/:

To the Interries

To the first hee saith hee hath noe pt or share in y:e
said Wines Claimed, & was neither p:rsent at the Lading
or seizing of them, nor saw any money paid for y:e same

To the Second hee saith hee is of the age of 36 yeeres
or thereabouts and hath knowne y:e Said Cowling
for y:e time aforesaid. but knoweth not his ffather or mother
and hath bin Credibly informed that the said Cowling
was borne at or neere Rippon in Yorkeshire/

To the third hee saith that the said Cowling hath
lived at the Canaryes for all the time of this Depo:ts
Knowledge of him, but knoweth not when hee went
first thither, And saith hee hath, not bin in England
since this Depo:ts Knowledge of him, that hee knoweth
of, And saith y:e said Cowling is a Bachelo:r and
payes Customs , for his goods, as other merchant
Strange:rs doe; but no ?Tapes or Contribucons
And further cannot Answer./.

To the 4:th hee saith hee doth neither Knowe beleive or
hath heard. y:t if the wines now clamed to be lost, that
any subiect of the King of Spaine must or will beare
the losse thereof, or that they were laden upon y:e
hazard of any subiect of the said King:/:

ROBERT XXXXX [His signature]

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===Case: Clarke ag:t Scattergood: Examination: 2. Robert Hercules, of Ratcliffe, Mariner, aged 40: Date: October 27th 1659===

//The 27.:th of Octobe:r 1659:/:

Clarke ag:t Scattergood aforesaid)

Examined on the Libell:/:

2:ne ROBERT HERCULES of Ratcliffe
Mariner aged 40 yeeres or thereabouts
Sworne and Examined:/.

To the first posicon of the said Libell hee saith and
Deposeth that in or about the time of Libellate the
Libellate Robert Clarke was M:r of
the Lilate: ship the ''Warewell'', and was in or
about y:e said time a pt owne:r, of her of this Depo:ts
Knowledge, w:ch part of her, hee the said Clarke
bought of the said widowe of one Warewell y:t was y:e
former M:r of the said ship, and y:e said Clarke & ?Company
in or about the said time were the true Owne:rs of XX
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//and Comonly accounted, and further cannot depose;/:

To the second hee saith that in or about the beginning
of the moneth of August 1658, the said ship ''Warewell''
arived in the River of Thames with her Lading
of Coles. and came to an Anchor a little belowe
or against Wapping dock, and there moored in
a very good and Convenient birth, where ships doe
usually ryde at Anchor, and there rid in safety
one floud and two Ebbs, during w:ch time there
was noe appearance of any Ancho:r or buoy neere
unto the place where the said ship was moored
The premises hee deposeth for that hee this
Depo:t belonged the said time to the ''James'' of
London w:ch then came up y:e River the Tide before
the ''Warewell'' came up, and moored a little above
the ''Warewell'', and this Depo:t did see the said
ship y:e ''Warewell''. take up her birth in y:e foresaid
place, and tooke notice of her said mooring & ryding
as aforesaid: And further cannot depose.

To the 3.:d & 4.:th hee saith that after y:e said Ship y:e ''Warewell''
had layne moored in y:e place aforesaid for the
space of One ffloud and two Ebbs. shee happened
to be bilged upon an Anchor w;ch lay within the
said ships birthe w:ch had not then any boy fastned
to it, and saith that soo soone as y:e said ship y:e
''Warewell'' was preceived to be bilged by her not XXXXing in the
River, this Depo:t and severall other Mariner:rs
belonging to other ships that Rid there went
p:rsently on board her, and found her then to have
foure fooote water in her hold. And saith that this
Depo:t & y:e said other mariners & alsoe the ''Warewells''
Company, did Labo:r very hard and used their
best Endeavo:rs to XXXXX the said ship ashore, and
to that end did pumpe her , and heave out about
three Lighters of Coles: and then by their greate
Labo:rs and endeavo:r go her some what neerer
to the shore, and then heaved about another
Lighter of Coales. out of her. and did all that
they could possibly doe to p:rvent further dammages
that might have happened to the said Ship and Coles
by reason of her said bilging on y:e said Anchor
The premisses hee deposeth for that hee assisted therein
and wXX was an Eye witnesse of the same and
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===Case: Cowling for wines in the S:t Laurence: Examination: 2. William Martyn, of London, XXXX, aged 30: Date: November 3rd 1658===

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===Case: Luke Wood agt Thomas Grove: Examination: i. John Bourman, of Chatham, Kent, Shipwright, aged 38: Date: March 15th 1658===

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===Case: XXXX: Examination: 2. Robert Grove, of Wapping, Mariner, aged 50: Date: Aprill 5:th 1658===

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//To the 8:th hee saith that as the said ship was goeing from
Newfoundland towards y:e Barbadoes, they espeyed a vessell
(w:ch afterwards appeared to be a ffrench vessell) and the said
Wood having a desyre to goe aboard of the said vessell, did
desire y:e said Grove to let the ships Boarte be Hoysted out
that he might goe on board of the said Vessell, w:ch was
accordingly done, and this depo:t went in the
said Boate w:th y:e sd Wood on board y:e said Vessell, and after the said
Wood and this depo:t had bin on board her about an
houre the said Wood came up towards y:e said Vessell
and by Casualty came on board her, w:ch was occasioned only by y:e said
ship the ''Pearce'' her steering badly, and keeping her
helme a Lea, upon on Tack, and hard a weather on
her other Tack, as hee verily beleeveth And saith
that there was little damage done to the said ffrench Vessell, by
the ''Peace'' her Coming foule upon her neither did the
said Luke Wood suffer any prejudice therby. and further
hee cannot depose./:

To the 9:th hee saith and Deposeth that by meanes of Contrary
windes, and Calmes, and Hurricanoes (w:ch were very
frequent then there insoemuch that neither the said Grove
nor this depo:t nor y:e other mates on board her could
gaine the Latitude) The said ship did misse the Island
of the Barbadoes, And not by the Willfullnes Ignorance
or Carlessnes of the said Thomas Grove; And after
the said Grove did perceive that the said Ship had
missed the Barbadoes, hee told the said Wood (un the
presence of this depo:t and others of the said Ships Company)
that hee would beate it up againe (meaning the Barbadoes)
and the said Grove did endeavour
to saile to the Barbadoes, and hee haveing spent
about Eighteene houres thereabout, (after they perceived that
they had missed it,) The said Luke Wood, in this depo:ts
presence gave the said Grove speciall order to saile the
said ship to Martini?ce, and from thence to Mevis, w:ch the
said Grove accordingly did; And saith that hee verily
beleeveth that the said Grove would have Got to the
Barbadoes with the said Ship, in (about) tenne Dayes
of time, after hee perceived it was missed, if the said
Wood would have sufferred him soe to doe, and not
have ordered him to leave off his Endeavouring and saile
to Martinice & soe to Mevis, And saith that all the
Voyage from Newfoundland towards the Barbadoes the
said Thomas Grove did use, and doe his uttmost endeavo:r
in sailing y:e said Shipp directly for the Barbadoes, and
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//did frequently advise with this depo:t and his other
mates thereabout, and saith about three dayes or XXXXX before
the said Grove Discovered y:e Island called Santo
Lazio (by w:ch sight of w:ch Island the said Grove
and Company perceived they had overshot the Barbadoes)
the said Grove called this depo:t and his other mates
to an accompt of the said ships sailing, and asked
them howe farr the said ship, was to windward
of the Barbadoes by their account, or to that effect,
to w:ch this depo:t made answer that by his Account
she was about 140 Leages (sic) to windward of the Barbadoes. And y:e said Yeomans
made answer as hee now remembreth that by his Account the said ship was
about one hundred and twenty Leagues to windwards of y:e Barbadoes and y:e?Hyzard
said y:t by his account (as this Depo:t now remembreth)
shee was above a hundred Leagues to windward
of the Barbadoes or to that effect, And the said
Grove told this depo:t and hi said other mates, that
by his account hee was alsoe above one hundred Leagues
to Windward of the Barbadoes. And saith
that the Course w:ch the said Grove steered (by his
the said Groves owne Account, and by the account of
his mates) was above one hundred leagues to windward
of the Barbadoes when as afterwards shee really ?appeared
then to be to Leeward of the Barbadoes; And
further deposeth that the foresaid Tizard who was
hyred by the said Woods to goe one of the Mates
of the said Ship, was not capable or fitt for
a place or office for that hee is an ?Unskillfull
pson, and cann neither write nor reade, neither had
hee the said Tizard any Instrum:ts to doe or pforme
his said Office saving aforeXXX XXXXX XXXXXX knoweth for that hee saied
in y:e said ship y:e said Voyage with the said
Tizard: And further hee cannot depose;/:

To the 11:th hee saith that the said Grove did not at XXX
(as this depo:t knoweth of) use any Ignominions or
reproachfull words to or against the said Luke Woods
nor say that he would hinder the sale of the said ffish
nor over throwne or hinder the said Voyage; but did
both what hee could, and what hee ought to doe
to further the Advancem:t of the said voyage
And saith that y:e said Luke Wood in this depo:ts p:rsence in y:e XXXX
house of the said ship, whilst shee lay at Nevis did
?Revile y:e said Grove; and Called him severall XXXXX
XXX namely and told him that hee the said Wood was faine to
speake to M:r Crispe. (who is one of the Cheife owners of ?y:e
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//said ship the said Voyag; or to that effect w;ch did much
disparage the said Grove, and was a great meanes to
make his Company slight hom and XXXXX him
and further hee cannot depose:/.

To the 12:th hee saith that the said Thomas Grove did
not at any time in the least (that this depo:t Knoweth
of hinder the said Wood of any ffreight that hee
might have had y:e said Voyage. But of this
depo:ts Knowledge. the said Grove did during the
whole Voyage; further the said Wood in taking
and getting of ffreight. and selling of his Goods. And at
S:t Christophe:rs the said Grove did get two ffreights
for the said Wood, though it was not the said Groves
part or duty soe to doe, And saith that it is a Comon
practise for planters at S:t Christophers and Mevis
and parts thereabouts to make Verball Agreem:ts
and to make Great and Large promises, And saith
the said Wood might have gone from S:t Christophers
aforesaid when hee had pleased,
but hee did stay there longer than hee needed to have done
And y:e said Grove was not as hee saith
the Cause of the said ship (or y:e sd Woods) staying there soe long, And
further hee cannot depose:/

To the 13:th hee saith that upon the arrivall of the said ship ''Peace''
at Nevis XXX the Leeward Islands that XXXX found that Hurricanoes and Stormes
had spoyled most of the Sugar Canes, Tobaccoe, and Indicoes
in those places, and had rooted many of them up, and
saith hee alsoe then found many of them up, and
saith hee alsoe then found many houses upon y:e said
Islan w:ch were blowne downe (As this depo:t was
there Credibly Informed by many of the Islands) alsoe
by the Violence of the said Stormes, and Hurricanoes,
And saith that the greater pt of those goods w:ch were
not spoyled as aforesaid were laden on board y:e
fflemish ships w:ch were then there, And the English
themselves w:ch were then. there. (in regard of the Difference
betwixt England and Spaine) did Lade their goods, and
embarque themselves on board y:e said fflemish ships
And saith that one Captaine Thorne, Comander of an
English ship, did stay at Nevis and S:t Christophers about
three monethes to reaceave in a Lading of goods there
but at Length came away from thence for London a great Part dead
ffreighted, And y:e XX reason was for that y:e Hurricanoes and stormes
as aforesaid had spoiled most of y:e Sugar Canes, Tobaccoe
and Indicaoes, And alsoe for that the fflemings tooke away most
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//had blowene downe some of the houses there; there
was then much scarcenes of Comodityes, in those pts, and fflemings
that were then in those pts tooke yway most of the trade There and
this Depo:t lay at Nevis with y:e ship the ''Mary & Elizabeth'' whereof
hee was Command:r from y:e first of Janaury 1657 untill the
last of Aprill 1658. to pcure her Lading, but ?notwithsatnding
his staying there soe long hee was forced to dept thence
?many XXXX
Dead ffreighted, and this Depo:t had agreed with Merchants
at Barbadoes to take in seaventy Tonns of Sugar at
Nevis. and y:e sd merchants, Contracted and agreed
with this Depo:t under their hands and seales to lade soe much
but notwithsatnding, this Depo:t (after his sd long stay at
Nevis could get onely thirteene Tonnes and a quarter
(or neere thereabouts) of the said seaventy tonns, w:ch the
said merchants agreed to have laden onboard this Depo:ts
said ship by reason of the Scarcenes of goods there And further cannot Depose:/

To the 16:th hee saith that at Nevis arlate Luke Wood sold
some of y:e ffish w:ch hee brought thither in y:e ''Peace'', at the rate
of a pound of ffish for a pound of Suar and saith that of
this Depo:ts knowledge Nevis Mascovado Sugar is better than
Barbadoes Muscavadoe Sugar, And further cannot depose:/.

Upon y:e rest not Examined by Direccon of Groves/:

To the Interries:/:

To the first hee saith that y:e said Grove requested this Depo:t
to come and Testify herein. & was alsoe warned by
M:r Brownes man and favoureth both the ptyes litigant alike
and if it wer ein his power) hee would give y:e victory to them
that hath most right thereto. and saith that hee was not one
of the Company of y:e ''Peace'' y:e Voyage in question, and otherwise
cannot Answer./:

The second Concerneth him not.

To the 3:d hee saith hee was acquainted with the said Luke Wood
about a yeare. next before his Death, and for all
that time hee had the repute of an honest and sober man
and well understood his Imployement as this Depo:t beleeveth
and further cannot Answer./.

To the 4.:th hee saith that hee hath knowne the said Grove for about
a yeere and halfe last, and saith hee is Counted a rash hasty
man, and subject to passion; and soe hee was accounted at Nevis
and this depo:t hath heard him there called the DAMNE ME
CAPTAINE: or such like words. and some of y:e plant:rs & Gentlemen of the
Island of Nevis did not well affect him; and this Depo:t heard one
M:r ?Joanes and one M:r ?Rothington; say at Nevis that they would
not come with Grove, but wold rather goe by y:e way of Holland & further
cannot Answer./. //
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//To the 5:th Concerneth him not./.

To the 6:th & 7:th hee nswereth not./.

To the 8:th hee saith that y:e said Wood hath told this Depo:t that
y:es aid Grove at S:t ?Losesas did abuse M:r Crispe Interrate

To the 9:th 11:th 11:th & 12:th hee doth not answer./.

To the 13:th hee hath not so deposed

To the .14:th & 15:th hee cannot Answer

To the 16:th hee Cannot answer

To the .17:th hee saith that hee beleeveth that y:e sdDeXXXX
w:ch. happened betweene the said Wood and Grove at XXXX
might be some hinderance to the Voyage, and further
cannot anwer./.

To the 18:th hee saith that hee beleeveth, the ''Pece'' was of the
Burthen of about two hundred Tonnes, and further hee
cannot Answer saving as aforesaid:/:

To the 19.:th hee cannot Answer,/.

To the .20:th negatively./.

XXXXX [His signature]

Repeated before D:r Godolphin/.
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===Case: Lord Protector ag:t the Hope, Don Juan Master: Examined: Jacome Juan, of Deva in Biscay, Mariner, aged 28: Date: March 22:th 1658===

The 22:th of March 1658.

Lord Protector ag:t the ''Hope'')
aforesaid don Juan master.)

6 JACOME JUAN of ?Deva in Biscay Mariner, aged 28 yeeres or
thereabouts sworne and examined.

To the first Interrie hee saith that John Lopez (his precontest) and M:r Betts master of
the said shipp the ''Hope'' in ora bout July 1657 spake to this deponent in this citie
of London to ?goe a voyage Xence with them for Amsterdam and XX for the West
Indoes as boatswaine the said Betts the master of the said shipp, and this deponent
yeelding to goe, the said Betts hired and agredd with hom, and XXXX deponent
XXX with them hence to Amsterdam, where hee was embarked in the said
shipp the ''Hope'', w:ch departed from thernce n or about September last neyt
a twelve moneth, bound for the West Indies, but hee was not made acquainted
to whose particular place there shee was designed, and saith shee carried in her
from Amsterdam linnen, woollen, silkes, and XXX pipes of wine, and that in their
passage they disposed of XXX of the said good (to the value of one thousand peeces
of eight or therabouts) XX the Iland of Trinidad towards XXX their
XXXXX for the Indies, and further that as hee was informed by John ?Lopez
the said goods were for account of John Page of London
merchant and is father in law, Antonio ffernandez Carravajall, Antonio
Rodriguez Robles and Andrew Duncan fo this citie, and John Tilly and
John XXXX of Amsterdam. And otherwise cannot depose ?saving the said
Betts is reputed an Englishman.

To the second hee saith the said shipp wemt directly from Amsterdam to the
Iland of Trinidad and there dekivered out XXX of the said goods (namely linnens,
?hatts, XXXX and ?a pipe of wine) towards XXXX therein daid disXXXXX; but
tooke more goods in thXXXX, and having obatined the said disXXXXXm XXXXXX to
CXXXXX in the terra firma of the Spanish West Indies, and there also ?sold
XXXX ?other of her lading for money w:ch XXX XXXXX and tooke in, and XXX
them to ?Truxilla (in their way to Honduras) and at Truxillas delivered XX
linnen woollen and wine, w:ch the said ?Lopez there sold in ?turck for JXXXX XXXX and hides
to be delivered him in his returne XXXX the said shipp from Honduras, ad
the XXXXX with the said shipp to the ?Guelfe of Honduras, where hee delivered
out all the rest of the said outward lading, and tooke on XXXXX thereof all the chests and skins that
were brought in the said ship containing Indigo and druggs, and further hee
cannot depose.

To the third hee saith that after receipt of the said Indicao and druggs in chests
and skins - XXX aboard at Honduras, the said shipp retourned to Truxilla and
there tooke in the said ?Sasseyerilla and hides before XXXXXXX for and bought as
aforesaid, and thence touched at MatXXusa by occasion of foule weather, and
thence came with intent to come to the downes ?at Dover; and saith the said
XXXXX were three hundred XXXXX thereXX, the said skinn-baggs eleaven, the
hides foure hindred XXXXXX six, the sasseyXrilla XXXXXX abd one
hundred XXXes and two barrells and two basketts of druggs, all w:ch goods
were laded by the said John Lopez (as hee saith) who was Cape merchant of
the said shipp the sad voyage, and is (as hee taketh it) a Spaniard And further
hee cannot depose

To the fourth hee saith the said M:r Page and M:r ggernandez spake to the said
John Lopez and the said Betts to undertake the said voyage, this deponent ?being
in the citie present at severall their ?discourses thereabouts, and saith the said
Betts was commander of the vessell, but the said Lopez was to appear and
did aXXXXX to the master and merchant and all) in the Spanish West Indies for
the better preservaccon of the goods hee being a Spaniard, And otherwise cannot
depose.

To the 5:th hee answereth negatively ?for his part, and otherwise cannot depose.

To the 6:th hee saith hee never knew or XXXX the said shipp before such hee coming
to Amsterdam and to be embarcked in her, and hee beleeveth that the said M:r
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//The 3. of June 1659

A business of examination of witnesses for perpetauall)
remembrance of the matter, on the part and behalfe of)
John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company)
Owners of the Shipp the ''Lady ffrigott'' whereof John)
Hosier was Master, and her tackle furniture)
apparell & freight, and of Andrew Riccard one)
of the Aldermen of the Cittie of London and)
Company, the Governor and Company of)
English Merchants trading to the Mediterranian (sic))
Seas, Owner of the goods in the sayd Shipp)
against Hippolito Centurione of Genoa)
in pticular and all others in generall which)
will take upon them to ?iusifie the seizing or)
takeing of the sayd shipp the ''lady ffrigott'')
and her ladeing: SXXXXth)

Examined on the allegation given in
on the behalfe of the sayd Swift Parker
Harris & Company and alsoe the sayd
Ricard & Company.

No. 1 LAURENCE BURR of the
p:rish of S:t Catherine neere the
Tower of London Cooper late Cooper
of the ''Lady ffrigott'', aged thirty five
yeares or thereabouts a wittnesse
sworne and examined saith and
deposeth as followeth viz:t.

To the first arle of the sayd allegation hee saith that in the
Monethe and tyme arlate 1658 (untill the fowerteenth day of
November that yeare on which day shee was seized the arlate
John Swift John Harris John Parker and Company all English
men and subiects of the Commonwealth of England were, and
soe still ought to be the lawfull Owner & Proprietors of the
arlate Shipp the ''Lady ffrigott'' and of her tackle apparrell and
furniture and for such commonly reputed this hee so better knoweth
because hee was & went Cooper of the said shipp the voyage in
question and was on board her at her seizure.

To the 2 and 3 arles hee saith that in the yeares & monethes aforesaid the
arlate Alderman Riccard & Company Marchants of London
did hyre & take to freight and imploye the sayd shipp the ''Lady
ffrigott'' upon a tradeing voyage to XXao ?Magaliga and other
places beyond the Seas to lade Currans & other goods for their
use and Accompt & transport them to & deliver them at London
for their use this hee knoweth being Cooper aboard her the sayd
voyage And hehreby also knoweth that in the monethe & tyme
aforesayd and after the arrivall of the sayd shipp the ''Lady ffrigott''
at ?Potrao Roade arlate the ffactors or Agents of the sayd Alderman
Ricard & Company put XXX cause to be laden a board the sayd
shipp for Account of the sayd Ricard & Company one hundred
and sixty tonne of Mahaligo Currans and also divers other
goods and a great quantitie of money to be transported therein
her for London and there delivered to them or their Agents This hee
the better knoweth for that hee helped to lade the sayd Currans and
other goods aboard her & brought some of the sayd moneye aboard &
& ?saw the rest brought aboard her And farther to these arles he cannot
depose.

To the 4:th 5:th and 6:th arles of the sayd allegation hee saith that the
sayd shipp ''Lady ffrigott'' having receaved the sayd lading & money
aboard her and being therewith rideing at Anchor in the Roade of
Perrao in a peaceable condition, there came into the sayd Roade on the
fourteenth day of November 1658 a certaine shipp of about
a hundred & fifty tonnes gaving a white Antient in her pXXXX//
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//which shipp shipp (sic) (as this deponent was afterwards informed
by XXXX XXXXX an ?Irishman & some others of her company who could speake English) was called
the ''S:ta Cruse'' and her Masters name ffrancisco ?Stale and
was a Genoa shipp and was there aXXXXdd and sett out
by Hippolito Centurione a Genoese, and came ?hence (as this
deponent was also by like men XX informed
in Company of ?two other men of warr sett out thence
also by the sayd Hippolito Centuriane, which Genoa shipp called
the ''S:ta Cruse'' presently upon her comming into the Road of Petrao
made as if she would have come to an Anchor neere the
''Lady ffrigott'', but when shee was come neere her the Captaine
& Company of the sayd shipp ''S:ta Cruse'' did in a violent and
hostile manner sett upon the sayd shipp the ''Lady ffrigott'' with
Swords & gunnes and other warlike Instruments and
wounded the Captaine & six or seaven men of the Company pf the
''Lady ffrigott'' & by that meanes surprized her & her sayd ladeing
of Currans and other goods & money & dispoiled their Owners
of them & converted them to their owne use And hee farther saith
that hee this deponent was alsoe informed by a dutch man who was
gunner of the sayd shipp ''S:ta Cruse'' & an Irish man who was one of
her Company who could both speake very good English that the Captaine
of the ''S:ta Cruse'' had taken severall mariners & souldiers out
of the sayd two other shipps of warr which came in Company
of the ''Sta Cruse'' from Genoa, the better to enable them to surprise
the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her ladeing, And saith that at the tyme of
the sayd seizure hee did observe that most of the ''S:ta Cruse'' her
Company who made the seizure were Italians & Genoeses And
saith that after the says Genoeses preceived that the sayd dutch
Gunner & the french man & others of their Company coulde speake
English and had some conference with this deponent and
others of the ''Lady ffrigotts'' Company who were seized, they did
forbid them to have any discourse with the English; and put the
''Lady ffrigotts'' Company in ?hold & kept them there in Irons And
further to these arles hee cannot depose

To the 7:th arle hee saith that hee this deponent and severall
other of the ''Lady ffrigotts'' Company were after their surprizall
?told & informed by the sayd dutch Gunner & the sayd Irish man
and some other of the ''S:ta Cruse'' her Company who could speake
English that the ''S:ta Cruse'' was sett out from Genoa by the
sayd Hippolito Centurone upon a warlike designe against the
Turkes, & has bin a great while abroad and could gett noe
prize, and had therefore taken a Spanish Commission which
was to last only for a tyme, which tyme or the says ?Gunner &
Irishman & others of the ''S:ta Cruse'' her company acknowledged
was expired two moneths before the seizure of the ''Lady ffrigott''
& her ladeing, but withall say thd that they were resolved to take
any English shipp they could light on notwithstanding the expiration
thereof, And this deponent well remembreth that the
Captaine of the ''Lady ffrigott'' told this deponent that hee did at the tyme
of her seizure desyre the foresayd ffrancisco Stale Commander of
the ''S:ta Cruse'' to show him his Commission by virtue whereof hee
was impowered to make seizure of the ''Lady ffrigott'' being an English ship
but//
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//but the says Stale refused to shew the same And further to this arle
hee cannot depose.

To the 3:th arle of the sayd allegation hee saith that the shipp
''lady ffrigott'' and her tackle furniture & freight and stock and
provisions on board her at the tyme of her seizure aforesayd were
then in this deponents Judgement worth five ?thousand pounds
sterling or neere thereabouts and soe much hee beleeveth the arlate
Swift Parker and Harris were damnified by the losse of them by
reason of the surprizall aforesayd And further hee cannot depose

To 4:th arle hee saith that in her this deponents Judgement XX
hundred and fifty tonnes of Mathaligo Currans seized on board the
''Lady ffrigott'' & belonging to the arlate Alderman Ricard & Company
were at their seizure worth two pounds tenn shillings sterling a hundred
which a mounteth being computed to a very considerable summe
but saith at p:rsent hee cannot compute the same, and saith hee is
well assured that if the sayd Currans had not bin suprized but
come safe to London they would here have yeilded the sayd Alderman
Riccard & Company two pounds tenn shillings sterling a hundred
that being the usuall market price there

To the Tenth & 11:th alre hee saith that hee this deponent being Cooper
& aborad at the seizure knoweth that the arlate Captaine Hoyser and
his Company had a board the sayd shipp the ''Lady ffrigott'' at the
tyme of her seizure in moneys & goods and Cloathes and instruments
to the value of twelve hundred pounds sterling at least all which
hee saith hee well knoweth were taken from him and them by the Captaine
and Company of the ''S:ta Cruse'' aforesays & hee & they dispoiled and
deprived of them by the sayd Captaine & Company of the sayd man of
warr called the ''S:ta Cruse'' who upon the
seizure of the sayd frigott plundered & tooke away all whatsoever
the sayd Captaine Hosier & his Company had and kept them
prisoners for some time in chaynes & afterwards turned them on XXXXX at the
Island ?Zephania to shXXX for them XXXXX without allowing ?them
either provisions or XXXXX this he knoweth being one of the Company
as aforesayd & soe kept in chaynes & after ?turned on shoare in manner
aforesayd. And further hee cannot depose

To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposicon is true

LAWRANCE BURR [His signature]

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===Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 2. Richard Baker of Debtford, Kent, Mariner, aged ?20 : Date: June 3rd, 1659===

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2. RICHARD BAKER of Debtford in Kent Mariner
aged ?twenty yeares and upwards a wittness sworne
& examined saith & deposeth as followeth viz:t

To the first arle of the allegation hee saidth that during all the moneths
& tyme arlate in the yeares 1658 happening before the fowerteenth day
of November which was the day of her seizure, the arlate John Swift
John Parker John Harris & Company All English men & subiects of
the Commonwealth of England were & still ?aught to bee the lawfull Owners
& Proprietors of the arlate shipp the ''lady ffrigott'' & her tackle apparell
& furniture And for such comonly reputed This hee knoweth being one of the sayd
shipps//
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//shipps Company the voyages in question & a board her at her
seizure. And further hee deposeth not

To the 2 and 3 arles of the allegation hee saith that by ?reason hee
went the voyage in question hee knoweth the arlate Alderman Ricard
& others English Merchants of the Turkey Company did take the sayd shipp
the ''lady ffrigott'' to freight for a Merchandizing voyage to be made from
London to ?Petrai & other pts beyond the seas to lade Currans & other
goods for their Account & bring them for London & there deliver them to
them or their Agents And saith the sayd shipp arrived safely at ?Polrao
Roade where the Agents of the sayd Alderman Riccard and
Company did lade & put aboard the sayd shipp for their Account
one hundred and sixty Tonnes of Mahalaga and Petrao Currans
viz:t one hundred & thiry of M(OR, N)athaligo & thirty Tonnes of Petrao Currans
to be transported for London and there delivered to them or their Agents And
further hee cannot depose not knowing what other goods or money were
put aboard her for their sayd freighters Account, but knoweth there
were other goods beside the sayd Currans XX some bales of silke & other goods
laden aboard the sayd shipp

To the 4:th arle hee saith that whilst the shipp the ''lady ffrigott'' ?remayned in peaceable manner
at Pererao Roade with the sayd Currants & other her ladeing aboard her
viz:t the fowerteenth day of November one Thousand six hundred fifty
eight there came into the sayd Roade a shipp of warr of about one hundred
and fifty tonns and named (as be the Gunner of her & one of the Mates of
her who were both dutch men and could speake good English and by others of her
Company Italians which language alsoe this deponent can speake & understand this
deponent was informed) the ''S:ta Cruso'' ffrancisco Stale Captaine w:ch shipp hee saith had
when she came in a white Ancient in her poope and made as if she would
have Anchored neere the sayd shipp the ''Lady ffrigott'' but coming neere
the sayed ffrancisco Stale & his Company in a hostile manner with
swords & gunnes & other Instruments of warr boarded the sayd shipp
the ''lady ffrigott'' and wounded her Captaine Captaine John Hosier
& this deponent and severall others of her Company to the number of
five or sixe and surprised her and her ladeing of Currans and
other goods and dispoiled her and her ladeing of Currants and
other goods and dispoiled the Owners thereof of the same and
converted it to the use of the sayd Stale & his Company And further
saving his deposition to the subsequent arles hee cannot depose

To the 5:th and 6:th arles of the sayd allegation hee saith that hee
this deponent understanding Italian did after the sayd shipp of warr
the ''S:te Cruse'' had surprized the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her ladeing in manner
aforesayd ?heare severall of the ''S:ta Cruse'' her Company (Italians) sayd
that and acknowledge that their sayd shipp ''S:ta Cruse'' belonged to
Genoa and was XXXX & sett out thence by the arlate Hippolite Cen-
turioni who alsoe XX XXged sett out two other shipps of warr ?thence who came
thence in Company of the ''S:ta Cruse'', and that the Commander of the
''S:ta Cruse'' had before hee seized the ''lady ffrigott'' & her ladeing taken
some XXXers and souldiers out of the sayd two other Genoa shipps
the better to enable him to surprize the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her ladeing
And saith the greatest part of the Company of the ''S:ta Cruse'' who
made the sayd seizure were Italians and as they acknowledged belonging
to Genoa and further to these arles hee cannot depose

To the 7:th hee saith that after the seizure of the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her
ladeing hee alsoe heard severall of the ''S:ta Cruses'' Company say and
acknowledge that the ''S:ta Cruse'' was sett out from Genoa by the said
Hippolito Centuriani as a man of warr against the Turkes, and had
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//bin a great while abroad & could get no prizes, and therefore had taken
a Spanish Commission which was to last for a certayne tyme, and that the sayd
Commission was expired two moneths before the
seizure of the ''Lady ffrigott'' & her ladeing which notwithstanding (as they also
sayd & acknowledged) they were resolved to seize what English shipps and
their ladeing they could meete with under colour of that Commission And
further to this arle hee cannot depose.

To the 8:th arle hee saith that the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her tackle, ffurniture,
freight, stick, and provisions aboard her at her seizure aforesayd were
in this deponents Judgement worth fower thousand five hundred pounds
sterling or neere thereabouts and soe much the arlate Swift Packer
and Harris & Company Owners of her were by such her seizure XX damnified
in this deponents Judgement and as hee verily beleeveth.

To the 9:th arle hee saith that in his this deponents Judgement the
hundred & sixty tonnes of Mahaligo & Petrao Currans belonging
to the arlate Alderman Ricard and Company and seized on board the
''Lady ffrigott'' were (?at the tyme of their seizure) worth fower thousand pounds sterling and
soe much in this deponents Judgement & as hee verily beleeveth they would
have yeilded the sayd Alderman Ricard & Company if he had not bin
taken by the sayd Genoa shipp of warr in manner aforesayd. And
further hee cannot depose.

To the 10:th and 11:th hee saith that the arlate Captaine Hosyer, and his
Company at the tyme of the seizure of the shipp the ''lady
ffrigott'' & her ladeing had on board the sayd shipp goods that were his
& their adventures, and moneyes cloathes and instruments worth in
this deponents Judgement fowerteene hundred pounds of lawfull English
money All which hee saith hee well knoweth (being p:rsent at the seizure)
were seized and taken from the sayd Captaine Hoyser & his company
by the Captaine & Company of the sayd Genoa man of warr called
the ''S:ta Cruse'', & the sayd Hoyser & his Company utterly dispoiled of them
And saith that the Captaine & Company of the sayd Genoa man of
warr haveing made the sayd seizure of the ''lady ffrigott'' & her ladeing
plundered & taken away from her Captaine & her Company all that
they had., kept the most of her Company prisoners in the hold, XXXXX
for some tyme, and afterwards turned them on XXXX in the Ile of
Cephalonia to ?shift for them XXXX without allowing them wither
provisions or money And further to these arles he cannot depose

To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true.

RICHARD BAKER [His signature]

Repeated in Court before both Judges

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===Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 3. Gilbert Anckelly, of Debtford, Kent, Mariner, late Boatswaine of the Lady ffrigott, aged 30 : Date: June 3rd, 1659===

The same day

3. GILBERT ANCKELLY of Debtford in Kent Mariner
late Boatswaine of the ''lady ffrigott'' aged thirty yeares
& upwards a wittnesse sworne & examined saith and
deposeth as followeth viz:t

To the first and second arles hee saith that during the months and tyme arlaze in
the yeare 1658 happening next before the fowerteenth day of the Month
of November the sayd yeare which was the day shee and her lading were
seized in maner hereafter specified, the arlate John Swift John Parker
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//John Harris & Company all English men & subiects of this Common
wealth of England were commonly reputed to be & soe still ought to be the
true lawfulll Owners and proprietors of the arlate Shipp the ''Lady
ffrigott'' & of her tackle apparell, & furniture And saith the sayd Shipp
was taken to freight by the arlate Alderman Riccard & Company
English Merchants on a trading voyage to be made from London
to Ligorne Portrai (OR, Petrao) & other places beyond the seas to lade Currans & other goods
ther for their Account & deliver them heere at London to them or their Agents

To the 3 arles of the sayd allegation hee saith that in the moneths and tyme
arlate the sayd shipp the ''Lady ffrigitt'' arriving safely at ?Polrao Road
the Agents of the sayd Alderman Riccard & Company did there & XXX
XXXXXXXXX cause to be laden and XXXX go ?nyne and sixty tonnes of Currans and divers other
goods or bales of silke, and other merchandizes and moneys for Account
of the saiyd Riccard & Company to be brought thence to London & there
delivered to them or their Agents And further hee cannot depose/

To the 4:th 5:th and 6:th arles hee saith that the sayd shipp the ''Lady ffrigott'' haveing
reced the sayd Currans & other goods & moneys aboard her lay therewitrh
and with other her ladeing in a peaceable manner at Anchor in the
Road of ?Poltrao in the moneth of November 1658 And saith that
while shee soe lay there upon the fowerteenth day of the sayd moneth
there came into the sayd Roade a shipp of warr of about a hundred and
fifty tonnes called the XXXXX XXXXXX sayd XXX XXXXX belonging (as severall of her comoany afterwards con-
fessed in this deponents heareing) to Genoa whence shee came
as they alsoe sayd under command of XXX Captaine ffrancisco
Hippolito Centurioni togeather with two other shipps which
came thence in her Company sett out alsoe by the sayd Hippolito on a Warlike designe, which shipp the ''Sta Cruse'' at her first coming
into Polrao Roade had a white flagg in her poope and made
as if shee would have anchored neere the ''Lady ffrigott'' but when
shee was gotten up neere to her the Captaine & Company of the sayd
Genoa shipp called the ''Sta Cruse'' did in a warlike manner with
swords & gunns & other instruments of warr board the ''Lady ffrigott''
and wounded the Captaine of her & six more of her Company
and violently seized her ladeing of Currans & other goods and
money & dispoiled ?the XXXXX thereof of the same & ConXXXXed
them to their the said Captaine Stale & his Companyes use And
saith the Gunner & an other of her Company duXXXX ?boy who well
speake good English told this deponent & others of the ''Lady ffrigotts'' Company
that the Captainne of the ''Sta Cruse'' the better to enable him to seize
the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her ladeing had a little before the sizure
taken some Mariners & souldiers out of the foresayd two other Genoa
men of warr And hee saith most of the Company of the ''Sta Cruse''
were Italians, and as they confessed belonged to Genoa And
further to theser arles hee cannot depose./

To the 7:th arle hee saith that after the seizure of the ''Lady ffrigott''
& her ladeing severall of the Company of the ''Sta Cruse'' did confesse
that they were sett out from Genoa upon a warlike designe a:t the
Turk?s & had bin a great while abroad and Could get noe prizes
& therefore they had taken a Spanish Commission which was only
to last a certayne tyme, which tyme )as they sayd & acknowledged
was expired two monethes before they seized the ''Lady ffrigott'' and
her ladeing, but sayd alsoe that they were resolved ?although
it//
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//it were expired yet they would take any English shipps they ?would (OR, ?could)
meete with This hee knoweth for that hee being Boatswaine of the ''Lady
ffrigott'' & seized in her heard severall of the ''Sta Cruse'' her company
speake the sayd words./

To the 8:th arle hee saith that the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her tackle and
furniture, & freight, and stock & provisions on board her at her seizure
aforesayd by the sayd Gennoa (sic) man of warr called the ''Sta Cruse'' was in
his this deponents Judgment well worth five thousand pounds of lawfull
English money and soe much hee beleeveth the says Swift XXXXX &
XXXXXX & other her Owners were dammaged by her being surprized & taken
as aforesayd And further to this arle hee cannot depose/

To the 9:th arle hee saith that the hundred & sixty Tonne of
Currants aforesayd on board the ''Lady ffrigott'' belonging to the foresayd
Alderman Riccard & Company were at their surprizall worth in this
deponents Judgement and estimate ?thirteene thousand pounds of lawfull
English money and would as hee verily beleeveth have yeilded the sayd
Riccard & Company soe much of they had not bin surprized in manner
as aforesayd And further hee cannot depose/

To the 10:th and 11:th arles hee saith that the arlate Captaine Hosier and
his Company had at the tyme of the seizure of the ''Lady ffrigott''
& her ladeing by the sayd Gen?uoa man of warr the ''Sta Cruse'' goods
which were her & their adventures and money cloathes and Instru-
ments aboard her to the value in this deponents Judgement of eight
hundred pounds of lawfull English money All which were seized and
taken from the sayd Hosier & his Company & they utterly deprXed of
them by the Captaine & Company of the sayd Gennoa man of warr
who plundered them of them and having soe done kept the Company of
the ''Lady ffrigott'' prisoners for a tyme the most of them being cheyned, and after
wards sett them on shoare in the Island of Cephalonia to shXXX
for themselves without allowing them money or provisions And
further hee cannot depose/

To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true/

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===Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 4. John Carrier, of Debtford, Kent, Shipwright, late Carpenters Mate of the Lady ffriggott, aged 22 : Date: June 3rd, 1659===

XXXX ?verte Suckley.
The same day

Examined on the sayd allegation

Rep

4:us JOHN CARRIER of Debtford in the County of
Kent Shipwright late Carpenters Mate of the ''Lady
ffrigott'' aged twenty two yeares or thereabouts a wittnes
sworne and examined saith & deposeth as followeth vizt

To the first arles of the allegation hee saith that hee being Carpenters
Mate of her the yoyage in question knoweth that the arlate John Swift
John Parker John Harris & Company all Englishmen & subiects of
this Commonwealth of England were during the moneths & tyme arlate in
the yeare 1653 untill the fowerteenth day of November 1658 which was
the//
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//the day when she & her lading were seized in manner hereafter
expressed) were as hee beleeveth and still ought to be the true & lawfull Owners and
Proprietors of the arlate Shipp the ''Lady ffrigott'' and of her tackle
Apparell & furniture, and for such were XXX commonly Accounted And
further hee cannot depose

To the second and third hee saith that the sayd shipp ?y:e ''Lady ffrigott'' was in the
moneths & tyme arlate taken to freight by Alderman Andrew
Riccard & Company for a tradeing voyage from London to ?Petrao
and other pts beyond the Seas to lade Currans & other goods for their
Account & bring the same for London & there deliver them to them or
their Agents In order whereto the sayd shipp hee saith did in the
moneths & tyme arlate safely arive in Petrao roade where and
at Ma?thaligo the Agents of the sayd Alderman Riccard & Company
laded one hundred & sixty tonnes of Currans of the growth of
Mathalago:s and Petrao and divers other goods & money for their
use and Accompt to be transported for London & there delivered
to them or their Agents for their use And further hee cannot depose/

To the 4:th 5:th and 6:th arles of the sayd allegation hee saith that after
the ''Lady ffrigott'' had recvd the sayd Currans & other her lading
& the sayd moneys on board her shee lay peaceably at Anchor
therewith, in the Road of Petra?s, till the fowerteenth of November
1658 on which day hee saith hee well remembreth a certayne shipp
of about one hundred & fifty tonnes burthen manned for the
most part with Italians, and called (as this deponent heard a
dutch man who was MXXXX of her & a dutch man who was gunner
of her & an ?Irishman who was of her company & ?could XXX speake English saye after the seizure of the ''Lady ffrigot''
and her ladeing) the ''Sta Cruse'', whereof (as they sayd) one ffrancisco
Stale was Captaine came into Petrao Road with a white flagg
on her poope and made as if shee intended peaceably to have Ancho-
red neere the ''Lady ffrigott'' but when shee came neere her the sayd
Stale & his Company instead of coming to an Anchor did in a
warlike manner with gunns swords & other Instruments of warr
violently assault and board the ''Lady ffrigott'' and wounded
the Captain of her and some of his Company (but how many
hee remembreth not) and seized the sayd shipp & her ladeing
of Currans and other goods & money & dispoile?th the Owners thereof
of them, and ?conceveth it & them to the use of them the sayd Stale
& Company And hee saith that hee this deponent heard the
sayd dutch man & Irish man acknowledge & say before this deponent
& others of the ''Lady ffrigotts'' Company that the sayd shipp ''Sta Cruse''
belonged to Gennoa & was manned & sett out thence as alsoe
were two other shipps of warr that came thence in her Company
by the arlate Hippolito Centurioni a ?Gen?nose and that ?the
sayd Captaine Stale did for the better enableing him to seize
the ''Lady ffrigott'', a little before his seizure of her take about thirty
mariners & souldiers out of the sayd two other Gennoa men of
warr And hee this deponent saith that most of the ''Sta Cruse''
her Company were Italians & XX the sayd dutchman and
Irishman sayd most of them belonged to Gennoa And further
to these arles hee cannot depose./

To the 7:th arle hee saith that after the seizure of the ''Lady
ffrigott'' & her sayd ladeing and money the sayd two dutch men
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//and Irish man who were of the Company of the ''Sta Cruse'' did before
this deponent & others of the ''Lady ffrigotts'' company acknowledge & saye
that the ''Sta Cruse'' at her setting out from Gennoa went as a man of
warr against the Turkes and hath bin long abroad & gott noe
prizes, and had therefore taken a Spanish Commission which was
lymitted for a certayne tyme which tyme as the sayd dutch man and
Irish man affirmed was expired two moneths before the ''Sta Cruse''
seized the ''Lady ffrigott'' & her ladeing which notwithstanding the Captaine
& Company of the ''Sta Cruse'' (as the sayd dutch & Irish man sayd) were
resolved to seize all English shipps & their ladeing which hee would (OR, could)
light of And further to this arle hee cannot depose./

To the 8:th arle of the sayd allegation hee saith
that in his this deponents Judgment the ''Lady ffrigott''
and her tackle & furniture and freight & stock & provisions aboarde
her at her seizure by the sayd Gennoa shipp of warr called the
''Ste Cruse'' was worth ?two thousand pounds of lawfull English
money And soe much hee beleeveth the sayd Swift Packer Harris
& other her Owners were damnified by her being surprized & taken as
aforesayd And further to this arle he cannot depose/

To the 9:th arle hee saith that the Currans seized aboard the ''Lady
ffrigott'' & belonginging to the arlate Alderman Riccard & Compamy
were worth at their seizure fourteene thousand pounds of lawfull
English money in this deponents Juddgment and estimate and soe
much hee verily beleeveth they would have yeilded to the sayd Alder-
man Riccard & Company if they had not bin seized in manner aforesayd
And further to this arle hee cannot depose/

To the 10:th and 11:th arles hee saith that the arlate Captaine XXXX
& his Company had on board the ''Lady ffrigott'' at her seizure by
the fooresayd Gennoa man of warr in goods which were XXX XXXXXX
their proper adventure & in money Cloathes & Instruments to the value
in this deponents Judgment of a thousand pounds of lawfull English
money all which hee well knoweth were taken from by the
sayd Captaine & Company of the sayd Genuoa man of warr who
plundered & deprived them of them and afterwards kept the ''Lady ffrigotts'' Company XXXX some
tyme prisoners in chaynes and after a while
putt them on shoare in the Island of Chephalonia (sic) and put them
XXX toXXXXX for them selves without allowing them either provisions
or momey And further hee cannot depose/

To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true/

JOHN [HIS MARK] CARRIER
His marke

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===Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Examination: 5. John Gates, of Debtford, Kent, Ship Wright, one of the Carpenters of the Lady ffrigott, aged 18 : Date: June 4th, 1659===

The 4:th day of June 1659

Examined on the sayd allegation/

Rp

?5:th JOHN GATES of Debtford in the County of Kent Shipps
Wright one of the Carpenters of the ''Lady ffrigott''
aged eighteene yeares or thereabouts a witnesse
sworne and examined saith and deposeth as followeth
vizt

To the first arle of the sayd allegation hee saith hee goeing in the shipp the
''Lady''//
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//''Lady ffrigott'' the voyage in question and serving in her as
one of the Carpenters XXXXXX knoweth that in the monethe and tyme
arlate in the yeare 1658 happening next before the foureteenth day of
November that yeare which was the day whereon the ''Lady ffirgott'' amd her
ladeing were seized in manner hereafter declared the arlate John Swift
John Parker John Harris and Company all English men & subiects of
the Commonwealth of England were (and as hee beleeveth still ought
to be the true & lawfull Owners & Proprietors of the sayd shipp the
''Lady ffrigott'' and of her tackle apparrell & furniture and for such
comonéy reputed./

To the 2 and 3 arle hee saith that hee knoweth that in ?Examinate & tyme arlate the sayd shipp was
?hyred and taken to freight by some of the Turkey Company
Merchants of London (but their names hee knoweth not in pticuler) to
to goe upon a Merchandising imployment from London to Petr?ao arlate
and ?Mahaligo & other places beyond the seas to lade Currans and
other goods for their use & Account & bring them for London & there
deliver them to them or their Agents and did accordingly within the
sayd tyme arrived at the Roade of Potrea and there & at Mahalago
tooke in Currans to the quantity of one hundred and threescore
Tonnes which were laden by the Agents of the sayd ffreighters to
& for the sayd ffreighters Account to be thence transported to London
& there dekivered ti the sayd ffreighters or their Agents for their use
this hee knoweth being one of the sayd shipps
Company and helping to lade the sayd Currans And further hee
cannot depose./

To the 4:th 5:th 6:th and 7:th ares hee saith that the sayd shipp the ''Lady
ffrigott'' having taken aboard her the sayd hundred & sixty ?tonnes of
Currans for the sayd ffreighters Account besides severall other quan-
tities of Currans laden aboard her for Account of Captaine Hosyer
the Captaine of her, & of his Company as their private Adventures
and lyeing in peaceable manner therewith in the Roade of Potrai
at Anchor, there came into the sayd Roade upon the fowerteenth of
November 1658 a shipp of about a hundred & fifty tonnes burthen
& having a white Ancient in her poope and made as if shee
had intended to come to Anchor by the ''Lady ffrigott'' but being come
neere her the Captaine & Company of the sayd shipp boarded the
''Lady ffrigott'' & in a warlike manner assaulted the Captaine &
Company of the ''Lady ffrigott'' with swords & gunnes and other warlike
instruments & wounded the Captaine of the ''Lady ffrigott'', and this
deponent and about fower more of the sayd frigotts company
& surprized & tooke the sayd shipp ''Lady ffrigott'' and her ladeing of
Currants & dispoiled the Owners thereof the same & XXX XXXXX
them to the use of them the sayd seizers, And hee saith that all or the greatest
part of the sayd shipps company that made the sayd seizure were
Italians, except one dutch man who was Master XXXXX & an other
dutchman that was gunner of her, & an Irish man who was one of
her Company, and hee further saith that after the sayd seizure the sayd
two dutch men & Irish man (who could & did speake all XXXX of them good
English) did acknowledge & confesse to this deponent & severall others
of the ''Lady ffrigotts'' Company that the sayd shipp which made the
sayd seizure was a shipp belonging to Gennoa and called the ''Sta
Cruse'' and that her Captaines name was ffrancisco Stale, and that
her Company (except thXXX three) were all or most of them GenoXses
& that shee was sett out from Gennoa together with two other ships of
warr that came thence in her Company by the arlate Hippolite Centurioni
and//
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//and that their Captaine ffrancisco Stale had a little before hee seized
the ''Lady ffrigott'' & her ladeing taken mariners and souldiers out of
the sayd other two shipps of warr to enable him the better to take the ''lady
ffrigott'' or any English shipps they could meete with, And that the sayd shipp
the ''Sta Cruse'' was sett out from Gennoa as a man of warr against the
Turkes & hatd taken a Spanish Commission which was XXXX only for
a tyme which tyme (as the sayd dutch men & Irish man acknowledged to this
deponent & others of the ''Lady ffrigotts'' Company) was expired some moneths
before shee seized the ''Lady ffrigott'' & her ladeing, but as the sayd dutch
men and Irish man dayd the Captaine & Company did saye and affirme
that they were resolved though their sayd Spanish Commission were
expired yet they would take & were resolved to take all English shipps
& their ladeing they ?could meete with And further to these arles hee cannot
depose/

To the 8:th arle of the sayd allegation hee saith that in his this deponents
Judgment the shipp the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her tackle & furniture and
freight & stock & provisions on board her at her seizure aforesaid were well worth
two thousand pounds of lawfull English money and soe much at the least
in this deponents Judgment the arlate Swift Parker & Harris & other her Owners were damnified
by her being surprized by the sayd Gennoa man of warr in XXXX the ''Sta
Cruse'' And further hee cannot depose./

To the 9:th arle hee saith that the hundred and sixty tonne of Currans
laden aboard the ''Lady ffrigott'' for Accompt of the Turkey
Company freighters of the sayd shipp and seized in her as aforesayd
were at their seizure worth in this deponents Judgement and estimate
thirteene thousand pounds of lawfull English money, and would have yeilded
the sayd ffreighters soe much if they had not bin seized in manner afore
sayd And further hee cannot depose./

To the 10:th and 11:th arles hee saith that hee wel knoweth
being one of the ''Lady ffrigotts'' company as a foresayd & aboard at her seizure
that the arlate Captaine Hosyer and his Company of mariners had on
board the ''Lady ffrigott'' at the tyme of her seizure by the Gennoa man of
warr called the ''Sta Cruse'' goods Cloathes and instruments worth
in this deponents Judgement eighteene hundred pounds of lawfull English money all which the
Captaine & Company of the ''Sta Cruse'' aforesayd plundered and tooke
away from the sayd Hosyer Captaine of the ''Lady ffrigott''
and his Company, and having soe done kept the sayd Hosyer and ?his
Company for some tyme prizoners in chaynes and afterwards turned
them on shoare in the Island of Chepalonia to shiXX for them selves
without allowing them either money or provisiones/

To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposiccon is true

JOHN GATES [His signature]

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===Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Examination: 6. John Cock, of Redriff, Surrey, Mariner, late Quartermaster of the Lady ffrigott, aged 40: Date: June 4th, 1659===

The same day

Examined on the sayd allegation./

6 JOHN COCK of Redriff in the County of Surrey
Mariner late Quartermaster of the ''Lady ffrigott'' aged
forty yeares or thereabouts a wittnes sworne and
examined saith and deposeth as followeth vizt./

To the first arle of the sayd allegation hee saith hee goeing Quarter
Master of the ''Lady ffrigott'' the voyage in question knoweth that the arlate John
Swift//

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//Swift John Parker & other their Company all Englishmen & subiects of
this Commonwealth of England were in the moneths & tyme arlate in the
yeare 1658 untill the tyme of her seizure which was in or about the XXX
of November 1658, were commonly reputed lawfull Owners & Proprietors
of the sayd shipp ''Lady ffrigott'' & her tackle & furniture And further hee
cannot depose./

To the 2 and 3 arles hee saith that hee foeing Quarter Master the voyage in question knoweth that
the ''Lady ffrigott'' was lett to freight in the moneths & tyme arlate to certayne
English Merchants of the Maria (OR, Morea) Company tradeing for Turkey to goe from
London to Polerao & other places beyond Seas & lade Currans & other goods
for their Account & bring them for London & theire deliver them to them or their
Agents and knoweth that the sayd Ship in order to her sayed voyage sett sayle
from Gravesend in May 1658 and afterwards arrived safely at Polerao
and XXXX and at Lathalago tooke in Currans which were laden aboard
the ''Lady ffrigott'' by the Agents or ffactors of the sayd Maria Company and
did account to a hundred and sixty tonnes of Currans, and also other
goods & money for their Account but the quantitie hee knoweth not which
Currans & other goods & money were to be transported from Polera to
London for Account of the sayd Maria Company freighters of the sayd shipp &
there delivered to them or their Agents for their use, but the names of the XXXX
Company who XXXX the sayd ffreighters hee knoweth not And farther to
these arles hee cannot depose./

To the 4:th 5:th 6:th and 7:th arles hee saith that the sayd shipp the ''Lady
ffrigott'' having taken the sayd Currans and other goods & money aboard
her lay peaceably therewith at Anchor in the moneth of November
1658 in the road of Polarao And saith that while shee lay there
there came a shipp of warr into the sayd Roade of about a hundred &
fifty tonns burthen and having a white Ancient in her poope and
made as if shee intended to come to an Anchor by the ''lady ffrigott''
& came with her Anchor ?cockbills ready to dropp downe & with only her
foresayle & mizzen abroad as if shee would have come only to Anchor
but coming neere the ''lady ffrigott'', the Captaine & Company of the
sayd shipp boarded the ''Lady ffrigott'' and in a warlike manner sett
upion the Captaine & Company of her with swords gunnes pistills &
other warlike Instruments and wounded the Captaine of her, and
this deponent & his p:rcontest John Gales and others of the ''Lady ffrigotts''
Company to the number in all of about eight besides the Captaine, and
tooke & surprized the sayd shipp the ''Lady ffrigott'' & her sayd ladeinge of
Currans & other goods & money and dispoiled the Owners thereof of the
same, and dispersed of it at the will & pleasure of them the sayd seizers
And saith that most of the company of the shipp that made the sayd seizure
were Italians saveing there were two dutch men the one the master &
the other the Gunner of her, & an Irishman who were of her company &
which dutch men & Irish man soake good English, and did to this deponent
and other of the ''Lady ffrigott's'' Company after the seizure aforesayd
confesse & declare that the name of the ssayd Shipp that made the seizure
was called the ''S:ta Cruse'' and her Captaines name ffrancisco
Stale, and that the sayd shipp ''S:t Cruse'' did belong to Gennoa, and
that most of her Company were Genoese that shee & two other shipps
of warr that came from Gennoa in her Company were sett out XXXX
by Hippollito Centaerioni a Gennose, and that the sayed Cap
taine Stale not long before hee seized this ''Lady ffrigott''& her ladeing
had taken some mariners & souldiers out of the other two Gennia shipps
of warr the bettwe to enable him to seize the ''Lady ffrigitt'' And XX
the sayd shipp the ''S:ta Cruse'' was sett out from Genoa as a man of
warr against the Turcks & had bon a XXXXX while a broad & could get noe
prizes & had therefore taken a Spanish Commission which was to be
only for a tyme, which tyme as the sayd Irsihman & two dutch men XXX
war expired two moneths before the ''S:ta Cruse'' seized the ''Lady
ffrigott'' & her ladeing, but (as the sayed Irishman & dutchment alsoe say
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//the Captaine & Company of the ''S:ta Cruse'' did saye & declare that
they were resolved that though their sayd Spanish Commission were
expired yet they would take all English shipp & their ladeing which they
could light of And further to these arles hee cannot depose,/

To the 8:th arle hee saith that the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her tackle and
furniture & freight and XXXX & provisions which shee had on board
her at the tyme when shee was seized by the sayd Gennoa man of warr
named the ''S:ta Cruse'' was as this deponents Judgment worth five thiusand
pounds of lawfull English money & soe much hee beleeveth the arlate
Swifte & other her owners were damnified by reason of XXX surprizall./

To the 9:th arle hee saith that the hundred and sixty Tonnes of Currans
laden aboard the ''Lady ffrigitt'' for Account of the Moria Company aforesayd
her freighters, and aboard her at her seizure, were in hee this deponents
Judgment worth fowerteene thousand pounds of lawfull English money And,
soe much hee verily beleeveth they would have yeilded to the Owners of them
if they had not bin seized in manner aforesayd./

To the 10:th & 11:th arle hee saith that the arlate Captaine Hosyer and
his Company of Mariners had goods & cloathes & money aboard the ''Lady
ffrigott'' at the tyme of her seizure by the foresayd Gennoa man of warr
worth a very considerable value, and accounting in this deponents
Judgment to eight hundred pounds at the least of lawfull English money
all which hee saith hee well knoweth was plundered & taken away from
them by the Captaine & Company of the sayd Gennoa man of warr wXX
after they had taken the ame kept the Captaine & Company of the
''Lady ffrigott'' for some tyme prizoners in chaynes, & at length turned
them a shoare in the Island of Chephalonia
to shifte for them selves giving them only one smale basket of
Rusks but noe money, And further hee cannot depose/

To the last hee sauth his foregoeing deposition is true./

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Case: XXXX ag:t Grove: Examination: 3 Captaine John Rand, of Ratcliffe, Mariner, aged 40: Date: May 6th, 1659===

The 6:th of May 1659:

Examined on y:e sd Allon

XXXX ag:t Grove)

Rp.

3:us CAPTAINE JOHN RAND of Ratcliffe Marrine:r aged
40 yeares or thereabouts sworne and Examined.

To the 9:th arle of the said Allon hee saith and Deposeth that
for that hee hath used the sea for theise Eight and twenty yeeres
last as a Master and Mariner; and used to saile to the Island
of Barbadoes, for theise Nine yeeres last as M:r thereby well knoweth
that it is a very Common, and Usuall thing for ships to miss
the Island of Barbadoes, by reason of hurricanes, w:ch put them out
of their Littitudes (sic), and saith that by reason of the said
Hurricanes this Depo:t hath missed the Island twice, & one of those
times was when y:e arlate ship y:e ?''Speare'' (Thomas Grove M:r)
missed it, XXXXX y:e XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX as this Depo:t hath bin Credib,y Informed
severall shipps did then misse y:e sd Island of Barbadoes, and went
to y:e Leoward Islands. And further hee Cannot depose saving
what followeth
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//him to be an able honest, and skilfull seaman and M:r and soe
hee is Comonly accounted to be. And further, cannot
depose:/:

Upon y:e rest not Examined by direccon of the said Grove

To the Interries

To the 1:st hee saith y:e sd Grove requested this sd depo:t to come
and testify in this Cause; and saith hee favoureth both the ptyes litigant
a like, and if it were in his power. hee would give y:e Victory
to M:r Grove; and saith hee never belonged to y:e said ship, and otherwise
cannot answer./.

The second concerneth him not.

To the 3:d hee saith hee hath knowne y:e sd Luke Wood for
about 14 or 15 yeeres next before his death, and for all that time hee had the
repute of an honest and sober mann and further cannot
Answer:/:

To the 4:th hee saith that hee doth not knowe that y:e said Grove
is accounted to be as is Interrate & Otherwise cannot answer

The 5:th Concerneth him not

To y:e 6:th. 7:th. 8:th. 9:th. 10:th. 11:th. & 12:th hee cannot Answer thereunto:7.

To the 13:th hee hath not soe deposed

To the 14:th hee cannot Answer:

To the 15:th hee saith that hee went from Nevis many Dayes before y:e Day
interrate. and therefore knoweth nothing of y:e matter Interrate

To the 16:th 17:th & 18:th he cannot answer:

To the 19:th he Cannot Answer.

To the last hee saith that hee is not allyed to y:e said Grove in any
Degree of Kindred that he knoweth of & is nowayes related unto
him: /./.

JOHN RAND [His signature]

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===Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 7. William Bowtell, of London, Merchant, aged 25 : Date: June 8th, 1659===

The eighth of June 1659.

Swifte and others against)
CenturionX and others aforesd)

Examined upon the fore said allon given on the behalfe of
the said Swifte and other.

Rp.

7 WILLIAM BOWTELL of London Marchant, aged 25 yeeres or thereabouts
sworne and examined.

To the nineth article of the said allegacon upon w:ch ?alon hee is by diXXXXX
of the prudence examined, hee saith and deposeth that twenty hundred
weight of Matyalago XXXX goe to and make a tonne of currans, And
saith that in the moneth of ffebruary last past the shipp the ''Virgin frigot''
(Andrew CraXXX master) came and arived in this port of London laded
with XXXX Currans, for account of this deponent and John Trelgany merchant
and that the said Currans weere all here sold for the sume of three pounds and two shillings XXXX
per hundred weight one hundred w:ch XXXXX to this cont?est John Savage and company ?Citizens
of this citie of London, Xating them the market price of that commoditie in
this arle, that as this deponent heard and beleeveth good MahXXXX
currans//
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//currans were then worth tenn shillings in the hundred XXXX XXX ?Zante
currans were. And further ?that as hee was informed by lres of
advise from Zante, and hath since bin informed by the said XXXXXX XXX
the shipp the ''Lady frigot'' allegate and the said shipp the ''Virgin
frigat'' were designed and intended to come together in company to this
port, to w:ch purpose the ''Lady frigot'' was intended to come from
Morea to Zante and thence to come along with the ''Virgin''
w:ch if shee had done, and that the ''Virgin'', XXXX had not
XXXXXX, the said shipp the ''Lady frigot'' with her lading allegate
and in all probabilitie arrived here in ffebruary last as the ''XXX
frigot'' did. And further deposeth not.

W BOWTELL [His signature]//

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===Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Examination: 8. John Savage, of S:t Bartholomew neere the Royal Exchange, London, Merchant, aged 32 : Date: June 4th, 1659===

//The same day.

Examined upon the said allon

8: JOHN SAVAGE of the parish of S:t Bartholomew neere the Royal
Exchange London Merchant, aged 32 yeeres or thereabouts sworne
and examined.

vidXX 9:us in XXX.XX:

Rp.

To the nineth arle of the said allon upon w:ch alone hee is by discretion
of the producent examined, hee saith and deposeth that twenty hundred
of ?Nathalago (OR, ?Mathalago) currans XXXX to and XXXke a XXXXX, and saith that
in and during the monethes of November December January and
ffebruary last ?Nathalago (OR, ?Mathalago) Currans were worth in this citie and
would have yeilded three pounds and tenn shillings per hundred one
hundred with another as the ordinary and XXXXX ?price for that XXXX
w:ch hee knoweth ?being a ffreeman and a ?G:rocer of ?London
and having XXXX used that trade, and thereby being well acquainted
with the condition and price or valew of that commoditie, and
further saith that in ffebruary last hee this deponent with
William Savage and Thomas ?Atterton, brought the lading of
currans of the shipp the ''Virgin frigot'' being Zante Currans of the producente William Bowtell ?as XX
agreed and paid three pounds and two shillings per ?pound
weight for the same and soe much hee saith they were worth XX
and saith that Mathalago currants were XXXXX worth twenty XX
per hundred more than Zante currants. and further ??he
deposeth not.

JOHN: SAVAGE [His signature]

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===Case: Wood ag:t Grove: Examination: 4. Captain Thomas Thorne, of S:t Catherines XXXX, Mariner, aged 34: Date: June 18th, 1659===

The 18:th of June 1659.

Wood ag:t Grove)

Examined on Groves Allon

?d:t Grove./

4 CAPTAINE THOMAS THORNE of S:t Catherine XXX
Mariner aged 24 yeeres or thereabouts sworne
and Examined./.

To the 9:th arle hee saith that hee hath used y:e Barbadoes XXXXX
of a ship for about six yeeres last. and thereby knoweth that
Ships doe usually misse the Island of Barbadoes,
by reason of Greate Currants. and foule and Thicke weather
w:ch often times happens in these parts, and further cannot
depose.

To the ?13:th hee saith that hee this Depo:t on or about the first
day of January 1657: arrived at Nevis where hee ?found
that y:e Hurricanes had spoiled y:e plantaccons ?there
XXXX//

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//The 31:th of March 1659

The Lord Protector against the shipp the ''Santa)
Cruse'' don JoXXX XXXXX Commander XXX)
in the River of Thames. BXXXX)

JUAN FRANCESCO of MXXXX in ?Nova ?Hibernia
mariner, aged 23 yeares or thereabouts, ?sworne
and examined upon XXXX Interries
in XXXXX XXXXX Highness behalfe XXXX
prepXXXXX, deposeth as followeth.

To the first article hee saith that the said shipp the ''Santa Cruse'' belonged to the
port of VXXX CXXX in ?Nova ?Hibernia in the Dominion of the king of
Spaine, and belongeth as hee berily beleeveth to the said Captaine don JosXXXX
or JoXXXXX XXXago, who XXX and is commonly esteemed the XX XXX XXXXX
and that his dwelling (of this deponents knowledge) in XXX XXXXX aforesays

To the second hee saith that the said shipp in or about ffebruary last was a
twelvemoneth departed from XXX XXXX aforesaid for S:ta Domingo, and
arrived from VXXX CXXXXX XX two hundred thirtie two chests of sugar
and tenn chests of perfume, and six sacks of Carra ?Nuts, and eight
peeces of XXXXX, w:ch were to be carried to and delivered at Sta Domingo,
XXXXXX her desigXXXX XX to take in Spanish bullion for Jamaica. And
further hee cannot depose.

To the third hee saith that the said shipp departing from VXXX CXXXX
put in the ?harbour to victuall, and after about foure or five monethes
stay there, (occasioned by the Captaines falling sick) XXX departed to perXXXXX
her voyage for Sta Domingo, and shortly after ?such her departure namely in
or about August last XXXX, XXXX with and taken XXXX XX an English man of warr
of foure XXX and fiftie men, and saith the said lading belonged to the
said Captaine, a subiect of the king of Spaine, who laded them at
Vera CXXXX aforesaid for his owne account. And further cannot depose.

To the 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. and 13 hee saith hee was ine of the said ships company
and is alsoe a subiect of the king of Spaine and

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//''Santa ?Cruse'' was built in CoXXXpeXye in the West Indies about foure
yeeres since, where the said Captaine Joseppo Sinnego bought her
and brought her to ?Vera Cruce wheare the said Captaine
XXXed her with goods for Havana and there tooke in other goods
and after ?some ?time of ?stay departed with her and her lading for
Sta Domingo where hs designe was to deliver the said goods and there
to embarque ?soldiers for Jamaica and XXXXX theem in the said XXX
but?running at sea in her course from Havana on the coast of the said Havana
was on or about the eight and twentieth of August last met with
and taken by an English vessell of warr of ?fXXXX gunns /the name
pf w:ch hee knoweth not, but saith her commander was called
Captaine James) and the said shipp ''S:ta Cruse'' with her
lading of two hundred thirtie two chests of sugar and two chests
of ffranjinsense, six sacks of cacoa nuts & eight pecces of
?eigth, were upon the said seizure taken by the said Captaine
James and XXXX XXX (in their said man of warr) and carried to
Bermudas, and there the said man of warr and
all her company being about 50 men saving the Captaine and one more) ?staid, and
the said Captaine and ?that other persona nd such other as they ?got
brought the said prize and lading directly for ladXXXX, XXXXX ?they
now are their dXXXXX and his precontest being brought along
in her saith the said goods were laded by and for seaparaterly
account, all w:ch hee knoweth being embarked at Vera
CXXXX to be a boy of the shipp to XXXX and doe reparires w:th
and going from

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===Case: XXXX: Examination: Allen Allenson, of XXXXX in Holland, Mariner, aged 40: Date: April 2nd 1659===

The second of Aprill 1659

Examined upon an allon given ?in
by Suckley the 30:th of March last

The Lord Protector against a parcell of)
Virginia Tobaccoes and BarelXXXX)
brought to Plimouth in the ''S:t Jacob'' of)
Hamboro?w, and against TomXXXX and)
others. Budd. Suckly. ffrancklin)

ALLEN ALLENSON of EuXXXXX in
Holland Mariner, aged fourtie yeeres
or thereabouts sworne and examined
XXXX and saith

Rp

To the first and second third and fourth articles of the said allon hee saith and deposeth
XXXX//

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===Case: S:r John Dethick Knight, Edward Bolle, John Bancks Richard ffoord, Edward Mico, William ?Pretman and Company, concerning the Bantam ffrigott: Examination: Catch Kyme, of Ratcliffe, Stepney, Middlesex, Mariner, Mate of the Bantam ffrigot, aged 26 : Date: March 24th 1658===

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//The 24:th of March 1658

A business of y:e Examinacon of Witnesses on the behalfe)
of S:r John Dethick Knight, Edward Bolle, John Bancks)
Richard ffoord, Edward Mico, William ?Pretman, and)
Company concerning the seizure, and for some time)
detention and the hinderance of the trade in a Certaine)
ship called the ''BANTAM FFRIGOT'' whereof Isaac Taylor)
was M:r and Comand:r & such of the lading)
as was aboard the said Ship in ffact but unduly made)
by Antonie Van Voozst Captaine and Comander of
the ship the ''Turtle Dove'' in the Imediate Service of)
the Dutch East India Company and alsoe Concerning)
all Damages happening thereupon and ag:t one John
?Mait ?Suijker y:e now, or late Generall of the said Company)
at Battavia in y:e East Indias ag:t the said Van Voozst in pticular)
and all others y:e will take upon them the Justificaccon of the said Busines)

FRANCKLIN

Examined upon
and Allegacon given
in by M:r ffrancklin
on the part and
Behalfe of the
said S:r John Dethicke
Knight Edward Bolle
John Bancks Richard
Foord, Edward Mico
William Pretman
and Company.

1. ub: CATCH KYME of Ratcliffe in the
parish of Stepney and County of Mid
Mariner Mate of the ''Bantam ffrigot'' aged 26 yeeres or thereabouts
Sworne and Examined

To the first arle of the said Allon hee saith and deposeth
that during all the monethes of September
October, November, December, January, ffebruary and March
1656: English Stil, and Continually since: the said S:r John
Dethick Knight, Edward Bolle, John Bancks Richard fford
Edward Mico and William Pretman and Company
have bin and are Comonly accounted and reputed the true
and lawfull owne:rs and proprieto:rs of the said ship the
''BANTAM FRIGOT'' (whereof Isaac Taylor was & is M:r.) and
of the tackle Apparrell, and furniture, And soe hee verils
beleeveth they were, and at p:rsent are; And further hee
cannot depose.

To the Second hee saith that y:e said S:r John Dethick, and
Company aforesaid /who are all (as hee beleeveth) subjects of
this Comonwealth of England.) did set out the said ship from
this port of London in the sayd moneth of October 1656 (sic)
upon their owne account (as hee beleeveth) to East India. there to
Lade pepper. and other Merchandizes, and to bring the same
for ?Europe, and saith the said Isaac Taylor, was and was
M:r of the said ship y:e said voyage, and y.e arlate Thomas
Newman Supra Cargoe; w:ch hee knoweth for that hee went M:rs Mate
of y:e said ship (y:e said Voyage) and further cannot depose:

To the third hee saith y:e said Taylo, Newman, and this depo:t
the rest of the Marine:rs of the said Ship, set saile
in her from this port to ?Indria ?Ponza in y:e island of Sumatra in y:e East Indias
and there ?arriveth on or about y:e Nineth or tenth day of August 1657: w:ch hee knoweth being
then on board her and further cannot depose//
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//To the 4:th. 5:th 6:th 7:th 8:th and 9:th hee saith that about a moneth after
the Arrivall of the said ship the ''Bantam ffrigatt'' at Indra
Ponza aforesaid the said Thomas Newman, and one ?ffrancis
Griffith y:e then purser of the said ship (who is since deceased)
did goe on shore, in the sd port of Indra Ponza, to buy pepper
and did buy a great quantity of pepper there, w:ch was all
to have bin transported in the said ship to Leghorne,
for the Acco:t of Sr John Dethick and Company aforesaid
And saith a Considerable Quantity of the said pepper
was Laden on board her, w:ch did not Lade the said ship
two Third pts of what shee could have well ?carryed
and saith That while y:e Company of the said ship was lading
in y:e rest of the sd pepper w:ch y:e said Thomas Newman and
ffrancis Griffith had provided and whilest the said Newman
and Griffith were on shore, providing More pepper to ?Complete Lading
of the said ship, The arlate
Comander of the ship the ''Turtle Dove'', whereof one Antonio van Voozt was Comander in the Service of the Dutch
East India Company, and alsoe three pinnaces in y:e Company
of the said ship ''Turtle Dove'', which were alsoe in the service of
the Dutch East India Company, came all of them and
Anchored by y:e said ''Bantam ffrigot'', and Imediately sent
a Boate on board the ''Bantam ffrigot'', with a Dutch merchant
therein & two others of y:e the ''Turtle Doves'' Company w:th hom w:ho Comanded y:e said Isaac Taylor, and the said
Thomas Newman. (whereupon y:e comong of the said Dutch
Merchant & the two others on board the said ship was sent came
on board, to y:e said Dutch merchant) Not to take in any
more pepper or other Goods onboard the said ''Bantam ffrigott''
either at the said port of Indra Ponza, or any other port or
place on that Coast, for if they did the said Captaine
van Voozt who was y:e Admirall in those pts would seize and surprize them , or to that effect
and thereupon y:e said M:r Newman went with the said Ducth
Merchant onboad the said ship ''Turtle Dove'' to speake with the
said Captaine Van Voozt and knowe of him why XXX
would not permit him the said Newman to Trade XXXX
his said ''Bantam ffrigot'' there, And saith that some XXXX
after y:e said Newman had bin gone to the said XXXX
Admirall the said Captaine Isaac Taylor sent this deponent
in the ''Bantam ffrigots'' Boate. to fetch the said M:r Newman
from on board y:e said Dutch Admirall on board the ''Bantam ffrigot''
And this depo:t being come on board the said Dutch Admirall
hee heard the said Admirall Voozt, say and declare unto
the said M:r newman that hee the said Voozt had order?s
from the Generall of Battavia to hinder allEnglish Shipps
from Commerce and Trade in these parts, and to seize y:e XXX
if they did soe, or to that effect, and alsoe shewed the said XXX
(in the p:rsence of this depo:t his orders in writing with a Great XXXXX Given him
the said Generall, to the foresaid purpose & effect, and XXX//
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//Admirall Van Voozt Commander the said M:r Newman (in
this Depo:ts hearing) not to take in any more pepper or other goods
at Indra Ponza or any other ports or places on that Coast
and told the said Newman that if hee did soe, or offered to doe soe; hee must and
would seize and surprize his goods or to that effect, and
thereupon the said M:r Newman went with this depo:t in
the said ''Bantam ffrigots'' Boate, (w:ch this depo:t had brought
for him as aforesaid) and went on board the ''Bantam
ffrigot'', and told the said Captaine Taylor what the said
Dutch Admirall Voozt, had declared and said, and the
next day the said Captaine Taylo:r went with this depo:t
on board y:e said Dutch Admirall, and saith that upon
the said Taylor coming on board; y:e said Taylor and
Van Voozt had a great deale of Difference together in
Dutch, (w:ch this depo:t cannot understand) and saith that
the said Voozt did shewe y:e said Taylour and after this depo:t and the said Taylor had bin XX on board y:e said XXXX came alsoe unto XXXX XXXX Dutch in y:e p:rsence of this depo:t & y:e sd Newman his foresaid
orders in writing. w:ch had a great seale affixed therto
as aforesaid, and the said Voozt delivered the same to
the said Taylo:r to read: w:ch the said Taylo:r (who well
understandeth the Dutch Language, and can write and read the same.) accordingly did read y:e same over; and after
hee had soe done hee & the said Newman went with this depo:t in the said
''Bantam ffrigots'' Boate on board y:e ''Bantam ffrigot'', And
y:e said Taylo:r ?there told the said Newman & this depo:t that y:e said writing that hee
soe read was a Comission from y:e Generall of Battavia
to hinder English Ships from Trade there and further hee
cannot depose; saving that the said Captaine Van Voozt, did
send one of ?his foresaid pinnaces about thirty
men therein, to lye at the Rivers mouth at Indra Ponza to hinder
and did hinder the goeing in and coming out of the Captaine
and Company of the ''Bantam frigot'' (sic), to and from Indra Ponza
and from bringing any goods from thence on board y:e said ship
''Bantam ffrigot''.

To the 10:th hee saith that a day or two after the said Tailo:r M:r Newman and
this depo:t had bin on board y:e said Dutch Admirall. the said
M:r Newman. (w:ch was then on shore) put a Quantity of pepper in y:e said
''Bantam ffrigots'' Long Boate, and the said Newman himselfe
went in y:e said Boate, and intended to have come directly
to the ''Bantam ffrigot'', and to put y:e said pepper
on board her, But the said Boate and pepper. and alsoe the
said Thomas Newman was seized by order of the said Van
Voozt and y:e said pepper y:e said Voozt caused to be tooke out of y;e Boate a& put into his owne and by him detained and further hee deposeth not

To the 11:th hee saith hee cannot depose saving as aforesaid

To the 12:th hee cannot depose; hee being then dangerously sick in his
Cabbin: saving y:e ''bantam ffrigot'' was carried by the said Van
Voozt and his Company to Battavia. and there anchored under
Comand of the said Van Voozt his said ship, and severall other Dutch//
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//To the 14:th hee saith that y:e said Thomas Newman
and Isaac Taylor were Comanded at Battavia to appeare
before John Ma?rt ?Sayler Generall of the Dutch East
India Company at Battava (sic), and further cannot depose

To the 15:th and 16:th hee cannot depose being then dangerously
sick, and was carried out of the said ship ''Bantam ffrigot''
to a house in Battavia where hee lay sick about
five weekes.

To the 17:th & 18:th hee saith that the said ship the ''Bantam ffrigot''
was detained and hindered by y:e said Van Voost
and the Generalll of Battavia, and their order, from
the Eleventh of October 1657: or therabouts
untill the tenth of December following, and then
the said Ship set saile from Batavia for Rurope

w:th such Pepper as shee had taken in before the said
11:th of October, shee not being pmitted to take in
any goods whatsoever afterwards in those parts that
this depo:t knoweth of, and further cannot depose
saving as aforesaid

To the 19:th hee cannot depose:

To the 20:th hee saith that the said Bantam ffrigot
was when she was in the pts aforesaid of the
Burthen of about Two hundred and tenne Tonns
and as many Tonne of pepper hee beleeveth shee
would have brought for Europe y:e said Voyage; had shee
not bin hindred interrupted and detained as aforesd. and further
cannot depose:

To the 21:th hee saith y:e said ship y:e ''Bantam ffrigot''
after her Departure from Battavia, sayled to Leghorne
and there safely arrived on or about the 18:th day
of August 1658: and there her said pepper taken in
at Indra Ponza was delivered. but howe many
Tonns y:e same amounted to hee knoweth not, and saith
hee this depo:t was upon y:e departure of y:e said ship ''Bantam
ffrigot'' brought from shore on board her, and Carried
in her to Leghorne and further cannot depose:

To the 22:th 23:th 24:th 25:th 26:th 27:th 28:th and 19:th hee saith hee
cannot depose thereto saving as aforesaid, and saving
that the said S:r John Dethick Knight, and y:e reste of
the sd Owne:rs: and Imploy:rs of y:e said ship, have suffred
great Losse and dammage by meanes of the premisses
but saith hee cannot estimate the same,:

To the 20:th hee saith that whilest the said Shipp y:e ''Bantam
ffrigat'' was upon y:e sd Coast of Sumatra, y:e Voyage in question
and during all the space the Dutch as aforesaid had her in XXX
power//
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//Power, and under their Command neither the said Thomas
Newman y:e Supra Cargoe of the said Ship ''Bantam ffrigot'' nor the
said Isaac Taylor y:e captaine of the said ship ?or any of
y:e Marine.rs of her did doe any Injury or Wrong in
any Kinde to the said Dutch or any of them. ?that this
depo:t knoweth if. but did XXXXX them selves Civily
and peaceably towards them and this hee XXXXX
being M:r Mate of y:e said ship y:e said Voyage And
further cannot depose:

To the 31:th hee Cannot depose

To the 32:th he saith his foregoeing depon is true

Repetit before D:r Godolphon

CALIB XXXXX [His signature]

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===Case: S:r John Dethick Knight, Edward Bolle, John Bancks Richard ffoord, Edward Mico, William ?Pretman and Company, concerning the Bantam ffrigott: Deposition: 2. Lewis Walter, of Deptford, Mariner, aged 40 : Date: March 25th 1658===

The 25:th day of March 1659

Examined on the said Allon

2:us LEWIS WALTER of Deptford Mariner
aged 40 yeeres or thereabouts: sworne and Examined:/:

To the first arle of the said Allon hee saith that XX XXX monethes
of September, October, November. Decembe:r January ffeb:ry
and March 16?46. English Stile and Continually since the
arlate S:r John Dethick Knight XXXXX John Banckks Richard fford
Edward Mico & Willaim Prittman, and Company, or some
of them, (being all subjects of this Commonwealth) were
and at present are the true and lawfull owners and
Imployers of the arlate ''BANTAM FFRIGO:T'' and of her tackle
and furniture as hee verily beleeveth, and soe hee saith
they were and are Commonly accounted: And This hee
deposeth for that hee wenta ll the Voyage in question
Steward of the said Bantam ffrigot. and further cannot depose

To the second hee saith that in the said moneth of October
1656: the foresaid S:r John Dethick, John Banks; Richard
fford Edward Mico and William Prittman (who are all of
them well knowne to this Depo:t) and alsoe y:e arlate Edward
Bolle: did set out the said ship from this port of London
upon their owne account to East India there to Lade XXXX
and bring y:e same to Europe; for their Account, And
saith that the said Setters forth of the said ship did Appoint
y:e arlate Isaac Tailo:r to goe M:r of the said ship and the
arlate Thomas Newman Supra Cargoe of her the said
voyage, And the said Taylor & Newman did goe y:e said Voyage
in y:e said ship. in their said Apointed Place. The premises
he deposeth for the said S:r John Dethick and the rest of the XXX
aforesd did from XXX come on board y:e sd Shipp, before and at XXX XXXX//
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saile from this port with y:e said Captaine Tayl:rs and M:r
Newman on board her, and safely arrived in Indra ponza
Road upon y:e Coast of Sumatra in or about the moneth
of August 1657: w:ch hee knoweth for that hee sailed
thither in her. And further cannot Answer./.

To the 4:th 5:th
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===Case: S:r John Dethick Knight, Edward Bolle, John Bancks Richard ffoord, Edward Mico, William ?Pretman and Company, concerning the Bantam ffrigott: Deposition: 4. Thomas Newman, of Mile End, Stepney, Merchant, late Supra cargo of the Bantam ffrigott, aged 43: Date: Aprill 16th 1658===

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To the 4:th hee saith that
Indra Ponza Roade is and ought to be
a place free for the English to trade in ober w:ch place y:e Queene of Achine
(whom this depo:t well knoweth having lived with her about five yeeres)
was and is the supreame Governournesse; who did about three yeeres
since?there: and at all other of her Dominiones proclaime ffree
Trade to the English Nation; And saith hee hath a Copy of the
said Proclamacon now in his Custody. And saith that after the
arrivall of the said Ship in y:e said Road this depo:t and one
ffrancis Griffith (who is since deceased) went ashore to Indra
Ponza to buy and provide pepp to lade the said ship, and did
there buy & provide enough pepper XXX to Lade the said ship, and was
all to have bin there put on board her. and to be Carried and
Transported in her to leghorne for the Account of the said ffrancis
who hee knoweth for y:e Reasons aforesd, And further deposeth not.

To the 5:th arles of the said Allon, hee saith that in y:e monethes
of September, and October 1657, this Depo:t upon y:e Account aforesd
did Lade aboard y:e said ship y:e ''Bantam'', shee then Lying in teh Roade
of Indra Ponza aforesaid six hundred seaventy two BXXXX of pepp
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//And that the rest of the pepper sufficient fully to lade the said
ship was then ready provided, and XXX, and was ready
to have bin put on board, and would have bin Laden Aboard
the said Ship within three or foure dayes next following, in
case y:e arlate Antonio van Voozt and Company had not
hindered them as hereafter is declared:

To the 6:th & 7:th arle of the sd Allon hee saith that on or about
the Eleveth day of October 1657: English Stile namely p:rsently after hee
this depo:t had sent out y:e foresaid 672 Bahaizes (sic) of Pepper on board the
''Bantam ffrigot'', this depo:t was sent for to Come on board
the ''Bantam'', And this depo:t accordingly went on board
the ''Bantam'', and upon his comming to her found y:e Arlate
Ship the ''Turtle Dove'' whereof y:e said Van Voozt was Comander
and alsoe three vessells with about tenne or Twelve peeces
of Ordinance a peece; Anchored neere y:e Bantam; And saith that
there came a Dutch Merchant from onboard y:e said Van Voozts
Ship. (w:ch was the Admirall in those pts.) who told this dep:t that
hee and y:e sd Taylor must come aboard their Comanders, (meaning the ''Turtle
Dove''; w:ch this Depo:t accordingly did. but the said Taylo:r
refused soe to doe saying hee had order from his imploy:rs
not to goe out of his Ship; or to that effect, And saith that upon
this Depots Comong on board y.e said ''Turtle Dove'', hee
Asked the said van Voozt where fore hee had sent for this
depo:t and y:e said Captaine Taylo:r to Come on board his
Ship, or to that effect whereunto the said Van Voozt made
Answer, that it was in regard the said ship the ''Bantam
ffrigot'' being an English Ship did trade there or to that effect,
And the said Van Voozt then pemptorily (sic) Charged & Comanded
this Depo:t that neither hee nor the said Isaac
Taylor nor any of y:e ''Bantams'' Company should trade there
or to that effect, And this Depo:t then told the said Van Voozt
that the ships full Lading of pepper was there ashore by him
bought, and some of it was allready Laden, and y:e rest
was provided to be laden and would within three or foure dayes
be all Laden aboard the said ship, and that hee had
money and Goods on shore; bit that hee should Dispatch all within
three or foure Dayes, and then be ready to depart with the ''Bantam''
and her Lading on board her, or to that effect and desired
the said Van Voozt not to give him any interruption therein
But the said Antonio van Voozt then told this Depo;t that if hee
did not dept from thence with the said ship without further
trading ?There, hee would forthwith force this depo:t and y:e sd Ship
and Company thereof to Dept thence; or to that effect, All w:ch
words and XXXions passed betweene this Depo:t & y:e sd Van Voozt on
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//On board the sd ''Turtle Dove'' in the ?Molaine and English Language
but w:th Languages the said Van Voozt, and alsoe this Depo:t well spake
& understood and saith that one Kaleb ?Kime Mate of the ''Bantam''
heard some of the said words, and further hee cannot depose,
saving that both the said Van Voozt, and y:e ''Turtle Dove'', and
alsoe the said ther three vessells were then in the Imediate
Service of the Dutch East India Company:

To the 6:th hee saith that y:e next day after this Depo:t had bin
on board y:e ''Turtle Dove'' as aforesaid y:e said Captaine
Taylo:r went on board y:e said ''Dove'', but what discourse or
Words passed betweene him & y:e sd Van Voozt hee knoweth
not in regard hee went not with him, And further cannot
depose.

To the 9:th 10:th 11:th & 12:th hee saith that on y:e day y:t y:e said Taylo:r Went onboard
the said ''Turtle Dove'' as aforesd or y:e next day after this depo:t and
y:e said Taylo:r did againe goe aboard y:e sd ''Turtle Dove'', together,
And this depo:t & the said Taylor after their Coming on board her told the said
Van Voozt that besides y:e pepp that was on board the said
''Bantam ffrigot'' hee this depo:t had laid out at Indra Ponza three Thousand
Dollars and had invested y:e same in pepper. And desired
the said Van Voozt that hee would not hinder the lading
of the same on board the said Ship y:e ''Bantam'' or to that
effect, But the said Van Voozt in a Violent and Angry manner
said that none of the said Pepper should be brought aboard
the ''Bantam ffrigot'', and said ffurther that if any attempt
was made to bring any pepp aboard y:e said ship the
''Bantam ffrigot'' hee would seize, and take the same, And
alsoe told this depo:t and the said Tailo:r that
all the Trade for pepp on the West Coast of Sumatra in
the Queene of ?Acheines Dominions, belonged to the Dutch
East India Company: And then this Depo:t
went on board y:e ''Bantam'' and from thence this Depo:t
went in the ''bantam ffrigots'' Boate ashore, and there
caused about a Bahaire of pepper to be put on board y:e
said Boate; and having soe done, this depo:t went him
selfe into the said Boate intending to goe directly onboard
the''Bantam'' with the said pepper. but in his passage
one of y:e said Dutch Vessells. w:ch came and Anchored
at or neere y:e Barre of y:e River of Indra Ponza, sent her
boate and alsoe another Boate well manned to seize this depo:t and y:e said ''Bantam
ffrogotts'' boate & y:e Pepper therein w:ch they accordingly did
and Carried this depo:t & y:e Said Boate and Pepper to the
said Dutch Vessell and from thence they were sent to the
said Dutch Admirall the ''Turtle Dove''; and there the said
Pepper was by the said Van Voozt his order. taken out
of the said Boate and putt aboard y:e said ''Turtle Dove''
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//And there detained the same, And thereupon this Depo:t
and the said Isaac taylor and one ?Gotham Howard
Cheife Mate of the said ship protested against the
said Antonio van Voozt Comander of the said ship
the ''Turtle Dove'' and all of his Imploye:rs and having
nowe seene the first schedule annexed to the sd Allon
beginning WHEREAS THE QUEENE OF ACHEIN
&c: and Ending: Dated from on board y:e ''Bantam''
October y:e 19:th 1657: and subscribed Thomas Newman
Isaac Taylo:r Gotham Howard. hee saith the same
was and is a true Copy of the said Originall protest
made by this depo:t and y:e said Isaac Taylo:r and Howard
ag:t y:e sd Van Voozt, and all his Imploye:rs And
y:e said Originall protest was really and truely signed
by this depo:t and the said Isaac taylo:r and Gotham
Howard on or about, the said Nineteenth of October 1657
and y:e Contents thereof were and are true; And
further hee doth not depose.

To the 13:th hee saith that the said Van Voozt on or about
the said Nineteenth of Octob:r 1657: Caused the sd
Captaine Taylo:r and Company to Depart from
Indra Ponza, and sailed with the ''Bantam ffrigot''
in her way to Bantam. neere w:ch place arriving
the said Van Voozt, nor any other of the Dutch shipps
Lying before Bantam, soe that y:e ''Bantam
ffrigot'' was Constrained to goe to Battavia. And y:e said Van Voozt in
his ship the ''Turtle Dove''; and alsoe the saidthree other
Dutch Vessells. Sailed with her thither, and there hee
saith the said ''Bantam ffrigot'' lay under Comand of
the said ''Turtle Dove''; and y:e sd Three other dutch
vessells, and alsoe Under y:e Comand of severall other
Dutch ships there lying, alsoe in y:e Service of the said
Dutch East India Company. W:ch hee knoweth for that
hee was Carried in y:e said Ship ''Bantam'' from
Indra Ponza to Battavia. And further cannot depose

To the 14:th & 15:th hee saith that upon or about the ?7:th o October
1657: English Stile this Depo:t, and Captaine Isaac Taylo:r
were Comanded to Appeare before the arlate John
Martsuyker the Generall of and for the Dutch East
India Company at Battavia w:ch they according (sic) did
And the said Generall then told this Depo:t and y:e
said Taylo:r that hee had order that neither
they, nor any of the English should trade in any of the
Dominions of the Queene of Acheine, or to that effect
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//But the said Generall said that hee would speake with
his Counsell there that they might be XXXXXX with a Lading
at Battavia, And promised soe to doe, But notwithstandinge
hee put on board y:e ''Bantam ffrigot'' two or three XXXX
w:ch Comtinued on board y:e said Ship ''Bantam'', untill her
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//or thereabouts, During all w:ch time they or some of
them, would not suffer this Depo:t nor the said Captaine
Taylo:r nor any of the ''Bantam ffrigots'' Company
to take in any newe or other Lading on board her,
And soe this Depot and the said
Taylo:r and Company were forced to Depart with
the ''Bantam ffrigot'' from Battavia, and out of the
East Indias for Europe; with only the foresaid six hundred
Seaventy two Balarzes of pepp, w:ch were as aforesd
Laden on board the said ship, at Indra Ponza before
the said Van Voozt came and Interrupted and
hindred them as aforesaid: The premisses hee
Deposeth Goeing all the said time Supra Cargo
of the said ship as aforesaid, and further Cannot
depose

To the 10:th hee saith that had not this depo:t and Company
bin Interrupted and hindred by the said Van
Voozt and Company and y:e Dutch?X as aforesaid, all the said
pepp that this Depo:t had bought and provided
at Indra Ponza as aforesaid would have bin Laden
onboard the ''Bantam ffrigot'' for y:e account of the said ffreighto:rs and
undoubtedly have bin brought safe for Europe for
their said Account, And this depo:t further saith that
hee heard the said Taylo:r say at Legorne that Command:XX
of ships had there received her before any of her pepper
was unladen, and had or would give an Attestaccon under
their hands that the said ship Would have Carried
Ninety five tonnes or thereabouts of pepper more than shee had on board her or to
that effect, And further hee cannot depose:

To the 19:th hee saith hee Cannot depose:

To the 20:th hee saith that yt y:e time y:e said ship was in
East India aforesaid shee was as hee beleeveth of the
Burthen of 210 Tonnes or thereabouts, And further
cannot depose

To the 21:th hee saith that after y:e Departure of the said
''Bantam ffrigot'' from the East Indias as a foresaid shee
set saile for Legorne and there arrived on or about
the 18:th or 19:th day of August 1658: English Stile there the
said six hundred seaventy two BXXXXXX of pepper
were unladen and of the sd ship. And this
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//To the 22:th hee deposeth not:

To the 23:th hee can not depose.

To the 24:th hee cannot deose, saving that every hundred weight
of the said Pepp at the time of the unlading thereof at Lighorne did
make a quintall

To the 25:th hee daith that at the said time of unlading
the said shipp at Leghorne every Quintall was worth about
fourteene peeces of Eight cleare of al Charges (sccounting
every oeece of Eight at five shillings a pXXXX and XXXX
and about that rfate a Quintall of Copper (sic) was then and
there usually sold for. And further hee Cannot depose

To the 26:th hee saith that the said 672 Bahaizes of
pepp soe laden on board the said ship as aforesaid at
Andra (sic) Ponza, and Carried in the said ship XX XXXX did
cost at Indra Ponza XXXX thousand seaven hundred &
fifteene peeces of Eight or neere thereabouts accounting
every peece of Eight at five shillings a peece at Indra
Ponza, w:ch doth amount unto 2428:li 15:s sterl: And saith
that the provision and ?scuturage of the same doth amount
to about 375:li sterl. The p:rmisses hee deooseth being
supra Cargoe of the said ship the said voyage; and
Laid out the said peeces of Eight at Indra Ponza
And further cannot depose:

To the 28:th hee saith that the said S:r John Dethick
Knight, and the rest of the ffreighters aforesad, have abd
must pay all y;e Dead ffreight, and for the Dammage
of the said ''Bantam ffrigot'' by the Dutch aforesd
And further hee cannot depose:

To the 29:th hee saith that the said S:r John Dethick and all
the partyes in the suite; (w:ho are all Englishmen and
subjects of this Comonwealth of England) besides the
foresaid damages , have sustained great Loss; and
Damages in forbearance of their principall money.

And further cannot depose.

To the 30:th hee saith that during the time that the said
ship the ''Bantam ffrigot'' was upon y:e Coast of Sumatra
& in y:e East Indias y:e Voyage in question; this depo:t
and the said Captaine Taylor and Company of the
said Ship Did Carry and demaneane themselves very
Civilly, and peacably, and did not doe any Injury or
wrong to any of the ships, goods, or psons, of or belonging
to the said Dutch East India Company, And that in
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//Respect of the Lading of the said Ship un the East Unias
the Generall of Battavia, and y:e said Van Voozt and
Company, Dif not Carry themselves Civilly towards
this Depo:t and y:e sd Taylo:r and Company. W:ch hee
knoweth, for y:e Reasons aforesd. And further
cannpt depose

To the 31:th hee saith that the said John Maetsuijker
the Generall of the said Dutch East India Company
at battavia Did (upon or about the 11:th
day of December 1657) at Battavia
give this Depo:t writing in the Dutch Language
subscribed w:th his owne hand. signifying. the goode
Carriage, and dilligence of this Depo:t And having
now sene the third schedule annexed to the said Allon
hee saith the same was and is the said Originall
writing soe Given to this Depo:t and by the sd Generall & XXXXX this Deps saw
the said ?Joan Mastsing subscribe the same
And further cannot depose-

To the last hee saith his foregoeing depon is true

THOMAS NEWMAN [His signture]

Repeated before D:r Godolphin

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===Case: The Brazill Company of Portugall concerning the Jonathan and Abigaill: Deposition: Thomas Morley: Date: June 13th 1659===

//The 13:th of June 1659

The Brazill Company of Portugall ag:t)
200 Quintalls of Brazil Wood or)
therabouts brought to this port)
in the ''Jonathan and Abigail'')<ref>The ''Jonathan and Abigaill''. See a later case involving the same ship. ([[MRP: HCA 13/76 Part One#head-5cf0caba21d3cd72801297968068a55885f62c8c|HCA 13/76 Part One: f. 1 recto: Case: The Jonathan and Abigail vs. Daniel Edwards: Deposition: Thomas Andrews, of Wapping, in the parish of White Chappell: Date: 16:th August 1666]]</ref>

(Thomas Morley M:r) and ag:t)
John Thacker)

Suckley Cheeker

Rp

Examined upon y:e Allon given
in by M:r Suckley

THOMAS MORLEY master of
the ship the ''Jonathan & Abigail''
aged 48 yeeres or thereabouts
sworne and Examined.

To the first arle of the said Allon hee saith and Deposeth
that y:e parcell of Brazil wood arlate (being two Hundred Kintalls (sic), or therabouts
was was (sic) brought to this Port in y:e said ship the ''Jonathan
& Abigail'', as Delivered to this Depo:t out of a yard at
Lisbone, w:ch yard did belong to the Portugall XXXX ?India Company as thisDepo:t
was then and there Credibly Informed and ?soe hee verily beleeveth
And saith that one John Roles, a Portugueze (sic) Broker, whom
this Depo:t Imployed in procuring of goods to lade onboard y:e sd
ship upon freight did ?procure all y:e said Brazill Wood, and y:e said Roles
hath often times told this Depo:t, about the time of the Lading thereof that y:e said Wood was to be
transported in y:e said Ship to London for y:e Account of the
Portugall Brazil Company, and soe this Depo:te verily beleeveth it was,
And saith that the said Roles did pcure other goods for this
Depo:t y:e said time of this Depo:ts being there, and saith there
was an Agreemt made amongst divers of the Merchants that
laded goods in y:e sd Ship that there should be
a Teston upon each Chest of Sugar, and tow Ryalls upon
each pipe of Oyle, and after that proporcon, for other goods
to be Given as a Gratuity to y:e Convoy that stayed there for
the ''Jonathan & Abigail'', and other English ships then there
And this Depo:t Demanded of the said Roles y:e like rates
for y:e said Brazill Wood and y:e other goods y:t hee
procured, and y:t were laden on board y:e said Ship, But for
the said 200 Quintalls of Brazil Wood y:e said Roles refused
to allow any thing. telling this Depo:t that y:e same did belong
to the Brazil Company, and they being a Joint Company
would beare their owne Adventures or to that effect, But
for the other goods that the sd Roles procured, y:e said Roles allowed y:e rates
aforesaid, to this Depo:t for y:e said Convoy, And soe much this
Depo:t beleeveth hee hath acknowledged to severall psons
The foresd premises hee deposeth, being M:r of the said
ship aforesaid And further Cannot depose./.
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===Case: Mayflower vs. XXXX: Deposition: 2. John Stannian, of the City of London; Gentleman, aged 26: Date: September 23rd 1659===

//The 23:th of September 1659
Examined upon the fore said allegaccon

2. JOHN STANNIAN of the vitie of London gent., aged 26
yeeres or thereabouts sworne & examined

To the first second and third of the articles of the said allegaccon hee saith and deposeth that hee well
remembreth, and that in or about ffebruary or March last was
XXXXXXth the Governour and Company of English Merchants trading
to East India Imployed and XXX are the said shipp from this port of London
on a trading voyage to goe and XXXX to XXXX on the coast of the Island
of Sumatra to lade pepper for the said companies account, w;ch
hee knoweth having XXXX the said Companies orders and XXXXXX XXX XXX
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//To the 2:d. hee saith that hee this Depo:t did in a former voyage
carry about three hundred Quintalls of Brazeel wood, from Lisbone
to Newhaven for y:e account as hee beleeveth of the said Brazil
Companie, and y:t wood was procured Alsoe by the said Roles
at the same BXXXXXX; And after, this Depo:te had receaved
y:e said3000 Quintalls on board his Ship y;e sd Roles brought
him bills of Lading, ready filled up; e:ch this Depo:t signed
and ?those w:ch this Depo:t signed for y:e said 200 Quintalls
of Wood now in Question; and alsoe for those other goods
which hee then procured. he brought bills of Lading to this
Depo:t, ready filled up in Portugueze, (w:ch this
Depo:t doth not well understand) and this Depo:t signed y:e same
And further cannot depose: /:

To the third hee saith that y:e arlate ffrancis Pardini is
(as this Depo:t hath heard) failed) ?in Estate, and y:e arlate
John Thacker (as this Depo:t hath also heard) is Employed
to make y:e said Pardinies Composicon with his Credito:es
And y:e said Pardini had never y:e possession of the
said wood. And further deposeth not saving hee referreth
himselfe to the sd bill of Lading.

To the last hee saith his foregoeing depon is true:/:

To the Interries.:/.

To the first he saith that y:e Bill of Lading Interrate nowe
showed unto him, is really signed by him this depot for
y:e said 200 Quintalls of Brazill, Wood and this Depo:t signed
onely two or three bills of Lading more for y:e said wood, w:ch this
DEpo:t verily beleeveth wweere of the same teno:r. and saith
hee as aforesaid beleeveth that the said goods were so laded for the account
of the Portugale Brazile company for the reasons before deposed, and
hee knoweth not XXXX did ?sen Marcos Valez da Silvera mentioned
to be the lader in the said bill, nor knoweth him to be the lader, ?more
than that that hee is so said to be in the said bill, the said XXXX being
the only person that procured and ordered the said lading, and saith the
said lading was so made at Lisbone, and upon the seizure of her
XXXXXX XXXXXX XXX XXXXXXX, and that the said bill was signed on or
about the day of the date thereof, And otherwise ?saving as aforesaid hee
cannot depose.

To the second hee saith that sometimes there are Colourable bills of
Lading made& signed for goods, and noe reall bills, but in such
Cases, the M:r of the ship hath Instrctions where and to wheom
to Deliver the goods mentioned in y:e Colourable bills./:

To the 3:d hee saith that the said three hundred Quintalls w:ch this
Depo:t Carried in his ship from Lisbone to Newhaven and w:ch as hee
beleeveth, were for y:e account of the said Portugall Brazil Companye
were mentioned in the bill of lading to be for the said
companies account or not, & further cannot answer saving as aforesd

To the 4:th hee saith, that hee doth not knowe that hee had any goods
on board y:e XXXXX ''Jonathan and Abigail'' in this her last homeward
Voyage for XXXXX of y:e sad Brazil Compa but beleeveth as aforesd, that y:e said 200 Quintalls were for their account
And further cannot Answer saving as aforesd/.
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//To the 5:th hee saith that hee was in y:e said yard (out of w:ch y:e said
Logwood was taken & sent on board y:e said ship) whilest, some of the sd
wood was weighing, and sawe most of it sent, and brought aboard
y:e said ship, y:e said yard being neere y:e waterside & neere unto
y:e place: where his ship lay & further Cannot Answer referring
himselfe to his foregoeing Depn./

To the 6:th hee saith that y:e said John Roles is of this Depo:ts
knowledge a Comon Broker, betwixt Merchts and M:r of ships
and other Trade:?s and hath noe pticular relaccon to the said
Brazil Companz that this Depo:t knoweth of/:

To the 7:th hee saith that y:e acknowledgements & Confessions that this
Depo:t hath made touching y:e Lading of y:e said goods on board y:e
sd. shipp, were made before hee had prsed his booke
wherin he tooke Not of such things:/

To the 8:th hee saith that had there not bin a arrest laid
upon y:e said two hundred Quintalls of Brazill Wood, this depo:t
intended to have deivered, and would have delivered y:e same
to the said ffrancis Pardini, or his order. in regard they are
Consigned to him by the said Bill of Lading: And saith that
hee was & is bound by the said Bill of Lading to deliver y:e same to the
said Pardini or his order, And saith that the said Interrate Colonell hath
not showed this DEpo:t any order or power to Demand or receive
the said Goods either from the said Company or any other. pson
whatsoever, and othewise Cannot Answer/.

THOMAS MORLEY [His signature]

Repeated before D:r Godolphin.

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===Case: XXXX: Examination: Thomas Morley, Master of the Jonathan and Abigail, aged 48: Date: June 12th 1659===

//The 13.:th day of June 1659./:

Examibed upon an Allon given in on behalfe
of the said Thacker:/.

The Brazil Companz of Portugall)
against 200 Quintalls of Brazil Wood)
brought to this Port Laded bz them)
(as is pretended) in Lisbone on board)
y:e ''Jonathan & Abigail'', Thomas Morley)
M:r arrested by authority of this Court, &)
ag:t John Thacker coming in for his interest)
therein Suckley: Cheeke)

THOMAS MORLEY M:r of the ship the
''Jonathan and Abigail'': aged 48 yeeres or
thereabouts sworne and Examined:/:

R?p

To the first & second arle hee cannot Depose:/:

To the 3.:d. hee cannot depose; saving hee referreth himselfe to his answer
to the fisrt Interrie, on y:e other part,

To the 4:th y:e Bill of Lading arlate now shewed unto him
& by him prsed hee saith and deposeth that y:e same was & is really
& truely signed by him this Depo:t. & is one of the Originall bills
of Lading for y:e 200 Quintalls of Brazill wood, and to y:e rest hee
referreth himselfe to his answer made to the first Interrie on y:e
other part,

To the 5:th. 6:th 7:th 8:th 9:th 10:th. 11:th & 12:th hee Cannot Depose:

THOMAS MORLEY [His signature]

Repeated as above.
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===Case: Touching the Mayflower: Examination: 2. John Stannian, of the City of London, aged 26: Date: September 23rd 1659===

//The 23:th of September 1659.

Examined upon the foresaid allegaccon

Touching the ''Mayflower'')
aforesaid)

2 JOHN STANNIAN of the citie of London gent, aged 26
yeeres or thereabouts sworne and examined.

To the first second and ?rest of the articles of the said allegaccon hee saith and deposeth that hee very
well knoweth the shipp the ''Mayflower'' arlate whereof William Curtis was
commander, and that in XXXXX ffeburary or March last was a
twelve moneth the ?Governour and Company of English Marchants trading
to East India Imployed and XX XX the said shipp from this port of London
on a trading voyage to goe and ?saile to Achean on the coast of the Island
of Sumatra to lade pepper for the said companies account, w:ch
hee knoweth having seane the said Companies orders and dispatches tXXX XXXX
they XXXX. And further
saith that hee hath seane Letters sent from the said master and factors of the said shipp
imployed in India about the said shipps trade,
purporting them upon the said shipps arrival before Acheen they XXXX
XXXXXX and had from admittance and ?license from her 9 XXXXX of Acheen
to lade her there with pepper, and in the said lre was alsoe sent the
said QuachXXX license in writing with aXXXXXXX thereof
to XXXXX and manifest to the said company her said leave to lade
pepper there, and further perporting that having got the said leave the
said factors and agents of the Company fell to ?procuring of pepper there
for her lading, and had XXXX or XXXXXX lading of pepper thXXXXX XXXX to be
laded aboard her for the said Companies use and account, containing fiftie
foure baggs of pepper w:ch weighed 3896 pounds net English weight
and then there lay there three dutch shipps belonging to the dutch
East India company whereof Balthazar ?Bert was commander and
that the said boate with the said pepper therein was by the ?men and
order of the said Balthazar Barts seized and taken away
from the ''Mayflowers'' ?helm and carried aboard the XXXXordia and
of the said dutch shipps, and that thXXX being donne, the dutch tooke ?all
the pepper and turned off the ''Mayflowers'' long boat aXXXXXX,
and would not suffer her to receive any more pepper or other goods from EXXXX but
wholly prohibited and ?dysppointed her therein, and he XXXX XXXXX the
voyage, to the greate dammage of the said English companye, and saith
that the said Captain Curtis XXXXXX said ?first XXXX and
seizure of her pepper were aboard the said XXX XXX, Balthazar Bart (as
the said XXXX XXXXX) and?expostulated the matter with him and
demanded the pepper XXXXX, but was denied and sent away without
any XXXXX, and that XXXXX hee and William Smith and John
?Shedd two of the companies factors made a protest against the XXXXX action
of the dutch and XXXX XXX XXX XX thereof to London under a ?notaries
hand and with their names thereto, w:ch XXXX this depot
hath
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MRP: HCA 13/76 Part One

2012-06-06T09:04:24Z

SimonLiebesny:

'''HCA 13/76 Part One'''

'''Editorial history'''

23/04/12, CSG: Split HCA 13/67 (created 04/04/12) into Part One and Part Two, due to size of page
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==Suggested links==

See [[MRP: HCA 13/73 Part Two|HCA 13/73 Part Two]]

See [[MRP: Admiralty court cases|Admiralty court cases]]

See [[MRP: Ships|Ships]]
See [[MRP: Ship terminology|Ship terminology]]
See [[MRP: Style Sheet One|Style Sheet One]]
See [[MRP: Synthesis|Synthesis]]
See [[MRP: Transcription|Transcription]]

See [[MRP: HCA 13/76 Analysis|HCA 13/76 Analysis]]
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==Listing of imaged cases==
===Case: The Jonathan and Abigail vs. Daniel Edwards; Deposition: Thomas Andrews, of Wapping, in the parish of White Chappell===

P1090919
f. 1r.

16:o Aug:ti 1666
Super allon apud acta ex parte
drorum Brandling et alXX

THOMAS ANDREWS de Wapping in parro
S:ta Marice Matsellon als White Chappell
annos agens 42 aut XXXXXXXX
testis produit et Juratus.

Ad dictam allegacconem deponit et dictit thathee hath for severall
yeers last knowne the allegate shipp ''Jonathan and Abigaill'' Thomas
Morley<ref>Thomas Morley. Possibly Thomas Morley (b. ?, d. ca. 1672), mariner, of Wapping, Middlesex (PROB 11/338 Eure 1-54 Will of Thomas Morley, Mariner of Wapping, Middlesex 15 April 1672)</ref> Master. And saith that hee hath bin informed by the said
Morley and the Merchants the ffreighters that the said Charles
Caryll on behalfe of himselfe and Company tooke to ffreighte
the said shipp ''Jonathan and Abigall'' (sic) two hundred and fourty tonnes
certaine to the best of his remembrance to goe from this port of
London to Archangels in Russia thence back againe to this port of
London with such goods as the said Caryll and therest of y:e ffreighters
should send aboard, and the said ffreighters as appeares by the said
Charterparty were to pay for ffreight at the rate of 6:li 10:s per tonne
primage and average XXXXX And saith that about the time of the said affreightment there was
a generall Embargo upon all English shipps and a generall Imprsse for
all seamen in the publiqe service, and the sd Caryll taking notice
thereof this deponent heard him promise to procure a lycense for
the sd shipp and a proteccon for her mariners from these Imprests
And not long after the said promise hee saith the sd Caryll gave by the
hands of this deponent to the sd Morley a paper or writing which hee
procured upon the sd voyage as also a protection for the security
of y:e marriners from the sd Impresse. And the sd Morley having
soe received the same ffitted and prepared the said shipp for the sd
voyage had Expended as hee verlily beleeveth in the calking, graveing
rigging and fitting her out clearing at y:e Custome house and at
Gravesend neere one hundred pounds y:e whole charge amounting ?to 400:li to sett her to sea and did hire mariners to saile
and serve in the said shipp, the whole company with the M:r and boy
consisting of 34 or 36 persons and provided and furnished the said shipp with
provisions necessary for the said voyage for the space of foure or five monthes. And the sd shipp being ready the said Merchants sent
severall goods on board to bee carryed in her the sd voyage but
he beleeveth that the sd Merchants were not bound to send any goods
aboard but the said shipp might have gon in her ballast thither
And the said ship lying windbound in Bugbyes hole being ready
to proceede upon the sd voyage the sd Morley in this deponents
hearing advised the sd Caryll and Bell two of his said ffreighters to goe
downe to y:e Generalls of y:e ffleet then riding at the buoy in the XXXX
and to carry with them y:e said passe or oroteccon as they affirmed it
to bee and show it to y:e Generalls and know of them whether by XXXX
thereof they might proceed upon their said voyage. Howbeit the sd
Caryl and Bell refused ffor to doe and with the other ffreighters importuned
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importuned and urged the sd Morley to goe downe with his shipp
which hee accordingly did with the first faire wind the sd Carryll
and Berry two of y:e said ffreighters going downe in the sd Morley's shipp
and Bell and Thirsby in this depots shipp which shipp was also ffreighted
by the sd Carll and Company for the sd voyage and was to goe in ?Company
with the ''Jonathan and Abigall''. And comming into the Buoy and the XXX
the Generalls commanded the sd Morley and this depots shipp to an Anchor
and sent for the merchants and the said Morley and this depot who
accordingly comming aboard Captaine Hobart Capt of ''Royall Charles''
told the said Morley and this depot that y:e Prince and the Duke would
see their proteccons, And the s:d Morley and this depo:t accordingly
gave him the very same papers that Mr Caryll had before
given them which they had affirmed to be the lycense and protteccon aforesd. and after
saying that the Generalls had seene the, And saith that about the
same time y:e Generalls under theor hands sent an order to the sd Capt:
Hobart to empresse, and the sd Hobart or some employee under him did by
virtue of the sd Warrant impresse all y:e seamen saving fifteene men to bring the
shipp back into the river of Thames. And much about that time
the sd Capt Hobart and the Lieutenant of y:e ''Royall Charles'' told
this Deponent and y:e sd Morley that had the Merchants come downe before the
shipps and addrest themselves to y:e Generalls, they beleived the Generalls
would have suffered them to have proceeded on their sd voyage
with their full number of men and not have imprest them.
The premisses hee deposeth and knoweth to bee true Having seene
y:e Charterparty, and to his best remembrance seing the same
signed. And ffor that this depo:t lett his shipp to ffreight to the said
Caryll and Company and was bound to goe the same voyage
and being an eye and Earewitnesse of the premisses and
acquainted therewith. And the merchts hee saith were also aboard
and were eye and eare witnesses of y:e premisses namely of the Impresse
of the men and sending the sd shipps back againe into the river
of Thames whereof she came to an Anchor at Ratcliffe ?Chaine on or about the 30:th
or 31:th of June last past, Rtalr nescit deponere.

Ad Interria

Ad primum rendit that hee was the time Interr and now is M:r
if y:e ship the ''Owen and David'' and is owner of an Eigth part
of her Etalr nescit.

Ad 2:th deponit that hee XXX and appeares in this busienes on the
behalfe of his owners being as M:r of y:e said shipp ?aferX:t to them and ?perceiving XXX
of them which is XXX about six pounds y:e month. And this XXXXX XX y:e
only person signing y:e Charterparty for letting the said shipp the ''Owen
and David'' to ffreight to the sd Merchants parties in this suite on behalfe
of himselfe and the rest of y:e said owners, Whose names and parts
in the''Owen and David'' are as followeth vizt John Sands owner of
an 8:th John Harris of a 16:th, Edward ffenn of a 16:th Walter Hampton and
M:r ?Hanning 16:th Thomas Hancock 16:th John ?Asty 16:th M:r ?Walter
?Wild a 16:th John ?Chaston 16:th David Sidney a 16:th Thomas
Davies 16_th Richard Adams 16:th this depo;t an 8:th And knoweth
not Who are the owners of y:e ''Jonathan and Abigaill'' saving he
hath heard M:r Morley say that M:r Brandling and M:r Hoopers are
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parties in this suite are two of his owners but of what parts hee knoweth not nor
hath heard Aalis nescit rendere.

Ad 4 et 5 deponit that at the time or times of treating for y:e ffreighters
of the sd shipps ''Jonathan and Abigail'' (sic) ''Owen and David'' this depot and the
sd Morley knew that there was a generall Imbargoe upon all English
shipps and a generall impresse for all seamen. And saith this depot
agreed with the sd caryll that hee and or the rest of said ffreighters should
procure a lycense and proteccon for the sd shipps and mens the said voyage
and they bringing the papers predeposed being as the sd Carykk
alwayes affirmed a lycense and proteccon, this deponent then signed the Charterparty and not before, And he beleeveth
and is well assured that the sd Morley did the like.

And saith the
saidproteccons were signed (James) and the Anchor (a Seale)
was put to the topps or heads of them. And this deponent saith
that had the said proteccons bin sufficient (which this depot
and the sd Morley never beleeved they were in regard the sd
Caryll would not procure them a lycense to ?neere y:e Kings XXXX
the Generalls would not have impeded the voyage by the impresse
of their men and ordering the said shipps back againe to this
River, And the sd passes or papers are in the hands of M:r Sukly
the Procter. A alr referendese ad predeposta nescit XX

Ad 6 et 8 rendit that the sd Caryll. Bell, Perry and Thirsby and XXXXXX y:e sd ?Caryll did at
Greenewich and London after the obtaining the sd passe and
before and after the sealing of y:e Charterparty Interr declare
and affirme that the sd lycence and proteccon. would cleare
them from being hindered or molested in their said voyage. And the
said ffreighters nor any of them did not promisse to pay the
Charges of fitting and preparing, or of victualling the said shipp.
or to pay the mariners wages in case the said shipps or any
of them should bee stopped or hindered in their said voyage. Et
alr nescit rendere.

Ad 8 et 9 rendit that the ''Owen and David'' os of y:e burthen
of about 200 tonns or thereabouts the ''Jonathan and Abigail''
about 250 tonnes and this deponents freight for this voyage
would have amounted to 1200:li or thereabouts and the ffreight
y:e ''Jonathan and Abigail'' about 1500:li as hee beleeveth. And saith
that y:e voyage in question is usually made in five or
six monthes, And saith that the sd ship ''Owen and David'' cost this depot
about ?1800Li sterln and hee bought her before this voyage namely about about twelve moneths time. And saith
the said shipps ''Owen and David'' and the ''Jonathan and Abigail''
had not bin fitt for the voyage in question unles they had
bin reparied and fitted in the same Conditon she went downe
int to the buoy and Nore. But as to the particular repaires and summes
of money expended he saith they are entred and mencconed
in his ship booke which booke he shall be ready to produce for
y:e informacon of Court when required thereto. And the ''Jonath
and Abigall'' with her tackle apparrell and furniture hee judgeth
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to bee worth 1400:li or 1600:li sterling And saith the said shipps
if either of them goe upon another voyage must bee ?new
caulked rigged and graved, snd severall other things done
which are wanting and will bee but necessary. Aalr nescit
renera.

Ad 10 rendet that in the time of peace three pounds
five shillings have bin usually paid per tonne. And soe much
this depo:t hath had per tonne having bin severall
times the voyage Interr. But are not then at halfe the
Charges for wages as they are now at. Hee remembreth
not what hee made the last voyage with his shipp which
voyage Was about two yeers since. Etalr nescit rendera

Ad 11. 12. et 13 rendit That he is to beare and Eigth part of
the whole shipps Charges being the owner as aforesaid of an
8:th . And saith that hee is to pay and hath paid for marriners
wages fitting and setting out the sd shipp ''Owen and David'' ?according
to the Note thereof which hee now leaves. And he also
leaveth a Note of the quantities qualities and prices of the provisions
of the said ship and what were spent by y:e shipps company to which
herefforth himselfe having compared them with his said ?note
and made them to agree in every particuler. And saith hee
had an adventure consisting of woolen Manufactury, stuffes,
and other goods. but the perticulers and quantities he now remembreth
not but saith the same may beknowne by his cockets remaining
in the Custome house. some part of his Adventure yet on board
and some on shore, and denieth that ever hee
since the sd shipps returne ever proffered to sell any of his clothes
or other part of his Adventure for losse or otherwayes and did
suffer dammage as hee is an Eigth part of the sd shipp Et
alr nescit rendere neiscit quid credat.

Ad 14 renat that he beleeveth the goods mencconed in the
bills of lading were lading on board the ship the ''Jonathan
and Abigail'' Interr and knoweth the firme of Thomas
Morley thereto to bee of his the sd Thomas his
handwriting And saith hee hath heard M:r Richard Perry
and some others of y:e ffreighters acknowledge that they
had received all their goods from on board the ''Jonathan
and Abigail'' according to the bill of lading And as to the severall
parcells of goods and quantities and qualities laden aboard the ''Owen and David'' hee
refereth himselfe to the Bills of lading signed by him upon
the receipt of those goods contents and Qualities not knowne
all which are returned againe to the sd ffdreighters save
100 slabbs of lead Which lieth yet on board at the
request of M:r Daniell Edwards etalr nescit.
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Ad 15 Rendit that M:r Suckly has y:e order Interr and
has a copy now about him. there is mot any command
therein to pay y:e mariners wagaes. Et alr salvis prodepstis
nescite deponets

Ad 16 et 17 rendat that some of his mariners were hired
by the voyage others by the month, and one with another hee
reconeth their wages to bee about fifty shill a man per month.
And saith that two or three of his said men were hyred
about a weeke or tenn dayes before the sd shipps Went out from
Bugbys hole, In time of peace hee saith it is usuall to hire men
at Halfe pay in the River of Thames, until their falling
downe to Gravesend and untill they shall bee cleared there.
There was noe ffreight to bee paid according to y:e Charter
party untill the shipps returne. Onely primage and Average
at the delivery of y:e Goods at Archangell. Et alr nescit

Ad 18 rend:t that this depo:t and the said Morley advised the ffreighters
of some or one of them to goe to the ffleete as is Interr. andproffered to beare their Charges up and downe. And saith that M:r
Caryll and Bell came to London but whether they tooke
any Advice of merch:ts about that busienes hee knoweth not.
Et Alr nescit

Ad 19. 20 et 21. Rendat that these two sutes in his Judgmt are one
and the same, and the Charterparties are thesame saving the shipps
names y:e owners the burthen of y:e shipp the Masters names, number
of men. And hee beleeveth the determinacon. will bee one
and the same, M:r Suckly is proctor. S:r W:m Turner S:r Walter
Walker are Counsell for this depots owners. Morley is Examined on this
deponents owners behalfe, and this deponent on the sd Morleys hath
not had Communicaccon with any about this busienes, or his disposition
herein: Before this suite was commenced this depot on behalfe of his
owners proffessed to and would have left the decision of this busienes
to the award of any unconcerned merchts: the owners hee saith are
not to pay any thing to the ffreighters as to any losse or dammage
in regard as hee saith these ffreighters were not bound to lade any
goods on board, and also for that they failed in their lycense and
proteccon. And these Caryll and Edwards hee saith many times
declared to this dep:t and the s:d Morley that they had bought
the hreatest part of y:e goods the yeare before and could not
shipp them of that yeare. As to the ffreight and damages
sued for by this suite he referreth them to the determinaccon
of y:e law: And saith that hee beleeveth that he came from the buoy in the
Nore in three or ffowre days space. to Ratcliffe Chaine. And saith the sd
ffreighters neversent a boate or bills of lading to take away their said
goods untill they were by order from this Court summoned to appeare
and show cause why they would not ffetch away their goods &
pay this depot and his owners their Charges. And M:r thirsby he saith
XXX:t before y:e sd processe was issued out said that the shipp was a
good warehouse for their goods. Etalr nescit

THOMAS ANDREWS [His signature]

Repetit coram dre
lloyd. SaXX XXXX Edwardo Browne not. pubb.
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===Case: Rex vs. the St Peter, of which Rasmas was Master: Deposition: Sven Rasmusond, XXXX, of Sweden===

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Dmus M:r Rex con Navem y:e ''S:t Peter'')
suon Rasmas est magister)

XXXX XXXXXX Sug Interriys in proppario XXXXXX

I:us SVEN RASMUSOND Master (and in SuoXia Navarchus dicte
navis annos agens 50:ta ant XX rirter testis producent et JuruXXX
dicit et deponit proXtxxx

Ad j:n 2 et reliqua Interria deponit that hee will knoweth the
Interr shipp ''S:t Peter'', and hath sailed in and bin M:r of her for
one yeere last past, during all which time she hath
belonged to Masterland in Sweden, and to subjects of the said King,
And saith his owners and their parts are as followeth viz:t. Hanco
Croosen of Masterland owner of one eigth part. Hanco Martinson of
Stockholme of an Eigth part, Olock Tromon of Stockholme of an Eigth
part John ffrick of Stockholme also of an Eigth part, and this deponent
of the other halfe part of the said shipp, all subjects and natives
of his Majesty of Sweden, and Eminent Burgers of the Cities of
Masterland and Stockholme And saith that y:e foresaid Crooson is
a native and an Alderman of y:e City of Masterland aforesd, and the
other three are Burgers natives and Inhabitants of y:e City of
Stockholme and for and as such commonly accounted. And
saith the said shipp was about a yeare since built at
Masterland, by order of this deponent on behalfe of himselfe and y:e
rest of y:e foresaid owners. And saith that the said ship hath made
three voyages since y:e ?sd building. The ffirst was from ottenborow
in Sweden to Hamborow with Iron, Pitch, & XXXlis, ad from thence to Masterland
with salt. The second was from Masterland with Herrings to
Stockholme, and there this depo:t tooke in a lading of Pitch, tarr,
Iron and some Dealeboards, for and to bee delivered at this
city of London to Charles Marisco a merchant here, And saith the
same were laded at Stockholme by Jacob Mumma, Abraham
Mumms, Abraham Veruson all Inhabitants in and XXXX
of Stockholme, for their owne account consigned to and to bee delivered the foresd
Charles Marisco, and the quantities and qualities were as followeth twenty thhree
lasts of tarr, twenty lasts of pitch, ffive hundred shipp pounds
of Iron. Every shipp pound conteining three hundred w:t of Iron
and ffive hundred DEales being his whole shipps lading. And
saith noe part of his lading belongeth to any of the subjects of y:e ffrench King or King of Denmark or any in Enmity with this
Crowne. And saith that there was noe ffrench Dutch or Danish
ffactor or supra Cargo aboard his said ship the foresd voyages
or y:e voyage in question where in hee was seized. And at seizure
of y:e sd shipp he saith hee had with himselfe and his Company
consisted of Eight mariners all natives of and hired by this depo:t
at Masterland in Sweden aforesd, and subjects of the sd King. Nor XXX XXXX
live in any of y:e Dominions or territoryes of y:e ffrench King Dane or
States of y:e United provinces. And saith that y:e papers and writings at
the sd shipp were delivered to y:e Captaine of the ''ffXXXXXXX'' who XXXXXXXXXX
of of Yarmouth as he was comming with his sd ship and lading to
London, and afterwards the sd shipp was sent up into y:e river of Thames
and is there now remaining. And saith there was noe papers or
writings burnt, torne, concealed or any wayes made away. And saith
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y:t y:e foresaid seizure happened on the 12:th instant And saith
that at his sd siezure he declared to y:e Captaine of y:e vessell that tooke
him that his said shipp belonged to Masterland
and that hee was to goe with his ship and lading to Ostend, and
showed him his passe which hee had on board purporting soe
much, ffearing the seizor might have bin ffrench, Dutch,
or Danish man being very darke in y:e night which passe they did clourably that they might
thereby gett through the Sound. And saith she had at her
sd seizure and never ?carired any but y:e Swedish fflagge or ?poles nor
ever had any other on board her, And saith that there were noe goods
betweene the said shipps docks she having but one deck. at the time of her said seizure,
and that the sd shipp is of the burthen of about 60 lasts and hath
bin M:r of her ever since her building at Masterland as aforesaid
And lastly saith that for the lading in question hee signed bills of
lading all of one tene:r as they are found in And taken out of y:e said ship
by the seizor Et Alr nescit

SVEN RASMUSON [His signature]

Interpreted by mee
John da LalXXXX [His signature]

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===Case: XXXX: Deposition: Petrus Cordus, of Masterland, aged 25===

Eadem die

Sup Interris prodict

2. PETRUS CORDUS de Masterland in Suecia agens annos 25 aut ricter
testis product et Jurat.

Ad primum 2 et reliqua deponit that hee well lnoweth the ''S:t
Peter'' Interrate and hath soe knowne her about twelve monthes last
and was hired to serve and saile in the sd shipp at Masterland
by his precontest Sven Rasmonson about twelve monthes since
and was shipped as a common mariner, And saith the sd shipp was about twelve month
since built at Masterland by the order of the sd M:r, this depot
severall times having seene the M:r looke after the buildinh
of her, on the au:t of himselfe and the other owners, one whereof is
Hance Croose of Masterland but of what part hee knoweth not
The other ?three hath heard live at Stockholme but of what
parts they are owners hee knoweth not, all reputed natives
and subjects of y:e King of Sweden. And saith that about tenne
or eleaven weekes since the sd Rasmason set forward to this
port of London, with a lading consisting in pitch, tarr, Iron
and deales laded aboard the sd shipp, by some persons living in
Stockholme but hee knoweth not their names nor for whose accompt
the same were laden, nor to waht merchant they were consigned in London. And saith that in her course for London
she was seized by the vessell the ''ffanfan'' on or about Sunday
last was seavenXXXX tenn or twelve leagues off of YarXXXXX
bankes with her sd lading aboard and was afterwards sent up
into the river of Thames where she now lyes. And saith
that upon the sd seizure the sd skipper delovered his passe and
all the sd shipps papers to the hands of y:e Captaine that tokke
him, and there were not any concealed throwne over board
Or
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or otherwise made away that hee knoweth of neither were there any ffrench Danish or
Holland Colle:r of ffaco:rs aboard, and beleeveth that there were
noe other bills of lading aboard than w:t came to y:e hands of the
seizers, The sd shipp is single decked and of y:e burthen
of about 60 lasts, and beleeve th the sd shipp and lading to be-
long to Swedes and that none other w:tsoever are intressed
therein And saith the sd shipps Company with the M:r consists of Eight
persons all Swedes, borne in Masterland, this depo:t being also borne
there and there dwelling with his wife and child when at home. Et alr nescit
deponere

Interpreted by mee
John da LetXXce

PETTER XXXXX [His signature]
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===Case: The Orange tree and XXXX: Deposition: Andreas Barton, midshipman, & John Ennet, John Carter, John Rice marriners, of the Crowne ffrigott===

Touching the ''Orange tree'' and XXXX
two Hoys seized by y:e ''Crowne ffrigott''
D:t Rex

23:° Aug:ti 66

ANDREW BARTON midshipman of y:e ''Crowne ffrigott''
JOHN ENNET, JOHN CARTER, JOHN RICE, Marriners of y:e
''Crowne ffrigott'' sworne & before y:e Right Wor:lls S:r Giles Sweit Kn:t
D:r of lawes surrogate to y:e Right Worll Leolini Jenkins d:r of lawes Judge
of y:e High Court of Admiralty of England say and deposeth by vertue of their
oathes as followeth vizt.

That off of the River of Emms upon the Coast of Holland they with
their sd ffrigott W:m Godfrey Commander about Wednesday last was a ffortnight discovered and gave chase
to two hoyes and making up to them fired two Gunns
to one of them named the ''Orange'' (sic), upon which she struck, and the other of them seeing now
opportunity of an Escape, bore up to the ffrigott and struck also And when these
deponents came up with them they went aboard and tooke possession
of them and found them both to bee laden with oake Timber
for shipping. And imediately after sich taking the Command:er
of y:e ''Crowne'' ffrigott sent and ordered these deponents to goe on
board and bring the sd Hoyes up the said River of Thames
namely these deponents Andrew Barton John ?Ennett, John
Carter on board (the ''Death''), and constituted this deponent
Andrew Barton as Commander of her, And these three deponents say
and declare that two Dutchment that were left aboard
(the Skipper being taken onboard the ''Crowne'') declared that
the sd lading of Oake Timber was lawfull prize and that they were and
bound for Holland and soe they constantly
affirmed during the time these deponents were aboard the sd Hoy
And they further say that off of Yarmouth a ffrench
ffisherman gave chace to y:e sd prize (y:e ''death'') who comming
and bearing up with them the sd two Dutchmen told the
ffrenchman that there were goods onboard their sd Vessell were
Hollands goods and that they were bound for Holland, where
upon the ffrench asking the sd Dutch men if they would bee
released the sd Dutch men answred that they would. then the
ffrench men bad them to come on board. Whereupon one of
the Dutch men being at the Helme endeavoured thereby to lay
the ffrencgman aboard which this depo:t taking notice of
thrust him from it & fired a pistoll at them and soe gott cleare.
And saith that this depo:ts John Rice & Thomas XXXX, and Henry Bryan since XXXX was put aboard the ''Orange''
The other prize and put this depot John Rice M:r of her And
one ffleming that was left in the ''Orange'' (the M:r and the other
of them being taken aboard the ffrigott.) often declared to this
these two depots John Rice and Thomas Chick that the sd lading of
oaje timber aboard the sd prize y:e ''Orange'' was free prize, belonging
to enemys of this Crowne. And saith they came to an anchor with them
sd two prizes at S:t Catharines where they came yesterday afternoone
y.e afternoone where they are now remaining

JOHN RICE [HIS MARK] His marke
Sigm [HIS MARK] dicti & XXck

XXXXX XXXX

Jo: XXXXX marke

John Xarle Marke

Repetit et ?jurat XXXX XXX
XXXX sura:to pXXX XXXX

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===Case: The Death: Deposition: Oll Oilse, of ffrederickstadt, Holstein, Sailor, aged 30===

P1090928
f. 5v.

Dnus nr Rex XXXX navem y:e ''Deale'' or ''Death''
cujus Hancaus Decker XX Doata eXXXXX
et Rex

24:° Aug:ti 66

Super Interr in propario. Examinat

OLL OILSE Nomos de ffeure prope ffrederick stadt in ?HolXXX
Nauta, annos agens. 30 aut de rixter testtis
productus et Juratus

Ad primum 2 et reliqua Interria deponit that the Interr shipp the XXX
belongeth and hath belonged to ffrederickstadt ever since her building
there which happened about five or six yeares since, and was
hired to serve in the sd shipp; ''DEath'', about Easter last by the Skipper
named Hance Decker le Doate, at ffrederickstadt, where the owners
of her live, but who are the owners are (sic) what their names are
or of what parts they are owners hee knowteth not but beleeveth
them to bee ffee persons under the Dominions of the Duke of ?Holsten
And saith that since he soe served in the sd shipp she never was
in any of y:e ports or places of y:e ffrench King or states of
Holland, but has bin once in Norway but saith that this depo:t
was borne in ffoure neere ffrederickstadt and when he is
not at sea hee liveth with his father and mother there dwelling
and housekeepe
And saith the sd shipp is of the burthen of about 32 tonns and had
on board her a lading of Oake Timber (for building of shipping and
Houses) laded on board her by severall merchants living
at ffrederickstadt, but their names hee knoweth not, nor for whoe
act the same were laden nor knoweth hee to whom consigned, but
saith the same were to be delivered in Holland or in the dominions of y:e sd States and the laders of the
said timber he knoweth to dwell and bee inhabitants of ffrederickstadt
And saith that since he became marriner and served in the said ship
she made a voyage from ffrederickstadt to Norway in Ballast
and returned thence with a lading of DEale boards to ffrederickstadt
And saith that at her ?asiling she had not any ffrench Danish or Hollans
ffactors aboard, nor any ffrench Danish or Hollands Colors onboard but the
Nettle leafe the ffrederickstadt fflag was on board
saving there are some other fflaggs on board
asguifts with their coates of ?armes in them which severall merchants have given them, There were
with this depot three persons on board which was y:e whole Company
the other two namely y:e skipper and Cooke are natives
of ffrederickstadt where the skipper liveth when hee is at
home and hath a wife and children there,
all ffree persons under the Duke of Holstein (sic).
And that what papers were on board the sd shipp came to the hands
of y:e Captaine of y:e ''Crowne'' ffrigott that tooke and seized them
off the River of Emms upon y:e Coast of Holland without concealing or making away
any of them. And that upon theisaid seizure they declared that
the said shipp and lading belonged to ffrederickstadt to owners and
merchants there, all ffree persons, but were bound for Holland, and
the sd seizure happened about twelve dayes since: And saith that
the sd shipp hath made three voyages since hee served in her the first was as aforesd in Ballast
from ffrederickstadt to Norway when XX she returned with
Deales to ffrederickstadt where shee delivered her sd lading.
And then going a second voyage from ffrederickstadt to Norway in
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Ballast to take a ffreight she was by tempestuous weather forced back againe to ffrederickstadt
where being arrived the Skipper tooke in her now lading of Timber for Holland.
There were noe colourable bills of lading signed, nor any of Contrary
tenour, And saith the sd shipp has but one deck. And saith that when
y.e ''Crowne'' ffrigott that chaced them fired a gunn the skipper and this depot XX
presently struck saile and yeilded themselves and denieth that any of
the Company deserted the sd shipp But saith that the Skipper was
taken out of his shipp aboard the man of warr that tooke him, and
three Englishmen put on board the sd vessell who brought her and
her sd lading of Timber with this depot up into the river of Thames

Et alr nescit

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX [His signature]

Interpreted by mee
John delXXXXre

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===Case: XXXXX: Deponent: Hanceus Peterson, of ffrederickstadt, sailor, aged 29===

Eadem dia sup Interrijs prodict

2. HANCEUS PETERSON da ffrederickstadt natus ibm. annos agens
29 aut XXXXricter testsis

Ad dXX Interria deponit that hee hath knowne the ship the ''Death''
Inter for the sd fowre yeers last and hath served in her ever since the
last spring as cooke of her; And saith the sd shipp hath belonged
to ffrederickstadt ever since her sd building at ffrederickstadt which happened
about fowre yeares since and to owners there, but knoweth not their
names and parts, but they the sd owners are said to bee Burgers and
inhabitants of ffrederickstadt a ffreecity in the Dominions of the Duke of
Holsteyne And when hee is at home he liveth with his parents housekeepers
and dwellers in the liberties of y:e city of ffrederickstadt being a Batchelo:r
And saith the said vessell is but a smale vessell but of how many tonns hee
knoweth not having bever seene her lading with corne, and at her
sd seizure had a lading of Crooked XXXX wood ffor sbuilding shipps and Clapboards on board her laded by merchants
of ffrederickstadt but what their names wer hee knoweth not nor
knoweth to whom the same were consigned but saith they were to have
bin delivered at Amsterdam. And saith hee was hired to serve in the sd shipp
by y:e yeare being hired as the shipps boy and Cooke And the sd shipp hath
made three voyages since such this depots becoming cooke of her the ffirst
was from ffrederickstadt to XXXXX XXXX from and thence she returned with beames to ffrederickstadt
the second was from ffrederickstadt to Norway in Ballast, and thence she returned
with a lading of Deales, which she delivered at ffrederickstadt, And the
voyage in question was the third voyage. And saith that there were not
at the sd seizure any ffrench, Dutch or Danish ffactor or Coloures
aboard, nor any else saveing Swede a passenger who XXX y:e ship aboard the man of warr and saving the ffrederickstadter
flagg being the Nettle leafe was up or XXX XXXX that y:e Company consisted of three persons
with this depo:t and noe more, all natives of ffrederickstadt and dwellers there
and no XXX their XXXX, never lived in any of y:e territoryes of y:e dominions of y:e
states of y:e united neatherlands ffrench King or King of Denmark And saith that
in their Course for Holland the sd ship was mett with and seized by y:e ''Crowne''
one of his Majesties ffrigotts off of Emms a river on y:e Coast of Holland
and the papers of the sd shipp were delivered to the Captaine of the
ffrigott without any concealment or embeazelment thereof or any of them
made. And saith that upon the sd seizure upon the Captains demand
whence they were and whether bound they declared that the ship
and lading belonged to ffrederickstadt and that she was bound for
Holland and saith hee never saw any colourable bills of lading
on board the said shipp which has but one deck and is of a smale
burthen

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the skipper and hath soe done these two yeers last, And saith
that all the shipps papers that hee knoweth of were delivered to
the Captaine of y:e ''ffan fan'' who seized and tooke sd shipp ''Peter'' off of
Yarmouth about siy leagues from thence and was by him sent with
her sd lading up y:e river of Thames where she now lyes
neere y:e Newcrane, There were noe papers XXX XXX burnt or anywayes made away
that hee knoweth of or hath knowne, And saith that it was very darke when the sd
''ffan fan'' seized them and fearing that she might have bin a Dutch or
some enemies vessell the skipper sayed they were bound for Ostend
but hee saith they were really bound for
London And saith she carried none but the Sweedes fflagg and
never had any other colo;r on board, and there was noe goods
betweene the Deck the shipp having but one Deck

signed [HIS MARK] dicti. Tobierner

Interpreted by mee
John LXXX Lyonell

****
===Case: XXXX: 2. Richardus Tuo, of Rye, Sussex, victualler, aged 33===

30:° Aug:ti 66

Sup allone arlata prodict. Examinatus.

Dnno Turpor et Carow reXd)
The ''Jesus Maria Joseph S:t Andrew'')

2. RICHARDUS TUO de Rye in Com Sussex Victualler ibni ubibitant
per octonnia aut XXter annos agens 33 et ultra, testis produt
et Jurat.

Ad 6. 7. 14. et 17 arles super quibus solemmodo Examinatur XX XXXXX
M:rs Eaton deponit. That he well knoweth the shipp ''Surprizall'' aclate,
Capt John Tozier Command:r and was and went as Corporall of her when shee
was fitted and sett out from Rye as is aclate, And saith that the second
or third day after such their setting out from Rye they discovered and
seized by vertue of a Common which the sd Tozier had onboard the aclate
ship the ''Jesus Josephe Mary'' of the burthen (as this deponent guesseth)
of about 150 tonns, laden with ?razons part whereof they took XX XXXX XXXX XXXX they consisted which they
brought into Rye, And saith that at the sd seizure (which happened
about ffoure leagues off of Rye in the English Channell) this deponent
and fowre more namely ffrancis Spooner, W:m Standish one of the
owners and his brother Charles Standish the Lieutenant of y:e sd ship
''Suprizall'', George Blanch and this deponent went on board the sd shipp:
''Jesus Joseph S:t mary''. And this deponent at his first coming onboard
of her one of y:e persons onbpard a clubfoated fellow and a pilot or
stiersman of y:e sd XXXXX but his name hee knoweth not whence
they came he answered from Genova, and asking him twice together
whether hee was bound, hee Answered to Amsterdam. Which words
hespake in very good English and very pertinent to y:e quetions untill
another person who also spake English, and was also a pilot or stiersman as
hee beleeveth ?hubbed the sd person they first spake to, and to
this deponent and the other onboard that they were bound for Hamboro
----
P1090931
f. 7v.

saying that hee (the first person they soe spake to) know not what hee
sayes whereupon, the first person or clubfoated fellow said that
they were bound for Hamborow. Although as hee saith the Clubfooted
fellow spoke a great deale better English than the other did, and
this depo:t better understood him. And this deponent verily beleeveth
in his Confesiones that Had not y:e ''Drake'' ffrigott bin on the one side
and one of the Kings XXXXX on the other side the said Prize the ''Joseph Jesus
and Maria'' would have fought the ''Suprizall'' Each man having
their matches ready having their gunns charged and primd being XX
whole XX domicalven, and Eight or nine Petareren or peeces called maXXXXXX &
pistoll XXXXX XXX XXXXX Et alr nescit this depot hath bin
informed by some of y:e sd XXXX XXXXXX that y:e ''DXXXXe'' ffrigott alsoe waited for the sd prize and saving
they seized upon the sd shipp and lading as prize and belonging
to the states of the united Neatherlands, or their subiects

Ad Interria

Ad primum redet that hee cometh by y:e meanes and at y:e request of
one Capt Steele, And saith he was Examined before the Mayor of Rye
about a fortnight or three weekes since and then deposed to the like effect
of this his deposicon, And hee Expecteth that the sd Captaine Steeéle
should beare his charges up and downe but as yet hee hath not
received any thing saving tenn shillings of XXX then at Rye
to whom y:e Capt wrote to send up this dep:t and nomore to XXX XXXX, he hath
lived and kept a victualling house in Rye for about seaven or eight
yeers last, knoweth not what he is worth and owes but litle. Et alr
nescit.

Et 2. rendet that he knoweth not who are the laders of y:e goods
in Controversy, nor where laden saving he hath heard some of the
XXX XXXXX Company say that the same or a great part thereof were
laden at Malaga, and cannot specify the particuler parcels of them
Et alre nescit.

Asd 3 non concernit cum.

Ad 4 nescit nec audivit.

Ad 5 nonconcernit cum.

Ad 6 rendt that hee was one of y:e man of warrs Company, namely Corporall
but knoweth not whether he shall have any share in y:e XXX
y:e ship and goods bee condemned, neither knoweth hee of any money or other
goods taken from the XX or XXX of y.e sd shipp. Et alr nescit.

RICHARD XXXX [His signature]

****
===Case: XXXX: Deposition: Georgius Blanch, of Rye, Sussex, sailor, aged 50===

Eadem die

Super all XXXX prodict

3. GEORGIUS BLANCH de Rye in Com Sessex Nauta, natXXX ubi
annos agens 50 aut XXXX ter testis product et XXXX

Ad 6. 7. 14. et 17 arles super quibus solummodo Examinatis depont
et dicit THat he was one of y:e ship ''uprizalls'' Company XXXX
Masters Mate of her, and went on board her at Rye where she
was fitted victualled and manned And saith that after they had
bin at sea for a day or two she tooke and seized a Vessell or prize.
----
P1090932
f. 8r.

and as belonging to y:e subiects of the States of the United Neather-lands named
the ''Jesus Joseph Mary and S:t Andrew'' burthen about 140 or 130 tonnes.
And goth, upon the high and open seas in the English Channell about some
three leagues off of Rye, And saith that presentley after the sd seizure
this deponent, M:r Standish, one of y:e owners of the man of warr, and
his brother Charles Standish Lieutenant his ?precontent Two, and
one ffrancis Spooner XXX XXXX and upon such their coming onboard they found
two Pilotts as they XXXX but what country men they were hee knoweth
not, and asking one of them a lame footed man, who spake very good
English whence they were and whether bound he told this depo:t
and the other on board that he came from Genoa, and touched
at Malaga in Spaine and were bound with their lading comprising
of raisons and some wine for Amsterdam, Which theother pilot
hearing and jogging the person that answered the depot
and saying that they were bound for Hamboro the
person who first answered this deponent said soe alsoe - but not before.
And upon their comming on board hee saith they found them
in a warlike posture ready for fighting, there XXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Stones that lay upon the deck ready fitted, and would have undoubtedly
fought had not the ''Drake'' frigott and one of the Kings Ketches bin
insight andneere to them, Et alr nescit saving the sd ''Jesus
Joseph Maria'' was brought by this depot who was Command:r of her and
tooke care to and by the assistance of y:e other foure
persons and the rest of the ?prezt Company was brought unto y:e
port or Harbo:r of Rye. And saving the two pilotts assisted in
carrying her in the lame one hee saith stood by this deponent
at the ?lead ad as this deponent found the water and according XXXX
depo:ts direcon the sd pilot gave direcons to his seamen to order ?their
sales and they both also spake Dutch.

Ad Interria

Ad primum rend:t that one M:r Raymond on behalf of Capt Steele spoke to
this depo:t to come and bee a witness herein, and at Rye XX XXX received of Raymond
ten shillings but Exoects to have his owne Charges and horse hire upon XXXX XXX
andliveth by going to sea. knoweth not what he is worth. Ad alr nescit

Ad 2 rend:t that hee knoweth not who laded y:e goods in question nor for whom XXXXX
nor can specify the particular parcells of them. Et alr nescit.

Ad 3 non concernit cum.

Ad 4 nescit non XXXXX

Ad 5 non concernit cum.

Ad 6 rendit that in case the shipp on lading bee condemned hee Expecteth hos
share as a Seaman and according to his XXXX which is XXX XXXX. Knoweth
not of any money taken away from the XXXXX but XXXXXXXXX Captaine
Tozier tooke a little box out of y:e Captaines Cabbin XXXX Et alre nescit

XXXX XXXXX

Repetitium precXXXXXX coram XXXX
XXX XXX unto Ed:do BrXXXXXX
----
===Case: XXXX: 4. Carolus Standish, of Rye, Sussex===

P1090933
f. 8v.

31:° Aug:tis 66

Super allone predict Examinat

4. CAROLUS STANDISH de Rye in Com Sussex inhihitavit
per biennium aut XXXXX annos agens 24 XXXX XXXX testis product et Jurat

Ad 5. 7. 14. et 17 arles dicte allonis super quibus solemedo
Examinatur ex direnono M:ri Exton premria deponit et dicit that
hee welll knoweth the ship the ''Suprizall'' aclate and was one of her
company namely Lieutenant of her, And saith that about three
monthes since the sd vessell having taken in men
at Rye aforesaid went from Rye in the Evening of a day, and the next
morning about six of y:e Clock seized and tooke the aclate shipp
The ''Jesus, Joseph, Mary and S:t Andrew'' of the burthen of about 150 tonnes laded with wine and fruite and brought the
sd shipp with her said lading into Rye harbo:r, And she was
soe seized and tooke by the ''Suprizall'' and her Company about foure leagues
off . y:e West ward of Rye (to the best of this deponents Judgm:t) in the English
Channell, And saith that upon the boarding the sd vessel
by this deponent, his precontists George Blanch, Richard Tue,
Edward Standish this depots brother and one of y:e ''Surprizall'', owners
and ffrancis Spooner, all of y:e ''Surprizalls'' Company they found
onboard the said vessell two pilotts one of which he saith affirmed himselfe
to bee a Hamburger, both spake dutch as alsoe poor English,
and they being asked by this deponent and others then on board from whence
they came, and whether they were bound, one of y:e pilotts a Clubfoated
person,) answered that they came from Genoa, and were bound
for Amsterdam, Which the other pilott hearing said, Noe.
for Hamborow, and then the sd Clubfoated fellow also said
for Hamborow but not before although hee well understood w:t was asked him speaking so good English Et alr nescit upon XXXX. Saving this deponent when
hee and the others soe went on board ffound them in a ffighting posture, their Petererers
or peeces called ?Murderers being Eight in number laded, and their baggs
of shott by them, and some which were on board with this deponent told this
depo:t that they saw severall matches lighted, and most of their
musquets charged, The peterers were discharged at Rye harbo:r
and the musquetts carried aboard the ''Surprizall'', and in one musquett
he saith there were five bulletts one or two whereof were chewed
this depo:t seing the same drawne, And y:e sd ''Jesus Joseph Mary S:t Andrew'' had fought them as hee beleeveth
had not the ''Drake'' ffrigott and another Catch bin neere them.

Ad Interria

Ad primum rend:t that hee cometh at y:e request of M:r Steele on of y:e
owners of y:e ''Surprizall'' who came to know what this deponent could say
herein because he knew or understood that this depot was one
of her Company as aforesd. And saith that before he was sworne as a
witnesse M:r Exton asked this depot what hee could say in this
busienes, and this deponent then told him to y:e effect aforesd. And
Expects to have his Charges borne by the owners of the
sd Man of warr, ffor his paines in comming to bee Examined
herein, And saith hee was an apprentice to one M:r ?ffiels a

----
P1090934
f. 9r.

a vintner at y:e Greene Dragon<ref>Greene Dragon. Walter Thornbury writes that "The original 'Green Dragon' [Fleet Street] (No. 56, south) was destroyed by the Great Fire, and the new building set six feet backward." The 'Green Dragon' dated back to at least the late C16th, appearing in the Chamberlain's Account for 1585-6. Fifteen inns and coffee houses were listed in an April 29, 1841 parliamentary return of 'Houses occupied by Persons Licensed to sell Spirituous Liquors by Retail', with the 'Green Dragon' assessed by the Officers of the Excise as one of the highest in value (Item 176. h., [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64548#s1 Betty R. Masters (ed.), 'The Chamberlain's Account 1585-6: Nos. 147-226', Chamber accounts of the sixteenth century: London Record Society, 20 (1984), pp. 63-87], viewed 18/04/12; [http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/11540/eppi_pages/268952 'Licensed Victuallers, &c.', part 2, The House of Commons, April 29, 1841, p. 7], viewed 18/04/12)</ref> in ffleete street for y:e space of six yeers of thereabouts ending aboit
twelve month since, and hath bin imployed in one busienes or other
touching the ''Surprizall'' aforesd, to and againe from Rye to ?London
by his sd brother Edward Standish and in other busienesses for him, and is maintained
by him. Et alr nescit

Ad 2 rendet that hee knoweth not for whose ac:t y:e goods in question were
laden, or where laded, neither can he specify the particular
parcells of them. Et alr nescit

Ad3 non concernit cum.

Ad 4 nescit rendere Hee not being at Mallaga the time Interr.

Ad 5 nescit deponere salvis predepositis nor concernited

Ad 6 rendit That if the said ship or lading proove lawfull prize this depo:t
Expects his share as being one of y:e Company that tooke her: And
saithh this deponents brother had or tooke from the Captaine of the ''Jesus Maria Joseph'', Nine peeces of Eight and three shillings for which he told him
he would bee responsible in case the ship and lading prooved not prize,
and Captaine Tozier has also a little gold ring with a blackstone, in it which
was taken out of y:e Captaines Chest, And some cloaths hee saith the Company
of the ''Surprizall'' tooke from onboard y:e ''Jesus Maria Joseph S:t Andrew''
Et alr nescit.

CHARLES STANDISH [His signature]

Repetit coram dire XXXXX surr:t
prXXX Edw:o Browne No: publ.
****
===Case: XXXX: 5. Gabriel Morgan, of Stepney, Middlesex, sailor, aged 36===

Primo Septembris 1666

Super allone predict. Examinat.

5. GABRIEL MORGAN paroa de Stepney in Com Midd Nauta, ubi
habitavit per Septennia aut ?ricter annos agens
36 aut rirter testis productus et Juratus.

Ad 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. et 16. arles super quibus solum mod o Examinatur
et direccons M:ri Exton deponit et dicit That on or about the befinning
of ffebruary last past the aclate ship the ''Jesus Joseph Mary S:t Andrew'' came
with affaire wind to Malaga. Xould ffor feare as was sd she should bee taken by S:r jeremy Smith
then being at y:e Streights mouths And saith that at such
her coming thether she came full laden with muscadino candies and pirckled
Lemmons which were by y.e Common report of merchants and others there
ladedin the river ao (sic) or Bay of Genoa by the Dutch Consull there and two other
merchants there (whose names hee remembreth not) for their
acc:t to bee delivered at Amsterdam for the same acc:t And saith
the said ship going there by the name of the ''Genowesse petache'' might
have departed and gone away with her said lading to Hamborow the
wind being then Easterly and faire for her, And there was a Hamburger
man of warr of thirty six peeces of ordinance or upwards and
fourteene merchant men under his Convoy which then rode neere
y:e same mole where the sd shipp ''Jesus Joseph S:t Mary'' then rode
which sd ''Genowesse Petachi'' he saith runn up as farr as she could
----
P1090935
f. 9v.

into y:e ?moule and there moored her selfe at a great distance
from them, and pulled of her sailes from her yards And at
the time aforesd hee saith there was an ostend man of warr then
also riding neere the sd Mole one ?carew and Englishman M:r or
Command:r of her
the M:r of y:e said ''Petacher'' he saith was very fearefull
and refused to put to sea least shee should bee seized and taken by S:r
Jeremy Smith who with his squadron at that time and for
severall dayes together rode without the Hamburgers in the Road
within shott of y:e mole where the sd ''Petachi'' then ridd, And soe long as there
was any report of S:r jeremy Smiths being in the Streights or
anyways thereabouts the Captaine of the ''Petache'' never stirred
nor dared soe to doe but kept himselfe within Malega Mole for fear
of being taken by y:e English. And saith that during the sd
shipps ''Joseph Marias'' aboade at Malega, this deponent and
severall other English belonging to English Shipps then there
told the said Captaine of the said Genowesse vessell that the
English would meete with them before they gott to Amsterdam
the M:r and others of his Company replyed that they cared
not a ffart for y:e English for they had friends enough abroad
to guard them or words to the same or like Effect. And saith
there were onboard two pilotts, which
were said to bee Dutch men and as they acknowledged
themselves to bee, Namely hee hath bin told by the Clubfooted fellowe
(one of y:e pilotts) that hee was borne and lived severall yeers together
at Amsterdam, but that he now lived with his wife at ?Alicant And some
of y:e ''Petuches'' Company hee saith declared to this depo:t that a young
fellow (a Cooke) was borne at Schedam. And saith that when this
deponent, who was Masters mate of a merchtman y:e ''John'' of
London John Nansun Captaine
came away heeleft the sd Ostend man of warr as also y:e Hamburger
and his fleete and the Genewesse ''Petache'' all behind them at Malega
and if the sd Genewesse vessell had bin bound for Hamborow she
might have gonn in Company with te Hamborow ffleete XXXXXX
which she did not, as this depo:t hath bin informed or with S:r Jeremy Smith and
the English Squadron and merchantmen, Which as hee heard
she never did, But saith this deponent and severall other
English merchants then looked upon her to bee bound for Amsterdam
and to have Dutch lading on board ffor that Hamburgers now
and have ?done ever since the beginning of this warr
ffetched and doe ffetch their owne goods from Genoa and other
places in y:e Streights and send out good shipps for that purpose. And
saith that many more (that are now in his Majestys service) could and
can witnesse y:e same that this deponent hathe before deposed
----
P1090936
f. 10r.

Ad Interria

Ad j:in rend:t that hee cometh at the request of one Captaine Steel who hearing
that this depo:t was at Malega when the ship the ''Jesus Mary S:t
Andrew'' was there spake to this rend:t to testify the truth herein. Espects
nothing for his paines herein. And hath bin for five yeares and two
months last upon a merchandizing voyage from port to port, and
knoweth not whether hee bee worth anything or nothing. Et alr nescit

Ad 2 rendit y:t hee cannot specify the perticular parcells of y:e goods in question And
saith that hee hath bin informed that y:e owners of y:e ''Petache'' are Italians and
that they lett her to ffreight to y:e foresd Dutch consull and merchnts at Genoa
and that there was insurance made at Genoa upon y:e sd ship by which y:e ffreighters were to pay for her
in case she shpuld bee taken by y:e English. Et nescit se ad prode poita Alr nescit

Ad 3 nescit saying hee left y:e Hamborow and Osetnd convoy at Malega when hee departed thence.

Ad 4 rend:t that S:r Jeremy Smith went from Malaga about tenn dayes
before this repd:t who came thence yout y:e sixth of March last past and left by y:e Hamborow convoy there. Et alr nescit
Salvis predepositis.

Ad 5 et 6 deponit that y:e words aforesd were spoken in y:e presence of many of
y.e Company of the ''John'' of London aforesaid. And saith theforesd Clubfooted
pilot was raken in at Alicant as this depot hath bin informed by ?lres from severall
merchants in Alicant, where he saith about tenn or elaven weekes
this depo:t saw the sd pilott and hath once bin in his house there where hee hath
lived for about three yeers space as hee beleeveth. Et alr nescit rendira.

GABRIELL MORGAN [ His signature]

****
===Case: The Richard and Elizabeth: Deposition: Thomas Holbert, of St Saviour, Southwarke, Waterman, aged 44===

The nyneth of October 1666.

On behalfe of his Matie, touching
goods ?embrazeld out of the ''Richard and Elizabeth''

THOMAS HOLBERT of the parish of
S:t Saviour Southwarke Waterman
aged 44 or thereabouts, sworne in the
high Court of the Admiraltie of England
saith and deposeth by vertue of his oath

That the said shipp the ''Richard and Elizabeth'' (whereof
Richard ?Bothick was and is M:r and part owner) being a Victualling
shipp in the service of his matie riding on tuesday before the
late lamentable fire at anchor in Solebay neere to the ''Assistance''
frigot, Captaine Browne commander, and the said Captaine
desiring some firewood to be delivered aboard him one of the
''Richard and Elizabeth'', XXX XXX the frigot aboard the next
morning being Wednesday, and delivered wood aboard accordingly.
And while the ''Richard and Elizabeth'' lay ?lashed aboard the
said frigot, there were on the said Wednesay morning about foure
or five baggs of Spanish wools put out of the frigot aboard
her to be brought for London as for the ?use of the said Captaine
Browne, and then througe fowle weather the ''Richard and
Elizabeth'' bearing a sterne the frigot by the frigot ''?HalXX'', and
riding
----
P1090937
f. 10v.

riding thereby, there were the XXX XXXXX a parcell of three
hundred skinnes (w:ch as hee undertood were XXXola skinnes) brought
in the said frigates pinnaces and put also aboard the ''Richard and
Elizabeth'', and alsoe a parcell of kidd skinns (the number hee
cannot declare9 and also a parcell of flax, to be also brought
for London: all w:ch goods were by the conXXXX of the XXXXX
declared to be prize goods, and to thXXX ?purrpse they were XXXXX
thXX the Generall XXXXX XXX and take XXXX of them. And
saith that in the said shipp ''Richard ad Elizabeth'' all the
sd goods were brought up the River of Thames to Ratcliff XXXX
where they came to an anchor therewith on monday night the
third of September, and this deponent in regard of the danger
hee tooke his XXX and familie to be in, by XXX of the fire
getting XXXX by XXX hour, hee went that night ashore to his
house on the banck side leaving all the said goods aboard under
command of the said Bothwick. And on the Satturday next
following being the ?eigth of September this deponent
comming to goe aboard the said shipp, XXX with Samuel
?Clayman the XXX XXXXX ashore on Ratcliffe XXXXX, and
they goeing together into a XXX house to drinke a cup of beare
together, this deponent (who had got some intelligence that
the said goods were carried ashore by the said Masters order) asked
the said Boatswain as they wre in discourse thereabouts, how
they XXX XXX, to get parts to carry the said goods soe farr uplands
to w:ch him made answer that hee the said boatswaine by the said
Masters order got carts from Captaine Swanley XXX XXXX
to carry the said goods to Captaine Swanleys warehouse there
and that the CC they were carried accordingly. And this deponent
going to XXXX the said goods at Captain Swanleys, and
commanding a Constable of Stepney to assist them, the said
Constable declared unto them XX XXX of this materman
assisted in unloading the said goods one of the carts into the said
Captane Swanleys warehouse, and this deponent having
XXX XXXX with XXX of the XXXXX (whose XXX hee
now remembreth not) heard him affirme the XXXX

Signed [HIS MARK] XXXX XXXXX
----
===Case: XXXX: Deposition: Georgus Schoonmarker, citzen of hamburg, Sailor, aged 51===

P1090938
f. 11r.

Dmus XX XXX rerd navam the)
''S:t Jurgien'' (or George) de)
Hamborow, Jurgius Schoonmaker XXXXX)

14 Septembris 1666

GEORGUS SCHOONMARKER civitatis Hamburgen Nauta
atatis 51 aut et XXXXX, navarhus dicte navis
in preparatorio exteXXXtus

Ad primum, 2 et reliquor Interrix deponit et dicit that hee hath bin
Master of the said shipp the ''S:t George'' for nine yeeres last past and
upwards, during w:ch ?space shee hath belonged and doth belong to Hamburgh
and toInyhabitants and burgers there, who are still jer owners, namely
to Jurgien Bloyler a sixteenth part, Hance EstingXXaus a 16:th, Johan
Van Peren a 16:th, John Berenbergh a 16:th, Rudolph Bownbergh a 16
Augustin Henrdricks a 16:th, John van Campson a 16:th, ?harman Henricks
a 32:th, and this deponent the rest, namely halfe the shipp and a 32:th part
And that the said proprietors hath bin and are subiects of the ffree state of
Hamborow, and that noe part of shipp or goods belongs to any Dane,
Hollander or ffrenchman, or any subiect of the XXXdominions, and that shee
is of 60 lasts burthen
----
And further that her now cargo of marchandize
of wooll, ?leade, ?steele, kettles and other goods (referring to his bills for
further particularities) was laded at Hamborow about two moneths ?past
by Hamburghers their (sic) dwelling, and for Hamburghers their accompt
saving two parcells for Antwerpians and XX for ?Cullenaers
and a Bremer, as by his bills and attestations that were aboard
is more fully to be XXXX, and were all to be carried to and delivered
at ?Roane on the same accompt. And saith further that hee and
all his company are Hamburgers, ?saving one in XXXhauser and his
boy a Swede, and were hired by him for the said voyage to ?Rouane and
home againe. And that hee had not any ffrench, Holland or danish factor
or colours aboard. And moreover that hee XXXX bils of éading
for the said goods, and that one of XXX with his other documents (all
true and reall) were aboard an XXX of his XXXX by the ''Newcaster''
frigot about 5 weekes since, about 3 or 4 leagues to the west of the
?fflive as shee was plying with a XXXXXX XXXXX to perform her course
for ?Roane , her intended port of discharge, to the Captaine of
w:ch frigot this deponent delivered XX allXis said papers and
writings, withoutam XXXXXX or dissimulation. And further that
in the said nine ceeres XXXX the said shipp hath not bin in Holland
but hath ?used to ?saile from Hamborow to ffrance and England and
was this yeere in Scotland, all upon Hamburgers accompt. And
lastly that his company with himselfe XXXXX of eight man and a boy
and denieth that hee XXXX any false bills. Et alre nescit

JUERGEN SHOOXXXXX XXXXX [His signature]

****
===Case: XXXX: Deposition: 1. Peter Peterson, of Riga, Sailor, aged 45===

----
P1090939
f. 11v.

XXXXXXXXX

****
===Case: XXXX: Deposition: Eggert Wolf, of Stralsund, Pommerania, aged 60===

EGGERT WOLF de Stralesund in Pommerania in XXXX

hat his said shipp was built at Stralsund about ?eight yeeres since
XXX XXX XXX this deponent was appointed to XXX XX and XXXX XXX his then and
now owners, who were and are all Stralsunders and subiects of the King
of ?Sweden, XXXX Nicholas Bowman, owner of an eigth part, John HoustXXX
eigth, John XXXXmaster an eigth, Hanse Yeila a 32_th, Ernest Waranta an 32:th
Jurris XXXX a 16:th, Claus PaXXXX a 16:th, Charles Banck a 16:th, Martin
ClXXXX a 16:th HXXXXX Clowe 1 16:th, and this deponent a 16:th part
and that noe Hollander, ffrench or dane hath any share therein, And they are
cometh now from Stralsund bound for Bremen, laded with XXXXX, and
XXXXX, XXXX three lasts of wheate, eleaven baggs of wool, 2000 sheep skins, and
about 20 shipp pounds of uron, 6 XXX of XXX XXXX, 12 barrells of linseed
and one felt of XXXX, all laded at Stralsund by subiects of the king of Sweden
and to them belonging and for their accompt and to be carried to Bremen from
rge XXXX XXXXX

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
----
P1090940
f.12r.

XXXX and
XXXX at interest to this deponent too XXXX her building, for w:ch his shipp is liable XXXX
bottomrie to XXX fourteene Rix Dollars seventy bedides the principall. And
saith that this deponent and his company XXXX his letter three persons
are all of ffrederickstadt, there and thereabouts dwelling in the XXXX
of the duke of XXXXXX, and there being and XXXX subiects , and that XXX
Hollanders, ffrench or danes hath any part in

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

****

===Case: XXXX: Deposition: Detlef Hendrickson, of ffrederickstat, Holsatia, sailor, aged 38===

25:° Septembris 1666

Contra navem the ''Orange tree'')
of ffrederickstat)

2:is DITLEF HENRICKSON de ffrederickstat in Holsatia
Nauta, XXXXX dicti navis the ''Orange tree''
a'tatis 38 annorum aut ou XXXXX testis in
preparis examinatur, deponit et XXXXX, vizt

vide 1:xx in D

That his said shipp (of the burthen of sixteene lasts) was built at
ffrederickstadt about eight yeeres since, and hath ever since belonged to that
port in that Dominion of the Duke of Holstein; and that Cornelius vander
Loo and this deponent of ffrederickstat and John ffolkers trading at Colembet neere
that citie (where rgey alwaies dwelt and were and are subiects of the said
Duke) have bin the owners ever since the said building and are XX at present
namely this deponent owner of halfe the shipp and the other two each of
a fourth part, and that noe Hollander, ffrench or dane hath any part
or share therein- And that about ?seaven weekes xxxx (as hee remembreth

the time) hee (in company of the shipp the ''Death'' Hance Dorker M:r) came
from ffrederickstat with a parcell of timber & clapboard (by way of ballast)
and some XXXXX, w:ch wood was laded by John John?sen Burger there
andthe XXXXX by Miles Johnson & John Ruttenberg two other
Burgers there and a widow there dwelling all subiects of the said duke
and their XXX a ?park (the contents hee knowes not) laded by Claus XXX they
?alsoe a Burger there, and they were all to be delivered at Amsterdam
for accompt of the said ?owners, to w:ch XXX of Amsterdam the said shipp
?was bound (in carrying as aforesaid) to fetch Rhenish wine and Millstones
for the use and accompt of the said ?duke to be brought to ffrederickstat.
And there his company was XX XXX XXX himselfe and one man more
but subiects as aforesaid and dwelling in the dominion and XXXXX therein
And thXX ?running off the XXX XXX they were taken by the ''XXXX''
frigot, and after brought up into the Thames, and ther the Captaine
and company of the ''XXXX'' tooke this said XXX and XXXX aboard the
man of warr, and XXX of the clap board and many of this deponents XXXXX. And saith that XXXX
by rhis XXX to the Captaine, and XXX another by him, w:ch XXX
XXXXX to ?return, and ?had nine other XXXX XX XXXX XX passes XX
nore any interested or XXX away

DH

And
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===Case: The Sampson of Stetin in Pomerania: Deponent: Joachim Smit, citozen of Stetin in Pomerania, sailor, aged 62===

P1090941
f. 12v.

Contra nav?am the ''Sampson'')
of Stetin in Pomerania)

JOACHIMUS SMIT civitatis Stetis in Pomerania in XXXX
?SueXXXX Natua, XXXXX XXXX XXXX navis, annos natus 62 XX
XXXX testis in propario exXXXXXX deponit XXXXX XXXX

That his ?said shipp was built at Stetin and is about ?20 yeeres old, and
hath alwaies belonged to XXXXX, and saith that hee this deponent hath XXX
XXX of him for XXX yeeres, and that GXXXX XXXXXXX is owner of
XXXX the shipp, Peter may a quarter parte & ?hamn TruXXX a widow a quarter
part, and are all Inyabitants and natives of Stetin and Subiects of the king
of Sweden, and that now Hollander, Dane or ffrench hath any share therein. XXX
saith that in June last there was with his said shipp at Amsterdam XX XXXX
had carried XXX XXX for XXXX XXXX acc:t) and was then freighted by a XXXX
named XXXX ?Orst to goe to Longsound in Norway to ?fetch a cargo of deales
and `Spanns for Amsterdam, w.ch voyage the said XXXX XXXX XXXX him and
XXXXX the said XXXX, and the said shipp reXXXXX therwith to Amsterdam)
the said XXX then XXX XXXX XXXXX owne accompt and then this deponents
said owner having XXX for and ordered this XXXXX XXXXX to Stetin, and
was returning in ballast, andcomming in XXXX this XXXXXX to trhe XXXXXX
XXXX XXXX athe XXXXX XXX the ships there being on fire) XXX XXXXX
?burning XX XXX them, was taken with his said shipp by the XXXX fleete and
XXX XX XXX wherethis shipp now lyeth. And saith his company were XXXX
XXX and a boy all ?Easterlings, XXX his stiersman of WXXXXX, and a
common man of Stralsund, and all the rest Stetinners. And that his
master fearing to be burned, XXXXX him and fledd in XXX XXXX, and left him
alone as this shipp XXXXXX taken, And that this ?paper was delivered
XX XXX XXXXXX, and XXXX XXXX XXXX

?ASA ?GEM ?KNIEST [His signature]

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===Case: XXXX: Deponent: Michael de Craeyer, citizen of Antwerp, merchant, aged 68===

P1090942
f. 13r.

XXX GaXXXX Gyorkhammer, Mercatoris Antwerpiani)
pro navis the ''S:t XXXXXX'' et Xrro ?Limi)

4:° Octobris 1666

?Tuyer allegacconn arlate ex parte XXXX
Gyorkhammer date et XXXX annexis

MICHAEL DE CRAWYER cicitatis AutXXXpia Mercator,
annos agens 68 aut de XXXXX testis.

Ad primim srlum et XXXX in eadem mercanto deponit that hee hath
for two yeeres last and upwards bin Booke Keeper of and for the
producent GXXyor Gyorkhouwer, who is (as hee saith) a Merchant
of very eminent qualities, traffiquing to England, ffrance, Spaine, andinto the Streights and other places, and that hee is a native of Antwerp
where this deponent hath knowne him from his ?infancie, in w:ch infancie
this deponent hath often had him in his armes. And saith that in March
last the said XXXXX wrote and gave order to the arlate ?Romart
and de ?Panno his factors at Amsterdam (acting in company) to looke out
and bouy for him a shipp of about 200n lasts, of the price of about
nine or tenn thousand guilders, intimating his purpose to imploy her
to Rochell to fetch XXX, having found that to be a good traffique,
and after the firrst ?lr, ?hee confirmed such his order by others,
with direction to draw upon him for the payment for the said shipp
and XXXXXX, and signifying that hee would provide a M:r and
?Mariner for her in Brabant or fflanders to fetch her from
Amsterdam to XXXX XX XXX his accompt, or to the ?same effect, as is and
by the XXX ?lrs arlate appeareth, to w.ch hee referreth himsefe, and
to XXX XXXXX are XXX extants all of the parchments bookes of XXXXX
or ?lres , and that the ccontentts thereof were and areXXXXXX. Et alr nescit.

Ad 2:XX arlum et schedulas deponit that the timXXX arlate the
said ?productentXXX whXXX XX is XXX said factors to the effect arlate XXXXX
they XXX XXX they had bought such a shipp according to his order
and afterwards, that the XXXX that they were agreed of the price as
is arlate, and that ?they had honoured their draught, and would
make payment accordingly, referring himselfe to the lres arlate
numbred or marked D. E. XXXX XXXX ?w:ch are ?extrusted (XXX as the ?former)
one of the producents books of copies of lres by ?Cornelius Pirq a
Notarie of Antwerp, well knowne to this deponent, and whom this
deponent XXX XXXX in the said XXXX of the bookesa nd ex?trusting
Et alr nescit.

Ad 3:XXX arlum XX XXXXX in eadem XXXXXX et annex di XXXXXas
deponit that the said Bonnart and de Pann having brought that
said shipp sor the said producent, signified such buying and cost unto
him, and of their purchase to XXX and after that they had drawne
the payment and XXXXX XXX him and XXXX him the accompt
amounting as is arlate, and saith that the schedules marked N:o
2. 3. linro B were and are the said Boniara and da Pann their
said originall lres ?ther sent to the said producent, XXXX XX w:ch lres
hee saith is very well knowne ?tryin to be their hand of their lres
w:ch hee knoweth by the XXXX XXXX XXXXXX w:ch they
XXX w:th the producent in whose Counting House hee writeth.
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P1090943
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and frequently XXXXX his lres out and home, and often writeth
his outward lres w:ch the producent subscribeth. And to the accompt
N:° ?3 libro B hee saith that the ?same is the accompt XXXXXX from XXX
said factors touching the said shipps buying and costs. Et alr nescit

Ad 4:XX arlum et novam XXXX XXXXX exXXXXXX in eadem XXXXXX deponit
that the said billes (now XXX XXXX him) were and are the originall bills
of eschange XX drawn on the said producent in regard of the said shipp
and w:ch heehath accepted and hath paid the contents, owing and
w:ch was not payable till after this deponents comming from Antwerp
?namely in the said end of October 1666 now XXXX. Et alr nescit, ?saving (OR, having)
hee is XXXX to the said XXXments and artXXXX therein XX the exXXXXX
?for the said producent, and made entrie thereof in his books.

Ad 5:XXX arlum XX schedulas in eadem XXXXXX, XXXXXX in XXX XXXX
Libro C. deponit that the XXXX from Amsterdam was therein XXXewed
in a packet of thXXX said producent at Antwerp, this deponent XXXX
the XXXXX thereof. And the attestatxxon from Antwerp in the ?forthe
pf the said booke C. XXX XXXX hee knoweth to bee sealed with the ?towne
seale of Antwerp, and well knoweth the firme of XXXor ?Valrkenniser
the Towne Clark ?thereto, and is well assured of the truth of the
contents of the said attestaccons for the XXXX aforesaid alr nescit

Ad 6 arlum deponit that the said producent is a ?Hamberger with his
wife ?Hildrum and familie in Antwerp, and was and is a subiect of
the king of ?Szcinn, and one that fXXXth keepeth his bookes of
Merchandize, w:ch hee knoweth being his booke-keeper. And
saith the said accompt of the buying and fitting the said shipp is
onely entred in his the producents leger (sic) bookes, and severall
other things XXXX entred both before and after the same, and the
said ?Sparkhoumar hath really and truely paid and undertaken
to pay as is arlated. And saith hee well knoweth all the
Englishmen whose names are subscribed to the schedule arlate marked
2. lib. A. and that they are dwellers in Antwerp, and that they saw
thXXX ?people the said parchments bookes arlate, and saith that the ?certified
arlate from the ?magistrates of Antwerp was and is ?valid with the
said TXXXXX XXXX, and hee beleeveth the contents thereof to be true,
and which hee knoweth (for the reasons aforesaid) that the said producent
was and is the sole owner of the said shipp ''S:t Barbara'', and that
?now other person XXX XXXX hath any XXX therein. Et alr nescit

Ad 7 nescit.

Ad ult. cicit predepsiter sum ad XXXX

Ad Interria

Ad primum rendet that hee is an Antwerpian by birth, and hath
lived for the most part there, and hath XXXly dwelt there for 17
or 18 yeeres last, and is not of kin of the producent, nor XXXX
otherwise than as his book keeper, this deponent being a XXX keeper of
XXXXX, and XXXX the victory according to ?right, and soe hee
would XXX the same, favouring XX XXXX.

Ad
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f. 14r.

Ad 2 rendet that hee XXXX XXXX XXXX from Antwerp to declare the
XXX XXX is businesse at the XXX and XXXXX of the said producent
XX XXXXX XXXX hee XXXXX for his voyage and time, nor having
made any ?interest with him, Et alr negative.

Ad 2. negative.

Ad 4 rendet that hee hath seene and perused all the bookes interrogated,
and being the producents booke keeper and principall writer of his lres
is frequently XXXX therein, and privie to his XXXXX and
XXX XXXXXX, having bin his booke keeper for two whole yeares.

Ad 5 rendet that he beleevetrh the said producent receiveth XXX XXX
lres one ?other hee XXXX accomptest thereof in the XXXXX or in the
file and w:ch is obvious to the view of this deponent and XXXX,
Et alr negative.

Ad 6 negative referendo XX ad XXXXtor.

Ad 7 rendetr that the said producent is owner of the said shipp ''S:t
Barbara'' of about 220 lats, the ''Three Kings'' of 120 lasts, XXther
(the name whereof hee remembreth not without booke) of about 30
or 40 lats) Peter Moret M:r. The ''Postellon'' of Antwerp of about
30 lasts, and hee is part owner of the ?''Armies'' of Antwerp of
the like burthen. Et alr. nescit.

Ad 8 nescit.

Ad 9 rendet that Madam the widow de la ?Renee and XXXth
de la Ronde are the producents partner in Ro?chell, and hee saith
XXX XXXX saith them in that qualities for the said two yeeres wherein
thid deponent hath bin Booke Keeper, and as hee XXXX XXXX
before, Et alr nescit XXXX parte XXX negative.

Ad 10 rendet that the said producent XXX XXXX times of writing
to the said Madame and GXXfrey de la Ronde touching lading the said shipp
''S:t Barbara'' with XXX for Bristoll. Et alr. nescit-

MIGUEL DE CRAEYER [His signature]

****
===Case: XXXX: Deponent: Jeremias Peltz, XXX, aged 20===

5:° Octobris 1666

Super allegaconne et XXXX praed.

JERMIAS PELTZ famulus magri Syerkhounser producentis
cui inXXXXX per XXXXXX ult etatitis 20 annoorum aut
XXXXX testis

Ad primum arlum de XXXX in eadem XXXXte deponit that hee hath
well knowne the producent M:r ?SparkXXXer for six yeeres last
to have bin and to be a merchant of good qualitie and XXXX, and
having for XXXX monthes last served him as his counting
house clerke, well knoweth that hee tradeth for England, Germany
Spaine, ffrance, Italy and other parts. And saith that hee XXXX
arlate namely in May last the said producent wrote to his factors
BXXX and de Pann arlate at Amsterdam to XX XXX and
XXX

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P1090945
f. 14v.

'''Digital image is unclear'''
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P1090946
f. 15r.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Ad Interria

Ad primXX rendt XXXX

JEREMIAS PELS [His signature]
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===Case: XXXX: Deposition: Arthur Burlacia, aged 22===

P1090947
f. 15v.

16:° Octobris 1666

ARTHUR BURLACIA one of the Company
of the ''Dragon'' frigot, aged 22 yeeres or
thereabouts, sworne on behalf of his
Ma:tie XXXX AND DEPOSETH.

That the said frigot the ''Dragon'' Captaine ?Oule commander
in her immediate service of his Maiestie scouting by order
of the Generall off the ffleXX on the coast of Holland
about two monethes XXXXX espied two vessells XXXding in for
the fflXXX, and the said Captaine setting out his boate
XXXXed after them, the said two bessells XXpied bestooke
themselves to XXXX boates and flXXXX, and XXX the said two
vessells were taken by the frigots XXXmann, in w:ch XXXXXX
this deponent was one ?who XXXed to broad and
XXXX them, and of w:ch hee ?hath had a picture XXXX
XXXX. w:ch was said to be the ''Charitie'', XXXX as hee hath
since heard, XXXX hath by a dutchman the XXXXXX bin
a ffrXXd to be named the ''S:t John'' and to be belonging to
Ansterdam, but the name of the XXXX hee knoweth not
sand saith the said two vessells were and are Holland built
their companies that the XXXX XXXX carried XXX
XXXXX with them as hee verily beleeveth XXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXX were none left in XXX of them

Signed Artheri [HIS MARK] Burlachi

<nowiki>*****</nowiki>
===Case: XXXX: Deposition: Abraham Walvin, Sailor, aged 23===

Dmnos Turner et ?Carew the)
''Nostra Signora del Gratia'' et bona)
in eadem et rad ffoote et alios)

25:° Octobris 1666

Super alleno erlate XX partadictXXXX
ffoote et alirorum dXXXX et exhibitis annXXXX
examinatus.

ABRAHAM WALVIN, soperacargo navis the ''Nostra Signora
del Gratia'', natus in parXXhia sancti salvatoris in burg da
Southwarke, a'tatis 23 aut et cicriter testos perdurkus & XXXX

Ad primum

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P1090948
f. 16r.

Ad 2:XX arlXX et prima schedulum annexum et XXXX XXX deponit
that hee well knoweth the said other producents vizt Samuel ffaXX
XX Daniel Pourteen, and Edward Watts, and hath so done for
eight moneths last, and saith they are Merchants of London, and
traders to Venice and other parts of the Streights XXXX here they came
their factors and correspondents, and at Venice the arlate XXXX
VandenXXXst there dwelling was and is their factor of this depts XXX
knowledge, for XXX XXX that in January last or thereabouts the
said XXXcroft oat Venice as factor of and for the said three London
Merchants Alderman ffoote, M:r Pourteen and M:r Watts and for their
accompt hired and tooke the said shipp to freight of the said Signor
LXXXlle to goe to Zant to lade currants and to Gallipoli to lade
oiles to be brought directly to this port of London and there to be
delivered to and to the XX of the said three merchants, who as hee
hath understood XXX XXX XXX his comming to London, have partners in the said
XXXXX, vizt that the oiles are for Alderman ffoote and
partners and the currants for M:r Pourteen M:r Watts and partners,
and MXXXX GXXXXoft (an Antwerpian being and in
?JoyXXXX for them or XXXX of this deponents knowledge of Venice)
is by the said Pourteen and Watts said to be their partner in the said currants
and XXXXX factor or agent with lading thereof. And this
XXX first schedule annexed was and is a translation out of Italian
into English of the originall counterpartie XX made and passed at
venice for the said voyage betweene the said Ravenscroft and Lominelli
and XXXtly the effect of the said affreightment. w:ch hee
knoweth being privie to the said affreightment and acquainted with
all the designe of the voyage, being (as hee XXX
hee was) hired at Venice (at the time of the said affreightment)
by the said M:r Ravenscroft as factor aforesaid to goe upon XXXX
of the said ?shipp for the said Merchants, who M:r Ravenscroft took
order and XXXX this deponent who ?speaketh very good dutch,
that in case of meeting with dutch or ffrench shipps, hee this deponent
should pretend himselfe to be a dutchman, and that the goods were
bound for Ostend, and that hee should carry himselfe as a dutchman
to the end to conceale the London designe from the Mariners and
?conveying of the said shipp, but with that hee is an Englishman borne
as aforesaid in S:t Saviours parish, where his father and mother
lived and died, and with his father by common repute and as XXX
XXXXXX said was borne at Norwich and his mother in London,
and two of his this deponents ??brothers by his said father and mother
live near London at present, and saith that albeit this deponent
hath formerly lived in Holland to learne the language, yet XXX XXX
it is six yeares or thereabouts ?since hee was there last, And further
steersman of the said shipp named Claus Mayer, XXX with that hee
this deponent XXXXX him at Cadiz in the said shipps comming from
London and understanding him to be Hamburger and well acquainted
with the course of ?writing in the XXXXX, this deponent hired him there
to goe stearsman in assistance of this deponent, and the said steersman
hath bin for XXX to and XXXX by XXXX XXXXXX XXXX as their
?Townsman namely Hamburger, and for such ?knowne and is commonly
accompted, and none of the company subiects of the United Provinces. Et
alr nescit.
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P1090949
f. 16v.

Ad 4 et 5:X arluX et XXXX in eadem XXX

shippXXXXX to Gallipoli, and this deponent in

Ad 7 arlum deponit that for the XXX XXXX of the said XXXX and
voyage the said XXX XXXX and this deponent XXXXa XXXX firm the
English consul in ?Venice, XXXting the said prods belonged to
the said XXXX an Englishman and was bound for London.
XXX XX XXX XXX was by the said XXXX fforXXX a certificate XXX
XX John ffinch Resident in fflorencum with the Grand Duke
of Tiuscany to XXXX XXXX then XX interest of her said shipp and
ggods was in XXXX XXX XX, and thereXXXX bills XXXXXX
by this deponent to the said purpose w:ch were performance Tantam
to XXXX
by them and there was after and English Ensign carried at her XX
in the said shipp to the XXXX
course for London about thirteen longXXXX XXX of their hands and
XXXX
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P1090950
f. 17r.

they were met with by two Holland men of warr, one of w:ch haled
them and bad them come aboard, an XXXXX ducth answered
that the XXX men XX XXX and biund for Ostend, and for coming aboard
they made XXX
XXXX as they could
them to lie by them till morning (for in war XXX when they XX
came up with them) this XXXXX XXXX man of warr XXXX
put XX his boate and came aboard and finde their English documents
made them all fast up with five or six XX XXX in the said English
Ensign, and XXXX them
the XX and XXX them, namely the said XXX
bills of lading, and noe other papers or writings whatsoever were
at XXX XXXXXXXXXXX, And about the middle of the
first XXXX in the night, and Ostender (then with other Ostenders and
an English shipp were in their XXXXX) carrying her XXX
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f. 17v.

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P1090952
f. 18r.

aboard, one of XXXX du Gramm but hee knoweth not of what
XXXX the other was, nor the name of either of them, XXX XXXX that
spake XXX Italian.

Ad 3 rendet that the interr Sign:e Piscilla who laded the ship XXXX
accompted an Antwerpian borne, and this deponent was XXX XXXX
ordered by the said XXXXX XXXXX the XXX XXXXX XXXX said Piscilla
for the said lading of XXXXX. Et alr nescit XXXX XXX XXXX

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P1090953
f. 18v.

ABRAH: WALWYN His signature

****
===Case: XXXX: Deposition: ffranciscus Raynsford, apprentice of Alderman ffoote, aged 19===

Eadem die

Super allone predict examinat:e

2. ffRANCISCUS RAYNSFORD famulas Apprenticius Aldermanni
ffote partis producend. annos agens 19 aut XXXXX testis

Ad primum nescit deponere

Ad 2 aclum deponit that y:e aclate Alderman ffoote,<ref>Alderman ffoote. The London vintner Samuel Foote was sworn as an Alderman for Farringdon Ward without on June 27th, 1661. Woodhead (1966) identifies him as 'Foote, Samuel (B)', and suggests that he was made free of the Vintners in 1641/42, and was a merchant trading to Turkey in 1663, but does not identify a date of birth or death, or a will ([http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=67208#s1 Alfred P. Beaven, 'Aldermen of the City of London: Farringdon ward without', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 153-165], viewed 18/04/12; 'Foote, Samuel (B)' in [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=31882#s37 J.R. Woodhead, 'Fabian - Fyge', The Rulers of London 1660-1689: A biographical record of the Aldermen and Common Councilment of the City of London (1966), pp. 67-74], viewed 18/04/12)</ref> Daniel Porteene, and Edward
Watts, are merchts of quality and Inhabitants of this city of London And
the sd Alderman ffoote hee saith hath traded and doth trade to Venice
Gallipoli and other places beyond y:e seas, and kepeth his factors to that
purpose, and particulerly he saith the aclate George Ravenscroft<ref>George Ravenscroft. George Ravenscroft (b. 1632, d. 1683) is the subject of a short Wikipedia profile. This profile states that he is "primarily known for his work in developing clear lead crystal glass (also known as flint glass) in England". The second of five sons of catholic parents, who hid their faith, he was baptised in Alconbury Weston, England. He attended the English College in Douai, France, to train for the priestgood, but did not complete his studies. Supposedly, at some time between 1651 and 1666 he was resident in Venice, returning thereafter to London, setting up a glass manufacturing business, whilst continuing to act as a merchant. He apparently set up a business with his brothers Francis and James trading with Venice (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ravenscroft, viewed 18/04/12)</ref> is the
factor for y:e sd producent at Venice aforesd. And saith that about
January 1665 old stile the sd Ravenscroft informed the sd producent
Ald: ffoote that hee had freighted a shipp called ''XXX Seignigyn ?del Gratia'' to goe to
Zant and Gallipoli there to lade oyles and currants and to bring y:e
same to London. And the oyles hee saith being three score ten tonnes or
thereabouts are for y:e acc:t and ?uisage of this depo:ts M:r and partners and to
his sd facto:r at Venice: And to that purpose hee saith hee hath seene y:e
lres sent to his sd Master, who he was desired by the sd Ravenscroft to receive
y:e freight due for Currants then on board. Et alr referendose ad primam
schedulam qua credit esse veram nescit saving hee beleeveth the sd schedule
to bee of y:e sd Ravenscrofts handwriting.

Ad 3 deponit that the sd Ravenscroft informed the sd producent Ald. ffoote that
hee had hired the sd aclate Abraham Walwyn to doe and act as is aclate
the better to avoid seizure by ffrench or dutch, knoweth not where the
sd Walwyn was borne, but hath seene a womman in London whom the sd Walwyn XXXX
to bee his sister. Et alr nescit.

Ad 4 deponit that the sd Ravenscroft advised this depts sd Master
that he had caused to bee laden at Gallipoli one hundred sixty three
Caskes of oyle smale and great on board the sd shipp, marked as is XXXX, for his sd Masters XXXX
au:t, ad that hee had colourably used the name of the aclate Angelo del Oylies
for feare of being mett with by y:e Enemys to this kingdome, which he knoweth
having seene such lres and being made privy to all his sd M:rs transactions
in merchandizing affarres and writing his lres and being booke keeper Et alre
referendo XX ad filie dulam qua credit esse verant in hummodi erle XXXXX
nescit deponere.

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P1090954
f. 19r.

Ad 5 nescit deponere salvis predeportis refereado se ad schedulas aclate

Ad 6 deponit that y:e aclate Robert ffoote<ref>Robert ffoote. Matteo Giunti lists Robert ffoote (b.1637, d. 1714) on his 'Leghorn Merchant Networks' blog (http://leghornmerchants.wordpress.com/home/leghorn-merchants/, viewed 18/04/12</ref> and Benjamin Child advised this
depots sd M:r that they had laded on board the sd ship at Legorne (she touching
there in her passage for London) two bailes of kid skins for their owne
XXX markes and numbred as aclate. And that y:e sd Welwyn had subscribed
a note as is aclate And saith y:e fifth schedule is subscribed by the sd Welwyn
as is aclate, this deponent having severall times seene him write his name.
and thereby being acquanited with manner and character in writing
Et alr refereado se ad drum schedulam nescit

Ad 7 deponit that y:e aclate Robert ffoote sent a Copy of a Certificate obtained from
y:e aclate S:r John ffinch<ref>S:r John ffinch. Sir John Finch (b. 1626, d. 1682); a younger brother of Sir Heneage Finch, 1st earl of Nottingham. Educated at Eton and Christ's College, Cambridge. Graduated in medicine at Padua (1656), and made a fellow of the Royal Society. Minister to the court of the Duke of Florence, 1665 to 1670. Subsequently English ambassador at Constantinople (1672-1681) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Finch_%28ambassador%29, viewed 18/04/12) </ref> his Matys resident at fflorence to this depots
sd master. Which Copy he alsoe saw: Et alr nescit proprantosua saving he beleeveth
that y:e sd currans really belong to y:e aclate Daniel ?Pourteene and Edward Watts
Ad nescit deponere

Ad 9 deponit that when the sd shipp was seized or stoppd in ffalmouth by the parties aclate
Oyles were then worth and about London would have bin sold for 60: L XXXX and upwards
per tonne, and now they will yeild but abput 45:L per tonne. And saith that hee hath
seene a note subscribed by one ?Fremaine for the receipt of twenty one XXX
from his precontest M:r Walwyn Et alr nescit saving the sd producent
XXXX suffered losse and dfammage in y:e losse of their marketts and demurrage of their
shipp and leakeage of oiles, and dammage of goods, in this deponents Judgmt

Ad 10:th deponit that y:e lading of oyles belonging to this depots M:r and partners were assured upon
at Genoa to come from Gallipoli for London for y:e acc:t aforesd by ffrancis Gardiner
and Thomas Kirke and y:e Charge thereof was drawne upon this depots master
who gace credit in his XXXX to his sd factor as he procured the sae to bee assured, which
hee knoweth for y:e reasons aforesd.

Ad ult. dicit predeporta per cum XXXXXX

Ad Interria

Ad primum rend:t that hee is not related to Alderman ffoote otherwise than by being his
apprentice nor to any of y:e parties producent and was borne at ?Harrndon
in Northtonshire as he supposeth it to bee.

Ad negative saying
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===Case: XXXX: Deponent: 3. Robertas Demetrius, of St Botolphs without Alddgate, London, aged 35===

P1090955
f. 19v.

16:th of October 1666

Super XXX

3. ROBERTAS DEMETRIUS paroa S:ti Bodolphi extra Aldgate London XXXX
annos agens 35 entrXXXX testis product et Jurat

Ad primum nescit deponit

Ad 2. 3. 4. & 5. deponit that hee well knoweth y:e Aclate Alderman Samuell ffoote,<ref>Alderman Samuell ffoote. J. R. Woodhead (1966) gives no date of death or will for Samuel Woodhead, vintner. (See PROB 11/372 Drax 1-51 Will of Samuel Foote, Merchant Tailor of London 17 January 1683; PROB 11/408 Fane 1-48 Will of Samuel Foote, Ironmonger of London 08 February 1692; PROB 11/437 Pyne 45-88 Will of Samuell Foote, Merchant of London 20 April 1697</ref> M:r
Daniell Pourteene and M:r Edward Watts merchts and Inhabitants of this
city of London. And soe hath knowne Alderman ffoote and M:r Watts for
theise twenty yeares or thereabouts and M:r Powrteene for about XXX
yeers last who hee saith are merchts of very good quality and great ?trade
to Venice Gallipoli and Zant and other places in y:e Streights and to
that purpose keepe their factors beyond seas. And saith there were laden
on board the shipp ''Notro Seigniora del Gratia'' at Zant one hundred and fifty
thousand weight or thereabouts of Currans for the ac:t of the aclate
Daniel Pourteene, Edward Watts and Marine ?Gathoffe a
subiect of Venice and there resident and the same were to bee XXXX
in the sd shipp to London and here to bee delovered for y:e same ac:t And
saith the sd Currants are as hee verily beleeveth and is well
assured marked and numbred as is aclate and that none but
y:e persons aclate have any share or interest in the sd Currans or any
part thereof. And the third and fourth schedules being two original
bills of lading are as hee beleeveth the bills of lading soo signed for
y:e said Currans and y:e Contents thereof reall and true. The premisses
hee deposeth having seene y:e receipt of severall lres from y:e said
Gelthoff about y:e same and having answered and copyed the lres
of y:e said

XXXXXXXXXX

Ad Interria

Ad primum rendit that hee was borne in S:t Mary Axe in London. And
that M:r Pourteene married this rend:ts first cozen is not otherwayes related
to any of them

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f. 20r.

therein and XXXX him XXX to y:t purpose which hee this depot entred in his book of
copies of lres. And XXX only after he sent another lre advising the sd XXXXXX
that hee had laded them onboard a ship XXX ''Signora del Gratia'' being y:e
ship in XX XXX. Et alr nescit

Ad 11-12 et 13 nescit

Ad 14 et alr nescit.

Ad 16 nescit.

ROBERT DEMETRIUS [His signature]

Repetit coram dXXX XXXXX surr:to
parte D:re XXXXX XXXXX

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===Case: XXXX: Deposition: 1. Abraham Beake, son of Arnold Beake, aged 22===

29:° Octobris 1666

Super allegacone arlate XX XXX
ex parte eake et al examinate.

1. ABRAHAM BEAKE filius Arnolde Beake producent
annus natus 22 aut XX XXXXX testis productus

Ad primum secundum et 3:th arle deponit that the producent Arnolde
Beake is his father (with whom hee hath lived for the most part of
histime) and Elias Beake his uncle, who for all the time
of his remembrance have bin merchants of and dwellers in London
(where they at present inhabit) and subiects of his Ma:tie and such
ias have and doe drive a trade of merchandize betwixt
England and ffrance upon their owne accompt for wine, brandy and
vinager, andXXXX XXXX good quantities thereof XXXX them to London from ffrance for the proper acco:t of them the said Arnold and Elias
Beake who were and are partners in ther trade and busines. And
with that the aclate Samuel Beake is his this deponents brother
(sonne alsoe of the said Arnold) and a native of London and for the time
aclate hath bin and is the factor of the said Arnold and Rlias at
Bordeaux, and XXX XXXX XX accompted, and bought and
provided by their order and for their accompt severall ?greate quantities
of wine and brandy, and shippedXX XXX XXXX XXX XXX London
and particularely (as by lres and XXX XX from him) in or about
the moneth of July 1666 hee laded and caused at Bordeaux to bee
laded and XX about the shipp ''ffortune'' of XXXX aclate twenty
XXX of brandy marked with the first mark in th margin
and further two tunns and one hogshead of wine and three tunns and
three hogsheads of vinegar of the ?same marke in the margin, all
to be transported in the said shipp to London and there to be XX to them
and for their accompt, w:ch hee knoweth for they XX writeth in the
sd producents Counting house and is acquainted with thXX XXX XXX
and XXX XXXXXXX the said bookes touching XXXXX
frequently pressing the bookes and XXX XXX in those affaires XXX
Et alre nescit

Ad 4 aclum et prima schedulam annex deponit that hee verily beleeveth
the said schedulXX to be one of their bills of lading XX XXX ?signed by the said XX for
the said goods, for that hee knoweth the hand writing of the filling
XX XXX to be the hand of one of the said Samuell his servants, and to XXX
remembrance made ?her taketh in her XXX in XXXX XXXXX from the said Samuel
to this said XXXX, and saith hee is assured of the truth of the XXX
thereof Et alr nescit
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f. 20v.

Ad 5:X arlum et secundam et 3:X sched annex deponit that
hee well knoweth (for the reasons aforesaid) the said second schedule
to bee of the hand of the said Sammuele XXXX XXXXX and the said third
schedule to be the said Samuels owne hand, and is assured of the
truth of the contents thereof, with this addition XXX the said
Elias is in part ?ownershipp therein as in the rest of their trade
with the said Aclate, w:ch the said Sammuel well understands as XX
albeXXX them for ?brevitie and for his part XXXX XX to whom hee XXX XXX XXX markes
the addresses XXX XXXX Arnold Beake alone

Ad 6 aclam deponit that hee jath heard and beleeveth that there
was a colourable bill of lading signed by the said XXX to the
end of avoiding seizure and confiscation in case of capture by the
enemies of this XXXX, But of his certaine
knowledge the said XXX were really laded for the accompt of the
said Arnold and Elias who did and doe ?run the XX adventure
thereof, and are by efforts of theirs in the said Samuels hand
(w:ch this deponent knoweth XXX XXXXXX) or otherwise to XXXX
by them the said Arnold and Elias Beake, who of his knowledge
as aforesaid run the XXX thereof
Et alr nescit

Ad 7. deponit that hee well knoweth the aclate Peter Crosse
and hath XXXX true XXXXX this deponents said brother from
XXXXXX directed to the said Peter in this the said Peters hand
and ?truely knoweth them to ne correspondents, and this deponent
hath understood that the said Sammuel XXXX the XXX XXX and XX
the shipp aclate for the said Peters acco:t for London tenn XXXX of
brandy of the marke in the margin w:ch said Peter hee saith is
an English man (as this deponent taketh him) and lately
as hee hath heard lived in Billeter lane London, and having ?seen
the 4. 5. and 6:th schedules annexed hee saith the
5:th schedule being the bill of lading for the said
tenn ?peeXX of brandy is filled up with the hand of one of the
?servants of the said Sammuel, the 5:th schedule being the XXXX
for the same is of the hand of the other XXXX of the said Sammuel
and the 6:th is the prod:ts Sammels owne hand and XXXXXXX the
contents thereof to be true. Et alr nescit.

Ad 9 deponit that XXX
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f. 21r.

and documents, hee hath ?seen and understand them the said bessell
was in her two voyages XXX

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

ABRAHAM BEAKE [His signature]

Ad Interria

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

ABRAHAM BEAKE [His signature]
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P10900959
f. 21v.

===Case: XXXX: Deposition: 2. Johannes Poplar, of St Salvatoris, Southwarke, yeoman, aged 26===

Eadem die

Super Allone prXXX Examinat

2:X JOHANNES POPLAR paro S:ti Salvatorie in Burgo da
Southwarke ?yeoman annos agens 26 aut inter dicit et
deponit prout seq viz:t

Ad primum et 2:XX dXX XXXXX deponit et dicit That hee well knoweth
y:e aclate Arnold & Elias Beake and soe hath done ever since hee can
remember during all w:ch time they the sd Arnold & Elias Beake have
lived in London and were & are subiects of his majesty of England &
soe commonly accounted & knowne to be and saith that they are merchn:ts
of great repute and dealings on their owne acc:t w:ch hee knoweth
for that hee hath bin one of their Clerkes in their counting house for
about a yeere last and used to copy their lres & make up
accounts about their merchandizing affaires, And saith that hee
thereby alsoe knoweth that they have during the sd times of his having
bin their serv:t driven a great trade from ffrance to England for wine
Brandy XXXXX & other things XXXX all as far as ever hee understood
on their owne acc:t & adventure they being brothers using to trade in
ptnership, et alr nescit

Ad 3:XX 4:XX 5:XX 6:XX 7:XX 8:XXX et 9:XX arles dXXX Allonie deponit et dicit
That by y:e meanes aforesd h
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P1090960
f. 22r.

Ad 11:XX deponit That head not y:e sd ship bin seized shee ?would
doubly have come directly to Legorne X where y:e sd goods XXXX
to the sd partyes or their assignes et alr nescit.

Ad 12:XX XXX pte sua nescit.

Ad 13:XX deponit That hee hath heard that the M:r & Company of y:e sd
ship (who queszion?bly is necessary XXXXX herein) were XXXX up in
person as Enemyes
et alr nescit

Ad ult XXXX prepoisa p XXXX esse vera.

Ad Interria

Adprimum rend:t that the sd Arnold & Elias Beake did not in any of their
lres ofOrders about y:e XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX goods in question XX y:e sd ship ''ffortune''
and saith that they sent the sd lres XXXXX by ?post to y:e sd Samuel Beake
at Nourdeaux & this depo:t just before they were sent away copyed them
in y:e Copy book of y:e sd M:r Beake, out of w;ch hee tooke
notes (w:ch hee hath now w:th him) of ye teno:r aforesd, et
alre salvit prdepotie ad qua XXXXX nescit.

Ad 2:XXX rend:t That hee knoweth not y:e rest of y:e sd goods but by y:e
Invoyces to XXX he referred wXX Invoyces were sent over by y:e sd
Samuel Beakes to the sd XXXXXX, but when they received them hee
knoweth not nor knoweth whether any money or any thing els is
pd for or in pt of y:e goods now claimed. et alr nescit

Ad 3:XX rend:t That the sd M:r Beakes XXX severall markes
but y:e pticular markes hee cannot put downe And saith that the
sd M:r Arnold Beake is this rend:ts uncle & hee is their XXX as a foresd
& is not otherwise related to them, & sayth that hee hath now interest in y:e
goods claimed, & is worth fourty pounds in cleare estate as hee beleeveth
et alr nescit.

JOHN POPLAR [His signature]

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===Case: The Seaven Starrs, taken by the Assurance: Deposition: 1. Nathaniel ?Pocket, Masters Mate, aged 24===

Ult: Octobris 1666

Touching y:e shipp the ''Seaven Starrs'')
taken and seized by the ''Assurance'')
ffrigott. On behalfe of his majesty)

NATHANIEL ?POCKET Masters mate of y:e ''Assurance''
ffrigot aged 24 or thereabouts sworne and
Examined on behalfe of his Majesty in
prapacrco. saith and deposeth

XXXX

That hee was one of the Company of y:e ''Assurance ffrigott'' John Norborow Commander
and hath soe bin mate of her, and Mitchiap (sic) man for about five monthes last
And saith the said ffrigott being by y:e Generalls sent out to front while
the English ffleete lay at Sole bay, and being upon the scout on or about
the thirteenth of August last past discovered three vessells under
saile and making up to the shipp in question discovered her to have
dutch colo:r up and ?hee (OR, ?her) by eleaven of y:e clock toward ?noone comming soe no one as to discerne the ffrigott to bee
an Engish ffrigott, boore away before y:e wind making all the saile hee
possibly could which y:e Command:r of y:e sd ffrigott XXXceiving made also
after them and on or about one or two of y:e Clock in the afternoone of y:e same day
seized and tooke the ''Seaven Starrs'' aclate being laden with wine and
Brandy as y:e Company affirmed, bound for Holland and having eleaven
Gunns on board. And saith that after and before the said ffrigott
came up with her the sd prize she fired severall gunns at y:e ffrigott
namely one of the shotts tooke place in y:e main mast, another in y:e
maine topmast, which much damnifyed the masts and XXXXXall the
Shotts before she and XXXX before XXX XXXXX
And saith severall of y:e sd Shipps Company declared that they came from
ffrance and were bound for Holland, and that the sd shipp and lading consisting
of wine and brandy belonged to Hollanders also. Et alr nescit saving y:e M:r refusing to yeild
was by one of y:e ''Assurances'' Company killed, whereupon they presently yeilded

NATHANIELL ?POCKETT [His signature]
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===Case: The Seaven Starrs, taken by the Assurance: Deposition: 2. Thomas Beavens, of the Assuance ffrigott, aged 46===

P1090961
f. 22v.

The same day

2. THOMAS BEAVENS one of y:e Company of the ''Assurance'' ffrigott
aged 46 aut XXXX sworne saith and deposeth

That in Aug: t last the ''Assurance'' ffrigott was sent out of
Solebay by y:e Generalls to scout, and being out upon such scouting
on or about the eleaventh of Aug:t last to the best of his
remembrance of the time, discovered and tooke a shippe called
the ''Seaven Starrs'' ladn with wines and brandy and bound for
Amsterdam as y:e Company declared to this dep:t and others: having
Eleaven Gunns on board sverall of which she fired at trhe ffrigott and
made severall shotts at y:e masts rigging and sailes endeavouring
thereby to disable the ffirgott and to impede her persuite being in and upon asterne chase.
And three of her shotts he saith in particuler were remarkeable
one X y:e first was in her Main topmast, the second in her mainmast which
his precontest saw and tooke y:e bullet out being a bullet of 3:li weight
the other was through her spritsaile yard, which rendred her
unable to beare any more saile thereupon. And saith that when
they came up together and within shott the sd ffrigott fired some
gunns and severall small shotts past bteweene them and were given
and taken. And y:e Captaine of the said ''Seaven Starrs'' being killed
with a finale shott the Company Imediately yeilded, who declared
that there said shipp and lading belonged to Hollanders and was
thither bound, and that they had taken a Scotch bessell bound for
y:e barbadoes that they had made prize of her lading and restored
the shipp to the master againe wanting to XXXXXX And that they had taken an English
fflyboate laden with deales. And saith there were two other vessells
in the sd ''Seaven Starrs'' Company a dutch ffly boate and another
who made their escape wule the ffrigott was in persuite of y:e said 7
Starrs. who was taken by y:e said ffrigott about 17 or 19 leagues from
shore betweene Sole and Lasthow. Et alr nescit.

THOMAS BEAVENS [His signature]

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===Case: The Swedish Lyon: Deposition: 2. Johannes Rainmorter, of North Yarmouth, sailor, aged 25===

13. Novembris 1666

XXXX et XXXX)
XXXX con y:e ''Swedish)
Lyon'' predict.)

XXXXX

2. JOHANNES RAINMORTER de North Yarmouth Nauta annos agens 25
aut XXXX testis productis et Juratus dicit et deponit proXXXXX

Ad primum et secundum arles deponit et dicit that for about tenn or Eleaven
yeares last past this deponent hath knowne y:e producent Samuell Beake who hee
saith was and is a merchant of good quality and reputaccon and one that
drives and hath driven a good trade in salt wines, and other
ffrench Merchandizes for his owne acc:t from severall places in ffrance to the
kingdomes of Ireland and England. And saith that the said Beake is to y:e best
of his knowledge and as hee beleeveth an Englishman, the sonne of y:e aclate
Arnold Beake and this depo:t hath bin informed that y:e said Sam:le was borne in
London. And dwelling such the time of this depo:ts knowledge of him hee the said Samuel
hath bin ffor y:e most part resident in Bourdeaux, a Batchelo:r, and boarded there. And further
carrying on of such his trade hee keeps his factors at Rochel ?Olroone
and other places in the dominions of y:e said ffrench King as also at Dublin and Corke, in Ireland. Et alr nescit deponit

Ad tertium et 4 arles deponit that in ffebruary last past the aclate Peter Knight and y:e
producent had treaty about the buying and selling a shipp, and the producent XXX
of him the said XXX shipp called then the ''Cumberland'' the said Knight XXX lying in the
River of and neere Bourdeaux for y:e summe of foure thousand Livers or
thereabouts
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P1090962
f. 23r.

thereabouts which hee knoweth hee being made privy thereto, And being
sent by the said Samuell Beake to view the said shipp her tackle and
furniture. and to give him acc:t what this depo:t thought the same
were worth. And saith the sd producent agreed and undxertooke to pay for
y:e said shipp at her arrivall at Royen (sic) below in that River the foresaid summe
of 4000 livers or thereabouts in this depots presence. And hee verily beleeveth that the said summe
is since paid but he for his part saw not any mony paid. And for y:e reasons
aforesd beleeveth him to bee sole owner of the said shipp her tackle apparell
and furniture. And saith that after such buying the said shipp hee the sd
Beake Changed her name and called And named her y:e ''Swedish Lyon'' and
put and constituted the aclate Henry Roode M:r of her and the said producent
Expended and laid out severall summes of mony in triming and fitting put
the said shipp for a voyage to bee made from y:e port of Bourdeauy to Dublin in
Ireland, for which voyage and for his owne acc:t and XXXX to the best of this
deponents knowledge hee laded and caused to bee laden on board the said shipp
about seaventy tonns of White and redd wines, and severall peeces of Bruins (sic)
to bee carried to, and which were carried to and delivered at Dublin in
Ireland to y:e aclate Josuah Allen
his factor there and to bee and were disposed of by him for y:e sd Beakes acc:z. And
the aclate Henry Roode y:e master hee is well assured received moe mony for
ffreight of y:e said goods from y:e sd Allen or from any other, y:e same belonging wholy to
y:e said producent. Which hee knoweth being one of y:e Company
and going the said voyage and being made privy to the
whole transaction of the sd lading and voyage by y:e sd M:r Beake and Master
of y:e sd shipp. Et alr nescit saving that in y:e voyage afoesaid they touched at
Plymouth and there tooke in a Pilott bamed Nicholas Lampin an Englishman
living then at Plymouth to goe in her to Dublin in Ireland, this depo:t being a
stranger in these seas, and the sd shipp went from Plymouth some part of y:e seas under
the Convoy of the ''Dartmouth'' and y:e ''Little ?Guifts'' his Majesties frigots untill
stresse of weather parted them.

Ad 5. 6. & 7 deponit that y:e said shipp returned in Ballast with some small things
to Rochell and ?Oloroone about June last past, by y:e orders of y:e said Samuel Beake, And
hee saith the aclate Baily the producents factor did at Xloroone lade
and caused to bee laden on board the said shipp by order and advice of y:e
said producent, and for his ac:t about three hundred of Xloroone salt to bee
carried in the said ship to Corke in y:e Kingdome of Ireland and there
to bee delivered to y:e aclate Gold for y:e sd producents acc:t and to bee
by him vended and disposed of for y:e same acc:t which hee knoweth ffor that
this deponent and y:e Master at Dublin as also at Rochell after their returne
from Dublin had lres from the said Beake ordering them to goe to ?Moroone
and advising them that the aclate Baily would lade them with salt for
his ac:t to bee carried to Corke in Ireland. Which lres hee has since lost, as
hee beleeveth. But knoweth not of any bills of Exchange drawne upon y:e
sd producent or of any monies wither paid or remitted for y:e sd lading but beleeveth
the same to bee paid for y:t y:e said Beake being as hee supposeth a rich mann & a great trader
useth to pay very Currant. Et alre nescit.

Ad 8 deponit that y:e lre aclate being y:e first schedule is wholy written and subscribed
by and with y:e proper hand of y:e said Samuell Beake which hee knoweth having
severall times seene him write, and received severalll lres from him and therby
being well acquainted with his manner and Character of handwriting. Et alre
referendo soad diXXX misivam, ffacturam et atte starenem aclate et contenta in eiXXdem
nescit depondre saving . Sam Beake at y:e foote of y:e sd attestaccon is y:e firme of y:e sd producent
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f. 23v.

Ad 9 deponit that the said shipp ''Swedish Lyon'' with her said lading of salt on
board was in her Course for Corke in Ireland namely about halfe Seas over from
?Ushing in ffrance to y:e landsend y:e wind being scant met with and seized by a
private man of warr one Hampton then Comman:r and by him brought
up into or neere ?ffoye aclate Et alre nescit.

Ad 10 deponit that since y:e said seizure the sd privateers Company have broken
the sd shipps bulke and have taken and plundred out of the said bulke about
two thirds of the sd salt to the best of this depots judgmt being part of y:e sd shipps
lading and belonging to the sd Beake, and about three tonns of wines white
and red and about five or six haffe hogsheads of Brandy belonging to y:e
shipps company as this depo:t hath bin informed by y:e ;:r and other of y:e Company and as hee guesseth by y:e lightnes of y:e shipp and have also taken away a New Cable about Eight
Inches thicknes, and a halter also belonging to the said shipp and severall
of y:e Companies Cloathes, and monies, and sailes Kettles and other
the Shipps furniture and three barrells of XXXXX, and y:e bookes belonging to y:e sd Knight
And as this dep:t who was a prisoner on shore at ffoy ?about some twelve dayes hath bin
informed y:e said privateers used to and did put the Company of y.e said
shipp ''Swedish Lyon'' into y:e Great cabbin when they had a mind to plunder
or tale anything out of the sd shipp least the sd Company should see what
they soe tooke, and to that purpose they ordered a person to stand with a
pistoll charged at y:e doore of y:e cabbin to keep them in. And saith that one
W:m Pauley (who came onboard with Captaine Stanthwaite and who is now
waiter on board the sd shipp) stood with a pistoll to that purpose and hee the said Pawley
hath confessed to this depo:t that hee was ordered by the privateers
soe to doe.
Et alr dicit predeporta pereum de vera:.

Ad Interria.

Ad primum rend:t that he went onboard and served in the said shipp soe soone
as she was bought and hath served in her ever since untill her said seizure
and is well assured that y:e shipp y:e ''Swedish Layon'' is the same that
was formerly called the ''Cumberland'' and was and is one and y:e same
ship and not divers. Et alr referende sead predeporta.

Ad 2 rend:t that he saw y:e greatest part of y:e lading of salt put on board y:e sd
ship ''Swedish Layon'' by order of y:e sd Bailey for y:e sd Beakes acc:t but sawe noe mony paid
for y:e same. and knoweth not whether hee bee related to any of y:e parties
Interr. and knoweth note what he is worth, andoweth little or nothing. Et
nescit so ad predeporta. Nescit.

Ad 3 ren:t that hee knwoeth not y:e parties Interr., and hath heard that M:r
Sam:ll Beake Interrate hath corresponded withone ?Guill living in fflushing as hee hath
heard and remembreth. And denieth that y:e sd lading or any part thereof was
to have bin delivered at any other port whatsoever than Corke in Ireland
And saith that y:e sd shipp with her sd lading was seized about 13 or 14 leagues
from Ushiont to y:e best of his Judgement and saith that y:e palce where she
was seized is y:e way from Rochell to Amsterdam. and somewhat out of y:e
way from Rochell to Corke. but was forced to steere that way the wind being
betweene the West and y:e North west and very scant and thought it a greate
deale better to fech any port in England than to Cruze at sea which they XXX
?not doe. Et alr nescit novo

Ad 4 rend:t that hee knoweth not of any bills of lading that were signed for y:e XXXX
question But saith that y:e M:r told this depo:t that hee had signed one for Stockholme to XXX
secure y:e goods. And knoweth not who directed y:e same Et alr nescit

JOHN RIMMORTER [His signature]

Repetit corum dri Lloyd Currta
XXXX Ed:da Browne XXXXX

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===Case: The Swedish Lyon: Deposition: 1. Johannes Rainmorter, of North Yarmouth, sailor, aged 25===

P1090964
f. 24r.

Ad 3 et 4 arles deponit that hee well knoweth the aclate Michael Hobbs
reputed deputy ?defico Admirall of ffowey in whose house this deponent was
kept a prisoner for the soace of tenn or twelve days, and during that
time was not suffered to speake to any one but by the permission of y:e aclate
Captaine Stainthwaite and M:r Hobbs and in the presence and hearing of one or
both of them. And hee saith that within the said time by M:r Hibbs his permision
this depo:t wrote foure lres at wto separate ?tymes two to M:r W:m Jennings of Plymouth (M:r Arnold
Beakes Correspond:t there) and two therein inclosed for and to bee conveyed
to M:r Arnold Beake Two of which lres hee the said Hibbs read before sealing thereof
after sealing this depo:t gave two of y:e same to
M:r Hobbs to bee sent to y.e post house which lres were never delivered
but were by some meanes or other intercepted by Captaine Stainthwaite , and this
depo:t sending y:e other two by a messenger to Plymouth, the sd Stainthwaite mett
with the sd Messenger and tooke y:e sd lres from him, and about two days after came
to this deponent and told him that hee had mett with y:e messenger and had cut and
secured him and seized upon this deponents lres and then also shewed this deponent
the sd lres. And saith that the aclate Hibbs is the owner of y:e man of
warr aclate that seized the sd ship ''Swedish Lyon'' and for and as such commonly
accounted and reputed. And that y:e said Hobbs hath confessed to this deponent
that hee stood engaged for y:e mony that bought the sd man of Warr. And
this depo:t during such his imprionm:t saw y:e wife of y:e said Hibbs helpe XXXX
and salt Beefe, and saw meate put into a boate
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P1090965
f. 24v.

to bee carried on board the said shipp . And saith that about thXXXX
?August since the sd shipp or man of warr was in y:e possession of y:e sd Hobbs whom
this deponent often saw on board the same shipp neere his owne XXXX
and looking to and taking care of her. And saith that upon and after
the sd seizure this deponent complaining of Embezlemen of the XXXX ?M:r
(Nicholas?Grove) of y:e sd man of warr who kept y:e ?keys of y:e Hibbs
of y:e ''Swedish Lyon'') told this deponent that hee needs not feare any XXX
for their owner (meaning and speaking of y:e aclate Hobbs) whom
(as he said)deputy vice Admirall would seale up the hatches soe soone
as she came into Harbo:r. And beleeveth that if y:e said shipp ?''Swedhish Layon''
and her lading bee condemned the sd Hobbs will have a share
as owner of y:e sd Man of warr. Et alr nescit.

Ad 5:nd aclum deponit that hee hath bin told by the M:r that y:e aclate XX XX
Great Cabbin doore with a pistoll charged and therewith kept y:e Company
of y:e ''Swedhish Layon'' in the great Cabbin by the privateers XXX XXX
the sd shipps Company should see w:t they soe plundered or carried away
And that during such his standing there XXXX XXXXX XXXXXX of XXX
wines and Brandy were carryed away as the sd M:r also told this depot. Et alr
nescit.

Ad 6:nd deponit that it is a usuall thing for masters and Companies of shipps XX
in shipps from ffrance to load XXX quantities of wines and Brandy for
their owne acc:ts and saith that the M:r and this deponent had on board y:e sd
XXXX of y:e sd shipp twelve hogsheads and five XXXX of XXXX
and two halfe hogsgeads of Barndy and three barrells of Beefe and y:e Company
had also some quantities of wines and brandies aboard All which were
laded upon by and for y:e acc_t of y:e Master and Companies and by them
paid for and that noe other person whatsoever but they the M:r and
Company of the said shipp have any part or share therein. Et alr
nescit.

Ad 7 deponit that y:e said shipp y:e voyage proceding the voyage in question ?touched
at Plymouth in her course for Dublin in Ireland, and was convoyed part of
her way from thence to Ireland by two of his Majesties ffrigotts the
''Dartmouth'' and the ''Little ?Guift'' and had convoyed them further had not
a storme parted them. Et alr nescit.

Ad 8 deponit that the said shipp had undoubtedly arrived with her
said lading at Corke and delivered the same to the aclate GraXX
according to Consignation had not the said seizure happened. Et
alr nescit.

Ad ult dicit predepita pereum offe vera.

Ad Interria

Ad j:n rend:t that he is not concerned in this busienes otheriwse than by being
Pilot and szoracargo of y:e sd ship ''Swedish Lyon''. Et nescit soad predeposita
A liter nescit.

Ad 2 rend:t that he knoweth not of any papers hid concealed or any ways made away
and to y:e best of his knowledge all y:e papers on board ca,e to y:e hands of y:e sezors. Et alr nescit-

Ad 3 rend:t that he saw a bill of lading a letter in the ?Rogry shewed him by M:r XXXX XXX
who writ y:e said lre hee knoweth not nor how y:e sd lre and bill of lading came thither XXX
beleeveth that y:e ffirme subscribed to y:e sd Bill is y.e skippers firme having compared y:e XXX
with y:e skippers firme to lres received by this depot from him. dindes y:e same of XXX
characters. Et alr nescit

JOHN RIMMORTER [His signature]

Repetit coram XXX Lloyd suXXX:te
XXXX Ed:to XXX XXXXXXXX
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===Case: The Godlieve: Deposition: 1. Johannes Blackwall, of the Strand, Middlesex, aged 50===

P1090966
f. 25r.
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P10900967
f. 25v.

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===Case: XXXX: Deposition: Johannes Janson, of Ostende, sailor, aged 29===
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P1090968
f. 26r.
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P10900969
f. 26v.

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===Case: The Swedish Lyon: Deposition: 3. Arnoldus Beake, of Crutched ffryers, London, merchant, aged ?56 (OR, ?58)===

16:° Novembris 1666

Super allone prodict Examinat

3. ARNOLDUS BEAKE<ref>Arnoldus Beake. The two brothers, Arnold Beake and Elias Beake, were London merchants and partners. They appear in a number of Chancery records. (C 6/206/4 Short title: Beake v Beake. Plaintiffs: Anne Beake widow, Elias Beake, Johanne Beake, Anne Beake and Sarah Beake. Defendants: Arnold Beake, Samuel Beake and Abraham Beake. Subject: money matters, Middlesex. Document type: bill, two answers. 1673; C 10/107/19 Beake v. Beake 1671; C 10/176/15 Beak v. Beak: Middx 1670; C 10/178/23 Beake v. Beake: Middx 1670; C 10/191/11 Beake v. Beake: Middx 1674; C 10/487/16 Beake v. Beake: Middx 1675) </ref> habitans in Crutched ffryers London
mercator, atatis ?56 autooricter testis product et Jurat

Ad primum aclum deponit that y:e aclate Samuel Beake is this
deponents sonne and was borne in the parish of S:t Buttolph ?Billens
gate in this city of London, and here educated by this deponent
his father and was and is a subiect of o:r soveraigne Lord y:e King
and for such commonly accounted.

Ad 2 deponit that the said Samuel liveth at Bourdeaux as a merchant
stranger and facto:r being an Englishman and a batchelour
noe housekeeper but a lodger there, And that hath driven and doth
drive a very considerable trade in merchandizing from Rochel, MoXXXX
and other places in ffrance to Corke and other places in Ireland
upon his owe acc:t And to that purpose keepes his factors at the respective places, which
hee knoweth being frequently advised by lres of such his
negotiaccon and traffique Natr salvis subsequon nescit.

Ad 3. deponit that the aclate Samuel Beake advised this depot that
hee had bought a shipp Peter Knight M:r and English shipp then
called y:e ''Cumberland'' of London now y:e ''wedish Layon''
and this depot desireing a share with him therein, he denyed this dep:t
adviseing him that hee had laded her with wines and ?pruines for
Dublin in Ireland to bee delivered and consigned to Josuah Allen a
merchn:t of Dublin , and that she was upon her voyage. But when ?shee
had ended her voyage hee wrote
this deponent that hee might then have a share. And the aclate Joshua Allen
wrote this deponent about May last that hee had Received a
lading of wines and pruines and had sold or disposed of them or y:e greater part of them for the said
Samlls acct. and that hee intended to have laden her back for Rochel
with pipe staves. Which this depot forbad him in regard they were
Counterband goods and soe counter manded his said sonnes order. Et
alr nescit.

Ad 6 deponit that the aclate Baily did about the month of July
last by advice and order from the sd producent lade and caused to bee
laden on board the sd shipp ''Swedish Lyon'' three hundred of ?Maroon of XXX
wanting Eight bushells, or thereabouts for his the sd producent, and to bee
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P1090970
f. 27r.

carried in the sd shipp to Corke in Ireland and there to bee delivered to M:r
Gold of Corke his factor there to bee by him disposed of and vended for his the
sd producents acc:t which hee knoweth having received Adv ice of the sd
lading from his said sonne, and order therein to assure upon the sd
shipp and goods Which this deponent could not effect before seizure
of the shipp ''Swedish Lyon''. And for y:e reasons aforesd is assured that y:e
sd producent is owner of y:e said salt and noe other person whatsoever
hath any share or interest therein. Et alr nescit.

Ad 8 in aclum et Exhibita in eadem deponit that y:e first schedule annexed was
and is wholly written subscribed by and with the proper hand of y:e said
Samuell this depots sonne and was received by him this depot on y:e 20:th
of August last as appeares by y:e post marke on y:e backside thereof. And the
factory being y:e second schedule annexed hee knoweth to bee the hand
writing of y:e aclate Baily this deponent having corresponded with him
for severall yeers together last past and thereby made acquainted
with his character and handwriting And beleeveth the Attestacon annexed
to bee true and reall and knoweth the firmes of Sam: Beake, ?Botoll
and decator thereto to bee of their respective handwritings. ET
alr rederando sead dictas schedulas et contenta XXdom nescit.

Ad 9 deponit that y:e sd ship ''Swedish Lyon'' with her lading on board was
in her course for Corke taken and seized by a privateer one of ?Carews
Com:on and brought into ffoye aclate.

Ad 10:nd deponit that hee hath bin informed y:e privateer have broken Bulke and
plundered and taken away a considerable part of her lading of salt
a new cable and a halter, and many other of the shipps necessaries.
Et alr nescit.

Ad ult dicit predeporta Xoreum ad vera.

Ad Interria

Ad primum rendet that by this depots Advices y:e shipp y:e ''Cumberland'' formerly soe called
and y:e ''Swedish Lyon'' in question were and are one and the same shipp. And
verily beleeveth it to be y:e same and to belong in propriety to this depots sonne
onéy Et alr salvis predeprta nescit.

Ad 2 rendet quod nescit Rendere saying y:e salt was laded at Oleroone<ref>Oleroone. The Île d'Oléron is an island off the Atlantic coast of France, due west of Rochefort. It is the second largest French island after Corsiaca. Coordinates: 45.9°N 1.3°W. The estuary of the Seudres river, on the nearby mainland, was known for its salt flats. Likewise, the Île d'Oléron, had salt pans. For background on the mid-western coast of France in the C17th see Kevin C. Robbins, ''City on the Ocean Sea: La Rochelle, 1530-1650 : Urban Society, Religion, and Politics on the French Atlantic Frontier'' (Leiden, 1997)</ref> where
this deponent was not. this deponent is ffather to y:e producent and the Interr Elias
Beake is this rend:ts brother and partner in merchandizing affaires knoweth not
what hee is worth.

Ad 3 rend:t that in times of peace he beleeveth y:e producent did correspond with
Dutchmen. knoweth not y:e parties Interr Et alr nescit
et novo

Ad 4 rendet that he knoweth not of any bills of lading signed for y:e said goods
And that hee is well assured that the sd shipp was bound to Corke and now where
else for that this depo:t had advice that there was a parcell of butter bought at Corke
to relade her back, and this dep:t had orders from his said sonne to insure
upon y:e sd lading back wards five or six hundred pounds according as y:e goods should amount unto. Et alre nescit deponere

ARNOLD BEAKE [His signature]
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===Case: XXXX: Deposition: 3. Benjamin Bennett, of Kingston supra Thames, XXXX, aged 32===

P1090971
f. 27v.

16:° Novembris 1666

Super allone prodict Examinat

3. BENJAMIN BENNETT de Kingston supra Thamesm in Com Surria ?Gen
annos agens 32 aut de ricter testis productus et Juratus dicit
et deponit prout seq:r (viz:t)

Ad primum et 2 arles deponit that hee this depot was steward of y:e vessell
or man of warr called y:e ''Royall'' XXXX Bourne Captaine
at y:e seizure of y:e shipp ''God liffe'' Michael Sansier M:r And saith that
upon his the said santions first coming on board y:e ''Royall'' hee the said
Sansier Stamping and fretting severe and passionately said that had hee
knowne that y:e ''Royall'' had had soe few men on board he would not have
bin taken he would have runne her over first, Which words of
y:e like in effect hee soe spake in the Cabbin in the presence of this XXX
and his precontest John Blackwall and y:e Captaine of y:e man of warr
And shortly after namely within two days or thereabouts
after the said seizure he the said sansieur declared and ackmowledged
that his shipp and lading were good prize and that hee was bound
for Amsterdam And saith the sd Captaine Sansier did declare to him
this deponent walking upon the sd ''Royall''
----
P1090972
f. 28r.

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P1090973
f. 28v.

===Case: XXXX: Deposition: Samuell Swynocke, of St Catherine Colman, ffanchurch street, London, merchant, aged 43===

16:° Novembris pedicta
Super allone XXXX

4. SAMUELL SWYNOCKE paroa S:t Catherine Colman ffanchurch
street London Mercator, annos agens 43 XXXXX
testis product et Jurat.

Ad 3:nd aclam dicti allonis deponit that hee was a fourth part
owner of a ship called then y:e ''Cumberland'' of London whereof
Peter Knight was M:r And saith that y:e sd Knight went with the
sd shipp upon this depots and y:e rest of his then owners acc:t upon a trading
voyage from this port of London to Rochel from thence to Dublin
in Ireland from thence back to Rochel and Bourdeaux. And when she
came to Bourdeaux he saith the aclate Peter Knight sold to
the aclate Samuell Beake XXXX the sd shipp then lying in y:e port of Bourdeaux
for y:e summe of foure thousand livers
which he knoweth by being part owner, namely of a fourth part
and by his factor Gabriell ?Reaw merch:t in Bourdeaux
having received y:e sd summe of 1000 livers for his share
or fourth part. And this deponent and y:e rest of y:e owners ?approved
of such sale made by the sd M:r And for y:e reasons aforesd this depot
beleeveth the sd M:r Beake to bee only proprietor of and XX
y:e properly to reste only in him. And for such hee was and is commonly
accounted.

Ad Interria

Ad primum nescit se ad predeporta. Als nescit saving as hee and XXX
the foresd Knight received y:e sd mony for y:e sd shipp and hath XXXXXX

Ad 2 nescit not being present at y:e lading in question. And is worth ?100:li

Ad 3 nescit.

Ad 4 nescit not being present when y:e salt was laded.

SAM SWYNOCKE [His signature]

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===Case: The ?Welfare: Deposition: fferdinando Bartlet, of XXXX, sailor, aged 3?9===

17:° Novembris 1666

Touching y:e ?''Welfare'' Samuel Bates M:r)

Super Interr ex parte Gold et Savior

FFERDINANDO BARTLETT paroa de ?Maker in Com XXXX
Nauta, annos agens ?39 aut XXXXX testis prodXXX
et Jurat dicit et deponit XXXXX

Ad primum rendet et deponit that hee was one of y:e Company namely Masters
Mate of y:e shipp the ''Welfare'' XXXX Samuel Ra?tell M:r the voyage in
question which voyage she began on or about y:e twentieth of
December last past from Plymouth to Leghorne, from thence to
Gallipoli, to lade oyles thence to London, whenre the XXX
shipp arrived and came to an anchor about five weekes of XXXXX
Shadwell dock or staire where she delivered her XXX
of oyles. Et alre nescit.

Ad 2. rend:t that the lading outwards bound from Plymouth consisted of
XXXXX of betweene five or six hundred hogsheads or thereabouts XXX XXXX
of XXXX Gold and Company as hee supposeth and were carried in the said shipp XXX
at Leghorne for XXXX as hee beleeveth. Et alr nescit.
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P109094
f. 29r.

Ad 3 rendet et deponit that when the said shipp went from Plymouth her said
voyage she was an old shipp w.ch soe generally looket upon to bee, And the
upper worke he saith was untrimed and unrepaired and the pumpes of y:e shipp
were not fitted as they should have bin for such a voyage and by reason
of such defects of the said shipp and a great storme happening neere y:e
Northerne Cape the foresaid goods received dammage by reason
of y:e waters comming into y:e said shipp and running into y:e hold. Et
alr nescit.

Ad 4 rendet et deponit that in case the said shipp had bin fitted as she ought to have
bin for such a voyage, in her upper workes and pumpes hee beleeveth
in his Conscience that the goods would not have received soe much
dammage as they did. And it is possible hee saith that y:e goods
might have bin damnified by y:e fore sd storme had the shipp bin a
tight and substantiall shipp, et alr nescit.

Ad 5 rendet et deponit that hee helped to land y:e said lading of
Pilchards at Leghorne, and did see and know that severall of y:e Caskes
of y:e said goods were damnifyed by water running into or amongst them, which were chiefly occasioned by reason the shipp
was defective in her upper workes and pumpes and thereby unable to beare
a storme soe well as a stronger shipp. Et alre nescit

Ad 6 rendet et deponit that y:e owners of y:e said pilchard have sustained losse
and dammage but to what vallue he cannot estimate. Et alr nescit

FFARDINANDO BARTLETT [His signature]

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===Case: XXXX: Deposition: 2. Peter Tooker, of MXXXX, Cornwall, sailor, aged 30===

Eadem die

Super Intererys predict. Examinat

2. PETER TOOKER de Milnrooke in Com Cornwall Nauta annos agens 30 XXXXX XXXXX XXXX Jurat

Ad primum et 2 Interria deponit et rendet that hee was second mate of y:e aclate
shipp ''Welfare'' Samuell XXXXX M:r and sailed in her from Plymouth
to Leghorne thence to Gallipoli to lade oiles and thence to London which
yoyage she soe began on about the 20:th of December last and came to
an anchor over ag:t Bell wharfe staires in lower Shadwell about six weekes since. And saith the said shipp went from Plymouth with a lading of
about 600 hogsheads of pilchards to bee carried in the sd ship and to bee delivered at Leghorne to M:r James Gould upon y:e acct of M:r John Gold<ref>M:r John Gold. Just possibly John Gold (b. ?, d. ca. 1695), London merchant (PROB 11/428 Irby 166-203 Will of John Gould, Merchant of London 27 November 1695)</ref>
and Company y:e producents. Et alr nescit.

Ad 3 et 4 Interria rendet et depont that when the sd ship began her sd
voyage she was an old shipp and some part of her upper work was defective
and the pumps underviceable when occasion and greatest use was to have bin
made of them and thereby unusefull for y:e said shipp, and by reason thereof
and stresse of weather or storme happening off y:e Northerne Cape the goods
or lading of pilchards received dammage about (as hee conceiveth) twenty two
Inches deepe. at y:e Windward pumpe. And beleeveth also that y:f y:e said shipp
had bin a tight and substantiall shipp the goods in all probability would not
have suffered dammage in such a measure as they did notwithstanding y:e foresd storme Et alre nescit rendere.
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P1090975
f. 29v.

Ad 5 et 6 deponit et rendet that hee assisted and helped to unlade the said
goods so sawe and know some of y:e caskes to bee damnifyed but how many
or what dammage y:e merchts have suffered thereby hee cannot
declare. And saith that there was noe neglect in y:e Companyes
endeavours in pumping and keeping of waters from y:e goods for preservaccon
of them from dammage. Et alr nescit

PETER TOOKER [His signature]
----

BREAK
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===Case: XXXX: Deposition: 3. Franciscus Fleau, of Argenton, Britannia, sailor, aged 22===

p1090992
f. 38r.

3. FRANCISCUS FLEAU de Argenton in
Britannia Nauta, annos agens 22 aut
de ricter dicit et deponit prout XXX Vizt

Ad dra Interria respond:t et discit That hee well knoweth the sship
the ''Swallowe'' interrate Captaine Manning Com:der and hath knowne her
for about two monthes last past and came to knowe her by being taken
by her as a XXXXXXX about two monthes XXXXX
in Britannia w:hr was laden w:th about 20 tonnes XXX XXXXXX salt for the acc:t offfrXXXXXXX
the sd ships owners were also XXXXXXXX that were XXXX
taken her company were all ffranXXXXX du GXXXX upon y:e sd XXXXX
all escaped in the boate saving this depo:t who hath ever since bin of the ''Swallowes''
company, and saith that p:rsently after y:e XX ship ''Margaret'' was taken towit
the same day the ''Swallowe'' also tooke a Rotterdammer and suddenly
after towit about 8 or 9 dayes shee tooke two
ffrench ships of S:t Malloes of about 35 or 40 Tonnes laden w:th Rosin
& Pitch & y:e M:r XXXXX was ?Peter Bettard & the other
John Mathew XXXX XXXXXX XXXXX the sd shipps & their ladings &
company were carryed to ffalmouth, by y:e sd Captaine Manning

XXXXX

THOMAS XXXXXX lately of Rye in
Sussex but now a prisoner in y:e Marshalseyey
in Southwarke , Vintner, aged 31
or thereabouts saith & deposeth as followeth viz:t

To the 3:d 5:th & 6:th arles of the sd Libell hee deposeth & sayth That
on a Saturday happening in or about August last the aclate Cap:t
Nicholas HayXXXXX w:th y:e ship ''Neptune'' where hee was command:r met
upon y:e high & open seas to wit on y:e coast of ffrance off y:e fflatts
of Somme a reclaimed ship called the ''ffortunde'' of Hamborow John GXXXX
M:r
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P1090993
f. 38v.

M:r laden w:th Copper wire Copper plates Copper Kettles some
blew XXXXX Tinne Lattin & other goods, coming as y:e M:r says from
Hamborow bound for Roane in ffrance, and saith that upon y:e sd XXX
w:ch was about foure or five of y.e Clock in y:e afternoone of the s:d XXX
the sd Captaine Heydon haled y:e sd ship & bid y:e XXX come on board
him w:ch XXX writings, w:ch the M:r did. And
p:rsently after the sd Captaine Heydon & the sd M:r went on board
the sd ship ''ffortune'' and this depo:t (belonging then to the sd ship ''Neptune''
went
----
===Case: XXXX: Deposition: 1. Johannes ?Bapistral, of XXXX, sailor, about 24===

P1090955
f. 39v.

1. JOHANNES ?BAPRISTAL XXXX
de ArXXXsano in X XXXX
XXXX Nauta
about 24 aut XX

Ad primum XXXXX XXX XXXX deponit et dicit That hee well knoweth
the aclate Joachim LanzXXXXX & David XXXXXXX & his freighters XXX
& hath soe knowne them ever since they freighted ?his ship the
''Jesus Maria Joseph S:t Andrew'' of w:ch XXXX the Cap:t XXX
freighting him was in December last at Valentia in y:e Dominion of the
King of Spaine, at w:ch place the ds freighters lived the sd time and
kept house, and there hee left them all living. And sayth that they
freighted the sd ship to goe from Valentia to GauXXXX & XXXX in the
Kingdome of Valentia aforesd to take in Wine & RegXXXX & XXXXX
XXX as their ffactors would lade, and to carry the same to fflanders
and there to Deliver the same to John SXXXXing a merchant & XXXX
of that place And all for y:e acc:t of the sayd three XXX
XX freighters And says his paps XXX alsoe dXXXXXX ?should &
et alr nescit

Ad 2:nd deponiit That y:e sd ship being soe freighted
the sd PolleXXXX did lade XXXX sd ship at ?Gaudia
one hundred seaventy five pipes of wine, and twelve butts of PXXXX
XXXX XXX XXX butts of Brandy and two hundred sixty XXX XXX
of Raysens, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX about six bales of XXXXX other goods and at ?Sabia they
alsoe lade onboard the sd ship about two thousand foure hundred XXX
seaven basketts of Raysins All for the acc:t of the sd XXXX XXXX
who were p:rsent at y:e sd places, and the same hee saith were to be XXX
XXX delivered at Hamborow as aforesd for & upon the acc:t & adventure
of y:e sd XX XXXX And hee XXXX saith that hee tooke
not any XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
of wines for one of his pilotts & two butts more for his other pilot XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
nescit saving hee saith that hee this depo:t laded at Gaudia[[FootNote(?Gaudia (OR, ?Gandia). Gandia is a town on the Mediterranean coast of Spain, ca. 75 km south of Valencia]] three butts of
black wines for his owne provision & at Sabia sixty XXXX basketts of
raysins for his owne acc:t

Ad 3:XXX deponit That the sd XXXX Zolliroffore told this Depo:t at the ?time
of lading y:e sd Goods that M:r John Luiknoll of London Merch:t was XXX
correspond:t in England, and that if hee this depo:t should by ?storme or other
accident be driven into England hee should make his addresses to the sd
XX XXXX, And saith that then thXX aclate M:r Tobias ZolliXXXffer was
XXX into England et alre pro XX sua nescit.

Ad 4:XX deponit That hee this depo:t did not before hee was brought in by
y.e XXXXXX that tooke him receive any letter about this busuines from
y:e XXX Tobias ZolliXXffor but since y:e sd XX Tobias Zollinffor wrote to
him promising him to assist him & get him cleared w:ch w:t expedicon XX
could. And hee further saith that this sd Cargo of Goods
marked w:th y:e marke in y:e marg:t XXX as XXX marke &
it being heated y:e marke was burnt upon y:e Caskes, and hee supposeth that
the sd marke is the usuall marke of the sd freighters, but hee doth not know
it to be soe not having ever before carryed any goods from them et alr referendXX
Et al RegXXXX XXXX XXXXX nescit
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===Case: XXXX Deposition: Tobias Zollicoffre, of S:t Gall, XXXXX, Merchant, aged 39===

P1090999
f. ?

15 Octobris 1666

Super Allone prod Examinat

2:dn TOBIAS ZOLLICOFFRE<ref>Tobias Zollicoffre. The Zollicoffre family was an established merchant family of St Gall, Switzerland. The family name is variously spelled Zollicoffre, Zollicoffer, Zollikofer, and Sollicoffre. John Calvin wrote from Lausanne to Christopher and Thomas Zollicoffre in Lyons, in a letter dated March 28th, 1553, describing them on the back of the letter as "my kind brethren and friends, the brothers Christopher and Thomas Sollicoffre, merchants of Saint Gall, dwelling at Lyons" (Letter CCCXI.- To Christopher and to Thomas Zollicoffre, March 28th, 1553, in [http://books.google.co.uk/books/reader?id=tlUYAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PA378 Jules Bonnet (ed.), Letters of John Calvin, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1857), p. 378], viewed 18/04/12)</ref> de S:t Gall in Switzerland
Mercator annos agens 39. aut XXXXX dicit et
deponit prout seq:r vizt.

Ad primum aclum depo:t et dicit That the Company called by y:e name
of ?Joachim Laurence and David Zollicoffre<ref>David Zollicoffre. David Zollicoffre (b. ?, d. ?), merchant of S:t Gall Switzerland. Noel mmalcolm (2005) states in a footnote that the mathematician John Pell (b. 1611, d. 1685) pursued a debt with the calvinist divine Johan Jakob Ulrich "via Haak and a Swiss merchant, Tobias Zollicoffer, until Ulrich's death in 1668." Following Ulrich's death "On 19 May 1669 he [Pell] wrote to Zollicoffer that he would not press Ulrich's widow for payment" (Noel Malcolm, ''John Pell (1611-1685) and His Correspondence With Sir Charles Cavendish: The Mental World of an Early Modern Mathematician'' (Oxford, 2005), p. 178 and p. 211, citing Bodl., MS Aubrey 13, fo. 95, 'Pell to Tobias Zollicoffer, via Haak, 19 May 1669)</ref> of S:t Gall in Switzerland
are afarr off allyed to this depo:t And this depo:t was a serv:t of y:e sd
Company at Valentia & Allicant & other places (?where they had & have a house of trade or buisines) for about Nine yeers
ending about Eight yeeres since the sd Company using to XXX
in their merchandizing affaires most of their owne name & XXXX
and saith that there were Joachim Zollicofre & one Jacob Laurence living now or lately in
S:t Gall in Switzerland, and there was & is alsoe one David Zollicoffre
also of S:t Gall, but lately lived or was at Valentia in the
Dominions of the King of Spaine, where this depo:t had XXX
from him about three quarters of a yeere XXXX & some about the ship & lading in
question called the ''Jesus Maria Joseph S:t Andrew'' John Crayliff a XXXX
Command:r And other letters this depo:t alsoe received from other
in the name of the sd Company about y:e sd ship s Lading XXX
XXXX before her seizure to wit about ffebruary & March
last All declaring that the sd Company had freighted or caused to be
freighted at Valentia aforesd the sd ship ''Jesus Maria Joseph S:t Andrew''
to goe to Gandia & Sabia, there to take in her full lading of wine & fruite
on the sd Companyes proper acc:t & adventure, and to carry the sayd
Lading directly to Hamborrowe, on the same acc:t & adventures, and there
to deliver the same to John Srzethering (who this depo:t well knowes & XXXX
him to be a Burgher and senato:r of Hamborow) or to this depo:t XX XXX
then there, And saith that of the trueth thereof hee is fully assured &
convinced in his conscience, saying that if there had bin any XXX
of role therein or any thing contrary to what is above mentioned that
this depo:t (as he weekely used to receive letters from y:e sd Company & XX
to be made privy to their merchandizing affaires) must needs have XXXX
thereof. Et alr nescit.

Ad 2. 3. et 4:XX deponit That in or about March last hee ?received
an acc:t from y:e sd Company that on the 10:th of January last
there were laden onboard the sd ship at Gandia for the acc:tXXXX XXX of the sd XXX
of Zollicoffre (who hee saith are all Switzers (sic) & subjects of y:e Cantons of
Switzerland) One hundred seaventy five pipes of red wine, three
pipes of Brandy, twelve pipes of pickled XXnons one hundred thirty
two XXintalls of XXXXX , a pcell of dry rosemary leaves
consists, & squills, Eight parts of DXXXX, and two ?sucall cases of perfume
and at Sabia on the same acc:t & XXX two Thousand foure hundred sixty
basketts of Raisins as marked w:th XXXX y:e XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX and in the letter in 10:X that XXX XXXXXX y:e sd Company
gave this depo:t full power that if in case the sd ship should be forced
or brought into England that then this depo:t if hee found an
advantagious market should sell the whole lading there for their acc:t
and they alsoe wrote to that effect to M:r John Lucknel their ffactor
or Correspondent here in this depo:ts absence, the sd Company not being
certaine how long this depo:t should stay here before hee returned to haXXXXX
And saith that hee is fully psuaded in his conscience XXXX XX that the sd Acc:t was & XXX
reall, and that none besides y:e Company have had any interest in y:e sd Lading since the putting y:e same onboard the
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And sayeth that this depo:t having XXXX y:e XXXXX
advice and knowing that XXXX & wines & espetially y:e ?fruite were
good Comodities XXXX and about two monthes before y:e seizure of the sd
ship write foure lres of one teno:r XXX foure of y:e XXXX theise ports of England
?Receited to y:e sd Captaine of y:e sd ship, to acquaint him that hee this
depo:t was at London & that hee had XXXX order XXXX XXX Company to y:e effect aforesd and thatt
XXX ffruite & wines were good commodityes here & that therefore XX XXX was
brought or ?feried into England hee would advise him this depo:t thereof
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX or to that effect, but notice of the sd Lres (as hee understands) came to y:e sd
Captanes hands, hee being brought into Rye, et alr nescit, saving hee saith that
upon y,e XXX of the sd advice this dep:t did make an XXXXX
for XXXXXXXX XXX the sd Lading in the XXXX of this court as thereby
appreareth.

Ad 5:th deponit That the sd Company alsoe advised this depo:t long before
the seizure of the sd ship that they sent the Charterpty for y:e sd
ships sd voyage & a bill of lading for y:e sd Lading overland to the sd
John Srzehering at Hamborowe, and the sd John Srzehering from
Hamborowe before y:e sd ships seizure advised this depo:t that hee had
received advise of the sd ships lading & a bill of Lading and wished that
this depo:t might be at Hamborowe at y:e time of the sd ships arrivall
there, for that hee XXXXX was old & did not care to be troubled w:th
factorage, And saith that y:e sd Company gave order to the
sayd Srzehering & to this depo:t y:f hee was at Hamborowe whXXXXX
sd ship arrived here to relade her w:ch the XXXX of her p:rsent lading
w:th Load Tarr & other merchandizes ?on theri acc:t and to send her on the
same acc:t to Valentia & Allicant, and that if this depo:t met w:th the sd
ship here & disposed of her lading then to lade her w:ch the proceed
thereof w:ch load, load XXXX XXXXX XXXX pepper & other commodityes
on their acc:t & XXXX & to send her on y:e same acc:t to Vallentia & Allicant
And saith that hee by reason of y:e premisses well knwoweth that y:e sd
ship (of this depo:t did not meete XXX her in England) was to goe
directly to Hamborow & not to Holland or any unfree or other port
than Hamborow w:htsoever, and hee is well assured that y:e Captaine would
not have goce for y:e freight agreed on, to any unfree port, et alr nescit

Ad 6:XX nescit.

Ad 7:XX deponit That hee is well assured that y:e foresd Lading was
taken in at Gandia Sabia, according as is mentioned in the
acc:t by him receaved as aforesd, and hee doth verily beleeve that nothing
was taken in at Mallega unles twas some small matter taken in
between Decke by some of y:e Company, And say that hee knowe not
sd shipps Company before seizure, And saith that by their XXXXX
hee judge them to be all of Genoa except the two pilotts, one of w:hom is
called Gro XXXXXXX XX is at this depo:ts judges by his name & XXXXX a Hamburger
and the other (who is clubfooted & sayd to have bin marryed three yeeres in Allicant)
declares themselfes to be of ffrerickstadt<ref>ffrerickstadt. Written 'Frederiksstad' in Danish. Located in Nordfriesland, now in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Coordinates: 54° 22′ 0″ N, 9° 4′ 0″ E. Located on the river Eider, ca. twelve km south of Husum. Founded by Dutch settlers in 1621. See Wikipedia entry for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrichstadt Friedrichstadt]</ref> under y:e Dominion of y:e Duke
of Holsteyn & soe this depo:t beleeveth hee is, et alr nescit.

Ad XXXX arle deponit that y:e foresd one hundred seaventy five pipes pf
wine laden at gandia as aforesd (being now filled up) doe ?make but about
Eighty pipes of wine, soe that allowing five p. Cent ?common Leakage there would
have bin about one hundred sixty seaven pipes w:ch would have yeilded at
Hamborowe
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Hambrorowe ten pound p pipe cleere of all charges therXXXXX only XXXX
and according to that computacon there are X7 ?pipes XXXX short, w:ch XXXX
out by reason of y:e detention of the sd ship at Rye about three months
y:e hottest time of the yeere in w:ch time that depo:t was onboard XXXX
Rye and ?found & sawe that y:e heate had so XXXX that the raisins
resXXXXXXX ?leaves, that they dryed the caskes & made y:e hoopes dry
& consequently y:e wines to leake out & this depo:t then sawe
Bucketts full of wine pumped up XXX at this depo:t XXXXXX
informed, used to be done every morning, And saith that by reason
of y:e said heat most of the wine that is left is decayed & growne XX
and worth but about two thirds of w:t twas worth at the time of y:e XXXX
And saith that y:e foresd CreyXXXX making in all one thousand three
hundred sixty five XXXXalls & a XXXXX (two of y:e foresd basketts being
XXXXX to a Quintall) were worth at XXXXXXXXX both there and at Hamborowe about
two & seventy shill p Quintall ?cleere of all charges freight excepted,
and y:t should yeild at publicke XXXX (by reason of their being XXX
overflowed by their says long detention) Much lesse to wit about a thousand
Quintalls but about ?five shill a Quintall and the rest about Nine
shillings a Quintall, Amd saith that y:e greatest pt XXXXXX XXXXX
XXXXXXX Quintalls XXXXXX y:e XXXXXX sd oyles & the wine away
by reason of y:e sd long Detention, XXX XXX
of XXX ?Rosemary leave being worthat y:e sizure at Hamborow about
thirty shillings, but y:e vallue of y:e XXXXXXX XX cannot XXXXX XX
but supposes that the same was of some greater vallue than the
Rosemary leaves, And saith that the Rosemary leaves that are left XX
are about fourty Quintalls all much damnifyed by y:e sd long ?detention
Et alr nescit.

Ad ult dicit prdeposita p omna XXX vera.

Ad Interria

Ad primum rend:t That hee knoweth not who are y:e owners of the sd
ship, et quoad cetera refert so ad prdeposita et alr nescit.

Ad 2:XXX rend:t RThat since the XXXX y:e sd Company hath yet XXX
knoweth of or beleeves traded to Holland or had any factors
XXXX there, And saith that in regard this rend:t was there hee had ?heard
that y:e sd ship should ?have bin taken by y:e English than by y:e ?Hollanders
& hee beleeveth that XX of Company were of y:e same mind for y:t reason
Et alr nescit

Ad 3:XX rend:t That hee sawe not any money payd for y:e sd Lading, And
saith that an Assurance is made upon y:e sd Lading at Genoa by?Charles ?Dominick XXXXX
& XXXXX Henoueses & merch:ts dwelling at Genoa & well XXXX & XXXXX of that free XXXX
to this rend:t who hath lately recvd lres from them about y:e same to get XXXX
to avoyd the Companys that they may sustaine, Et XXXXX causas XXXX
XXXXX supra et alr nescit.

Ad 4 nescit nor XXX XXX p pte sua.

Ad XX rendit That y:e sd ship was by agreem:t to have two pilotts XXXX
at XXX and charges of the freighters as this depo:t was informed & XXXX
clubfooted pilott (whose name hee knoweth not) was taken in before the other
pilott as hee understandes, And saith that twas very XXXX
that there should be two pilotts that one XXXXX have the other XXX
awake, the rest of the men being strang:rs in these seas, et alr nescit
XX
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Ad 6:XX rend:t se ad XXX deporta et alr nescit

Ad 7:XX nescit et XXX sua.

Ad 8:XXX rend:t That the sd ship was seized in or about ?may XXX
last And saith that hee doth not knowe beleeve or hath heard that the sd
ship ''Jesus Maria Joseph S:t Andrew'' made or intended to make any
resistance at her sd seizure, et alr nescit

Ad 9:XX nescit

Ad 10:XX necit

Ad 11. 12. et 13:XX rendet That p:rsently after baile was
given in this Court for y:e bringing y:e sd ship about to wit in July last hee
this depon:t went downe to Rye to XXX XXXX to bring her about to
London & there to unlade her to pvent further leakage & damage And sayeth
that noebody at Rye XX XXX XXX proposed to have any ?remedy put to p:rvent further damage
but on the contrary hee XX XXXX was XXXX from bringing y:e sd ship about by
George ?carew ag:t whom hee protested for y:e same and sayth that he XXXX XXXXX
M:r Steele did XXX London give this rend:t a note to some ast Rye to
assist him this rend:t for y:e p:rvention of damage, w:ch note signifyd
XXX this rend:t being XXXXed by M:r Carew as aforesd And sath that y:e
sd note was directed to one Standish of Rye to whom this depo:t delivered the
same & hee by consent of this rend:t did XXXX XXX and M:r Gilliard of
Rye sell about ffifty foure basketts of Raysins XXX XXXX and agreed that y:e money should
be deposited in the hands of the Major of Rye wXXXXX XXXXXX XXX promise XXXX
& this day at this XXXX is informed, the sd sale being made after this
refend:t departed from Rye, And saith that the sd M:r Steele XXX hee gave him
y:e sd note told him that XXX XXXXX out XXX this rend:t knowe XXX
XX true and saith that XX XXXX was allwayes willing & soe was M:r Lucknell & the Captaine
tp p:rvent leakage XXX damage as XXXX at XXXX as is
?concerned them to doe, but nothing appeared but XXXX XXX on y:e other side
And saith that although this rend:t left an order in writing w:th the sd GiXXX
to sell as many of y:e sd raisins as hee could at & about Rye & XXXX xx:s
a Quintall w:th this priXXXX taht be mony should be payd into y:e hands of the
major of Rye XX XXX Gilliard XX XXX could not sell any more at or about Rye
as XXXXX informed this rend:t et alr nescit rendere

Ad 14:XX rend:t That neyther hee this rend:t nor y:e sd M:r Lucknell
to his knowledge ever refused to doe any thing that XXXX to XX
p:rXXXXX of Lekage or damage of y.e sd Lading, and any that were
frequently told by the owne pty & the privateers that y:e wines leaked
out & y:e fruite receaved every day damage and hee this rend:t used his endeavo:r
to p:rvent the same but was obstructed by M:r carew as aforesd, et alr
salvis predeporta nescit.

Ad 15:XX rendet That about foure or five weekes after seizure of y.e sd
ship ?D:r Exton y:e proctor for y:e privateer XXXXXXXXXXXX professed XX this rend:t That
hee shpuld have the ship & goods his XXX possession, giving
baile to be answereable for the vallue w:ch hee XXX did not accept of, not
knowing in w:t condition the fruite XXXX & XXXX, & for y:t the same could not XXXXXX
be appraised. And for that XXX not being XXXXX in y:e ship was not willing
to engage for her. the sd M:r Exton standing upon XXXly from this
rend:t XXXX for her as her lading, et alr nescit

Ad 16:XX rend:t That hee cannot judge w:t damage or leakage happened tp
y.e sd wine XX XX XX or six weekes after sd seizure
XXw:t y:e XXX were deteriorated w:thn in ye sd time or w:thin every moneth
nor any moneth since, et alr nescit

Ad 17:XX rend:t That XXXXX at first desired that thee sd ship
should be XXX XXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXx decaying XX XX baile was given in
in
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in this Court as y;t afterwards will make appeare and to wit after his returne from Rye XX
gave his owne bond in 3000:li to bring y:e sd ship about to London y:e
danger of y:e seas excepted & to satnd y:e Judgem:t of this Court
this being done the sd ship was brought about to London and saith that when this XXX
was at Rye the XXX aforesd
y:e Dutch ffleete was then gone or going off the English Coast, and
that they were all gone of the English Coast, et alr nescit

Ad ult nescit nor XXXXXX

TOBIAS ZOLLICROFTE [His signature]

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===Case: XXXX: 3. Garret Johnson, of Allicante, sailor, aged 37===

3. GARRET JOHNSON de Allicant in Regno XXXX
Nauta annos agens 37 aut inter dicit et deponit
prout sequitir

Ad primum et 2:XX arle dXX Allonis deponit et dicit That hee well knoweth
the aclate ship ''Jesus Maria Joseph S:t Andrew'' Capt. John Bapstisto GalXXXXX
Comman:r abd hath soe done ever since the XX:th of June
last new stile at w:ch time this depon:t came onboard her at Allicant to goe ?as
one of her steeresmen from thence directly to Hamborowe, and thence back againe to
Allicant & there he was to be freed, and saith that hee was hired for the
sd voyage by two Merchants called The ?Sollingffore who live at
Allicant who at their hiring told this depo:t that y:e ship was free & the
goods were free & the place hee was to goe to was free, this depon:t
refusing otherwise to goe in the sd ship, And saith that before this
depo:ts coming onboard the sd ship shee was fully laden XXX XXXXX & XXXXXXXXXX and XXXX
was Layd from Gandia & Sabia and saith that hee cannot set downe y:e
pticulars of y:e sd Lading but saith that as heeallwayes understood & as hee
verily beleeveth the sayd Lading was & is upon y:e acc:t of a free company
called y:e Sollisoffers and saith that hee is very sure that y:e sd ship was
to carry y:e sd Lading directly to Hamborowe, and that the said lading was
to be delivered there to John Srzethering XXXXX to be a Lord of y:e
Towne of Hamborowe And firther saith that from Allicant y:e sd ship went
to mallaga because y:e Hamborowe Convoy lay there, w:ch when that sd XXXX
ordered the sd Captaine to keepe company to
Hamborowe, and saith that nothing was taken in at Mallaga, saving
that hee this depo:t tooke in two pipes of Mallaga wine for his owne acc:t
and the Captaine two pipes on his acc:t & the other steirsman called Henry HrXXXXX who was XXX
at Mallaga) tooke in two more piples, & XX XXX Company one pipe, et alr
nescit

Ad 3:XX nescit XXX pte sua.

Ad 4:XX nrefert so ad XXXquam hujus Curia et alr nescit
saving that hee hath seene severall things in y:e sd ship of her cargoe
marked w:th such a marke as is aclate.

Ad 5:XX deponit That hee is well assured that y:e sd ship was to have gone
directly XXX her sd lading to hamborowe & at XXXXXX there to XXXX the same as
aforesd, and hee was hired to goe directly their to XXXXX from thence
directly to Alicante, And saith that hee is well assured that y:e sd Captaine
would not have gone for Holland or any unfree place for much ?more XX
sd was the XXXX XX for his freight & this depo:t for his p:t would not have gone
for any unfree place for two times his wages, et alr nescit.
Ad
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Ad ?6:XX deponit That the sd shipp stayd at Mallaha attending y:e ?dpture
of the sd Hamborowe Convoy from y:e 19:th or thereabouts of ffebruary to the ?16:th of
Aprill last or thereabouts new stile and saith that the Captaine of y:e sd
ship ''Jesus Maria Joseph S:t Andrew'' & this depon:t severall ?times at Mallaga
wentt on board y:e sd Convoy & the Comman:r of y:e sd Hamborow Convoy
was XX well tp them, and lent them a CXXXXX w:ch they were to returne
to him at Hamborowe, And saith that from Mallaga the
ship went any XXX y:e sd Hamborow Convoy
also y:e Ostend Convoy in XXXX and Pre XXXXX lost y:e sd Ostend
Convoy and the ship ca,e w:th y:e sd Hamborow Convoy to y:e
sayd XXXX XXXXX & XXXXX Hamborow Convoy sailed away to goe y:e
?North passage but y:e Captaine of y:e sd ship ''Jesus Maria Joseph S:t Andrew''
understanding that that was two hundred ?Duty miles out of his way &
in regard gee was hired to goe that way & for that hee considered himselfe
free from y:e XXXXXXXXX his only XXXXX hee steered to come
through y:e Channell, And saith that hee did not y:e time aforesd heare
that S:r Jeremy Smith or y:e English ffleete were at or neere any place
where the sd ship was. Et alr nescit.

Ad 7:th deponit That Gandia is about a hundred leagues or ?Dutch
miles from Mallaga And saith that
the foresd Henry GrotXXXXson is a Hamburger & there hath
a XXX XXXXX as hee & other s have affirmed to this depo:t & this
depo:t doth verily beleeve & saith that hee this depo:t XXXX is y:e XXXX
XXX XXXXX pilott or the XXX) XX of Allicante there hath lived to y:e
XXXX wife & XXXXXX for XXX three yeeres & a halfe last & before that
went to XX & downe XXXX & before lived at ?Jeere & XX the XXX
at Allicant, and was borne in Frederickstadt under y:e Duke of Holsteyn
and saith that tis true that hee hath bin & XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX in Holland & there marryed his
wife but never was asubject of the united provinces & soe soone as gee
was marryed hee carryed his wife to Allicant where shee hath ever since
lived and saith that had hee not bin a free pson the Zollwiffres
would bot have hired him they being careful that noe unfree persons
should come onboard y:e sd ship. et alr nescit

Ad 8:XX deponit That by reason of y:e wine so long lying at
Rye abundance of y:e wine namely about halfe as hee
suposeth is leaked out & that w:t remaineth is ?much damnifyed,
& soe are the reasins (sic) as hee judgeth & hee sawe that severall other goods
towit _S:t Johns ?Broke & Rosemary leaves were XXXX spoiled
XXXX of y:e goods hee beleeves are almost XXXXX all occasioned by
long detention by y:e Cap that tooke the ship and saith that hee
cannot estimate y:e sd damage not having skill in
the vallue of such merchandizes , but saith that ?had not y:e sd seizure happened
the same would doubtles have come to a good market et alr nescit

Ad 9:XX arlum deponit That so soone as y:e ?Caver came up
toward y:e sd ship ''Jesus Maria Joseph S:t Andrew'' shee fired a Gun at
XX her , & then one of her company put tp y:e Genoese flag & that
?bouXX done &XX y:e spXXX that one might have XXXX XXXXXred after y:e ?firing
y:e first gun the Cap fired a second & then the sd ship ''Jesus Maria Joseph
S:t Andrew'' XXXXX XXXX her top saile & pulled up her mainesaile XXX
& sd shipp, & did stop her p:rsently & XXXXXX submitted to y:e sd Cap &
did not make or ?attempt to make any resistance w:tsoever. And saith that
XXX
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the sd Cap commander & y:e Captaine of y:e sd ship ''Jesus Maria Joseph S:t Andrew''
on board XX, and the Captaine soe soone as possibly hee could XXXX on
his boate went onboard y:e ap XX w:th his paprs and then severall
of y:e Caps Company came onboard y:e sd ship & tooke XXX into their
custody & tooke away y:e Captaines money amounting as y:e Captaine
sd to about sixty or seaventy peeces of Eight & his Ring, silver forks,
& spoones & some of his cloathes and severalll of y:e ships cpmpany
XXXX, alsoe some wXXX XXX & amongst XX belonging to
XX sd ship, and XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX of the Captaines
XXXX & one of this depon:ts piples of wine
XXX pipe worth then 15:li sterle cleare of all charges. et alr nescit

Ad ult XXX pde XXX p XXXX este vera.

Ad Interria

Ad primum rend:t That hee cannot sware XXX XXXX brought of y:e sd
ship but knoweth her to be a Genoese shipp, and saithh that
hee knows none of y:e sd Ships Company before this voyage saving two
of them w:ch hee knowe about a yeer before & saith
that y:e sd Captaine & all the Company. (saving this rend:t & XXXX pilot
hath CCCCCC or of some place thereabouts. et alr referando
XX XXX XXXX nescit.

Ad 2:XX salvis predeprta nescit rendere

Ad 3:XX rend:t That hee sawe noe money payd for y:e sd ships cargoe,
& for this XXXX XXXX payd for y:e hands & XXX himselfe. et alr pro pte sua nescir

Ad 4:XX nescit.

Ad 5:XX rend:t That when this rend:t was hired & came onboard y:e sd shipp
shee had never a pilot & XX or pilot XXXX taken in afterwards at Mallaga
and two were taken in, in regard that y:e Genoese XXXX little skill
navigacon , & for feare that one pilot should dye or be sick
et alre XXXXXX

Ad 6:XX refert XX ad preXXXX

Ad 7:XXX nescit et negative per ptesiva

Ad 8:XXX rend:t That y:e ship was taken on y:e 5:th of June last new
stile, and say that the Cap fired but two Gunns in all a y:e sd ship,
& tis treie that y:e Cap was prepared to fight, & sd Cap XX XXX
at sea use to be , but y:e sd ship ''Jesus Maria Joseph S:t Andrew'' prepared ?nothing
for fighting nor was at XXXX when y:e Cap came up XXX her in XXX
XXXXX to XXXXX make resistance shee used to be / sautrh that they knowing
that they were met w:th by English who were three freinds, they did not
make or intend to make resistance, expecting upon sight of the paps
to be let goe, et alr salvis pdeposis nescit rendere.

Ad 9:XX rend:t that at first Xahing this rend:t & severall others the CapXX
several times that they were bound to Hamborow XX XXXXX Y:e Lawe
but say that some of the Caps company coming onboard y:e sd ship & ?beating
Company from one place of the ship to the other
and XXXXX y:e Cap company crying out that the sd ship was to goe
to Holland this rend:t (being ?frightened) did on a sudden let the word Amsterdam
slip out of his mouth, w:ch hee p:rsently recalled of himselfe & sayd Hamborowe
as hee had sayd halfe a dozen times before, as the truth was et alr nescit rendere

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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Ad 15:XXX nescit

Ad 16:XXX nescit referendere

Ad 17:XX rend:t That M:r XXX was at XX thereabout XXXX but XXX
the Dutch ffleete then was hee knoweth XXX XXX heard et alr nbescit

Ad 20:XX ultimo refert so ad prdepoita et alr nescit p pte due

XXXX XXXXX

Interpreted by
WILL GEMEXX [His signature]

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===Case: XXXX: Deposition: Anthony Smith, of Poole, Dorset, marriner, late Boatswaine of the Orange Tree, aged 20, and Robert Williams, also of Poole, Dorset, late a foremast mate of the Orange Tree===

The 27:th of October 1666

ANTHONY SMITH of Poole y:e YYY
of Dorsett Marriner late Boatswaine
of thesd ship ''Orange Tree'', aged 28 yeeres
or thereabouts, and ROBERT WILLIAMS
of the same place ?QauartXXXX late a foremast
mate of the sd ship, aged 26 yeeres or therabouts
being sworne before y:e right ?Worll S:r Giles Sweit
Knight D:r of Lawes Suerogate of y:e right wor:ll Leolini Jenkins
D:r of Lawes and Judge of his Majesties high Court of
Admiralty of Engl. say & depose by vertue of their
Oathes as followes.

That they came on board the sd ship ''Orange Tree'' (JXXXX Bowles M:r at
Portsmouth in or about y:e beginning of Juary last and thence went
to Plymouth for a Convoy to goe to Limerick in Ireland to lode pipe staves for his
Majesties uses, and after XXX weekes stay at Plymouth the ''Nightingale frigot''
Cap:t ?Louis Comand:r had order from XXXX of his Maj:ties Com:r or Officers
to convoy y:e sd ship ''Orange Tree'' to XXX Limerick aforesd & to XXX
her home w:th the sd Lading of Pipe staves for his maj:ties use to Portsmouth
aforesd And saith that on y:e 2?7:th of Aprill last, the sd ship ''Orange tree''
in Company of the sd ''Nightingale ffrigott'' & a merch:tman called the
''Hono:r'' bound to Virginia & siy saileXXXX of merch:t men bound to XXXX
XXXXX set saile from Plymouth; And saith that all the sd ships continued in company until early the next
morning after their comming out from Plymouth, and then a fog happening
the ''Nightingale ffrigott'' being upon the XXXX XXXXXXX
her XXX topsailes & fell a XXXX of y:e ''Orange tree'' and XX the ''Orange
tree'' therby lost sight of y:e sd ffrigott, and thereupon y:e ''Orange Tree''
(as XXX agreed on by arles betweene the sd ffrigott & y:e ''Orange tree'' & as is
usuall ) fired severall gunnes thereupon severall of y:e
merch:t men appeared supposing that y:e ''Orange tree'' that fired was y:e
sd ffrigot y:e ''Nightingale'' but saith that y:e sd ffrigott appeared
not nor the sd ship ''Hono:r'' nor did they seem them afterwards, and as
some of the ''Nightingales'' men haveXXXX told the sd XXXXXXX the sd
''Nightingale ffrigot'' went away w:th y:e sd ship ''Hono:r'' & kept her &
someother shipe company towards Virginia for five or six dayes
together afterwards, And saith that on y:e next day after y:e sd ffrigotts
leaving the sd ship ''Orange Tree'' a privateer came up to y:e sd ship, and layd
her aboard, and her sd Captaine Powley perceiving her to be an XXXX
sought her & gave her abroad side & severall XXXXX & fought her board &
board & resisted her for y:e space of an hower, and then one man was
killed & two woounded & y:e rest not able to hold out they were forced
to surrend:r to y:e sd privateer w:ch proved to be a privateer of Zealand XXXXXX
Cornelius van Shiys XXX Comand:t) and thereby y:e sd ship was XXXX
& all in her was utterly lost, w:ch was occasioned & XXXX of reasonm of y:e
''Nightingall frigatts'' neglect of her duty in leaving the sd ship ''Orange Tree''
w:ch they doe XXX & knowe to be true being of her Company and onbord
her
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her during all the time aforesd.

ANTHONY SMITH [His signature]
ROBERT WILLIAMS [His signature]

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===Case: XXXX: Johes Dobson, of Plymouth, sailor, aged 20===

28 Octobris 1666

DXXX Guilielmus Turnor XXXX XX Georgina XXXX)
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Lyon et bona in ead et)
M:r Samuelus Beake Civitati London mercator)
pro intereste sue in dea XXX et XXXX in XXX)
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX Suckley ffrancklin)

Sup Allons p XXX XXXX
Examinat

1. JOHES DOBSON De Plymouth
Nauta annos agens 20 aut XXX
dicit et depo:t prout seq:r vizt

Ad dram AllegationXXX deponit et dicit That hee this depo:t was Master
of y:e privateer called y:e ''Edward Bonadventure'' set out by M:r XXXX
Coulon at y:e time that shee tooke the aclate shipp y:e ''Swedes Lyon''
w:ch was on y:e last of July last, and saith that y:e ship being taken this
depo:t was put in on board her, and there finding an Englishman XXX
XXXX (whose name hee knoweth not) this depo:t asked him how hee
being an Englishman durst saile when XXX contrary to y:e Kings XXXX
to w:ch hee replyed at last that y:e sd ship was free & was bound to London
& that hee was supracargo of her, and this depo:t asking of him to whom shee
was consigned hee sd to a kinsman of his, & this depo:t asking his
kinsmans name, hee sayd that hee could not tell to rights, and ?then this
depo:t asking for his cocketts & bills of lading hee sayd that hee had XXX
and p:rsently after hee went from that p:rtense & says that hee was
bound to Yarmouth, but had noe cocketts for that place and this depo:t finding him in
divers XXXXX & supposimnh that y:e sd ship was unfree urged him to XXX
the XXXX telling him that y:e Captaine would be favourable to him, & XXX
him to XXX money to beare his charges or to XXXXXXXX his loss or
to that effect whereupon hee sayth that y:e sd Englishman speaking to this
depo:t sayd ffor Gods sake stande my freinds for y:e ship (speaking of &
meaning y:e sd ship ''Swedes Lyon'' is bound to Amsterdam. And this
depo:t promising to speake to y:e Captaine on his behalfe, they ended the
discourse all w:ch was in y:e sd ship ''Swedes Lyon'' none being p:rsent w:th ?them
et alr nescit.

Ad Interria

Ad prima rend:t that hee is now in his maj:tyes service, But y:e time aforesd
was mate of y:e sd privateer alr negative.

Ad 2:XX rend:t That if the sd ship ''Swedes Lyon'' & XXXXy be condemned for prize hee
expecteth to have a share thereof according to his place, et alr nescit rendere

Ad 3:XX rend:t That hee denyes that hee or any other of y:e sd privateers
Company did that hee knoweth or hath heard or beleeveth take any XXX
of y:e sd ship goods XXX et alr nescit rendere

Ad 4:XX XXXX p:rdepoitis negative.

Ad 5:XX rend:t That hee was p:rsent at y:e taking of y:e sd ship but y:e day of y:e
weeke or month hee certainly remembreth not et alr nescit

Ad 6:XX rend:t That the foresd discourse was spoken ptly in Dutch & ptly in English being
languages they both understood & the same was so spoken XXX y:e next day after seizur & in y:e day time & XXX
sd ship & none were p:rsent w:th them. et alr nescit

Ad 7:XX rend:t that hee liveth & allwayes lived at Plymouth (where hee was borne) saving when hee hath
XXXX upon voyages XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Privateer Edward Bonadventure

Ad Interria

''Swedes Lyon''
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===Case: XXXX: Deposition: Isaac Gill, citizen of Dublin, Ireland, Merchant, aged 21===

P1100009
f. 46r.

And changed the name
Lyon
said Beakes
said M:r Allen
said Samuel Beakes acco:t
in regard
w:ch hee knoweth

Ad 6 et 7 et 9 deponit
at Dublin
to the order
XXXX
for Rochel
July
w:ch
factor
carried
Gold
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Allen (who had formerly XXX XXXX the said Ignatius to his teh said
Samueles correspondence) to write to the said Ignatius to lade about
the said shipp after her arrival and delivered at XXXX) 20 or 30
tonnes of butter for Bordeauy for the said Samuels acco:t XXX of
w:ch butter jee saith was accordingly provided as the said Ignatius
Gold ?accepted the saod M:r Allen by lres, to w:ch M:r Allen XXX
said Samuel Beake further wrote that hee should get lading for the
resz of the said shipps ?tonnage in ?beef ?herrings or pilchards upon freight
XX XXX XXX XXXX freight.
And hee saith moreover that the said M:r Beake also wrote to the
said M:r Allen

ISSAC GILL [His signature]

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===Case: XXXX: Deposition: 3. Isaac Gill, XXXX===

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P1100011
f. 47r.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

ISAAC GILL [His signature]

****
===Case: XXXX Deposition: Petrus Peterson, citizen of Riga, Livonia, sailor, aged 44===

5:° Novembris 1666

PETRUS PETERSON civitatis Rega in Livonia Nauta
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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f. 47v.

'''Digital image is poor'''
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P1100013
f. 48r.

therin neglected on the decke, XXXX
taken
his
him to confesse against the
And saith that
said freight taken this deponent
with a XXXX or small
betwixt the binding and this
him to great XXXX
his hands, and afterwards
againe ashore. And
companies clothes
worth about 100:li sterling
XXX they have taken money

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And XXX by the Captain, the makeing is XXX
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Ad 4 rendet that the said cargo of XXX at Amsterdam was delivered
to XXXX XXXX XXXX, the producents further XXX, and XXX this depo:t
paid off his marriners that went to the said shipp, they respecting to
XXX further in the XXXX XXX them, Et alr negative XXX
prodXXXX.

Ad 5 rendet that the said Cornelius ?Dow XXX his factor affirmed
that this XXX XXX XXX

Ad 6 rendet that the sd bill of

Ad 7 rendet the said XXXX XXX XXX broken by the said storme
and that XXXX shipp came to Amsterdam them came man aboard to
XXX this XXX, Et alr nescit ex negative,
and not XXX the day of the beginning of the storme.

Ad 8 rendet that it was the 12 day (new stile) of July last that
the said XX Captaine CCCC CCC , about eight or nine at night,
and the XXX in XXX they fell to torturing him and his XXXXX
aforesaid, and with that hee was by the said Captaine Manners
on the deck in the ?hinder part of the shipp when the masters mate
came and XXX this deponent XXX abd carried him below
and tortured him as aforesaid, but this said QXXXXXX was
tortured above on the deck, and the said XXXX being then XXX
on the deck could not but XXXX and XXX his XXXX and
XXXX. And saith that true it is, that after such their torturing, the
said Captaine Manning for a colour XXXX offended, and when
XXX XXX XXX was XXX, talked of XXXXXX her, and asked this
deponent if hee would have it don, who knowing it was but
for a protest, expressed noe desire for the XXXX it,
beleeving the said XXXXXX , yet it should not XXX don
Et alr negative referendo et ad XXX XXXX.

Ad 9 rendet that

Ad 10 rendet that the said Captaine and her ffranch colours

Ad 11 rendet that XXX they XXX
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Ad 12 rendet that hee XXXX his said XXX att Riga, 'S:r John
?Skelener lre at Plimouth, and saith hee was present before the XXXX
of Riga and XXXX make oath of such therein
proXXXX, Et nescit XXXXXXXXXXX

Ad 13 rendet that his wife XX

Ad 14 rendet that to his remembrance hee did not set his hand to
any ExXXX accon taken in the ?mutiny, but only to a note or paper
tendred on the Captaines byalfe, whereunto hee was found to subscribe
nor doth hee know nor then did knowe when they have pretended
to XXX this exXXXtion or declaration, Et alr nescit salvis XXXX
and XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Ad 15 refeXXX ad predepoita, et exXXXX interrXXX
Et alr nescit

Ad 16 rendet that the said ffrench boy is of the age of 14 according to
this deponents XXX of his age by his XXX and lookes, XXXX
XXX nor CCCC, nor hath knowingly abooard 8 of 9
monthes, Et alr nescit et perparze sum negative XXXX

Ad 17 rendet XXX XXX only knoweth at Baka when hee
was XXX last in Holland, at w:ch place of XXXX his wife has
a sister dwelling, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXX, and XXXXXXXXX

Ad 18 rendet that XXX had a barrel of brimstone aboard at the
time of her seizure, w:ch was laded at Amsterdam by himselfe and
for his owne accompt, and wXXX to sell it for his owne
proffit; and XXXX tXX 400

XXXX XXXXXXX [His signature]

Repetit coram dre Mills surrato

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===Case: XXXX Deposition: Petrus Rich, of Lambeth (sic) Norway (sic) Merchant, aged 36===

The Clayme of Thomas Russell of Lambeth and Thomas Popplewell)
of XXXX English merch:ts for y:e ship Esperance XXXX Towison M:r)
and lading of deale boards consisting of about 2400 in number brought)
from Norway to Hull in this Kingdome of England and their seized)
by his Matyes and his Royall highness y:e Lord Adlls Courts for prize goods)

8:° Novembris 1666

Super allonoXX XXXX ColoqXXX
ex parte dictorXd reclaman datXX
ExamanXXXXty

Coloquitte XXXXX

Ad primum et secundum arles deponit et dicit that Yesterday this depo:t
compared the order arlate with the originall order remaining in the hands of
S:r Richard Browne one of the Clerkes of the Counsell and found the same
Copy toXXX with it said originall word for word. And saith that upon the
ninth of July last past this deponent gave and XXX security according to y:e foresd XXXX

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f. 50r.

for y:e ''Sperance'' arlate of Dram in Norway ?damp M:r to the ffarmers of y:e Custome house XXXXX Tourson now but formerly Cornely to come with her
lading of deales from Norway to some of his Majesties ports of England or Ireland
And saith the arlate S:r John Shaw and S:r John Wolstonholme two of the
ffarmers of the Custome house gave a testificazon under their hands of such
security given,a s appeareth in one of y:e schedules annexed. Et alr referendo
so ad dictas schedulas qua dicit esse verat nescit deponere.

Ad 3 et 4 arle deponit that hee well knoweth the arlate Thomas Russell and soe hath
don for theise twelve yeers last or thereabouts who was and is an Englishman &
borne as hee hath bin credibly informed in Hampshire. Who hee saith hath bin for
these three yeers last and upwards and still is as hee beleeveth halfe part owner
of y:e said shipp ''Sperance'' of Dram. which hee knoweth ffor that the said vessell
was consigned to this depo:t by the said Thomas Russell with a lading of Deales about three
yeers since. And then also gave this depo:t order to sell the said shipp for him and y:e sd
Knope, who was reputed the other halfe owner. which this depo:t could not doe
by reason hee could not raise the price sett to him And is still the halfe part owner
of her as hee is well assured for that about May last past this depot wrote to the
said Thomas Russell to send the said shipp with a lading of deales consigned to this deponent upon his
this deponents owne adventure. And the said Russell then wrote this deponent
that he would consigne the said shipp and her lading of dales to this depo:t upon his owne adventure
And saith that upon the lading of the said shipp. the arlate Jonathan Smith
advised the arlate Thomas Popplewell his master living at Hull that hee
had bought of one M:r Daniel Knope the other halfe part of y:e ship the ''Esperance''
(of which M:r Russell arlate was y:e other halfe owner.) which lre came under
this depots cover and which hee hath read, And the next post or shortly after hee sent
another lre under this deponents covert also wherein hee advised the said
Popplewell that hee had paid 150 Rix dollars for y:e halfe of y:e said shipp And
in y:e said lre he saith the said Smith advised his said M:r that hee had laded &
caused to bee laden onboard the said shipp ''Sperance'' about three or
foure and twenty hundred deales for his the sd Popplewells acc:t to bee
brought in y:e sd ship to Hull and there to bee delivered upon and for y:e same
acc:t and that hee had bought them of M:r Rissell some for 5:li 15:s and
some for six pounds per Cent. And the said Russell wrote this deponent
an Excuse for not sending y:e sd shipp upon this depots acc:t as aforesd saying
that hee had mett with one that would give more ffor those deales than they would yeild
at London. And therein the sd Russell wrote this deponent that the arlate
Smith had bought Deales of him the sd Russell and laded them for his sd
Masters ac:t, and that hee had received in part 200 Rix dollars which
lres he shall produce for satisfaction of this Court. Et alr nescit

Ad 5 et 6 deponit that the said shipp came with her said lading of deales
to Hull in September last of her owne accord, and as this depot hath bin informed there she was
seized by y:e Comrs for prizes of that port for his majestyes use, but was
cleared or discharged from the said seizure by an order from y:e Lords
prin:ll Com:rs for prizes. Which order of y:e Lords he hath now with
him and leaveth here with y:e foresd order of his Majesty and attestacon
from y:e Custome house. Et alr nescit referendo so ad dicta in strumenta

Ad 7 refert so ad Jura. Et alr nescit.

Ad Interria

Ad primum rend:t that hee hath knowne y:e Interr Popplewell for about halfe a
yeere last, who as y:e sd Popplewell hath declared to this depo:t and others was borne
----
P1100018
f. 50v.

in Lincolnshire, and XX a house keeper
of Hull, and the
in Norway upon
his
said Russell was since y;e warr with denmarke
proXXX

Ad XX rend:t that about
y.e
white of Lambeth

YXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

P. RICH [His signature]

****
===Case: XXXX Deposition: Cornelius Van XXXX, XXX, XXXX===

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P1100019
f. 51r.

Contract or Sale of the same. And that as this depo:t is well assured it cannot
be made appeareth that ever the sayd M:r Luke Luy did ever buy y:e contract
for any

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f. 51v.
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f. 52r.

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P1100022
f. 52v.
----
===Case: XXXX Deposition: 2. Humphrey Groome, of London, merchant, aged 36===

P1100023
f. 53r.

John Day

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f. 53v.

hee saith were all y: etime of y;e daies of y:e respective schedules aclate
XXXXXX belonging to the sd Prize Office, and sath used to
receive money and give receits & this depo:t hath had severall ?receipts
of them and being well acquainted w:th their manner of subscription
ther first schedule to be signed by the sd Hugh Hurst the second
& fourth by the sd Edw:d BuryX & the third by the sd Clement
Eglestone, and beleeveth y:e contents of the said foure receipts (w:ch
hee hath seene & XXX to be true & reall, to be soe XXX &
done as herein is conteyned et alr nescit

Ad Interria

Ad primum et 2:XX That y:e Copyes of y:e TRansferrs interraie w:ch
are
drawne according to y:e sd John Dayes usuall forme of drawing y:e ?transferrs
and saith that hee cannot tell whether y:e sd John
Day did YYYY 1652 1653 or 1654 act as a Broker
or not bit this Rend:t knowes that hee did fore
that time sometimes doe busines as a Broker et alr salvis
p:rdepositis nescit

Ad 3:XXX rend:t that hee hath not seene the Prize Office Bookes or ?is
relaccon to this busuines, et alr nescit.

Ad 4:XX rend:t That M:r ?Cury might w:thin y:e time interrare buy
severaéé Quantityes of Prize goods of the then Com:rs or their
Officers & not pay for the same & this rend:t not knowe there XXX
but saith that hee doth not knowe that hee bought XXXX et
alr nescit

Ad 5XX nescit pro ptescia

Ad 6:XX nescit.

Ad 7:XX rendet That hee never sawe any money payd by the sd Luke Lucy
to XXX the Com:r interrate et alr nescit

Ad 8:XXX nescit.

Ad 9:XX rend:t that hee this rend:t recvd the foresd three summes or sawe it
received of the sd XXX XXXX XXXX pr els hee should not have given the receits for the same w:ch XXX
hee knoweth to be his owne hand , but w;ch XXX money out or who was then
p:rent or where hee recdd the same of the XXX otherwise than by the dare
of y:e receit note hee beleeveth are XXXXdated hee for his pte
remembreth not it being soe long since et alr nescit rendere.

Ad 10:XX rend:t that hee hath not prssed y:e bookes interraia in relacon to y:e
busiones, nor did this rend:t ever belong to y:e sd Prize Office et alr nescit

Ad 11:XX 12:XX 13:XX et 14:XX rend:t that hee was not p:rsent nor did XX
the foresd Hurst BXXXX & Eglestone or any of them subscribe the
foresd Receits et alr nescit

Ad 15:XX et 16:XX nescit pXX pte

Ad 17:XXX rend:t That nothing is given or promised to him for his
testimony herein or coming about this busuines nor doth hee expect
ought bor will it be ay benefit or p:rjudice to this rendt w:ch way
soever thi cause goes y:t hee knoweth of et alr negXXXXX

HUM BROME [His signature]

Repetit coram Dno Sweit Sur:to
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===Case: XXXX Deposition: 3. Thomas Harris, citizen of London, XXXX, aged 52===

P1100025
f. 54r.

13:° Novembris 1666

Sup Allone prod Examinat

3. THOMAS HARRIS civitatis London Generesus annos
agens 52 aut XXX dicit et deponit prout seq Evizt

Ad Octavium et 9:XX arl die Allonis et computum deponit et dicit That this depo:t very
well knoweth y:e aclate M:r Luke Lucy deced and often time did busines for him
and sayth that in the yeere 1659 that y:e sd M:r Lucy was called before a Committee for brining
in y:e arreres of the revenue appointed by y;e then power, and one M:r ?ffinch XX XXX was then
theCouncell & this depo:t was his solicitor and did XXXX or XXXX appeare as XXX XXXX M:r
Lucy & M:r ffinch before the sd Comittee, and oftentimes about that time this depo:t heard
y:e sd M:r Luke Lucy very seriously affirme that an agr:t was made up betweene
him & y:e aclate John Day CCC CCC time of y:e sd Day for
y:e ship ''Elias'' & other XXXX goods bought of y:e sd Day, and that hee y:e sd M:r Lucy had really payd
for y:e same, and had severall acquittances for money payd on that acc:t
and that the sayd Day was & continued still his debtor above a hundred pounds
and that in regard of their old acquaintance & former service done by the sd Day
hee the sd M:r Lucy tooke two Looking Glasses for the same, All w:ch this depo:t
doth really beleeve to be true, for that the sd M:r Lucy was a man of great
integrity, and one that would not as this depo:t is psuaded in his conscience affect
such a thing unles twas true & reall, And saith that the sd M:r Lucy was
XXXXX before y:e sd Committee in y:e month of June 1659
to pay into y:e treasury for prize goods 504:li 10:s 2:d or therabouts for soe much owing by
him for prize goods bought of the late Com:r for Prizes and alsoe to pay
290:li 2.s 3:d for prize goods bought of y:e sd Com:r by the sd Lucy & John
Day, and saith that the sd M:r Lucy together w:th the sd M:r ?ffinch & this depo:t
did appeare before y:e sd Comittee & denyed the charges and the sd M:r Lucy
then desiring to avoyd further trouble being a XXXX man did by his Councell
M:r ffinch put it upon this issue That if it did appeare by y.e bookes of the
Prize Office that the sd M:r Lucy was anyways
endebted to y:e sd office for any ship or goods bought of the sd Office by him
or his order, that then hee the sd Lucy would Imediately pay what hee should
be soe charged w:thall, whereupon the sd Comittee made an order a copy of
w:ch this depo:t nowe hath w:th him being of the teno:r following vizt
Wednesday 29. June 1659. By the Comittee for bringing in the arrears
of the revenue due to the Commonwealth Upon hearing what was offered
this day by the Com:r for prize goods acc:t Lucas Lucy and w:t in M:r ffinch
being of the Counsell alledhed on his behalfe it is ordered that the sd Com:r
doe suffer y:e sd M:r Lucy to see their bookes in relaccon to his charge or
discharge for prize goods as likewise to deliver him Copyes of the transferrs made
by M:r Day and also tp give him a copy of the XXXX acc:t charged upon him
of thee desire the ?Land and they are to agree & setle the acc:t if they can
or else the Com:r are to certify us in writing the state of the case w;th
their opinion upon Wednesday the sixth of July next at nine of the
Clock in the forenoone, signed in the name & by the order of the sd Com:r
A ?Baynes. And saith that some few dayes after the sd order was soe
made, the sd M:r Lucy & his serv:t Abraham Guallier now as this depo:t
beleeveth in y:e barbadoes) & hee this depo:t did w:th severall of the
Accomptants & other Officers or Clarkes of the sd Office ther in the p:sence
alsoe to his remembreance of one or more of the sd Com:rs & alsoe
one M:r ?RomX accomp:t to M:r Oxenbridge y:e Controller of y:e sd Office
peruse the bookes of the sd Office w:th were then produced by some of the sd
Office, and the sd M:r Lucy did then desire them to show him where
hee stood XXXX in their bookes w:th any of XX sd summ for w:ch hee was
questioned before the sd Committee but notwithstanding XX
of them did (or could as hee beleeves) shew any Amount XX the sd
XXX in any of y:e bookes of the sd Office, wherby hee was charged as Debter
to them for any time but only shewed unto him the acc:t of the sd John Day

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P1100026
f. 54v.

And sayth that hee this Rend:tthen or about that time did declare to the sd
Lucy this depo:t being p:rsent that hee hath XXXXX the Acc:ts of the sd Office
and by reason of his sd Imploym:t did well understand them, and thatM:r Lucy was not charged for any thing therein, or to that effect, and ?after
hee told this depo:t that the sd Office could not charge the sd M:r Lucy w:th any XXX
unles by the bookes being written over againe, w.:ch hee sayd
they had bin as hee beleeved twice or thrice or to that effect And further
that suddenly after the foresd XXXXX hee this depo:t did repaire to the XXXX
or Register of y:e sd Comittee and desired to knowe whether y:e sd ComXXX
had made any rectifyate according to y:e foresd order & whwther the sd Comittee
had made any order thereupon, and hee replyed & told this depo:t that
hee beleeved that the XXXX XXXXX XXXXX noe other XXXXXX or to that
effect, And saith that afterwards y:e XX M:r Lucy was not ever XXX y;e XX depo:ts
knoweth or ever heard of further questioned XXX et alr nescit saving that the sd
John Day did live some yeeres after the time in w:ch the ship
& goods in question were sayd to be bought.
Sup reliquis non examinatur ex direnone M:r Lucy

Ad Interria

Ad primum rendet that hee cannot answer thereto, nor can tell w:t to beleeve
therein hee being a stranger to y,e buisines interrate.

Ad 2:XX rend:t That the sd John Day was reputed to by a publique broker
about twenty yeeres since
& this depon:t hath heard and beleeveth that the sd John Day
did buy or contract for severall parcells of prize goods both as a broker and XX
as merchant on his owne acc:t et alr nescit.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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===Case: XXXX Deposition: 1. Guilielmus Sweetmore, of Redcliff, Surrey, sailor, aged XXX===

P1100027
f. 55r.

Ad primum et 2:XXX arle XXX deponit et dicit That hee this depo:t was one of y:e
Company of the ship ''Hopefull Seaventure'' Henry Robinson M:r XXXX
and XXXX that about five weekes since cXXXXing alr non nescit the sd ship was
by a stiffe winde driven almost upon ? XXX Bucksam sand coming foule XX XX XXX
Anchor XXX to get further off, and the sd shipp, the ''Hopefull Seaventure'' being under sayle
w:th her sprittsaile y:e aclate ship y:e ''Comfort'' Sparkes M:r did lie in the way of y;e
sd shipp ''Hopefull Seaventure'' by a sayle XXXX upon the XXXXX, soe that y:e sd Robinson
could get cleare of y:e ''Comfort'' or not called out & XXX six or seaven XXXX
aloud, & as loud as possibly they could to those of the ''Comfort'' to clap their
XXXXX a port that y:e ''Hopefull Seaventure'' might goe cleere, and this depo:t (XXX XXX
y:e rest of the sd ships company soe called & cried out and saith that after such
calling & crying a which much was y:e sd Sparkes XXX as hee of herXXX confessed in this depo:ts ?presence
came running up out of his cabbin, & to the forecastle & by that time

the sd ship ''Hopewell Seaventure'' was past the sd ship ''Comfort'', and saith that noe answer
XXXX XXXXX was made by y:e sd Sparkes or any of his company that this
depo:t heard, and therfore this depo:t judges that they were all besides y:e sd Sparkes
asleepe, and that M:r Sparkes the next day did onboard the sd ship ''Hopefull
Seaventure'' in the p:rsence of this depo:t & the rest of the sd ships company confesse
that there was none upon his ships deck the time aforesd & that his watch
was asleep in the Cooke roome, But saith that notwithstanding this neglect
in them the sd ship ''Hopefull Seaventure'' by gods blessing upon y:e endeavo:r of
the XX M:r & Company went clere of the ''Comfort'' & never touched her head
Boltspritt masts or any pt of the yards, or any thing els belonging
to her only y:e yard arme of the spritsaile w:ch was soe slightly touched that
noe XXX was done to it or to the sd ship ''Comfort'' of his surtaine
knowledge of this depo:T who was an eye witnes thereof, and saith that such touching the sd
yard arme might have bin easily p:rvented if the M:r & Company of the ''Comfort''
or any of them had bin at hand to have put their XXXX a port
or topped their sprittsaile yard. et alr nescit

Ad 3:XX arlum deponit That y:e sd ship ''Hopefull Seaventure'' being passed the ''Comfort''
it went about a quarter of a mile from the ''Comfort'', XX past anyXX & veered
out a hundred & a fathom of cable, and XX about ag:X of a milestone the ''Comfort''
XX continued fast at anchor halfe and hower or betweene
halfe an hower & three a:r of an hower after y:e ''Hopefull Seaventure'' passed by
and then this depo:t espyed her driving and shee suddenly after passed by the
''Hopefull Seaventure'' and came to an Anchor about two Cables length off of her
and saith that had the ''Hopefull Seaventure'' XXXyed her cable this depo:t XXXXX who has
bin a seaman these 6 yeeres must needs have bin sensible of it for them hee saith XXXXXXXXXXXX
that the ''Hopefull Seaventure'' would have in stopped & in danger of being
sunk by XXXX y:e ''Comforts'' haws or else her cable must have yeilded & y:e ship
''Comfort'' have driven, and this is well knowne to all seamen, and saith that
y:e sd ship ''Hopefull Seaventure'' was not in y:e least stopped, but went as cleere
as any ship could doe, and y:e ''Comfort'' continued XXX for the time aforesd
et alr nescit
Ad
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f. 55v.

Ad 4:XX et 5:XX XXX deponit et dicit That the next day after y:e ship ''Hopefull
Seaventure'' passed by y:e ''Comfort'' as aforesd the M:r of the ''Comfort'' ?swept one
tide for his cable & anchor, but not finding of it hee came that day onboard the
''Hopefull SEaventure'', and then p:rtended that shee had not his cable, and sayd that
hee had had a buoy to his anchor but that twas not seene in eight& XXXX XXXXX
before XX shee was adrift or to that effect w:ch hee sayd &
confessed in the p:rsence of this depo:t & severall of teh rest of the ''Hopefull
Seaventures'' company and alsoe of his owne company. And saith that the
sd M:r of the ''Comfort'' desiring the ship & Company of the ''Hopefull Seaventure''
to assist upon in sweeping for the sd Anchor & cable, y:e Company of the ''Hopefull''
did sweepe two ?tymes for the same, but noe buoy appearing they could not
find the same, and soe the M:r of the ''Comfort'' gave it ober for lost, and came
away y:e next day w:th the ''Hopefull Seaventure'' & y:e rest of the ffleete & gave
noe order that hee XXXXX of or beleeveth) for any further ?search for the same
and in XX the same it lost XXXX occasioned for want of a buoy, and not
through any neglect or default in y:e help Company of the ''Hopefull SEaventure'' or
any of them nor indeed was any manner of p:rjudice done to y:e sd ship ''Comfort''
by y:e sd ship ''Hopefull Seaventure'' or her M:r & Company or any of them.
Et ar nescit XXX knoweth as aforesd et alr nescit.

Et alr XXX predeporta p XXX XXXXX.

Ad Interria.

Ad primum rend:t That hee was a common man of y;e Company of the
''Hopefull Seaventure'', and hee was to have 7:li 10:s for his wages from London to XXX
& back againe, w:ch hee receaved about three weekes since, & saith that y:e ''Hopefull
Seaventure'' had about fourteene or fifteene marriners onboard her the night
aforesd & shee is of about 240 tonnes burthen & the ''Comfort'' is of about XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Ad 2:XX rend:t That hee knowes not whether the sd Henry Robinson hath any pt in
y:e sd ship ''Hopefull Seaventure'' or not & ?hee warned this rend:t to come to XXXXXX XXXX
& told him that if hee would not come in hee would subpoena him in & saith that
upon his life hee XXXX XXXX only y:e truth betweeene the ptyes concerned X
XXXXX hee saith hee equally favoureth and saith that if it were in his power hee
would give y:e victory of this cause to hee that is least in fault
alr negative.

Ad 3:XX rend:t That y:e ''Hopefull Seaventure'' just before shee came & passed by y:e
''Comfort'' as aforesd in aout a quarter of a mile XXX the ''Comfort'' & the ''Hopefull
Seaventure'' then ?at about a mile from shore, but a about halfe a cables length from
Buckhans Sand & the ''Comfort'' athere rode about a mule & ag:r from y:e shore, &
soe the sd ships had layd almost two dayes, et alr nescit rendere

Ad 4:XX rendt That the sd ship ''Hopefull Seaventure'' weighed anchor about two of y:e
clocke in y:e foresd night & twas then very darke, & XXX & XXX weather & there
was them a?Long stiff gale of wind and saith that they
were then forced to weigh in regard that the wind drove them soe towards the sd sand
that they were in eminent danger of being foule of y:e sd sand et alr nescit.

Ad 5:XX rend:t That y:e sd rend:t & Company first spyed the sd ship ''Comfort'' the ?time
aforesd about a cables lebgth before they came at her , & soe soone as they XXXXXher they cryed out to her, and by speciall order of the M:r every man of the ''Hopefull
Seaventures'' company cryed out as loud as they could hXXXXX hallowe the better to
give notice & to wake the ''Comforts'' watch, w:ch they feared were asleepe because they
did not answer at severall times calling before, et alr nescit.

Ad 5:XX rend:t That y:e wind was at west south west the time aforesd & blew very
hard, & the ''Comfort'' lay north or north east from y:e ''Hopefull
Seaventure'' when shee weighted as aforesd et alr nescit.

Ad 6:XX rend:t That there was roome enough on each side of the ''Comfort'' for
y.e ''Hopefull Seaventure'' to passe by to wit about two or three Cables length
but y:eXXX was soo that XXX could not have command of the ''Hopefull Seaventure''
to bee otherwise than XXXX saith that they used their XXXX abd XXXX to get
cleere
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P1100029
f. 56r.

cleere of the ''Comfort'' as it concerned them highly to doe et alr referende
so ad predeporta nescit

Ad 8:XX rend:t That it is usuall & doubles lawfull for ships to
lye at Anchor (to wit by a single anchor that they may veere & give way
as occasion requires) in such a place as the ''Comfort'' was in the time
aforesd, but not w:thout a buoy w:ch is a warning to ships to keepe XXX
of the XXX it being y:e custome for a buoy to be at every Anchor XX
out in all rivers harbozrs & all XXX places et alr nescit.

Ad 9:XX rend:t prod refert so d p:rdeporta et alr nescit.

Ad 10:XX rend:t That y:e M:r of the ''Hopefull SEaventure'' assisted the M:r
of the ''Comfort'' in Sweeping as aforesd because the M:r of the ''Comfort''
desired him. et alr nescit.

Ad 11:XX rend:t That 'tis a very difficult thing to find an anchor lost
in the foresd place without a buoy the sd place being a wide ?space & full of sands et alr referendo XX ad p:rdepita
nescit
Sigmund dM WS [HIS MARK] Guilielmi Sweeting

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===Case: XXXX Deposition: 2. Guilielmus Chip, of Redcliff, Surrey, sailor, aged 67===

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P1100030
f. 56v.

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P1100031
f. 57r.

Ad 10:XX rend:t That the M:r of the ''Hopefull BaXXXXXX'' helped to sweepe for XX
cable & Anchor because the M:r of the ''Comfort'' came & desired that hee XXXX
alr nescit

Ad 11:XX that the foresd place is a wide Roade, and he there expXXXXX
Difficult to find an Anchor that is lost w:thout a buoy fastened thereto, et alr
nescit

signum dm. [HIS MARK] XXX XXXX

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===Case: XXXX Deposition: 3. Jacobus Taylor, of White Chappell, London, sailor, aged 46===

Eadem dXX

Super Allone pred Examinat.

3.XX JACOBUS TAYLOR de White Chappell prope
London Nauta annos agens 46 aut XXX dicit et deponit
prout seq:ricter

Ad primum et 2:XX arles XXX Allonis deponit et dicit That hee this dep:t
was a foremastman of the Arlate ship ''Hopefull Seaventure'' at the time
arlate and saith that shee XXX in XX about three or foure fathom water and in
great danger (y:e wind being high) of being drawn upon
Buckhand Sand in ?Humber River where XXX XXXXX were shee weighed XXXX for about
Eleaven or twelve of the clock in the night of y:e 21:st day or thereabouts
of Octob:r last, and loosened the spritt saile XXXX Company not
judging it safe to make any other saile because y:e ?wind was XXXX; and saith
that as shee was soe sailing out farther into deeper water her M:r & Company (all
of them being above deck) did at about a Cables longe distance espey the
arlate ship ''Comfort'' riding by a single anchor upon her XXXXXX and ?imediately they cryed &
called out to her to sheere off (as they might have done any way)
or to put their helme a port, to the and that y:e sd ship ''Hopefull Seaventure''
might passe cleere of her w:ch M:r & Company then feared shee would not
but spey:d that noe answeer was returned from the ''Comfort'' nor did any body
appeare upon her deck although they were severall times w:th much XXXXX earnestley called
by this depo:t & the rest, and then by order of Henry Robinson the M:r of the
''Hopefull Seaventure'' all her Company made an outcry together
yet noebody of y:e ''Comfort'' made answer or appeared untill the ''Hopefull
Seaventure'' passed by her w:ch shee did by & throughe the endeavours
of her M:r & Company, and Gods mercy w:thout doeing her
any manner of damage that hee knoweth of or beleeveth saveing y:e breaking
of a small rope called her sprit saile cluting, & w:thout touching her or
any pt of her that hee knoweth of saving shee slightly touched y:e yard arXXXX
of the spritsaile yard, and that might have bin p:rvented y:f the
M:r & Company of the ''Comfort'' had but
put their helme a port or veered or ?lopped their spritsaile, et alr nescit

Ad 3:XX arlum depo:t That the sd ship ''Hopefull Seaventure'' being passed
by the ''Comfort'' shee went & lay at anchor about halfe a mile from the
XXXX XXXX & lost her Xyding by the sd Anchor, and about halfe an
hower after & not afore this depo:t sawe y:e ''Comfort'' adrift and sayth that y:e sd
ship ''Hopefull Seaventure'' went over y:e place where y:e ''Comforts''
Cable lay, but whether shee touched it or not hee knoweth
not, but saith that if shee did touch it the touch was so slight that XXX XXXXX that
was not y:e occasion of her beng afterwards adrift et alr nescit saing
that the sd ship ''Comfort'' might the time aforesd have sheere to & fro by the
shipping of her XXXXX at the XXXXX of her M:r & Company XXX deny
or receiving p:rjudice.

Ad 4:XXX et 5:XXX arles die Allonis deponit That the next day afore y:e ?prmisses the M:r
of the ''Comfort'' did sweepe for her Anchor & Cable & not finding
XXXX came the same day onboard the ''Hopefull Seaventure'' and desired y:e sd ?Cap:t Robinson that
in

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f. 57v.

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him, & y:e sd Anchor & Cable was XXX XXXX swept for, but in XXX XXXXX
appeareth noe XXXX to the Anchor, and the M:r of the ''Comfort''
(when hee had appointed to sweepe for it againe) went onshore to XXXX by
shortly after came away) from thence XXX the sd ship ''Comfort'' XXXXX
''Hopefull Seaventure'', And lastly saith that XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXX & y:e sd ship or any XXXX belonging XXX besides y:e breaking of the XXXX
rope w:ch was but a very small matter) came through y:e neglect of her XXXX
company & not through any default or neglect of or in the XX XXXXX of y;e
Company of the sd ship ''Hopefull Seaventure'', et alr nescit.

Ad ult dicit predeporta pXXXX esse vera.

Ad Interria

Ad primum rend:t That hee was a foremastman in the sd ship ''Hopefull Seaventure''
& had for his wayges for y:e whole voyage 7:li 15:s & shee had the time aforesd about XX
or 15 marriners onboard her, and shee is of about XXXXX score tonnes & the ''Comfort''
of neere about the same burthen, et alr nescit.

Ad 2:XXX rend:t That hee knoweth not whether the sd Henry Robinson hath any
share in the sd ship or not & hee cometh to testify herein at y:e sd Robinsons request
& saith that y:e partyes are all a like to him, and hee would if it were in
his power give the vivtory of this cause to the ptye that hath most right to it saying
tis all one to him who hath it et alr negative.

Ad 3:XX rend:t That before y.e ''Hopefull Seaventure'' weighed as aforesd she
lay about halfe a mile from y:e ''Comfort'', & y:e ''Hopefull Seaventure'' was about
three q:tr of a mile from y:e land & the ''Comfort'' about a mile,
&soe XXX hath layne about two dayes & before they lay somew:t more
distant et alr nescit.

Ad 4:XX rend:t That y:e sd night was darke rayny & the wind blew hard
& therewas ?then noe moonelight & but little star light, et alr referendo
Et ad prdeporta nescit.

Ad 5:XXX refert XXX pdeporta et alr nescit.

Ad 6:XX rend:t That the wind was about west south west the time aforesd
& was high, and the ''Comfort'' lay North East or North East by East or neer
thereabouts from y:e ''Hopefull Seaventure'' when shee weighed as aforesd et alr nescit

Ad 7:XX rend:t That there was romme amongXXXX on each side y:e ''Comfort'' for a
ship to goe by on either side namely two or three cables length and shee had
roome enough to XXXXX, but y:e ''Hopefull Seaventures'' Company could not
by reason of y:e wind & tyde command her to saile any other course
than that shee would and they all hee saith did w:t men could doe in such a
XXXX to p:rvent damage & danger, their lives lying at stake, et alr
referend so ad p:rdeporta nescit reXXXdere.
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===Case: XXXX Deposition: 1. Jacobus Hedoethorne, of London, Merchant, aged 30===

P1100033
f. 58r.

Ad 2:XXX 3:XX 4:XX 5:XX et 6:XXX arlate deponit That hee this depo:t very well noweth y:e aclate
M:r Samuel Beake son of M:r Arnold Beake of London Merch:t & this
depo:t hath lived w:th y:e sd Samuele Beake severall yeeres XXX here in
London and in ffrenace w:ch sd Samuel Beake hee saith is an Engléish man
borne, but is or lately was resident at Bourdeaux but not as a subject
of y:e ffrench King, but as a merch:t stranger and as a
subject of his Majesty of England, And further saith that this depo:t
being at Bristoll about a fortnight before y:e lamentable fire in London
and lodging at y:e house of the allegate M:r James Whittwood
who is y:e said Samuel Beakes correspondent three hee was lading goods for him at Bristoll XXX ship st
Bristoll being also a subject of his sd Majesty XXX severall times XXXXX

w:th him about the sayd ship ''Crowne Towne'' of Bruges XXX fflanders and the sd M:r Whittwood
in XX disXXXXXX XXX was before y:e newes of y:e seizure of the sd ship)
?forciebly told this depo:t that hee dayly expected the arrivalll of the sd ship
''Crowned Towne'' of Bruges at Bristoll, from Nantes w:th a lading of Salt
Wine, Spiritts of wine or Brandy & shewed this depo:t & XX from y:e XXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXx w:ch hee was to receive and
dispose of for the acc:t of the sd M:r Samuel Beake, declaring that hee
knowe not that any other was commanded therein, and further say that hee
had order to relade her at Bristoll w:th Calve Skinns Lead
& butter & pilchards if hee could get any for the sd Samuel Beake, and this depo:t well knowes that y:e
sd Whitwood did provide a considerable quantity of Calves skinnes for
pt of y:e sd ships Lading and therefore hee is fully psuaded that y:e sd ship was
really bound to Bristoll & that shee was there to deliver her lading now in
question seized in her consisting as hee understands of ffourscore
fourteene muXX & a halfe last fifteene great Barrells
or peeces, & a small peeice pf spiritts of wine or Brandy, fourteene Tonnes
& a higshead of Mountaine (sic) wine tow tonnes & a halfe of
Spanish wne, two tonns & a halfe of small Nantes wine, and one
hogshead of black or red wine, marked as in the marg:t that the
same were to be transported from Nantes to Bristoll aforesd on the
acc:t and XXgo of the sd Samuel Beake and Partners therein all
freinds and all of this Kingdome, and that noe enimy hath had any interest
therein, XXX the Lading thereof, And hee further deposeth that hee
is well assured that y:e mentioning in y:e bill of Lading that y:e sd ship was bound
to XXXton in Norway, & the sd Lading consigned to M:r BruXXghan there, was
done

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P1100034
f. 58v.

done merely to p:rvent seizure & XXXXX by y:e Enemeyes of this
Kingdome, such consignm:t being frequently made of this depo:ts
knowledge upon English men are concerned y:e better to XXXX
their goods. And further saith that hee well knoweth y:e Lader of the
sd Lading called Jacob Vandermesse living at Nantes XX knoweth
that the sd Samuell Beake & y:e sd Jacob Vandermesse doe XX to doe busines
for one another all y:e places where they reside, and knowes
that there have bin dor severall moneys ?left ?on
open acc:t betweene them w:ch hee the better knoweth for that hee
this dep:t (XXXXX a little nefore coming ober XX y:e sd HolleX) used to doe business for y:e sd
Samuel Beake at Nantes, and upon his XXXX to com some
to England reXXXXXed y:e sd Samuel Beake to make of of the
sd Jacob Vandermesses at Nantes, a:ch Samuel Beake approved
of, & accordingly imployed him & this depo:t sawe some acc:ts betweene
them and when this depo:t came away from ffrance hee sawe that
by y:e acc:ts the sd Vandermesse was debtor to y:e sd Beake, but how
much hee cannot remember, et alr pre pte sua nescit.

Ad X XXXX aclum et XXXXX in XXXX
must in often deponit et dicit That hee beleeveth that y:e
Attestacon aclate is sealed w:th the seale of Bruges, and that the
contents of y:e sd attestacon were & are true, & that 'twas soe ?had &
done as therein is contained, et alr refereXX ad predepoita nescit
deponere.

Ad ult dicit p:rdepoita pXXX este vera.

JAMES HEDGTHORNE [His signature]

Reponsa sua ad Interria pXX exam M:r Arnold Beake.

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===Case: XXXX Deposition: Arnoldus Beake, of London, Merchant, aged 58===

Eodem dXX

Sup Allone pXXX Examiniatus

2. ARNOLDUS BEAKE de London Mercator annos agens
58 aut ricter dicit et deponit prout seq:r vizt

Ad primum arlum necit pre pte sua salvis subscriptis.

Ad 2:XX 3:XX 4:XX 5:XX 6:XX et 7:XX arles dra Allegaconnis deponit et dicit
That hee this depo:t well knoweth y:e sd aclate Samuel Beake hee being
the depo:ts son, who hee saith is an English man and was borne in London
but now lives at Bourdeaux in ffrance as a Merch:t stranger & a subject
of his Majestie of England and hee stayed at Bourdeaux to accomplish his busuines ther
having a Licence (as hee wrote to this depo:t) from the ffrench King soe to
doe, and saith that from Bourdeaux this sd son wrote to him this depo:t
that hee had freighted the aclate ship the ''Crowne Torone'' of XXXXX
Jacob ffrance) XX y:e to goe from Nantes to Bristoll, and that hee had laded
her
w:th salt & Brandy & some wine, and had consigned her to Jacob
WrightXXXX or Whitewood of Bristoll, and that one XX XXXXX
sd lading was for the acc.t of him the sd Samuel Beake XXXX XXXX XXX
for y:e acc:t of hs p:rcontest James Hedges & XXXX (also an English man) and
ChXXXX CruXXXXXX XXXXX of Bruges and Company (meaning as hee beleeveth
the rest of the owners. of y:e sd ship all whom hee beleeveth to be ffrandzians & subiects
of y:e King of Spaine) and further saith that y:e sd XXXX
who is ffactor for this deponents says son Samuel Beake at Bristoll
wrote XX
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P1100035
f. 59r.

wrote to this depo:t from Bristoll before y:e newes of the lading of y;e sd ship
That hee expected the sd ship ''Crowned Towne'' of Bruges at Bristoll with
salt Brandy & wines for his this depo:ts sonn Samuels acc:t (hee not knowing
that any other was concerned therein, and that hee was to relade her w:th
butter lead & other goods at Bristoll & send her to Bourdeaux or Royall
ans sayth that hee is well assured by such this informaccon that the sd ship
was really bound to Bristoll w:th her p:rsent lading of salt Brandy
& wine, and doth verily beleeve in his conscience that the sd ships lading
seized in her was designed to be transported in y:e sd ship to Bristoll & there
to be delivered & disposed of by y:e sd Whitwood on the account & XXXX
as his sd son mentioned, to wit one third on y:e acc:t & risgo of his sd
son, and thother two thirds for the acc:t & risgo of the sd Jacob
Hedgethorne and of Phillip Cornelison & Company fflandrans & subjects of
his Majestie of Spaine and hee is very certaine that y:e sd ship
putting in in XXXX that y:e ship was bound to XXXX in Norway & consigned to
M:r Brugman was done colourably to avoyd seizure by y:e Enmyes
of England And further sayth that hee well knoweth that his said son Samuel
& the aclate Jacob Vander Messe, living at Nantes, doe correspond
together & that the sd Vander messe doth use to doe busines for
his sd son at Nantes & y:t for some businesses that hee hath there done
for this depo:t son hee hath drawne bills of Exchange upon this
Depo:t
----
P1100036
f. 59v.

'''Poor digital image quality'''

Ad 5:XX refert ad p:rdepsita et alr nescit

Ad 6:XX repon:t questioning y:e acc:t of y:e sd ship XXX hee XXXX
to Bristoll hee seriously averred to this depo:t that hee intended
to goe to Bristoll, but when this XXXXXX know that they
made a reXXXXXtion to carry the sd ship to Ostend because XX
was a XXX place most of them XXX thereabouts and that they

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P1100037
f. 60r.

hands of M:r Abraham Gill of Nantes for his sd ?sixth part off y:e sd Lading
& hee denyes that hee is ffactor thereof XXXX for any of tXXX
?persoms comcerned therein et alr nescit

Ad 3:XX rend:t That hee hath knowne the foresd Jacob Vandernesse
for about two yeeres last XXX during that time & long before as hee
beleeves, thay lived at Nantes in ffrance w:th his wife children &
family, & sath that hee supposeth that hee is a Hollander borne et
alr nescit

Ad 4 rend:t That hee beleeveth that Merchants that lade goods in
ffrance doe use to conceale (as much as in them lyes) to w:t place the
goods soe laden are consigned the better to carry on trading &
this this rend:t ?hath done severall times to
p:rvent seizure, and paper hee (as other slsoe have done) hath caused
to be made for free places when the ship were bound to a place
that had war, but hee for his owne pt never did any thing of that
XXXX but for this Subjects of his Maj:ty of England
And saith that in ships merch:ts doe use to write a coloured
lre & inclose y:e Colourable bill of Lading directed to some from at the the free port,
to w:ch the ship us ptended is bound although the ship is to goe to a place that hath warr & this hee hath alsoe done
but only for his Maj:ties subjects to carry on y:e Englishe trade et alr
nescit

Ad 5:XX refert XX ad predeita et alr nescit.

Ad 6:XX rend:t That hee ?lknoweth not where y:e sd ship was taken & XXX
that if shee was out of her course to Bristoll (to w;ch place hee is certaine
shee was really bound to make her discharge) hee beleeveth that twas occassioned
by her marriners revolting or by contrary windes, et alr nescit.

Ad 7:XX rend:t That hee beleeveth that y:e sd Samuel doth drive a
Trade colourably for the subjects of his majesty of England in such
manner as is mentioned in y:e 5:th Interry, but hee doth not knowe nor
hath heard that hee hath driven any trade XX under any role for any
of the XXXXX of his Majesty of England, et alr nescit.

Ad 8:XX nescit XXX XXXivit pco pte sua.

Ad 9:XX rend:t That y:e sd Samuel Beake did ct
& lade goods for some Dutch subjects of the United Provinces & ffrench
subjects of y:e ffrench King before y:e now warrs. but hwther hee hath soe
done since y:e warr or not. hee knoweth not nor hath heard, but supposeth
that now & then hee doth but not under any role XX in all upon XXX in XXXXXX
as hee beleeveth et alr nescit

JAMES HEDGTHORNE [His signature]

Repetit XXX XXXXXX suo coram Duo Judican
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===Case: XXXX: Deposition: 4. Mathaus Starenburg, citizen of Bruges, Sailor, aged 26===
P1100038
f. 60v.

21 Decembris 1666

Super allegatXXX prXXX ex XXX dXX XXX XXX
XXXX 22:° Nov: XXX examinate

4. MATHAUS STARENBURG civitatis Brugensis Nauta, ubi XXX
per XXXX ult aut XXXXX, atatis 26 annos XX XXX XXXX
testis

Ad primum, 2. 3 et 4 arles dicte allagaconis deponit that hee this deponent
is Carpenter of the said shipp the ''Godelieve'' w:ch hee hath knowne for
about 15 monthes last, and that above a month before Easter last hee was
imployed to work in the repair of her in the XXX of the producents XXX
XXXX and Anthonio XX BogXXXden who were and are her owners and XXXX
XXX XXXX accompted. And for w:ch XXXX hee was paid by the said XXXXXX
and after XXXed for XXXXX where XX XXX aboard, hee was XXXX to XXX
Carpenter of her, her former Carpenter leaving her, and XXX XXXX in
the voyage in question for Nantes, And saith that the said XXXX and VanXXXXX
and Michaell XXXX XXXXX were and are XXXXX and Inyabitants of Bridges and subiects of the kingdom
of Spaine, And saith that in or about July last there was laded aboard the
said shipp at Nantes a cargo of wine, and XXXXX, and vinegar and
caskes of saffron to be carried in her for Bridges for accompt (as this deponent understood) of her said
owners and other fflandrians, and hee being told by the said VanburXXXden that
the said shipp was to fetch a cargo of wine for her owners accompts, And
alsoe thereunto laded aboard her foure XXX XXXX of wine for accompt of
Claus BurkXXXXX the ship XXXXXX and this deponent the Carpenter of the said shipp.
And having XXXXXX the said goods aboard, the said shipp departed
for Bridges her port of discharge, and was in the course of XXXX
more XXX and XXXXX by the arlate Chrystian ?braun and company and XXX
first to ?Porta and afterwards into the XXXXXX River, w:ch hee knoweth
sailing in her and beng aboard when XXX was XXXX XXXXX. Ez alr. nescit.

Ad 5 et 6 deponit that upon the said seizure this deponent saw the master
of the GXXXXXX Merchant XXXX deliver a XXXXX (wherein hee
suggesteth was one or more writings) to the said Chrystian XXXXX, and John du Plessys M:r fortune of XXXXX and his XXXX XXXX and after-
wards her XXX said Captaine XXXX in XXXX her XXXX, and saith the
said ?Baum did XXX XXX XXX XXX master or any of her company to be XX
examinat at Porta, nor (XXXX as hee undersand) and XXXXXX
them. Et alr nescit, salvis XXXXXXX.

Ad 7. 8. et 9 deponit that thee said Captaine ?Braune and company XX
plundered the said ship GuXXXXX after such seizure and tooke away t
the said salt saving some little quantity, a parcell of saffron, and tooke away ?also
all y:e sweetmeates. And dranke embXXXted and plundered away severall ?barrells of
the sd shipps wine being part of her lading and sold and disposed thereof ?as ?they
pleased. And saith that y:e said ?Borne carryed the said shipps Hoods from XX
Poole to Chichester, where neere y:e mouth of y:e River neere XXX XXXXX
Harbo:r there came a pilot on board ye ''Godliffe'' by y:e sd Bearnes order as this deponent XXX
and endeavouring to bring her up the sd River of Chichester with that XXX to y:e XX
sd lading that was untouched hee rann her on y:e ground where stick soe
fast that they could not gett her off though y:e sd Bearne and Company hXXXXX
a great part of y:e sd shipps lading ober board to lighten y:e said shipp, where ?she
lay soe aground for severall dayes together. And saith that y:e shipp is now in y:e
harbour of Chichester, where she lyes on y:e Ground saving foure or ffive howres ?each
day, and one of her underdecks is risen about a ffoote and halfe and XX XXX
XX
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P1100039
f. 61r.

masts namely y:e maine mast XX XXXX downe And sawe
that the water stands in the hold of y:e said shipp
and is bery much damnifyed thereby. Et alr nescit

Ad 10:a deponit that y:e said Michael Sanfier was confined and kept under Custody as a
prisoner under y:e pretence of being a Holland:r by the meanes of Captaine XXX
and his Complices And soe were the Company in Custody severall dayes together
Et alr nescit

Ad 11. 12. 13. 14. nescit et preparte sua neve.

Ad 15 deponit that y:e sd Bearne and Company after y:e seizure of y:e sd shipp ''Godlife''
kept on board and confined in the sd shipp y:e ''Godliffes'' Commander and were denyed pen inke
or paper nor would they suffer them to write to any friends et alr nescit

Ad 16:XX XXX predeporta sua de vera.

XXXXXXX [His signature]

Ad primum nescit deponere salvis subscriptis.

Ad 2 deponit that hee hath bin but y:e voyage in question in the said shipp ''Godliffe'' which
was from Bruges to Nants and thence was to have gon to and had arrived at Bridges
had not y:e foresaid seizure happened Et alr nescit

Ad 3 et 4 deponit that hee hath seene a person called John Johnson, an Ostender who
came on board the Privateer at y:e Ille of Wight , by y:e meanes and at y:e request of y:e
foresd Captaine Bearne, who went with the sd Bearne in his Man of Warr to Chichester and sometimes came on board
y:e ''Godliffe'' at Chichester. And XXXX the said Johnson was not any of y:e ''Godliffs'' Company. Et alr
nescit salvis predeporta.

Ad 5 deponit that soone after namely about three or foure days after y:e sd shipp
''Godliffe'' came into Chichester one M:r Bradshaw as hee understood he name bee came on board
the sd shipp and sealed up y:e hatches of y:e sd shipp to prevent further plundering
And saith that y:e said Bradshaw sealing up a like place wherein y:e sweetmeats
were with y:e foresaid soule the aclate Johnson or some of y:e sd Bearnes Company
brake y:e sd Seales and carried away y:e sd Sweetmeates and some other things
Et alr nescit

Ad &:X deponit that y:e aclate Joseph Vorstell is a common seaman And one of y:e ships
Company. And beleeveth that he lives at Bridges or Ostend having seene his wife thre
Et alr nescit.

Ad 7 deponit that there is noe such person belonging to y:e shipp aclate as Bartholomew ?Xayes,
And saith that this sepo:t is y:e said shipps Carpenter And had served in the said shipp about
three monthes before y:e said seizure, and hath lived at Bruges with his wife and family
the sd two yeares last and is a Burger of that place. And that when hee was XXXX
at Chichester, one Captaine?Walchan an Englishman told this depo:t that Bartholomew and Mathias were allone and y:e same name. Et alr nescit

Ad 8 deponit that the aclate ?Casher is one of y:e Company of y:e ''Godliffe'' aclate, and was
hired at Bruges to serve in the said shipp, and is commonly said to bee borne in ?Rosebroogen
and to bee a Burger of Bruges. Et alr nescit

Ad 9 deponit that y:e said Phillip Arrison is one of y:e shipps Company. Et alr nescit.

Ad 10:a deponit that y:e aclate Claes Brooke Huisen is stiersman of y:e ''Godliffe'' and doth and
hath kived at Bridges the sd XXX or three yeeres last or thereabouts. and is a Burger of that
place and a subject of y:e king of Spaine. Et alr nescit.

Ad 11 deponit that the aclate Mary Bushee and her three children ca,e aboard the sd
shipp at Nants and was a passenger only And was to goe to Ostend Et alr nescit.

Ad 12 deponit that y:e aclate Peter Johnson falling sick at Nants came on board the said
shipp to goe also as a passenger to Ostend And beleeveth him to bee of XXX
and to dwell there and to bee a subject of y:e Spanish King. Et alr nescit
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==Notes==

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==Possible primary sources==

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==Possible secondary sources==

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'''Admiralty court cases'''

'''Editorial history'''

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__TOC__
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==Suggested links==

See [[MRP: Commodities|Commodities]]
See [[MRP: Geography|Geography]]
See [[MRP: Shipping terminology|Shipping terminology]]
See [[MRP: Style Sheet One|Style Sheet One]]
See [[MRP: Synthesis|Synthesis]]
See [[MRP: Transcription|Transcription]]
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==To do==

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==Index of abstracted and/or transcribed Admiralty court documents==

===Data===

[[MRP: HCA 1/8|HCA 1/8]] 1648-1660 No images nor transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 1/9|HCA 1/9]] 1660-1674 No images nor transcriptions

[[MRP: HCA 13/64|HCA 13/64]] 1650-1651 Transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 13/65|HCA 13/65]] 1651-1652 No images nor transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 13/66|HCA 13/66]] 1652-1653 No images nor transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 13/67|HCA 13/67]] 1653 No images nor transcriptions

[[MRP: HCA 13/68 Part One|HCA 13/68 Part One]] 1653-1654 Sample images & Transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 13/68 Part Two|HCA 13/68 Part Two]] 1653-1654 Sample images & Transcriptions

[[MRP: HCA 13/69|HCA 13/69]] 1654 Transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 13/70|HCA 13/70]] 1654-1656 No images nor transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 13/71|HCA 13/71]] 1656-1657 Transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 13/72|HCA 13/72]] 1657-1659 Transcriptions

[[MRP: HCA 13/73 Part One|HCA 13/73 Part One]] 1659-? Transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 13/73 Part Two|HCA 13/73 Part Two]] 1659-? Transcriptions

[[MRP: HCA 13/74|HCA 13/74]] 1660-1661 Transcriptions

[[MRP: HCA 13/75|HCA 13/75]] 1664-1666 No images nor transcriptions

[[MRP: HCA 13/76 Part One|HCA 13/76 Part One]] 1666-1669 Transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 13/76 Part Two|HCA 13/76 Part Two]] 1666-1669 Transcriptions

HCA 13/77 1669-1675

HCA 13/123 1650
[[MRP: HCA 13/124|HCA 13/124]] 1650-1652 Transcriptions; but no images made
[[MRP: HCA 13/125|HCA 13/125]] 1652-1653 Transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 13/126|HCA 13/126]] 1654-1655 A few transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 13/127|HCA 13/127]] ?-? A few transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 13/128|HCA 13/128]] 1656-1658 A few transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 13/129|HCA 13/129]] 1658-1664 A few transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 13/130|HCA 13/130]] 1662-1664 No images nor transcriptions
HCA 13/131 1673-1682

HCA 14/51 1649-1654
[[MRP: HCA 14/52|HCA 14/52]] 1654-1660 No images nor transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 14/53|HCA 14/53]] 1660-1666 No images nor transcriptions
HCA 14/54 1666-1671

HCA 15/5 1650-1653
[[MRP: HCA 15/6 Box One|HCA 15/6 Box One]] 1654-1657 A few transcriptions, BOX ONE only
[[MRP: HCA 15/6 Box Two|HCA 15/6 Box Two]] 1654-1657
HCA 15/7 1658-1660
[[MRP: HCA 15/8/1|HCA 15/8/1]] 1661-1665 No images nor transcriptions
HCA 15/9 1666-1670

HCA 23/15 1649-1653
HCA 23/16 1649-1653
HCA 23/17 1649-1653
HCA 23/18 1653-1658
[[MRP: HCA 23/19|HCA 23/19]] 1658-1664 Transcriptions
HCA 23/20 1664-1667
HCA 23/21 1667-1676

HCA 24/110 1650-1652
HCA 24/111 1652-1655
[[MRP: HCA 24/112|HCA 24/112]] 1655-1657 A few transcriptions
HCA 24/113 1657-1659
HCA 24/114 1659-1662
HCA 24/115 1662-1664
HCA 24/116 1664-1672 (HCA 24/116/1; HCA 24/116/2)

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===Analysis===

[[MRP: HCA 13/76 Analysis|HCA 13/76 Analysis]]

[[MRP: Synthesis|Synthesis]]
[[MRP: Transcription|Transcription]]

[[MRP: Marine History Sources|Marine History Sources]]
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==HCA imaging plan==
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===31/05/12===

* Continued to image [[MRP: HCA 13/73|HCA 13/73]], and reimaged some previous poor quality images from the same
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===22/05/12===

* Continue to image [[MRP: HCA 13/125|HCA 13/125]], and reimage poor quality images made on 18/05/12

* Look at and consider imaging [[MRP: HCA 13/67|HCA 13/67]] 1653

* Look at and consider imaging [[MRP: HCA 13/66|HCA 13/66]] 1652-1653
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===18/05/12===

* Imaged selected items from [[MRP: HCA 15/6 Box Two|HCA 15/6 Box Two]]

* Imaged first part of [[MRP: HCA 13/125|HCA 13/125]]
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===15/05/12===

* Imaged selected items from [[MRP: HCA 15/6 Box One|HCA 15/6 Box One]]
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===01/05/12===

* Imaged selected items from [[MRP: HCA 13/68|HCA 13/68]]
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==TNA index==

HCA 1/ High Court of Admiralty: Oyer and Terminer Records: Indictments and subsequent Proceedings filed.

- HCA 1/8 1648-1660
- HCA 1/9 1660-1674

HCA 13 High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Examinations and Answers 1536-1826

- This series consists of examinations and answers relating mainly to the civil jurisdiction of the Court in instance and prize causes, although a few relate to criminal jurisdiction. An examination, in the legal sense, consisted of the statements or depositions made by a witness or accused person when examined, and is the the record of such statements. An answer, specifically in law, was the counter-statement made in reply to a complainant's bill of charges (such a bill in civil law being termed a libel)

The examinations cover 1536 to 1750, the answers 1577 to 1770, and the examinations on commission 1564 to 1678, with some extra material from 1694 to 1826. HCA 13/1 relates to the Vice-Admiralty of Norfolk and Suffolk, 1536 to 1537. Some volumes contain their own indexes. 272 bundles and volumes

High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Examinations and Answers 1536-1826

- HCA 13/64 1650-1651
- HCA 13/65 1651-1652
- HCA 13/66 1652-1653
- HCA 13/67 1653
- HCA 13/68 1653-1654
- HCA 13/69 1654
- HCA 13/70 1654-1656
- HCA 13/71 1656-1657
- HCA 13/72 1657-1659
- HCA 13/73 1659-1661
- HCA 13/74 1661-1664
- HCA 13/75 1664-1666
- HCA 13/76 1666-1669
- HCA 13/77 1669-1675

Answers to Bills of Complaint

- HCA 13/123 1650
- HCA 13/124 1650-1652
- HCA 13/125 1652-1653
- HCA 13/126 1654-1655
- HCA 13/127 1655-1656
- HCA 13/128 1656-1658
- HCA 13/129 1658-1662
- HCA 13/130 1662-1664
- HCA 13/131 1673-1682

HCA 14 High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Exemplars (Drafts) Files 1531-1768

- HCA 14/51 1649-1654
- HCA 14/52 1654-1660
- HCA 14/53 1660-1666
- HCA 14/54 1666-1671

HCA 15 High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Early Instance and Prize Papers 1586-1778

- HCA 15/5 1650-1653
- HCA 15/6 1654-1657
- HCA 15/7 1658-1660
- HCA 15/8/1 1661-1665
- HCA 15/8/2 1661-1665
- HCA 15/9 1666-1670

HCA 23 High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Interrogatories Files 1541-1733

- HCA 23/15 1649-1653
- HCA 23/16 1649-1653
- HCA 23/17 1649-1653
- HCA 23/18 1653-1658
- HCA 23/19 1658-1664
- HCA 23/20 1664-1667
- HCA 23/21 1667-1676¨

HCA 24 High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Files of Libels, Allegations, Decrees, Sentences and Miscellaneous Documents 1526-1814

- HCA 24/110 1650-1652
- HCA 24/111 1652-1655
- HCA 24/112 1655-1657
- HCA 24/113 1657-1659
- HCA 24/114 1659-1662
- HCA 24/115 1662-1664
- HCA 24/116 1664-1672 (HCA 24/116/1; HCA 24/116/2)

HCA 25 High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Warrants, Bonds and Bails for Letters of Marque 1549-1815

HCA 32 High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Papers 1592-1855

HCA 34 High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Sentences and Interlocutories 1643-1854

HCA 38 High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Warrant Books 1541-1859

HCA 39 High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Warrants, Monitions and Decrees Files 1515-1761

HCA 49 High Court of Admiralty: Vice-Admiralty Courts: Proceedings 1593-1875

HCA 65 High Court of Admiralty: Miscellaneous Objects, Artefacts and Documents extracted from Prize Papers 1578-c1852

- All items examined so far in sub-index relate to 1745 and later
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==Possible secondary sources==

Appleby, John C., ''A Calendar of material relating to Ireland from the High Court of Admiralty Examinations, 1536-1641'' (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1992)

Coldham, Peter Wilson, ''English adventurers and emigrants, 1609-1660: abstracts of examinations in the High Court of Admiralty with reference to Colonial America'' (Baltimore, 1984)

- Wilson states in his preface that he has worked largely from the Examination Books, and has omitted merchants' accounts and balance sheets

- He observes that equity examination books are unfit for 1610-20, 1625-29, and 1645-47
- He observes:

** '''HCA 13/39-73''': Examinations in equity causes; each volume covers a two year span; personal details of the deponents are in latin, but most text is in English. Entries are day by day, so details of one case may be stretched over a number of days and months
** '''HCA 13/226ff.''': Depositions taken outside London
** '''HCA 24:''' Libels
** '''HCA 13/100ff''': Answers to bills of complaint
** '''HCA 1/1-27:''' Indictments and proceedings
** '''HCA 23:''' Interrogatories

Dobson, David, ''American Data from the Records of the High Court of the Admiralty of Scotland, 1675-1800'' (XXXX, 2009)

[http://books.google.co.uk/books/reader?id=mXwPAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&source=gbs_atb_hover Inman, James, Nautical tables, designed for the use of British seamen (London, 1849])

- See [http://books.google.co.uk/books/reader?id=mXwPAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&source=gbs_atb_hover&pg=GBS.PA380 'The Latitudes and Longitudes of Remarkable Harbours, Islands, Shoals, Capes, &c.', pp. 380 - 400]

Coote, Henry Charles, ''The new practice of the High Court of Admiralty of England: with the Rules of 1859, and a collection of forms, and bills of costs, &c., &c'' (London, 1860)

[http://play.google.com/books/reader?id=AOQzAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en Edwards, Edwin, A treatise on the jurisdiction of the High Court of Admiralty of England (London, 1847)]

Fitzgerald, John David, ''Report of Her Majesty's Commissioners Appointed to Inquire Into the High Court of Admiralty in Ireland'' (London, 1864)

[http://play.google.com/books/reader?id=qilEAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en Horne, Thomas Hartwell, A compendium of the statute laws, and regulations of the Court of admiralty: relative to ships of war, privateers, prizes, recaptures, and prize-money. With an appendix of notes, precedents, &c (London, 1803)]

Marsden, Reginald Godfrey, ''The High Court of Admiralty, (A.D. 1547-1602)'' (XXXX, 1953)

Meeson, Nigel, The practice and procedure of the Admiralty Court: forms and precedents (London, 1993)

Prichard, M J and D E C Yale (eds.), ''Hale and Fleetwood on Admiralty Jurisdiction'', Selden Society CVIII (London, 1993)
- Sir Mathew Hale, 1609-1676

Shilton, Dorothy O. and Richard Holworthy, ''High Court of Admiralty Examinations, 1637-1638'' (XXXX, 1932)

Shilton, Dorothy O. and Richard Holworthy, ''High Court of Admiralty Examinations, 1657-1658'' (XXXX, 1932)

[http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/lhr/21.1/steckley.html Steckley, George F., 'Collisions, Prohibitions, and the Admiralty Court in Seventeenth-Century London,' ''Law and History Review'', Spring 2003], viewed 10 Nov. 2011

Steckley, George F., 'Instance cases at admiralty in 1657: A court "packed up with sutors"', ''The Journal of Legal History'', vol. 7, issue 1, 1986, pp. 68-83

MRP: Admiralty court cases

2012-06-06T08:58:04Z

SimonLiebesny:

'''Admiralty court cases'''

'''Editorial history'''

23/11/11, CSG: Created page
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__TOC__
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==Suggested links==

See [[MRP: Commodities|Commodities]]
See [[MRP: Geography|Geography]]
See [[MRP: Shipping terminology|Shipping terminology]]
See [[MRP: Style Sheet One|Style Sheet One]]
See [[MRP: Synthesis|Synthesis]]
See [[MRP: Transcription|Transcription]]
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==To do==

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==Index of abstracted and/or transcribed Admiralty court documents==

===Data===

[[MRP: HCA 1/8|HCA 1/8]] 1648-1660 No images nor transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 1/9|HCA 1/9]] 1660-1674 No images nor transcriptions

[[MRP: HCA 13/64|HCA 13/64]] 1650-1651 Transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 13/65|HCA 13/65]] 1651-1652 No images nor transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 13/66|HCA 13/66]] 1652-1653 No images nor transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 13/67|HCA 13/67]] 1653 No images nor transcriptions

[[MRP: HCA 13/68 Part One|HCA 13/68 Part One]] 1653-1654 Sample images & Transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 13/68 Part Two|HCA 13/68 Part Two]] 1653-1654 Sample images & Transcriptions

[[MRP: HCA 13/69|HCA 13/69]] 1654 Transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 13/70|HCA 13/70]] 1654-1656 No images nor transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 13/71|HCA 13/71]] 1656-1657 Transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 13/72|HCA 13/72]] 1657-1659 Transcriptions

[[MRP: HCA 13/73 Part One|HCA 13/73 Part One]] 1659-? Transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 13/73 Part Two|HCA 13/73 Part Two]] 1659-? Transcriptions

[[MRP: HCA 13/74|HCA 13/74]] 1660-1661 Transcriptions

[[MRP: HCA 13/75|HCA 13/75]] 1664-1666 No images nor transcriptions

[[MRP: HCA 13/76|HCA 13/76]] 1666-1669

[[MRP: HCA 13/76 Part One|HCA 13/76 Part One]] 1666-1669 Transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 13/76 Part Two|HCA 13/76 Part Two]] 1666-1669 Transcriptions

HCA 13/77 1669-1675

HCA 13/123 1650
[[MRP: HCA 13/124|HCA 13/124]] 1650-1652 Transcriptions; but no images made
[[MRP: HCA 13/125|HCA 13/125]] 1652-1653 Transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 13/126|HCA 13/126]] 1654-1655 A few transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 13/127|HCA 13/127]] ?-? A few transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 13/128|HCA 13/128]] 1656-1658 A few transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 13/129|HCA 13/129]] 1658-1664 A few transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 13/130|HCA 13/130]] 1662-1664 No images nor transcriptions
HCA 13/131 1673-1682

HCA 14/51 1649-1654
[[MRP: HCA 14/52|HCA 14/52]] 1654-1660 No images nor transcriptions
[[MRP: HCA 14/53|HCA 14/53]] 1660-1666 No images nor transcriptions
HCA 14/54 1666-1671

HCA 15/5 1650-1653
[[MRP: HCA 15/6 Box One|HCA 15/6 Box One]] 1654-1657 A few transcriptions, BOX ONE only
[[MRP: HCA 15/6 Box Two|HCA 15/6 Box Two]] 1654-1657
HCA 15/7 1658-1660
[[MRP: HCA 15/8/1|HCA 15/8/1]] 1661-1665 No images nor transcriptions
HCA 15/9 1666-1670

HCA 23/15 1649-1653
HCA 23/16 1649-1653
HCA 23/17 1649-1653
HCA 23/18 1653-1658
[[MRP: HCA 23/19|HCA 23/19]] 1658-1664 Transcriptions
HCA 23/20 1664-1667
HCA 23/21 1667-1676

HCA 24/110 1650-1652
HCA 24/111 1652-1655
[[MRP: HCA 24/112|HCA 24/112]] 1655-1657 A few transcriptions
HCA 24/113 1657-1659
HCA 24/114 1659-1662
HCA 24/115 1662-1664
HCA 24/116 1664-1672 (HCA 24/116/1; HCA 24/116/2)

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===Analysis===

[[MRP: HCA 13/76 Analysis|HCA 13/76 Analysis]]

[[MRP: Synthesis|Synthesis]]
[[MRP: Transcription|Transcription]]

[[MRP: Marine History Sources|Marine History Sources]]
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==HCA imaging plan==
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===31/05/12===

* Continued to image [[MRP: HCA 13/73|HCA 13/73]], and reimaged some previous poor quality images from the same
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===22/05/12===

* Continue to image [[MRP: HCA 13/125|HCA 13/125]], and reimage poor quality images made on 18/05/12

* Look at and consider imaging [[MRP: HCA 13/67|HCA 13/67]] 1653

* Look at and consider imaging [[MRP: HCA 13/66|HCA 13/66]] 1652-1653
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===18/05/12===

* Imaged selected items from [[MRP: HCA 15/6 Box Two|HCA 15/6 Box Two]]

* Imaged first part of [[MRP: HCA 13/125|HCA 13/125]]
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===15/05/12===

* Imaged selected items from [[MRP: HCA 15/6 Box One|HCA 15/6 Box One]]
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===01/05/12===

* Imaged selected items from [[MRP: HCA 13/68|HCA 13/68]]
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==TNA index==

HCA 1/ High Court of Admiralty: Oyer and Terminer Records: Indictments and subsequent Proceedings filed.

- HCA 1/8 1648-1660
- HCA 1/9 1660-1674

HCA 13 High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Examinations and Answers 1536-1826

- This series consists of examinations and answers relating mainly to the civil jurisdiction of the Court in instance and prize causes, although a few relate to criminal jurisdiction. An examination, in the legal sense, consisted of the statements or depositions made by a witness or accused person when examined, and is the the record of such statements. An answer, specifically in law, was the counter-statement made in reply to a complainant's bill of charges (such a bill in civil law being termed a libel)

The examinations cover 1536 to 1750, the answers 1577 to 1770, and the examinations on commission 1564 to 1678, with some extra material from 1694 to 1826. HCA 13/1 relates to the Vice-Admiralty of Norfolk and Suffolk, 1536 to 1537. Some volumes contain their own indexes. 272 bundles and volumes

High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Examinations and Answers 1536-1826

- HCA 13/64 1650-1651
- HCA 13/65 1651-1652
- HCA 13/66 1652-1653
- HCA 13/67 1653
- HCA 13/68 1653-1654
- HCA 13/69 1654
- HCA 13/70 1654-1656
- HCA 13/71 1656-1657
- HCA 13/72 1657-1659
- HCA 13/73 1659-1661
- HCA 13/74 1661-1664
- HCA 13/75 1664-1666
- HCA 13/76 1666-1669
- HCA 13/77 1669-1675

Answers to Bills of Complaint

- HCA 13/123 1650
- HCA 13/124 1650-1652
- HCA 13/125 1652-1653
- HCA 13/126 1654-1655
- HCA 13/127 1655-1656
- HCA 13/128 1656-1658
- HCA 13/129 1658-1662
- HCA 13/130 1662-1664
- HCA 13/131 1673-1682

HCA 14 High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Exemplars (Drafts) Files 1531-1768

- HCA 14/51 1649-1654
- HCA 14/52 1654-1660
- HCA 14/53 1660-1666
- HCA 14/54 1666-1671

HCA 15 High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Early Instance and Prize Papers 1586-1778

- HCA 15/5 1650-1653
- HCA 15/6 1654-1657
- HCA 15/7 1658-1660
- HCA 15/8/1 1661-1665
- HCA 15/8/2 1661-1665
- HCA 15/9 1666-1670

HCA 23 High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Interrogatories Files 1541-1733

- HCA 23/15 1649-1653
- HCA 23/16 1649-1653
- HCA 23/17 1649-1653
- HCA 23/18 1653-1658
- HCA 23/19 1658-1664
- HCA 23/20 1664-1667
- HCA 23/21 1667-1676¨

HCA 24 High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Files of Libels, Allegations, Decrees, Sentences and Miscellaneous Documents 1526-1814

- HCA 24/110 1650-1652
- HCA 24/111 1652-1655
- HCA 24/112 1655-1657
- HCA 24/113 1657-1659
- HCA 24/114 1659-1662
- HCA 24/115 1662-1664
- HCA 24/116 1664-1672 (HCA 24/116/1; HCA 24/116/2)

HCA 25 High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Warrants, Bonds and Bails for Letters of Marque 1549-1815

HCA 32 High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Papers 1592-1855

HCA 34 High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Sentences and Interlocutories 1643-1854

HCA 38 High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Warrant Books 1541-1859

HCA 39 High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Warrants, Monitions and Decrees Files 1515-1761

HCA 49 High Court of Admiralty: Vice-Admiralty Courts: Proceedings 1593-1875

HCA 65 High Court of Admiralty: Miscellaneous Objects, Artefacts and Documents extracted from Prize Papers 1578-c1852

- All items examined so far in sub-index relate to 1745 and later
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==Possible secondary sources==

Appleby, John C., ''A Calendar of material relating to Ireland from the High Court of Admiralty Examinations, 1536-1641'' (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1992)

Coldham, Peter Wilson, ''English adventurers and emigrants, 1609-1660: abstracts of examinations in the High Court of Admiralty with reference to Colonial America'' (Baltimore, 1984)

- Wilson states in his preface that he has worked largely from the Examination Books, and has omitted merchants' accounts and balance sheets

- He observes that equity examination books are unfit for 1610-20, 1625-29, and 1645-47
- He observes:

** '''HCA 13/39-73''': Examinations in equity causes; each volume covers a two year span; personal details of the deponents are in latin, but most text is in English. Entries are day by day, so details of one case may be stretched over a number of days and months
** '''HCA 13/226ff.''': Depositions taken outside London
** '''HCA 24:''' Libels
** '''HCA 13/100ff''': Answers to bills of complaint
** '''HCA 1/1-27:''' Indictments and proceedings
** '''HCA 23:''' Interrogatories

Dobson, David, ''American Data from the Records of the High Court of the Admiralty of Scotland, 1675-1800'' (XXXX, 2009)

[http://books.google.co.uk/books/reader?id=mXwPAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&source=gbs_atb_hover Inman, James, Nautical tables, designed for the use of British seamen (London, 1849])

- See [http://books.google.co.uk/books/reader?id=mXwPAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&source=gbs_atb_hover&pg=GBS.PA380 'The Latitudes and Longitudes of Remarkable Harbours, Islands, Shoals, Capes, &c.', pp. 380 - 400]

Coote, Henry Charles, ''The new practice of the High Court of Admiralty of England: with the Rules of 1859, and a collection of forms, and bills of costs, &c., &c'' (London, 1860)

[http://play.google.com/books/reader?id=AOQzAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en Edwards, Edwin, A treatise on the jurisdiction of the High Court of Admiralty of England (London, 1847)]

Fitzgerald, John David, ''Report of Her Majesty's Commissioners Appointed to Inquire Into the High Court of Admiralty in Ireland'' (London, 1864)

[http://play.google.com/books/reader?id=qilEAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en Horne, Thomas Hartwell, A compendium of the statute laws, and regulations of the Court of admiralty: relative to ships of war, privateers, prizes, recaptures, and prize-money. With an appendix of notes, precedents, &c (London, 1803)]

Marsden, Reginald Godfrey, ''The High Court of Admiralty, (A.D. 1547-1602)'' (XXXX, 1953)

Meeson, Nigel, The practice and procedure of the Admiralty Court: forms and precedents (London, 1993)

Prichard, M J and D E C Yale (eds.), ''Hale and Fleetwood on Admiralty Jurisdiction'', Selden Society CVIII (London, 1993)
- Sir Mathew Hale, 1609-1676

Shilton, Dorothy O. and Richard Holworthy, ''High Court of Admiralty Examinations, 1637-1638'' (XXXX, 1932)

Shilton, Dorothy O. and Richard Holworthy, ''High Court of Admiralty Examinations, 1657-1658'' (XXXX, 1932)

[http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/lhr/21.1/steckley.html Steckley, George F., 'Collisions, Prohibitions, and the Admiralty Court in Seventeenth-Century London,' ''Law and History Review'', Spring 2003], viewed 10 Nov. 2011

Steckley, George F., 'Instance cases at admiralty in 1657: A court "packed up with sutors"', ''The Journal of Legal History'', vol. 7, issue 1, 1986, pp. 68-83