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| − | ''' HCA 13/73''' 1659-?
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| − | '''Editorial history'''
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| − | 01/05/12, CSG: Created page
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| − | 01/05/12, CSG: Made 127 digital images (P1110298 to P1110425)
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| − | 26/05/12, CSG: Transcribed 35 full pages to date
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| − | ==Suggested links==
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| − | See Admiralty court cases"]
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| − | See [[MRP: Synthesis|Synthesis]]
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| − | See [[MRP: Transcription|Transcription]]
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| − | ==Physical description==
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| − | ==Sample transcriptions==
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| − | ===Front Cover===
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| − | January 1658
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| − | ===Case: Maurice Thompson Alderman William Thompson et al., freighters of the Maydenhead vs. the VOC: Deposition: 5. William Reading, of Redriff wall, St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey, Surrey, Mariner, aged 35: Date: January 19th 1658===
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| − | //The 19:th day of January 1658 English style
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| − | Maurice Thompson Alderman William Thompson)
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| − | & other freighters of the shipp the ''Maydenhead'')
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| − | agt the Dutch East India Company in pticular and)
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| − | all other x:r X XXXXXX)
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| − | Examined on the allegation given in
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| − | XX XXX of November 1658 on behalfe of
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| − | the sayd ffreighters
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| − | 5 WILLIAM READING of Rederiff wall
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| − | in the parish of S:t Mary Magdalen Bermond-
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| − | sey in the County of Surrey mariner aged
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| − | thirty five yeares or thereabouts a wittnesse
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| − | sworne & examined saith and deposeth
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| − | as followeth viz:t
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| − | To the 10:th arle of the sayd allegation hee saith that hee
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| − | this deponent was purser of the shipp the ''Olive Branch'' an
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| − | English shipp which went upon a tradeing voyage from London bound
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| − | for Bantam but at her comeing thither the sayd shipp ''Olive
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| − | Branch'' was hindred by certayne dutch shipps of warr belonging
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| − | to and being in the implyment of the dutch East India Company
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| − | by which meanes ?they wwas forced to goe to an Island in XXX
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| − | PaXXogando upon the Coast of Sumatra and there pXXXX her lading
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| − | of pepper to be brought
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| − | secretly unknowne to the dutch in XXXX or boates from
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| − | Bantam to the sayd Island of Pullegand:o where the shipp the
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| − | ''Olive Branch'' ridd And saith that hee being XXXX a foresayd Puerser
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| − | of the sayd shipp and on XXXX at Bantam during the moneths
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| − | of January ffebruary and part of March in the yeare of our
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| − | Lord 1656 while the lading of pepper which was shipped aboard
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| − | the ''Olive Branch'' was proXXXing at Bantam to be sent to
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| − | Pollegaade and takeing the weight there of and imployed in
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| − | sending the same away thaereby knoweth that in the yeare and
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| − | moneth aforesayd pepper might then have bin hard at Bantam bought
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| − | of the Chinese (sic) & was by the Chinese offered XXXXXXXXXX
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| − | there to be sold to ?sayth as would buy the same at the rate of five
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| − | and a halfe pence alright or XXXX for the parcell every parcell
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| − | being comonly accompted one hundred sixty two pounds English weight
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| − | And saith that the ''Olive Branch'' having taken in her ladeing
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| − | of pepper at ?Pulligaade XXXXX XXXXX and brought the same
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| − | to Ligorno which was according to Charterpty the Port whither
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| − | she was designed to carry the same And hee this deponent goeing
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| − | Purser in her to Ligorno knoweth that in the Moneths of ffebruary
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| − | and March 1657 in which moneths the sayd shipp ''Olive Branch''
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| − | was & remayned in the Port of Ligorno XXXX pepper was brought in XXXX was there frequently
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| − | and commonly sold at the rate of twenty peeces of eight
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| − | per hundred English weight, and hee this deponent having some
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| − | pepper pf his owne which was brought hither in the sayd shipp
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| − | did there sell the same at som what a bove
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| − | that rate of twenty peeces of eight per hundred English weight
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| − | And further to this arle hee cannot depose.
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| − | To the rest of the articles hee is not examinat, by ?direction
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| − | WILLIAM READING [His signature]
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| − | Repetit before Dor Godolphin//
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| − | //and saith hee last sawe the ?Consent lyeing on shoare at Redriff
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| − | about two or three moneths since & saith the last tyme hee sawe the
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| − | ?shipp was to the best of his now rememberance about a yeares &
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| − | a halfe since XXXXX neere Wapping And further to ?this Interest hee XXXX
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| − | answereth not seeing the ''Consent'' at her first mooreing nor
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| − | knowing when she came ?first to moore in the River of
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| − | Thames./
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| − | XXX
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| − | a halfe
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| − | To the 3 hee saith hee
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| − | ===Case: S:r John Dethicke John Bancks Hugh fforth, and Company: Deposition: George Dethick, of London, Merchant, aged 30: Date: January 24th 1658===
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| − | //The 24:th of January 1658 English Style
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| − | A business of Examination of witnesses upon
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| − | XXXXX Interries XXXXXX XXX the part and
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| − | behalfe of S:r John Dethicke John Bancks
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| − | Hugh fforth, and Company XXXX certain
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| − | XXXXX aboard the shipp the ''ffrancis & John'' (Cap:t
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| − | XX XXXX Commander) XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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| − | of XXXXX the XXXXXXXX of the Dutch East India
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| − | Company.
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| − | GEORGE DETHICK of London Merchant
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| − | aged thirty yeares or thereabouts, a
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| − | wittnesse sworne before the right Wor:ll
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| − | John Godolphin doctor of Lawes one of
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| − | the Judges of the high Court of Admiralty
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| − | of England saith and deposeth viz:t.
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| − | To the first Interrogatorie hee saith that hee well knoweth that the
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| − | Interrogate Hugh fforth
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| − | did in the moneth of ffebruary 1656 cause to be laden and put on board
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| − | the Interrogate shipp the ''ffrancis & John'' whereof the Interrogate
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| − | Lawrence MXXXing was Master, then lyeing in the River of Thames
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| − | and bound for Bantam Interrogate two Chests conteyning sixe and
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| − | twenty Barres and sixteene XXXX
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| − | marked & numbered as in the Margent
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| − | to be transported in her for Bantam & their disposed of for his
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| − | Accompt & the proceeds thereof to be thence returned in her for his
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| − | Account XXXXXXXXX knoweth say that hee went Supracargo of the
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| − | sayd shipp the voyage in question XXXXXXXXXXXXXX And further to this Interrorie saving his
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| − | subsequent deposition hee cannot depose
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| − | To the Interrorie hee saith that hee being XXXXXX as a foresayd
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| − | knoweth that upon the ladeing of the two chests and the XXXX XXXXX XXXX
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| − | XXXXXXXX XXXXX the sayd shipp XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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| − | XXXX//
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| − | ===Case: Claim of Stephen ?Pallavacio, of Genoa, regarding silver bars: Deposition: 1. Peter Vandeput, of London, merchant, aged 47: Date: January 29th, 1658===
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| − | The 27:th of January 1658
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| − | Examined upon the allon and
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| − | XXX on the behalfe of the said claime
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| − | //The claime of Stephen ?Pallavicio
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| − | of Genoa for sixe barrs of silver
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| − | in the ''S:t Laurence'' Peter BoughXXXXX
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| − | M:r taken by the ''Coventry frigot''
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| − | 1. PETER VANDEPUT of London Merchant
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| − | aged 47 yeares of therabouts sworne and
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| − | examined
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| − | To the first and second arles of the said Allon hee saith hee hath
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| − | corresponded with the producent Stephen Pallavicino in y:e wayes of
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| − | Merchandize, and saith hee was and is comonly reputed a native
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| − | subject, & Inhabitant of the State of Genoa, and saith hee beleeveth
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| − | him to bee, having bin credibly informed that hee is a ?patrician
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| − | of the City and State of Genoa, and this depo:t hath often
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| − | received Letters from y:e said pducent dated at Genoa, as the
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| − | place of his Dwelling, and hath accordingly directed his Letters to
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| − | him there, and further hee doth not depose
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| − | To the 3:d hee saith that by the Dealings and Correspondence
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| − | w:ch this Dep:t hath for ?diverse yeeres had, and hath with the said producent XX XXXX XXX of XXXXX hee
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| − | verily beleeveth him to be a merch:t of great dealing worth
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| − | and Quality and saith hee hath and doth drive a trade &
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| − | Commerce from y:e Canaryes and y:e dominions of the King of
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| − | Spaine in, and with silver by his ffactors there resident, and
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| − | that before y:e bringing of the silver in question to this port
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| − | this depo:t hath received to the vallue of betwixt twelve and
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| − | thirteene hundred pounds for the sd products account from y:e Canaryes, the
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| − | same being Consigned unto him this depo:t & further hee deposeth
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| − | not:
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| − | To the 4:th arle hee saith that before y:e lading of the silver
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| − | in question namely about two yeeres since and severall other times
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| − | this Depo:t received letters from severall Genoeses, and alsoe from
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| − | the said Palavacino himselfe, whereby they desired this Depo:t to
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| − | advise them whether they might not safely send silver or Bullion
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| − | to London. and without danger Consigne the same to this
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| − | depo:t or to the same effect. And this depo:t thinking. (besides
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| − | the furtherance of Trade & Comerce) that hee should doe good
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| − | service to this Comonwealth, did thereupon write to, and
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| − | encourage them to send silver thither, And for further incouragement
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| − | of the sd prodc:t this dep:t caused the Act of Parliam:t made for
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| − | importacon of Bullion, to be Translated into Spanish and ?sent
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| − | the same to him and them, and hee referreth himselfe to y:e said Act of
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| − | Parliam:t for Importaccon of silver. And further hee doth not depose
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| − | To the 5:th 6:th & 7:th arles and the Letter of Advise, and Invoice XXX
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| − | y:e sd 6:th arle mentioned, Nowe shewed unto him, hee saith & XXXX
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| − | deposeth that in or about the monethes of July or August last ?past
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| − | this depo:t received advise from the said producents ffactor
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| − | Don Luis Perez de Vittoria that hee had laded at S:ta Cruz del OzXXXXX
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| − | (being a port in y:e Island of Tenereife on of the Canary Islands) ?about
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| − | the said ship the ''S:t Laurence'' whereof Petr Bonningysent is M:r for y:e
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| − | Account of the said Stephen Palavasino, two barrs of silver, and
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| − | //Consigned the same to be delivered to this depo:t herein XXX XXX
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| − | for the said Account of the said ''Provident'': and afterwards this
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| − | depot received the Letter of advise and Invoice annexed from him
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| − | the said ffacto:r by the said ship ''S:t Laurence'' XXXX XXX seizure together
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| − | with the bill of Lading arlate w:ch hee hath nowe alsoe seene, And
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| − | this depo:t hath heard that the said ship belonged to the arlate M:r
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| − | fford, And further hee deposeth not, saving that the said Letter
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| − | Invoice and Bill of Lading Exhibited were and are the same
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| − | soe by him received:
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| − | To the 8:th hee saith that after the XX XXXX hee this depo:t was
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| − | advised by letters from Plymouth of the seizure of the said ship
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| − | and Lading by Captaine Aylett, and of her bringing in thither
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| − | where shee was brought (as hee saith) to this port for this depo:t
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| − | here received the said silver in question out of her, and further
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| − | deposeth not.
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| − | To the 9:th hee saith hee is well assured and verily beleeveth
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| − | that the said two barrs of silver were really and truely pvided
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| − | and laded for y:e prop and sole account of y:e sad producent and
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| − | upon his adventure, and that hee runneth the sole hazard thereof
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| − | and that noe Spaniard or other subject of the King of Spaine
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| − | had at the time of the said Lading and seizure any interest
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| − | therein w:ch hee is ?induced the more assuredly to beleeve for
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| − | y:t this depo:t by theproducents order hath and ?must make good the proceeds
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| − | thereof unto them and that amounted with him for y:e same as
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| − | will noe other, And further deposeth not
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| − | To the 10:th hee saith hee beleeveth there was peace, and Amity
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| − | betweene the Comonwealth and the State of Genoa. and their
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| − | subjects the time arlate, and further doth not depose:
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| − | To the 11:th hee saith that his foregoeing depon is true.
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| − | To the Interrogatoryes
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| − | To the first hee saith hee cometh required by M:r ffrancklin to be
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| − | pduced in this Cause, and otherwise negatively :
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| − | To the second hee saith hee was never at Genoa nor ever
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| − | sawe the pducent that hee knoweth of norknowe his ffather
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| − | or mother. and otherwise referreth himselfe to his foregoeing
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| − | To the 3:d hee saith that hee this depo:t hath had severall Letters, and
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| − | orders from y:e said producent Stephen Pallavacine touching y:e
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| − | silver now in question, and hee doth not knowe any other
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| − | person besides him XX XXXX. And further hee cannot answer, saving his
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| − | forgoeing depon to w:ch hee referreth himselfe.
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| − | To the 4:th hee saith that this depo:t hath received pt of the foresd
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| − | silver by him deposed of (not sent in y:e ''S:t Laurence'' ) in the
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| − | ''King David'' in or about XXX last, part in y:e ''Hope'', about the
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| − | same time, and hee is sure that y:e said Pallavacino (the now
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| − | XXXXX) is the same pson for whose account the foresd pXXX
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| − | silver in question was laded and consigned to this Depo:t for y:t
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| − | this depo:t hath XX XXX made the same goods with them as aforesaid
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| − | //To the 5:th hee saith hee doth not knowe the said Don Luis
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| − | Peroz de Vittoria the said pducents said ffactor personally. and
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| − | saith hee knoweth not that the said de Vittoria is ffactor to any
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| − | Spaniard or subject of the King of Spaine, nor hath this
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| − | Depo:t received order from any pson to claime the said silber
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| − | in Question other than the said pducent from whom hee
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| − | saith hee hath received Expresse order therein, and hath had
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| − | ?procuzaccon from him alone in that be halafe, and other
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| − | wise negatively saving as aforesd, saying y:e said Don
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| − | Luis Perez de Vittoria is soe farr from having given any
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| − | order for Claiming y:e silver in question that hee Doth not as
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| − | this depot beleeveth yet knowe of the seizure tehreof
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| − | To the 6:th hee saith that upon the bringing in of the said
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| − | ship to Plymouth the bill of lading interrogated together w:th
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| − | the Letter & ffactory were amongst other paps sent there
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| − | in a packet to this depo:t as coming out of the said ship.
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| − | and this depo:t brought them into this Court.
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| − | To the 7:th hee saith hee knoweth not ought if any other bill
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| − | of Lading touching y:e said silver in Question than the said
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| − | bill soe brought into Court, and here remaining, nor of
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| − | any other Invoice than that annexed to the Allon whereupon
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| − | hee is now Examined, and otherwise hee referreth himselfe to his
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| − | foregoing depon:
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| − | PETER VANDEPUT [His signature]
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| − | Repeated before the two Judges in Court
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| − | ===Case: Claim of Stephen ?Pallavacio, of Genoa, regarding silver bars: Deposition: 2. Abraham Cabeljan, of London, merchant, aged 53: Date: January 27th, 1658===
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| − | The same day
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| − | Examined upon y:e said Allon:
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| − | 2:nd ABRAHAM CABELJAN of London merchant aged 53
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| − | yeeres or thereabouts, sworne and Examined:
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| − | To the first and second articles hee saith and deposeth that the
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| − | pducent Steven Pallavacino, was and is commonly reuted a native
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| − | of Genoa. and Inhabitant Subject of that Comonwealth, and saith
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| − | that hee this depo:t livimng with and being Book Keep. of. and for the
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| − | p:rcontests M:r Peter Vandeput merchant hath seene severall Letters
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| − | from the said product Living at Genoa sent to and received by the said M:r Vandeputt XXX Correspondent
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| − | here, and severall Letters of his directed to y;e said producent, and there
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| − | resident, And further hee deposeth not
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| − | To the 3:d arle hee saith that before y:e silver in question came & arrived
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| − | here in England, the ffactor of the said producent called don Luis
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| − | Perez de Vittoria, sent from the Iland of Teneriffe to the XXXX
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| − | M:r Vandepur, for his the said producents Accompt to the Vallue
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| − | of betwixt telve and thirteene hundred pounds sterling in silver w:ch XXX
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| − | received by the said M:r Vandeput for the account of y:e said pducent
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| − | and was soe received by the said M:r vandeput herein this XXXX
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| − | before y:e arrivall of y:e silver in question of this depo:ts sihht, who XXX
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| − | XXX receipt thereof and y:e Letters and dispacthes concerninge y:e
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| − | XXXX//
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| − | //Hath placed the same to the said producent's Accompt, hee being as
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| − | aforesd & booke XXX of the said M:r Vandeput and thereby hee well knoweth
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| − | that the said Stephen Pallavacine hath and doth drive a greate trade in
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| − | silver, from the Canaryes, And further thee doth not depose
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| − | To the 4:th arle hee saith that before the Lading the silver in question
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| − | aboard the said ship the ''S:t Laurence'' severall Genoese merchants
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| − | wrote ?unto the said M:r Vandeput to London, whereby they desired him
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| − | to certifye or advise them, whether or noe they might safely send
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| − | silver and bullion to London, and consigne the same to him the said
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| − | M:r Vandeput, without danger of seizing or confiscacion of y:e same
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| − | And saith the said M:r Vandeput wrote to them that they might
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| − | doe it safely, and XXXX XXX them in such sending and sent a
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| − | Translacon in XXXXX of the Act of parliam:t in that behalfe
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| − | made for the security of such Importacons w:ch hee knoweth
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| − | having seene y:e said Letters soe received and the answeres thereof
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| − | being privy to the said M:r Vandeputs dispatches in such matters
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| − | (hee being his booke keep as aforesaid) in his affaires of moment
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| − | touching his ?Commerce.
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| − | To the 5:th 6:th and 7:th arles hee saith that before any newes of y:e
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| − | seizure of y:e ship ''S:t Laurence'' in question the said M:r Peter vandeput
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| − | receaved Letters by other?s shipping from the said Don Luiz Peroz
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| − | de Vittoria, advising him of the Lading of the two barrs of silver
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| − | (w:ch are nowe claimed) aboard the said ship the ''S:t Laurence'' and
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| − | of the Consignment thereof to him the said M:r Vandeput for y:e
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| − | said producents account to be heere delivered in this Port
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| − | And that afterwards the said M:r Vandeput received advise from
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| − | Plimouth of the bringing in of the said ship thither and received
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| − | a packet of Letters, and dispatched thence as brought thither in y:e
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| − | said ship''S:t Laurence'', and XXXXXX them the Letter and Invoice and XXX
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| − | to the ?allon (now shewed unto him this depo:t) and alsoe y:e bill of
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| − | Lading inder y:e hand of Peter BXXXXXX M:r of the said ship
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| − | now alsoe shewed unto him remaining in this Court, ?which he
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| − | knoweth having seene the said first Letters of advise and alsoe
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| − | these and y:e Invoice and Bill of Lading soe brought in y:e
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| − | ''S:t Laurence'' upon their first bringing to the said M:r Vandeput
| + | |
| − | and havinge now XXXX XXXX Exhibited and remaining in the
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| − | Court hee well knoweth them to be the same that were soe received
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| − | by M:r Vandeput, and pticularly by a note or marke made upon
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| − | the letter by him this depo:t, And further hee cannot depose
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| − | To the 8:th arle hee saith that the said ship the ''S:t Laurence'' being on
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| − | her
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| − | course from y:e Canaryes, seized and brought unto Plymouth was
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| − | afterwards brought thence to this port of London, together with the
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| − | said silver in question, ?which silver y:e said M:r Vandeput here
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| − | received
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| − | To the 9:th arle hee saith that by the Letters and transactions that XXXXX
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| − | the said producent XXX y:e said M:r Vandeput touching y:e said XXXXX
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| − | w:ch hee hath seene hee verily beleeveth the same to be for y:e ?sole account
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| − | //of the said producent, and to be ?provided and laden for his Account
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| − | without that any Spaniard of subject of y:e King of Spaine XXXX
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| − | time of Lading or seizing or since ?may XXX therein whereXXXXX
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| − | To the 10:th hee saith there was the time arlate by ?Comon XXXXX
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| − | peace and Amity betwixt the Comonwealth and that if Spaine and XXX
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| − | y:e respective subjects of the said XXXXXXXXX
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| − | To the last hee saith his foregoeing ?deponent XXXX is true
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| − | To the Interres
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| − | To the first hee saith hee cometh to Testify in this Cause XX the
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| − | order of the producents proctor & otherwise negatively
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| − | To the 2:nd hee saith hee was never at Genoa nor XXXXX y:e XXXX
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| − | nor knoweth his father or mother and other wise hee cannoz ?answere
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| − | saving as aforesaid
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| − | To the 3:d hee saith hee doth not knowe any of y:e name of Stephen
| + | |
| − | Palladacino other XXXX the said producent, XXXXXX hee referreth him
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| − | to his foregoeing Depn and saving y:e same cannot further answer
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| − | To the 4:th, hee saith hee referreth himselfe to his foregoing depon &
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| − | cannot further answer saving hee knoweth that the said XXXX
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| − | XX XXXX pson for whose account the said other parcells of silver XX
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| − | XXXX & this ?inquisition) was sent to the said M:r Vandeput XXX
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| − | they XXXXfrom y:e same factor and in y:e same XXX & XXXXX
| + | |
| − | in y:e same XXXXX.
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| − | To the 5:th arle hee saith that hee doth not psonally knowe the sayd
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| − | Don Luis Perez de Vittoria the ffactor of y:e said ?Pallavacino, XXXX
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| − | what countryman nor whose subject hee is nor knoweth hee XX
| + | |
| − | beleeveth that the said Don Luiz in any of XX XXX that this XXX
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| − | hath?dwelt with the said M:r Vandeput XXX hath bin a ?Gent XXXX
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| − | yeeres last) XXXX sent aor consigned any silver to the said M:r
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| − | Vandeput for the said Don Luis his XXXX account, nor any for y:e
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| − | account of any Spaniards. And further hee cannot answer
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| − | saving as aforesaid.
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| − | To the 6:th he referreth himselfe to his foregoing depon and
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| − | further cannot answer saving negatively for his part
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| − | To the last negatively for his pt saving as aforesaid
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| − | ABRAHAM ?CABDELJAN ?Jun:r [His signature]
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| − | Deposed XXXXX two Judges in Court
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| − | <nowiki>****************************************************</nowiki>
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| − | ===Case: Claim of Stephen ?Pallavacio, of Genoa, regarding silver bars: Deposition: 3. John Lewis: Date: January 29th, 1658===
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| − | //The 29:th of January 1660.
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| − | Examinat ?ex parte for XXX XXXXX.
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| − | JOHN LEWIS of the parish of S:t Dunstans XXXX East ?India
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| − | Merchant aged 47 yeeres or therabouts sworne and XXXXX
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| − | To the first second and third articles of the said allegaccon hee saith and
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| − | deposeth that hee may knoweth the producent Stephen PaXXXXXX
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| − | and hath XX XXX for a ?dozen or fourteene yeeres last or thereabouts
| + | |
| − | and XXXX XXX to XXXX XXXX by meanes of the XXXXXXX dwelling in the
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| − | citie of Genoa (the ?place of the said producents ?birth
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| − | and XXXX) and keeping house there and trading ther as a merchant
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| − | from the yeere 1644 to the yeere 1656, during w:ch tyme hee was
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| − | well acquianted w;th the said producent Stephen Pallavacino and
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| − | XXX his the said Stephens father living in the said citie. And for a
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| − | XXXX//
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| − | //Genoese by birth and extraction and a subect of the stat eof XXXX XX
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| − | the said Stephen Pallavacino was and is XX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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| − | And saith that for all the said time of this deponents said dwelling in Genoa
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| − | the said producent of this deponents XXXX XXX knolwedge dwellt and ?kept
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| − | house and familie there and that hee was and is XXX of the XXXXX of XXXXX
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| − | soe commonly accompted: And saith that the said producent was and is
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| − | a merchant of very greate account and dealing and estste and of ?such
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| − | wealth that hee is estimated to be worth one ?hundred thousand pounds sterling,
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| − | and saith that the said producent was XXXXX this deoinet XX XXX XXX
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| − | because very greate quantities XXXX XXX XXX (of this deponents XXX XXXX
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| − | knowledge) for the XXXX account of the sais producen XXXXX
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| − | XXXXX of greate account and dealing in XXX, XXXXX hath XXXX
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| − | pXXXXX XXX and is commonly accompted and reputed and further
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| − | hee deposeth not
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| − | Ro XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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| − | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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| − | To the Interries
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| − | To the first hee saith hee was XXXX unto by M:r XXXX the XXXX
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| − | and deposed to come and XXXX what he knowes as XX XXXX, and
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| − | to the rest hee answreth XXXX XXX XX, and otherwise ?cannot answer,
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| − | To trhe second hee saith and deposeth and XXXX XXX from XXXXX XXX
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| − | December 1656, and there XXX XXXX XStephen Pallavacino XXXX before
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| − | this deponent had XXX XXXX, and this deponent did XXX XXX that
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| − | said producents XXXX. And otherwise referreth himselfe to XXX XXX
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| − | before deposed.
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| − | To the third hee saith hee knoweth and XXXXX XXX in XXXX arlate
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| − | name is alsoe Stephen Pallavacino, who alsoe was XX XXXX of XXXXX
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| − | XXXX of this deponents said dwelling there, and a XXXXXXXXXXXXX
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| − | XXXXX, and was
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| − | XXXX the XXX of the oredeposed Stephen
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| − | XXXX producent
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| − | this deponent doth not knowezj
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| − | ?before
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| − | did
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| − | the Merchants of that XXX
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| − | To the 4:th XXX
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| − | To the 5:th XXXX
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| − | To the last XXXX
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| − | JO LEWIS [His signature]
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| − | Repeated before
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| − | XXXXX
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| − | ===Case: XXXX: Deposition: 1. Domingo de a Seida, of London, Merchant, aged 25: Date: January 31st, 1658===
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| − | The 31:th day of January 1660
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| − | Examined upon an Allon given in on the
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| − | behalfe of the said XXXX
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| − | The Claime of XXX XXXXX)
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| − | XXXX Merchant of London for)
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| − | 94 pipes of Canary Wines)
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| − | & other hoods taken in y:e ship y:e)
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| − | ''S:t Laurence'' XXX XXXXX)
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| − | M:r XXX XXXXXX)
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| − | D:r XXXX
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| − | 1. DOMINGO DE LA SEIDA of London Merch:t
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| − | aged 25 yeeres or thereabouts sworne
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| − | and Examined
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| − | To the first arle hee saith and deposeth that the arlate Anthony
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| − | Rodriguez ?RivXXXes is Comonly and generally reputed a XXXX
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| − | of ffinident in the Kingdome of Portugall, and soe his XXX
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| − | deponent beleeveth him to bee and XXXX hee XXXXX
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| − | ?To//
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| − | //To the: 2:d hee saith hee hath well knowne the said Antonio
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| − | Rodriguez Robles for theise thirteene fourteene yeeres
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| − | last past or thereabouts. and knowe him first Living att
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| − | Civill in Spaine namely for y:e first yeires of the said time
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| − | XXXX and thence hee went to the Canaryes, and soe for London
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| − | and saith that this depot hath lived in London about six yeeres
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| − | last past, during w:ch space hee hath knowne the sayd
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| − | Robles to be an Inhabitant, and to be a house keeper
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| − | in Dukes place London with his ffamily, and that this depo:t
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| − | lying in y:e same house, and beeing his booke keep
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| − | is well acquainted w:th his affaires & Transactions
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| − | ===Case: Maurice Thompson, Thomas Canham, Christofer Willoughby, John Page et al v. the Dutch East India Company: Deposition: 1. Henry Dacres, of London, Merchant, aged 34: Date: January 31st, 1658===
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| − | A business of examining of witnesses on the)
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| − | XXXX of Maurice Thompson, Thomas CanXXXX)
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| − | Christofer Willoughby John Page and others,)
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| − | Merchants of London, freighters of the shipp
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| − | the ''Jonathan'', ag:t the Dutch East India)
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| − | Company in pticular and all others in genall)
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| − | The 11:th of ffeburary 1658
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| − | Examinands upon an allon given in on the
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| − | behalf of the said M:r Thompson and others
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| − | 1. HENRY DACRES of London Marchant aged
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| − | 34 yeeres or thereabouts sworne in the said
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| − | Court of the Admiraltie of England, saith and
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| − | deposeth as followth vizt.
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| − | To the fifth article of the said allon XXXX and deposeth that hee well
| + | |
| − | knoweth all the producents vizt Maurcie Thompson THomas
| + | |
| − | CaXtian, Cristofer Willoughby, John Page and company arlate and saith
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| − | they were the XXXX arlate of the yeere 1656 XXX others and Imployers
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| − | of the said shipp the ''Jonathan'' and XXX hee can from this XXX on a
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| − | trading voyage for sevrall parts and places of the East Indias, and
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| − | there to retourne for England on and for their proper account
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| − | w:ch hee knoweth for that hee was acquainted with and XXX XXXX at
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| − | such XXXXX XXXX and were supra cargo in thesaid shipp the said voyage
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| − | To the second article hee saith that within the foresaid time namely in
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| − | and about the moneth of January 1656 the said shipp the ''Jonathan''
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| − | being in the parts of the East Indies and quietly trading there had aboard her
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| − | greate quantities of goods and merchandizes for the use and account of the
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| − | said Maurice Thompson and company aforesaid w:ch XXXXhad taken in
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| − | on the coast of Coromandel and w:ch they were carrying to Bantam,
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| − | for w:ch place of BantamXXX the said XXX were proper and not for
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| − | any other part or place thereabouts to be bartered away, and eben
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| − | XXXXX XXXX and provided for Bantam, where they were to be sold
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| − | and bartered away for such XXXX as were then to be head and ?procured
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| − | for the most advantage of the said producents, w:ch hee knowes for that
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| − | hee was supra cargo aforesaid and the person there ?carryed the said goods to
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| − | be taken in and was in person XXX with them in the said shipp for
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| − | Bantam.
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| − | To the third and 4 articles hee saith that in or about the said moneth of January
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| − | 1656 (old stile) the said shipp in her course of prceeding from the
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| − | said coast for Bantam, coming neere the Island of Pulliayanjan within
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| − | five leagues or lesse distance of the Road of Bantam, was met wizj
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| − | and set upon by five XXX of dutch shipps, in the XXX XX neare of the
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| − | East India company of the United Netherlands, and that upon their haling
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| − | and demanding XXXX that shipp (Speaking of the ''Jonathan'') over and
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| − | XXXX bound, and XXXX XXXX XXX sewall of England, came from
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| − | Cormandel bound wth XXX for Bantam, thet of the dutch shipps
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| − | XXXX and told the master and company of the ''Jonathan'' that they must
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| − | not nos could run into Bantam, and that they lay there on purpose to
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| − | oppose them or any other shipps of England that should endeavour to run into
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| − | Bantam, for w:ch (as they XXX) they had order from the Generall of the sd dutch East India
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| − | company XXXX was XXX and heard the XXX
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| − | To the fifth and sixth 7. 8 and 9:th articles hee saith that the master and company of the
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| − | ''Jonathan'' finding this XXXXX of the dutch, fairly and earnestly instructed
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| − | XXXXXX of the dutch commanders to goe in, and desired them to XXXX or
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| − | send aboard the ''Jonathan'' and XXX her assuring them XXXX XX
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| − | any XXXder, XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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| − | //aboard, XX XXXX of XXX the sd dutch XXXXX ?Daniell
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| − | this deponent ?fell to intreate them XXXXX to order
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| − | XXX in, telling them (as XXX truly was) that thay ?durst seek XXX
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| − | XXXX persons aboard, and XXXX greate necessitie of their ?going
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| − | XX the XXX In XXX victuakks and reXXX under for their part
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| − | and to XXX their trading XXXXX, and the dutch still suspitious
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| − | within XXXX, the ''Jonathan'' endeavoured to put in, XXXXX they of
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| − | ?othr dutch shipps sett on her, and XXX XXXX the
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| − | master of the ''Jonathan'' and this deponent XX XXXX to XXX XXXX
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| − | thereXXXX to search them if they came XXX XXXXX to such XXXX
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| − | XXX this deponent (the master XXX sick) went aboard to their
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| − | Admirall and told him and ?modestly expostulated with him the XXXX
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| − | ===Case: Maurice Thompson, Thomas Canham, Christofer Willoughby, John Page et al v. the Dutch East India Company: Deposition: 2. William Stephen, of Limehouse, Marriner, formerly masters Mate of the Jonathan: Date: January 31st, 1658===
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| − | 2. WILLIAM STEPHEN of Limehouse Marriner late
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| − | masters mate of the shipp the ''Jonathan'' (Robert
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| − | Graves com:der) aged 28 yeares or therabouts
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| − | sworne and examined
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| − | To the first article of the said allon hee saith and deposeth that
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| − | hee well knoweth the producents Maurice Thompson, Thomas Canham
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| − | and Christofer Willoughbie and saith that they and XXX XX were the
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| − | shipp the ''Jonathan'', and imployed and sent her out on a merchandizing
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| − | voyage from this port for the East Indies and places thereabouts for
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| − | their proper account, and they upon their account XXX XXX XX XXXXX
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| − | by her said Merchandizing imployment to this XXX, w:ch hee knoweth
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| − | being Master Mate of her the said voyage, and going the voyage
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| − | To the second article hee saith and deposeth that within the said XXXX
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| − | moneths in or about the moneth of January 1656 XX XXX XXX XXXXXX
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| − | trading in the parts of East India, and had aboard her XX XXXXXX
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| − | quantitie of goods and merchandizes w:ch were for the said account
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| − | XX XXXXX in the coast of Coromandell, and were to be transported
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| − | XXX, as were proper for Bantam trade and what ?Returne, and
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| − | XXXX to XXX ptended and XXXX with XXXXX to be XXXX to
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| − | Bantam and there delivered, and the said commander & company
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| − | XXX carrying her said goods in the said shipp for Bantam where thee
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| − | XXX were to be traded and bartered for the ?traffic an accompt
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| − | of the said Imployers of the said shipp, w:ch hee knoweth for the reason
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| − | aforesaid
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| − | To the third and fourth fifth and 6:th articles hee saith that XX that the said XXX
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| − | //the ''Jonathan'' as aforesaid that ?then was bound for Bantam ?told
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| − | them plainly that they might XX XX should for in thither XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX And XXXX
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| − | to come to an anchor XXX the Admirall , his precontest being XXXX
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| − | wXXX aboard the dutch Admirall, and upon his retourme aboard the
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| − | ''Jonathan'' declared the XXX Admirall, and expressly forbidden and
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| − | ?prohibited their going in to Bantam, and had declared that if they and XXXXXX to goe in
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| − | hee would sink them in ?that effort, and thereupon the said M:r Dacres being
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| − | supra cargo or merchant of the ''Jonathan'' under a protest against such their
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| − | hinderance by the dutch. All w:ch hee knoweth being present aboard
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| − | the ''Jonathan''. And further deposeth not.
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| − | ?9:th article of the said allon hee saith and deposeth that
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| − | the said shipp the ''Jonathan'' being XX prohinited and hindered by the dutch
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| − | from going into Bantam to w:ch hee was XX XXXX with her said XXXX
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| − | was XXX and to depose and goe to other places for w:ch ?ther goods
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| − | were not proper and to w:ch they were not designed, and there to barter
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| − | and XXXX them away, to the great losse and damage of the said
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| − | imployers in respect of what the ?prisses would have bin if thesaid goods
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| − | hath nin XXX to an delivered at Bantam accordinge as they were designed
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| − | To the tenth hee saith that by the said hinarance and prohibition of the
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| − | dutch the said Imployers have suffered greate losse and dammagem, but
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| − | the valew thereof hee cannot as hee saith estimate
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| − | W:M STEPHENS [His signature]
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| − | Repeated with his ?precontest before
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| − | ===Case: Maurice Thompson, Thomas Canham, Christofer Willoughby, John Page et al v. the Dutch East India Company: Deposition: 3. Alexander Prescott, of London, Merchant, aged 27: Date: ffebruary 17th, 1658===
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| − | //The 17th of ffebruray 1658
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| − | Examined upon the fore said allegaccon
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| − | 3. ALEXANDER PRESCOTT of London Marchant aged 27 yeeres or
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| − | thereabouts sworne and examined.
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| − | To the first and second articles hee saith and deposeth That hee very well
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| − | knoweth the procudents Maurice Thompsom, Thomas Canham, Christofer
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| − | Willoughby, John Page and company aclate and saith they were in and for
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| − | all the monthes arlate of the yeere 1656 XXXXX and Imployers of the
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| − | shipp the ''Jonathan'' arlate (Robert GXXXXX commander) as a trading or merchandizing voyage from England to the parts of East India in XXXXX was XX retourne for England for their use and accompt, and saith that in
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| − | January XXX was ?two ?yeers the said shipp being quietly trading in the said
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| − | parts, and having aboard her a quantitie of marchandizes consisting in XX
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| − | cottons and callicos XX XXX XXX factor XXX account taken aboard her on the coast
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| − | of Cormandel was carrying XX XXX for Bantam for w:ch place the said goods were
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| − | XXXX and were provided XXXXX to be ther XXXXXX and XXXXXXX
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| − | and not for XXXXX to be disbursed XX XXX XXXXXX nir XXX XXXX XX
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| − | XXX XX XXXX soe XXXXX to her said ?merchants as XX Bantam, w:ch hee
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| − | knoweth being burser of the said shipp and goeing the said voyage from place to
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| − | place in her, being alsoe XXXX X XXX XXX XXX XXXX of the, XX XXX
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| − | To the third and fourth articles hee saidth and deposeth that the said shipp XXXXX
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| − | XX XX her course from the said coast for Bantam and XX XXXXX Island
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| − | of Pulliaayanjan about XXX XX XXX leagues distance from Bantam XXX
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| − | XXXX XXX XXXX of dutch shipps (w:ch wer in the service and Imployment
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| − | of the dutch East India company) XXX, saving that one of them XX
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| − | them XXXX, and XXX XXXX XXX along with XXX XXXXX, and saith XXXX
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| − | //the ''Jonathan'' XXXXing a XXXX XXXXX under the said XXXXX XXXX XXX to goe into
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| − | Bantam the next day, the said dutch shipp XXXX XXXXX the said
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| − | other foure dutch shipps riding also neere, and the next morning the ''Jonathan''
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| − | XXX XXXX to goe into Bantam the said dutch shipps boat ?came aboard XXXX
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| − | Bantam, for the dutch had ?warrs with the Bantamers and the said
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| − | sutch shipps lay there XXX XXXX to hinder all shipps from going in,
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| − | having order from their Generall ?intendeant, and being authorised that they
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| − | of the XXXXXX were bound to XXX in them their merchandizing designe, and therewith all
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| − | XXXX to XXX in, the skipper of the said dutch shipp aboard the ''Jonathan''
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| − | called out to those aboard the said dutch shipp to fire at the ''?Jonathan'', and
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| − | they thereupon XXXX a XXX XX the ''Jonathan'', and then the ''Jonathan'' being commanded
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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===
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| − | Rowland Hill John Hill and Company own:rs of)
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| − | the ''Oporto Merchant''. Thomas Chevers M:r)
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| − | ag:t S:r James Drax Knight Richard ?Huggins Tho:)
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| − | ?Kendall, James ?Wyck and Robert Welding)
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| − | Merchants in particular and all others in)
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| − | Generall that have or p:rtend to have any
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| − | rights, Titles, or interest in y:e goods wares and
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| − | Merchandizes lately brought in y:e sayd ship)
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| − | to this port from y:e Barbadoes in a Cause
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| − | of Damage and average. Suckley.
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| − | 1. THOMAS CHEVERS
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| − | of Limehouse in the
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| − | parish of Stepney
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| − | Mariner, M:r of the
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| − | ship the ''Oporto Merchant''
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| − | aged 28 yeeres or thereabouts
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| − | sworne and Examined.
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| − | To the first arle of the said Allon hee saith that hee hath well
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| − | knowne y:e arlate y:e ship the ''Opoto Merchant'' whereof this depo:t
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| − | is nowe M:r for about Twelve monethes last, and well
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| − | knoweth that y:e arlate Rowland Hill John Hill, and XX
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| − | Hopegood and Company for all y:e ?same time
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| − | were the true and lawfull owners and proprieto:rs of the
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| − | said ship and of her tackle Apparell, and furniture,
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| − | and for such being XX accounted and reputed: And further
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| − | hee cannot depose.
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| − | To the second hee saith the said ship the ''Oporto Merchant'' in
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| − | her course from Barbadoes to this port of London
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| − | ?Laden with Sugars Cotton and Indico and other Comodityes
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| − | for the account of y:e arlate S:r James Drax Richard XXXXX
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| − | Thomas Kendall James Wyck Robt ?Weeking & others did meete
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| − | with neere the fflowers and Calves, on or about the
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| − | twentieth day of January last a greate and violente storme
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| − | w:ch did soe continue for about sixteene houres, the
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| − | winde being then at West, And y:e said ship running
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| − | before the sea, under ?her foresaile, the said ships ?stern
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| − | gave way, and this depo:t and Company were forced
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| − | to ?haul the said foresaile of the said ship, and lye under
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| − | a ?mizen, And saith that y:e seas being very high brake
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| − | the said ships Tiller, w:ch did much endanger y:e ?keeper the
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| − | said ships Rudder, and ?Sterne part; And at the XXXX
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| − | part (OR, port) hee saith the said ship, shipped under water w:ch came
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| − | into y:e hold of y:e sd ship, And y:e weather being very
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| − | Tempestuous, and y:e violent winde continueing, y:e said
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| − | ships ?Missen saile was blowne away, and lost, and by
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| − | Meanes of looseing y:e Misen, y:e said ship lay broad XXX
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| − | to the sea, and by reason thereof shipped a very violent sea
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| − | w:ch washed overboard And ?Sheats Anchor, and the long boate
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| − | ===Case: Lord Protector ag:t the Hope: Deposition: 5. Peter Aylward, of London, Merchant, aged 40: Date: February 21st 1658 (59)===
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| − | //The 21:th of ffebruary 1658
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| − | Lord Protector ag:t. the ''Hope''.)
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| − | 5 PETER AYLWARD of London Merchant, aged 40 yeeres or
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| − | thereabouts sworne and examined as aforesaid
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| − | To the first second and third Interries hee saith and deposeth that in or about June
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| − | last was a twelve moneth M:r John Page one of the Merchants concerned in
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| − | this busines, having with his associates a designe in hand to send a shipp from
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| − | Amsterdam for the West Indies to trade for their account upon the coasts of
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| − | the Spaniards, and understanding that this deponent understood both the Spanish
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| − | and dutch tongues (besides English) and could speake them, and alsoe
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| − | understood the busines of traffique and XXXXX as a marchant treated and
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| − | agred with this deponent to goe the said voyage for five pounds per
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| − | moneth wages and XXXX for XXX goods for his owne account, wherein hee
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| − | this deponent was to give assistajce to John Lo?pes his ?precontest who was alsoe then XXX
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| − | and being XX hired this deponent was XX XXX XXXXX in a dutch shipp called the
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| − | ?''Mackerell'' bound for Amsterdam and concerned with him in the said shipp XXXXX,
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| − | perpetuanas, ?hatts, and many other particulars of goods w:ch were here ?provided by the
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| − | said M:r Page and XXXX ffernandez, M:r ?Robles, M:r Jenkin and M:r ?Painter
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| − | Merchants of this citie, to be at Amsterdam put aboard such a shipp
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| − | as could be provided for that XXXX and voyage. And YYYing to Amsterdam
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| − | the shipp the ?''HoyX'' interrogate was by order of their said Imployers and by
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| − | their partners at Amsterdam John Tilly and John ?XXnterwell and XXX
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| − | of XXXXX (as hee tooke them to be) who XXX XXX was but XXXX XXXXXX
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| − | ?expresslly reputed at Amsterdam about w:ch buying this deponent ?eyther
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| − | with the said John ?Hoyer and Patrick ?Betts (who were alsoe come over from
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| − | England in the ?same designe) were ?employed, and saith XX ?cost ?answere
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| − | XXXXXX fourXXX hundred gilders or thereabouts. And saith
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| − | //the said shipp being so bought and procured for the said voyage, the said goods
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| − | ?be carried from England were laded aboard her, together with XXXXX
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| − | Wines and other goods and XXXXX provided in Holland, and this lading
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| − | being XXXXX, the said shipp departed from Amsterdam therewith in September
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| − | last was a twelve moneth bound for the West Indies, not being limited
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| − | to any particular XXX, but left to the discretion of the said John ?Lopez
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| − | with the advise of this ?deponent to manage the voyage in XXXX parte to the
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| − | best advantage of her said Imployers, of w:ch hee saith M:r Page, M:r PXXXXX
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| − | and M:r Dunkin are English men and ?Inhabitating XXXXXX of this ?citie
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| − | M:r ?Antonio ffernandez Caravajall, and M:r Antonio Rodriguez Robles alsoe
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| − | merchants of this citie and reputed Portugueses, XXX M:r ffernandez is XXX
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| − | ?indenizened, John Tilly an Irishman borne but living in Amsterdam
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| − | where alsoe liveth the said John ?CXXXXXXnet, who hath formerly lived
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| − | long in London, but whose countrey man he is this deponent knoweth not-
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| − | And saith the said shipp from Amsterdam went directly to the Island of
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| − | Trinidad, and was there ?Registred and entred as a Spanish shipp, and
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| − | thereby and by presents to the Gouvernor and others (XXX w:ch XXXX goods
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| − | were there sold) XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX lived and XXXXXX for prattique XX
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| − | the Spanish XXXX in those parts, and being therewith furnished she departed
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| − | in or about November 1657 to ?Comana a coast on the terra firma and
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| − | there sold to the valew XXX XXXX of a XXX XXXX peeces of XXXX of her goods
| + | |
| − | and received the money for the XXXX and then went to ?TranXille, and
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| − | there sold ?of her said outwards cargo for about XXXXX XXX and ?peeces of
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| − | eight, and leaveing the money ?ther, XXXXXX further into the
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| − | Gulfe of Honduras and there sold and ?tucked away all the rest of
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| − | said goods, and there tooke in three hundred eightie three XXXX or thereabouts
| + | |
| − | of Indico (saving that XXX or XXXX of those XXXXXX XXXX XXXX druggs) and
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| − | eleaven XXXX of ?Indico and a XXX XXXX or XXXXXccos and two barreles of druggs
| + | |
| − | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX eleaven hundred and twelve XXXXX or thereabouts of SafsayXXXlla, and fowre
| + | |
| − | hundred seaventie six XXXes, or therabouts, w:th safXXXXXlla and hides
| + | |
| − | were the pcured of the said moneys so left ashore at TurXXXlle at the
| + | |
| − | said time of the said shipps first XXXX there, All w:ch goods she received
| + | |
| − | in a XXX InXXXX were the goods of and laded for the XXX account of
| + | |
| − | the aforenamed Imployers Antonio ffernandes Caravajall, Antonio Rodriques
| + | |
| − | Rubles, M:r Pain?ter, M:r Page, M:r Dunkin, M:r Tilly and ;:r ChamberXXXX
| + | |
| − | and provided wuth their effects, saving that of her said lading ?soe taken in
| + | |
| − | at the West Indies, twelve chests and twro thirds of a chest of the said Indico were provided by and
| + | |
| − | laded for this deponents owne account, and that hee hath ?two of his owne shipp
| + | |
| − | ?chests w:ch are full of druggs for his owne account, and that of the said
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| − | SasaXXXlla sixteene XXXXX were provided by and laded by his precontest
| + | |
| − | ?Toribia ffernandez for his owne account, and that this deponent ?bought ?them
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| − | afterwards of him, and that the said ?Betts hath twenty chests and a third of a chest of the fore said
| + | |
| − | Indico for his account, and his owne chest full of druggs, And
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| − | saith that this deponent is a subiect of this Commonwealth and hath
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| − | lived tenn yeares and bin married and a XXX ?lodger XXXX yeares in this
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| − | ?nation, five yeeres whereof hee lived in three tunne alley neere ?Moregate
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| − | and now liveth in Leadenhall streete over againstXXXXXX, and hath
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| − | loved XXXXXXX XXXX, but is an Irish man borne, and soe
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| − | is the said Betts, who hath lived in London for all the said time of this
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| − | deponents dwelling there, and (as hee hath heard) for tenn yeered before ?and
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| − | XXXX an Apprenticeshipp here to a Mariner. And further that the said
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| − | shipp departed from TXXXille aforesaid with ?intent to come and stop at
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| − | Dover or Deale wh?ence this deponent or the said ?Loyas were XXXX XXXX to
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| − | their said Imployers in this reXXX to receive orders aXXXX diXXXXXX, But
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| − | //by XXX XXXX was
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| − | In ?Milford
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| − | To thefourth fifth and sixth hee saith that the said Bets XXXyed the
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| − | XXXX XXX and was by the said Imployers XXX master of the said vessell
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| − | and was so to appeare untill her comming to the West Indies, XXXX
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| − | shee met with any ffrenchmen ?outwards XX XXX, in w:ch case Jerome XXXX
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| − | a dutch man (put in purposely therefore) was to appeare master of her
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| − | but in the West Indies John Lopes was to appeare Commander and XXXX
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| − | XXXX, and XXXX to doe all for his owne account, and saith their Instructions
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| − | were verball and not in writing, saving that M:r Tilly gave them a paper
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| − | belonging to the dutch) and that she belonged to the dutch West India
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| − | Company, w:ch paper the said Jerome was to show in case of meeting
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| − | with Spaniards, and in his custody XX was and was as XXXXX written in dutch. ?And
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| − | saith they had Invoices XXX of their outwards and XXXXwards goods XX
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| − | XXbills of lading or charterpartie, w:ch Invoices were in the XXXXXX
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| − | of here said M:r XXXXX, who (as hee supposeth) brought them to London. And
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| − | saith that while shee rode in Milford havem, being an XXXX harboure, and
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| − | a shipp appearing (whome they suspected to be an Ostender) but proved
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| − | a Dutch?man ?of ?warre) this deponent desired that the English Invoices might
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| − | be hidd, w:ch was accordingly XXXXXX, but after when appeared to
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| − | be a Rotterdammer, they were taken in and were brought XXXXX,
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| − | and XXXXX thatm hee knoweth not of any ?hat
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| − | were hided, nor knowe there any XXX
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| − | //and skiffe: y:t were fastned to y:e sd ships Deck were XXXX
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| − | to Leeward, and with the goeing oberboard of the said XXX
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| − | w:ch hunge to the said ship by y:e Rope to w.ch it was fast was XXX
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| − | and by y:e said ships Rowlings it bilged a hole in y:e XXXX
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| − | 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
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| − | Insoemuch that there was in a short time foure foote
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| − | and a halfe of water in her hold, w:ch caused y:e said XXX
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| − | to lye dead in y:e sea; And saith that the said ships lading XXX
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| − | and Company onboard. by reason long XXXXXX of the said ?Extreme
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| − | Stormy and windy weather, were all in greate danger
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| − | of Sinking and perishing in the sea. And further ?deposeth
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| − | that this depo:t and Company on board y:e said ship did
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| − | upon good advice Consideraccon, and Consultaccon, for y:e
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| − | prservaccon of the said ship and Lading, and their owne
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| − | Lives. Cut downe y:e maine mast. by the board. and cut
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| − | away. y:e Ropes and Tackling thereto belonging,
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| − | and did stave and cast over board most
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| − | 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
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| − | and tackling thereto belonging, and all and singular
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| − | the Tackle Apparrell funiture and things belonging
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| − | to the said ship y:e ''Oporto Merchant'' . mentionedd and
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| − | set downe in the Schedule annexed to y:e said Allon
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| − | (now seene and read over by this depo:t) and y:e said Tackle
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| − | and things therein set downe. were at the tome of
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| − | their said Cutting and Casting away and loosing
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| − | well worth the severall summes set downe in y:e said schedule
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| − | for y:e same, amounting in y:e whole to the summe of One hundred
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| − | fourty two pounds two shillings sterling. And saith. that by
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| − | the violence of y:e said Storme y:e said mizen saile was blown
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| − | away and Lost w:ch was then worth four pounds, and y:e stern
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| − | poast Rudder and sterne of the said Shipp. were by y:e same
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| − | meanes much damnifyed to the vallue of about twenty
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| − | pounds: The premisses hee Deposeth being M:r of the said
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| − | Ship, and on board her y:e foresaid time, and an Eye witness
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| − | of the same And further hee cannot depose.
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| − | To the 4:th and 5:th (sic) hee saith that during all the time the
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| − | said Storme Continued, and after wards, this depo:t and
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| − | All his Company did Constantly keepe both the
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| − | pumpes goeing, and y:e water increasing they were CCCC
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| − | to bring y;e said Ships starboard side to the sea, and then XXX
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| − | said Ship being XXred, or turned, her spritsaile was XXX
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| − | away, by y:e violence of the said Storme, and in y:e morning of
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| − | 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
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| − | stop the said hole made by the said ?sheat Anchor, and, freed
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| − | her of the water, w:ch shee had received in at the the said Hold
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| − | and at other places. as aforesaid. and saith that when the
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| − | said ship departed from y:e Barbadoes, and untill y:e said
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| − | storme came and happened the said ship was strong
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| − | strong and Tight, and was well fitted with all manner
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| − | of necessaryes and materialls for y:e said voyage, and was
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| − | not over laden, but was able to beare the lLading w:ch was
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| − | then on board her. and saith her ?sheath Anchor was well
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| − | and sufficiently fastened to the side of the said ship; untill
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| − | the same was washed from y:e same by the said storme,
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| − | And saith that what dammage did happen to y:e said ship
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| − | and Lading y:e said time, happened meerely by y:e said
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| − | tormy and windy weather, and not by any insufficiency
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| − | in y:e said ship, or any fault of or in this depo:t, or any of his
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| − | Company. The premises hee Deposeth for the reasons
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| − | aforesaid: And further cannot Depose.
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| − | To the 6:th hee referreth himselfe to the Registry of this Court
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| − | To the last hee saith his foregoeing depon is true.
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| − | 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: Deposition: 2. Richard James, of Limehouse, Boatswaine of the Oporto Merchant, aged 3?8: Date: March 10th 1658===
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| − | The Tenth day of March 1658
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| − | Examined on the said Allon
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| − | Rp
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| − | 2:nd RICHARD JAMES of Limehouse. Boatswaine
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| − | of the ship the ''Oporto Merchant'' aged 3?8 yeeres or
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| − | thereabouts sworne and Examined:
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| − | To the first Arle of the said Allon hee saith and deposeth that
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| − | hee verily beleeveth that the arlate M:r Rowland Hill and Company
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| − | fo:r theis twelve monethes last, have bin, and at p:rsent are
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| − | the true & awfull own:rs of the arlate ship y:e ''Oporto
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| − | Merchant'' (whereof Thomas Cheevers is M:r) and of her tackle &
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| − | furniture & things belonging unto her, and soe they are Comonly
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| − | accounted. The premises hee deposeth for that hee hath bin
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| − | boatswaine of the said ship y:e ''Oporto Merchant'' for about thirteene
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| − | monethes last, And otherwise cannot depose:
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| − | To the second hee saith that y:e said ship y:e ''Oporto Merchant''
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| − | Coming from y:e Barbadoes Laden with Sugars, Cotton & some Indico
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| − | for y:e account of S:r James Drax. M:r Wood?ward severall other M:rchants
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| − | Bound for this Port of London; in her Course ?hether was neere y:e XXXXXXX
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| − | on or about the twentieth day of January, last, there happened and
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| − | rose a very great & violent storme; w:ch Continued very violent for
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| − | about Eight or Tenn houres, the winde being then at West, and
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| − | saith that for y:e p:rservaccon of the said ship, Lading and men on board
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| − | her, her Company ranne her before y:e sea, under her ?foreCourse
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| − | 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
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| − | ship were foreced to ?hand their foreCourse; or foresaile, and
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| − | lye under a mizen. and whXXXX shee soe lay. y:e said shipps
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| − | Tiller was broken by y.e violence of the said Storme, and did
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| − | much endanger y:e looseing of the Rudder and sterne ?poast
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| − | of the said ship, and saith that at y:e XXXX port wher
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| − | her Tiller was broken the said ship receaved much water
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| − | in her hold, And y:e said very Violent Storme; not abating
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| − | y.e said ships missen sail, was by the Violence there of XX
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| − | splitt & Torne; and blowne away, and after it was blowne
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| − | away, the said ship was by
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| − | the force and Violence of the said Storme, forced to lye
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| − | broad off, to the sea, and by that meanes, shipped a greate
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| − | sea, which washed her boate and skiffe. to Leeward
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| − | and washed her sheat Anchor over board, and it, hanging
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| − | to y:e Rope to which it was fastened, and y:e said ship Roling
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| − | two and againe y:e said Anchor bilged a hole in y:e side of the
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| − | said ship just by her Lough, through w:ch. And other places
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| − | and ?Crozes: there came such Water in hold; soe that
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| − | her hold, had & receaved in a short space some four and XXXX
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| − | halfe water, w:ch caused y:e said ship to lye in y:e Sea,
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| − | without motion; And saith that by reason of trhe Violence
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| − | and duraccon of the said Storme; both the said ship Lading
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| − | and all the Company on board her were in great
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| − | danger of persihing in y:e Sea. This hee deposeth for that
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| − | hee was Boatswaine of and on board the said ship at
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| − | y:e time when y:e sayd Storme happened, and further hee
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| − | doth not depose.
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| − | To the 3:d hee saith that fore said Thomas Cheevers, and Company
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| − | off and on board the said shipp; in y:e said Storme did XX
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| − | upon a seious Consideraccon, for y:e safeguard of the said
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| − | ship and Lading, and their owne Lives Cut the said ships
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| − | Mainmast by the board, and Cut away the saile and
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| − | Rigging, and Tackling thereto belonging, and Cut away
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| − | her Sheat Anchor, and staved most of the Caskes of water
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| − | y:t were aboard her, and therby did much Lighten the said
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| − | Shipp: And having now seene & read y:e Schedule Exhibited hee
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| − | saith that all and singular y:e Masts, sailes, tackle and
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| − | funiture & Materialls. therein set downe & Expressed
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| − | to the said Ship, were and are Uteerly lost by meanes of the said Storme and they were XX
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| − | , the time of their said Cutting away, and loosing well worth
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| − | the severall and respective summes of money, set downe in the
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| − | said schedule for y:e same, in y:e whole amounting to y:e summe
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| − | of One hundred fourty two pounds two shilllings sterl. XXX
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| − | that, besides y:e foresaid Damages, there was alsoe (by meanes
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| − | of the violence of the said Storme,) much hurt and damage//
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| − | //The 3. of June 1659
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| − | A business of examination of witnesses for perpetauall)
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| − | remembrance of the matter, on the part and behalfe of)
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| − | John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company)
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| − | Owners of the Shipp the ''Lady ffrigott'' whereof John)
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| − | Hosier was Master, and her tackle furniture)
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| − | apparell & freight, and of Andrew Riccard one)
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| − | of the Aldermen of the Cittie of London and)
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| − | Company, the Governor and Company of)
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| − | English Merchants trading to the Mediterranian (sic))
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| − | Seas, Owner of the goods in the sayd Shipp)
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| − | against Hippolito Centurione of Genoa)
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| − | in pticular and all others in generall which)
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| − | will take upon them to ?iusifie the seizing or)
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| − | takeing of the sayd shipp the ''lady ffrigott'')
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| − | and her ladeing: SXXXXth)
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| − | Examined on the allegation given in
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| − | on the behalfe of the sayd Swift Parker
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| − | Harris & Company and alsoe the sayd
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| − | Ricard & Company.
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| − | No. 1 LAURENCE BURR of the
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| − | p:rish of S:t Catherine neere the
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| − | Tower of London Cooper late Cooper
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| − | of the ''Lady ffrigott'', aged thirty five
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| − | yeares or thereabouts a wittnesse
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| − | sworne and examined saith and
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| − | deposeth as followeth viz:t.
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| − | To the first arle of the sayd allegation hee saith that in the
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| − | Monethe and tyme arlate 1658 (untill the fowerteenth day of
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| − | November that yeare on which day shee was seized the arlate
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| − | John Swift John Harris John Parker and Company all English
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| − | men and subiects of the Commonwealth of England were, and
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| − | soe still ought to be the lawfull Owner & Proprietors of the
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| − | arlate Shipp the ''Lady ffrigott'' and of her tackle apparrell and
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| − | furniture and for such commonly reputed this hee so better knoweth
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| − | because hee was & went Cooper of the said shipp the voyage in
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| − | question and was on board her at her seizure.
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| − | To the 2 and 3 arles hee saith that in the yeares & monethes aforesaid the
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| − | arlate Alderman Riccard & Company Marchants of London
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| − | did hyre & take to freight and imploye the sayd shipp the ''Lady
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| − | ffrigott'' upon a tradeing voyage to XXao ?Magaliga and other
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| − | places beyond the Seas to lade Currans & other goods for their
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| − | use and Accompt & transport them to & deliver them at London
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| − | for their use this hee knoweth being Cooper aboard her the sayd
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| − | voyage And hehreby also knoweth that in the monethe & tyme
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| − | aforesayd and after the arrivall of the sayd shipp the ''Lady ffrigott''
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| − | at ?Potrao Roade arlate the ffactors or Agents of the sayd Alderman
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| − | Ricard & Company put XXX cause to be laden a board the sayd
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| − | shipp for Account of the sayd Ricard & Company one hundred
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| − | and sixty tonne of Mahaligo Currans and also divers other
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| − | goods and a great quantitie of money to be transported therein
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| − | her for London and there delivered to them or their Agents This hee
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| − | the better knoweth for that hee helped to lade the sayd Currans and
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| − | other goods aboard her & brought some of the sayd moneye aboard &
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| − | & ?saw the rest brought aboard her And farther to these arles he cannot
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| − | depose.
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| − | To the 4:th 5:th and 6:th arles of the sayd allegation hee saith that the
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| − | sayd shipp ''Lady ffrigott'' having receaved the sayd lading & money
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| − | aboard her and being therewith rideing at Anchor in the Roade of
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| − | Perrao in a peaceable condition, there came into the sayd Roade on the
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| − | fourteenth day of November 1658 a certaine shipp of about
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| − | 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
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| − | by XXXX XXXXX an ?Irishman & some others of her company who could speake English) was called
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| − | the ''S:ta Cruse'' and her Masters name ffrancisco ?Stale and
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| − | was a Genoa shipp and was there aXXXXdd and sett out
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| − | by Hippolito Centurione a Genoese, and came ?hence (as this
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| − | deponent was also by like men XX informed
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| − | in Company of ?two other men of warr sett out thence
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| − | also by the sayd Hippolito Centuriane, which Genoa shipp called
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| − | the ''S:ta Cruse'' presently upon her comming into the Road of Petrao
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| − | made as if she would have come to an Anchor neere the
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| − | ''Lady ffrigott'', but when shee was come neere her the Captaine
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| − | & Company of the sayd shipp ''S:ta Cruse'' did in a violent and
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| − | hostile manner sett upon the sayd shipp the ''Lady ffrigott'' with
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| − | Swords & gunnes and other warlike Instruments and
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| − | wounded the Captaine & six or seaven men of the Company pf the
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| − | ''Lady ffrigott'' & by that meanes surprized her & her sayd ladeing
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| − | of Currans and other goods & money & dispoiled their Owners
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| − | of them & converted them to their owne use And hee farther saith
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| − | that hee this deponent was alsoe informed by a dutch man who was
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| − | gunner of the sayd shipp ''S:ta Cruse'' & an Irish man who was one of
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| − | her Company who could both speake very good English that the Captaine
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| − | of the ''S:ta Cruse'' had taken severall mariners & souldiers out
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| − | of the sayd two other shipps of warr which came in Company
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| − | of the ''Sta Cruse'' from Genoa, the better to enable them to surprise
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| − | the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her ladeing, And saith that at the tyme of
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| − | the sayd seizure hee did observe that most of the ''S:ta Cruse'' her
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| − | Company who made the seizure were Italians & Genoeses And
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| − | saith that after the says Genoeses preceived that the sayd dutch
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| − | Gunner & the french man & others of their Company coulde speake
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| − | English and had some conference with this deponent and
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| − | others of the ''Lady ffrigotts'' Company who were seized, they did
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| − | forbid them to have any discourse with the English; and put the
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| − | ''Lady ffrigotts'' Company in ?hold & kept them there in Irons And
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| − | further to these arles hee cannot depose
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| − | To the 7:th arle hee saith that hee this deponent and severall
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| − | other of the ''Lady ffrigotts'' Company were after their surprizall
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| − | ?told & informed by the sayd dutch Gunner & the sayd Irish man
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| − | and some other of the ''S:ta Cruse'' her Company who could speake
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| − | English that the ''S:ta Cruse'' was sett out from Genoa by the
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| − | sayd Hippolito Centurone upon a warlike designe against the
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| − | Turkes, & has bin a great while abroad and could gett noe
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| − | prize, and had therefore taken a Spanish Commission which
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| − | was to last only for a tyme, which tyme or the says ?Gunner &
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| − | Irishman & others of the ''S:ta Cruse'' her company acknowledged
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| − | was expired two moneths before the seizure of the ''Lady ffrigott''
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| − | & her ladeing, but withall say thd that they were resolved to take
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| − | any English shipp they could light on notwithstanding the expiration
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| − | thereof, And this deponent well remembreth that the
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| − | Captaine of the ''Lady ffrigott'' told this deponent that hee did at the tyme
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| − | of her seizure desyre the foresayd ffrancisco Stale Commander of
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| − | the ''S:ta Cruse'' to show him his Commission by virtue whereof hee
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| − | 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
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| − | hee cannot depose.
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| − | To the 3:th arle of the sayd allegation hee saith that the shipp
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| − | ''lady ffrigott'' and her tackle furniture & freight and stock and
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| − | provisions on board her at the tyme of her seizure aforesayd were
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| − | then in this deponents Judgement worth five ?thousand pounds
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| − | sterling or neere thereabouts and soe much hee beleeveth the arlate
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| − | Swift Parker and Harris were damnified by the losse of them by
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| − | reason of the surprizall aforesayd And further hee cannot depose
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| − | To 4:th arle hee saith that in her this deponents Judgement XX
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| − | hundred and fifty tonnes of Mathaligo Currans seized on board the
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| − | ''Lady ffrigott'' & belonging to the arlate Alderman Ricard & Company
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| − | were at their seizure worth two pounds tenn shillings sterling a hundred
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| − | which a mounteth being computed to a very considerable summe
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| − | but saith at p:rsent hee cannot compute the same, and saith hee is
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| − | well assured that if the sayd Currans had not bin suprized but
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| − | come safe to London they would here have yeilded the sayd Alderman
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| − | Riccard & Company two pounds tenn shillings sterling a hundred
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| − | that being the usuall market price there
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| − | To the Tenth & 11:th alre hee saith that hee this deponent being Cooper
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| − | & aborad at the seizure knoweth that the arlate Captaine Hoyser and
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| − | his Company had a board the sayd shipp the ''Lady ffrigott'' at the
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| − | tyme of her seizure in moneys & goods and Cloathes and instruments
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| − | to the value of twelve hundred pounds sterling at least all which
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| − | hee saith hee well knoweth were taken from him and them by the Captaine
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| − | and Company of the ''S:ta Cruse'' aforesays & hee & they dispoiled and
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| − | deprived of them by the sayd Captaine & Company of the sayd man of
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| − | warr called the ''S:ta Cruse'' who upon the
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| − | seizure of the sayd frigott plundered & tooke away all whatsoever
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| − | the sayd Captaine Hosier & his Company had and kept them
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| − | prisoners for some time in chaynes & afterwards turned them on XXXXX at the
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| − | Island ?Zephania to shXXX for them XXXXX without allowing ?them
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| − | either provisions or XXXXX this he knoweth being one of the Company
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| − | as aforesayd & soe kept in chaynes & after ?turned on shoare in manner
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| − | aforesayd. And further hee cannot depose
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| − | To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposicon is true
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| − | 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
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| − | aged ?twenty yeares and upwards a wittness sworne
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| − | & examined saith & deposeth as followeth viz:t
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| − | To the first arle of the allegation hee saidth that during all the moneths
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| − | & tyme arlate in the yeares 1658 happening before the fowerteenth day
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| − | of November which was the day of her seizure, the arlate John Swift
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| − | John Parker John Harris & Company All English men & subiects of
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| − | the Commonwealth of England were & still ?aught to bee the lawfull Owners
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| − | & Proprietors of the arlate shipp the ''lady ffrigott'' & her tackle apparell
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| − | & furniture And for such comonly reputed This hee knoweth being one of the sayd
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| − | //shipps Company the voyages in question & a board her at her
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| − | seizure. And further hee deposeth not
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| − | To the 2 and 3 arles of the allegation hee saith that by ?reason hee
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| − | went the voyage in question hee knoweth the arlate Alderman Ricard
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| − | & others English Merchants of the Turkey Company did take the sayd shipp
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| − | the ''lady ffrigott'' to freight for a Merchandizing voyage to be made from
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| − | London to ?Petrai & other pts beyond the seas to lade Currans & other
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| − | goods for their Account & bring them for London & there deliver them to
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| − | them or their Agents And saith the sayd shipp arrived safely at ?Polrao
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| − | Roade where the Agents of the sayd Alderman Riccard and
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| − | Company did lade & put aboard the sayd shipp for their Account
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| − | one hundred and sixty Tonnes of Mahalaga and Petrao Currans
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| − | viz:t one hundred & thiry of M(OR, N)athaligo & thirty Tonnes of Petrao Currans
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| − | to be transported for London and there delivered to them or their Agents And
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| − | further hee cannot depose not knowing what other goods or money were
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| − | put aboard her for their sayd freighters Account, but knoweth there
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| − | were other goods beside the sayd Currans XX some bales of silke & other goods
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| − | laden aboard the sayd shipp
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| − | To the 4:th arle hee saith that whilst the shipp the ''lady ffrigott'' ?remayned in peaceable manner
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| − | at Pererao Roade with the sayd Currants & other her ladeing aboard her
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| − | viz:t the fowerteenth day of November one Thousand six hundred fifty
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| − | eight there came into the sayd Roade a shipp of warr of about one hundred
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| − | and fifty tonns and named (as be the Gunner of her & one of the Mates of
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| − | her who were both dutch men and could speake good English and by others of her
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| − | Company Italians which language alsoe this deponent can speake & understand this
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| − | deponent was informed) the ''S:ta Cruso'' ffrancisco Stale Captaine w:ch shipp hee saith had
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| − | when she came in a white Ancient in her poope and made as if she would
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| − | have Anchored neere the sayd shipp the ''Lady ffrigott'' but coming neere
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| − | the sayed ffrancisco Stale & his Company in a hostile manner with
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| − | swords & gunnes & other Instruments of warr boarded the sayd shipp
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| − | the ''lady ffrigott'' and wounded her Captaine Captaine John Hosier
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| − | & this deponent and severall others of her Company to the number of
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| − | five or sixe and surprised her and her ladeing of Currans and
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| − | other goods and dispoiled her and her ladeing of Currants and
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| − | other goods and dispoiled the Owners thereof of the same and
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| − | converted it to the use of the sayd Stale & his Company And further
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| − | saving his deposition to the subsequent arles hee cannot depose
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| − | To the 5:th and 6:th arles of the sayd allegation hee saith that hee
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| − | this deponent understanding Italian did after the sayd shipp of warr
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| − | the ''S:te Cruse'' had surprized the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her ladeing in manner
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| − | aforesayd ?heare severall of the ''S:ta Cruse'' her Company (Italians) sayd
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| − | that and acknowledge that their sayd shipp ''S:ta Cruse'' belonged to
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| − | Genoa and was XXXX & sett out thence by the arlate Hippolite Cen-
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| − | turioni who alsoe XX XXged sett out two other shipps of warr ?thence who came
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| − | thence in Company of the ''S:ta Cruse'', and that the Commander of the
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| − | ''S:ta Cruse'' had before hee seized the ''lady ffrigott'' & her ladeing taken
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| − | some XXXers and souldiers out of the sayd two other Genoa shipps
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| − | the better to enable him to surprize the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her ladeing
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| − | And saith the greatest part of the Company of the ''S:ta Cruse'' who
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| − | made the sayd seizure were Italians and as they acknowledged belonging
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| − | to Genoa and further to these arles hee cannot depose
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| − | To the 7:th hee saith that after the seizure of the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her
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| − | ladeing hee alsoe heard severall of the ''S:ta Cruses'' Company say and
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| − | acknowledge that the ''S:ta Cruse'' was sett out from Genoa by the said
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| − | 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
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| − | a Spanish Commission which was to last for a certayne tyme, and that the sayd
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| − | Commission was expired two moneths before the
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| − | seizure of the ''Lady ffrigott'' & her ladeing which notwithstanding (as they also
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| − | sayd & acknowledged) they were resolved to seize what English shipps and
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| − | their ladeing they could meete with under colour of that Commission And
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| − | further to this arle hee cannot depose.
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| − | To the 8:th arle hee saith that the ''Lady ffrigott'' and her tackle, ffurniture,
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| − | freight, stick, and provisions aboard her at her seizure aforesayd were
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| − | in this deponents Judgement worth fower thousand five hundred pounds
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| − | sterling or neere thereabouts and soe much the arlate Swift Packer
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| − | and Harris & Company Owners of her were by such her seizure XX damnified
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| − | in this deponents Judgement and as hee verily beleeveth.
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| − | To the 9:th arle hee saith that in his this deponents Judgement the
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| − | hundred & sixty tonnes of Mahaligo & Petrao Currans belonging
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| − | to the arlate Alderman Ricard and Company and seized on board the
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| − | ''Lady ffrigott'' were (?at the tyme of their seizure) worth fower thousand pounds sterling and
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| − | soe much in this deponents Judgement & as hee verily beleeveth they would
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| − | have yeilded the sayd Alderman Ricard & Company if he had not bin
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| − | taken by the sayd Genoa shipp of warr in manner aforesayd. And
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| − | further hee cannot depose.
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| − | To the 10:th and 11:th hee saith that the arlate Captaine Hosyer, and his
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| − | Company at the tyme of the seizure of the shipp the ''lady
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| − | ffrigott'' & her ladeing had on board the sayd shipp goods that were his
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| − | & their adventures, and moneyes cloathes and instruments worth in
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| − | this deponents Judgement fowerteene hundred pounds of lawfull English
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| − | money All which hee saith hee well knoweth (being p:rsent at the seizure)
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| − | were seized and taken from the sayd Captaine Hoyser & his company
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| − | by the Captaine & Company of the sayd Genoa man of warr called
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| − | the ''S:ta Cruse'', & the sayd Hoyser & his Company utterly dispoiled of them
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| − | And saith that the Captaine & Company of the sayd Genoa man of
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| − | warr haveing made the sayd seizure of the ''lady ffrigott'' & her ladeing
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| − | plundered & taken away from her Captaine & her Company all that
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| − | they had., kept the most of her Company prisoners in the hold, XXXXX
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| − | for some tyme, and afterwards turned them on XXXX in the Ile of
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| − | Clephalonoa to XXX for them XXXX without allowing them wither
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| − | provisions or money And further to these arles he cannot depose
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| − | To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true.
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| − | RICHARD BAKER [His signature]
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| − | 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 ffrigozz, aged 30 : Date: June 3rd, 1659===
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| − | 3. GILBERT ANCKELLY of Debtford in Kent Mariner
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| − | late Boatswaine of the ''lady ffrigott'' aged thirty yeares
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| − | & upwards a wittnesse sworne & examined saith and
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| − | deposeth as followeth viz:t
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| − | To the first and second arles hee saith that during the months and tyme arlaze in
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| − | the yeare 1658 happening next before the fowerteenth day of the Month
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| − | of November the sayd yeare which was the day shee and her lading were
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| − | seized in maner hereafter specified, the arlate John SWift John Parker
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| − | //John Harris & Company all Englishmne & subiects of this Common
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| − | wealth of England were commonly reputed to be & soe still ought to be the
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| − | true lawfulll Owners and proprietors of the arlate Shipp the ''Lady
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| − | ffrigott'' & of her tackle apparell, & furniture And saith the sayd Shipp
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| − | was taken to freight by the arlate Alderman Riccard & Company
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| − | English Merchants on a trading voyage to be made from London
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| − | to Ligorne Portrai & other places beyond the seas to lade Currans & other goods
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| − | ther for their Account & deliver them heere at London to them or their Agents
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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===
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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: 5. John Gates, of Debtford, Kent, Ship Wright, one of the Carpenters of the Lady ffrigott, aged 18 : Date: June 4th, 1659===
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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: 6. John Cock, of Redriff, Surrey, Marriner, late Quartermaster of the Lady ffrogott, aged 40 : Date: June 4th, 1659===
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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 4th, 1659===
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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: 8. John Savage, of S:t Bartholomew eanr the Exchange, London, Merchant, aged 32 : Date: June 4th, 1659===
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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: 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
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| − | A business of y:e Examinacon of Witnesses on the behalfe)
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| − | of S:r John Dethick Knight, Edward Bolle, John Bancks)
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| − | Richard ffoord, Edward Mico, William ?Pretman, and)
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| − | Company concerning the seizure, and for some time)
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| − | detention and the hinderance of the trade in a Certaine)
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| − | ship called the ''BANTAM FFRIGOT'' whereof Isaac Taylor)
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| − | was M:r and Comand:r & such of the lading)
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| − | as was aboard the said Ship in ffact but unduly made)
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| − | by Antonie Van Voozst Captaine and Comander of
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| − | the ship the ''Turtle Dove'' in the Imediate Service of)
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| − | the Dutch East India Company and alsoe Concerning)
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| − | all Damages happening thereupon and ag:t one John
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| − | ?Mait ?Suijker y:e now, or late Generall of the said Company)
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| − | at Battavia in y:e East Indias ag:t the said Van Voozst in pticular)
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| − | and all others y:e will take upon them the Justificaccon of the said Busines)
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| − | Examined upon
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| − | and Allegacon given
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| − | in by M:r ffrancklin
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| − | on the part and
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| − | Behalfe of the
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| − | said S:r John Dethicke
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| − | Knight Edward Bolle
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| − | John Bancks Richard
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| − | Foord, Edward Mico
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| − | William Pretman
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| − | and Company.
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| − | 1. ub: CATCH KYME of Ratcliffe in the
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| − | parish of Stepney and County of Mid
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| − | Mariner Mate of the ''Bantam ffrigot'' aged 26 yeeres or thereabouts
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| − | Sworne and Examined
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| − | To the first arle of the said Allon hee saith and deposeth
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| − | that during all the monethes of September
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| − | October, November, December, January, ffebruary and March
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| − | 1656: English Stil, and Continually since: the said S:r John
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| − | Dethick Knight, Edward Bolle, John Bancks Richard fford
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| − | Edward Mico and William Pretman and Company
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| − | have bin and are Comonly accounted and reputed the true
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| − | and lawfull owne:rs and proprieto:rs of the said ship the
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| − | ''BANTAM FRIGOT'' (whereof Isaac Taylor was & is M:r.) and
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| − | of the tackle Apparrell, and furniture, And soe hee verils
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| − | beleeveth they were, and at p:rsent are; And further hee
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| − | cannot depose.
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| − | To the Second hee saith that y:e said S:r John Dethick, and
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| − | Company aforesaid /who are all (as hee beleeveth) subjects of
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| − | this Comonwealth of England.) did set out the said ship from
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| − | this port of London in the sayd moneth of October 1656 (sic)
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| − | upon their owne account (as hee beleeveth) to East India. there to
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| − | Lade pepper. and other Merchandizes, and to bring the same
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| − | for ?Europe, and saith the said Isaac Taylor, was and was
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| − | M:r of the said ship y:e said voyage, and y.e arlate Thomas
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| − | Newman Supra Cargoe; w:ch hee knoweth for that hee went M:rs Mate
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| − | of y:e said ship (y:e said Voyage) and further cannot depose:
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| − | To the third hee saith y:e said Taylo, Newman, and this depo:t
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| − | the rest of the Marine:rs of the said Ship, set saile
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| − | in her from this port to ?Indria ?Ponza in y:e island of Sumatra in y:e East Indias
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| − | and there ?arriveth on or about y:e Nineth or tenth day of August 1657: w:ch hee knoweth being
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| − | then on board her and further cannot depose//
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| − | P1110383 f. 266 verso
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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
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| − | the Arrivall of the said ship the ''Bantam ffrigatt'' at Indra
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| − | Ponza aforesaid the said Thomas Newman, and one ?ffrancis
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| − | Griffith y:e then purser of the said ship (who is since deceased)
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| − | did goe on shore, in the sd port of Indra Ponza, to buy pepper
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| − | and did buy a great quantity of pepper there, w:ch was all
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| − | to have bin transported in the said ship to Leghorne,
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| − | for the Acco:t of Sr John Dethick and Company aforesaid
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| − | And saith a Considerable Quantity of the said pepper
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| − | was Laden on board her, w:ch did not Lade the said ship
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| − | two Third pts of what shee could have well ?carryed
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| − | and saith That while y:e Company of the said ship was lading
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| − | in y:e rest of the sd pepper w:ch y:e said Thomas Newman and
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| − | ffrancis Griffith had provided and whilest the said Newman
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| − | and Griffith were on shore, providing More pepper to ?Complete Lading
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| − | of the said ship, The arlate
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| − | Comander of the ship the ''Turtle Dove'', whereof one Antonio van Voozt was Comander in the Service of the Dutch
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| − | East India Company, and alsoe three pinnaces in y:e Company
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| − | of the said ship ''Turtle Dove'', which were alsoe in the service of
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| − | the Dutch East India Company, came all of them and
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| − | Anchored by y:e said ''Bantam ffrigot'', and Imediately sent
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| − | a Boate on board the ''Bantam ffrigot'', with a Dutch merchant
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| − | therein & two others of y:e the ''Turtle Doves'' Company w:th hom w:ho Comanded y:e said Isaac Taylor, and the said
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| − | Thomas Newman. (whereupon y:e comong of the said Dutch
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| − | Merchant & the two others on board the said ship was sent came
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| − | on board, to y:e said Dutch merchant) Not to take in any
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| − | more pepper or other Goods onboard the said ''Bantam ffrigott''
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| − | either at the said port of Indra Ponza, or any other port or
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| − | place on that Coast, for if they did the said Captaine
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| − | van Voozt who was y:e Admirall in those pts would seize and surprize them , or to that effect
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| − | and thereupon y:e said M:r Newman went with the said Ducth
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| − | Merchant onboad the said ship ''Turtle Dove'' to speake with the
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| − | said Captaine Van Voozt and knowe of him why XXX
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| − | would not permit him the said Newman to Trade XXXX
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| − | his said ''Bantam ffrigot'' there, And saith that some XXXX
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| − | after y:e said Newman had bin gone to the said XXXX
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| − | Admirall the said Captaine Isaac Taylor sent this deponent
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| − | in the ''Bantam ffrigots'' Boate. to fetch the said M:r Newman
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| − | from on board y:e said Dutch Admirall on board the ''Bantam ffrigot''
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| − | And this depo:t being come on board the said Dutch Admirall
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| − | hee heardthe said Admirall Voozt, say and declare unto
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| − | the said M:r newman that hee the said Voozt had order?s
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| − | from the Generall of Battavia to hinder allEnglish Shipps
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| − | from Commerce and Trade in these parts, and to seize y:e XXX
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| − | if they did soe, or to that effect, and alsoe shewed the said XXX
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| − | (in the p:rsence of this depo:t his orders in writing with a Great XXXXX Given him
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| − | the said Generall, to the foresaid purpose & effect, and XXX//
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| − | P1110384 f. 267 recto
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| − | //Admirall Van Voozt Commander the said M:r Newman (in
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| − | this Depo:ts hearing) not to take in any more pepper or other goods
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| − | at Indra Ponza or any other ports or places on that Coast
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| − | and told the said Newman that if hee did soe, or offered to doe soe; hee must and
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| − | would seize and surprize his goods or to that effect, and
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| − | thereupon the said M:r Newman went with this depo:t in
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| − | the said ''Bantam ffrigots'' Boate, (w:ch this depo:t had brought
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| − | for him as aforesaid) and went on board the ''Bantam
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| − | ffrigot'', and told the said Captaine Taylor what the said
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| − | Dutch Admirall Voozt, had declared and said, and the
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| − | next day the said Captaine Taylo:r went with this depo:t
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| − | on board y:e said Dutch Admirall, and saith that upon
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| − | the said Taylor coming on board; y:e said Taylor and
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| − | Van Voozt had a great deale of Difference together in
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| − | Dutch, (w:ch this depo:t cannot understand) and saith that
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| − | 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
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| − | orders in writing. w:ch had a great seale affixed therto
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| − | as aforesaid, and the said Voozt delivered the same to
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| − | the said Taylo:r to read: w:ch the said Taylo:r (who well
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| − | understandeth the Dutch Language, and can write and read the same.) accordingly did read y:e same over; and after
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| − | hee had soe done hee & the said Newman went with this depo:t in the said
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| − | ''Bantam ffrigots'' Boate on board y:e ''Bantam ffrigot'', And
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| − | y:e said Taylo:r ?there told the said Newman & this depo:t that y:e said writing that hee
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| − | soe read was a Comission from y:e Generall of Battavia
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| − | to hinder English Ships from Trade there and further hee
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| − | cannot depose; saving that the said Captaine Van Voozt, did
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| − | send one of ?his foresaid pinnaces about thirty
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| − | men therein, to lye at the Rivers mouth at Indra Ponza to hinder
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| − | and did hinder the goeing in and coming out of the Captaine
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| − | and Company of the ''Bantam frigot'' (sic), to and from Indra Ponza
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| − | and from bringing any goods from thence on board y:e said ship
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| − | ''Bantam ffrigot''.
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| − | To the 10:th hee saith that a day or two after the said Tailo:r M:r Newman and
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| − | this depo:t had bin on board y:e said Dutch Admirall. the said
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| − | M:r Newman. (w:ch was then on shore) put a Quantity of pepper in y:e said
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| − | ''Bantam ffrigots'' Long Boate, and the said Newman himselfe
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| − | went in y:e said Boate, and intended to have come directly
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| − | to the ''Bantam ffrigot'', and to put y:e said pepper
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| − | on board her, But the said Boate and pepper. and alsoe the
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| − | said Thomas Newman was seized by order of the said Van
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| − | 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
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| − | To the 11:th hee saith hee cannot depose saving as aforesaid
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| − | To the 12:th hee cannot depose; hee being then dangerously sick in his
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| − | Cabbin: saving y:e ''bantam ffrigot'' was carried by the said Van
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| − | Voozt and his Company to Battavia. and there anchored under
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| − | 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
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| − | and Isaac Taylor were Comanded at Battavia to appeare
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| − | before John Ma?rt SXXXX Generall of the Dutch East
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| − | India Company at Battava (sic), and further cannot depose
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| − | To the 15:th and 16:th hee cannot depose being then dangerously
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| − | sick, and was carried out of the said ship ''Bantam ffrigot''
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| − | to a house in Battavia where hee lay sick about
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| − | five weekes.
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| − | To the 17:th & 18:th hee saith that the said ship the ''Bantam ffrigot''
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| − | was detained and hindered by y:e said Van Voost
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| − | and the Generalll of Battavia, and their order, from
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| − | the Eleventh of October 1657: or therabouts
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| − | untill the tenth of December following, and then
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| − | the said Ship set saile from Batavia for Rurope
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| − | w:th such Pepper as shee had taken in before the said
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| − | 11:th of October, shee not being pmitted to take in
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| − | any goods whatsoever afterwards in those parts that
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| − | this depo:t knoweth of, and further cannot depose
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| − | saving as aforesaid
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| − | To the 19:th hee cannot depose:
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| − | To the 20:th hee saith that the said Bantam ffrigot
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| − | was when she was in the pts aforesaid of the
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| − | Burthen of about Two hundred and tenne Tonns
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| − | and as many Tonne of pepper hee beleeveth shee
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| − | would have brought for Europe y:e said Voyage; had shee
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| − | not bin hindred interrupted and detained as aforesd. and further
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| − | cannot depose:
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| − | To the 21:th hee saith y:e said ship y:e ''Bantam ffrigot''
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| − | after her Departure from Battavia, sayled to Leghorne
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| − | and there safely arrived on or about the 18:th day
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| − | of August 1658: and there her said pepper taken in
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| − | at Indra Ponza was delivered. but howe many
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| − | Tonns y:e same amounted to hee knoweth not, and saith
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| − | hee this depo:t was upon y:e departure of y:e said ship ''Bantam
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| − | ffrigot'' brought from shore on board her, and Carried
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| − | in her to Leghorne and further cannot depose:
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| − | To the 22:th 23:th 24:th 25:th 26:th 27:th 28:th and 19:th hee saith hee
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| − | cannot depose thereto saving as aforesaid, and saving
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| − | that the said S:r John Dethick Knight, and y:e reste of
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| − | the sd Owne:rs: and Imploy:rs of y:e said ship, have suffred
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| − | great Losse and dammage by meanes of the premisses
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| − | but saith hee cannot estimate the same,:
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| − | To the 20:th hee saith that whilest the said Shipp y:e ''Bantam
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| − | ffrigat'' was upon y:e sd Coast of Sumatra, y:e Voyage in question
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| − | and during all the space the Dutch as aforesaid had her in XXX
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| − | power//
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| − | //Power, and under their Command neither the said Thomas
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| − | Newman y:e Supra Cargoe of the said Ship ''Bantam ffrigot'' nor the
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| − | said Isaac Taylor y:e captaine of the said ship ?or any of
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| − | y:e Marine.rs of her did doe any Injury or Wrong in
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| − | any Kinde to the said Dutch or any of them. ?that this
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| − | depo:t knoweth if. but did XXXXX them selves Civily
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| − | and peaceably towards them and this hee XXXXX
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| − | being M:r Mate of y:e said ship y:e said Voyage And
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| − | further cannot depose:
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| − | To the 31:th hee Cannot depose
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| − | To the 32:th he saith his foregoeing depon is true
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| − | Repetit before D:r Godolphon
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| − | CALIB XXXXX [His signature]
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| − | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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| − | To the 4:th hee saith that
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| − | Indra Ponza Roade is and ought to be
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| − | 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)
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| − | was and is the supreame Governournesse; who did about three yeeres
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| − | since?there: and at all other of her Dominiones proclaime ffree
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| − | Trade to the English Nation; And saith hee hath a Copy of the
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| − | said Proclamacon now in his Custody. And saith that after the
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| − | arrivall of the said Ship in y:e said Road this depo:t and one
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| − | ffrancis Griffith (who is since deceased) went ashore to Indra
| + | |
| − | Ponza to buy and provide pepp to lade the said ship, and did
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| − | there buy & provide enough pepper XXX to Lade the said ship, and was
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| − | 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.
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| − | | + | |
| − | To the 5:th arles of the said Allon, hee saith that in y:e monethes
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| − | of September, and October 1657, this Depo:t upon y:e Account aforesd
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| − | 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//
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| − | //And that the rest of the pepper sufficient fully to lade the said
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| − | ship was then ready provided, and XXX, and was ready
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| − | to have bin put on board, and would have bin Laden Aboard
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| − | the said Ship within three or foure dayes next following, in
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| − | case y:e arlate Antonio van Voozt and Company had not
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| − | hindered them as hereafter is declared:
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| − | 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
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| − | 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
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| − | 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
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| − | 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
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| − | refused soe to doe saying hee had order from his imploy:rs
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| − | not to goe out of his Ship; or to that effect, And saith that upon
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| − | this Depots Comong on board y.e said ''Turtle Dove'', hee
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| − | Asked the said van Voozt where fore hee had sent for this
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| − | depo:t and y:e said Captaine Taylo:r to Come on board his
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| − | Ship, or to that effect whereunto the said Van Voozt made
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| − | Answer, that it was in regard the said ship the ''Bantam
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| − | ffrigot'' being an English Ship did trade there or to that effect,
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| − | And the said Van Voozt then pemptorily (sic) Charged & Comanded
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| − | this Depo:t that neither hee nor the said Isaac
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| − | 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
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| − | that the ships full Lading of pepper was there ashore by him
| + | |
| − | bought, and some of it was allready Laden, and y:e rest
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| − | was provided to be laden and would within three or foure dayes
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| − | be all Laden aboard the said ship, and that hee had
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| − | money and Goods on shore; bit that hee should Dispatch all within
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| − | three or foure Dayes, and then be ready to depart with the ''Bantam''
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| − | and her Lading on board her, or to that effect and desired
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| − | 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
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| − | did not dept from thence with the said ship without further
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| − | 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
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| − | words and XXXions passed betweene this Depo:t & y:e sd Van Voozt on
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| − | board//
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| − | P1110398 f. 274 recto
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| − | //On board the sd ''Turtle Dove'' in the ?Molaine and English Language
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| − | 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:
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| − | | + | |
| − | 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
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| − | Words passed betweene him & y:e sd Van Voozt hee knoweth
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| − | not in regard hee went not with him, And further cannot
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| − | depose.
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| − | | + | |
| − | 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
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| − | 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//
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| − | //And there detained the same, And thereupon this Depo:t
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| − | and the said Isaac taylor and one ?Gotham Howard
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| − | 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
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| − | further hee doth not depose.
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| − | | + | |
| − | To the 13:th hee saith that the said Van Voozt on or about
| + | |
| − | the said Nineteenth of Octob:r 1657: Caused the sd
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| − | 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
| + | |
| − | but//
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| − | P1110400 f. 275 recto
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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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| − | P111401 f. 375 verso
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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
| + | |
| − | cannot depose//
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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-
| + | |
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| − | 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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| − | | + | |
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| − | P1110404 f. 277 recto
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| − | ===Case: The Brazill Company of Portugall concerning the Jonathan and Abigaill: Deposition: Thomas Morley: Date: June 13th 1659===
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| − | //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>
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| − | (Thomas Morley M:r) and ag:t)
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| − | John Thacker)
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| − | Suckley Cheeker
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| − | | + | |
| − | Rp
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| − | 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===
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| − | | + | |
| − | //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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| − | P1110405 f. XX verso
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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
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| − | y:e said3000 Quintalls on board his Ship y;e sd Roles brought
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| − | ===Case: The Brazeele frigot vs. XXXX: Deposition: 3. Samuell Sambrooke, of London, Merchant, aged 44: Date: September 24th 1659===
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| − | ===Case: The Brazeele frigot vs. XXXX: Deposition: 5. Samuell Sambrooke, of London, Merchant, aged 44: Date: September ?14th 1659===
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| − | ===Case: The Brazeele ffrigot ag:t XXXXX: Deposition: John Cocke: Date: September 8th 1659===
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| − | //The X:th day of September 1659
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| − | The ''Brazille ffrigot'' aforesd
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| − | XXXXXX XX
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| − | JOHN COOKE a witnes formerly rexamined
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| − | XXX
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| − | //Many other othings belonging to the said ''Brazil ffrigot''
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| − | and made her much like a XXXack - And this the
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| − | said Quares told the said ?Heath before this Depo:t.
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| − | and many others of the said ''Brazil ffrigotts'' Company $that hee would be as good as his words and give
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| − | the said ?Heath his ship againe or to that purpose
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| − | But the said Heath (seeing (sic) the said Ship
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| − | in such a Condition) refused to take her, doublesse
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| − | hee might have her in the Condition shee was
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| − | in, when Shee was taken [Possibly taken is crossed out], from him together with
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| − | the other things agreed upon, And the said Heath
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| − | having an Oportunity (sic) to goe in an English Boate
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| − | from ?Ensechecape to Surrenam, Got leave
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| − | for passage therein, w:ch the Governo:r of ?Ensecherape
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| − | hearing of, told the said Heath that if
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| − | that Condition hee would lay ?him in Irons
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| − | or to that effect, and soe the said Heath was
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| − | forced, to receave the said ffrigot in the foresd
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| − | Condition ?much the XXX a XXXXX;
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| − | All w:ch hee Deposeth being at ?Euchecheape the foresaid
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| − | time & seeing hearing & taking notice of the
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| − | To the 3:d hee saith y:t ?every ?MillXX Portugall money
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| − | 12:s. 6:d. Sterl. money:/
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| − | ===Case: XXXX: Depostion: 11. Thomas Wyat: Date: September 8th 1659===
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| − | 11 THOMAS WYAT a witnes formerly
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| − | Ex:d and ?now againe Examined in this
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| − | that after y:e ''Brazil ffrigot'' was carryed to EXXXXX
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| − | To the 27.:th he saith he hath knowne M:r Blackborow
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| − | And beleeveth hom to be (according to common report)
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| − | an Englishman and subiect of this Commonwealth.
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| − | And this dep.:t knoweth that he the s:d Blackborowe
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| − | and one M:r Shirly doe use the trade of Timber, Balkes
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| − | masts and other commodities in Norway, and
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| − | hath credibly heard that they keep ffactors and
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| − | HENRY LOBERY [His signature]
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| − | ===Case: The Brazeele frigot vs. XXXX: Deposition: 13. William Bird, of Little St Hellens, London, Merchant, aged 31: Date: September 21st 1659===
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| − | The 21:th day of September
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| − | given in on behalfe of Edward
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| − | and John Bushell of London
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| − | M:rchants, containing 21 articles.
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| − | 13: WILLIAM BIRD of Little S:t Ellens London
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| − | M:chant. aged 31 yeares or therr
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| − | and deposeth by vertue of his oath
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| − | as followeth viz:t
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| − | alone he is (by dirrection from the producents Proctor)
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| − | examined, he saith that at Lisbone in or about
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| − | the moneth of May 1657 before the said ships
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| − | departure thence for the parts of Brazeele it was
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| − | by Charter partie covenanted and agreed on betwixt
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| − | Thomas Heath (Comand:r of y:e sd ship) on behalfe of M:r
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| − | Edward & M:r John Bushell; and one Man?oel AbXXX
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