MRP: HCA 13/73
HCA 13/73 1659-?
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Contents
- 1 Suggested links
- 2 To do
- 3 Physical description
- 4 Sample transcriptions
- 4.1 Front Cover
- 4.2 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
- 4.3 Case: S:r John Dethicke John Bancks Hugh fforth, and Company: Deposition: George Dethick, of London, Merchant, aged 30: Date: January 24th 1658
- 4.4 Case: XXXX: Examination: David Lloyd, Citizen & Cloatheworker, of London, aged 56: Date: March 8th 1658 (59)
- 4.5 Case: Claim of Stephen ?Pallavacio, of Genoa, regarding silver bars: Deposition: 1. Peter Vandeput, of London, merchant, aged 47: Date: January 29th, 1658
- 4.6 Case: Claim of Stephen ?Pallavacio, of Genoa, regarding silver bars: Deposition: 2. Abraham Cabeljan, of London, merchant, aged 53: Date: January 27th, 1658
- 4.7 Case: Claim of Stephen ?Pallavacio, of Genoa, regarding silver bars: Deposition: 3. John Lewis: Date: January 29th, 1658
- 4.8 Case: XXXX: Deposition: 1. Domingo de a Seida, of London, Merchant, aged 25: Date: January 31st, 1658
- 4.9 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
- 4.10 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
- 4.11 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
- 4.12 Case: Lord Protector ag:t the Hope: Deposition: 5. Peter Aylward, of London, Merchant, aged 40: Date: February 21st 1658 (59)
- 4.13 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
- 4.14 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
- 4.15 Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the 'Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 1. Laurence Burr, of St Catherines near the Tower, Cooper of the Lady ffrigott, aged 38: Date: June 3rd, 1659
- 4.16 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
- 4.17 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
- 4.18 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
- 4.19 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
- 4.20 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
- 4.21 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
- 4.22 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
- 4.23 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
- 4.24 Case: S:r John Dethick Knight, Edward Bolle, John Bancks Richard ffoord, Edward Mico, William ?Pretman and Company, concerning the Bantam ffrigott: Deposition: 2. Lewis Walter, of Deptford, Mariner, aged 40 : Date: March 25th 1658
- 4.25 Case: S:r John Dethick Knight, Edward Bolle, John Bancks Richard ffoord, Edward Mico, William ?Pretman and Company, concerning the Bantam ffrigott: Deposition: 3. William Chamber, of Ratcliffe, Mariner, Gunner of the Bantam ffrigott, aged 48, Date: March 28th 1658
- 4.26 Case: S:r John Dethick Knight, Edward Bolle, John Bancks Richard ffoord, Edward Mico, William ?Pretman and Company, concerning the Bantam ffrigott: Deposition: 4. Thomas Newman, of Mile End, Stepney, Merchant, late Supra cargo of the Bantam ffrigott, aged 43: Date: Aprill 16th 1658
- 4.27 Case: The Brazill Company of Portugall concerning the Jonathan and Abigaill: Deposition: Thomas Morley: Date: June 13th 1659
- 4.28 Case: Mayflower vs. XXXX: Deposition: 2. John Stannian, of the City of London; Gentleman, aged 26: Date: September 23rd 1659
- 4.29 Case: The Brazeele frigot vs. XXXX: Deposition: 3. Samuell Sambrooke, of London, Merchant, aged 44: Date: September 24th 1659
- 4.30 Case: The Brazeele frigot vs. XXXX: Deposition: 5. Samuell Sambrooke, of London, Merchant, aged 44: Date: September ?14th 1659
- 4.31 Case: The Brazeele ffrigot ag:t XXXXX: Deposition: John Cocke: Date: September 8th 1659
- 4.32 Case: XXXX: Depostion: 11. Thomas Wyat: Date: September 8th 1659
- 4.33 Case: The Brazeele frigot vs. XXXX: Deposition: 13. William Bird, of Little St Hellens, London, Merchant, aged 31: Date: September 21st 1659
- 5 Notes
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Front Cover
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January 1658
March 1660//
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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
//The 19:th day of January 1658 English style
Maurice Thompson Alderman William Thompson)
& other freighters of the shipp the Maydenhead)
agt the Dutch East India Company in pticular and)
all other x:r X XXXXXX)
Examined on the allegation given in
XX XXX of November 1658 on behalfe of
the sayd ffreighters
5 WILLIAM READING of Rederiff wall
in the parish of S:t Mary Magdalen Bermond-
sey in the County of Surrey mariner aged
thirty five yeares or thereabouts a wittnesse
sworne & examined saith and deposeth
as followeth viz:t
To the 10:th arle of the sayd allegation hee saith that hee
this deponent was purser of the shipp the Olive Branch an
English shipp which went upon a tradeing voyage from London bound
for Bantam but at her comeing thither the sayd shipp Olive
Branch was hindred by certayne dutch shipps of warr belonging
to and being in the implyment of the dutch East India Company
by which meanes ?they wwas forced to goe to an Island in XXX
PaXXogando upon the Coast of Sumatra and there pXXXX her lading
of pepper to be brought
secretly unknowne to the dutch in XXXX or boates from
Bantam to the sayd Island of Pullegand:o where the shipp the
Olive Branch ridd And saith that hee being XXXX a foresayd Puerser
of the sayd shipp and on XXXX at Bantam during the moneths
of January ffebruary and part of March in the yeare of our
Lord 1656 while the lading of pepper which was shipped aboard
the Olive Branch was proXXXing at Bantam to be sent to
Pollegaade and takeing the weight there of and imployed in
sending the same away thaereby knoweth that in the yeare and
moneth aforesayd pepper might then have bin hard at Bantam bought
of the Chinese (sic) & was by the Chinese offered XXXXXXXXXX
there to be sold to ?sayth as would buy the same at the rate of five
and a halfe pence alright or XXXX for the parcell every parcell
being comonly accompted one hundred sixty two pounds English weight
And saith that the Olive Branch having taken in her ladeing
of pepper at ?Pulligaade XXXXX XXXXX and brought the same
to Ligorno which was according to Charterpty the Port whither
she was designed to carry the same And hee this deponent goeing
Purser in her to Ligorno knoweth that in the Moneths of ffebruary
and March 1657 in which moneths the sayd shipp Olive Branch
was & remayned in the Port of Ligorno XXXX pepper was brought in XXXX was there frequently
and commonly sold at the rate of twenty peeces of eight
per hundred English weight, and hee this deponent having some
pepper pf his owne which was brought hither in the sayd shipp
did there sell the same at som what a bove
that rate of twenty peeces of eight per hundred English weight
And further to this arle hee cannot depose.
To the rest of the articles hee is not examinat, by ?direction
WILLIAM READING [His signature]
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//and saith hee last sawe the ?Consent lyeing on shoare at Redriff
about two or three moneths since & saith the last tyme hee sawe the
?shipp was to the best of his now rememberance about a yeares &
a halfe since XXXXX neere Wapping And further to ?this Interest hee XXXX
answereth not seeing the Consent at her first mooreing nor
knowing when she came ?first to moore in the River of
Thames./
about
XXX
a halfe
answere
knowing
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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
//The 24:th of January 1658 English Style
A business of Examination of witnesses upon
XXXXX Interries XXXXXX XXX the part and
behalfe of S:r John Dethicke John Bancks
Hugh fforth, and Company XXXX certain
XXXXX aboard the shipp the ffrancis & John (Cap:t
XX XXXX Commander) XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
of XXXXX the XXXXXXXX of the Dutch East India
Company.
ffrancklin
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GEORGE DETHICK of London Merchant
aged thirty yeares or thereabouts, a
wittnesse sworne before the right Wor:ll
John Godolphin doctor of Lawes one of
the Judges of the high Court of Admiralty
of England saith and deposeth viz:t.
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith that hee well knoweth that the
Interrogate Hugh fforth
did in the moneth of ffebruary 1656 cause to be laden and put on board
the Interrogate shipp the ffrancis & John whereof the Interrogate
Lawrence MXXXing was Master, then lyeing in the River of Thames
and bound for Bantam Interrogate two Chests conteyning sixe and
twenty Barres and sixteene XXXX
marked & numbered as in the Margent
to be transported in her for Bantam & their disposed of for his
Accompt & the proceeds thereof to be thence returned in her for his
Account XXXXXXXXX knoweth say that hee went Supracargo of the
sayd shipp the voyage in question XXXXXXXXXXXXXX And further to this Interrorie saving his
subsequent deposition hee cannot depose
To the Interrorie hee saith that hee being XXXXXX as a foresayd
knoweth that upon the ladeing of the two chests and the XXXX XXXXX XXXX
XXXXXXXX XXXXX the sayd shipp XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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//To the 9:th hee saith that sometimes ffacto:es at y:e
Canaryes doe marke all the wines and goods which thez
send to one Merch:t for y:e said Merchants account
with one marke: and sometimes with severall marks
to distinguish of what Vinyard they are of, and further
Cannot answer.
RICHARD CASBY [His signature]
Repeated before D:r Godolphin./
y:e 2:d of March 1668./
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Case: XXXX: Examination: David Lloyd, Citizen & Cloatheworker, of London, aged 56: Date: March 8th 1658 (59)
The ?8:th of March 1658:/.
Examined on y:e said Allon./.
R:X
3:us DAVID LLOYD Citizen and Cloathworker
of London, aged 56 yeeres or thereabouts sworne
and Examined:/:
To the first articles of the said Allon hee saith hee hath knowne
y:e arlate John Casby for about fourteene yeeres last during
all w:ch space the said Casby hath bin a Merchant of great dealing
and quality, and in y:e moneth of July 1658. and ever since, and
for many moneth before y:esaid Casby hath and doth trade
from hence to the Canary Islands and from thence to this port of
London for wines and other goods: and doth send many Goods
and Merchandizes from hence on ?their ?owne account to y:e Canaryes and doth receive many pipes
of wines yeerely from y:e Canaryes on his owne acco:t and this Depo:t verily
beleeveth hee hath a ffactor at the said Islands: The premisses hee deposeth
being y:e sd producents packer, and hathe as hee beleeveth packed goods at severall times for
y:e sd producent to the vallue of above twenty Thousand pounds And further
cannot depose:/:
To the ?2:d hee saith hee Cannot depose:/.
To the 3:d hee Cannot depose, saving hee saith that English merchants
doe, (and have done since y:e warre betwixt England and Spaine)
trade at y:e Canaryes under fained and fictitious Dutch names
the better to Colo:r their goods, and p:eserved them from Spanish
Capture./.
To the 4:th hee saith that in January & March, 1657: there were laden on
board y:e arlate ship y:e Susan ffrigot, whereof Abraham Philliter
was M:r sixty one bales , and XXXXX of Severall goods and
Merchandizes w:ch were all for y:e account of the said M:r Casby
and Company and of this depo:ts knowledge there were three
bales or Truncks Laden aboard y:e sd ship at y:e same time, for y:e said
M:r Casbyes sole account, all w:ch were to be Carried and Transported
in y:e sd ship from hence to the Canaryes And saith hee beleeveth
that y:e said 3 bales or Trunckes, and y:e part and share w:ch the
said M:r Casby had in y:e said sixty one Bales about foure or five Thousand
CXXXXXXX, XXXX said Trade being most XX them XXX XXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXX Cloath And further hee cannot depose.
To the 5:th and 6:th hee Cannot depose:/.
To the 7:th and 8:th hee saith thatabout y:e XXXX moneth of March Last there
were laden aboard y:e arlate ship the same XXXXXXX here in y:e
River of Thames anout XXXXXXXXXX Bales or Truncks pf Severall goods
of the first marke in y:e margent XXXXXX
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//Account of the said M:r Cosby, as this depo:t verily beleeveth for that he this
depo:t packt the said goods. and was & ?should be paid bz z:e said M:r Cosbz for y:e
same; And saith the said Goods amounted to a great vallue XX
they being XX Bayes. ?With plaine Cottons XXXX
Million ffustians. Norwich Goods. Stockings, and Kersyes, and
such like Comodityes. but the Vallue thereof hee cannot declare
and further deposeth not:/:
To the 9:th 10:th 11:th 12:th 13:th 14:th & 15:th hee cannot depose:/:
To the 16:th hee Cannot depose saving hee hath heard the said
ship y:e S:t Laurance, in her Course from y:e Canaryes to this
Port of London was taken and seized by an English mann
of Warr:/:
To the 17:th hee saith that the said M:r John Caseby is an English
man borne: and a subiect of this Comonwealth, and hath lied
about three yeeres last in this City, and before that hee did use
to live sometimes at the Canaryes, and sometimes in this City
And y:e ffathr of y:e said producent (whom this depo:t did well knowe)
was in his life time an Englishman, and subiect of this Comon
wealth; And further hee cannot depose:/.
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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
The 27:th of January 1658
Examined upon the allon and
XXX on the behalfe of the said claime
//The claime of Stephen ?Pallavicio
of Genoa for sixe barrs of silver
in the S:t Laurence Peter BoughXXXXX
M:r taken by the Coventry frigot
1. PETER VANDEPUT of London Merchant
aged 47 yeares of therabouts sworne and
examined
To the first and second arles of the said Allon hee saith hee hath
corresponded with the producent Stephen Pallavicino in y:e wayes of
Merchandize, and saith hee was and is comonly reputed a native
subject, & Inhabitant of the State of Genoa, and saith hee beleeveth
him to bee, having bin credibly informed that hee is a ?patrician
of the City and State of Genoa, and this depo:t hath often
received Letters from y:e said pducent dated at Genoa, as the
place of his Dwelling, and hath accordingly directed his Letters to
him there, and further hee doth not depose
To the 3:d hee saith that by the Dealings and Correspondence
w:ch this Dep:t hath for ?diverse yeeres had, and hath with the said producent XX XXXX XXX of XXXXX hee
verily beleeveth him to be a merch:t of great dealing worth
and Quality and saith hee hath and doth drive a trade &
Commerce from y:e Canaryes and y:e dominions of the King of
Spaine in, and with silver by his ffactors there resident, and
that before y:e bringing of the silver in question to this port
this depo:t hath received to the vallue of betwixt twelve and
thirteene hundred pounds for the sd products account from y:e Canaryes, the
same being Consigned unto him this depo:t & further hee deposeth
not:
To the 4:th arle hee saith that before y:e lading of the silver
in question namely about two yeeres since and severall other times
this Depo:t received letters from severall Genoeses, and alsoe from
the said Palavacino himselfe, whereby they desired this Depo:t to
advise them whether they might not safely send silver or Bullion
to London. and without danger Consigne the same to this
depo:t or to the same effect. And this depo:t thinking. (besides
the furtherance of Trade & Comerce) that hee should doe good
service to this Comonwealth, did thereupon write to, and
encourage them to send silver thither, And for further incouragement
of the sd prodc:t this dep:t caused the Act of Parliam:t made for
importacon of Bullion, to be Translated into Spanish and ?sent
the same to him and them, and hee referreth himselfe to y:e said Act of
Parliam:t for Importaccon of silver. And further hee doth not depose
To the 5:th 6:th & 7:th arles and the Letter of Advise, and Invoice XXX
y:e sd 6:th arle mentioned, Nowe shewed unto him, hee saith & XXXX
deposeth that in or about the monethes of July or August last ?past
this depo:t received advise from the said producents ffactor
Don Luis Perez de Vittoria that hee had laded at S:ta Cruz del OzXXXXX
(being a port in y:e Island of Tenereife on of the Canary Islands) ?about
the said ship the S:t Laurence whereof Petr Bonningysent is M:r for y:e
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
for the said Account of the said Provident: and afterwards this
depot received the Letter of advise and Invoice annexed from him
the said ffacto:r by the said ship S:t Laurence XXXX XXX seizure together
with the bill of Lading arlate w:ch hee hath nowe alsoe seene, And
this depo:t hath heard that the said ship belonged to the arlate M:r
fford, And further hee deposeth not, saving that the said Letter
Invoice and Bill of Lading Exhibited were and are the same
soe by him received:
To the 8:th hee saith that after the XX XXXX hee this depo:t was
advised by letters from Plymouth of the seizure of the said ship
and Lading by Captaine Aylett, and of her bringing in thither
where shee was brought (as hee saith) to this port for this depo:t
here received the said silver in question out of her, and further
deposeth not.
To the 9:th hee saith hee is well assured and verily beleeveth
that the said two barrs of silver were really and truely pvided
and laded for y:e prop and sole account of y:e sad producent and
upon his adventure, and that hee runneth the sole hazard thereof
and that noe Spaniard or other subject of the King of Spaine
had at the time of the said Lading and seizure any interest
therein w:ch hee is ?induced the more assuredly to beleeve for
y:t this depo:t by theproducents order hath and ?must make good the proceeds
thereof unto them and that amounted with him for y:e same as
will noe other, And further deposeth not
To the 10:th hee saith hee beleeveth there was peace, and Amity
betweene the Comonwealth and the State of Genoa. and their
subjects the time arlate, and further doth not depose:
To the 11:th hee saith that his foregoeing depon is true.
To the Interrogatoryes
To the first hee saith hee cometh required by M:r ffrancklin to be
pduced in this Cause, and otherwise negatively :
To the second hee saith hee was never at Genoa nor ever
sawe the pducent that hee knoweth of norknowe his ffather
or mother. and otherwise referreth himselfe to his foregoeing
depons:
To the 3:d hee saith that hee this depo:t hath had severall Letters, and
orders from y:e said producent Stephen Pallavacine touching y:e
silver now in question, and hee doth not knowe any other
person besides him XX XXXX. And further hee cannot answer, saving his
forgoeing depon to w:ch hee referreth himselfe.
To the 4:th hee saith that this depo:t hath received pt of the foresd
silver by him deposed of (not sent in y:e S:t Laurence ) in the
King David in or about XXX last, part in y:e Hope, about the
same time, and hee is sure that y:e said Pallavacino (the now
XXXXX) is the same pson for whose account the foresd pXXX
silver in question was laded and consigned to this Depo:t for y:t
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
Peroz de Vittoria the said pducents said ffactor personally. and
saith hee knoweth not that the said de Vittoria is ffactor to any
Spaniard or subject of the King of Spaine, nor hath this
Depo:t received order from any pson to claime the said silber
in Question other than the said pducent from whom hee
saith hee hath received Expresse order therein, and hath had
?procuzaccon from him alone in that be halafe, and other
wise negatively saving as aforesd, saying y:e said Don
Luis Perez de Vittoria is soe farr from having given any
order for Claiming y:e silver in question that hee Doth not as
this depot beleeveth yet knowe of the seizure tehreof
To the 6:th hee saith that upon the bringing in of the said
ship to Plymouth the bill of lading interrogated together w:th
the Letter & ffactory were amongst other paps sent there
in a packet to this depo:t as coming out of the said ship.
and this depo:t brought them into this Court.
To the 7:th hee saith hee knoweth not ought if any other bill
of Lading touching y:e said silver in Question than the said
bill soe brought into Court, and here remaining, nor of
any other Invoice than that annexed to the Allon whereupon
hee is now Examined, and otherwise hee referreth himselfe to his
foregoing depon:
PETER VANDEPUT [His signature]
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
The same day
Examined upon y:e said Allon:
2:nd ABRAHAM CABELJAN of London merchant aged 53
yeeres or thereabouts, sworne and Examined:
To the first and second articles hee saith and deposeth that the
pducent Steven Pallavacino, was and is commonly reuted a native
of Genoa. and Inhabitant Subject of that Comonwealth, and saith
that hee this depo:t livimng with and being Book Keep. of. and for the
p:rcontests M:r Peter Vandeput merchant hath seene severall Letters
from the said product Living at Genoa sent to and received by the said M:r Vandeputt XXX Correspondent
here, and severall Letters of his directed to y;e said producent, and there
resident, And further hee deposeth not
To the 3:d arle hee saith that before y:e silver in question came & arrived
here in England, the ffactor of the said producent called don Luis
Perez de Vittoria, sent from the Iland of Teneriffe to the XXXX
M:r Vandepur, for his the said producents Accompt to the Vallue
of betwixt telve and thirteene hundred pounds sterling in silver w:ch XXX
received by the said M:r Vandeput for the account of y:e said pducent
and was soe received by the said M:r vandeput herein this XXXX
before y:e arrivall of y:e silver in question of this depo:ts sihht, who XXX
XXX receipt thereof and y:e Letters and dispacthes concerninge y:e
XXXX//
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//Hath placed the same to the said producent's Accompt, hee being as
aforesd & booke XXX of the said M:r Vandeput and thereby hee well knoweth
that the said Stephen Pallavacine hath and doth drive a greate trade in
silver, from the Canaryes, And further thee doth not depose
To the 4:th arle hee saith that before the Lading the silver in question
aboard the said ship the S:t Laurence severall Genoese merchants
wrote ?unto the said M:r Vandeput to London, whereby they desired him
to certifye or advise them, whether or noe they might safely send
silver and bullion to London, and consigne the same to him the said
M:r Vandeput, without danger of seizing or confiscacion of y:e same
And saith the said M:r Vandeput wrote to them that they might
doe it safely, and XXXX XXX them in such sending and sent a
Translacon in XXXXX of the Act of parliam:t in that behalfe
made for the security of such Importacons w:ch hee knoweth
having seene y:e said Letters soe received and the answeres thereof
being privy to the said M:r Vandeputs dispatches in such matters
(hee being his booke keep as aforesaid) in his affaires of moment
touching his ?Commerce.
To the 5:th 6:th and 7:th arles hee saith that before any newes of y:e
seizure of y:e ship S:t Laurence in question the said M:r Peter vandeput
receaved Letters by other?s shipping from the said Don Luiz Peroz
de Vittoria, advising him of the Lading of the two barrs of silver
(w:ch are nowe claimed) aboard the said ship the S:t Laurence and
of the Consignment thereof to him the said M:r Vandeput for y:e
said producents account to be heere delivered in this Port
And that afterwards the said M:r Vandeput received advise from
Plimouth of the bringing in of the said ship thither and received
a packet of Letters, and dispatched thence as brought thither in y:e
said shipS:t Laurence, and XXXXXX them the Letter and Invoice and XXX
to the ?allon (now shewed unto him this depo:t) and alsoe y:e bill of
Lading inder y:e hand of Peter BXXXXXX M:r of the said ship
now alsoe shewed unto him remaining in this Court, ?which he
knoweth having seene the said first Letters of advise and alsoe
these and y:e Invoice and Bill of Lading soe brought in y:e
S:t Laurence upon their first bringing to the said M:r Vandeput
and havinge now XXXX XXXX Exhibited and remaining in the
Court hee well knoweth them to be the same that were soe received
by M:r Vandeput, and pticularly by a note or marke made upon
the letter by him this depo:t, And further hee cannot depose
To the 8:th arle hee saith that the said ship the S:t Laurence being on
her
course from y:e Canaryes, seized and brought unto Plymouth was
afterwards brought thence to this port of London, together with the
said silver in question, ?which silver y:e said M:r Vandeput here
received
To the 9:th arle hee saith that by the Letters and transactions that XXXXX
the said producent XXX y:e said M:r Vandeput touching y:e said XXXXX
w:ch hee hath seene hee verily beleeveth the same to be for y:e ?sole account
of/
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//of the said producent, and to be ?provided and laden for his Account
without that any Spaniard of subject of y:e King of Spaine XXXX
time of Lading or seizing or since ?may XXX therein whereXXXXX
To the 10:th hee saith there was the time arlate by ?Comon XXXXX
peace and Amity betwixt the Comonwealth and that if Spaine and XXX
y:e respective subjects of the said XXXXXXXXX
To the last hee saith his foregoeing ?deponent XXXX is true
To the Interres
To the first hee saith hee cometh to Testify in this Cause XX the
order of the producents proctor & otherwise negatively
To the 2:nd hee saith hee was never at Genoa nor XXXXX y:e XXXX
nor knoweth his father or mother and other wise hee cannoz ?answere
saving as aforesaid
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
to his foregoeing Depn and saving y:e same cannot further answer
To the 4:th, hee saith hee referreth himselfe to his foregoing depon &
cannot further answer saving hee knoweth that the said XXXX
XX XXXX pson for whose account the said other parcells of silver XX
XXXX & this ?inquisition) was sent to the said M:r Vandeput XXX
they XXXXfrom y:e same factor and in y:e same XXX & XXXXX
in y:e same XXXXX.
To the 5:th arle hee saith that hee doth not psonally knowe the sayd
Don Luis Perez de Vittoria the ffactor of y:e said ?Pallavacino, XXXX
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
hath?dwelt with the said M:r Vandeput XXX hath bin a ?Gent XXXX
yeeres last) XXXX sent aor consigned any silver to the said M:r
Vandeput for the said Don Luis his XXXX account, nor any for y:e
account of any Spaniards. And further hee cannot answer
saving as aforesaid.
To the 6:th he referreth himselfe to his foregoing depon and
further cannot answer saving negatively for his part
To the last negatively for his pt saving as aforesaid
ABRAHAM ?CABDELJAN ?Jun:r [His signature]
Deposed XXXXX two Judges in Court
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Case: Claim of Stephen ?Pallavacio, of Genoa, regarding silver bars: Deposition: 3. John Lewis: Date: January 29th, 1658
//The 29:th of January 1660.
Examinat ?ex parte for XXX XXXXX.
JOHN LEWIS of the parish of S:t Dunstans XXXX East ?India
Merchant aged 47 yeeres or therabouts sworne and XXXXX
To the first second and third articles of the said allegaccon hee saith and
deposeth that hee may knoweth the producent Stephen PaXXXXXX
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
citie of Genoa (the ?place of the said producents ?birth
and XXXX) and keeping house there and trading ther as a merchant
from the yeere 1644 to the yeere 1656, during w:ch tyme hee was
well acquianted w;th the said producent Stephen Pallavacino and
XXX his the said Stephens father living in the said citie. And for a
XXXX//
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//Genoese by birth and extraction and a subect of the stat eof XXXX XX
the said Stephen Pallavacino was and is XX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
And saith that for all the said time of this deponents said dwelling in Genoa
the said producent of this deponents XXXX XXX knolwedge dwellt and ?kept
house and familie there and that hee was and is XXX of the XXXXX of XXXXX
soe commonly accompted: And saith that the said producent was and is
a merchant of very greate account and dealing and estste and of ?such
wealth that hee is estimated to be worth one ?hundred thousand pounds sterling,
and saith that the said producent was XXXXX this deoinet XX XXX XXX
because very greate quantities XXXX XXX XXX (of this deponents XXX XXXX
knowledge) for the XXXX account of the sais producen XXXXX
XXXXX of greate account and dealing in XXX, XXXXX hath XXXX
pXXXXX XXX and is commonly accompted and reputed and further
hee deposeth not
Ro XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
To the Interries
To the first hee saith hee was XXXX unto by M:r XXXX the XXXX
and deposed to come and XXXX what he knowes as XX XXXX, and
to the rest hee answreth XXXX XXX XX, and otherwise ?cannot answer,
To trhe second hee saith and deposeth and XXXX XXX from XXXXX XXX
December 1656, and there XXX XXXX XStephen Pallavacino XXXX before
this deponent had XXX XXXX, and this deponent did XXX XXX that
said producents XXXX. And otherwise referreth himselfe to XXX XXX
before deposed.
To the third hee saith hee knoweth and XXXXX XXX in XXXX arlate
name is alsoe Stephen Pallavacino, who alsoe was XX XXXX of XXXXX
XXXX of this deponents said dwelling there, and a XXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXX, and was
XXXX the XXX of the oredeposed Stephen
XXXX producent
this deponent doth not knowezj
?before
did
the Merchants of that XXX
To the 4:th XXX
To the 5:th XXXX
To the last XXXX
JO LEWIS [His signature]
Repeated before
XXXXX
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Case: XXXX: Deposition: 1. Domingo de a Seida, of London, Merchant, aged 25: Date: January 31st, 1658
The 31:th day of January 1660
Examined upon an Allon given in on the
behalfe of the said XXXX
The Claime of XXX XXXXX)
XXXX Merchant of London for)
94 pipes of Canary Wines)
& other hoods taken in y:e ship y:e)
S:t Laurence XXX XXXXX)
M:r XXX XXXXXX)
D:r XXXX
1. DOMINGO DE LA SEIDA of London Merch:t
aged 25 yeeres or thereabouts sworne
and Examined
To the first arle hee saith and deposeth that the arlate Anthony
Rodriguez ?RivXXXes is Comonly and generally reputed a XXXX
of ffinident in the Kingdome of Portugall, and soe his XXX
deponent beleeveth him to bee and XXXX hee XXXXX
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Rodriguez Robles for theise thirteene fourteene yeeres
last past or thereabouts. and knowe him first Living att
Civill in Spaine namely for y:e first yeires of the said time
XXXX and thence hee went to the Canaryes, and soe for London
and saith that this depot hath lived in London about six yeeres
last past, during w:ch space hee hath knowne the sayd
Robles to be an Inhabitant, and to be a house keeper
in Dukes place London with his ffamily, and that this depo:t
lying in y:e same house, and beeing his booke keep
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
//E:E:
A business of examining of witnesses on the)
XXXX of Maurice Thompson, Thomas CanXXXX)
Christofer Willoughby John Page and others,)
Merchants of London, freighters of the shipp
the Jonathan, ag:t the Dutch East India)
Company in pticular and all others in genall)
Smith
Ro.
The 11:th of ffeburary 1658
Examinands upon an allon given in on the
behalf of the said M:r Thompson and others
1. HENRY DACRES of London Marchant aged
34 yeeres or thereabouts sworne in the said
Court of the Admiraltie of England, saith and
deposeth as followth vizt.
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
they were the XXXX arlate of the yeere 1656 XXX others and Imployers
of the said shipp the Jonathan and XXX hee can from this XXX on a
trading voyage for sevrall parts and places of the East Indias, and
there to retourne for England on and for their proper account
w:ch hee knoweth for that hee was acquainted with and XXX XXXX at
such XXXXX XXXX and were supra cargo in thesaid shipp the said voyage
To the second article hee saith that within the foresaid time namely in
and about the moneth of January 1656 the said shipp the Jonathan
being in the parts of the East Indies and quietly trading there had aboard her
greate quantities of goods and merchandizes for the use and account of the
said Maurice Thompson and company aforesaid w:ch XXXXhad taken in
on the coast of Coromandel and w:ch they were carrying to Bantam,
for w:ch place of BantamXXX the said XXX were proper and not for
any other part or place thereabouts to be bartered away, and eben
XXXXX XXXX and provided for Bantam, where they were to be sold
and bartered away for such XXXX as were then to be head and ?procured
for the most advantage of the said producents, w:ch hee knowes for that
hee was supra cargo aforesaid and the person there ?carryed the said goods to
be taken in and was in person XXX with them in the said shipp for
Bantam.
To the third and 4 articles hee saith that in or about the said moneth of January
1656 (old stile) the said shipp in her course of prceeding from the
said coast for Bantam, coming neere the Island of Pulliayanjan within
five leagues or lesse distance of the Road of Bantam, was met wizj
and set upon by five XXX of dutch shipps, in the XXX XX neare of the
East India company of the United Netherlands, and that upon their haling
and demanding XXXX that shipp (Speaking of the Jonathan) over and
XXXX bound, and XXXX XXXX XXX sewall of England, came from
Cormandel bound wth XXX for Bantam, thet of the dutch shipps
XXXX and told the master and company of the Jonathan that they must
not nos could run into Bantam, and that they lay there on purpose to
oppose them or any other shipps of England that should endeavour to run into
Bantam, for w:ch (as they XXX) they had order from the Generall of the sd dutch East India
company XXXX was XXX and heard the XXX
To the fifth and sixth 7. 8 and 9:th articles hee saith that the master and company of the
Jonathan finding this XXXXX of the dutch, fairly and earnestly instructed
XXXXXX of the dutch commanders to goe in, and desired them to XXXX or
send aboard the Jonathan and XXX her assuring them XXXX XX
any XXXder, XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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//aboard, XX XXXX of XXX the sd dutch XXXXX ?Daniell
this deponent ?fell to intreate them XXXXX to order
XXX in, telling them (as XXX truly was) that thay ?durst seek XXX
XXXX persons aboard, and XXXX greate necessitie of their ?going
XX the XXX In XXX victuakks and reXXX under for their part
and to XXX their trading XXXXX, and the dutch still suspitious
within XXXX, the Jonathan endeavoured to put in, XXXXX they of
?othr dutch shipps sett on her, and XXX XXXX the
master of the Jonathan and this deponent XX XXXX to XXX XXXX
thereXXXX to search them if they came XXX XXXXX to such XXXX
XXX this deponent (the master XXX sick) went aboard to their
Admirall and told him and ?modestly expostulated with him the XXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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XX
2. WILLIAM STEPHEN of Limehouse Marriner late
masters mate of the shipp the Jonathan (Robert
Graves com:der) aged 28 yeares or therabouts
sworne and examined
To the first article of the said allon hee saith and deposeth that
hee well knoweth the producents Maurice Thompson, Thomas Canham
and Christofer Willoughbie and saith that they and XXX XX were the
shipp the Jonathan, and imployed and sent her out on a merchandizing
voyage from this port for the East Indies and places thereabouts for
their proper account, and they upon their account XXX XXX XX XXXXX
by her said Merchandizing imployment to this XXX, w:ch hee knoweth
being Master Mate of her the said voyage, and going the voyage
To the second article hee saith and deposeth that within the said XXXX
moneths in or about the moneth of January 1656 XX XXX XXX XXXXXX
trading in the parts of East India, and had aboard her XX XXXXXX
quantitie of goods and merchandizes w:ch were for the said account
XX XXXXX in the coast of Coromandell, and were to be transported
XXX, as were proper for Bantam trade and what ?Returne, and
XXXX to XXX ptended and XXXX with XXXXX to be XXXX to
Bantam and there delivered, and the said commander & company
XXX carrying her said goods in the said shipp for Bantam where thee
XXX were to be traded and bartered for the ?traffic an accompt
of the said Imployers of the said shipp, w:ch hee knoweth for the reason
aforesaid
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
them plainly that they might XX XX should for in thither XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX And XXXX
to come to an anchor XXX the Admirall , his precontest being XXXX
wXXX aboard the dutch Admirall, and upon his retourme aboard the
Jonathan declared the XXX Admirall, and expressly forbidden and
?prohibited their going in to Bantam, and had declared that if they and XXXXXX to goe in
hee would sink them in ?that effort, and thereupon the said M:r Dacres being
supra cargo or merchant of the Jonathan under a protest against such their
hinderance by the dutch. All w:ch hee knoweth being present aboard
the Jonathan. And further deposeth not.
?9:th article of the said allon hee saith and deposeth that
the said shipp the Jonathan being XX prohinited and hindered by the dutch
from going into Bantam to w:ch hee was XX XXXX with her said XXXX
was XXX and to depose and goe to other places for w:ch ?ther goods
were not proper and to w:ch they were not designed, and there to barter
and XXXX them away, to the great losse and damage of the said
imployers in respect of what the ?prisses would have bin if thesaid goods
hath nin XXX to an delivered at Bantam accordinge as they were designed
To the tenth hee saith that by the said hinarance and prohibition of the
dutch the said Imployers have suffered greate losse and dammagem, but
the valew thereof hee cannot as hee saith estimate
W:M STEPHENS [His signature]
Repeated with his ?precontest before
Dr Godolphon.
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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
//The 17th of ffebruray 1658
Examined upon the fore said allegaccon
3. ALEXANDER PRESCOTT of London Marchant aged 27 yeeres or
thereabouts sworne and examined.
To the first and second articles hee saith and deposeth That hee very well
knoweth the procudents Maurice Thompsom, Thomas Canham, Christofer
Willoughby, John Page and company aclate and saith they were in and for
all the monthes arlate of the yeere 1656 XXXXX and Imployers of the
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
January XXX was ?two ?yeers the said shipp being quietly trading in the said
parts, and having aboard her a quantitie of marchandizes consisting in XX
cottons and callicos XX XXX XXX factor XXX account taken aboard her on the coast
of Cormandel was carrying XX XXX for Bantam for w:ch place the said goods were
XXXX and were provided XXXXX to be ther XXXXXX and XXXXXXX
and not for XXXXX to be disbursed XX XXX XXXXXX nir XXX XXXX XX
XXX XX XXXX soe XXXXX to her said ?merchants as XX Bantam, w:ch hee
knoweth being burser of the said shipp and goeing the said voyage from place to
place in her, being alsoe XXXX X XXX XXX XXX XXXX of the, XX XXX
To the third and fourth articles hee saidth and deposeth that the said shipp XXXXX
XX XX her course from the said coast for Bantam and XX XXXXX Island
of Pulliaayanjan about XXX XX XXX leagues distance from Bantam XXX
XXXX XXX XXXX of dutch shipps (w:ch wer in the service and Imployment
of the dutch East India company) XXX, saving that one of them XX
them XXXX, and XXX XXXX XXX along with XXX XXXXX, and saith XXXX
XXXX//
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//the Jonathan XXXXing a XXXX XXXXX under the said XXXXX XXXX XXX to goe into
Bantam the next day, the said dutch shipp XXXX XXXXX the said
other foure dutch shipps riding also neere, and the next morning the Jonathan
XXX XXXX to goe into Bantam the said dutch shipps boat ?came aboard XXXX
Bantam, for the dutch had ?warrs with the Bantamers and the said
sutch shipps lay there XXX XXXX to hinder all shipps from going in,
having order from their Generall ?intendeant, and being authorised that they
of the XXXXXX were bound to XXX in them their merchandizing designe, and therewith all
XXXX to XXX in, the skipper of the said dutch shipp aboard the Jonathan
called out to those aboard the said dutch shipp to fire at the ?Jonathan, and
they thereupon XXXX a XXX XX the Jonathan, and then the Jonathan being commanded
to come close to their Admirall,
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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)
//The 21:th of ffebruary 1658
Lord Protector ag:t. the Hope.)
aforesaid.)
5 PETER AYLWARD of London Merchant, aged 40 yeeres or
thereabouts sworne and examined as aforesaid
To the first second and third Interries hee saith and deposeth that in or about June
last was a twelve moneth M:r John Page one of the Merchants concerned in
this busines, having with his associates a designe in hand to send a shipp from
Amsterdam for the West Indies to trade for their account upon the coasts of
the Spaniards, and understanding that this deponent understood both the Spanish
and dutch tongues (besides English) and could speake them, and alsoe
understood the busines of traffique and XXXXX as a marchant treated and
agred with this deponent to goe the said voyage for five pounds per
moneth wages and XXXX for XXX goods for his owne account, wherein hee
this deponent was to give assistajce to John Lo?pes his ?precontest who was alsoe then XXX
and being XX hired this deponent was XX XXX XXXXX in a dutch shipp called the
?Mackerell bound for Amsterdam and concerned with him in the said shipp XXXXX,
perpetuanas, ?hatts, and many other particulars of goods w:ch were here ?provided by the
said M:r Page and XXXX ffernandez, M:r ?Robles, M:r Jenkin and M:r ?Painter
Merchants of this citie, to be at Amsterdam put aboard such a shipp
as could be provided for that XXXX and voyage. And YYYing to Amsterdam
the shipp the ?HoyX interrogate was by order of their said Imployers and by
their partners at Amsterdam John Tilly and John ?XXnterwell and XXX
of XXXXX (as hee tooke them to be) who XXX XXX was but XXXX XXXXXX
?expresslly reputed at Amsterdam about w:ch buying this deponent ?eyther
with the said John ?Hoyer and Patrick ?Betts (who were alsoe come over from
England in the ?same designe) were ?employed, and saith XX ?cost ?answere
XXXXXX fourXXX hundred gilders or thereabouts. And saith
?the//
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//the said shipp being so bought and procured for the said voyage, the said goods
?be carried from England were laded aboard her, together with XXXXX
Wines and other goods and XXXXX provided in Holland, and this lading
being XXXXX, the said shipp departed from Amsterdam therewith in September
last was a twelve moneth bound for the West Indies, not being limited
to any particular XXX, but left to the discretion of the said John ?Lopez
with the advise of this ?deponent to manage the voyage in XXXX parte to the
best advantage of her said Imployers, of w:ch hee saith M:r Page, M:r PXXXXX
and M:r Dunkin are English men and ?Inhabitating XXXXXX of this ?citie
M:r ?Antonio ffernandez Caravajall, and M:r Antonio Rodriguez Robles alsoe
merchants of this citie and reputed Portugueses, XXX M:r ffernandez is XXX
?indenizened, John Tilly an Irishman borne but living in Amsterdam
where alsoe liveth the said John ?CXXXXXXnet, who hath formerly lived
long in London, but whose countrey man he is this deponent knoweth not-
And saith the said shipp from Amsterdam went directly to the Island of
Trinidad, and was there ?Registred and entred as a Spanish shipp, and
thereby and by presents to the Gouvernor and others (XXX w:ch XXXX goods
were there sold) XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX lived and XXXXXX for prattique XX
the Spanish XXXX in those parts, and being therewith furnished she departed
in or about November 1657 to ?Comana a coast on the terra firma and
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
there sold ?of her said outwards cargo for about XXXXX XXX and ?peeces of
eight, and leaveing the money ?ther, XXXXXX further into the
Gulfe of Honduras and there sold and ?tucked away all the rest of
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
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
SasaXXXlla sixteene XXXXX were provided by and laded by his precontest
?Toribia ffernandez for his owne account, and that this deponent ?bought ?them
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
saith that this deponent is a subiect of this Commonwealth and hath
lived tenn yeares and bin married and a XXX ?lodger XXXX yeares in this
?nation, five yeeres whereof hee lived in three tunne alley neere ?Moregate
and now liveth in Leadenhall streete over againstXXXXXX, and hath
loved XXXXXXX XXXX, but is an Irish man borne, and soe
is the said Betts, who hath lived in London for all the said time of this
deponents dwelling there, and (as hee hath heard) for tenn yeered before ?and
XXXX an Apprenticeshipp here to a Mariner. And further that the said
shipp departed from TXXXille aforesaid with ?intent to come and stop at
Dover or Deale wh?ence this deponent or the said ?Loyas were XXXX XXXX to
their said Imployers in this reXXX to receive orders aXXXX diXXXXXX, But
by//
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//by XXX XXXX was
In ?Milford
To thefourth fifth and sixth hee saith that the said Bets XXXyed the
XXXX XXX and was by the said Imployers XXX master of the said vessell
and was so to appeare untill her comming to the West Indies, XXXX
shee met with any ffrenchmen ?outwards XX XXX, in w:ch case Jerome XXXX
a dutch man (put in purposely therefore) was to appeare master of her
but in the West Indies John Lopes was to appeare Commander and XXXX
XXXX, and XXXX to doe all for his owne account, and saith their Instructions
were verball and not in writing, saving that M:r Tilly gave them a paper
belonging to the dutch) and that she belonged to the dutch West India
Company, w:ch paper the said Jerome was to show in case of meeting
with Spaniards, and in his custody XX was and was as XXXXX written in dutch. ?And
saith they had Invoices XXX of their outwards and XXXXwards goods XX
XXbills of lading or charterpartie, w:ch Invoices were in the XXXXXX
of here said M:r XXXXX, who (as hee supposeth) brought them to London. And
saith that while shee rode in Milford havem, being an XXXX harboure, and
a shipp appearing (whome they suspected to be an Ostender) but proved
a Dutch?man ?of ?warre) this deponent desired that the English Invoices might
be hidd, w:ch was accordingly XXXXXX, but after when appeared to
be a Rotterdammer, they were taken in and were brought XXXXX,
and XXXXX thatm hee knoweth not of any ?hat
were hided, nor knowe there any truXXX XXXXX, throwne over board or
othewise made away hat hee knoweth or beleeveth. And otherwise
negatively, saving hee XXX know the said shipp before hee mett her and
thXX EXXXXXXX he bought as aforesaid at Amsterdam.
To the 7:th hee saith there were twenty men and a boy belonging to the
said shipp when shee XX XXXXX Milford, whereof seaven were Spaniards
the said John Lopez being one of the said Spaniards, and saith three of the
said Spaniards are in London, and the rest were left abroad And
further cannot depose.
To the 8:th hee saith there were tenn guns in the said shipp shee XX
came to Milford Haven, and that shee is of about ?seaven or ?eighty ?two tonnes
burthen, and that she had aboard her in silver two XXX, one
XXXX, two XXXXXXX, seaven or eight XXXXXX, and a tobacco box
and seaven or eight peeces of eight; w:ch the said John Lopez had ashore
at Milford. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the last, negatively.
PETER AYLWARD [His signature] [Five pointed star immediately to right of signature, in same black ink]
Repeated before D:r Godolphin.
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Case: Rowland Hill John Hill and Company own:rs of the Oporto Merchant vs. Sir James Drax et al: Deposition: 1. Thomas Chevers, of Limehouse, Stepney, Mariner, Master of the Oporto Merchant, aged 28: Date: March 9th 1658
//The 9:th day of March 1658
Rowland Hill John Hill and Company own:rs of)
the Oporto Merchant. Thomas Chevers M:r)
ag:t S:r James Drax Knight Richard ?Huggins Tho:)
?Kendall, James ?Wyck and Robert Welding)
Merchants in particular and all others in)
Generall that have or p:rtend to have any
rights, Titles, or interest in y:e goods wares and
Merchandizes lately brought in y:e sayd ship)
to this port from y:e Barbadoes in a Cause
of Damage and average. Suckley.
Rp
1. THOMAS CHEVERS
of Limehouse in the
parish of Stepney
Mariner, M:r of the
ship the Oporto Merchant
aged 28 yeeres or thereabouts
sworne and Examined.
To the first arle of the said Allon hee saith that hee hath well
knowne y:e arlate y:e ship the Opoto Merchant whereof this depo:t
is nowe M:r for about Twelve monethes last, and well
knoweth that y:e arlate Rowland Hill John Hill, and XX
Hopegood and Company for all y:e ?same time
were the true and lawfull owners and proprieto:rs of the
said ship and of her tackle Apparell, and furniture,
and for such being XX accounted and reputed: And further
hee cannot depose.
To the second hee saith the said ship the Oporto Merchant in
her course from Barbadoes to this port of London
?Laden with Sugars Cotton and Indico and other Comodityes
for the account of y:e arlate S:r James Drax Richard XXXXX
Thomas Kendall James Wyck Robt ?Weeking & others did meete
with neere the fflowers and Calves, on or about the
twentieth day of January last a greate and violente storme
w:ch did soe continue for about sixteene houres, the
winde being then at West, And y:e said ship running
before the sea, under ?her foresaile, the said ships ?stern
gave way, and this depo:t and Company were forced
to ?haul the said foresaile of the said ship, and lye under
a ?mizen, And saith that y:e seas being very high brake
the said ships Tiller, w:ch did much endanger y:e ?keeper the
said ships Rudder, and ?Sterne part; And at the XXXX
part (OR, port) hee saith the said ship, shipped under water w:ch came
into y:e hold of y:e sd ship, And y:e weather being very
Tempestuous, and y:e violent winde continueing, y:e said
ships ?Missen saile was blowne away, and lost, and by
Meanes of looseing y:e Misen, y:e said ship lay broad XXX
to the sea, and by reason thereof shipped a very violent sea
w:ch washed overboard And ?Sheats Anchor, and the long boate
and//
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//and skiffe: y:t were fastned to y:e sd ships Deck were XXXX
to Leeward, and with the goeing oberboard of the said XXX
w:ch hunge to the said ship by y:e Rope to w.ch it was fast was XXX
and by y:e said ships Rowlings it bilged a hole in y:e XXXX
of the said ship, through w:ch hole; and other places in y:e sd ships side w:ch were XX by violence of the XXXX
Insoemuch that there was in a short time foure foote
and a halfe of water in her hold, w:ch caused y:e said XXX
to lye dead in y:e sea; And saith that the said ships lading XXX
and Company onboard. by reason long XXXXXX of the said ?Extreme
Stormy and windy weather, were all in greate danger
of Sinking and perishing in the sea. And further ?deposeth
that this depo:t and Company on board y:e said ship did
upon good advice Consideraccon, and Consultaccon, for y:e
prservaccon of the said ship and Lading, and their owne
Lives. Cut downe y:e maine mast. by the board. and cut
away. y:e Ropes and Tackling thereto belonging,
and did stave and cast over board most
of their caskes with fresh waterm And were for y:e preservaccon of their shipp XXXX XXXto cut their foresaid XXX Anchor, and main XXX
and tackling thereto belonging, and all and singular
the Tackle Apparrell funiture and things belonging
to the said ship y:e Oporto Merchant . mentionedd and
set downe in the Schedule annexed to y:e said Allon
(now seene and read over by this depo:t) and y:e said Tackle
and things therein set downe. were at the tome of
their said Cutting and Casting away and loosing
well worth the severall summes set downe in y:e said schedule
for y:e same, amounting in y:e whole to the summe of One hundred
fourty two pounds two shillings sterling. And saith. that by
the violence of y:e said Storme y:e said mizen saile was blown
away and Lost w:ch was then worth four pounds, and y:e stern
poast Rudder and sterne of the said Shipp. were by y:e same
meanes much damnifyed to the vallue of about twenty
pounds: The premisses hee Deposeth being M:r of the said
Ship, and on board her y:e foresaid time, and an Eye witness
of the same And further hee cannot depose.
To the 4:th and 5:th (sic) hee saith that during all the time the
said Storme Continued, and after wards, this depo:t and
All his Company did Constantly keepe both the
pumpes goeing, and y:e water increasing they were CCCC
to bring y;e said Ships starboard side to the sea, and then XXX
said Ship being XXred, or turned, her spritsaile was XXX
away, by y:e violence of the said Storme, and in y:e morning of
the 21:th day of January last, y:e Said Storme abated And
Depo:t//
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//Depo:t and Company did with much Carepaines & Dilligence
stop the said hole made by the said ?sheat Anchor, and, freed
her of the water, w:ch shee had received in at the the said Hold
and at other places. as aforesaid. and saith that when the
said ship departed from y:e Barbadoes, and untill y:e said
storme came and happened the said ship was strong
strong and Tight, and was well fitted with all manner
of necessaryes and materialls for y:e said voyage, and was
not over laden, but was able to beare the lLading w:ch was
then on board her. and saith her ?sheath Anchor was well
and sufficiently fastened to the side of the said ship; untill
the same was washed from y:e same by the said storme,
And saith that what dammage did happen to y:e said ship
and Lading y:e said time, happened meerely by y:e said
tormy and windy weather, and not by any insufficiency
in y:e said ship, or any fault of or in this depo:t, or any of his
Company. The premises hee Deposeth for the reasons
aforesaid: And further cannot Depose.
To the 6:th hee referreth himselfe to the Registry of this Court
To the last hee saith his foregoeing depon is true.
THO CHEVERS [His signature]
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Case: Rowland Hill John Hill and Company own:rs of the Oporto Merchant vs. Sir James Drax et al: Deposition: 2. Richard James, of Limehouse, Boatswaine of the Oporto Merchant, aged 3?8: Date: March 10th 1658
The Tenth day of March 1658
Examined on the said Allon
Rp
2:nd RICHARD JAMES of Limehouse. Boatswaine
of the ship the Oporto Merchant aged 3?8 yeeres or
thereabouts sworne and Examined:
To the first Arle of the said Allon hee saith and deposeth that
hee verily beleeveth that the arlate M:r Rowland Hill and Company
fo:r theis twelve monethes last, have bin, and at p:rsent are
the true & awfull own:rs of the arlate ship y:e Oporto
Merchant (whereof Thomas Cheevers is M:r) and of her tackle &
furniture & things belonging unto her, and soe they are Comonly
accounted. The premises hee deposeth for that hee hath bin
boatswaine of the said ship y:e Oporto Merchant for about thirteene
monethes last, And otherwise cannot depose:
To the second hee saith that y:e said ship y:e Oporto Merchant
Coming from y:e Barbadoes Laden with Sugars, Cotton & some Indico
for y:e account of S:r James Drax. M:r Wood?ward severall other M:rchants
Bound for this Port of London; in her Course ?hether was neere y:e XXXXXXX
on or about the twentieth day of January, last, there happened and
rose a very great & violent storme; w:ch Continued very violent for
about Eight or Tenn houres, the winde being then at West, and
saith that for y:e p:rservaccon of the said ship, Lading and men on board
her, her Company ranne her before y:e sea, under her ?foreCourse
halfe mast high; and which they ranne her soe, her Sterne (OR, Stemme) gave way//
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//XXXX, And XXXXXX y:e ?Master and Company of the said
ship were foreced to ?hand their foreCourse; or foresaile, and
lye under a mizen. and whXXXX shee soe lay. y:e said shipps
Tiller was broken by y.e violence of the said Storme, and did
much endanger y:e looseing of the Rudder and sterne ?poast
of the said ship, and saith that at y:e XXXX port wher
her Tiller was broken the said ship receaved much water
in her hold, And y:e said very Violent Storme; not abating
y.e said ships missen sail, was by the Violence there of XX
splitt & Torne; and blowne away, and after it was blowne
away, the said ship was by
the force and Violence of the said Storme, forced to lye
broad off, to the sea, and by that meanes, shipped a greate
sea, which washed her boate and skiffe. to Leeward
and washed her sheat Anchor over board, and it, hanging
to y:e Rope to which it was fastened, and y:e said ship Roling
two and againe y:e said Anchor bilged a hole in y:e side of the
said ship just by her Lough, through w:ch. And other places
and ?Crozes: there came such Water in hold; soe that
her hold, had & receaved in a short space some four and XXXX
halfe water, w:ch caused y:e said ship to lye in y:e Sea,
without motion; And saith that by reason of trhe Violence
and duraccon of the said Storme; both the said ship Lading
and all the Company on board her were in great
danger of persihing in y:e Sea. This hee deposeth for that
hee was Boatswaine of and on board the said ship at
y:e time when y:e sayd Storme happened, and further hee
doth not depose.
To the 3:d hee saith that fore said Thomas Cheevers, and Company
off and on board the said shipp; in y:e said Storme did XX
upon a seious Consideraccon, for y:e safeguard of the said
ship and Lading, and their owne Lives Cut the said ships
Mainmast by the board, and Cut away the saile and
Rigging, and Tackling thereto belonging, and Cut away
her Sheat Anchor, and staved most of the Caskes of water
y:t were aboard her, and therby did much Lighten the said
Shipp: And having now seene & read y:e Schedule Exhibited hee
saith that all and singular y:e Masts, sailes, tackle and
funiture & Materialls. therein set downe & Expressed
to the said Ship, were and are Uteerly lost by meanes of the said Storme and they were XX
, the time of their said Cutting away, and loosing well worth
the severall and respective summes of money, set downe in the
said schedule for y:e same, in y:e whole amounting to y:e summe
of One hundred fourty two pounds two shilllings sterl. XXX
that, besides y:e foresaid Damages, there was alsoe (by meanes
of the violence of the said Storme,) much hurt and damage//
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//done to the said ships Rudder Sternepost and XXXXXXX; the
repaire whereof will oast the said ?Owner:es about twenty pounds
sterlins, besides hee saith that y:e ?Masson saile of y:e sd ship,
was worth about XXXX at y:e time of y;e blowing away of the same; The
premisses hee deposeth for y:e Reasons aforesaid, and for that
hee was one that helped to comprize y:e ssaid Materialle
set downe in y:e said schedule; and further hee deposeth not:
To the 4:th hee saith that for and during y:e Continuance of the
said Storme,; her Company did (when they
could stand upon the Deck) XX XXX her pumpes, and keepe
them goeing XXX Storme Continunuaeing the Company
of the said ship were forced to bring the said Ships Starboard
Syde to the Sea and the shipp being turned her Spritsaile
was blowne away, and y:e next morning about day light
the said Storme Abating the M:r and Company of the said ship
by their Great Labo:r, Care, & Dilligence, did Stop the said
ships Leake, by her Lough, and freed her of the water w:ch
shee had in her, This hee deposeth for that hee assisted
therein, And further hee cannot depose.
To the5:th hee saith that the said Ship, at such time as shee
came from y:e Barbadoes y:e sd voyage, and untill the said
Storme and Tempest happened was a strongXXXX & Tight
Vesselle, and had very good ?decke and very well fitted with all manner of materialle
fit for such A ship, and Voyage, And was not ober Laden
the said voyage, And saith that the said sheat Anchor w:ch
was as aforesaid washed from y:e said ships side; was before
it was washed off very well and sufficiently made fast to
the said ships Sude; the stock being lashed to the Timber before
and the ff?looks Checked out, and firmely muffled and
made fast w:th the shanke painter, And saith that all such
dammage w:ch happened to y:e said ship; and that which is
happened to her Lading or any part thereof, came not nor
was occasioned by any insufficiency in y:e said ship, or any
fault, or negligence
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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: 1. Laurence Burr, of St Catherines near the Tower, Cooper of the Lady ffrigott, aged 38: Date: June 3rd, 1659
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//The 3. of June 1659
A business of examination of witnesses for perpetauall)
remembrance of the matter, on the part and behalfe of)
John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company)
Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott whereof John)
Hosier was Master, and her tackle furniture)
apparell & freight, and of Andrew Riccard one)
of the Aldermen of the Cittie of London and)
Company, the Governor and Company of)
English Merchants trading to the Mediterranian (sic))
Seas, Owner of the goods in the sayd Shipp)
against Hippolito Centurione of Genoa)
in pticular and all others in generall which)
will take upon them to ?iusifie the seizing or)
takeing of the sayd shipp the lady ffrigott)
and her ladeing: SXXXXth)
Examined on the allegation given in
on the behalfe of the sayd Swift Parker
Harris & Company and alsoe the sayd
Ricard & Company.
No. 1 LAURENCE BURR of the
p:rish of S:t Catherine neere the
Tower of London Cooper late Cooper
of the Lady ffrigott, aged thirty five
yeares or thereabouts a wittnesse
sworne and examined saith and
deposeth as followeth viz:t.
To the first arle of the sayd allegation hee saith that in the
Monethe and tyme arlate 1658 (untill the fowerteenth day of
November that yeare on which day shee was seized the arlate
John Swift John Harris John Parker and Company all English
men and subiects of the Commonwealth of England were, and
soe still ought to be the lawfull Owner & Proprietors of the
arlate Shipp the Lady ffrigott and of her tackle apparrell and
furniture and for such commonly reputed this hee so better knoweth
because hee was & went Cooper of the said shipp the voyage in
question and was on board her at her seizure.
To the 2 and 3 arles hee saith that in the yeares & monethes aforesaid the
arlate Alderman Riccard & Company Marchants of London
did hyre & take to freight and imploye the sayd shipp the Lady
ffrigott upon a tradeing voyage to XXao ?Magaliga and other
places beyond the Seas to lade Currans & other goods for their
use and Accompt & transport them to & deliver them at London
for their use this hee knoweth being Cooper aboard her the sayd
voyage And hehreby also knoweth that in the monethe & tyme
aforesayd and after the arrivall of the sayd shipp the Lady ffrigott
at ?Potrao Roade arlate the ffactors or Agents of the sayd Alderman
Ricard & Company put XXX cause to be laden a board the sayd
shipp for Account of the sayd Ricard & Company one hundred
and sixty tonne of Mahaligo Currans and also divers other
goods and a great quantitie of money to be transported therein
her for London and there delivered to them or their Agents This hee
the better knoweth for that hee helped to lade the sayd Currans and
other goods aboard her & brought some of the sayd moneye aboard &
& ?saw the rest brought aboard her And farther to these arles he cannot
depose.
To the 4:th 5:th and 6:th arles of the sayd allegation hee saith that the
sayd shipp Lady ffrigott having receaved the sayd lading & money
aboard her and being therewith rideing at Anchor in the Roade of
Perrao in a peaceable condition, there came into the sayd Roade on the
fourteenth day of November 1658 a certaine shipp of about
a hundred & fifty tonnes gaving a white Antient in her pXXXX//
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//which shipp shipp (sic) (as this deponent was afterwards informed
by XXXX XXXXX an ?Irishman & some others of her company who could speake English) was called
the S:ta Cruse and her Masters name ffrancisco ?Stale and
was a Genoa shipp and was there aXXXXdd and sett out
by Hippolito Centurione a Genoese, and came ?hence (as this
deponent was also by like men XX informed
in Company of ?two other men of warr sett out thence
also by the sayd Hippolito Centuriane, which Genoa shipp called
the S:ta Cruse presently upon her comming into the Road of Petrao
made as if she would have come to an Anchor neere the
Lady ffrigott, but when shee was come neere her the Captaine
& Company of the sayd shipp S:ta Cruse did in a violent and
hostile manner sett upon the sayd shipp the Lady ffrigott with
Swords & gunnes and other warlike Instruments and
wounded the Captaine & six or seaven men of the Company pf the
Lady ffrigott & by that meanes surprized her & her sayd ladeing
of Currans and other goods & money & dispoiled their Owners
of them & converted them to their owne use And hee farther saith
that hee this deponent was alsoe informed by a dutch man who was
gunner of the sayd shipp S:ta Cruse & an Irish man who was one of
her Company who could both speake very good English that the Captaine
of the S:ta Cruse had taken severall mariners & souldiers out
of the sayd two other shipps of warr which came in Company
of the Sta Cruse from Genoa, the better to enable them to surprise
the Lady ffrigott and her ladeing, And saith that at the tyme of
the sayd seizure hee did observe that most of the S:ta Cruse her
Company who made the seizure were Italians & Genoeses And
saith that after the says Genoeses preceived that the sayd dutch
Gunner & the french man & others of their Company coulde speake
English and had some conference with this deponent and
others of the Lady ffrigotts Company who were seized, they did
forbid them to have any discourse with the English; and put the
Lady ffrigotts Company in ?hold & kept them there in Irons And
further to these arles hee cannot depose
To the 7:th arle hee saith that hee this deponent and severall
other of the Lady ffrigotts Company were after their surprizall
?told & informed by the sayd dutch Gunner & the sayd Irish man
and some other of the S:ta Cruse her Company who could speake
English that the S:ta Cruse was sett out from Genoa by the
sayd Hippolito Centurone upon a warlike designe against the
Turkes, & has bin a great while abroad and could gett noe
prize, and had therefore taken a Spanish Commission which
was to last only for a tyme, which tyme or the says ?Gunner &
Irishman & others of the S:ta Cruse her company acknowledged
was expired two moneths before the seizure of the Lady ffrigott
& her ladeing, but withall say thd that they were resolved to take
any English shipp they could light on notwithstanding the expiration
thereof, And this deponent well remembreth that the
Captaine of the Lady ffrigott told this deponent that hee did at the tyme
of her seizure desyre the foresayd ffrancisco Stale Commander of
the S:ta Cruse to show him his Commission by virtue whereof hee
was impowered to make seizure of the Lady ffrigott being an English ship
but//
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//but the says Stale refused to shew the same And further to this arle
hee cannot depose.
To the 3:th arle of the sayd allegation hee saith that the shipp
lady ffrigott and her tackle furniture & freight and stock and
provisions on board her at the tyme of her seizure aforesayd were
then in this deponents Judgement worth five ?thousand pounds
sterling or neere thereabouts and soe much hee beleeveth the arlate
Swift Parker and Harris were damnified by the losse of them by
reason of the surprizall aforesayd And further hee cannot depose
To 4:th arle hee saith that in her this deponents Judgement XX
hundred and fifty tonnes of Mathaligo Currans seized on board the
Lady ffrigott & belonging to the arlate Alderman Ricard & Company
were at their seizure worth two pounds tenn shillings sterling a hundred
which a mounteth being computed to a very considerable summe
but saith at p:rsent hee cannot compute the same, and saith hee is
well assured that if the sayd Currans had not bin suprized but
come safe to London they would here have yeilded the sayd Alderman
Riccard & Company two pounds tenn shillings sterling a hundred
that being the usuall market price there
To the Tenth & 11:th alre hee saith that hee this deponent being Cooper
& aborad at the seizure knoweth that the arlate Captaine Hoyser and
his Company had a board the sayd shipp the Lady ffrigott at the
tyme of her seizure in moneys & goods and Cloathes and instruments
to the value of twelve hundred pounds sterling at least all which
hee saith hee well knoweth were taken from him and them by the Captaine
and Company of the S:ta Cruse aforesays & hee & they dispoiled and
deprived of them by the sayd Captaine & Company of the sayd man of
warr called the S:ta Cruse who upon the
seizure of the sayd frigott plundered & tooke away all whatsoever
the sayd Captaine Hosier & his Company had and kept them
prisoners for some time in chaynes & afterwards turned them on XXXXX at the
Island ?Zephania to shXXX for them XXXXX without allowing ?them
either provisions or XXXXX this he knoweth being one of the Company
as aforesayd & soe kept in chaynes & after ?turned on shoare in manner
aforesayd. And further hee cannot depose
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposicon is true
LAWRANCE BURR [His signature]
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Case: John Swift John Parker John Harris and Company, Owners of the Shipp the Lady ffrigott vs. Hippolito Centurione of Genoa and others: Deposition: 2. Richard Baker of Debtford, Kent, Mariner, aged ?20 : Date: June 3rd, 1659
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2. RICHARD BAKER of Debtford in Kent Mariner
aged ?twenty yeares and upwards a wittness sworne
& examined saith & deposeth as followeth viz:t
To the first arle of the allegation hee saidth that during all the moneths
& tyme arlate in the yeares 1658 happening before the fowerteenth day
of November which was the day of her seizure, the arlate John Swift
John Parker John Harris & Company All English men & subiects of
the Commonwealth of England were & still ?aught to bee the lawfull Owners
& Proprietors of the arlate shipp the lady ffrigott & her tackle apparell
& furniture And for such comonly reputed This hee knoweth being one of the sayd
shipps//
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//shipps Company the voyages in question & a board her at her
seizure. And further hee deposeth not
To the 2 and 3 arles of the allegation hee saith that by ?reason hee
went the voyage in question hee knoweth the arlate Alderman Ricard
& others English Merchants of the Turkey Company did take the sayd shipp
the lady ffrigott to freight for a Merchandizing voyage to be made from
London to ?Petrai & other pts beyond the seas to lade Currans & other
goods for their Account & bring them for London & there deliver them to
them or their Agents And saith the sayd shipp arrived safely at ?Polrao
Roade where the Agents of the sayd Alderman Riccard and
Company did lade & put aboard the sayd shipp for their Account
one hundred and sixty Tonnes of Mahalaga and Petrao Currans
viz:t one hundred & thiry of M(OR, N)athaligo & thirty Tonnes of Petrao Currans
to be transported for London and there delivered to them or their Agents And
further hee cannot depose not knowing what other goods or money were
put aboard her for their sayd freighters Account, but knoweth there
were other goods beside the sayd Currans XX some bales of silke & other goods
laden aboard the sayd shipp
To the 4:th arle hee saith that whilst the shipp the lady ffrigott ?remayned in peaceable manner
at Pererao Roade with the sayd Currants & other her ladeing aboard her
viz:t the fowerteenth day of November one Thousand six hundred fifty
eight there came into the sayd Roade a shipp of warr of about one hundred
and fifty tonns and named (as be the Gunner of her & one of the Mates of
her who were both dutch men and could speake good English and by others of her
Company Italians which language alsoe this deponent can speake & understand this
deponent was informed) the S:ta Cruso ffrancisco Stale Captaine w:ch shipp hee saith had
when she came in a white Ancient in her poope and made as if she would
have Anchored neere the sayd shipp the Lady ffrigott but coming neere
the sayed ffrancisco Stale & his Company in a hostile manner with
swords & gunnes & other Instruments of warr boarded the sayd shipp
the lady ffrigott and wounded her Captaine Captaine John Hosier
& this deponent and severall others of her Company to the number of
five or sixe and surprised her and her ladeing of Currans and
other goods and dispoiled her and her ladeing of Currants and
other goods and dispoiled the Owners thereof of the same and
converted it to the use of the sayd Stale & his Company And further
saving his deposition to the subsequent arles hee cannot depose
To the 5:th and 6:th arles of the sayd allegation hee saith that hee
this deponent understanding Italian did after the sayd shipp of warr
the S:te Cruse had surprized the Lady ffrigott and her ladeing in manner
aforesayd ?heare severall of the S:ta Cruse her Company (Italians) sayd
that and acknowledge that their sayd shipp S:ta Cruse belonged to
Genoa and was XXXX & sett out thence by the arlate Hippolite Cen-
turioni who alsoe XX XXged sett out two other shipps of warr ?thence who came
thence in Company of the S:ta Cruse, and that the Commander of the
S:ta Cruse had before hee seized the lady ffrigott & her ladeing taken
some XXXers and souldiers out of the sayd two other Genoa shipps
the better to enable him to surprize the Lady ffrigott and her ladeing
And saith the greatest part of the Company of the S:ta Cruse who
made the sayd seizure were Italians and as they acknowledged belonging
to Genoa and further to these arles hee cannot depose
To the 7:th hee saith that after the seizure of the Lady ffrigott and her
ladeing hee alsoe heard severall of the S:ta Cruses Company say and
acknowledge that the S:ta Cruse was sett out from Genoa by the said
Hippolito Centuriani as a man of warr against the Turkes, and had
bin//
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//bin a great while abroad & could get no prizes, and therefore had taken
a Spanish Commission which was to last for a certayne tyme, and that the sayd
Commission was expired two moneths before the
seizure of the Lady ffrigott & her ladeing which notwithstanding (as they also
sayd & acknowledged) they were resolved to seize what English shipps and
their ladeing they could meete with under colour of that Commission And
further to this arle hee cannot depose.
To the 8:th arle hee saith that the Lady ffrigott and her tackle, ffurniture,
freight, stick, and provisions aboard her at her seizure aforesayd were
in this deponents Judgement worth fower thousand five hundred pounds
sterling or neere thereabouts and soe much the arlate Swift Packer
and Harris & Company Owners of her were by such her seizure XX damnified
in this deponents Judgement and as hee verily beleeveth.
To the 9:th arle hee saith that in his this deponents Judgement the
hundred & sixty tonnes of Mahaligo & Petrao Currans belonging
to the arlate Alderman Ricard and Company and seized on board the
Lady ffrigott were (?at the tyme of their seizure) worth fower thousand pounds sterling and
soe much in this deponents Judgement & as hee verily beleeveth they would
have yeilded the sayd Alderman Ricard & Company if he had not bin
taken by the sayd Genoa shipp of warr in manner aforesayd. And
further hee cannot depose.
To the 10:th and 11:th hee saith that the arlate Captaine Hosyer, and his
Company at the tyme of the seizure of the shipp the lady
ffrigott & her ladeing had on board the sayd shipp goods that were his
& their adventures, and moneyes cloathes and instruments worth in
this deponents Judgement fowerteene hundred pounds of lawfull English
money All which hee saith hee well knoweth (being p:rsent at the seizure)
were seized and taken from the sayd Captaine Hoyser & his company
by the Captaine & Company of the sayd Genoa man of warr called
the S:ta Cruse, & the sayd Hoyser & his Company utterly dispoiled of them
And saith that the Captaine & Company of the sayd Genoa man of
warr haveing made the sayd seizure of the lady ffrigott & her ladeing
plundered & taken away from her Captaine & her Company all that
they had., kept the most of her Company prisoners in the hold, XXXXX
for some tyme, and afterwards turned them on XXXX in the Ile of
Clephalonoa to XXX for them XXXX without allowing them wither
provisions or money And further to these arles he cannot depose
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true.
RICHARD BAKER [His signature]
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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
The same day
3. GILBERT ANCKELLY of Debtford in Kent Mariner
late Boatswaine of the lady ffrigott aged thirty yeares
& upwards a wittnesse sworne & examined saith and
deposeth as followeth viz:t
To the first and second arles hee saith that during the months and tyme arlaze in
the yeare 1658 happening next before the fowerteenth day of the Month
of November the sayd yeare which was the day shee and her lading were
seized in maner hereafter specified, the arlate John SWift John Parker
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//John Harris & Company all Englishmne & subiects of this Common
wealth of England were commonly reputed to be & soe still ought to be the
true lawfulll Owners and proprietors of the arlate Shipp the Lady
ffrigott & of her tackle apparell, & furniture And saith the sayd Shipp
was taken to freight by the arlate Alderman Riccard & Company
English Merchants on a trading voyage to be made from London
to Ligorne Portrai & other places beyond the seas to lade Currans & other goods
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
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
A business of y:e Examinacon of Witnesses on the behalfe)
of S:r John Dethick Knight, Edward Bolle, John Bancks)
Richard ffoord, Edward Mico, William ?Pretman, and)
Company concerning the seizure, and for some time)
detention and the hinderance of the trade in a Certaine)
ship called the BANTAM FFRIGOT whereof Isaac Taylor)
was M:r and Comand:r & such of the lading)
as was aboard the said Ship in ffact but unduly made)
by Antonie Van Voozst Captaine and Comander of
the ship the Turtle Dove in the Imediate Service of)
the Dutch East India Company and alsoe Concerning)
all Damages happening thereupon and ag:t one John
?Mait ?Suijker y:e now, or late Generall of the said Company)
at Battavia in y:e East Indias ag:t the said Van Voozst in pticular)
and all others y:e will take upon them the Justificaccon of the said Busines)
FRANCKLIN
Examined upon
and Allegacon given
in by M:r ffrancklin
on the part and
Behalfe of the
said S:r John Dethicke
Knight Edward Bolle
John Bancks Richard
Foord, Edward Mico
William Pretman
and Company.
1. ub: CATCH KYME of Ratcliffe in the
parish of Stepney and County of Mid
Mariner Mate of the Bantam ffrigot aged 26 yeeres or thereabouts
Sworne and Examined
To the first arle of the said Allon hee saith and deposeth
that during all the monethes of September
October, November, December, January, ffebruary and March
1656: English Stil, and Continually since: the said S:r John
Dethick Knight, Edward Bolle, John Bancks Richard fford
Edward Mico and William Pretman and Company
have bin and are Comonly accounted and reputed the true
and lawfull owne:rs and proprieto:rs of the said ship the
BANTAM FRIGOT (whereof Isaac Taylor was & is M:r.) and
of the tackle Apparrell, and furniture, And soe hee verils
beleeveth they were, and at p:rsent are; And further hee
cannot depose.
To the Second hee saith that y:e said S:r John Dethick, and
Company aforesaid /who are all (as hee beleeveth) subjects of
this Comonwealth of England.) did set out the said ship from
this port of London in the sayd moneth of October 1656 (sic)
upon their owne account (as hee beleeveth) to East India. there to
Lade pepper. and other Merchandizes, and to bring the same
for ?Europe, and saith the said Isaac Taylor, was and was
M:r of the said ship y:e said voyage, and y.e arlate Thomas
Newman Supra Cargoe; w:ch hee knoweth for that hee went M:rs Mate
of y:e said ship (y:e said Voyage) and further cannot depose:
To the third hee saith y:e said Taylo, Newman, and this depo:t
the rest of the Marine:rs of the said Ship, set saile
in her from this port to ?Indria ?Ponza in y:e island of Sumatra in y:e East Indias
and there ?arriveth on or about y:e Nineth or tenth day of August 1657: w:ch hee knoweth being
then on board her and further cannot depose//
P1110383 f. 266 verso
//To the 4:th. 5:th 6:th 7:th 8:th and 9:th hee saith that about a moneth after
the Arrivall of the said ship the Bantam ffrigatt at Indra
Ponza aforesaid the said Thomas Newman, and one ?ffrancis
Griffith y:e then purser of the said ship (who is since deceased)
did goe on shore, in the sd port of Indra Ponza, to buy pepper
and did buy a great quantity of pepper there, w:ch was all
to have bin transported in the said ship to Leghorne,
for the Acco:t of Sr John Dethick and Company aforesaid
And saith a Considerable Quantity of the said pepper
was Laden on board her, w:ch did not Lade the said ship
two Third pts of what shee could have well ?carryed
and saith That while y:e Company of the said ship was lading
in y:e rest of the sd pepper w:ch y:e said Thomas Newman and
ffrancis Griffith had provided and whilest the said Newman
and Griffith were on shore, providing More pepper to ?Complete Lading
of the said ship, The arlate
Comander of the ship the Turtle Dove, whereof one Antonio van Voozt was Comander in the Service of the Dutch
East India Company, and alsoe three pinnaces in y:e Company
of the said ship Turtle Dove, which were alsoe in the service of
the Dutch East India Company, came all of them and
Anchored by y:e said Bantam ffrigot, and Imediately sent
a Boate on board the Bantam ffrigot, with a Dutch merchant
therein & two others of y:e the Turtle Doves Company w:th hom w:ho Comanded y:e said Isaac Taylor, and the said
Thomas Newman. (whereupon y:e comong of the said Dutch
Merchant & the two others on board the said ship was sent came
on board, to y:e said Dutch merchant) Not to take in any
more pepper or other Goods onboard the said Bantam ffrigott
either at the said port of Indra Ponza, or any other port or
place on that Coast, for if they did the said Captaine
van Voozt who was y:e Admirall in those pts would seize and surprize them , or to that effect
and thereupon y:e said M:r Newman went with the said Ducth
Merchant onboad the said ship Turtle Dove to speake with the
said Captaine Van Voozt and knowe of him why XXX
would not permit him the said Newman to Trade XXXX
his said Bantam ffrigot there, And saith that some XXXX
after y:e said Newman had bin gone to the said XXXX
Admirall the said Captaine Isaac Taylor sent this deponent
in the Bantam ffrigots Boate. to fetch the said M:r Newman
from on board y:e said Dutch Admirall on board the Bantam ffrigot
And this depo:t being come on board the said Dutch Admirall
hee heardthe said Admirall Voozt, say and declare unto
the said M:r newman that hee the said Voozt had order?s
from the Generall of Battavia to hinder allEnglish Shipps
from Commerce and Trade in these parts, and to seize y:e XXX
if they did soe, or to that effect, and alsoe shewed the said XXX
(in the p:rsence of this depo:t his orders in writing with a Great XXXXX Given him
the said Generall, to the foresaid purpose & effect, and XXX//
P1110384 f. 267 recto
//Admirall Van Voozt Commander the said M:r Newman (in
this Depo:ts hearing) not to take in any more pepper or other goods
at Indra Ponza or any other ports or places on that Coast
and told the said Newman that if hee did soe, or offered to doe soe; hee must and
would seize and surprize his goods or to that effect, and
thereupon the said M:r Newman went with this depo:t in
the said Bantam ffrigots Boate, (w:ch this depo:t had brought
for him as aforesaid) and went on board the Bantam
ffrigot, and told the said Captaine Taylor what the said
Dutch Admirall Voozt, had declared and said, and the
next day the said Captaine Taylo:r went with this depo:t
on board y:e said Dutch Admirall, and saith that upon
the said Taylor coming on board; y:e said Taylor and
Van Voozt had a great deale of Difference together in
Dutch, (w:ch this depo:t cannot understand) and saith that
the said Voozt did shewe y:e said Taylour and after this depo:t and the said Taylor had bin XX on board y:e said XXXX came alsoe unto XXXX XXXX Dutch in y:e p:rsence of this depo:t & y:e sd Newman his foresaid
orders in writing. w:ch had a great seale affixed therto
as aforesaid, and the said Voozt delivered the same to
the said Taylo:r to read: w:ch the said Taylo:r (who well
understandeth the Dutch Language, and can write and read the same.) accordingly did read y:e same over; and after
hee had soe done hee & the said Newman went with this depo:t in the said
Bantam ffrigots Boate on board y:e Bantam ffrigot, And
y:e said Taylo:r ?there told the said Newman & this depo:t that y:e said writing that hee
soe read was a Comission from y:e Generall of Battavia
to hinder English Ships from Trade there and further hee
cannot depose; saving that the said Captaine Van Voozt, did
send one of ?his foresaid pinnaces about thirty
men therein, to lye at the Rivers mouth at Indra Ponza to hinder
and did hinder the goeing in and coming out of the Captaine
and Company of the Bantam frigot (sic), to and from Indra Ponza
and from bringing any goods from thence on board y:e said ship
Bantam ffrigot.
To the 10:th hee saith that a day or two after the said Tailo:r M:r Newman and
this depo:t had bin on board y:e said Dutch Admirall. the said
M:r Newman. (w:ch was then on shore) put a Quantity of pepper in y:e said
Bantam ffrigots Long Boate, and the said Newman himselfe
went in y:e said Boate, and intended to have come directly
to the Bantam ffrigot, and to put y:e said pepper
on board her, But the said Boate and pepper. and alsoe the
said Thomas Newman was seized by order of the said Van
Voozt and y:e said pepper y:e said Voozt caused to be tooke out of y;e Boate a& put into his owne and by him detained and further hee deposeth not
To the 11:th hee saith hee cannot depose saving as aforesaid
To the 12:th hee cannot depose; hee being then dangerously sick in his
Cabbin: saving y:e bantam ffrigot was carried by the said Van
Voozt and his Company to Battavia. and there anchored under
Comand of the said Van Voozt his said ship, and severall other Dutch//
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//To the 14:th hee saith that y:e said Thomas Newman
and Isaac Taylor were Comanded at Battavia to appeare
before John Ma?rt SXXXX Generall of the Dutch East
India Company at Battava (sic), and further cannot depose
To the 15:th and 16:th hee cannot depose being then dangerously
sick, and was carried out of the said ship Bantam ffrigot
to a house in Battavia where hee lay sick about
five weekes.
To the 17:th & 18:th hee saith that the said ship the Bantam ffrigot
was detained and hindered by y:e said Van Voost
and the Generalll of Battavia, and their order, from
the Eleventh of October 1657: or therabouts
untill the tenth of December following, and then
the said Ship set saile from Batavia for Rurope
w:th such Pepper as shee had taken in before the said
11:th of October, shee not being pmitted to take in
any goods whatsoever afterwards in those parts that
this depo:t knoweth of, and further cannot depose
saving as aforesaid
To the 19:th hee cannot depose:
To the 20:th hee saith that the said Bantam ffrigot
was when she was in the pts aforesaid of the
Burthen of about Two hundred and tenne Tonns
and as many Tonne of pepper hee beleeveth shee
would have brought for Europe y:e said Voyage; had shee
not bin hindred interrupted and detained as aforesd. and further
cannot depose:
To the 21:th hee saith y:e said ship y:e Bantam ffrigot
after her Departure from Battavia, sayled to Leghorne
and there safely arrived on or about the 18:th day
of August 1658: and there her said pepper taken in
at Indra Ponza was delivered. but howe many
Tonns y:e same amounted to hee knoweth not, and saith
hee this depo:t was upon y:e departure of y:e said ship Bantam
ffrigot brought from shore on board her, and Carried
in her to Leghorne and further cannot depose:
To the 22:th 23:th 24:th 25:th 26:th 27:th 28:th and 19:th hee saith hee
cannot depose thereto saving as aforesaid, and saving
that the said S:r John Dethick Knight, and y:e reste of
the sd Owne:rs: and Imploy:rs of y:e said ship, have suffred
great Losse and dammage by meanes of the premisses
but saith hee cannot estimate the same,:
To the 20:th hee saith that whilest the said Shipp y:e Bantam
ffrigat was upon y:e sd Coast of Sumatra, y:e Voyage in question
and during all the space the Dutch as aforesaid had her in XXX
power//
P1110386 f. 268 recto
//Power, and under their Command neither the said Thomas
Newman y:e Supra Cargoe of the said Ship Bantam ffrigot nor the
said Isaac Taylor y:e captaine of the said ship ?or any of
y:e Marine.rs of her did doe any Injury or Wrong in
any Kinde to the said Dutch or any of them. ?that this
depo:t knoweth if. but did XXXXX them selves Civily
and peaceably towards them and this hee XXXXX
being M:r Mate of y:e said ship y:e said Voyage And
further cannot depose:
To the 31:th hee Cannot depose
To the 32:th he saith his foregoeing depon is true
Repetit before D:r Godolphon
CALIB XXXXX [His signature]
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Case: S:r John Dethick Knight, Edward Bolle, John Bancks Richard ffoord, Edward Mico, William ?Pretman and Company, concerning the Bantam ffrigott: Deposition: 2. Lewis Walter, of Deptford, Mariner, aged 40 : Date: March 25th 1658
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Case: S:r John Dethick Knight, Edward Bolle, John Bancks Richard ffoord, Edward Mico, William ?Pretman and Company, concerning the Bantam ffrigott: Deposition: 4. Thomas Newman, of Mile End, Stepney, Merchant, late Supra cargo of the Bantam ffrigott, aged 43: Date: Aprill 16th 1658
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To the 4:th hee saith that
Indra Ponza Roade is and ought to be
a place free for the English to trade in ober w:ch place y:e Queene of Achine
(whom this depo:t well knoweth having lived with her about five yeeres)
was and is the supreame Governournesse; who did about three yeeres
since?there: and at all other of her Dominiones proclaime ffree
Trade to the English Nation; And saith hee hath a Copy of the
said Proclamacon now in his Custody. And saith that after the
arrivall of the said Ship in y:e said Road this depo:t and one
ffrancis Griffith (who is since deceased) went ashore to Indra
Ponza to buy and provide pepp to lade the said ship, and did
there buy & provide enough pepper XXX to Lade the said ship, and was
all to have bin there put on board her. and to be Carried and
Transported in her to leghorne for the Account of the said ffrancis
who hee knoweth for y:e Reasons aforesd, And further deposeth not.
To the 5:th arles of the said Allon, hee saith that in y:e monethes
of September, and October 1657, this Depo:t upon y:e Account aforesd
did Lade aboard y:e said ship y:e Bantam, shee then Lying in teh Roade
of Indra Ponza aforesaid six hundred seaventy two BXXXX of pepp
And//
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//And that the rest of the pepper sufficient fully to lade the said
ship was then ready provided, and XXX, and was ready
to have bin put on board, and would have bin Laden Aboard
the said Ship within three or foure dayes next following, in
case y:e arlate Antonio van Voozt and Company had not
hindered them as hereafter is declared:
To the 6:th & 7:th arle of the sd Allon hee saith that on or about
the Eleveth day of October 1657: English Stile namely p:rsently after hee
this depo:t had sent out y:e foresaid 672 Bahaizes (sic) of Pepper on board the
Bantam ffrigot, this depo:t was sent for to Come on board
the Bantam, And this depo:t accordingly went on board
the Bantam, and upon his comming to her found y:e Arlate
Ship the Turtle Dove whereof y:e said Van Voozt was Comander
and alsoe three vessells with about tenne or Twelve peeces
of Ordinance a peece; Anchored neere y:e Bantam; And saith that
there came a Dutch Merchant from onboard y:e said Van Voozts
Ship. (w:ch was the Admirall in those pts.) who told this dep:t that
hee and y:e sd Taylor must come aboard their Comanders, (meaning the Turtle
Dove; w:ch this Depo:t accordingly did. but the said Taylo:r
refused soe to doe saying hee had order from his imploy:rs
not to goe out of his Ship; or to that effect, And saith that upon
this Depots Comong on board y.e said Turtle Dove, hee
Asked the said van Voozt where fore hee had sent for this
depo:t and y:e said Captaine Taylo:r to Come on board his
Ship, or to that effect whereunto the said Van Voozt made
Answer, that it was in regard the said ship the Bantam
ffrigot being an English Ship did trade there or to that effect,
And the said Van Voozt then pemptorily (sic) Charged & Comanded
this Depo:t that neither hee nor the said Isaac
Taylor nor any of y:e Bantams Company should trade there
or to that effect, And this Depo:t then told the said Van Voozt
that the ships full Lading of pepper was there ashore by him
bought, and some of it was allready Laden, and y:e rest
was provided to be laden and would within three or foure dayes
be all Laden aboard the said ship, and that hee had
money and Goods on shore; bit that hee should Dispatch all within
three or foure Dayes, and then be ready to depart with the Bantam
and her Lading on board her, or to that effect and desired
the said Van Voozt not to give him any interruption therein
But the said Antonio van Voozt then told this Depo;t that if hee
did not dept from thence with the said ship without further
trading ?There, hee would forthwith force this depo:t and y:e sd Ship
and Company thereof to Dept thence; or to that effect, All w:ch
words and XXXions passed betweene this Depo:t & y:e sd Van Voozt on
board//
P1110398 f. 274 recto
//On board the sd Turtle Dove in the ?Molaine and English Language
but w:th Languages the said Van Voozt, and alsoe this Depo:t well spake
& understood and saith that one Kaleb ?Kime Mate of the Bantam
heard some of the said words, and further hee cannot depose,
saving that both the said Van Voozt, and y:e Turtle Dove, and
alsoe the said ther three vessells were then in the Imediate
Service of the Dutch East India Company:
To the 6:th hee saith that y:e next day after this Depo:t had bin
on board y:e Turtle Dove as aforesaid y:e said Captaine
Taylo:r went on board y:e said Dove, but what discourse or
Words passed betweene him & y:e sd Van Voozt hee knoweth
not in regard hee went not with him, And further cannot
depose.
To the 9:th 10:th 11:th & 12:th hee saith that on y:e day y:t y:e said Taylo:r Went onboard
the said Turtle Dove as aforesd or y:e next day after this depo:t and
y:e said Taylo:r did againe goe aboard y:e sd Turtle Dove, together,
And this depo:t & the said Taylor after their Coming on board her told the said
Van Voozt that besides y:e pepp that was on board the said
Bantam ffrigot hee this depo:t had laid out at Indra Ponza three Thousand
Dollars and had invested y:e same in pepper. And desired
the said Van Voozt that hee would not hinder the lading
of the same on board the said Ship y:e Bantam or to that
effect, But the said Van Voozt in a Violent and Angry manner
said that none of the said Pepper should be brought aboard
the Bantam ffrigot, and said ffurther that if any attempt
was made to bring any pepp aboard y:e said ship the
Bantam ffrigot hee would seize, and take the same, And
alsoe told this depo:t and the said Tailo:r that
all the Trade for pepp on the West Coast of Sumatra in
the Queene of ?Acheines Dominions, belonged to the Dutch
East India Company: And then this Depo:t
went on board y:e Bantam and from thence this Depo:t
went in the bantam ffrigots Boate ashore, and there
caused about a Bahaire of pepper to be put on board y:e
said Boate; and having soe done, this depo:t went him
selfe into the said Boate intending to goe directly onboard
theBantam 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
And//
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//And there detained the same, And thereupon this Depo:t
and the said Isaac taylor and one ?Gotham Howard
Cheife Mate of the said ship protested against the
said Antonio van Voozt Comander of the said ship
the Turtle Dove and all of his Imploye:rs and having
nowe seene the first schedule annexed to the sd Allon
beginning WHEREAS THE QUEENE OF ACHEIN
&c: and Ending: Dated from on board y:e Bantam
October y:e 19:th 1657: and subscribed Thomas Newman
Isaac Taylo:r Gotham Howard. hee saith the same
was and is a true Copy of the said Originall protest
made by this depo:t and y:e said Isaac Taylo:r and Howard
ag:t y:e sd Van Voozt, and all his Imploye:rs And
y:e said Originall protest was really and truely signed
by this depo:t and the said Isaac taylo:r and Gotham
Howard on or about, the said Nineteenth of October 1657
and y:e Contents thereof were and are true; And
further hee doth not depose.
To the 13:th hee saith that the said Van Voozt on or about
the said Nineteenth of Octob:r 1657: Caused the sd
Captaine Taylo:r and Company to Depart from
Indra Ponza, and sailed with the Bantam ffrigot
in her way to Bantam. neere w:ch place arriving
the said Van Voozt, nor any other of the Dutch shipps
Lying before Bantam, soe that y:e Bantam
ffrigot was Constrained to goe to Battavia. And y:e said Van Voozt in
his ship the Turtle Dove; and alsoe the saidthree other
Dutch Vessells. Sailed with her thither, and there hee
saith the said Bantam ffrigot lay under Comand of
the said Turtle Dove; and y:e sd Three other dutch
vessells, and alsoe Under y:e Comand of severall other
Dutch ships there lying, alsoe in y:e Service of the said
Dutch East India Company. W:ch hee knoweth for that
hee was Carried in y:e said Ship Bantam from
Indra Ponza to Battavia. And further cannot depose
To the 14:th & 15:th hee saith that upon or about the ?7:th o October
1657: English Stile this Depo:t, and Captaine Isaac Taylo:r
were Comanded to Appeare before the arlate John
Martsuyker the Generall of and for the Dutch East
India Company at Battavia w:ch they according (sic) did
And the said Generall then told this Depo:t and y:e
said Taylo:r that hee had order that neither
they, nor any of the English should trade in any of the
Dominions of the Queene of Acheine, or to that effect
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//But the said Generall said that hee would speake with
his Counsell there that they might be XXXXXX with a Lading
at Battavia, And promised soe to doe, But notwithstandinge
hee put on board y:e Bantam ffrigot two or three XXXX
w:ch Comtinued on board y:e said Ship Bantam, untill her
departure from Battavia, w:ch was
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//or thereabouts, During all w:ch time they or some of
them, would not suffer this Depo:t nor the said Captaine
Taylo:r nor any of the Bantam ffrigots Company
to take in any newe or other Lading on board her,
And soe this Depot and the said
Taylo:r and Company were forced to Depart with
the Bantam ffrigot from Battavia, and out of the
East Indias for Europe; with only the foresaid six hundred
Seaventy two Balarzes of pepp, w:ch were as aforesd
Laden on board the said ship, at Indra Ponza before
the said Van Voozt came and Interrupted and
hindred them as aforesaid: The premisses hee
Deposeth Goeing all the said time Supra Cargo
of the said ship as aforesaid, and further Cannot
depose
To the 10:th hee saith that had not this depo:t and Company
bin Interrupted and hindred by the said Van
Voozt and Company and y:e Dutch?X as aforesaid, all the said
pepp that this Depo:t had bought and provided
at Indra Ponza as aforesaid would have bin Laden
onboard the Bantam ffrigot for y:e account of the said ffreighto:rs and
undoubtedly have bin brought safe for Europe for
their said Account, And this depo:t further saith that
hee heard the said Taylo:r say at Legorne that Command:XX
of ships had there received her before any of her pepper
was unladen, and had or would give an Attestaccon under
their hands that the said ship Would have Carried
Ninety five tonnes or thereabouts of pepper more than shee had on board her or to
that effect, And further hee cannot depose:
To the 19:th hee saith hee Cannot depose:
To the 20:th hee saith that yt y:e time y:e said ship was in
East India aforesaid shee was as hee beleeveth of the
Burthen of 210 Tonnes or thereabouts, And further
cannot depose
To the 21:th hee saith that after y:e Departure of the said
Bantam ffrigot from the East Indias as a foresaid shee
set saile for Legorne and there arrived on or about
the 18:th or 19:th day of August 1658: English Stile there the
said six hundred seaventy two BXXXXXX of pepper
were unladen and of the sd ship. And this
hee deposeth arriving therein her and further hee
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-
To the last hee saith his foregoeing depon is true
THOMAS NEWMAN [His signture]
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Case: The Brazill Company of Portugall concerning the Jonathan and Abigaill: Deposition: Thomas Morley: Date: June 13th 1659
//The 13:th of June 1659
The Brazill Company of Portugall ag:t)
200 Quintalls of Brazil Wood or)
therabouts brought to this port)
in the Jonathan and Abigail)[1]
(Thomas Morley M:r) and ag:t)
John Thacker)
Suckley Cheeker
Rp
Examined upon y:e Allon given
in by M:r Suckley
THOMAS MORLEY master of
the ship the Jonathan & Abigail
aged 48 yeeres or thereabouts
sworne and Examined.
To the first arle of the said Allon hee saith and Deposeth
that y:e parcell of Brazil wood arlate (being two Hundred Kintalls (sic), or therabouts
was was (sic) brought to this Port in y:e said ship the Jonathan
& Abigail, as Delivered to this Depo:t out of a yard at
Lisbone, w:ch yard did belong to the Portugall XXXX ?India Company as thisDepo:t
was then and there Credibly Informed and ?soe hee verily beleeveth
And saith that one John Roles, a Portugueze (sic) Broker, whom
this Depo:t Imployed in procuring of goods to lade onboard y:e sd
ship upon freight did ?procure all y:e said Brazill Wood, and y:e said Roles
hath often times told this Depo:t, about the time of the Lading thereof that y:e said Wood was to be
transported in y:e said Ship to London for y:e Account of the
Portugall Brazil Company, and soe this Depo:te verily beleeveth it was,
And saith that the said Roles did pcure other goods for this
Depo:t y:e said time of this Depo:ts being there, and saith there
was an Agreemt made amongst divers of the Merchants that
laded goods in y:e sd Ship that there should be
a Teston upon each Chest of Sugar, and tow Ryalls upon
each pipe of Oyle, and after that proporcon, for other goods
to be Given as a Gratuity to y:e Convoy that stayed there for
the Jonathan & Abigail, and other English ships then there
And this Depo:t Demanded of the said Roles y:e like rates
for y:e said Brazill Wood and y:e other goods y:t hee
procured, and y:t were laden on board y:e said Ship, But for
the said 200 Quintalls of Brazil Wood y:e said Roles refused
to allow any thing. telling this Depo:t that y:e same did belong
to the Brazil Company, and they being a Joint Company
would beare their owne Adventures or to that effect, But
for the other goods that the sd Roles procured, y:e said Roles allowed y:e rates
aforesaid, to this Depo:t for y:e said Convoy, And soe much this
Depo:t beleeveth hee hath acknowledged to severall psons
The foresd premises hee deposeth, being M:r of the said
ship aforesaid And further Cannot depose./.
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Case: Mayflower vs. XXXX: Deposition: 2. John Stannian, of the City of London; Gentleman, aged 26: Date: September 23rd 1659
//The 23:th of September 1659
Examined upon the fore said allegaccon
2. JOHN STANNIAN of the vitie of London gent., aged 26
yeeres or thereabouts sworne & examined
To the first second and third of the articles of the said allegaccon hee saith and deposeth that hee well
remembreth, and that in or about ffebruary or March last was
XXXXXXth the Governour and Company of English Merchants trading
to East India Imployed and XXX are the said shipp from this port of London
on a trading voyage to goe and XXXX to XXXX on the coast of the Island
of Sumatra to lade pepper for the said companies account, w;ch
hee knoweth having XXXX the said Companies orders and XXXXXX XXX XXX
with XX
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//To the 2:d. hee saith that hee this Depo:t did in a former voyage
carry about three hundred Quintalls of Brazeel wood, from Lisbone
to Newhaven for y:e account as hee beleeveth of the said Brazil
Companie, and y:t wood was procured Alsoe by the said Roles
at the same BXXXXXX; And after, this Depo:te had receaved
y:e said3000 Quintalls on board his Ship y;e sd Roles brought
him bills of Lading, ready filled up; e:ch this Depo:t signed
and ?those w:ch this Depo:t signed for y:e said 200 Quintalls
of Wood now in Question; and alsoe for those other goods
which hee then procured. he brought bills of Lading to this
Depo:t, ready filled up in Portugueze, (w:ch this
Depo:t doth not well understand) and this Depo:t signed y:e same
And further cannot depose: /:
To the third hee saith that y:e arlate ffrancis Pardini is
(as this Depo:t hath heard) failed) ?in Estate, and y:e arlate
John Thacker (as this Depo:t hath also heard) is Employed
to make y:e said Pardinies Composicon with his Credito:es
And y:e said Pardini had never y:e possession of the
said wood. And further deposeth not saving hee referreth
himselfe to the sd bill of Lading.
To the last hee saith his foregoeing depon is true:/:
To the Interries.:/.
To the first he saith that y:e Bill of Lading Interrate nowe
showed unto him, is really signed by him this depot for
y:e said 200 Quintalls of Brazill, Wood and this Depo:t signed
onely two or three bills of Lading more for y:e said wood, w:ch this
DEpo:t verily beleeveth wweere of the same teno:r. and saith
hee as aforesaid beleeveth that the said goods were so laded for the account
of the Portugale Brazile company for the reasons before deposed, and
hee knoweth not XXXX did ?sen Marcos Valez da Silvera mentioned
to be the lader in the said bill, nor knoweth him to be the lader, ?more
than that that hee is so said to be in the said bill, the said XXXX being
the only person that procured and ordered the said lading, and saith the
said lading was so made at Lisbone, and upon the seizure of her
XXXXXX XXXXXX XXX XXXXXXX, and that the said bill was signed on or
about the day of the date thereof, And otherwise ?saving as aforesaid hee
cannot depose.
To the second hee saith that sometimes there are Colourable bills of
Lading made& signed for goods, and noe reall bills, but in such
Cases, the M:r of the ship hath Instrctions where and to wheom
to Deliver the goods mentioned in y:e Colourable bills./:
To the 3:d hee saith that the said three hundred Quintalls w:ch this
Depo:t Carried in his ship from Lisbone to Newhaven and w:ch as hee
beleeveth, were for y:e account of the said Portugall Brazil Companye
were mentioned in the bill of lading to be for the said
companies account or not, & further cannot answer saving as aforesd
To the 4:th hee saith, that hee doth not knowe that hee had any goods
on board y:e XXXXX Jonathan and Abigail in this her last homeward
Voyage for XXXXX of y:e sad Brazil Compa but beleeveth as aforesd, that y:e said 200 Quintalls were for their account
And further cannot Answer saving as aforesd/.
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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 ffrigot ag:t XXXXX: Deposition: John Cocke: Date: September 8th 1659
//The X:th day of September 1659
The Brazille ffrigot aforesd
XXXXXX XX
JOHN COOKE a witnes formerly rexamined
and now againe Examined in this Cause
XXX
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//Many other othings belonging to the said Brazil ffrigot
and made her much like a XXXack - And this the
said Quares told the said ?Heath before this Depo:t.
and many others of the said Brazil ffrigotts Company $that hee would be as good as his words and give
the said ?Heath his ship againe or to that purpose
But the said Heath (seeing (sic) the said Ship
in such a Condition) refused to take her, doublesse
hee might have her in the Condition shee was
in, when Shee was taken [Possibly taken is crossed out], from him together with
the other things agreed upon, And the said Heath
having an Oportunity (sic) to goe in an English Boate
from ?Ensechecape to Surrenam, Got leave
for passage therein, w:ch the Governo:r of ?Ensecherape
hearing of, told the said Heath that if
hee would not stay and take his Ship againe in
that Condition hee would lay ?him in Irons
or to that effect, and soe the said Heath was
forced, to receave the said ffrigot in the foresd
Condition ?much the XXX a XXXXX;
All w:ch hee Deposeth being at ?Euchecheape the foresaid
time & seeing hearing & taking notice of the
premisses. And further cannot depose./.
To the 3:d hee saith y:t ?every ?MillXX Portugall money
at ?ffarnambuck in Brazil was and is worth
12:s. 6:d. Sterl. money:/
JOHN COOKE [His signature]
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Case: XXXX: Depostion: 11. Thomas Wyat: Date: September 8th 1659
The same day:
D:?t Bushell
11 THOMAS WYAT a witnes formerly
Ex:d and ?now againe Examined in this
Cause, upon the foresd Allon. deposeth
as followeth by Vertue of his Oath
To the first arle of the said Allon. hee saith and deposeth
that after y:e Brazil ffrigot was carryed to EXXXXX
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//of this Commonwealth, And for such commonly accorded
reputed and taken. And further cannot answer./
To the 27.:th he saith he hath knowne M:r Blackborow
for these two yeares last or thereabouts, and saith he
liveth within the Burrough of Siuthwarke near London.
And beleeveth hom to be (according to common report)
an Englishman and subiect of this Commonwealth.
And this dep.:t knoweth that he the s:d Blackborowe
and one M:r Shirly doe use the trade of Timber, Balkes
masts and other commodities in Norway, and
hath credibly heard that they keep ffactors and
Agents in some parts of Norway for the trans-
porting, the goods aforementioned to this port of
London, And further cannot answere./
To the last he referreth himselfe to his foregoing
deposition./
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
//The Brazeele frigot aforesaid
The 21:th day of September
1659:
Examined upon the first Allon
given in on behalfe of Edward
and John Bushell of London
M:rchants, containing 21 articles.
13: WILLIAM BIRD of Little S:t Ellens London
M:chant. aged 31 yeares or therr
abouts a witnes sworne and examined saith
and deposeth by vertue of his oath
as followeth viz:t
To the third article of the said Allon upon w:ch
alone he is (by dirrection from the producents Proctor)
examined, he saith that at Lisbone in or about
the moneth of May 1657 before the said ships
departure thence for the parts of Brazeele it was
by Charter partie covenanted and agreed on betwixt
Thomas Heath (Comand:r of y:e sd ship) on behalfe of M:r
Edward & M:r John Bushell; and one Man?oel AbXXX
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Notes
- ↑ The Jonathan and Abigaill. See a later case involving the same ship. (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
