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HCA sources

HCA 13/70

Deposition: ffrancis Pardini of the citie of London Merchant, aged 33 yeares; Date: December 12th 1654; Case: The claime of doctor ffrancisco Benzi aforesaid for seaventeene two and thirtie parts of the shipp Prince [?Tomeson] Cl[?ick] master and one third of the Grimoni alias Armes of Madenblick} John Hammanson Lieven master.

"...To the first and second articles of the said allegation hee saith and
deposeth that hee this deponent was at Amsterdam about a
yeere and halfe since and there staid above a moneth going thither from
this citie, and while hee was soe at Amsterdam hee had much
consultation with Signior Lorenzo Muti partner of the arlate Signior
John Baptista Benzi, and from him in discourse this deponent understood
and was told that the said John Baptista Benzi as brother and correspondent
of the producent doctor ffrancisco Benzi, had at Amsterdam freighted
severall parts of the two shipps arlate the Prince and the Grimoni for
and on the behalfe of the said doctor Benzi as owner thereof; it being
as hee said a thing accustomed betweene the said two brothers nemely for
the said John Baptista Benzi to freight such parts of shipps as the
said doctor ffrancisco was owner of upon their comming to Amsterdam, and
for the said doctor to doe the like for him at Venice for parts of such
shipps as the said John Baptista Benzi was owner of; and this deponent
understood and was frequently informed at Amsterdam at the time of such his
being there, and it was there commonly said and reported by such Italians
and others as used the Italian trade that the said doctor ffrancisco
Benzi was owner and proprietor of severall parts of the said two shipps...

...hee saith hee hath had longe acquaintance and corresponence
in the way of merchandizing with the said John Baptista Benzi, and
well knoweth that the said John Baptista Benzi and his brother aforesaid were
and are natives of Como in the territorie of Milan and subiects of the
King of Spaine and for such commonly accompted..."^[1]

HCA 13/129

The personal answers of Augustine Corronell made to the pretended position of an allegation given on the behalfe of John Charker concerning the possession of 200 quintalls of Brazeelewood brought to this port of London in the shippe the Jon and Abigall of which Thornas Morley Captaine (dated June 23rd 1659)

- "To the first hee answereth that hee beleeveth that the
allegate Senor Marcuo Verolo de Silvera, was for all
the time allegate and is resident at Lixon and
the said Duarte Munez de la Costa for all the
time aforesaid hath beene and is resident att
Hamburgh and is a merchant there, but hee doth
not beeleeve there is any Correspondency of
trade betweene him the said De la Costa and
ffrancis Pardini..."

- "To the 3d hee answeareth and beleeveth that the
said Silvera did really cause the said Brazeelewood
to be laden on board the arlate shipp for the accomt
of the said Brazeel Company and consigned the same to
the said ffrancis Pardini..."^[2]

Non HCA primary sources

1. ↑ HCA 13/70 f.34v
2. ↑ HCA 13/129: Personal answers of Augustine Coronell: Allegation: John Thacker: Date: June 23rd 1659