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1. that henry White of the Bancke and Tomas Russell of the same
2. place both Englishmen and Subiects of this Commonwealth are
3. owners of the said shipp and of her tackle apparell and furniture
4. and bought her about three monethes since in Norway of Simon
5. Peterson of Larwick her then owner for a valewable
6. summe of money, which they know being present at the said buying
7. and selling and witnesses to the bargaine, and seeing part of
8. the money paid by the said Tomas Russell who was then there
9. and bought her for account of himselfe and of the said white

hendrick XXXX SIGNATURE, RH SIDE

XXXX XXXXX SIGNATURE, RH SIDE

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The 2:d day of October 1657.

Touching the shipp}
the Oake Tree}

Thomas Courtman Master}

Rp.

William Sommers of College Hill London
Merchant aged 33 yeares or thereabouts sworne before
the right worshipfull John Godolphin doctor of Lawes one of
the Judges of the High Court of the Admiralty of
England saith and deposeth by vertue of his Oath as
ffolloweth

25. That the ship the Oake Tree whereof Thomas Courtman
26. is Master of the burthen of about 350 Tonne or
27. thereabouts doth belong to this Port of London a belonging And that this deponent and James Ward, (who
28. were and are both English Men and Subiects of this Comonwealth
29. of England) Are the true, Lawfull, and sole owners of the
30. said shipp, and of her tackle Apparrell, ffurniture Gunns
31. and Amunition, and all the Appurtenances whatsoever
32. thereunto belonging, And saith that the said ship was by
33. the foresayd James Ward, a bought at Amsterdam, about two
34. Monthes since, ffor this deponent and the said Wards owne
35. Account, And is Intended by the said Owners to be
36. forthwith Imployed on a Voyage to the English
37. Plantations in the West Indies, and Virginia, for and
38. upon their owne Proper Accounts and Adventures

Wllm Sommers SIGNATURE, RH SIDE