MRP: C10/99/68 f. 1
C10/99/68 f. 1
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//Jurat 22:d XXX MaXX//
//1661 XXXXX//
//XXXX//
//XXXX//
//The further Answere of Jarvis Cartwright one of the defd:ts to the bill of Complaint of the Governo:r and Companye of merchants of//
//London tradinge to the East Indies, Complain:ts//
//The said defd:t saving to himselfe both now & at all times hereafter all advantages of excepcon to the uncertainties & insufficiencies of the said complytts bill of complyt for further answere//
//to soe much thereof as concerneth him this defd:t to make answere unto saith and confesseth, that hee did buy in the East Indies (hee not being phibited or obliged by any person or persons whatsoever to the contrary)//
//of William Johnson seaventeen hundred & one peeces of Bettiloes Salampores & ?perculles: of William Daniell nine hundred thirty eight peeces of Bettiloes Salampores & ?pculles; of William Jearsey one//
//hundred & fifty peeces of Salampores & Bettiloes; of Ambrose Salsberrie (sic) ??patch of pculles one hundred & sixty and of certaine Banions (sic) & other Inhabitants in the Indies not being English but of other//
//nations other peeces of Callicoes all w:ch in the whole doe make Three thousand eight hundred nineteen peeces & one halfe peece of sewall sorts w:ch this defd:t (not being phibited as aforesaid) did//
//bring home & land at plymouth being forty eight parcells (containing as aforesaid) & noe more to this defd:ts knowledge & were for this defd:ts pper accompt except Twenty five peeces w:ch//
//were for the accompt of thother defd:t William Porter & forty six peeces & halfe a peece for acc:t of ffrancis Johnson And this defd:t further saith that hee landeth alsoe at Plymouth foure=//
//parcells w:ch contained two hundred thirty foure peeces of callicoes for & at the request of John ?Carteright w:ch this defd:t bought for him the said John ?Carteright in the East Indies of inhabitants//
//there not being of the English nation & this defd:t did land likewise at Plymouth by the order of Thomas Tomlins one other defd:t for whose account they were eight pcells containing=//
//foure hundred single peeces of ??pculles w:ch were laden at forte Sainte George by Thomas Chamber & further this defd:t landed alsoe at Plymouth or caused to bee landed & knoweth to bee//
//there landed at the request of thother defd:t Porter fifty two parcells containing callicoes of sewall sorts foure thousand three hundred ninety one peeces & halfe a peece (as thother//
//defd:t Porter gave this defd:t an account to enter or cause the same to bee entred at the customs house for foure thousand three hundred one peece & halfe a peece And further//
//thid defd:t further saith that thother defd:t Porter did buy of W:m Johnson in the East Indies seaventeen hundred & one peeces of callicoes and that this defd:t had in his chest//
//certaine paintings & five or six peeces of callicoes or thereabout, w.ch were landed at the Custome house of the Citty of London & were veiwed (sic) by the Companies officers, All the aforesd//
//parcells being one hundred & ??twelve & certaine callicoes eight thousand six hundred twenty five peeces & noe more to this defd:ts knowledge which were all this defd:t landed or//
//caused to bee landed at Plymouth or in any other port or place in England his ma:ties duties being paid for the same And this defd:t acknowledgeth that Ambrose Salsberrie//
//did tell him this defd:t that hee had put a board the East India merchant in the East Indies a small bale of callicoes consigned to his brother but this defd:t ??nevr saw the same aboard or//
//such landed yet hath heard it is in the Comptts possession & hath likewise bin tould by the Governo:r of Saintellina (sic) that hee did put aboard the East India merchant two parcells of callicoes//
//but this defs:t knowes not what is become of them yet hath heard they are likewise in the compllts possession And further this defd:t doth acknowledge that hee brought home some//
//few small tokens some of w:ch this defd:t beleives were callicoes but could not containe above five or six peeces And this defd:t saith that hee brought home noe callicoes for//
//the account of any of the caompanies factors in the Indies to his this defd:t knowledge But this defd:t verily beleiveth that there were callicoes brought home by some others//
//of the ships companie ??besides thother defd:t Porter but the quantity this defd:t knowes not And further this defd:t saith hee was not imployed by the owners of the shipp to//
//see her discharged at London hee not being well, nor required thereto XXXXout that that any other matter or thing in the said bill of complaint conteyned materiall//
//or effectuall in the law for this defd:ts to answere unto & not here & hereby confessed or avoyded traversed or denyed or otherwise well & sufficiently answered//
//unto is to the knowledge of this defd:t true All w:ch matters & things this defd:t is ready to averr & prove as the hono:ble Court shall XXXX & humbly//
//prayeth XX for XXXX to bee hence ?dismisseth w:th his reasonable costs & charges in this behalfe most wrongfully sustained//
//Edw: Pecke [Signature, botton RH side]
//the account of any of the ships
