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'''HCA13/128'''
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'''Editorial history'''
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==Overview==
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Worked on HCA 13/128 (1656-1658)
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Small volume, ca. 10 in x. 6 in x ¾ in
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Leather bound, original covers; original leather ties have been lost
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No contents or index
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No foliation no pagination
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Kept this volume to work on further this Friday (27th April 2012)
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==Selected transcriptions==
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===Case: XXXX: Answer: Richard Batson, Humphrey Beane, & Gowen Goldegay: Date: XXXX===
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P1110029
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//The psonall Answeres of Richard Batson Humphrey
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Beane<ref>Humphrey Beane.  Just possibly Humphrey Beane (b. ?, d. ca. 1680), of Ebisham, Surrey (PROB 11/362 Will of Humphry Beane of Ebbisham, Surrey 14 January 1680 Bath 1-59)</ref> & Gowen Goldegay<ref>Gowen Goldegay.  Gowen Goldegay (b. ?1614, d. ca. 1657), of Whitefriars, City of London.  'Mr. Gowen Goldegay,' was appointed to 'a Committee for the Militia, of and within the Borough of Southwarke, and Parts adjacent within the Lines of Communication, on the South Side of the River of Thames, in the County of Surrey' in September 1647 (Gowen Goldingay: Christening 04 Dec 1614 St Giles Cripplegate, London: Father: Edward Goldingay, IGI; PROB 11/269 Will of Gowen Goldegay of Whitefriars, City of London 14 November 1657 Ruthen 411-461, pp. 1-5; [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=56209#s1 'September 1647: Ordinance to settle the Militia of Southwark.', Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660 (1911), pp. 1010-1011, viewed 28/04/12])</ref> Made to the Allegacon
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apud Arla & Schedule given in on the behalfe
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of Henry ffreeman & others doe followe
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To the Allon & Schedule they answer & accept the Contents
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thereof soe far as it makes for them & not otherwise
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and further they answere & beleeve all the parties  allegate
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were hyred to serve in the vessell the ''Greyhound'' allegate
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by order of these rendents as they beleeve for the wages
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expressed in the schedule annexed to these rendents
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answeres and noe more as they beleeve for a fishing
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voiage to be made in the sd vessell for Greeneland//
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P1110030
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& the ports & harbours thereabouts but these rendents
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beleeve the sd pties nor any off them never came or
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arrived to any of the sd places, but in stead of goeing
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thither to fish, when they were within five or six leagues
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of the same the sd pties with the consent of the rest of the
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sd ships Company would nt pceed any further but forced
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the Comander of the sd ship to turne back againe both w:th
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the ship allegate & the Owners Adventure without ever
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coming to Greeneland or any port or harbor there or making
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any voiage, by which meanes these rendents d voiage was
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totally overthrowne & lost to their damage at leaset ffowre
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thousand pounds as they beleeve, And further they doe not
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beleeve the sd Allegacon
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or schedule to be true in any pte, saveing these rendents beleeve
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that the sd ship sett sayle from Gravesend upon or about the fourteenth of Aprill 1656. & not before as they beleeve
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at w:ch time & not before the sd monethly pay was to begin
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in case the sd pties had behaved themselves as they ought to have
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done, & these rendents further beleeve that y:e ship the ''Greyhound''
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came back againe into the River of Thames & was here discharged
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upon or about the fowrteenth day of September 1656 as they beleeve
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RICHARD BATSON [His signature]
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BEANE [His signature]
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GOE XXXXX [His signature]
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The schedule menconed in the Answeres
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Henry ffreeman for twelve pounds whereof
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recd three pounds in money before he went
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out & fower shills & ten pence more unpon Cloathes
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soe in case he had pformed the voiage in Greenland
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as he might to have done there remaine
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8:li - 15 - 2
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John Burgen for fifteene pounds whereof recd
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three pounds before he went out & stwo shill and
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two oence upon cloathes so in case he had pformed
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his voiage to Greeneland as he ought tp have done
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there remaines
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11:li - 19 (OR, 17)- 10
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John Gold for five pounds wherof recd twenty
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shills, and one pound. two shills & six pence in cloaths
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so in case he had gone to Greenland and
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there pformed what he ought to have done there had
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remained
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2:li - 19 (OR, 17)- 6//
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P1110031
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Nicholas Taylor at Thirty five shillings p
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moneth whereof recd before hee went out
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Thirty five shill and in cloathes Three shill
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fower oennce, and he was in the ship from the
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14:th of Aprill 1656; which is five moneths soe
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there remaines in case he had pformed his
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voiage as he ought to have done
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6:li - 16 - 8
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Thomas ffrost shipped at thirty nyne shills per
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moneth whereof recd one moneths pay before
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his foeing out & fifteene shills foure pence for cloathes
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& was in the ship the time aforesd, soe thre remaines
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in case he had pformed the voiage as he ought to
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have done
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7:li - 0 - 8
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John Clarke shipped at thirty Eight shill p moneth
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whereof recd one pound Eighteene shill before his goeing out & one pound two shill . eight pence for
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cloathe, & was in the ship the time aforesd soe
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there remaines in case he had pformed his
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voiage as he ought to have done
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6:li - 09 - 4
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Dennis Yarmouth shipped at thirty foure shill
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p moneth recd one pound fowerteene shills
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before his departure, & fifteene shill foure
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pence for cloathes & was in the shipp the
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tyme aforesd, soe there remaines in  case
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hee had pformed his voiage as he ought
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6:li - 0 - 8
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RICHARD BATSON [His signature]
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H BEANE ?Esqr [His signature]
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GUW GOULEGAY (sic) [His signature]
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P1110032
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CLOSE UP DIGITAL IMAGE OF THE SIGNATURES IN P1110031
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P1110037
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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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<nowiki>*****************************************</nowiki>
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===Case: Edward Gosling, wages: Answer: Richard Batson: Date: XXXX===
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//The psonall Answeres of Richard Batson made
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to the posicons of an All:on ag:t him on the
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behalfe of Edward Gosling in the Cause of wages
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doe followe
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1.  To the first pretended posicon hee answereth & beleeveth
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that he doth accept the contents of the said posicon soe far
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as the same doth make for him & not otherwise, And
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he beleeveth that this rendent, M:r Beane & M:r Goldegue (sic)
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did in or about the time arlate hyre and agree with the
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said Edward Goslinge to serve in the ship the Owners
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Adventure as a Harponier at first onely, and left it unto
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Thomas Damerell the Comander of the said ship to appoint
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him his mate if he pleased, w:ch this rendent beleeveth hee
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afterwards did appoint the sd Gosling one of his Mates
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with the consent of this rendent as hee beleeveth And//
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----
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P1110038
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DETAIL OF HUMPHREY BEANE SIGNATURE
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P1110039
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DUPLICATE DIGITAL IMAGE OF P1110037
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P1110040
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//this rendent beleeveth that the noate or schedul arlate
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was & is the proper handwriting of this rendent w:ch this
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rendent beleeveth he did give unto the said Gosling and
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agreed to pay him the money therein expressed upon
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his returne from the ports & harbors in Greeneland
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whither he was to goe upon a fishing voiage for this
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rendent & Comp:ie in case he did carry & behave himselfe
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as he ought to doe, and doe his best indeavour for the
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advantage of the sd fishinge designe as he beleeveth &
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not otherwise, And otherwise he doth not beleeve the sd
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posicon to be true in any pt thereof
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2.  To the 2:d prtded posicon he answereth & beleeveth that
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in or about the tome arlate, the arlate Gosling did pceed
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out towards Greeneland upon a fishing voiage but
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never arrived there at Greeneland as he beleeveth
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nor ever cast any Anchor in any port or harbor un Greene
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-land this voiage as he beleeveth, but on the contrary
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when the sd Damerell the M:r would have gone thither w:th
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the sd ship to have fished there according to his order &
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instructions the sd Gosling did not onely refuse to pceed
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therein himselfe but did also stirr up divers others of y:t
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sd ships Comp:ie as he beleeveth to doe the same w:ch they
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accordingly did as hee beleeveth, And soe by that XXXXX
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neither the sd ship nor the sd Gosling ever arrived or
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came into any port or harbor in Greeneland the voiage
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in question, And firther this rendent beleeveth y:t the sd
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Comp:ie of the ''Owners Adventure'' in their passage at Sea
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did meete with & kill Two small Cape Whale<ref>Cape whale.  Possibly the 'North Cape whale', also known as the Biscay whale.  The Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act, 1934, lists the North Cape whale as one of a class of whales it titles 'Right Whales': "Part I: Atlantic right whale. Arctic right whale. Biscayan right whale. Bowhead. Greenland right whale. Greenland whale. Nordkaper. North Atlantic right whale. North Cape whale. Pacific right whale. Pigmy right whale. Southern pigmy right whale. Southern right whale." The second and third classes listed are 'Blue Whales' and 'in Whales' ('Whaling Indistry (Regulation) Act, 1934, http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/24-25/49/schedule/part/I/enacted, viewed 28/04/12)</ref>, And
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otherwise for his pt he doth not beleeve the posiccon to
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be true in any pt thereof
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3.  To the 3:d prtded posicon he answereth that for his pt
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he doth not beleeve the sd posicon to be true in any pt thereof
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4.  To the 4:th prtded posicon he answereth & beleeveth that
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this rendent & Comp:ie did order the sd Damerell & Comp:ie
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to fish at sea in their passage thither for greeneland
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but did specially order them to make for any port
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or harbor they could best come at, and there their//
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P1110041
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chiefest fishing was to be as he beleeveth And this rendent
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beleeveth that the Dutch & ffrench having their ships usually
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fitted with furnaces & other materialls in their ships, & not
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being prmitted to have the freedome of harbors there, in Greeneland
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fish at sea but this rendent beleeveth that the ise with the
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English us the contrary, And this rendent beleeveth that
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the sd Damerell being forced by the sd Gosling & his XXXnats
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to returne with his sd ship before he came to his designed
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ports & places in Greeneland did as he hath heard
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& beleeveth severall times attempt to have gone in againe but
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the sd Gosling and his assonals as he hath heard & beleeveth
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did not onely discourage him from the same but also refused
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to pceed & thereupon the sd Damerell as he hath heard seeing
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the sd designe to be frustrated did saile up & downe at sea
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w:th the fflemmings thinking to gett something, And he further
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beleeveth that the other London ships or some of them did goe
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into harbours in Greeneland the said voiage & made greate
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voiages for their Imployers as he beleeveth, And soe the
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''Owners Adventure'' might have done as he beleeveth in case
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the sd Gosling & his assonats had not p:rvented the same And
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otherwise for his pt he doth not beleeve the sd posicon to be true
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in any pt thereof
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5  To the 5:th prtded posicon he answereth /& beleeveth that y:e voiage
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arlate the sd ship came & arrived at a place called XXope Iland
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as he hath heard & there the M:r & Comp:ie of her did get the blubber
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of someseahorse w:ch the fflemings had left ther as not  thinking
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the same worth taking which sd blubber this rendent beleeveth
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was brought home in the sd ship to this rendent & Comp:ie the whole
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of whale blubber & horse blubber did amount unto 16. or 16. tonnes
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of course oyle and not above as he beleeveth & also about halfe
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a tonne of whale bone & not above as he beleeves all w:ch together
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w:th the charges of boyling custome & excise & other petty charges
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after the comming home therof deduced did extend to about  165:li
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or 170:li & noe more as he beleeveth, And otherwise for his pt he doth
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not beleeve the sd posicon to be true in any pt thereof
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To the 6:th prtded posicon he answereth & beleeveth That after such
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time as the sd ship arlate arrived at Blackwall this rendent
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did give the sd Gosling a Cup of beere at London & tould him//
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P1110042
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'''Poor quality digital image'''
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//when the ship was discharged he would talke further with
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him about the voiage in question or to that effect And other
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wise for his pt he doth not beleeve y:e sd posicon to be true in any pt
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7.  To the 7:th prtded posicon he answereth & referreth himselfe to his
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former Answere & to the Lawe, And otherwise he doth not beleebe
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the sd Arle to be true saveing he beleeveth y:e sd Gosling did
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goe to Greeneland ?on severall voiages for this rendent & Comp:ie
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8.To the 8:th prtded posicon he answereth Tht for his pt he doth not
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beleeve y:e sd posicon to ve true in any pt thereof
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9.  To the 9:th prtded posicon he ?XXXXX XXX that for his pt he doth
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not beleeve the sd posicon to be true in any pt saveing thos
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rendent beleeveth the dXXX in question betwixt this rendent
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& the sd Gosling ?is generally taken notice of
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10.  To the 10:th prtded posicion he answereth & beleeveth that upon
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every XXXX tonne of oyle well made & boiled in Greenland
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& not otherwise as hee beleeveth there is out of every
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?thirteene tonns of oile due to the harponiers stiersman &
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Rowers the sum of fifteene pounds & not above as he beleeveth
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& soe afte the same ppocon for a lesser quantity of tonnes
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but how the same was to be directed amongst them this rendent
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knoweth not And otherwise for his pt he doth not beleeve  y.e
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sd posicon to be true in any pt
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RICHARD BATSON H[is signature]
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Repeated before Doctor
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Godolphin one of y:e Judges XX
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the 13:th of ?febr 1656:
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<nowiki>***********************************************</nowiki>
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===Allegation:  XXXX: Answer: Richard Batson, Humfry Beane & Gowden Goldgue (als. Goldeye): Date: Feb ?8th 1656===
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The personal Answeres of Richard Batson Humfry
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Beane & Gowden Goldgue made to the prsuance of
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an All:on given in ag:t him in behalfe of Edward
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Gosling & Richard Mandrye<ref>Richard Mandrye.  Also spelled Mandrey & Mandry.  Presumably a marriner.  Just possibly related to John mandry (b. ?, d. ca. 1660=, mariner, of Leigh, Essex (PROB 11/298 Will of John Mandry, Mariner of Leigh, Essex 17 April 1660 Nabbs 52-105)</ref>  doe followe
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1.  To the3 first prtded posicon they answere & beleeve y:t the
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voiage in question was a fishing voiage for y:e catching of
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whales & that y.e arlate Gosling & Mandrey were as they
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beleeve shipped by  the sd rendents  or some of them at first
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as harponiers onely in the ship the ''Own:rs Adventure''
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and lost unto Thomas Damerell the Comander of
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teh sd ship to appoint them his Mates if he please w:ch
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these rendents beleeve he afterwards did w:th the consent
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of these rendents as they beleeve And these rendents beleeve
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that at their goeing out they did desire y:e sd Mandry and
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P1110043
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Gosling to assist to their utmost the sd Damerell in the sd voiage
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in the places wherein they were put for the best benefit of these
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rendents in the sd voiage & gave them a speciall charge to bee
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obedient unto the sd Damerell & his commands & not to disagree in
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any thing, And otherwise for their pts they doe not beleeve y:t
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the sd posicon to be true in any pt thereof
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2.  To the w:d prded posicon & schedule therein mencconed they answer
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and beleeve that they are not bound by Law to answer y:t same
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the same nothing concerning the sd Gosling or Mandry what
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instructions they gave the sd Damerell
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3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8  To the 3. 4. 5. 6. 7:th & 8:th prded posicons they & every of them answere
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and beleeve that the fact in the sd respective Arles conteyned
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was done at sea where these rendents were not, and therefore
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they knowe nothing of it nor knowe what to beleeve therein, but
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doe refer themselves to the deposiconns of the witnesses examined
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in this Cause on their behalfe
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9.  To the 9:th prtded posicon they and every of them answere & beleeve
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that the arlate ?Pibuus, Welch, Child, & Golding have bin severall
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?yeares at Greenland as they have heard & beleeve, And other
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-wise for theire pts they nor any of them doe not beleeve the
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sd posicon to be true in any pt thereof
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10.  1.  To the 10. & 11:th prded posicons they answere & say that y:t fact conteined
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in y:e sd Arles was acted & done at Sea in y:e absence of theis rendants
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they being here at London and therefore they knowe nothing thereof
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nor knowe what to beleeve therein, but refer themselves
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to the deposiconns of witnesses examined on their parts in this Cause
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And otherwise for their pts they nor any of them doe not beleeve the
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sd posicons to be true in any pt thereof
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12.  To teh 12:th prded posicon they & every of them answere & beleeve that
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teh sd Gosling & Mandry have bin severall  times at Greenland as they
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have heard, & have bin Officers & Marriners in ships as they have
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heard, And otherwise for their pts they doe not beleeve the sd
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posicon to be true in any pt thereof
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13.  To the 13:th prded posicon they answere that for their ptes they doe
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not beleeve the sd posicon to be true in any pt thereof
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14.  To the 14:th prded posicon they and every of them answere and
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beleeve that y:e arlate Reynolds was & is an ableman & hath bin at
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Greenland many voiages & soe is the sd ?AslXXXXre, and they are as
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tehse rendents beleeve good seamen, And these rendents beleeve
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that all or the  most pt of them were to be employed XXXX at sea
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P1110044
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&
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beleeve
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XXXX
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And
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XXXXX
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XXXX
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XXXX
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w:th
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chose
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very
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of
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some
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ay
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whatsoever
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XXXX
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And
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the same
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And they
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RICHARD BATSON [His signature]
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HUMFR BEANE [His signature]
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Repeated before Dor
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Godolphin one of the
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Judges  the 8:th of
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?ffebr 1656
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<nowiki>************************************************</nowiki>
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===Allegation: Edmund and James Cowse: Answer: Daniell ?Jiggles: Date: XXXX===
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The psonall Answeres of Daniell ?Jiggles made to
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the posicons of an All:on given in ag:t him on behalfe of
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XXX XXXXX doe followe
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1.  To the first prtded posicon he XXXXXXXX
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2. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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P1110045
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//day of November arlate & came & arrrived upon the Coast of Portugall
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before Porto port the twelfth, about two or Three of the Clock in y:e night  the
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wind being then all Easterly at which time by reason of the darknes of
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the night & the scantnes of the wind this rendent as it is usuall did
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overshoot the sd port about three or foure Leagues to y:e Southward
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but y:e next day being the Thirteenth day of November this rendent
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came againe w:th his sd ship before the Porto Porto (sic) & upon his coming
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thither did shoote of some of his gunns to give notice of as the usuall
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Custome us for some pilotts to come aboard to XX way in his sd shp
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the same port being a hard port & very dangerous & not to be gone
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into by any M:r of a shipp without a pilott, although the Mrs & ships belong
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to y:e same place, & the same also is not to be come into but at Three
+
quarters floud (sic), And this rendent beleeveth that there came noe
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pilott from the shoare to conducr in the sd shipp & the floud being spent
+
& noe wind blowing to carry in the sd ship & the night approaching
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& likely tp prove foule weather that night as it afterwards happened
+
this rendent 6 his Comp:ie did agree to keepe of from the shoare untill
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the next morning, resolving then to get in if the winds & weather would
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permit, & this rendent beleeveth that the same night it  proved a bery
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great storme of wind which blew into the shoare soe as if this rendent
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had not kept of as he did w:th his ship shee & her ladeing & men had bin
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lost & cast on shoare as he beleeveth, and the next day being the 14:th
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day of November the wind being changed northerly  & glowing very tem-
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pestuous the sd Edmund Cowse being aboard the sd vessell & prXXing noe
+
possibility of getting into Porto by reason of y:e stormes & winds as a foresd ordered
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this rendent to goe w:th the sd ship & lading for Lisborne where this rendent
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arrived the 15:th day of November 1654. & there the sd Cowse did unlade &
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dispose of a great pt of y:t sd ships lading & unlade other goods into her
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where y:t sd Cowse did keepe & detaine the sd ship in unlading & relading from
+
the 15:th of November to y.e 12:th of December about w.ch time this rendent indeavoured
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to goe away but was hindred by y:e Governor of a Castle there who would
+
not prmt this rendents ship to goe out upon pretence of a ?ffryer y:t was ?sume
+
away for they made stopp of all ships for a time, & after such
+
time as this rendent was cleare of y:e sd stop & dentention he did make sewall
+
attempts of putting to sea againe to goe to Porto Port the sd Cowse haveing
+
put a pilot on board to y:e purpose but y:e wind & weather were & continues soe
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stormy & contrary that this rendent could not gett out with his sd ship untill
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about y:e 3:d of february 1654 although he had (haveing put out foure XXms before but forced in
+
againe by crosse winds & foule weather, and upon the 4:th of y:e sd moneth this
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rendent with his sd ship came before the barr of  Porto againe intending to
+
have gone in with his sd ship. but the winds & weather & tides proved
+
soe crosse & stormy as that this rendent could not gett in with his sd ship into
+
the sd port untill the 10:th (OR, 16:th) day of february at which time he gott safe in &//
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+
----
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P1110045
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//notbefore as he beleeveth, And otherwise he doth not beleeve the
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sd posicon to be true in any pt thereof
+
 
+
3.  To the 3:d prtded posocn he answereth & beleeveth that y:e sd James
+
& Edward Cowse are to pay for the fraight of the sd ship sixty pounds
+
p moneth & for wages & victuals 55:li p moneth and not above as he
+
beleeveth, And otherwise for his pt he doth not beleeve the said
+
posicon to be true in any pt thereof
+
 
+
4.  To the 4:th prtded posicon he answereth & beleeveth that he this
+
rendent did carry a certaine quantity of wines for y:e said Two
+
Cowses from Barbados to Meavis (sic) & there as he beleeves did unlad
+
& deliver the same unto one Chamberlaine to whom they were consigned
+
as this rendent beleeveth, & tooke in his bill of ladeing w:th a receipt
+
thereupon for y:e same, but this rendent doth beleeve y:t afterwards
+
there happened to be found on board the sd ship about a quarter
+
of a pipe of ?eager wine w:ch this rendent beleeveth was putt in by y.e
+
sd Edmund Cowse for bewerage for y:e sd ships Comp:ie which was by them
+
soe drunk up as he beleeveth, And otherwise for his pt he doth not
+
beleeve the sd posicon to be true in any pt
+
 
+
5.  To the 5:th prtded posicon he answereth & beleeveth that y:e time
+
arlate this rendent was sent by the sd Edmund Cowse to Virginia
+
with a quantity of goods  vizt 7?1 pipes of wine & no more as he
+
beleeveth 2: chests of white warthen ware one bale of paper &
+
noe more 20 peeces of east India stuffe called
+
p?antadoes, & a pcell of red earthen wares worth nothing at all as
+
he beleevth, and a small quantity of salt, & no other goods as hee
+
beleeveth halfe of one of  which sd pipes of wine & severall other
+
quantities of all the other pipes were by foule weather at sea
+
in the passage thither leaked out & the rest w:ch remained being about
+
six pipes filled up, & also the paper & 10 peeces of pantadoes (sic), &
+
one chest of white earthern ware this rendent being in necessity
+
for prvisions to furnish his sd ship was inforced  to sell to supply
+
the same, & the other 10: peeces of pantadoes, & one Chest of white
+
earthen ware were afterwards XX againe to y:e sd James Cowse
+
 
+
& the red earthen ware not being any thing worth was left there
+
in the Country, And otherwise for his pt he doth not beleeve th
+
sd posicon to be true in any pt thereof, saveing this rendent beleeveth
+
he hath given an Acco:tt of the sd things unto the sd Edmund & James
+
Cowse to w:ch he referreth himselfe
+
 
+
6.  To the 6:th prteded posicon he answereth & beleeveth that upon or about
+
the 6:th day of december 165X this rendent (after an extraordinary
+
strome & tempest wherein he lost y:e sd ships foremast XXXX
+
sailes XXXX, & all y:e rigging except the foreyard & foresaile which
+
was also spoiled & made unserviceablee) this rendent XXXed//
+
----
+
 
+
P1110047
+
 
+
with his sd ship & lading at Virginia where after this rendents
+
arrivall there this rendent did use all meanes possible to fitt and
+
furnish his ship againe there with what shee had lost in y:e storme
+
aforesd, but could not doe the same but did fitt her soe well as hee
+
could, which was not nor could not be done untill on or about y:e first
+
of Aprill & not before, but this rendent beleeveth he was not able norpossibly could not soe fitt & p:rpare her as to goe back againe to Barbados
+
with her, And this rendent beleeveth That  dureing sucg time as this
+
rendent did remaine & abide at Virginia he used all wayes & meanes
+
possible to gett the ??ship fraight either for Holland or London, but
+
dureing such time as the sd ship lay there upon y:e repaireing aforesd
+
there came in divers other ships which got up many ?hdds of tobacco
+
&that there were soe many of the sd ships as that most of them came
+
home some halfe & some two thirs dead fraighted & yet staid there
+
after this rendent was come away about a Moneth or Two, And this rendent beleevth that he did receive & take on board his sd ship at
+
Virginia the number of 158: hdds of tobacco for the Acco:t of severall
+
psons which were to be carried to Ireland, and foure more for
+
acco:t of the sd Cowse for w:ch 158: this rendent was to have for fraight
+
of 143: hhds this rendent was to receive seven pounds p tonne, & for y:e
+
other 150 after the rate of 8:li p tonne upon the delivery thereof in Ireland
+
where the same by y.e sd agreem:t were to be sold in Ireland or else in
+
case they could not then this rendent was to bring them in his sd ship
+
for England, which agreem:t unles this rendent had undertaken at Virginia
+
he could not there have recd in y:e sd goods, And this rendent beleeveth
+
he did accordingly carry y:e sd goods for Ireland where the same not being
+
sold the same were brought in the sd ship for London & here delivered as
+
he beéeeves, And he beleeves the sd ship the ''Anne'' was & is a ship of
+
?220 tonnes or thereabouts & no more as he beleeves, And this rendent
+
beleeveth that y:e whole fraight of the foresd tobaccoes did amount unto
+
280:li 5:s and no lesse as he beleeves, besides nyne ?hdds more
+
of tobacooes for y:e ships Comp:ie for w:ch y:e sd Cowse recd freight amounting
+
to the other ?tobaccos, And he ?further referreth himselfe to the schedule
+
hereunto annexed w:ch this rendent beleeveth was & is the originall
+
Instructions given by the sd Edmund Cowse to this rendent y:e sd voiage
+
And otherwise for his pt he doth not beleeve y:e sd posicon to be true in
+
any pt thereof
+
 
+
8.  To the 8:th prtded posicon he answereth & referreth himselfe to his former
+
answeres, And otherwise for his pt he doth not beleeve the sd posicon
+
to be true in any part
+
 
+
9. To the 9:th prtded posicon he answereth & beleeveth that this rendent by
+
dunkirk men of war & crosse winds was forced into Plymouth, And
+
otherwise for his pt he doth not beleive the sd posicon to be true
+
in any pt thereof
+
 
+
----
+
 
+
P1110048
+
 
+
10.  To the w0:th prded posicon he answereth that for his
+
pt hee doth not beleeve the sd posicon to be true in any pt thereof
+
 
+
11.  To the 11:th prded posicon he answereth & beleeveth y:t ?requisicon
+
by this  suit & not otherwise & that he hath refused to satisfy
+
the same for iust reasons as he beleeveth.
+
 
+
===Allegation: Edmund & James Cowse: Answer: Daniell ?Jiggles: Date: 1st November 1655===
+
 
+
//M:r Daniell Jiggles.
+
 
+
- In the Iland of Barbados Novemb: 1:me 1655
+
 
+
My order & desire unto yo:u is that yo:u take the first
+
opportunity of wind & weather to saile home to the coast of
+
Virginia where I shall not oblige yo:u to any pticular port
+
being altogether unacquainted withh that trade, But forasmuch
+
as you have bin severall tymes there I shall intreate you to
+
saile for y:t place where wee may most probably find a
+
fraight for the ship ''Anne'', be it either for London or
+
Holland, which is the principle of o:r designes and a good
+
fraight with a speedy dispacth would much helpe us
+
you well knowe how to distingusih betixt
+
fraights for England & Holland, & I shall leave it unto
+
your discretion, The goods which I have laden pary
+
dispose of them for my most advantages you have
+
their pticulars here underneath, pray gett good tobacco
+
for them, & loade it aboard the ''Ann'' to be at y:e disposicon
+
of my brother James Cowse
+
 
+
Now if it shall soe fall out that a fraight  in a short space
+
is not to be procured, which on yo:r arrivall yo:u will soone
+
perceive, then my order is that you come back hither with
+
all convenient speed, And that the voiage may not bee
+
altogether fruitles, you may convert my goods into cattle
+
such as you conceie may be fittest for sale here in this
+
Iland, and you may likewise loade a parcell of beefe
+
and porke which may be seasoned with our owne salt
+
And so further the busines you may passe yo:r bill on me
+
for Tenn or fifteene thousand pounds of Musc:° sugars, or
+
you may give yo:r bills by Exchange on my brother James
+
Cowse of London for one hundred or one hundred and
+
fifty pounds sterl, and your bills will be paid, M:r ?Manning
+
hath written to severall of his friends to assist yo:u in what
+
shall offer And likewise if there be an occasion to
+
underwrite yo:r bills.
+
XX//
+
----
+
 
+
P1110049
+
 
+
Theise goods laden are as followeth
+
 
+
Eight pipes of Oporto wynes whereof, Two are white, one ?eager,
+
A Bale con 32: Rames of white writing paper
+
A packett 20. peeces of pintados which here sell at 50:li
+
Two chests of fine earthen ware
+
A parcell of course earthen ware
+
A parcell of salt
+
 
+
You may sell these goods at the price Currant that is to say
+
for the most they will yeeld, And if any of the seamen be
+
necessitated, you may supply their wants on accompts of
+
their wages, and for your care and paines herein yo:u shaéé
+
have a good satisffaction, I leave the whole business unto yor
+
care, beseeching God to send you a prosperous voiage
+
 
+
I am yo:r very loving friend
+
Edmund Cowse
+
 
+
Pray write my brother
+
what passeth
+
 
+
DANIELL  JESSELS  His signature
+
 
+
Repeated before Coll Cocke
+
in y:e hall y:r the 16:th of ffeb: 1655
+
 
+
<nowiki>******************************************</nowiki>
+
===Case: Wm: Bulkley allegation: Answer: William Browning: Date: 18th Feb: 1656===
+
 
+
The psonall Answeres of W;m Browning ade to y:e posicons
+
of an All:on given in ag:t him on behalfe of W:m Bulkley doe
+
followe
+
----
+
P1110050
+
 
+
The psonall Answeres of Edward Goslin XXX
+
XXXX
+
XXXXX
+
as followe
+
 
+
1.  To the
+
 
+
----
+
 
+
P1110051
+
 
+
To the 6:th they & each of them answereth that in y:e sd All:on given
+
in on their behalfe they have in the 13:th arles set forth y:e whole
+
truth of this fact to this arle w:ch is admitted & witnesses worne &
+
exaied thereupon & otherwise than in y:e sd 13:th arle of their All:on &
+
the exacons thereupon taken w:ch they & each of them believeth to be
+
true they nor either of them doth believe the same to be true in any pte
+
 
+
To the 8. & 9:th they & each of them answreth & believeth that the sd
+
ships in the sd arles menoned were in comp:a with the:XX ships y:e ''Owners
+
Adventure'' & the ''Greyhound'' about the 17th (OR, 19th) of June 1656. when y:e sd
+
Damerell comanded his comp:a to strive to get into the Ice , but y:e sd
+
M:r of y:e sd 4. ships & their comp:ies nor any of them did so proffer
+
to get into any harbor about y.e tyme holding it soe exceedingly dangerous
+
& XXXX possible to be done whilest the Ice was so much about the
+
shoore & they & divers of them did tell the sd damerell so much or
+
the like in effect & y:t it was a kind of madnes to attempt it, but about
+
the 13:th of July w:ch was neare a moneth after when y:e Ice was dissolved
+
or much abated from about the shoare the sd other fowre Lonon ships
+
did  get into the sd harbour & did fish there & catch severall whales
+
& made a good voiage neare about the ?sumes in y:e sd arles menconed
+
as they & each of them believeth, & so might the sd ''Own:rs Adventure''
+
& ''Greyhound'' have done in all pbability according to their xpeccons as
+
they & each of them believeth if y:e sd Damrell would have bin per
+
-suaded & intreated by them the sd ?Manudrey & ?Goslin or any others
+
to have done as they did & have adventured to get into harbour in
+
the moneth of July when it was more seasonable & pbable to have
+
bin attayned, but y:t sd Damerell continued XXing at sea & xxing
+
after the fflemmings upon new designes & would not be psuaded
+
ever to attempt the getting into any harbour after y:e sd 18:th of June
+
1656. & so y:t sd voiage was by his the sd Damerells wilfulnes and
+
obstinacy overthrowne & lost & not by any default or occasion of
+
them y:e sd Manndrey & Goslin or either of them  And otherwise they
+
nor either of them doth not believe the sd arles or either of them
+
to be true in any pte
+
 
+
10  To the 10:th they & each of them answereth they believe the said
+
Batson & comp:a were at charge for the setting out of y:e sd bessells
+
but how much it cost them they know not neither doth it concerne them
+
or either of them, but if y:e Cort be of opinion they are to answere any
+
thing to it in obedience thereunto they are  willing to submit y:e same
+
to the oathes of the sd Batson & comp:a who were y:e setters forth
+
----
+
 
+
P1110052
+
 
+
'''Poor quality digital image'''
+
 
+
11. To the 11:th they & each of them answereth that they nor either of them
+
doth believe that y:e sd Batson & Comp:a suffred any loss or damage
+
at all the sd voiage by y:e meanes or occasion of them y:e sd ManXXX
+
or Goslin or either of them
+
 
+
12.  13.  14.  To the 12. 13.  & 14:th they & either of them answereth that y:e Batson
+
& comp:a being indebted unto them for their wages y:e sd vouage &
+
desirous to hinder them from y:e same XXX without any colo:r of reason
+
as they & each of them beleiveth brought their accon ag:t them the
+
sd Maundrey & Goslin & thereby demanded from them XXXX pre
+
-tended damages w:ch they suffered by the sd damerell (if by any)
+
which they conceive they have iust reason to refuse to pay and
+
otherwise saving that they are subiects of this nation & subiects
+
to the Lawes thereof & saving their former answeres w:ch they
+
& each of them believeth to be true they nor either of them doth
+
believe the same to be true in any pte
+
 
+
EDWARD GOSLINGE  [His signature]
+
RICHARD MANDREY [His signature]
+
 
+
Repeated x:r
+
15:th Aprill 1657//
+
 
+
<nowiki>*************************************</nowiki>
+
 
+
//XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX//
+
----
+
 
+
P1110053
+
 
+
//XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX//
+
 
+
<nowiki>*************************************</nowiki>
+
 
+
//The psonall Answeres of Samuell Micoe made
+
to the p:rted posiccons of an Allegacon given against
+
him on the behalfe of Thomas Cullinge Jonathan
+
Andrewes & Gifford Bale as followeth
+
 
+
1. To the first hee answereth That he beleevth That
+
the tyme in the Article menconned the pties therein
+
expressed did assert themselves to be (&were reputed)
+
the owners of the ship the article expressed, And
+
otherwise he doth not beleeve the said arle to be true
+
in any pt
+
 
+
2.  3.  To the second & third he answereth that he doth beleeve the
+
same
+
 
+
4.  To the fourth he answereth & beleeveth that the sd MastXXX gXXXX//
+
----
+
 
+
P1110054
+
 
+
//in the sd arles expressed did in pursuance of y:e
+
agreem:t saile to & arrive at such ports & places as
+
are hereafter in his answeres expresed about the
+
times therein mencconed, And otherwise he doth
+
not beleeve the same to be true in any part
+
 
+
5.  To the fifth he answereth that he was not in y:e sd voiage
+
& so it is not possible for him to know y:e ptcular dayes
+
when the sd ship set saile but will refer y:e same to y;e oath
+
of the M:r, onely for y:e ships goeing to ?Maierque he doth deny
+
that it was by any direccon of his, but he hath heard that
+
by reason of contrary windes y:e M:r did touch these with
+
the said ship
+
 
+
6.  To the sixth he answereth that for the times of y:e arrivall
+
it is not possible for him particularly
+
to know being not in the sd voiage but submit y:e same to
+
the oath fof y.e M:r or any y:t are in y:t sd voiage but hath heard
+
& doth beleeve y:e sd M:r did sell some of the goods at Maierque
+
but without the order of him the sd Samuell Mico for he did
+
give him order to goe first for naples & thither shee did
+
after goe & there arrived
+
, and discharged other goods
+
as is alleaged, but for the times he XXXX it XX
+
before so y:t oath of the sd M:r, And otherwise doth not
+
beleeve the same to be true in any pt
+
 
+
7 To the seventh he answereth and beleeveth that
+
after the arrivall of the sd ship at naples ?she
+
did make further delivery of her goods there &
+
did there stay to take in other lading, to have
+
bin brought to this port of London, but when y:e
+
last of the ladinge was brought on board he
+
doth not know, but is also willing to leave y:e same
+
to the aoath of y:e M:r or any that were then at Naples
+
and knowe the same
+
----
+
 
+
P1110055
+
 
+
----
+
P1110056
+
 
+
//him whether the sd monyes were drawne for the
+
?acco:tt of the sd ship or goods, and therfore hee
+
told the sd Mr Andrewes M:r Culling & others
+
or some of them the reputed Owners that hee
+
could not tell whether the money soe drawne
+
was upon the acco:t of the sd shipp or the goods, but
+
if they pleased to disburse the monyes, whatsoever
+
pporcon should belong to himm for the goods he would
+
reimburse them againe or to that effect as he beleeveth
+
and he hath heard & doth beleeve that y:e said ship & all
+
the goods were sold & the money or ot of it deposited in the Court
+
----
+
P1110057
+
 
+
----
+
P1110058
+
 
+
----
+
===Allegation:  Richard fford: Answer: XXXX: Date: July 1st 1657===
+
 
+
P1110059
+
 
+
The fifth of July 1657
+
 
+
The office of the)
+
Judges ag:t XX XXXX)
+
?promoted by Richard fford)
+
 
+
The severall answers of
+
PaXXX NXXXX made unto certaine
+
articles given in against him at the
+
pXXXX of Richard fford doe
+
followe, vizt
+
 
+
To the first article hee answereth and
+
beleeveth the same to be true
+
 
+
To the second article hee answereth and
+
beleeveth the same to be true, saving hee doth
+
not beleeve that all the mariners of the shipp
+
''Adventure'' arlate came safe ashore, but that
+
two of them were drowned.
+
 
+
To the third hee answereth and beleeveth that
+
that after the misffortune and casualtie arlate
+
the arlate master of the said shipp and most
+
of his company, escapiing andcoming alive
+
to land, the propertie of the goods, wares
+
and Merchandizes that were then in the said
+
ship, did and yet doth remaine in the
+
pwners thereof, and hee beleeveth the arlate
+
Richard fford to be with others, owners thereof,
+
because hee laith claime thereunto, And
+
otherwise hee doth not beleeve this article to
+
be true in any part thereof
+
 
+
To the fourth article hee answereth and
+
beleeveth that a Commission to the effect
+
arlate, issued out of this Court under the seale
+
and by order or authoritie of the Judges of the
+
same//
+
----
+
P1110060
+
 
+
//same, direccted to the persons arlate, and that
+
the arlate William ?Braddon, Stephen Trevile
+
and John Nichol did take upon them the execution
+
of the said commission, and this respondent
+
knoweth and XXXX that they they said Braddon
+
Treville and Nicol XXX thereupon.  And otherwise
+
hee doth not beleeve this article to be true in
+
any part, saving hee beleeveth that the
+
arlate Anthony Rouse also tooke upon him the
+
execution of the said Commission, because hee saw
+
his hand to a warrant and that was issued out by
+
vertue thereof.
+
 
+
To the fifth article hee answereth and
+
beleeveth that the said Anthony Rowse, William
+
BRaddon, Stephen Treville and John Nicol
+
having taken upon them the execcon of the said
+
Commission, did as Commissioners  send warrants
+
to call this respondent to appeare before them
+
or any two of them, namely that the said Stephen
+
Trevill and Jojn Nicol sent a warrant inder
+
their hands dated the 28 of March last  for his
+
appearance before them at Milb?racke arlate n the eighth of Aprill last past and that
+
they said Anthony Rowse and William Braddon
+
sent another dated the 16:th of Aprill last for
+
his appearance before them or any two of the
+
said Commissioners at Salt Ash, to the effect
+
arlate, and that this respondent did appeare
+
before the said Trevill and Nicoll at ?Welbarke
+
on the said eigth of Aprill, and before the said
+
William Braddon, Stephen Trevill and John
+
Nicoll at Salt Ash on the two and twentieth
+
day of Aprill last according to and in obedience
+
to//
+
 
+
DID NOT IMAGE THE SUCCEEDING PAGE OR PAGES IN THIS CASE
+
----
+
 
+
P1110061
+
 
+
 
+
 
+
----
+
P1110062
+
 
+
----
+
P1110063
+
 
+
----
+
P1110064
+
 
+
<nowiki>***********************************</nowiki>
+
===Allegation: Thomas Grant: Answers: Edward Bushell, Stephen White & John Crowder: Date: March 8th 1657===
+
 
+
The eighth of March 1657
+
 
+
1.  The personall Answeres of Edward Bushell
+
Stephen White and John Crowder made
+
to the posiccons of an Allegaconn given
+
in ag:t them on the behalfe of Thomas
+
Grant doe followe
+
 
+
1.  To the first prtded posiconn they answere and
+
beleeve the same to be true
+
 
+
2.  To the second prded posicon they answere and
+
beleeve that the sd Thomas Grant was appointed
+
M:r of the sd ship the ''Sarah'' by the arlate Alderman
+
Adams & others the Owners of thesd ship as they beleive
+
w:th such posicons as is usually given to Masters of
+
ships, and these rendants beleeve the sd XXXXX//
+
----
+
P1110065
+
 
+
'''Poor quality digital image'''
+
 
+
----
+
 
+
P1110066
+
 
+
for y:e sd voiage saving such part thereof as they have
+
since received by Judgem:t given by Com:rs appointed
+
betwixt y:e Comonweakth & Portugall according to w;ch
+
pporcon & manner of payment theis rendents are ready
+
& willking to pay y:e sd Grant, And theis rendents beleive
+
that y:e sd voiage there were divers marrin:rs XXXXX in the
+
sd ship, But what they were or their names theis rendents
+
know not, but are willig to referrr y:e same to y;e sd Grants
+
Oath, And theis rendents beleeve y:e the sd Grant and
+
Comp:ie entred into pay about y:e later end of ffebruary 1647
+
& discharged y:e outwards lading at Lisborn about the later end
+
of Aprill 1648: and there staid in getting a fraight and
+
taking in other lading untill about the moneth of July, &
+
then went to BRazeile & there did discharge her lading
+
about y:e later end of September or beginning of October
+
1648. as they beleeve, & there the sd ship did remaine
+
& abide at Brazeile under the Imbargo of y:e king of
+
Portugall & his Ministers by y:e space of Seventeene or
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Eighteene Moneths, and then at last the sd ship taken
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away, w:ch was about y:e moneth of August 1650. as they
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beleeve during all w:ch time theis rendents beleeve the
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sd GRant & Comp:ie were belonging unto her, And Other-
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.wise for their pts they do not beleeve y:e sd posiccon to be true
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5.  To the fifth prtded posiconn they answere & accept y:e contents
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of y:e sd posiconn & beleeve that y:t urlate Grant did pay
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unto his Marinn:rs six monteths pay at Brazeile out of
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the monies w:ch was by him received there for fraight
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due to theis rendents & Comp:ie, And this rendent Edward
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Bushell beleeveth that there being a meeting of some of the
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Owners at the house of M:r Alderman Adams the said
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Grant was there and these rendents demanding an
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acco:tt of y:e monies due to the marriners in the sd ship the
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sd voiage the sd Grant did umediately produce y:e schedule
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arlate which this rendent did cast up not by way of allowance
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or condiscention that there was soe much due but onely
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to satisfy himselfe what was due to the sd Grant
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and Comp:ie in case they would take the same as//
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