MRP: HCA13/129
HCA13/129
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Personal answers, October 1658- August 1662.
This Volume is ca. 10 in x 6 in x 1 in
Bound in leather, with original cover, and two leather straps to close
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P1100949
DIGITAL IMAGE OF LEATHER FRONT COVER
Personal answers of Robert Ox?wick, William Weilday and John Jefferyes: Allegaction: John White & others: Date: XXXX
P1100950
//The personall Answeres of Robert OxXXXX
William Weilday and John Jefferyes made to
the posXXXns of an Allegacon given in ag:t
them on behalfe of Thomas White & others
doe followe.
1. To the first pretended posicon they and every of
them answere and beleeve that Henry ?Tyler, John
Hall, ?Chidock Newby, Ambrose Baxter, Cristopher
Oberman & Thomas White, John White, Richard Crispe
Thomas Salter, John ?Picknell, John Phillips, Sum?ner
Sputtée, Richard Spunier, were as they have heard
and beleeve hyred by Godfrey Jones the M:r of the
Ship the Content to serve in the said shipp from hence
to Ginny, & to other ports & places in the West Indies
and so home againe to this port of London but what
time they entred into pay, or when they began the said
voiage or how long they continued therein theis rendents
know not, nor know not well what to beleeve in regard
it is so long afgoe, about eleven yeares since or there
-abouts, but they beleeve that the sd ship did dept from
Gravesend about September or October 1647. & from thence
(as they have heard & beleeve went to Ginney & there
tooke in Negroes, & with them sayled to Barbadoes on
their owne accord without any order from theis rendents
or any of the other fraighters or Own:rs as they beleeve
but neither put any goods or passengers on shoare ther
as they beleeve, and soe goeing to the West INdies
shee and all her ladeing were as they beleeve cast
away, & never made any port as they beleeve, but
about what time the same was theis rendents know
not, nor know what to beleeve for the reasons aforesd
they not being there, nor never seeing the M:r of the
sd ship afterm hee dyeing before hee came home, And
otherwise they nor any of them doe not beleeve the
sd posiccon to be true in any ?jot thereof saveing their following Answeres-//
P1100951
//2. To the second p:rted posicon they & every of them
answereth & beleeive that the voiage arlate the sd ship
did carry out Iron, Strong Water, Wine, & other commodities
to the value of about three thousand pounds, & sailed therew:th
as they beleive to Ginney, and there as they beleeve & have
heard tooke in 100: and some odd negroes for
pt of the sd ladeing and therewith & the other goods went
away for the West Indies where they were lost & cast away
without makeing of any port of discharge as they beleeve
and theis rendents beleeve that the
said ship and marrin:rs before expressed did
abide well the said ship at Ginney by the space
of Three moneths & not above as they beleeve & that from
the time of her departure from Ginney was about the
space of six moneths and not above as they beleeive
And othewise they nor any of them doe not beleeve
the sd posicon to be true -
3. 4. To the Third and fowrth prtded posiccons they
answere & refer themselves to their former answeres
& beleeve that from Gambo (sic) the sd ship sett saile, &
without any order from theis rendents or the other
Own:rs sailed to Barbados and there stayed as they
have heard & beleeve avout three weeks to take in
fresh water but neither tooke in to delivered out
any goods or merchandizes & then went towards
Margaritta & there in the way was lost & cast
away and they beleeve that the foresaid pties
were hyred by the M:r of the sd ship as they beleeve
to serve//
P1100952
//to serve in her the sd voiage but whether any others were
hyred or did serve in here or whoe, or at what rates theis
rendents know not nor know what to beleeve, in regard they
did not hyre them or have noe list of whoe were by XXXX or
at what reates, And otherwise they doe not beleeve the sd
posiccon to be true in any part, saveing they beleeve the
pties mencconed in theis rendents answers might be hyred
for the sewall summs expressed in the schedule hereunto
annexed & not more as they beleeve -
5. To the fifth prtded posiccon they & every of them answere
& beleeveth that this rendent Robert Oxwick was fraighter
of three sixteenth pts of the sd shipp the sd voiage and
noe morem this rendent John Jefferyes fraighter of one
sixteenth pt and noe more, this rendent William Wildye
Owner & fraighter of one sixteenth pte & noe more, And
otherwise they doe not beleeve the said possicon to be trie
6 To the sixth prded posiccon they answere that for their
pts they doe not beleeve the sd posicon to be true -
The Schedule
Henry Tylor Surgeon ............50:s p moneth
John Hall Quarter master..... 23:s p moneth
Chid)ork Newby................... iij:li x:s p mo:
Ambrose Bayrer................... 35:s p mo:
Cristofer Overman............... 40:s p mo:
Thomas White & servant..... iij:li p mo:
John White.......................... 32:s p mo:
P1100953
P1100964
//The personall answeres of Augustine
Coronell made to the pretended posiccon of
an allegacon 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 whichThornao Mor Peijio Cap:t as followeth.
To the first hee answereth that hee beleeveth that the
allegate S:r Marcuo Verolo de Silvera, was for all
the tome allegate and is resident at Lixbon and
the said Duarte Munez de la Costa for all the
time aforesaid hath beene and is resident att
hamburgh and is a merchant ther, but hee doth
not beeleeve there is any Correspondency of
trade betweene him the said De la Costa and
ffrancis pardini And otherwise hee doth
not between the said arle to bee true in any parti.
To the 9:th hee answeareth and beleeveth that the
said Silvera did really cause the sd Brazeelewood
to bee laden on board the arlate shipp for the accomt
of the said Brazeel Comp:a and consigned y:e same to
the said ffrancis Pardini And otherwise hee doth
not beeleeve the said posicon to be true in any pti
P1100965
P1100966
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To the tenth hee answereth that hee doth
beleive the said Brazeele Company seldome
or never lade any goods in their owne name
but doe generally make use of the
name of the said Duarte Munez de Coasta
because hee is a gree person, who was they
are or were subiects to bee taken either by
Spanisg or dutch shipps or such as may p:rtend
power from either of them and other wise hee
doth not beleive the said article to bee true in
any part.
To the 11:th & 12:th & 13:th hee answeareth that hee
doth beleive the said da Silva is the agent
of y:e Brazeele Company and hee this rendent
hath often receaved goods for their account
laden by him and yet expressed for the
account of the said Munez da Costa who
is bow menconned and otherwise saveing
his former answeares hee doth not beleive
the said articles ar either of them to bee true
in any part.
ANGUISH COWXXXX
June y:e 23:th 1659
Repeated before dror
Godolphin In his Chamber
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