'''TNA''' Chancery C 5/412/148 Short title: Potham v Gaultier. Plaintiffs: William Potham. Defendants: Katherine Gaultier widow. Subject: property in Drury Lane, Middlesex. Document type: bill, answer, schedule. 1657 PROB
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The same day. Examined upon the fore said allegation '''2.''' '''Abraham Gaultier''' of London Merchant, aged 35 yeeres or thereabouts sworne and exámined. To the first and second hee saith that about three yeeres since the producent mr Lucie by John day the Broker, bought the shipp the ''Saint John Baptist'' arlate (which hee well knoweth) of the Commissionners for Prize goods at the office in Bishopsgate streete London, shee having bin a prize taken from the hollanders, and having soe bought her for his owne account, this deponent being his Casheir, paid three hundred pounds sterling in part of paying for her by mr lucies order to the Receiver at the prize office, his precontest Broeder Baxon helping this deponent to carry some of the money, and having soe bought her, the said mr Lucie constitituted the said Broeder Baxon master of her. who hath ever since sailed her for and under the said producent, who is her sole owner, and hath bin ever since her said buying, and ever since such his buying of her (saving one voyage to carry wheate and leade from hull to Bourdeaux two other English merchants ioyned with him in her imployment) shee hath bin imployed by him alone from place to place, as Rochell, London, dartmouth, and and other plases, and for his owne account, which hee knoweth being acquainted with the writing and seeing the dispatches of her thither. And further saith that in or about ffebruary last the said producent by letters written and sent to ffrancis Cleason his factor at Rochell, caused her to be laden for his the said producents account with salt to be carried to Riga and there to be delivered to Mr harman Berker his correspondent there, and having soe ordered her lading, hee the said producent in March last wrote and gave order to the said harman Berker to relade her with clapboards and other wood for his the producents account, and to send the same for London, and pro forma to give the skipper a letter and bill purporting the said lading to be consigned to be delivered at Rochell to the said ffrancis Cl[XX]ason, and as being for the said harman Barkers owne account, but by word of mouth to order the master to come directly for London, when shee should be come into the downes, or to the very same effect, which hee knoweth being acquainted with the writing and sending the said letter to mr harman Barker, and for the further information of this Court, hee hath out of his said master (the producents) coppie booke booke extracted a copie thereof (saving the very subscription, which is not used to be entred into the booke) and leaveth the same, and saith the said consignement for ffrance was only pro forma and to avoide the dunkerkers and Ostenders, whereas the said lading doth (as hee saith) truely, and solely belong to the said mr Lucie, and laden with bought and laden partly with the proceed[?e] of his said salt and the rest paid for by bill of exchange drawne upon his correspondent at Amsterdam, and all for the said mr Lucies account. And otherwise hee cannot depose. To the third hee cannot depose. To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING] To the first hee answereth negatively. To
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