The 19th. of March 1659 [CENTRE HEADING] On the behalfe of John Jefferyes and} Company touching thee ''Hopewell''} Arthur Perkins Master aforesaid} Examined upon the saide Allegation given in on the behalfe of the said Jefferyes and Company./. '''vide zz ./.''' '''Rp. 4us.''' '''John Taylor''' of Limehouse Marriner late Boatswaine of the Ship the ''hopewell'' Arthur Perkins Master, aged about 35 yeeres Sworne and Examined saith and deposeth as followeth: To the first article of the said Allegation hee saith that the arlate James Jenkins, Thomas Burton and Richard Netmaker (whom this deponent well knoweth) and Company were the true and Lawfull owners of the said ship the ''Hopewell'' in the moneth of December 1657: (in which moneth shee was set out on the voyage in question). and soe they Continued and were at the time of her seizure hereafter mentioned, which hee knoweth for that in or about the said moneth of December 1657, hee sawe the said Jenkins and Netmaker on behalfe of themselves and the rest of the said Ships Owners and alsoe the said Burtons man come to the said Ships side, and on board her. about giving of orders, and further deposeth not./: To the second article hee saith that in or about the said moneth of December 1657 there was laden and put on board the said ship in the River of Thames a Cargoe of Goods consisting in Linnen and Woollen Cloath, East India stuff, Searges, Beads, Glasses, Muskets, Pistolls, Strongwaters, Brandewines, white wine and Clarret, Silke Stockings, Suits and Cloakes shoes, Knives, sizers Combs Pins, Needles, Thimbles, Thred ffish hooks, Bells, Locks, Lead and severall other Comodityes. Which said Cargoe of Goods hee saith was soe put aboard the said Ship for the Account of the said Jenkins Burton Netmaker and Company the owners of the said ship, And the said Burtons man came along with most of the said Cargoe to see it put aboard the said ship of this Deponents sight and knowledge. And the said Lading was soe put on board the said ship, to be carried in her to the Coast of Affrica. there to be barterred away for Negroes, and Elephants Teeth, and other Merchandizes, and the said Negroes, Teeth and other merchan- dizes were to be carried in the said ship to Barbados or Virginia, there to be trucked away for Tobaccoes Sugar or other goods for the account of the said Jenkins, and the rest of the said Owners. The Premisses
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