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The 18th of August 1657.
On the behalfe o … The 18th of August 1657.
On the behalfe of kendall}<br />
and others touching the ''Shepard''}
'''Rp. 1'''
'''Richard Chaundler''' of the parish of Saint Laurence<br />
Jury London citizen and haberdasher of London, aged<br />
46 yeares or thereabouts, sworne<br />
the day aforesaid before the right worshipfull John Godolphin<br />
doctor of lawes one of the Judges of the high Court of<br />
the Admiraltie, and exámined upon certaine Interrogatories<br />
ministred on the behalfe of William kendall John Michelson<br />
and others, concerning the shipp formerly called the<br />
''Shepard'' and now the ''Northampton'', saith and deposeth<br />
as followeth videlicet.
To the first and second Interrogatories hee saith hee well knoweth the producent<br />
William kendall and beleeveth him and company to be subiects of this<br />
Commonwealth and to be Inhabiting in Virginia. And saith that this<br />
deponent hath seene letters dated at Amsterdam and sent thense by and<br />
from Abraham Johnson a merchant dwelling at Grasch in Holland (with whom this<br />
deponent hath corresponded) directed to William Whittington in of this<br />
citie, purporting that the said Johnson had bought a shipp there<br />
for William kendall, John Michelson and company living in Virginia,<br />
and which letter this deponent saw in the hands of the said Whittington<br />
and well knoweth the handwriting of the same. And this deponent<br />
hath heard and beleevth that the said kendall, Michelson and company<br />
sent severall hogsheads of tobacco from Virginia to Amsterdam. And this<br />
deponent hath seene a bill of sale whereby the shipp the ''Shepard''<br />
now called the ''Northampton'' is sold to the said kendall, Michelson and<br />
company, whom this deponent beleeveth, saving the said lettere mentioneth<br />
the shipp to have called the ''Shepard'' but now the ''Northampton''.
Rich Chandler [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The same day. [CENTRE HEADING]
'''2.'''
'''William Whittington''' of the County of Northampton in GUTTER<br />
Virginia Mariner, master of the shipp formerly<br />
called the ''Shepard'' but now the ''Northampton'', aged 40 yeeres<br />
38. or thereabouts sworne and exàmined as aforesaid.
To the first and second Interrogatories hee saith and deposeth that<br />
hee well knoweth the producents William kendall, John Michelson and<br />
company, who hee saith are all Englishmen saving the said Michelson and Inhabitants of Virginia<br />
and subiect sof this Commonwealth of England, and were and are<br />
the true and sole owners of the said shipp formerly called the<br />
''Shepard'' and now the ''Northampton'', and of her tackle apparell and<br />
furniture, and which hee knoweth for that they ordered this deponentnoweth for that they ordered this deponent +
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