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Transcription

To the first article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth
that this deponent being Clerke for the Commissioners for dutch-Prize
Goods at such time as the arlate Wainewright and Jefferies
bought the Tobaccoes in question of them, and being present at the
contract, and entring the same in the Booke kept for the like purpose
and seeing the said Wainewright and Jefferies subscribe the same,
and having lately perused the said entrie, Well knoweth that
in the said contract soe entred and by them soe subscribed, there is
not any mention made of paying the customes for the same by the
Commissioners for dutch prize goods, or that the said tobaccoes were
sold, cleare of customes, nor that the said Wainewright and Jeffereies
or tobaccoes should not be molested for the said customes (as is
mentioned in the said article). And as for any compact by word of
mouth betwixt the Commissioners and the said buyers that the Commissioners
should pay or satisfie the customes, or that the said buyers should be
exempted there from, hee saith hee doth not remember. howbeit
hee saith it is usuall for the Commissioners to deliver all
goods (that they sell) cleare of Customes to
the buyer though there be noe expresse mention made of it, in the contract. And further hee cannot depose, saving hee beleveth that
the said Commissioners agreed or undertooke to cause deliverie of the
said tobaccoes to be made at Portsmouth within twenty dayes after the
4th of November 1652, for that hee remembreth there was a
letter written from them to their Sub Commissioners at Portsmouth
to that purpose.

Upon the rest hee is not examined by direction of the producent.

To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]

To the second third and fourth Interrogatories hee ssaith and deposeth that hee
well remembreth that the said Wainewright and Jefferies or one
of them or some one or other on their behalfe came to the Commissioners
for ducth prize goods and spoke to them and desired that they the
said Wainewright and Jefferies might by them selves or their agents
treate and agree with the officers of the Customes for the Customes due
upon the said tobaccoes, intimating that it would be a courtesie unto them
and that they might make some advantage thereof: and saith that what
moneys they paid for the customes, were to be defalked upon their payment
for the said tobaccoes, out of the price contracted for. And otherwise
saving as aforesaid hee cannot depose, saving the said Commissioners
gave way to the said buyers to satisfie the said Customes at the usuall
rate of tobaccoe of the plantation of English beyond sea, and the said buyers
taking it as a favour, went a way well satisfied.

To the 11th and 12th Interrogatories hee answereth that the Commissioners
for prize goods did take a speciall care (immediatley upon the demands
of the officers of the Customes of 6 d per pound customes for the tobaccoes in question)
that the imposition of 6 d per pound should be taken off, and reduced to one
penny per pound, and at length namely the 31th of december 1652 after
very greate diligence, solicitaion and paines both by themselves and the
officers, did obtaine an order from the Committee of
the Navy that the Customes of the said tobaccoes soe sold by the Commissioners
should be oassed in the Custome house as of English plantation beyond
sea, which was 1 d per pound. And otherwise hee cannot answer.

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