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A:1:

Mr Potter, Registrar.

The 15th of March 1659. [CENTRE HEADING]

The Keepers of the Libertie of}
England by authoritie of Parliament}
against the shipp the Pea hen and}
her goods.}

Examined upon Interrogatories ministred by Mr Budd
in the preparatorie.

[?dt.] [?RXXX]

1

Francisco de Moralis of Saint Lucars de Baramada
in Andalusia Captaine of the shipp the Pea henn
belonging to Saint Lucars aforesaid, aged 30 yeares or
thereabouts sworne and examined.

To the first Interrogatorie hee saith that the said shipp Peahen belongeth
to the said port of Saint Lucars, and saith shee was built at Campecha
in the Spanish West Indies with the timber of that place proper for
shipping, and saith that both Saint Licars and Campecha are in the
dominion of the king of Spaine. And saith that hee this deponent
a Spaniard and subiect of the king of Spaine is sole owner of
the said vessell, and that his dwelling is at Saint Lucars aforesaid.
And further deposeth not.

To the second hee saith that the said shipp being soe built at Campecha
shee was afterwards met with and bought by this deponent
at Cartagena in terra firma in the West Indies and thence
namely about two or three yeares since carried to Saint Lucars, and made
noe other voyage since till this last ion which shee came from Saint Lucars
on or about the twentieth (new stile) of Aprill last, laded with
cloth, stuffs, [?baises] and severall other English and ffrench commodities
and fruites of Spaine, and other goods and was bound therewith
according to the entrie made in Spaine for Maracas in the said terra
firma, but was in truth to goe to Cartagena and havana there to
discharge her lading and take in Campecha wood and other goods for
account of John Wilmot and Simon delbo and companie, who hee
saith laded her at Saint Lucars for the said voyage having freighted
her for the same, And that accordingly her said outwards lading
was dispatched at Cartagena and havana and were delivered
and disposed of by John Quello a factor sent along by the said
freighters, and dwelling in Saint Lucars being a Spaniard
and subiect of the said king of Spaine, and further deposeth not.

To the third hee saith the shipp came last from the said port
of havana before shee was seized, which seizure was made by the
Nightingale friggot commanded by Captaine Lightfoote, and
that the goods that were in her at the time of her seizure (which
happened the thirtieth of december last new stile within sight of La
Palma and Teneriff) consisted in Campacha wood videlicet
two thousand three hundred and fourtie kintalls and fifteene hundred
hides, fourescore greate chests of sugar or thereabouts, and three or
foure thousand Manacas of tobaccoe and about foure and twenty
baggs of a drugg called Holappa, and this hee saith is all that
was in the hold and betwixt decks saving what betwixt decks belonged to the mariners, and saith that after leaving
the said Quello, at Cartagena about the said freighters busines
hee this deponent went with the said shipp to Havana where the said goods were laded,
and that saving
six chests all the said sugar belongs to this deponent, and
the said six chests and five hundred and three score hides belong