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Transcription

1st Afidavits and Assurance

The 14th of ffebruary 1658. [CENTRE HEADING]

On the behalfe of Collonel}
[?hay] touching the hambrugers}

Rp.

Francis Hay of the County of Angus in Scotland gentleman aged 22
yeares or thereabouts. George Gordon of London
Merchant aged 24 yeares or thereabouts, and Alexander Symonds
of London Merchant aged 44 yeares or thereabouts
sworne before the right worshipfull John Godolphin doctor of lawes
one of the Judges of the high Court of the Admiraltie saith and
deposeth by vertue of their oathes as followeth, videlicet.

ffirst the said ffrancis hay saith that on or about the last day of January
last past hee the said ffrancis according to the order of the above said Judge, doctor
Godolphin did endeavour to deliver unto the agent of hamborough at the Stilyard
London where hee lodged, certaine papers being copies of bonds whereupon moneys
were due, and are now remaining in the said Judges hand, and not being admitted
to his presence, this deponent sent them up by his servant whom hee desired to
deliver the same ubto the said Agent, and the said servant having received them
and carried them up, retourned shortly, and told this deponent that the said
Agent would not receive them, but that (as hee said), hee
would the next day send his Secretary to give answer to the said Judge concerning
the same. And the said George Gordon deposeth that on or about the saud
last of January last, hee the said Gordon speaking with the said ffrancis
hay and understanding that hee had bin that forenoone at the said Agents
said lodging, and could not come to the speech of him nor get any satisfactory
answer from him, went in the afternoone to his lodging and carried the said
papers with him, and there meeting with his secretary
and acquainting him that hee came to deliver the said papers to the saud Agent,
the said Secretary told him that his master (speaking of the said Agent)
knew the matter and would neither directly nor indirectly meddle
therewith. And the said deponent Alexander Symonds saith that
the eleaventh of this instant hee [?XXX] and carried the same papers being
in number eight to the said lodging of the said Agent and enquiring of
one of the said Agents servants to speake with him, hee the said servant
told this deponent that hee knew not whether hee (speaking of his master
the Agent) was within or noe, but said if hee knew this deponents name
hee would goe up and see, whereupon this deponent told him that his name
was Alexander Simmons, and thereupon the said servant went up
and saith that before the retourne of the said servant, the said Secretary
came with another yonge man and desired to know this deponents
busines, and hee thereupon told them that if they would let him know
whether the Agent were within or not, hee would tell them his busines
and they saying hee was within, this deponent produced and showed the
said papers unto them, and said hee came as a messinger from
doctor Godolphin one of the Judges of the Admiraltie to deliver the same
to the said Agent, and therewithall told them that the said Judge
desired to see the Agent at doctors Commons, and thereupon the said
Secretary tooke and carried up the said papers, and presently retourned
with this answer videlicet, That the Agent had bin proffered these
papers three or foure times befofe, and knew that they were Patrick
hayes his papers, and therefore would not meddle with nor
have ought to doe with them, and added, that the Agent further said that it
may be hee would come [?on the morro] (speaking of Satturday [?last]) or on
Mnday and speake with doctor Godolphin thereabouts
whereupon