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1652, and this hee the said kinge did upon … 1652, and this hee the said kinge did upon notice of the letter<br />
received by this deponent from the said Commissioners for the<br />
Customes to make stay of the said tobaccoes, till such time as the<br />
said Customes were paid after 4 ''d'' per pound, in order to the<br />
contrary, but for this deponent hee did not make the seizure<br />
or stay himselfe, otherwise then by showing his orde<br />
to the said kinge the waiter. And otherwise saving as aforesaid<br />
hee cannot answer.
To the second hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition<br />
And otherwise cannot answer.
To the 3 hee saith there were about three thousand Rolls (as hee<br />
beleeveth) of the said tobaccoes laden aboard the said shipp the<br />
''Mayflower'' at Portsmouth by the said Mr Burton as agent for<br />
the said Jefferies and Wainewright, to be carried (as the said<br />
Burton said) to London, and hee had cockets accordingly<br />
from the Customehouse at Portsmouth, and saith the<br />
winde was faire for London when the said tobaccoes were<br />
soe laden at Portsmouth, And otherwise hee cannot depose saving<br />
as aforesaid.
To the fourth and 5 hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition, and<br />
cannot otherwise depose
To the 6 hee saith hee hath heard say that some shipps passed by<br />
to London (notwithstanding he dutch fleete) within the time<br />
interrogated, but knoweth not nor remembreth that hee heard of any<br />
that went from Portsmouth, And otherwise hee cannot answer<br />
saving as aforesaid.
To the 7 hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition and<br />
otherwise cannot depose.
To the 8th hee knoweth as hee saith that a greate part of the said three<br />
thousand Rolls of tobaccoe were damnified by the storme happened<br />
to the said vessell at Portsmouth and by her said leakinesse, And otherwise hee cannot answer.
To the 9th hee saith hee well knew the interrogated henry<br />
Tibot of Portsmouth, who hee saith was a sub Commissioner<br />
for the Excise at Portsmouth, and that hee died about a yeare<br />
and halfe since, and saith the said Tibbot was commonly<br />
accompted a very honest man, and this deponent beleeveth that<br />
hee was soe, and one that would not write an untruth, and<br />
having nowe seene the letter interrogated, hee beleeeveth the same<br />
to be written and subscribed by him the said Tibot, and touching<br />
the contents of the said letter, hee saith that the foresaid<br />
copie of the order from the Committee of the Navy was<br />
showed into him this deponent by the said Tibbot, and the same<br />
being but a copie this deponent could not put it in execution,<br />
the originall in such cases being alwayes sent, and that by<br />
the hands the Grand Commissioners for the Customes, and not<br />
by particular persons, nor was this deponent to take notice which<br />
of any such copie, not coming from the said Commssioners<br />
And otherwise hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid.ise hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid. +
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