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in the sayd transferance and to have made … in the sayd transferance and to have made an allowance to him the sayd Anthony<br />
Upton in debts and goods proportionably, but the sayd Upton and this deponent did<br />
not agreeing thereupon the sayd Upton soone after told this deponent that the sayd<br />
Transfferanse was concluded upon and made betweene the sayd Boone and the sayd Goldsmith<br />
and that hee hoped re longe to have notice from England from the sayd Boone<br />
that hee had receaved satisfaction according to the sayd Transferrense And<br />
knoweth the sayd Upton to bee a man of integrity and honesty and a great Merchant<br />
of good Accompt and great traffique in Sivill and therefore beleeveth the effect of<br />
the sayd transfference to be reall and undoubtedly true And further to<br />
this article hee cannot depose/
To the 3 hee saith hee hath used the trade of Merchandize as servant and<br />
Master, for about these seaventeene yeares last past, and thereby well knoweth<br />
that it is frequent amongst Merchants and their Correspondents to transfferre<br />
and sell and make over one to an other goods shippes, or debts as occasion<br />
requireth, ins satisfaction of such debts as they owe one to an other, which<br />
transferrances or assignments are held goods amongst Merchants, and<br />
generally accepted of by them, and they are thereby obliged to pay and<br />
make satisfaction according as in the sayd transferranses is declared, And<br />
saith without allowanse of such transferranses Merchandizeing cannot<br />
bee well acted and continued amongst traders therein, And further hee<br />
cannot depose
To the 5th hee saith hee well knoweth the arlate Christopher Boone and<br />
saith hee is now an Inhabitant of this Citty of London and a subiect of<br />
this Commonwealth And beleeveth for the reasons afoesayd that the sayd<br />
Boone is the true and reall Owner and sole Proprietor of the silver<br />
and Cocheneale arlate and hath made sufficient and full satisfaction to the sayd<br />
Goldsmith or his Agents for the same And by reason of Transferrense<br />
aforesayd is utterly uncapable to revert upon the sayd Goldsmith ore receive<br />
any other satisfaction of him or his Agents for the sayd silver and Cotche=<br />
neale And further hee cannot depose./
To the last hee saith his foregoing deposition is true/
To the Interrogatories./ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith hee is noe way related either by Kindred or allyanse<br />
to the producent nor Adrian Goldsmith Interrogated nor is interessed in this cause and<br />
came to bee a wittnes in this cause at the entreaty of the producent and expecteth<br />
noe benefit if the goods in question bee restored And further cannot answere/
To the 2 hee saith hee was not present at the makeing up of the Accompts Interrogated<br />
And further cannot answere/
To the last Interrogatorie hee saith hee was not present at the passing the Instrument of<br />
transferense Interrogate but saith as before hee hath deposed that hee verily<br />
beleeveth (for the reasons above expressed) that the same Transfferense was and<br />
is reall and not colourable and fained Anf further cannot answere/
=John Wilmott [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Repeated before doctor fforth Surrogate<br />
2d 7bris 1656/forth Surrogate<br />
2d 7bris 1656/ +
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