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To the second and third hee cannot depose, … To the second and third hee cannot depose, saving as aforesaid
To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee answereth negatively to every part thereof.
To the second hee saith that hee first knew the said shipp the ''Hope'' about<br />
a yeare and halfe since, which was the time hee soe sawe her<br />
at dunkirke. And saith hee last sawe her on friday last lying in the<br />
River of Thames, and that shee seemeth to him to be hollands-built<br />
And otherwise cannot answer, saving as aforesaid.
To the third hee saith hee doth not know the owners of the said shipp<br />
''Hope'', nore where they dwell, nor whose subiects they are, And<br />
otherwise hee cannot answer
To the fourth, fifth and 6th hee answereth negatively.
To the 7th hee saith hee was borne betwixt Antwerp and Lille,<br />
in the dominion of the States of the United Netherlands, and is nowe their<br />
subiect, living at Middleborowe, where hee keepeth house and<br />
familie and hath soe donne for theise tenn yeares last, and that<br />
hee is a Skipper, and liveth by that Imployment, and beareth<br />
part of her common taxes and burthens.
To the 8th negatively.
To the 9th hee saith that if the same person that soe was fitting<br />
out the said shipp from dunkirke about a yeere and halfe since, bee<br />
the master that brought her thither, hee beleeveth hee should knowe<br />
him well if hee should see him again, And otherwise hee cannot<br />
answere
Repeated with his precontest before<br />
doctor Godolphin:/
[?Xjaquib Romboudt] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 25th of November 1656. [CENTRE HEADING]
The claime of Joseph Cubit ánd}<br />
Company for the shipp the ''Palme-tree''}<br />
[LH GUTTER ?of dartmouth] and her lading etcetera}<br />
Cheeke. Budd}
Examined upon an allegation given in<br />
on behalfe of the said Claimers<br />
13th instand.
'''dt Cheeke./'''
'''.j.'''
'''9: 2. in B. 7'''
'''Miles Pyle''' of dartmouth Mariner, aged<br />
50 yeeres or thereabouts, sworne and exámined
To the first article hee saith that hee well knoweth the shipp the<br />
''Palm tree'' arlate and hath soe donne for this foure yeeres, last<br />
or thereabouts, and alsoe well knoweth the producents Joseph Cubit and Company<br />
arlate, who for two yeeres last past and upwards have as hee saith bin<br />
and at present are the true and lawfull owners and Proprietors of the<br />
said shipp the ''Palme tree'', and of her tackle, apparell and furniture<br />
and for such commonly accompted. And further that about foure<br />
monethes since the said shipp was by the said Cubit and company set out<br />
and furnished from dartmouth on a voyage upon their owne account<br />
for ffrance, to lade salt and other goods and therewith to retourne to dartmouth<br />
to discharge the same for the account aforesaid, which hee knoweth being<br />
present at dartmouth, and seeing her soe set out, and having interest therein<br />
And otherwise cannot depose.n<br />
And otherwise cannot depose. +
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