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To the 12th hee saith, That hee this depon … To the 12th hee saith, That hee this deponent verily beleeveth, That the<br />
said John Jeffereys, Thomas Colclough and Companie by meanes of the<br />
losse of the said shipp the ''Rappahannacke'' her Tackle ffurniture<br />
Negroes and lading have suffered losse and dammage, over and above the<br />
principall, the summe of eight hundred pounds at the least, which incase<br />
the said seizure had not beene, they might have clearely benefitted by the supply<br />
of the proceed of the said Negroes and goods, and by the employm:ent of =<br />
their said shipp in the transportation of such goods and merchandises<br />
as they had in Virginia ready to be transported in the said shipp for<br />
England, and which still does remaine thence to the great dammage and<br />
prejudice of the said goods and Own:ers Hee further saith, That the<br />
wages due to him this deponent and 23. other Officers and Mariners of the<br />
said shipp in the voiage aforesaid did and doe really amount to the<br />
somme of nyne hundred pounds Lawfull moneyes of England according<br />
to the agreement made between the said Owners and this deponent for the<br />
said voiage. Hee further saidth, That hee this deponent had at the time<br />
of the sezure aforesaid aboard the said shipp for and upon the private<br />
adventure of himselfe and Companies their Cloathes and necessaries therein comprised to the valew of three hundred<br />
pounds lawfull money of England or thereabouts, And saith that<br />
one Mr Edward Mort[?imer] and Companie English Merchants and<br />
Subjects of this Commonwealth had at the time aforesaid on board the<br />
said shipp for their owne benefitt and accompt to the valew of one<br />
Thousand pounds of like lawfull money of England, consisting in<br />
Seaventeene pounds weight of Guinney Gould, and other goods and<br />
Merchandises carried out of England to be bartered for commodities<br />
of that Countrey for their Accompt All the premisses hee well knoweth being as aforesaid<br />
Master of the said the ''Rappanhannack'' at the time aforesaid, and<br />
having under his Care and conduct the shipp and goods aforesaid, and<br />
being participant in the losse susteyned by meanes of the said seizure<br />
And further hee cannot depose.
To the thirteenth and last hee saith, hee cannot positively nor knowingly<br />
depose anything to the Contents of this article more or otherwise<br />
then hee hath formerly deposed, to which hee referreth himselfe
Repeated before Doctor Godolphin:
Thomas Clarke [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 8th day of March 1656:
'''Rp. 2.us'''
Examined upon the said Allegation:.
'''Thomas Brome''' of Wapping in the parish of<br />
Stepney and County of Middlesex Mariner late<br />
Masters mate of the said shipp the ''Rappahannacke''<br />
aged 30 yeares or thereabouts a Wittnesse sworne before<br />
the judges of the high Court of Admiraltie of<br />
England saith as followeth-
To the first Article of the said Allegation hee saith, That hee this deponent well<br />
knoweth the interrogated shipp the ''Rappahannack'' arlate, and hathhipp the ''Rappahannack'' arlate, and hath +
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