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The seaventh of August 1658
On the behalf … The seaventh of August 1658
On the behalfe of Thomas Collins}<br />
henry Bondford and company owners of the}<br />
Carvell the ''Lady of Nazareth'' Richard}<br />
Chappell master, seized at Lisbone}
'''Parke dt.'''
'''.j.'''
'''William Osgodby''' of Stratford Bow<br />
in the County of Middlesex Mariner,<br />
late Purser of the shipp the ''John and''<br />
''Mary'' of London Ambrose Chappell<br />
master, sworne before the right worshippfull<br />
the Commissioners appointed in the<br />
Portugall businesse, and examined<br />
upon certaine Interrogatories saith as followeth
To the first Interrogatory he deposeth that he did well know<br />
the interrate shipp or Carvell the ''Lady of Nazareth'' (whereof<br />
the interrate Richard Chappell was Master) he this deponent<br />
being then Purser of the ship the ''John and Mary'' of<br />
London wherunto the said Carvell was to be helpfull in her<br />
voyage to Brazill, And he saith and deposeth that he very<br />
well knoweth the interrate Thomas Collins Henry Bonford<br />
and Company being Merchants of London, and that he<br />
the sayd Collins, Bonford and Company were the<br />
true and lawfull Owners and Proprietors of the<br />
said shipp or Carvell the ''Lady of Nazareth'' The premisses<br />
he knoweth for that he this deponent being Purser of<br />
the shipp the ''John and Mary'' did account unto them<br />
the said Collins , Bonford and Company as Owners<br />
both of the said shipp the ''John and Mary'' and alsoe of<br />
the said ship or Carvell And further he deposeth not
To the 2d Interrogatory he deposeth that on the day interrate he the<br />
deponent was out at Sea in the shipp the ''John and Mary''<br />
when the Carvell interrate was seized, but he saith that he<br />
heard divers of the Mariners which went into Lisboa in the<br />
said shipp or Carvell and which had after her seizure made escape, say<br />
that they had lost all; and he deposeth that he very well<br />
knoweth that the said Carvell or shipp the ''Lady of Nazareth'' was<br />
sent into Lisboa by Generall Blake his command, and that the<br />
said Generall Blake sent some other men of his fleets company<br />
in her besides the Mariners which belonged unto her And<br />
further he deposeth not.
To the third Interrogatory and to the schedule therin mentioned he<br />
deposeth and saith that he being Purser of the said shipp the<br />
''John and Mary'' wherunto the sayd ''Lady of Nazareth'' being<br />
a Carvell did belong, that he did with his owne hands for<br />
the use and accompt of the said Owners pay for the hull of the<br />
said Carvell 380 Millrees and for the custome of her 47<br />
Millrees, and that the said Carvell was of the burthen of<br />
betweene 39 and 40ty Tonns (as he conceiveth) And he saith<br />
that the schedule interrate is a true and iust Accompt of the<br />
particular costs and charges of the said Carvell, The premisses<br />
he knoweth for that he this deponent accounted at<br />
Lisbon for 603 Mill 200 Rees, and sent the same<br />
account home to the foresaid Owners, and that since that<br />
account the Master of the said Carvell hath layd out for some<br />
small matters for the said Carvells use which maketh up<br />
the iust summe of sixe hundred and nine Mill and 855 Rees<br />
as it by the particulars off the said schedule appeareth<br />
And further he cannot depose.<br />
And further he cannot depose. +
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