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On behalfe of the Company of the}<br /& … On behalfe of the Company of the}<br />
shipp ''Saint Nicholas'' of London Robert Taylor}<br />
(and after William Maples) commander}
The 28th of August 1654
'''Richard Rose''' late boatswaine of the<br />
said shipp aged 36 yeeres or thereabouts<br />
and '''Michael Taylor''' late purser<br />
of the same aged 25 yeeres or thereabouts<br />
sworne before the right worshipfull doctor Walter<br />
Walker and the rest of the Commissioners<br />
in the Portugall businesse saith and deposeth<br />
as followeth videlicet.
That at the time of the seizure of the said shipp the ''Saint Nicholas''<br />
at Bahia de T[?o]dos Los Santos in Brazile by the officers of<br />
the king of portugall in the yeere 1650, or thereabouts, the severall<br />
and respect (sic) persons hereafter named were mariners of the said vessel<br />
and had aboard her for their owne respective accompts the severall<br />
quantities of sugar hereafter mentioned, videlicet William Maples<br />
her master had three chests of sugar, John William Chirurgeon<br />
one chest of sugar and a halfe, Thomas Willis masters mate<br />
a halfe a chest, John Paine Gunner a chest and a halfe,<br />
Joseph Lambe one chest and a halfe, Thomas Beer one chest,<br />
Robert dopwell halfe a chest, George kerington halfe a<br />
chest, Samuel Stone one chest, Peter Tumbles halfe a chest<br />
Samuel Woodward two chests, Arthur Weare halfe a chest<br />
this deponent Richard Rose halfe a chest, and this deponent<br />
Michael Taylor halfe a chest of sugar, which they knowe<br />
because they seene the lading thereof for by and for the said<br />
respective persons, and this deponent Richard Rose<br />
kept a particular thereof in writing, all which they say were white<br />
sugars, and were seized by the said officers amongst the rest of<br />
the said shipps lading, and thereby lost to the said persons, who<br />
also lost by the said seizure in clothes, bookes, Instruments<br />
and other necessaries to the summe of one hundred and fourtie pounds<br />
sterling at the least which of the certaine knowledge of the full<br />
deponents who were as aforesaid of the said shipps company and<br />
seene the premisses soe donne.
Richard Rose [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]<br />
Michael Taylor [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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On the behalfe of John daniel of London}<br />
Mariner and to Grace Tatam, Executrix to}<br />
Peter Tatam deceased, touching their sugar}<br />
lost in the ''Saint Nicholas''.-}
The 28th of August 1654
'''Richard Rose''' late boatswaine of the<br />
said shipp the ''Saint Nicholas'' aged 36<br />
yeeres or thereabouts and '''Michaell'''<br />
'''Tailor''' late purser of the same sworne<br />
before the right worshipfull doctor Walter<br />
Walker and the rest of the Commissioners<br />
in the Portugall businesse say and deposeth<br />
as followeth videlicet.
That<br />
as followeth videlicet.
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