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To the 17.th he saith the sayd Daniel Arth … To the 17.th he saith the sayd Daniel Arthur is an Irishman<br />
a subiect of this Commonwealth hath resided here in London about 18.<br />
monethes as he hath heard. and otherwise cannot depose.
<u>Micho: Rlle</u>
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The same day. [CENTRE HEADING]
Examined upon the sayd allegation.
'''3.'''
'''ffrancis Water''' of Limmerick in Ireland merchant<br />
aged 33 yeares or thereabouts a witnes sworne and<br />
examined deposeth and saith as followeth videlicet.
To the first and the rest of the Articles of the sayd allegation This<br />
deponent saith he hath knowne the producent Andrew Creagh about<br />
nyne yeares who is as he saith a native of Corke in Ireland and a subiect<br />
of this Commonwealth and so accounted, and hath knowne the arlate<br />
Patrick Creagh from a boy who is as he saith a Native of Limmerick in<br />
Ireland, and is an Inhabitant of Limmerick and a subiect of this<br />
Commonwealth and so accounted. And saith about 2 yeares now past of the<br />
certayne knowledge of this deponent the sayd Patrick Creah did<br />
send to David England his factor and Correspondent att Bilboa<br />
from the Port of Amsterdam in the shipp ''Peter'' Daniel Holland master<br />
a quantity of old Copper and some other goods of good value videlicet<br />
200 ''li'' sterling or thereabouts, and ordered the sayd David England to remitt<br />
the provenue thereof to John White of Amsterdam for Accompt of<br />
him the sayd Patrick. and this deponent hath credibly heard and<br />
verily beleiveth that the sayd England did remtitt the provenew<br />
thereof in sylver by the ''Saint Peter'' Jacobson Seyle master for nantes from<br />
Bilboa consigned to John White for the Accompt aforesayd, and that the<br />
moneyes now in question seized in the arlate shipp the ''Peter'' were<br />
and are , or a good part thereof was and is the foresayd provenue of<br />
the sayd Copper and other goods. And further saving his subsequent<br />
depositions he cannot depose and saving that the sayd white was and is<br />
the factor of the sayd Patrick Creagh.
To the Crosse Interrogatories.
To the 1. he saith he comes to be a witnes by the meanes of Mr Daniel<br />
Arthur. and further otherwise than negatively he cannot depos, saving<br />
his foregoeing depoitions and saving that he is Cosin to the sayd Patrick<br />
Creagh about the 4th degree of kinned.
To the .2. he saith he is a native of Limmerick in Ireland and is by<br />
Religion a Roman Catholique, and hath for theis two yeares and halfe last past<br />
lived as a merchant stranger in severall places, Hamburgh,<br />
Amsterdam, Bilboa. Zealand and Saint Sebastian trading to and fro as<br />
occasion happened, and resided last att Amsterdam about 2 monethes<br />
and went from thence to Hamburgh in June last, and there stayed<br />
2 monethes and came from thence to London about 10 weekes agoe<br />
and hath here resided ever since, And otherwise cannot depose, saving<br />
that all the rest of his tyme he hath lived in Limmerick.
To the third he saith the sayd Andrew Creagh for the most part of<br />
theis 7 yeares past hath lived in Amsterdam, and Rochall as a merchant<br />
stranger, and is now att Virginia. and dwelt before that in Corke<br />
anddwelt before that in Corke<br />
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