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HCA 13/68 f.236r Annotate
First transcribed 31 January 2018  +
First transcriber Colin Greenstreet  +
Folio 236  +
Parent volume HCA 13/68  +
Side Recto  +
Status Uploaded image; transcribed on 31/01/2018  +
Transcription The 24th day of November 1653. Keepers etThe 24th day of November 1653. Keepers et cetera against the ''ffortune'' Examined upon the sayd allegation '''6)''' '''Robert Bowther''' of Lymestreet in London<br /> merchant aged 34 yeares or thereabouts a<br /> witne sworne and examined deposeth and saith<br /> as followeth videlicet. To the first second third fourth fifth sixth seventh eighth nynth and<br /> tentha rticles of the sayd allegation this deponent saith That about the month<br /> of July last he this deponent having severall sayes seene and read an Intimation<br /> from the Commissioners for Prize goods publiquely affixed upon the<br /> Exchange London for and touching the sale of certayne wheat<br /> laden aboard the arlate shipp the ''ffortune'' of Statin, by the Candle<br /> according to the usuall and common course of intimation in that behalfe<br /> did repaire aboard the sayd ship then lyeing neere Limehouse dock<br /> in the River of Thames, intending to bidd money for and buy the same<br /> upon the day of sale in case he found it a pennyworth, and saith that<br /> being come aboard the sayd shipp he found the sayd wheat very hott<br /> heavy musty and clotted and baked together and some of it quite spoyled<br /> and perished, and in such a condition that in this deponents Judgement<br /> it would in twenty dayes longer in case it had not bene removed have<br /> become unserviceable and unfitt for use for the most of it. And saith<br /> that he sayd wheat was afterwards sold by the Candle by the foresayd<br /> Comissioners on a day appoyneted for that purpose according to the<br /> foresayd intimation, att which sale this deponent and severall other<br /> merchants were present and bad money for it, and Mr Vincent<br /> bidding most videlicet 19 ''s''. 6 ''d'' by the quarter carryed it, and accordingly<br /> the same was sold to him according to the usuall manner of sale<br /> by the Candle, And saith the sayd Mr Vincent did give more for it<br /> than he this deponent durst adventure to give, and did in this deponents<br /> Judgment give more than it was really worth att that tyme according<br /> as the marketts for Corne then went by six pence the quarter. And<br /> saith that the Commissioners doe usually sell by the Candle their prize goods<br /> att full valew and many tymes dearer than Merchants doe sell the<br /> like goods att their warehouses which this deponent severall<br /> tymes bought goods of them the sayd Commissioners by the Candle hath well seene<br /> and observed: And further he saith he cannot depose. To the Crosse Interrogatories. To the 1. 2. and third Interrogatories he saith he cannot depose otherwise<br /> than negtatively To the 4th. hee saith he doth not conceyve the sayd wheat could have bene<br /> made fitt for use or preserved from perishing otherwise then by a speedy<br /> removeing of it out of the sayd shipp the same was in so perishing<br /> Condition And referring to his foregoeing depositions cannot<br /> further depose. Robt Bowcher [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] Repeated before Doctor Clarke and Doctor Godolphin ********************************************* The sayd '''William Cotton''' to the Crosse Interrogatories To the .1st. he saith he was sent over by the producent from Rotterdam to looke for<br /> restitution of the sayd goods, and is produced as a witnes by the advise of<br /> Mrs a witnes by the advise of<br /> Mr  + , The 24th day of November 1653. Keepers etThe 24th day of November 1653. Keepers et cetera against the ''ffortune'' Examined upon the sayd allegation '''6)''' '''Robert Bowther''' of Lymestreet in London<br /> merchant aged 34 yeares or thereabouts a<br /> witne sworne and examined deposeth and saith<br /> as followeth videlicet. To the first second third fourth fifth sixth seventh eighth nynth and<br /> tentha rticles of the sayd allegation this deponent saith That about the month<br /> of July last he this deponent having severall sayes seene and read an Intimation<br /> from the Commissioners for Prize goods publiquely affixed upon the<br /> Exchange London for and touching the sale of certayne wheat<br /> laden aboard the arlate shipp the ''ffortune'' of Statin, by the Candle<br /> according to the usuall and common course of intimation in that behalfe<br /> did repaire aboard the sayd ship then lyeing neere Limehouse dock<br /> in the River of Thames, intending to bidd money for and buy the same<br /> upon the day of sale in case he found it a pennyworth, and saith that<br /> being come aboard the sayd shipp he found the sayd wheat very hott<br /> heavy musty and clotted and baked together and some of it quite spoyled<br /> and perished, and in such a condition that in this deponents Judgement<br /> it would in twenty dayes longer in case it had not bene removed have<br /> become unserviceable and unfitt for use for the most of it. And saith<br /> that he sayd wheat was afterwards sold by the Candle by the foresayd<br /> Comissioners on a day appoyneted for that purpose according to the<br /> foresayd intimation, att which sale this deponent and severall other<br /> merchants were present and bad money for it, and Mr Vincent<br /> bidding most videlicet 19 ''s''. 6 ''d'' by the quarter carryed it, and accordingly<br /> the same was sold to him according to the usuall manner of sale<br /> by the Candle, And saith the sayd Mr Vincent did give more for it<br /> than he this deponent durst adventure to give, and did in this deponents<br /> Judgment give more than it was really worth att that tyme according<br /> as the marketts for Corne then went by six pence the quarter. And<br /> saith that the Commissioners doe usually sell by the Candle their prize goods<br /> att full valew and many tymes dearer than Merchants doe sell the<br /> like goods att their warehouses which this deponent severall<br /> tymes bought goods of them the sayd Commissioners by the Candle hath well seene<br /> and observed: And further he saith he cannot depose. To the Crosse Interrogatories. To the 1. 2. and third Interrogatories he saith he cannot depose otherwise<br /> than negtatively To the 4th. hee saith he doth not conceyve the sayd wheat could have bene<br /> made fitt for use or preserved from perishing otherwise then by a speedy<br /> removeing of it out of the sayd shipp the same was in so perishing<br /> Condition And referring to his foregoeing depositions cannot<br /> further depose. Robt Bowcher [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] Repeated before Doctor Clarke and Doctor Godolphin ********************************************* The sayd '''William Cotton''' to the Crosse Interrogatories To the .1st. he saith he was sent over by the producent from Rotterdam to looke for<br /> restitution of the sayd goods, and is produced as a witnes by the advise of<br /> Mrs a witnes by the advise of<br /> Mr  +
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