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The 5th day of November 1653:/ [CENTRE HEA … The 5th day of November 1653:/ [CENTRE HEADING]
The Clayme of Peter Tam for his sylver}<br />
in the ''Salvadore''}
Examined upon the said Allegation/
'''3us./'''
'''Gaspar Tam''' of Hamborough Purser of the<br />
shipp the ''Goulden Sunn'' of Hamburgh aged 24.<br />
yeares or thereabouts sworne and examined saith and <br />
deposeth as followeth are:/
To the first second and third articles of the said Allegation hee saith and deposeth <br />
That the allegate Peter Tam of Hamborough hath for the time arlate and<br />
for about 9 yeares before driven a Constant trade to Saint Lucar and Cadiz<br />
in Spaine for plate and sylver to be for his Accompt transported there to<br />
Dunquirke Ostend and Hamborough, and for the time predeposed the said<br />
Peter Tam the producent had and hath his Agents and Corrrespondents resident<br />
at Saint Lucar and Cadiz aforesaid; Hee further saith, That in the monethes<br />
of August and September in the yeare 1652. last past the said producent<br />
was and now is ought to bee the Lawfull Owner and Proprieter of one <br />
bagg marked with the marke in the margeut, and of fower hundred fiftie
'''TAM''' [MERCHANTS MARKE, LH MARGIN]
six peeces of eight in the same, and for Owner thereof the said Peter Tam<br />
for all the said time was and is reputed and taken; Which hee knoweth for<br />
that hee this deponent in or about the moneths predeposed Caused the said<br />
bagg so marked with all the pieces of eight predeposed to be laden in and<br />
aboard the shipp the ''Salvadore'' (Christian Cloppenburgh Master) then lyeing at<br />
or neare Cadiz to be transported in the said shipp to Ostend in fflanders and<br />
there to be delivered, and from thence remitted to the said Peter Tam his wife at<br />
Hamborough, for the accompt of the said producent. And otherwise saving his<br />
following Deposition hee saith hee cannot Depose; saving that this Deposition: being<br />
Cozen of and to the said producent, and having sailed with him for about ten<br />
yeares last past, is thereby well acquainted with his negotiation and trade:
To the 4th article and the bill of lading therein exhibited in the Registry of the<br />
Court and now showne to this Examinate at the time of his examination<br />
hee saith and deposeth, That immediately upon the lading of the said bagg<br />
and pieces of eight on board the said shipp, the ''Salvadore'' by this deponents order,<br />
the Purser of the said Christian Cloppenburgh on board the said shipp. the said<br />
Master then being on shoare at Cadiz signed three bills of lading of one tenor in<br />
the name of the said Christian Cloppenburgh, which said three bills of lading this<br />
Deponent had filled up with his owne handwriting, and seat them aboard expressely<br />
to be signed for the said silver, one whereof remained on board the said shipp<br />
and was, as hee beleiveth, found on board at the time of the said shipps seizure,<br />
and was and is the very bill of lading now showne to this deponent: and the other<br />
two bills of lading this Deponent received from the Barguier that had carried <br />
the said sylver on board the said shipp, and of which two bills of lading<br />
this Deponent sent over land to Hamborough to the said Peter Tamm his wife<br />
and theid Peter Tamm his wife<br />
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