| First transcribed
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23 January 2014 +
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| First transcriber
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Colin Greenstreet +
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| Folio
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672 +
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| Parent volume
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HCA 13/68 +
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| Side
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Recto +
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| Status
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Uploaded image; transcribed on 23/01/2014 +
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| Transcription
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The 9th day of March 1653
A Busines of Ex … The 9th day of March 1653
A Busines of Examination of witnesses}<br />
[XXXXXXXXX] perpetuall remembrance of the}<br />
[XXXXXX] hereafter deduced moved}<br />
and prosecuted on behalfe of John}<br />
Gibbs Michael Castial and Nicholas}<br />
Corsellys and Company owners}<br />
of the shipp named the ''ffreetrade''}<br />
of London (whereof the sayd John}<br />
Gibbs was Master) seized by the King}<br />
of Portugall or his Order against}<br />
[XXXX] et cetera Budd}
Examined upon an allegation on the behalfe<br />
of the sayd John Gibbs and others.
'''Nicholas Williams''' of Redriffe in the<br />
County of Surrey Mariner sometyme quarter Master<br />
on board the said shipp ''ffreetrade'' aged 36 yeares<br />
or thereabouts a witnes sworne and examined<br />
deposeth and saith as followeth. videlicet.
[?Peake dt.]
To the 1. and 2. articles of the said allegation This deponent saith that in the yeares of our<br />
Lord 1648. and 1649. and before and cotinually since the arlate John<br />
Gibbs Michael Castile Nicholas Corsellys and Company all Inhabitants<br />
in or about this Citty of London were and att present are the true and<br />
lawfull Owners of the arlate shipp the ''free trade'' of London whereof<br />
the sayd John Gibbs was Master and of her tackle apparell and furniure<br />
and gunns and other provisions belonging unto her and were in<br />
the quiet and peaceable possession of the same, which this deponent<br />
knoweth for that he did belong to the said shipp as one of her<br />
Quartermasters from the first building of her by the foresayd<br />
Owners, And saith that in or about the moneth of June 1649.<br />
aforesd the sayd shipp free trade the said Gibbs then Master and this<br />
deponent quarter Master on board he was and remained in the porte of<br />
Lisbone, and was then and there by the order and authority of<br />
the King of Portugall of the sight of this deponent<br />
and to the use of the said King seized and sequestred and taken into<br />
his service and in his service against the goodwill and likeing<br />
of the sayd Owners and ymployers as a man of warr and for the<br />
Careening of his other shipps for the space of three yeares by<br />
reason whereof the sayd shipp receyved much dammage by worm eating<br />
and otherwise but to what value he knoweth not. And further<br />
cannot depose
To the third and fourth arles of the sayd allegation This deponent saith<br />
That att such tyme as the sayd shipp free trade now seized at Lisbone<br />
as aforesd she was a strong and tight shipp and had bene but<br />
one voyage before att sea from the tyme of her first building<br />
and was of the burthen of .200 tonnes or thereabouts and had<br />
in her sixteene gunnes, and the tackle apparell and furniture<br />
of and belonging unto her were likewise good and new And the<br />
freight of the sayd shipp so provided with gunns and tackle<br />
was well worth the summe of 250: ''li'' sterling per moneth And<br />
soe much was and is usually given per moneth for a shipp of her burthen<br />
and goodnes. And he further saith that att such tyme as the<br />
sayd shipp was seized there were in her provisions of victualls.<br />
which were well worth the summe of 170: ''li'' sterling. And he saith<br />
that the sayd shipp when she was restored was damnifyed (besides<br />
the forementioned dammage in her hull) in her masts to the value of<br />
10:li sterling. In her Cables and other Cordayge to the value of 40: ''li'' sterling.dayge to the value of 40: ''li'' sterling. +
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