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The 27th of October 1653
Captaine ffranci … The 27th of October 1653
Captaine ffrancis ffawther Commander of the ''ffrancis''}<br />
the [?''Love''] of fflushing, whereof hubrecht}<br />
Jansen is master.}
'''Rowe dt.'''
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'''Jaques Pinabel''' of Sherbour in [?NaXXX]<br />
sailer, aged 17 yeares or thereabouts<br />
sworne and examined.
To the first and second Interrogatories hee saith and deposeth that hee ws <br />
of the company of the said vessell whereof the said hubrecht or [?hXXXX] Johnson [?was]<br />
master at the time of her seizure, namelyhee was Cooke and boy<br />
aboard her, and that hee hath served about halfe a yeere in her and came<br />
first aboard her in fflushing, to which port shee belongeth, and soe longe<br />
hee hath knowne her said master, and saith shee tooke in her lading (which was<br />
aboard at the time of her seizure) at fflushing, and departed thence [?XXX]<br />
about six weekes since to goe for dunquirke; And saith hee heard it said<br />
by severall at fflushing that the master aforesaid (who dwelleth and keepeth<br />
his house and familie at fflushing) hath a quarter part in her, and that<br />
one of the servants of Mr [?Love] a great merchant of fflushing hath a<br />
part in the said shipp, and that the rest was and is belonging to Inhabitants<br />
and Burghers of fflushing.
To the third and fourth hee saith that the said shipp was to goe and dischardge<br />
at dunquirke and thence to retourne to fflushinge, and that this deponent<br />
was hired at fflushing for that voyage namenly to goe to dunquirke and<br />
retourne to fflushing with the said shipp, and that there were papers aboard<br />
at the time of the said seizure, And otherwise hee cannot depose [?saying]<br />
hee doth not knowe to whom the said lading belongeth, but saith it was [?XXX]<br />
laden by dutch merchants of fflushing, whose names hee knoweth not<br />
And othewise hee cannot depose saving as aforesaid.
To the fifth the said shipp had the fflushing flagge aboard at the<br />
time of her said seizure, and that her company consisted of thesaid<br />
master, three men besides and this deponent the boy, and that the<br />
three men were alsoe fflushingers, and they and the said master<br />
were and are by such their dwellings subiects of the states of the<br />
United Netherlands, and this deponent a subiect of the kinge of [?XXXX]
Repeated before the three Judges.
Pinabel [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 28 of October 1653. [CENTRE HEADING]
Touchng the [?''Acorne''] of}<br />
Amsterdam taken by the ''Peter''}
'''Rowe dt.'''
'''John Sax''' of Greenwich Mariner, and '''Thomas Withers''' of<br />
the parish of Catherin Creechurch London Baker, both<br />
waiters for the prize office aboard the shipp the ''Acorne''<br />
sworne before the right worshipfull William<br />
Clarke and John Godolphin doctors of lawe and<br />
Charles George Cocke Esquire Judges of the high<br />
Court of the Admiraltie say and depose as followeth.
That they theise deponents about six weekes since were sent as waiters abord<br />
the said shipp lying then at Eyriff being a prize taken by the shipps of<br />
this Commonwealth, and have ever since waited abord her, and when they<br />
came abord her there were noe dutch men in her, but only such [?XXXX]<br />
as were sent to bring her up from whom and others theise deponents have heard<br />
that the said shipp was and is belonging to Amsterdam; And they affirme by [?XX]<br />
of their oathes that shee is very deepe laden, and upon every flood [?bailes] [?XXX]<br />
ladinge, and therefore it is very expedient and necessary for the preservation<br />
of the said shipp and goods, to land her said goods. The [?XXXX]<br />
[?XXXX] constant they aboard her at 2 ''s'' a day a man<br />
which are to be paid by the prize officer besides the custome house [?XXX]e officer besides the custome house [?XXX] +
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