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The Nine and twentieth of October 1653.
O … The Nine and twentieth of October 1653.
On the behalfe of the owners of the]<br />
''King David'' of Hambrough.]
'''Rp.'''
'''Gerrit [?XXXX]'''<br />
of Hamborowe mariner, master of the shipp the ''King David''<br />
of Hamborough, aged fiftie yeares or thereabouts sworne in the<br />
High Court of the Admiraltie of England before William<br />
Clarke and John Godolphn doctors of the lawes and<br />
Charles George Cock Esquire Judges of the said Court<br />
saith and deposeth by vertue of his oath.
That the said shipp the ''King David'' nowe rideing in the<br />
Downes was and is belonging to the port of Hamborough, and that [?Hendrick]<br />
Bekeman, John Verporten Adrianson and Martin Berenbergh all Merchants<br />
and dwellers in Hamborough and subiects of that free State and<br />
this deponent a burgher and subiect of the same citie were and are the true and<br />
sole owners of her and of her tackle, apparell and furniture, which<br />
shipp hee saith hee this deponent for and on the behalfe of himselfe and his<br />
said owners bought at Hamborough about thirteene yeeres since and ever<br />
since hath sailed her from and to Hamborough, betwixt which citie<br />
and Newcastle in England and sometimes to London hee<br />
saith hee hath cheifly gonne and traded with the said vessell. And<br />
that nowe shee is laden with wooll and<br />
some other goods for the accompt of Hamborough merchants living in<br />
Hamborough, and with some sea coles for the accompt of himselfe<br />
and of his said owners. And lastely that the seabrief and certificate under the seale of Hamborough<br />
hereunto annexed were and are true and reall and that the contents thereof<br />
as alsoe of the two light-briefs or passes dated the foure and<br />
twentieth of this instant October and alsoe annexed were and are true.
garet [?XXXssun] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The second of November 1653.
On behalfe of the State.
'''John Bourne''' of Limehouse in the County of Middlesex Mariner<br />
aged 21 yeares or thereabouts, sworne in Court before the three<br />
Judges thereof the day aforesaid, saith and deposeth by order<br />
of his oath.
That a certaine prize named the ''Globe'' (said to belong to Enchusen) was on<br />
or about about the eighth of September last off the coast of Jutland met with and<br />
taken by the ''fforesight frigot'' in the service of this Commonwealth [?XXX]<br />
[?Stainer] commannder) with her lading of timber from the East country and<br />
26 barrells of sope ashes, ad brought into harwich on the 25th of the<br />
same moneth, and since shee is sent into the River of Thames. And saith that there [?were]<br />
only eight barrells of the said ashes taken out of her before her before her delivery<br />
over to the prize officers at harwich, to whome her whole cargo of [?XXXX]<br />
and the remainder of the said barrells of ashes being 18 barrells (the<br />
seamen of the said frigot having taken the other eight) were by this deponent<br />
delivered with the said vessell, being a [?XXXX] wherepf hee was put master by the said [?XXXX]<br />
Stainer to bringe her thither, and this deponent there upon [?XXXXX]<br />
Inventory in writing of the sad cargo and 18 barrells of ashes, and of the vessell [?XXXX]<br />
furniture of the said [?XXXXX]. which hee delivered to the said Captaine Stainer<br />
And lastly that all the dutch company of the said prize were taken out of her [?And]<br />
put into the said frigot by order of the said Captaine and none of them brought to harwich with [?XXX], and kept by [?XXX XXX]<br />
and papers it appeared that shee was of Enchusen.
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