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Wismar and the rest of the company Easterl … Wismar and the rest of the company Easterlings. And otherwise hee cannot depose<br />
saving as aforesaid.
To the fourth hee saith hee knoweth not who are owners of the said shipp nor<br />
where they dwelle/
To the fifth hee saith that the said shipps lading consists in clapboard laden as<br />
hee was informed at Riga to be transported for Bordeauxm for which place this<br />
deponent was hired in the Sound as the said shipp outwards bound came with<br />
the said lading. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the 6th hee saith hee knoweth not of any papers aboard, nor of<br />
any made away.
To the 7th hee saith hee hath bin in ffrance and holland in other shipps but<br />
never in the ''Peace'', and otherwise hee knoweth not the person to whom<br />
the said lading was consigned, nor knoweth ought of the correspondence of the<br />
same.
To the 8th hee saith that hee was agreed with by the master to serve in the<br />
said shipp to Bordeaux, and thence to hamborough and there to end the<br />
voyage, and was to have 60 Rix dollars for the voyage, halfe whereof<br />
hee received in hand of the said master.
To the 9th hee saith there was a Swedish and a wismar flagg aboard but<br />
noe hollands colours that hee knoweth of, and that the said seizure was<br />
made on the coast of Norway on the open sea by Captaine Welch.
To the last hee cannot depose.
Jurian Jans [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Repeated before Doctor Clarke and [BLANK IN MANUSCRIPT]
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The last of October 1653. [CENTRE HEADING]
Crandley and company against the shipp the}<br />
''Saint John Baptist'' whereof harman Garells}<br />
was and is master. Smith.}
'''dt.'''
'''Harman Garrells''' of Embden Mariner<br />
Master of the said shipp the ''Saint John Baptist''<br />
aged 31 yeares or thereabouts, sworne the day<br />
aforesaid as in the acts of Court, and examined<br />
upon certaine Interrogatories ministred on the behalfe<br />
of the said Captaine Crandley and company<br />
saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet.
To the first and second Interrogatories hee saith and deposeth that hee hath bin master of the<br />
said shipp the ''Saint John Baptist'' for theise three yeares last past and upward, during<br />
which time shee hath belonged and doth at present belong to Embden, and<br />
that her owners dwell there and have soe done for all the said time and<br />
have bin and are burgers and Inhabitants of Embden and subiects<br />
of that free State, and all borne in the towne and libertie thereof that the said owners were and are by name Gadard<br />
Borovall, John Gossens, Hendrick Johnson Mayris, Lambert van Ham,<br />
[?Tado] Reyus,Jacob Clauson Eylers, Lambert Cremer, Hendrick Lemers,<br />
John Scudirke, Etsle Oben, Hendrick Dadden, Here Helling, Tise<br />
Woulders, John Scrum, Wigert Mekeler, John van Lamm, Tidde Harmans<br />
Hasling, Jans Cornelis, Cornelis Awten, Albert Geers, Hesset Budd,<br />
Aysh Jacobs, Helmer Johnson, Lute Tunis, and hee this deponent<br />
and Cornelis Emeson, and Herricke Clauson<br />
and that the said Godard Brewelt hath a sixteenth part, John Gosens<br />
a sixteenth part, John Scudinke three 32th parts, and Tidde harmans hastling<br />
a sixteenth part and therest have every one a 32th part in the said vessell<br />
And that shee was built at Lubeck, and was bought there by the said<br />
owners above three yeares since, which hee knoweth because hee this deponent<br />
paid for her with the moneys received from his said owners, who constituted him<br />
master of her, and that shee was bought of one Jens Johnson of [?XX XXXX]<br />
(who received the said money being [?gXX] old Rix dollers and a Rose Noble for<br />
a gratuitie to the said Jens Johnson.>
a gratuitie to the said Jens Johnson. +
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