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The 5th of October 1653. [CENTRE HEADING]
… The 5th of October 1653. [CENTRE HEADING]
The claime of hendrick Garrard and others}<br />
of Embden for the ''Golden Lyon'' of Embden}<br />
John Arianson master. Suckley. Budd.}
Examined upon an allegation and schedule<br />
on the behalfe of the said claimers.
'''dt van Santen'''
'''John Arianson''' of Embden Mariner master<br />
of the said vessell aged 34 yeares or thereabouts<br />
sworne and examined.
To the first and second articles oof the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that<br />
hee well knoweth the producents hendrick Garrard, John [?Budday],<br />
Linders ffewen, derrick [?Budday] and company of Embden, and saith that<br />
they all for theise twelve monethes last and some of them for severall<br />
yeares last past have bin and at present are the true and lawfull owners<br />
and propprietors of the said shipp the ''Golden Lyon'' and of her tackle and<br />
furniture and are alsoe onwers of her lading of whale blubber and finnes, and for such commonly<br />
accompted and reputed, which hee knoweth being master of her, and receiving<br />
the said lading aboard for their accompt. And saith the said shipp was<br />
built at Embden about tenn yeares since, of this deponentssight and<br />
knowledge, and hath ever since belonged to that port, and this hee saith was<br />
and is true publique and notorious. And further that the 16th<br />
of Aprill last or thereabouts (old stile) the said shipp was set out<br />
from Embden by the said owners being the Greenland company of Embden<br />
to goe and saile to Greenland to catch whales, and retourne with the<br />
effects of the fishing to Embden for the accompt and adventure of he<br />
said Hendrick Garrard and company aforesaid. And that the said<br />
shipp ariving un Greenland her company there fished and catched severall whales<br />
and put and made up the whale blubber into severall caskes and with<br />
the same and finnes was retourining to Embden , and in er course for<br />
Embden was on or about the 25th of August last met with about [?ten]<br />
leagues off the River of Embden by Captaine Brandley and others<br />
in the service of this Commonwealth and seized and brought to Yarmouth<br />
together with foure shallops belonging to the ''Golden Lyon'' worth thirtie<br />
pounds sterling, and there detained the same to the greate preiudice of his<br />
said owners, all which hee knoweth being master and then aboard her, and<br />
that his company consisted of 30 persons besides himselfe. And otherwise<br />
hee cannot depose.
To the third article and schedule annexed hee saith and deposeth that<br />
upon the said seizure this deponent told and acquainted the said Captaine<br />
Brandley that the said shipp and goods were belonging to Embden and [?XXX]<br />
him his seabriefe under the seale of Embden being the schedule annexed<br />
the contents whereof hee saith were and are true, howbeit the said Captaine<br />
Brandley would not dismisse them, but kept and detayned them not [?XXX]<br />
the said seabrief.
To the Interrogatories.
To the first hee saith hee hath bin master of the said shipp about 6 [?weekes]<br />
(this being his first voyage) and came first aboard her at Embden.
To the second hee saith hee hath knowne the said producents for theise 20 yeares<br />
and upwards, and saith they are all Embdeners borne and there dwelling [?and]<br />
subiects of the free state of Embden, and that the rest (besides those above<br />
named) are hopman hendrick leerse, John Westerman, [?Goddard] [?BXXXX]<br />
Jacob Alderson Brower, Nicholas Walters, doctor Newenburgh, [?TXXXX]<br />
[?Regus], Mr Williams and some fewe others of that place whose names hee cannot<br />
readily call to minde yet knoweth their persons well, and that the said owners<br />
are all maried men, and houskeepers and Burgers of Embden, And<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose, saving one dwells in the greate streete, another [?XXX]<br />
delft, another in the Hewpen streete, on the [?butt] from another, another in the<br />
dike street and the rest in other places of the towne.and the rest in other places of the towne. +
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