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The 21th of September 1653. [CENTRE HEADIN … The 21th of September 1653. [CENTRE HEADING]
The claime of John Bollart of Antwerp}<br />
for his money and plate [?in] the ''Sampson''}<br />
''Salvador'' and ''Saint George''. Suckley. Budd}
'''1us./'''
'''Peter vander wyer''' of Dunquirke Merchant<br />
aged 26 yeares or thereabouts sworne and examined.
To the first article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that hee well knoweth<br />
the producent John Bollart and hath soe donne for theise fifteene yeares last<br />
past, and saith hee is a Merchant of Antwerp and driveth a greate trade<br />
to Cadiz and Saint Lucars in Spaine, and hath used and doth use to sende diverse<br />
and greate quantities of Merchandizes from Ostend and from Dunquirke<br />
since the same retourned into the Saniards hands, to Spaine for his owne<br />
accompt and adventure, and hath diverse factors, and correspondents in<br />
Cadiz, Saint Lucars, Sevill and other parts of Spaine who negotiate and<br />
act his merchandizing affaires and sell and dispose his goods sent unto them<br />
and make his retournes into fflanders, and for and as such a person as<br />
aforesaid hee the said John Bollart hath bin and is commonly accompted<br />
and reputed for diverse yeares last past, all which hee knoweth having bin<br />
servant unto and dwelt sixe or seaven yeares in house with him the said<br />
John in Antwerp, ended about [?8] yeares since, and having since frequented<br />
his house and having donne and doing businesse for him as his correspondent<br />
and this deponent having lived in Spaine did his businesse for him there<br />
as his correspondent in merchandize, and knewe the said producent living<br />
in Spaine formerly, whence this deponent came in his company, and<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the second article hee saith and deposeth that the said John Bollart<br />
hath frequently for diverse yeares last past had the retournes of his goods<br />
sent thither made back to him in silver by his factors there both to<br />
fflanders and diverse times formerly to Dover and this port of London<br />
and very greate parcells of barrs of silver, plate and peeces of eight<br />
have formerly bin received for the accompt of him the said John Bollart<br />
in the said ports of Dover and London by merchants living in this Nation,<br />
and particularly by Mr Castel and other marchants of this citie, and the<br />
retournes thereof have bin made him either into fflanders by exchange or<br />
by goods as perpetuana's, bayes, and other manufactures and goods of this<br />
nation sent for his accompt for Spaine and for the more particula[?rities]<br />
of time hee saith that in the yeare 1638 and for foure or five yeares next<br />
following there were there were greate quantities and summes of money and<br />
plate sent to the said ports in England for his accompt, all which hee<br />
knoweth because hee this deponent then dwelt with him, and was in<br />
his counting house and accustomed to write his letters and to receive and<br />
be acquainted with the contents of theise sent unto him, and privie to<br />
his said trade, and this hee saith was and is true and notorious, And<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the third article hee saith and deposeth that in the yeares 1651 and 1652 and<br />
monethes therein concurring the said producent John Bollart sent from<br />
Ostend and of late from Dunquirk diverse and sundry parcells of goods<br />
and merchandizes for his owne accompt to Gerrard Riper. John Lopez<br />
de [?Mollinon], John Baptista and others his correspondents and factors<br />
at Cadiz, with order to them to sell and dispatch the same for his accompt<br />
and to make him the retournes thereof in plate, bullion and peeces of<br />
eight for his best advantage, and they the said Gerrard Riper,<br />
John Lopez da Molina, John Baptista and others his said correspondents<br />
and factors received the same as hee beleeveth, and retourned him answer<br />
that they would and afterwrds that they had disposed thereof and made<br />
him such retournes as aforesaid, which hee deposeth because as heeoresaid, which hee deposeth because as hee +
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