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HCA 13/70 f.136r Annotate
First transcribed 12 September 2014  +
First transcriber Colin Greenstreet  +
Folio 136  +
Parent volume HCA 13/70  +
Side Recto  +
Status Uploaded image; transcribed on 12/09/2014  +
Transcription The 29th day of November <u>1654:-&lThe 29th day of November <u>1654:-</u> [CENTRE HEADING] Examined upon the said Allegation:- '''2.us/''' '''Peter Rokes''' of Lubeck in Germania Mariner Steeresman of<br /> the shipp the ''Goulden Grape'' of dantsick aged 43. yeares<br /> or thereabouts a Wittnes sworne and examined saith as followeth<br /> videlicet To the first Article of the said Allegation hee saith and deposeth That it is well<br /> knowne and generally observed amongst Merchants Seamen and Shippwrights<br /> That the manner of building of shipps in holland is very much different from<br /> that of Lubeck, the holland shipps being ordinarily made more neate and light of<br /> timber, and those of Lubeck of a course and plainer fashion, and full timbred.<br /> Which hee knoweth being a Mariner experienced in shipps for the space of 32.<br /> yeares last past or thereabouts, and thereby haveing well observed and exactly knowing<br /> the difference of shipps built at Lubeck from those of the United Netherlands And<br /> further cannot depose. To the second and third articles hee saith and deposeth, That the shipp the ''Sampson''<br /> arlate, (whereof the arlate Otto George was Master or Commander) was and is of<br /> the mould and fashion observed at Lubeck and so much hee saith may very be well<br /> discerned by any man experienced in the manner of building of shipps usuall at that place<br /> And saith That of this deponents ight and certaine knowledge, the said shipp<br /> the ''Sampson'' was originally built at Lubeck by one Jurian Steechman a Burgher<br /> and shippwright of Lubeck in the yeare 1646, last past; the said shipp being<br /> in that yeare fully compleated there, and such her building and finishing there,<br /> hee saith, was and is publique and notorious, and taken notice of by many hundreds<br /> of persons, And That hee this deponent hath severall times seene and observed the said<br /> shipp the ''Sampson'' lyeing and being in the river of Thames since the time of her<br /> seizure by some of the shipps of this Commonwealth, and well knoweth her to be one<br /> and the same shipp which of his sight and knowledge, as is predeposed, was built at<br /> Lubeck aforesaid: The premisses hee this deponent declareth and deposeth for that hee hath<br /> beene an inhabitant and Burgher of the said Citie of Lubeck for about 22. yeares<br /> last past, and hath as aforesaid been (as hee remembreth) a seafaring person for<br /> 32 yeares last past or thereabouts. And further cannot depose./:- To the 4th hee saith, That the said shipp the ''Sampson'' hath ever since her building as<br /> aforesaid, belonged to the Citie and Port of Lubeck, and for a shipp to that port<br /> belonging hath bin and is commonly reputed and taken, and saith that from the<br /> Originall building thereof till the time of her said seizure, the arlate Otto George<br /> who was a Citizen and inhabitant of Lubeck. was constantly and continualy the Master<br /> and Commander of the said shipp, And saith That from the time of the said shipps<br /> building and finnishing as aforesaid, shee never did, so farr as this deponent knoweth,<br /> or hath ever heard, or is in Conscience convinced belonged to Amsterdam, or been<br /> reputed a shipp belonging to that place, or to any other Port or place in holland.<br /> The premisses hee deposeth upon the grounds predeposed. And further cannot depose:- To the 5th hee saith, That the arlate Otto George about a yeare since being<br /> sick and weake departed from London, and went for and arrived at Lubeck the<br /> place of his usuall habitation, and shortly after did there depart this life, and was<br /> there interred as a Burgher and Citizen of that place, as indeed hee really was<br /> (and as indeed hee really was<br /> (and  +
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