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and to be disposed of by Thomas Moody who … and to be disposed of by Thomas Moody who went Sopra Cargo og ther<br />
said shipp, and was to dispose thereof for the said accounts, which hee<br />
knoweth because hee this deponent had alsoe a quantitie of the like goods<br />
laden aboard the said shipp, which were to be transported and disposed as<br />
aforesayd. And saith that the share of the said John Popeand the said goods and moneyes soe<br />
laden amounted to the summe of three hundred pounds sterling or thereabouts, and the<br />
interest of the said henry Gough to the like summe, besides their shares in the said shipp.
Rob: yeamans [SIGNATURE, LH MARGIN]
To the fourth hee saith that the said shipp with the said goods and [?XXXXXX]<br />
departed from Bristoll towards Marseilla aforesaid, there to unlade<br />
unlesse shee found a market at Malega or thereabouts by the way<br />
And that the said shipp with the said lading was in prosecution of<br />
the said voyage taken and seized in Malega Roade by the Spaniards as this<br />
deponent hath bin informed, and uterly lost to the producents.
before Colonel Cock.
Rob. Yeamans [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The seaventeenth of May 1656. [CENTRE HEADING]
'''Rp. 1'''
'''Thomas Moody''' of Bristoll Marchant aged 28 yeares<br />
or thereabouts sworne before the right worshipfull Charles<br />
Cock Esquire one of the Judges of the<br />
high Court of the Admiraltie of England and examined<br />
upon certaine Interrogatories ministred on the behalfe of<br />
Robert Yeamans, John Pope and henry George<br />
Merchants of Bristoll saith and deposeth as followeth<br />
videlicet.
To the first and second Interogatorries hee saith and deposeth that hee<br />
well knew the good shipp the ''Lilly'' of Bristoll (whereof Thomas<br />
Parson was master) at the time of her last being at Bristoll<br />
and thence bound out on a voyage as farr as Marseilla interrogated.<br />
And saith the producents Robert Yeomans, John Pope and henry<br />
Gough were sole owners of the said shipp and of her tackle<br />
apparell and furniture and for such commonly accompted at the<br />
time of her proceeding on the said voyage and when shee was taken<br />
and lost, which hee knoweth because hee this deponet went<br />
Sopra cargo of her, and was imployed by the said producents.
To the thrird hee saith that while the said shipp was and<br />
remained at Bristoll preparing for the said voyage there were<br />
laden aboard her for the accounts of the said producents Robert<br />
yeamans, John Pope and henry Gough, to be carried and<br />
transported towards Marseille and there or at Malega or other place<br />
thereabouts by the way to be disposed of for their accounts a quantitie<br />
of pilchards, stock[?XXXX], moneys and other things, which hee knoweth<br />
because hee this deponent as aforesaid went Sopra cargo of the said<br />
shipp and was to have the disposall of them for their accounts, but<br />
the iust quantitie or particularisation of the said goods and moneys hee<br />
knoweth not, having the Invoice and all his papers taken away the Invoice and all his papers taken away +
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