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of silke was then usually and commonly sol … of silke was then usually and commonly sold at Lisbone from<br />
one mil to one mil three hundred Res per pound, soe that<br />
the said John hill and companie and damnified by the said losse<br />
220 Mil Res or thereabouts. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
Jn:o Bushell [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 25th of August 1654. [CENTRE HEADING]
On the behalfe of Robert Winch touching}<br />
a bale of silke seized by the kinge of}<br />
Portugalls officers at Lisbone.}
'''John Bushell''' of London marchant<br />
aged 37 yeares or thereabouts sworne before<br />
the right Worshipfull Doctor Walker and the<br />
rest of the Commissioners in the Portugall<br />
businesse, and examined upon certaine Interrogatories<br />
saith and deposeth as followeth, videlicet.
To the first second and third Interrogatories hee saith and deposeth<br />
that hee well knew the shipp the ''Beniamin'' whereof Thomas<br />
Morley was master, and that Robert Winch of London marchant<br />
laded or caused to be laded aboard her in this port in the yeare 1649 for his<br />
owne proper accompt two bales (marked and numbred as in the<br />
margent) of Spannish silke and for the port of Lisbone, and
'''No. R4W .9. 10''' [MERCHANTS MARKE, LH MARGIN]
consigned the same to this deponent a marchant then resident<br />
at Lisbone, and sent him the letter of advise and bill of ladeing<br />
thereof, which this deponent received at Lisbone, where (hee<br />
saith) the said shipp arived in the said yeare 1649 of this<br />
deponents sight, having the said goods aboard her, and there<br />
the same amongst other of her lading were dischardged out<br />
of the said shipp and put into the Alfandigo or custome house<br />
of the kinge of Portugall at Lisbone, a little before Prince<br />
Ruperts comming in thither; And saith that in the yeare 1650<br />
there was a generall seizure or sequestration there made<br />
by the said kings authoritie of all such goods as belonged<br />
to any English, then remayning in the said Alfandigo or<br />
ashore here in the dominion of the said kinge, Amongst<br />
which goods soe seized was one of the said bales of silke<br />
namely the '''no. 9.''' (this deponent having before dischardged<br />
the other '''No. 10.''' thense) And a little before the said seizure<br />
this deponent sawe the said bale '''No. 9.''' there and would<br />
alsoe dispatched the same thensc, but the Provadar would<br />
not permit him soe to doe, but detained the same, and<br />
soe the said bale '''No. 9''' was and is utterly lost to the said<br />
merchanterly lost to the said<br />
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