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Boutill and Samuel Micó, And hee saith hee … Boutill and Samuel Micó, And hee saith hee alsoe very well<br />
knoweth the shipp the ''Lyon'' Interrate (William Greene Master)<br />
and was Supra cargo of her at the time of her taking<br />
And otherwise hee cannot answer:/:
To the second hee saith hee well knoweth the reputed owners<br />
6of the said shipp, who (were and are Mr Thomas Parris, Mr John Ray,<br />
Mr Nathaniel Herring, Mr James Drawater, Mr Joseph Hamon<br />
Mr William Cockrof Mr William Boutil, and Mr James Napper,<br />
which Napper was the true and lawfull owners of an Eighth part of the<br />
said shipp, tackle and furniture.
To the 3d. and 4th hee saith the said shipp was last at the Port of Saint<br />
Remo in the Revero of Genoa, before her taking and saith<br />
she set sayle from thence, on or about the 12th of January<br />
last, (old stile), bound for Amsterdam, and saith hee the said Napper had<br />
on board at and after the second day of September 1656<br />
an Eighth part of foure thousand three hundred and sixty<br />
kentalls, of drye Newfoundland ffish which was discharged of<br />
Genoa, and saith this deponent tooke aboard at Newfoundland by the order of the<br />
said James Napper (,which hee verily beleeveth was for the said Nappars<br />
sole accompt about Eleven kintalls, and a halfe of drye ffish, as a<br />
private Adventure which this deponent sold at Genoa, and Invested<br />
the said Money in Corrall beads by his order, to the about<br />
the vallue of thirty two peeces of Eight, which were in this deponents<br />
Custody at the time of the said shipps taking, And<br />
hee the said Napper alsoe had an 8th part interest in 2000 peeces of 8: delivered<br />
the ffreighters of the said ship, which money was to be receaved<br />
with the ffreight, at her Arrivall in Amsterdam, which<br />
and was utterly lost, together with the said shipp: and otherwise hee<br />
cannot depose.
To the 5th hee saith hee well knoweth that the said shipp the ''Lyon'' was taken<br />
and surprized by two men of warr, which belonged (as this deponent<br />
beleeveth) to Saint Sebastians in Spaine, and saith shee was<br />
taken at sea, about 40 Leagues west of Ushent, and was<br />
carryed by the said men of warr to Saint Sebastians aforesaid, and<br />
hath credibly heard shee was there Condemned and sold, at Brig<br />
and verily beleeveth there hath bin noe manner of satisfaction<br />
made to the said James Napper for the same The [XXXXX {TORN PAPER}]<br />
deposeth being Supra cargo aboard the said shipp at the time of {TORN PAPER}
To the 6th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition and otherw{ise he cannot}<br />
Answer./.
Repeated before doctor Godolphin
Richard Biles [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]olphin
Richard Biles [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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