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one and twenty monethes, and this deponent … one and twenty monethes, and this deponent never knew any of those<br />
dwelling in Spaine, or any of the Spanish dominions, And otherwise<br />
hee cannot answer, saving his foregoeing deposition to which hee referreth<br />
himselfe./
Repeated in all theise three claimes before doctor Godolphin<br />
18th of Aprill 1659.
Juan [XXXXX] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 14th of Aprill 1659
The claime of the said ffernandez}<br />
and others for their goods in the}<br />
''Hope'' aforesaid}
Examined upon the foresaid allegation.
'''2.'''
'''Diego Mendez''' of the Iland of La Palma in the<br />
Canaries, aged 25 yeares or thereabouts sworne<br />
and examined.
To the first second third and 4th articles hee saith that his precontest John<br />
Lopez being acquainted with this deponent in Amsterdam, told him there<br />
shortly before the voyage in question that John Tilly and Jo[XX] Chanter[?n]ell<br />
two marchants of that place (whom this deponent knoweth) were buying<br />
a shipp for account of themselves and partners in England, for a voyage<br />
to be made therewith for the West Indias wherein the said Lopez said hee<br />
was to goe Capa marchant of her, and asked this deponent to goe along[?e GUTTER]<br />
with him the said voyage, the better to colour the said busines for that this<br />
deponent was a Spaniard, and saith the said shipp being bought and the<br />
arlate Patrick Betts put master of her, there was a cargo<br />
of goods consisting in woollen goods, linnens, hatts, silkes, spices, and<br />
other goods (amounting in all as hee understood to five and twenty thousand five hundred [?florins) put aboard the said shipp named the ''Hope'' by the said<br />
Tilly and Chanterwell for the said voyage, and saith hee heard and was<br />
from the beginning and all alonge credibly informed that Anthony ffernandez<br />
Gowen Painter, John Page, Antonio Robles and Andrew dunkin of<br />
London Merchants were the companie of the said Tilly and Chanter[?n]ell<br />
in the said designe and adventure. And saith that hee saw the said goods<br />
soe laded at Amsterdam, and knoweth that they were soe laded to be trucked<br />
away in the West Indies for goods of that countrey or thereabouts, to be brought<br />
ack for the Downes or dover, for that this deponent was shipped for that voyage,<br />
And further hee cannot depose saving [?what] followeth.
To the fifth and 6th hee saith the said shipp in or about September 1657 departed<br />
with the said cargo from Amsterdam, and went and sailed to Trinidad<br />
Comana, Truxillo and honduras in the West Indies, and at honduras ad<br />
Truxillo the said John lopez the Sopra cargo bartered and trucked away the<br />
said outwards goods and bought and produced therewith and laded aboard the<br />
same shipp for the claimers account two hundred and eightie chests of<br />
Indigo, twenty two chests of drugs, two small barrells, and two small<br />
potaccoes of drugs, foure hundred seaventie and six hides, and one thousand<br />
ninetie and foure arobes of Sassaparilla, all which hee knoweth being present<br />
and seeing the same soe donne and assisting the said Lopez therein. And<br />
further hee deposeth not.
To the seventh hee saith that after such buying and providing and [XXXX] the<br />
said goods the said shipp departed from the West Indies therewith<br />
to come to dover or downes to receive order from their marchants at<br />
London for their discharge and unlading, but by fowle and contray winde<br />
and weather shee came therewith to Milford haven in safetie, where[XX GUTTER<br />
this deponent arived in her, and knoweth that shee brought all the said<br />
goods thether.
To the eighth hee saith that after the arivall of the said shipp at Milford<br />
haven the said John Lopez went there ashore to goe and departed for london<br />
to advise his marchants of her arivall, this deponent seeing him gone<br />
ashore there. And further deposeth not.
Toshore there. And further deposeth not.
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