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Background on Barbary

• "the Christian shore may bee discovered one day and the Barbary shore another day" (near majorca, where channell narrows) (HCA 13/71 f.30v Case: XXXX; Deposition: 2. Captaine Thomas Chinn of Shadwell in the County of Middlesex Mariner aged 40)

• Mention of the "Turkish language" (HCA 13/71 f.76r Case: XXXX; Deposition: 2. Jacob Salter of the parish of Stepney Mariner aged 30)

• Hamett Bashawe; "one Constantine" (HCA 13/71 f.84r Case: XXXX; Deposition: 4. William ffudge of Wapping in the parish of St. mary of matfellon of Whitechapel and County of Midd Mariner master of Cesar aged forty two years)

Case: Deposition of William Anderson of Stockdon within the Bishoprick of Durham, late Gunner of the sayd shipp the Fortune

TNA, HCA 13/71 f.131r

1. The third day of April. 1656./.
2. Examined upon an allegation on the
3. behalfe of the sayd Tilley Vanden=Posl
4. and Company.
5. 2.us
6. William Andersonn of Stockdon within the Bishoprick
7. of Durham late Gunner of the sayd shipp the Fortune
8. aged ninetyene yeares or thereabouts a wittnesse
9. sworne and examined saith as followeth, vizt.
10. To the 3d. article of the sayd allegation, This deponent saith that the sayd shipp the
11. ffortune departed from this port about twenty monethes agoe under the
12. Command of the arlate Thomas Braining as master of her ˹bound for Barbary˺ laden
13. with gunnes, or fowling peices, iron, tobaććo lead bales of Cloath and
14. other goods, with which shee arrives safely att Sally and there
15. a good part of the Cloath, Lead and Iron was sold, to be payd some
16. in waxe, and some (as he heard) in gold. And from thence the sayd
17. shipp went to Santa Cruz and there disposed of the sayd gunnes
18. and all the other goods the sayd Tobacco onely excepted. And the
19. sayd shipp being to returne from Santa Cruz to Sally to receyve
20. the proceed of the foresayd goods there sold, tooke in about forty
21. Jewes and Moores and severall quantities of merchandizes belonging
22. to them, all to be transported to Sally aforesayd upon freight.
23. And saith that the sayd shipp being upon her Course was driven
24. something too farr to seaward by a Northerly wind, and after
25. making use of a westerly wind to reach Salley was by the
26. force of that westerly wind driven about seaven leagues to the
27. Eastward of the Sally and so ˹over shott the sayd port of Sally and˺ was not able to come thither, where=
28. upon the sayd Jewes and Moores bećame much troubled and very
29. angry, and caused the sayd Braining to putt his shipp into Tittuan.
30. saying they would goe to Sally by land, and so for that tyme
31. the sayd shipp not coming att Sally received not the proceed of some
32. goods there sold as aforesayd. But what dammage thereupon happened
33. this deponent who was onely as Gunner aboard the sayd voyage ćannot
34. sett forth. And further he ćannot depose saving that of what
35. he hath deposed hee was an eye=witnesse.
36. The fourth article of the sayd allegation, This deponent saith that from Tittuan
37. the sayd shipp was to goe to Cadez to sell some of her Barbary
38. merchandize which she had on board, and in her Course having
39. made Cape Seratt the sayd Braining having discovered a
40. shipp

TNA, HCA 13/71 f.131v

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