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===Front Cover===
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P1110298
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//XXXX13
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January 1658
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March 1660//
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P1110299
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DOUBLE PAGE, WITH RECTO F15 RECTO
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P1110300
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f. 15 recto
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//The 19:th day of January 1658 English style
+
 
+
Maurice Thompson Alderman William Thompson)
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& other freighters of the shipp the ''Maydenhead'')
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agt the Dutch East India Company in pticular and)
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all other x:r X XXXXXX)
+
 
+
Examined on the allegation given in
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XX XXX of November 1658 on behalfe of
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the sayd ffreighters
+
 
+
5  WILLIAM READING of Rederiff wall
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in the parish of S:t Mary Magdalen Bermond-
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sey in the County of Surrey mariner aged
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thirty five yeares or thereabouts a wittnesse
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sworne & examined saith and deposeth
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as followeth viz:t
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+
To the 10:th arle of the sayd allegation hee saith that hee
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this deponent was purser of the shipp the ''Olive Branch'' an
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English shipp which went upon a tradeing voyage from London bound
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for Bantam but at her comeing thither the sayd shipp ''Olive
+
Branch'' was hindred by certayne dutch shipps of warr belonging
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to and being in the implyment of the dutch East India Company
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by which meanes ?they wwas forced to goe to an Island in XXX
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PaXXogando upon the Coast of Sumatra and there pXXXX her lading
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of pepper to be brought
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secretly unknowne to the dutch in XXXX or boates from
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Bantam to the sayd Island of Pullegand:o where the shipp the
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''Olive Branch'' ridd And saith that hee being XXXX a foresayd Puerser
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of the sayd shipp and on XXXX at Bantam during the moneths
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of  January ffebruary and part of March in the yeare of our
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Lord 1656 while the lading of pepper which was shipped aboard
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the ''Olive Branch'' was proXXXing at Bantam to be sent to
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Pollegaade and takeing the  weight there of and imployed in
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sending the same away thaereby knoweth that in the yeare and
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moneth aforesayd pepper might then have bin hard at Bantam bought
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of the Chinese (sic) & was by the Chinese offered XXXXXXXXXX
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there to be sold to ?sayth as would buy the same at the rate of five
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and a halfe pence alright or XXXX for the parcell every parcell
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being comonly accompted one hundred sixty two pounds English weight
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And saith that the ''Olive Branch'' having taken in her ladeing
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of pepper at ?Pulligaade  XXXXX XXXXX and brought the same
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to Ligorno which was according to Charterpty the Port whither
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she was designed to carry the same And hee this deponent goeing
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Purser in her to Ligorno knoweth that in the Moneths of ffebruary
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and March 1657 in which moneths the sayd shipp ''Olive Branch''
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was & remayned in the Port of Ligorno XXXX pepper was brought in XXXX was there frequently
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and commonly sold at the rate of  twenty peeces of eight
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per hundred English weight, and hee this deponent having some
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pepper pf his owne which was brought hither in the sayd shipp
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did there sell the same at som what a bove
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that rate of twenty peeces of eight per hundred English weight
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And further to this arle hee cannot depose.
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+
To the rest of the articles hee is not examinat, by ?direction
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+
WILLIAM READING [His signature]
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Repetit before Dor Godolphin
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+
----
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P1110302
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f. 15 verso
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//and saith gee kast  XXXX the
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about
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XXX
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a halfe
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answere
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knowing
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XXXX
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To the 3 hee saith hee
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===Case: Claim of Stephen ?Pallavacio, of Genoa, regarding silver bars: Deposition: 1.  Peter Vandeput, of London, merchant, aged 47: Date: January 29th, 1658===
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P1110310
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P 55 verso
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The 27:th of January 1658
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ExXXXX XX XXXXXXXXXX the allon and
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XXX XXXXX of the XXXX
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//The claime of Stephen ?Pallavicio
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of Genoa for sixe barrs of silver
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in the ''S:t Laurence'' Peter BXXXXX
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M:r taken by the ''Coventry frigot''
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+
1.  PETER VANDEPUT of London Merchant
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aged 47 yeares of therabouts sworne and
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examined
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+
To the first and second arles of the said Allon hee saith hee hath
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corresponded with the producent Stephen Pallavicino in y:e wayes of
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Merchandize, and saith hee was and is comonly reputed a native
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subject, & Inhabitant of the State of Genoa, and saith hee beleeveth
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him to bee, having bin credibly informed that hee is a ?patrician
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of the City and State of Genoa, and this depo:t hath often
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received Letters from y:e said pducent dated at Genoa, as the
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place of his Dwelling, and hath accordingly directed his Letters to
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him there, and further hee doth not depose
+
 
+
To the 3:d hee saith that by the Dealings and Correspondence
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w:ch this Dep:t hath  for ?diverse yeeres had, and hath with the said producent XX XXXX XXX of XXXXX hee
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verily beleeveth him to be a merch:t of great dealing worth
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and Quality and saith hee hath and doth drive a trade &
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Commerce from y:e Canaryes  and y:e dominions of the King of
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Spaine in, and with silver by his ffactors there resident, and
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that before y:e bringing of the silver in question to this port
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this depo:t hath received to the vallue of betwixt twelve and
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thirteene hundred pounds for the sd products account from y:e Canaryes, the
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same being Consigned unto him this depo:t & further hee deposeth
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not:
+
 
+
To the 4:th arle hee saith that before y:e lading of the silver
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in question namely about two yeeres since and severall other times
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this Depo:t received letters from severall Genoeses, and alsoe from
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the said Palavacino himselfe, whereby they desired this Depo:t to
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advise them whether they might not safely send silver or Bullion
+
to London. and without danger Consigne the same to this
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depo:t or to the same effect.  And this depo:t thinking. (besides
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the furtherance of Trade & Comerce) that hee should doe good
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service to this Comonwealth, did thereupon write to, and
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encourage them to send silver thither, And for further incouragement
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of the sd prodc:t this dep:t caused the Act of Parliam:t made for
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importacon of Bullion, to be Translated into Spanish and ?sent
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the same to him and them, and hee referreth himselfe to y:e said Act of
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Parliam:t for Importaccon of silver. And further hee doth not depose
+
 
+
To the 5:th 6:th & 7:th arles and the Letter of Advise, and Invoice XXX
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y:e sd 6:th arle mentioned, Nowe shewed unto him, hee saith & XXXX
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deposeth that in or about the monethes of July or August last ?past
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this depo:t received advise from the said producents ffactor
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Don Luis Perez de Vittoria that hee had laded at S:ta Cruz del OzXXXXX
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(being a port in y:e Island of Tenereife on of the Canary Islands) ?about
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the said ship the ''S:t Laurence'' whereof Petr Bonningysent is M:r for y:e
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Account of the said Stephen Palavasino, two barrs of silver, and
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?consigned//
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----
+
 
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P1110311
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f.56 recto
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//Consigned the same to be delivered to this depo:t herein  XXX XXX
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for the said Account of the said ''Provident'': and afterwards this
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depot received the Letter of advise and Invoice annexed from him
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the said ffacto:r by the said ship ''S:t Laurence'' XXXX XXX seizure together
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with the bill of Lading arlate w:ch hee hath nowe alsoe seene, And
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this depo:t hath heard that the said ship belonged to the arlate M:r
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fford, And further hee deposeth not, saving that the said Letter
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Invoice and Bill of Lading Exhibited were and are the same
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soe by him received:
+
 
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To the 8:th hee saith that after the XX XXXX hee this depo:t was
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advised by letters from Plymouth of the seizure of the said ship
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and Lading by Captaine Aylett, and of her bringing in thither
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where shee was brought (as hee saith) to this port for this depo:t
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here received the said silver in question out of her, and further
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deposeth not.
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To the 9:th hee saith hee is well assured and verily beleeveth
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that the said two barrs of silver were really and truely pvided
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and laded for y:e prop and sole account of y:e sad producent and
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upon his adventure, and that hee runneth the sole hazard thereof
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and that noe Spaniard or other subject of the King of Spaine
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had at the time of the said Lading and seizure any interest
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therein w:ch hee is ?induced the more assuredly to beleeve for
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y:t this depo:t by theproducents order hath and ?must make good the proceeds
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thereof unto them and that amounted with him for y:e same as
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will noe other, And further deposeth not
+
 
+
To the 10:th hee saith hee beleeveth there was peace, and Amity
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betweene the Comonwealth and the State of Genoa. and their
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subjects the time arlate, and further doth not depose:
+
 
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To the 11:th hee saith that his foregoeing depon is true.
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To the Interrogatoryes
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To the first hee saith hee cometh required by M:r ffrancklin to be
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pduced in this Cause, and otherwise negatively :
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To the second hee saith hee was never at Genoa nor ever
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sawe the pducent that hee knoweth of norknowe his ffather
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or mother. and otherwise referreth himselfe to his foregoeing
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depons:
+
 
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To the 3:d hee saith that hee this depo:t hath had severall Letters, and
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orders from y:e said producent Stephen Pallavacine touching y:e
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silver now in question, and hee doth not knowe any other
+
person besides him XX XXXX. And further hee cannot answer, saving his
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forgoeing depon to w:ch hee referreth himselfe.
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To the 4:th hee saith that this depo:t hath received pt of the foresd
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silver by him deposed of (not sent in y:e ''S:t Laurence'' ) in the
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''King David'' in or about XXX last, part in y:e ''Hope'', about the
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same time, and hee is sure that y:e said Pallavacino (the now
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XXXXX) is the same pson for whose account the foresd pXXX
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silver in question was laded and consigned to this Depo:t for y:t
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this depo:t hath XX XXX made the same goods with them as aforesaid
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To//
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----
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P1110312
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f. 56 verso
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//To the 5:th hee saith hee doth not knowe the said Don Luis
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Peroz de Vittoria the said pducents said ffactor personally. and
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saith hee knoweth not that the said de Vittoria is ffactor to any
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Spaniard or subject of the King of Spaine, nor hath this
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Depo:t received order from any pson to claime the said silber
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in Question other than the said pducent from whom hee
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saith hee hath received Expresse order therein, and hath had
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?procuzaccon from him alone in that be halafe, and other
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wise negatively saving as aforesd, saying y:e said Don
+
Luis Perez de Vittoria is soe farr from  having given any
+
order for Claiming y:e silver in question that hee Doth not as
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this depot beleeveth yet knowe of the seizure tehreof
+
 
+
To the 6:th hee saith that upon the bringing in of the said
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ship to Plymouth the bill of lading interrogated together w:th
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the Letter & ffactory were amongst other paps sent there
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in a packet to this depo:t as coming out of the said ship.
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and this depo:t brought them into this Court.
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+
To the 7:th hee saith hee knoweth not ought if any other bill
+
of Lading touching y:e said silver in Question than the said
+
bill soe brought into Court, and here remaining, nor of
+
any other Invoice than that annexed to the Allon whereupon
+
hee is now Examined, and otherwise hee referreth himselfe to his
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foregoing depon:
+
 
+
PETER VANDEPUT  [His signature]
+
 
+
Repeated before the two Judges in Court
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<nowiki>**********************************************</nowiki>
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===Case: Claim of Stephen ?Pallavacio, of Genoa, regarding silver bars: Deposition: 2.  Abraham Cabeljan, of London, merchant, aged 53: Date: January 27th, 1658===
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+
The same day
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+
Examined upon y:e said Allon:
+
 
+
2:nd  ABRAHAM CABELJAN of London merchant aged 53
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yeeres or thereabouts, sworne and Examined:
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+
To the first and second articles hee saith and deposeth that the
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pducent Steven Pallavacino, was and is commonly reuted a native
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of Genoa. and Inhabitant Subject of that Comonwealth, and saith
+
that hee this depo:t livimng with and being Book Keep. of. and for the
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p:rcontests M:r Peter Vandeput merchant hath seene severall Letters
+
from the said product Living at Genoa sent to and received by the said M:r Vandeputt XXX Correspondent
+
here, and severall Letters of his directed to y;e said producent, and there
+
resident, And further hee deposeth not
+
 
+
To the 3:d arle hee saith that before y:e silver in question came & arrived
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here in England, the ffactor of the said producent called don Luis
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Perez de Vittoria, sent from the Iland of Teneriffe to the XXXX
+
M:r Vandepur, for his the said producents Accompt to the Vallue
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of betwixt telve and thirteene hundred pounds sterling in silver w:ch XXX
+
received by the said M:r Vandeput for the account of y:e said pducent
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and was soe received by the said M:r vandeput herein this XXXX
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before y:e arrivall of y:e silver in question of this depo:ts sihht, who XXX
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XXX receipt thereof and y:e Letters and dispacthes concerninge y:e
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XXXX//
+
----
+
P1110313
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& P1110314
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f. 57 recto
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Hath placed the same to the said producent's Accompt, hee being as
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aforesd & booke XXX of the said M:r Vandeput and thereby hee well knoweth
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that the said Stephen Pallavacine hath and doth drive a greate trade in
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silver, from the Canaryes, And further thee doth not depose
+
 
+
To the 4:th arle hee saith that before the Lading the silver in question
+
aboard the said ship the ''S:t Laurence'' severall Genoese merchants
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wrote ?unto the said M:r Vandeput to London, whereby they desired him
+
to certifye or advise them, whether or noe they might safely send
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silver and bullion to London, and consigne the same to him the said
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M:r Vandeput, without danger of seizing or confiscacion of y:e same
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And saith the said M:r Vandeput wrote to them that they might
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doe it safely, and XXXX XXX them in such sending and sent a
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Translacon in XXXXX of the Act of parliam:t in that behalfe
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made for the security of such Importacons w:ch hee knoweth
+
having seene y:e said Letters soe received and the answeres thereof
+
being privy to the said M:r Vandeputs dispatches in such matters
+
(hee being his booke keep as aforesaid) in his affaires of moment
+
touching his ?Commerce.
+
 
+
To the 5:th 6:th and 7:th arles hee saith that before any newes of y:e
+
seizure of y:e ship ''S:t Laurence'' in question the said M:r Peter vandeput
+
receaved Letters by other?s shipping from the said Don Luiz Peroz
+
de Vittoria, advising him of the Lading of the two barrs of silver
+
(w:ch are nowe claimed) aboard the said ship the ''S:t Laurence'' and
+
of the Consignment thereof to him the said M:r Vandeput for y:e
+
said producents account to be heere delivered in this Port
+
And that afterwards the said M:r Vandeput received advise from
+
Plimouth of the bringing in of the said ship thither and received
+
a packet of Letters, and dispatched thence as brought thither in y:e
+
said ship''S:t Laurence'', and XXXXXX them the Letter and Invoice and XXX
+
to the ?allon (now shewed unto him this depo:t) and alsoe y:e bill of
+
Lading inder y:e hand of Peter BXXXXXX M:r of the said ship
+
now alsoe shewed unto him remaining in this Court, ?which he
+
knoweth having seene the said first Letters of advise and alsoe
+
these and y:e Invoice and Bill of Lading soe brought in y:e
+
''S:t Laurence'' upon their first bringing to the said M:r Vandeput
+
and havinge now XXXX XXXX Exhibited and remaining in the
+
Court hee well knoweth them to be the same that were soe received
+
by M:r Vandeput, and pticularly by a note or marke made upon
+
the letter by him this depo:t, And further hee cannot depose
+
 
+
To the 8:th arle hee saith that the said ship the ''S:t Laurence'' being on
+
her
+
course from y:e Canaryes, seized and brought unto Plymouth was
+
afterwards brought thence to this port of London, together with the
+
said silver in question, ?which silver y:e said M:r Vandeput here
+
received
+
 
+
To the 9:th arle hee saith that by the Letters and transactions that XXXXX
+
the said producent  XXX y:e said M:r Vandeput touching y:e said XXXXX
+
w:ch hee hath seene hee verily beleeveth the same to be for y:e ?sole account
+
of/
+
----
+
P1110315
+
& P1110316
+
f. 57 verso
+
 
+
//of the said producent, and to be ?provided and laden for his Account
+
without that any Spaniard of subject of y:e King of Spaine XXXX
+
time of Lading or seizing or since ?may XXX therein whereXXXXX
+
 
+
To the 10:th hee saith there was the time arlate by ?Comon XXXXX
+
peace and Amity betwixt the Comonwealth and that if Spaine  and XXX
+
y:e respective subjects of the said XXXXXXXXX
+
 
+
To the last hee saith his foregoeing ?deponent XXXX is true
+
 
+
To the Interres
+
 
+
To the first hee saith hee cometh to Testify in this Cause  XX the
+
order of the producents proctor & otherwise negatively
+
 
+
To the 2:nd hee saith hee was never at Genoa nor XXXXX y:e XXXX
+
nor knoweth his father or mother and other wise hee cannoz ?answere
+
saving as aforesaid
+
 
+
To the 3:d hee saith hee doth not knowe any of y:e name of Stephen
+
Palladacino other XXXX the said producent, XXXXXX hee referreth him
+
to his foregoeing Depn and saving y:e same cannot further answer
+
 
+
To the 4:th, hee saith hee referreth himselfe to his foregoing depon &
+
cannot further answer saving hee knoweth that the said XXXX
+
XX XXXX pson for whose account the said other parcells of silver XX
+
XXXX & this ?inquisition) was sent to the said M:r Vandeput XXX
+
they XXXXfrom y:e same factor and in y:e same XXX & XXXXX
+
in y:e same XXXXX.
+
 
+
To the 5:th arle hee saith that hee doth not psonally knowe the sayd
+
Don Luis Perez de Vittoria the ffactor of y:e said ?Pallavacino, XXXX
+
what countryman nor whose subject hee is nor knoweth hee XX
+
beleeveth that the said Don Luiz in any of XX XXX that this XXX
+
hath?dwelt with the said M:r Vandeput XXX hath bin a ?Gent XXXX
+
yeeres last) XXXX sent aor consigned any silver to the said M:r
+
Vandeput for the said Don Luis his XXXX account, nor any for y:e
+
account of any Spaniards. And further hee cannot answer
+
saving as aforesaid.
+
 
+
To the 6:th he referreth himselfe to his foregoing depon and
+
further cannot answer saving negatively for his part
+
 
+
To the last negatively for his pt saving as aforesaid
+
 
+
ABRAHAM ?CABDELJAN ?Jun:r  [His signature]
+
 
+
Deposed XXXXX two Judges in Court
+
 
+
<nowiki>****************************************************</nowiki>
+
===Case: Claim of Stephen ?Pallavacio, of Genoa, regarding silver bars: Deposition: 3.  John Lewis: Date: January 29th, 1658===
+
 
+
//The 29:th of January 1660.
+
 
+
Examinat ?ex parte for XXX XXXXX.
+
 
+
JOHN LEWIS of the parish of S:t Dunstans XXXX East ?India
+
Merchant aged 47 yeeres or therabouts sworne and XXXXX
+
 
+
To the first second and third articles of the said allegaccon hee saith and
+
deposeth that hee may knoweth the producent Stephen PaXXXXXX
+
and hath XX XXX for a ?dozen or fourteene yeeres last or thereabouts
+
and XXXX XXX to XXXX XXXX by meanes of the XXXXXXX dwelling in the
+
citie of Genoa (the ?place of the said producents ?birth
+
and XXXX) and keeping house there and trading ther as a merchant
+
from the yeere 1644 to the yeere 1656, during w:ch tyme hee was
+
well acquianted w;th the said producent Stephen Pallavacino and
+
XXX his the said Stephens father living in the said citie. And for a
+
XXXX//
+
----
+
P1110317
+
& P1110318
+
f. 58 recto
+
 
+
//Genoese by birth and extraction and a subect of the stat eof XXXX XX
+
the said Stephen Pallavacino was and is XX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
+
And saith that for all the said time of this deponents said dwelling in Genoa
+
the said producent of this deponents XXXX XXX knolwedge dwellt and ?kept
+
house and familie there and that hee was and is XXX of the XXXXX of XXXXX
+
soe commonly accompted: And saith that the said producent was and is
+
a merchant of very greate account and dealing and estste and of ?such
+
wealth that hee is estimated to be worth one ?hundred thousand pounds sterling,
+
and saith that the said producent was XXXXX this deoinet XX XXX XXX
+
because very greate quantities XXXX XXX XXX (of this deponents XXX XXXX
+
knowledge)  for the XXXX account of the sais producen XXXXX
+
XXXXX of greate account and dealing in XXX, XXXXX hath XXXX
+
pXXXXX XXX and is commonly accompted and reputed and further
+
hee deposeth not
+
 
+
Ro XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
+
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
+
 
+
To the Interries
+
 
+
To the first hee saith hee was XXXX unto by M:r XXXX the XXXX
+
and deposed to come and XXXX what he knowes  as XX XXXX, and
+
to the rest hee answreth XXXX XXX XX, and otherwise ?cannot answer,
+
 
+
To trhe second hee saith and deposeth and XXXX XXX from XXXXX XXX
+
December 1656,  and there XXX XXXX XStephen Pallavacino XXXX before
+
this deponent had XXX XXXX, and this deponent did XXX XXX that
+
said producents XXXX. And otherwise referreth himselfe to XXX XXX
+
before  deposed.
+
 
+
To the third hee saith hee knoweth and XXXXX XXX in XXXX arlate
+
name is alsoe Stephen Pallavacino, who alsoe was XX XXXX of XXXXX
+
XXXX of this deponents said dwelling there, and a XXXXXXXXXXXXX
+
XXXXX, and was
+
XXXX the XXX of the oredeposed Stephen
+
XXXX producent
+
this deponent doth not knowezj
+
?before
+
did
+
the Merchants of that XXX
+
 
+
To the 4:th XXX
+
 
+
To the 5:th XXXX
+
 
+
To the last XXXX
+
 
+
JO LEWIS [His signature]
+
 
+
Repeated before
+
XXXXX
+
 
+
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===Case: XXXX: Deposition: 1. Domingo de a Seida, of London, Merchant, aged 25: Date: January 31st, 1658===
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The 31:th day of January 1660
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Examined upon an Allon given in on the
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behalfe of the said XXXX
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The Claime of XXX XXXXX)
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XXXX Merchant of London for)
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94 pipes of Canary Wines)
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& other hoods taken in y:e ship y:e)
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''S:t Laurence'' XXX XXXXX)
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M:r XXX XXXXXX)
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D:r XXXX
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1. DOMINGO DE LA SEIDA of London Merch:t
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aged 25 yeeres or thereabouts sworne
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and Examined
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To the first arle hee saith and deposeth that the arlate Anthony
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Rodriguez ?RivXXXes is Comonly and generally reputed a XXXX
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of ffinident in the Kingdome of Portugall, and soe his XXX
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deponent beleeveth him to bee and XXXX hee XXXXX
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?To//
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===Case: Maurice Thompson, Thomas Canham, Christofer Willoughby, John Page et al v. the Dutch East India Company: Deposition: 1. Henry Dacres, of London, Merchant, aged 34: Date: January 31st, 1658===
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P1110333
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f. 69 recto
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//E:E:
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A business of examining of witnesses on the)
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XXXX of Maurice Thompson, Thomas CanXXXX)
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Christofer Willoughby John Page and others,)
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Merchants of London, freighters of the shipp
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the ''Jonathan'', ag:t the Dutch East India)
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Company in pticular and all others in genall)
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Smith
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Ro.
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The 11:th of ffeburary 1658
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Examinands upon an allon given in  on the
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behalf of the said M:r Thompson and others
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1.  HENRY DACRES of London Marchant aged
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34 yeeres or thereabouts sworne  in the said
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Court of the Admiraltie of England, saith and
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deposeth as followth vizt.
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To the fifth article of the said allon XXXX and deposeth that hee well
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knoweth all the producents vizt Maurcie Thompson THomas
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CaXtian, Cristofer Willoughby, John Page and company arlate and saith
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they were the XXXX arlate of the yeere 1656 XXX others and Imployers
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of the said shipp the ''Jonathan'' and XXX hee can from this XXX on a
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trading voyage for sevrall parts and places of the East Indias, and
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there to retourne for England on and for their proper account
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w:ch hee knoweth for that hee was acquainted with and XXX XXXX at
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such XXXXX XXXX and were supra cargo in thesaid shipp the said voyage
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To the second article hee saith that within the  foresaid time namely in
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and about the moneth of January 1656 the said shipp the ''Jonathan''
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being in the parts of the East Indies and quietly trading there had aboard her
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greate quantities of goods and merchandizes for the use and account of the
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said Maurice Thompson and company aforesaid w:ch XXXXhad  taken  in
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on the coast of Coromandel and w:ch they were carrying to Bantam,
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for w:ch place of BantamXXX the said XXX were proper and not for
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any other part or place thereabouts to be bartered away, and eben
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XXXXX XXXX and provided for Bantam, where they were to be sold
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and bartered away for such XXXX as were then to be head and ?procured
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for the most advantage of the said producents, w:ch hee knowes for that
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hee was supra cargo aforesaid and the person there ?carryed the said goods to
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be taken in and was in person XXX with them in the said shipp for
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Bantam.
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To the third and 4 articles hee saith that in or about the  said moneth of January
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1656 (old stile) the said shipp in her course of prceeding from the
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said coast for Bantam, coming neere the Island of Pulliayanjan within
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five leagues or lesse distance of the Road of Bantam, was met wizj
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and set upon by five XXX of dutch shipps, in the XXX XX neare of the
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East India company of the United Netherlands, and that upon their haling
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and demanding XXXX that shipp (Speaking of the ''Jonathan'') over and
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XXXX bound, and XXXX XXXX XXX sewall of England, came from
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Cormandel bound wth  XXX for Bantam, thet of the dutch shipps
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XXXX and told the master and company of the ''Jonathan'' that they must
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not nos could run into Bantam, and that they lay there on purpose to
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oppose them or any other shipps of England that should endeavour to run into
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Bantam, for w:ch (as they XXX) they had order from the Generall of the sd dutch East India
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company XXXX was XXX and heard the XXX
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To the fifth and sixth 7. 8 and 9:th articles hee saith that the master and company of the
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''Jonathan'' finding this XXXXX of the dutch, fairly and earnestly instructed
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XXXXXX of the dutch commanders to goe in, and desired them to XXXX or
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send aboard the ''Jonathan'' and XXX her assuring them XXXX XX
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any XXXder, XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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aboard//
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//aboard, XX XXXX of XXX the sd dutch XXXXX ?Daniell
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this deponent ?fell to intreate them  XXXXX to order
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XXX in, telling them (as XXX truly was) that thay ?durst seek XXX
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XXXX persons aboard, and XXXX greate necessitie of their ?going
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XX the XXX In XXX victuakks and reXXX under for  their part
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and to XXX their trading XXXXX, and the dutch still suspitious
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within XXXX, the ''Jonathan'' endeavoured to put in, XXXXX they of
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?othr dutch shipps sett on her, and XXX XXXX the
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master of the ''Jonathan'' and this deponent XX XXXX to XXX XXXX
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thereXXXX to search them if they came XXX XXXXX to such XXXX
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XXX this deponent (the master XXX sick) went aboard to their
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Admirall and told him and ?modestly expostulated with him the XXXX
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===Case: Maurice Thompson, Thomas Canham, Christofer Willoughby, John Page et al v. the Dutch East India Company: Deposition: 2. William Stephen, of Limehouse, Marriner, formerly masters Mate of the Jonathan: Date: January 31st, 1658===
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P1110336
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f. 70 recto
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XX
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2. WILLIAM STEPHEN of Limehouse Marriner late
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masters mate of the shipp the ''Jonathan'' (Robert
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Graves com:der) aged 28 yeares or therabouts
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sworne and examined
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To the first article of the said allon hee saith and deposeth that
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hee well knoweth the producents Maurice Thompson, Thomas Canham
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and Christofer Willoughbie and saith that they and XXX XX were the
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shipp the ''Jonathan'', and imployed and sent her out on a merchandizing
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voyage from this port for the East Indies and places thereabouts for
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their proper account, and they upon their account XXX XXX XX XXXXX
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by her said Merchandizing imployment to this XXX, w:ch hee knoweth
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being Master Mate of her the said voyage, and going the voyage
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To the second article hee saith and deposeth that within the said XXXX
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moneths in or about the moneth of January 1656 XX XXX XXX XXXXXX
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trading in the parts of East India, and had aboard her XX XXXXXX
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quantitie of goods and merchandizes w:ch were for the said account
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XX XXXXX in the coast of Coromandell, and were to be transported
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XXX, as were proper for Bantam trade and what ?Returne, and
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XXXX to XXX ptended and XXXX with XXXXX to be XXXX to
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Bantam and there delivered, and the said commander & company
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XXX carrying her said goods in the said shipp for Bantam where thee
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XXX were to be traded and bartered for the ?traffic an accompt
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of the said Imployers of the said shipp, w:ch hee knoweth for the reason
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aforesaid
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To the third and fourth fifth and 6:th articles hee saith that XX that the said XXX
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'''Rest of this digital imaged page is impossible to read'''
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P1110337
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//the ''Jonathan'' as aforesaid that ?then was bound for Bantam ?told
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them plainly that they might XX XX should for in thither XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX And XXXX
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to come to an anchor XXX the Admirall , his precontest being XXXX
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wXXX aboard the dutch Admirall, and upon his retourme aboard the
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''Jonathan'' declared the XXX Admirall, and expressly forbidden and
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?prohibited their going in to Bantam, and had declared that if they and XXXXXX to goe in
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hee would sink them in ?that effort, and thereupon the said M:r Dacres being
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supra cargo or merchant of the ''Jonathan'' under a protest against such their
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hinderance by the dutch. All w:ch hee knoweth being present aboard
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the ''Jonathan''.  And further deposeth not.
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?9:th article of the said allon hee saith and deposeth that
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the said shipp the ''Jonathan'' being XX prohinited and hindered by the dutch
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from going into Bantam to w:ch hee was XX XXXX with her said XXXX
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was XXX and to depose and goe to other places for w:ch ?ther goods
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were not proper and to w:ch they were not designed, and there to barter
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and XXXX them away, to the great losse and damage of the said
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imployers in respect of what the ?prisses would have bin if thesaid goods
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hath nin XXX to an delivered at Bantam accordinge as they were designed
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To the tenth hee saith that by the said hinarance and prohibition of the
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dutch the said Imployers have suffered greate losse and dammagem, but
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the valew thereof hee cannot as hee saith estimate
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W:M STEPHENS [His signature]
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Repeated with his ?precontest before
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Dr Godolphon.
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===Case: Maurice Thompson, Thomas Canham, Christofer Willoughby, John Page et al v. the Dutch East India Company: Deposition: 3. Alexander Prescott, of London, Merchant, aged 27: Date: ffebruary 17th, 1658===
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//The 17th of ffebruray 1658
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Examined upon the fore said allegaccon
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3. ALEXANDER PRESCOTT of London Marchant aged 27 yeeres or
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thereabouts sworne and examined.
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To the first and second articles hee saith and deposeth That hee very well
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knoweth the procudents Maurice Thompsom, Thomas Canham, Christofer
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Willoughby, John Page and company aclate and saith they were in and for
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all the monthes arlate of the yeere 1656 XXXXX and Imployers of the
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shipp the ''Jonathan'' arlate (Robert GXXXXX commander) as a trading  or merchandizing voyage from England to the parts of East India in XXXXX was XX retourne for England for their use and accompt, and saith that in
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January XXX was ?two ?yeers the said shipp being quietly trading in the said
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parts, and having aboard her a quantitie of marchandizes consisting in XX
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cottons and callicos XX XXX XXX factor XXX account taken aboard her on the coast
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of Cormandel was carrying XX XXX for Bantam for w:ch place the said goods were
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XXXX and were provided XXXXX to be ther XXXXXX and XXXXXXX
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and not for XXXXX to be disbursed XX XXX XXXXXX nir XXX XXXX XX
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XXX XX XXXX soe XXXXX to her said ?merchants as XX Bantam, w:ch hee
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knoweth  being burser of the said shipp and goeing the said voyage from place to
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place in her, being alsoe XXXX X XXX XXX XXX XXXX of the, XX XXX
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To the third and fourth articles hee saidth and deposeth that the said shipp XXXXX
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XX XX her course from the said coast for Bantam and XX XXXXX Island
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of Pulliaayanjan about  XXX XX XXX leagues distance from Bantam XXX
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XXXX XXX XXXX of dutch shipps (w:ch wer in the service and Imployment
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of the dutch East India company) XXX, saving that one of them XX
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them XXXX, and XXX XXXX XXX along with XXX XXXXX, and saith XXXX
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P1110339
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f. 71 recto
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//the ''Jonathan'' XXXXing a XXXX XXXXX under the said XXXXX XXXX XXX to goe into
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Bantam the next day, the said dutch shipp  XXXX XXXXX the said
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other foure dutch shipps riding also neere, and the next morning the ''Jonathan''
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XXX XXXX to goe into Bantam the said dutch shipps boat ?came aboard  XXXX
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Bantam, for the dutch had ?warrs with the Bantamers and the said
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sutch shipps lay there XXX XXXX to hinder all shipps from going in,
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having order from their Generall ?intendeant, and being authorised that they
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of the XXXXXX were bound to XXX in them their merchandizing designe, and therewith all
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XXXX to XXX in, the skipper of the said dutch shipp aboard the ''Jonathan''
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called out to those aboard the said dutch shipp to fire at the ''?Jonathan'', and
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they thereupon XXXX a XXX XX the ''Jonathan'', and then the ''Jonathan'' being commanded
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to come close to their Admirall,
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===Case: Rowland Hill John Hill and Company own:rs of the Oporto Merchant vs. Sir James Drax et al: Deposition: 1. Thomas Chevers: Date: March 9th 1658===
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P1110346
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f. 92 recto
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//The 9:th day of March 1658
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Rowland Hill John Hill and Company own:rs of)
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the ''Oporto Merchant''.  Thomas Chevers M:r)
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ag:t S:r James Drax Knight Richard ?Huggins Tho:)
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?Kendall, James ?Wyck and Robert Welding)
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Merchants in particular and all others in)
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Generall that have or p:rtend  to have any
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rights, Titles, or interest in y:e goods wares and
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Merchandizes lately brought in y:e sayd ship)
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to this port from y:e Barbadoes in a Cause
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of Damage and average.  Suckley.
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Rp
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1.  THOMAS CHEVERS
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of Limehouse in the
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parish of Stepney
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Mariner, M:r of the
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ship the ''Oporto Merchant''
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aged 28 yeeres or thereabouts
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sworne and Examined.
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To the first arle of the said Allon hee saith that hee hath well
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knowne y:e arlate y:e ship the ''Opoto Merchant'' whereof this depo:t
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is nowe M:r for about Twelve monethes last, and well
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knoweth that y:e arlate Rowland Hill John Hill, and XX
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Hopegood and Company for all y:e ?same time
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were the true and lawfull owners and proprieto:rs of the
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said ship and of her tackle Apparell, and furniture,
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and for such being XX accounted and reputed: And further
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hee cannot depose.
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To the second hee saith the said ship the ''Oporto Merchant'' in
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her course from Barbadoes to this port of London
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?Laden with Sugars Cotton and Indico and other Comodityes
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for the account of y:e arlate S:r James Drax Richard  XXXXX
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Thomas Kendall James Wyck Robt ?Weeking & others did meete
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with neere the fflowers and Calves, on or about the
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twentieth day of January last a greate and violente storme
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w:ch did soe continue for about sixteene houres, the
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winde being then at West, And y:e said ship running
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before the sea, under ?her foresaile, the said ships ?stern
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gave way, and this depo:t and Company were forced
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to ?haul the said foresaile of the said ship, and lye under
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a ?mizen, And saith that y:e seas being very high brake
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the said ships Tiller, w:ch did much endanger y:e ?keeper the
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said ships Rudder, and ?Sterne part; And at the XXXX
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part (OR, port) hee saith the said ship, shipped under water w:ch came
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into y:e hold of y:e sd ship, And y:e weather being very
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Tempestuous, and y:e violent winde continueing, y:e said
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ships ?Missen saile was blowne away, and lost, and by
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Meanes of looseing y:e Misen, y:e said ship lay broad XXX
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to the sea, and by reason thereof shipped a very violent sea
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w:ch washed overboard And ?Sheats Anchor, and the long boate
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and//
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//and skiffe: y:t were fastned to y:e sd ships Deck were XXXX
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to Leeward, and with the goeing oberboard of the said XXX
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w:ch hunge to the said ship by y:e Rope to w.ch it was fast was XXX
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and by y:e said ships Rowlings it bilged a hole in y:e XXXX
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of the said ship, through w:ch hole; and other places in y:e sd ships side w:ch were XX by violence of the XXXX
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Insoemuch that there was in a short time foure foote
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and a halfe of water in her hold, w:ch caused y:e said XXX
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to lye dead in y:e sea; And saith that the said ships lading XXX
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and Company onboard. by reason long XXXXXX of the said ?Extreme
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Stormy and windy weather, were all in greate danger
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of Sinking and perishing in the sea.  And further ?deposeth
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that this depo:t and Company on board y:e said ship did
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upon good advice Consideraccon, and Consultaccon, for y:e
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prservaccon of the said ship and Lading, and their owne
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Lives. Cut downe y:e maine mast. by the board. and cut
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away. y:e Ropes and Tackling thereto belonging,
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and did stave and cast over board most
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of their caskes with fresh waterm And were for y:e preservaccon of their shipp XXXX XXXto cut their foresaid XXX Anchor, and main XXX
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and tackling thereto belonging, and all and singular
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the Tackle Apparrell funiture and things belonging
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to the said ship y:e ''Oporto Merchant'' . mentionedd and
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set downe in the Schedule annexed to y:e said Allon
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(now seene and read over by this depo:t) and y:e said Tackle
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and things therein set downe. were at the tome of
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their said Cutting and Casting away and loosing
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well worth the severall summes set downe in y:e said schedule
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for y:e same, amounting in y:e whole to the summe of One hundred
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fourty two pounds two shillings sterling.  And saith. that by
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the violence of y:e said Storme y:e said mizen saile was blown
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away and Lost w:ch was then worth four pounds, and y:e stern
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poast Rudder and sterne of the said Shipp. were by y:e same
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meanes much damnifyed to the vallue of about twenty
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pounds: The premisses hee DEposeth being M:r of the said
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Ship , and on board her y:e foresaid time, and an Eye witness
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of the same And further hee cannot depose.
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To the 4:th and 5:th (sic) hee saith that during all the time the
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said Storme Continued, and after wards, this depo:t and
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All his Company did Constantly keepe both the
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pumpes goeing, and y:e water increasing they were CCCC
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to bring y;e said Ships starboard side to the sea, and then XXX
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said Ship being XXred, or turned, her spritsaile was XXX
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away, by y:e violence of the said Storme, and in y:e morning of
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the 21:th day of January last, y:e Said Storme abated And
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XXX//
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