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<series>HCA 13/73</series>
<folio>f.425r</folio>
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Examined on the sayd allegation

2 George Whales of the parish of St Mary Magdalen Ber
mondsey shipwright aged thirty yeeres or thereabouts a
witnesse sworne and examined saith and deposeth as followeth

To the first article of the sayd allegation he saith that in the month of
of Aprill and May one thousand six hundred fifty nine the arlate Edmund
Lemmon and one Captaine Harman and one Mr Ashkettle and others all
English men and subjects of this Commonwealth of England now commonly
reputedly and were (as hee verily beleeveth) the true and lawfull Owners and
proprietor of this arlate shipp the Redd Rose and of her tackle apparell
and furniture And further hee cannot depose
To the 2nd article of the sayd allegation hee saith that hee being the carpenter of
the ship Redd Rose arlate and serving in her during the whole voyage in
question knowing that the sayd ship in the month of May 1659 lay
peaceably trading in the River of Thames about a league from
embledon arlate and that Edward Lemmon her master and company
where then hee taking in a lading of salt aboard the sayd ship to be carried
therein to some port in the East sea in amity with the Common wealth of
England and that for Accompt (as hee verily beleeveth) of English
merchants subjects of this Commonwealth and further to this article hee
cannot depose.

To the 3 article of the sayd allegation hee saith that while the sayd shipp
Redd Rose she layd in the month of May 1659 in the sayd River of Thames
where the[ xxx] taking in her lading, the arlate Edward Lemon and
this deponent and some others of the sayd shippes company being gone ashoare
about the shippes business the arlate[ xxxxx][ xxxxxxx] and John[ xxxxx]
(who are commonly [xxxxxxx] subjects of the [ xxxxx] of the [xxxxxx] [ xxxxxxx])
did with about thirty soldiers and seamen seize upon
the ship Redd Rose and her company the on board and her lading of
salt and broke open the trunks boxes chests and cupboards of the sayd
ship and tooke away all the xxx bills and shipp papers and
evidence, and bills of lading and also a great number of
letters which were sent from England and were to be [xxxxx] to the
English ffleete in the sound this have the better [xxxxxx] for that where
has this deponent and a third of the sayd shipps company who were on
board were permitted to come again on board the sayd ship they found
the trunks chests boxes and cupboards of the sayd ship broken open and
all papers [xxxx][ xxxxxx] taken out of them And further to this article hee
cannot depose

To the 4 and 5 article of the sayd allegation hee saith that by [xxxxxx]
hee was on board with the said Lemmon and others of the company when
the things arlate were [xxxx] and done hee cannot depose of certayne
knowledge to them but saith hee hath credibly heard from such
of the company of the Redd Rose who were aboard her that the sayd
[xxxxxx] and[ xxxxxxx] a [xxxx] they had seized the sayd ship and
taken away her papers bills of lading bills of exchange and
other writings did command those of the company who were aboard
to weigh anchor which they refused to do and after the sayd [xxxxxx]
[xxxxxx] and their associates when ever the person sayd is of that violent
and hostile proceedings and [xxxxxx] there were any warres betwixt England
and