HCA 13/72 f.390r Annotate

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are in this deponents foregoeing deposition declared and therefore
verily beleeveth them to bee the very same wynes laden by the
sayd herrera and seized as aforesayd in the mMry and Joyce
by the two Spanish men of warr aforesayd, this hee deposeth for
that hee tooke notice of the markes of them they being in ladeing
out of the Elizabeth into lighters, to be carried ashoare, And
further hee cannot depose not certaynely remembring how many
of the sayd forty pipesof wines hee sawe aboard the sayd shipp and
in the lighters who were receiving them./

To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true/

To the Interrogatories on the behalfe of the Lord
Protector:/ [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee is the Interrogated
Phillip Stafford and was Master of the mary and
Joyce the voyage in question and hath noe interest in the
wines claymed by Antonio Rodrigues Robles, and saith
hee this rendent is an English man borne at Limpston in devon sheire
and a Subiect of this Commonwealth./

To the 2 Interrogatorie hee saith hee hath knowne the Interrogate Antonio
Rodrigues Robles by sight for those three or fower yeares last
having seene him frequent the Exchange London as a Merchant,
but had noe acquaintance of him till hee this deponent returned
to London from Rotchell in ffrance this voyage in queation, And
further to this Interrogatorie hee cannot answere knowing nothing thereof

To the third Interrogatorie hee saith hee cannot
answere knowing nothing thereof./

To the 4th Interrogatorie hee saith as before hee hath deposed that
hee knoweth not whether the bills were made in the Colourable
name of Adrian Turin, but if such a fictitious name were
used, hee beleeveth the reason thereof was for the better
concealing the sayd wines to belong to the sayd Antonio Rodrigues
Robles who lived in England, there being warrs betwixt England
and Spaine, and therefore danger of confiscation of the wines if
they had bin knowne to belong to one living in England, and
therefore beleeveth the sayd drian Turin is some person of some
nation in amity with Spaine and thereby privileged
to