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consigned to be here delivered to the said … consigned to be here delivered to the said Mr Bradick or his assignes,<br />
which hee knoweth becasue hee sawe the lading thereof, and being master<br />
as aforesaid, received the same aboard for the said Mr Brodickes accompt<br />
and signed bills of lading for the same, which bills and all other his<br />
papers and writings were alsoe seized and taken away by the said<br />
Dillon
Wm Ware [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 13th of Aprill 1654.
On the behalfe of Roger Hatton of}<br />
London merchant concerning the losse}<br />
of the shipp ''Expedition'' of Plimouth}
'''Rp.'''
'''William Sowden''' of Plimouth Mariner<br />
master of the shipp the ''Welfare'' of the<br />
said port, aged 36 yeares or thereabouts
To the first, second and third Interrogatories hee saith and deposeth that hee<br />
well knewe the shipp interrogated, the ''Expedition'' of Plimouth<br />
whereof George Mathewes was master, at the time of her last<br />
being at the Island of Zant in the Mediteranean seas, and saith<br />
shee departed thence on or about the thirteenth of ffebruary last<br />
past old stile, bound for this port of London and here to make<br />
her dischardge of her lading of Currance. And saith that in her<br />
right course of proceeding from Zant for this said port, comming<br />
about fourtie leagues off the Rock of Lisbone, shee was met<br />
withall and set upon by a man of warr having Holland colours<br />
and about 26 guns, and soe was this deponents said shipp the<br />
''Welfare'' which came in company of the ''Expedition'', and after<br />
about two howres hott fight betweene the said man of warr (which endeavoured to take them) on<br />
the one part and the ''Expedition'' and the ''Welfare'' on the other<br />
the said shipp the ''Expedition'' being extremely battered<br />
and torne with the fight, sunck with her said lading of currance<br />
downe in the sea and soe shee and her lading were and are utterly<br />
lost, and this hee saith happened on the seaventeenth day<br />
of March last past of the stile aforesaid; All which hee knoweth<br />
because hee this deponent in his said shipp the ''Welfare'' went out<br />
from England the said voyage in company of the ''Expedition'' and<br />
was in her companie at Zant and saw her take in her said<br />
lading, and carrie thence in her companie bound alsoe for this [?port]<br />
and was present and active (as master of the ''Welfare'') in the<br />
said fight and sawe the said shipp ''Expedition'' sincke, and [?doe ?did]<br />
her men in this deponents said shipp, And saith that the<br />
[?boughes] and masts of the enemie (the said man of warr) were alsoe torne<br />
and the shipp very much shattered, soe that shee fell off, and<br />
as this deponent beleeveth shee alsoe afterwards sanck, but this deponent<br />
could not see what became of her by reason the night was come and<br />
that hee quickly lost sight of her.
William [?GoodXX] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]r.
William [?GoodXX] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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