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from the said Johns father (who is yet liv … from the said Johns father (who is yet living at Colompton) may<br />
further appeare, and for an Englishman borne hee the said producent<br />
was and is Commonly accompted. And saith the said John Cole<br />
the producent hath for some yeeres past lived at Cane in Normandy<br />
as a merchant stranger and factor to this deponent and other<br />
English merchants, and that after the seizure in question hee<br />
the John came over to London about his merchant affaires and<br />
to make his claime for the said shipp and goods, namely hee<br />
came over about two monethes before Christmas last, and hath<br />
bin ever since in England about his said occasions, and for a<br />
merchant stranger and factor at Cane hee was and is commonly<br />
accompted and reputed.
Roger Cole [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The same day.
Examined upon the said allegation.
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'''Samuel Hazard''' of the parish of Mary Magdalen<br />
Bermondsea in the County of Surrie Leatherseller<br />
aged 50 yeares or thereabouts sworne and examined
To the seaventh article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth<br />
that hee this deponent hath well knowne the producent about seaven yeeres<br />
last, and well knoweth his father John Cole and his mother<br />
who are yet living at Colompton in the County of devon<br />
where this deponent hath bin at their house, and well<br />
knoweth alsoe the said John the producent his brothers and sisters<br />
and his precontest Roger Cole the said Johns<br />
unckle, at whose house this deponent hath often seene him<br />
the said John the producent and heard him call the said Roger unckle; and when this deponent<br />
was soe at the huse of the said John the father about 7<br />
yeeres since (whether hee went in company of the said Roger Cole<br />
(the said producents fathers brother) hee heard him the said<br />
John the father and his wife speaking of their children say<br />
that hee the said John (speaking of the partie producent) was<br />
their eldest sonne. And for an Englishman borne, and to<br />
have lived some late yeares at Cane as a merchant<br />
stranger
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Sam: Hassard [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Repeated with his precontest before doctors Clarke<br />
and Godolphin. doctors Clarke<br />
and Godolphin. +
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