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The 30th day of November 1653.
On the beh … The 30th day of November 1653.
On the behalfe of the Keepers of the Liberty}<br />
of England by Authority of Parliament}<br />
against the shipp ''Patriarke Jacob'' whereof}<br />
Claes Colbrandt is Master and the goods in}<br />
her. Budd}
Examined upon Interrogatories on the behalfe<br />
of the sayd Keepers of the Liberty of<br />
England by Authority of Parliament
'''Rowe dt.'''
'''Claes Colbrandt''' of Hamburgh Mariner Master of<br />
the sayd shipp the ''Patriark Jacob'' aged fifty yeares<br />
or thereabouts a witnes sworne and examined deposeth<br />
and saith as followeth. videlicet.
To the first Interrogatory this deponent saith that he was aboard the sayd shipp<br />
att the tyme of her seizure, and was master of her and so hath bene<br />
for theise five yeares last past and upwards, And saith he was borne att<br />
Hamburgh under the Jurisdiction of the Lords the States there, and there<br />
hath lived and kept his family theis ten yeares now past and upwards,<br />
and came first there to dwell with his wife 25 yeares agoe, and<br />
hath lived there bachiler and marryed man all his tyme. And otherwise<br />
he cannot depose.
To the second Interrogatory This deponent saith that the sayd shipp att the tyme<br />
of her being seized was bound for Hamburgh, and came last from the<br />
Port of Cadiz in Spayne, and saith the sayd shipp being by a pasport or warrant from the honoroable the Counsell of State of this Commonwealth [?secure] [#}
[# LH MARGIN]<br />
[?arranged] in that behalfe<br />
[?XXXXX] this deponent<br />
[?XXX] his sayd shipp<br />
[?XX] tyme of seizure<br />
Claes Kolbarnt [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
began her outward or<br />
last voyage to Cadiz from Haver de Grace in the moneth of May last past not for the accompt of her owners but being freighted by Monsieur<br />
ffirminet of Roan in ffrance who laded aboard the sayd shipp 400<br />
hundred packes of piece goods for which this deponent signed severall<br />
bills of lading. And otherwise he cannot depose.
To the third Interrogatory this deponent saith the goods carryed outwards<br />
to Cadiz as aforesayd were 400. packes of peice goods or linnen Cloth but for whose Accompt the<br />
same were hee knoweth not<br />
and the sayd goods were consigned to Cadiz<br />
to severall factors to whom this deponent delivered the same, but saith<br />
he remembreth not the names of any of the sayd factors, and saith<br />
the sayd shipp tooke in her sayd lading att Havre de Grace<br />
in March last past, and sett sayle from thence in May<br />
last past and from her such departure from Havre da Grace in the sayd month of May to this present tyme<br />
hath bene onely att Cadiz and Plymouth where she now is and att now<br />
other port. And otherwise cannot depose.
To the fourth Interrogatory this deponent saith that the sayd shipp belongeth to<br />
Hamburgh as to her property her owners being all of them Inhabitants<br />
of Hamburgh, but saith she begann not her outwards voyage from<br />
Hamburgh nor ever was there, but hath for three yeares now last<br />
past bene trading to and fro in the straits. And otherwise cannot<br />
depose.
To the fifth Interrogatory This deponent saith that he this deponent by name Claes<br />
Colbrandt is the present Master of the sayd shipp, and saith he was appoynted<br />
Master of the sayd shipp about five yeares afoe att Hamburgh by<br />
the present Owners thereof hereafter mentioned, and saith hee was the<br />
first Master thereof. and hath two eighth parts and one sixteenth<br />
part therein having bought the same, or payd for the same to the<br />
timber masters who built the sayd shipp as hereafter is sett forth. And<br />
otherwise saving his subsequent depositions he cannot depose.
To the sixth Interrogatory this deponent saith that the present Owners of the<br />
sayd shipp were and are all of them Hamburghes and there now dwell<br />
and have there lived all their tymes respectively being Natives of<br />
thepectively being Natives of<br />
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