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The 7th of March 1656:/ [CENTRE HEADING]
… The 7th of March 1656:/ [CENTRE HEADING]
The Clayme of Peter Butt for the Vessell}<br />
the ''Waterhound'' and her tackle furniture and}<br />
apparrell taken by some of the shipps in the}<br />
immediate service of this Commonwealth.}<br />
Smith: Budd}
Examined upon an Allegation exhibited<br />
by Mr Smith the 6th of this instant<br />
on the behalfe of the said Peter Butt
'''Rp. jus'''
'''Jacob Rombout''' of Middleborough<br />
in Zeeland Mariner: aged 37. yeares or<br />
thereabouts a Wittnesse sworne and examined<br />
saith as followeth
On the first Article of the said Allegation hee saith that hee this deponent well<br />
knoweth the arlate Peter Butt and hath soe knowne him for or by the<br />
space of about sixteene yeares last past, And<br />
hee this deponent sawe and observed, That about seaven yeares<br />
the said Peter Butt, (having for severall yeares<br />
proceding lived at Dover) came over and arrived at Middleburgh in<br />
Zeeland with his wife and family and house-hould stuffe where<br />
hee the said Peter Butt hath ever since had and held his<br />
constant domicile and fixed habitation, and is a Burgher of that<br />
place and a Subject of the States of the United Provinces and<br />
for and as such well knowne and generally reputed and esteemed<br />
to bee. Which hee [this] deponent well knoweth being himselfe a Burgher of<br />
Middleburgh and there inhabitant for all the time aforesaid<br />
and for that hee hath been present with the said Butt when hee<br />
bought the shipp in controversy whereof hee is now Master, and<br />
that hee the said Butt there holdeth his family in a street of that City<br />
called the Kinderendÿck, and that the Children of him [this] deponent and<br />
the said Butt goe to one and the same schoole in Middleburgh aforesaid<br />
And further cannot depose/
To the second hee saith, That hee [this] deponent well knoweth, That the said<br />
Peter Butt for about five or six yeares immediately preceding the<br />
said seaven yeares residence at Middleborough did constantly usually dwell<br />
and reside at dover arlate with his wife and family, This deponent having<br />
severall times been in his the said Buttes house at dover<br />
aforesaid, and well knowing that the said Butt had severallbChildren<br />
borne in that place./
To the 3. 4th and 5th hee saith That hee this deponent was present<br />
at and a Wittnesse to the buying of the said shipp the ''Waterhound''<br />
at Middleburgh aforesaid by the said Peter Butt, and saith the shipp<br />
was soe bought of one John hoed a Shipps: Master of fflushing<br />
in Zeeland for the summe of fowerteen hundred gulders holland<br />
money, and that about 6. yeares since, and that ever since that<br />
time the said Butt hath bin in quiett and peaceable possession<br />
of the said shipp or Vessell, and hath in that time of this deponents<br />
certaine knowledge and observation made severall voiages from<br />
Middleburgh aforesaid to the said port of dover, and to this<br />
Port of London, and to other ports and places transmarine<br />
and for and as the true and sole Owner and Proprietor of the true and sole Owner and Proprietor of +
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