HCA 13/71 f.440v Annotate
| Volume | HCA 13/71 |
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| Folio | 440 |
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The 9th day of december 1656
Greene and company against the Edward and John}
Smith and Suckley}
Examined on the allegation given in on the behalfe
of the sayd Bellainy and others/
Rp. 4
Paule Clements of Aldborough in Suffolk Mariner
aged thirty sixe yeares or thereabouts a wittnes
sworne and examined saith and deposeth as followeth
To the first hee saith hee hath knowne the arlate shipp Edward and
John from the tyme of her first building and saith that from the tyme
of such her building the arlate John Greene Edward Bellamy and Company
were commonly reputed the true and lawfull Owners and proprietors
of the sayd shipp her tackle apparrell and furniture And further to this
article hee cannot depose/
To the second hee saith that of his this deponents knowledge being an
inhabitant of Aldborough to which Port the shipp the Edward and John arlate
belonged the arlate John Robson hath for these fower or five
yeares last past bin Master of the sayd shipp and gone severall voyages
in her as master and was (as hee hath heard and verily beleeveth) inployed and made
Master of her during the sayd tyme by the arlate John Greene Edward
Bellamy and company, and did goe Master of her of this deponents
Knowledge the voyage in question which was to Island (sic), this hee the
better knoweth for that hee this deponent went to Iseland (sic) in the shipp the
Speedwell the voyage in question in Company of the sayd shipp the Edward and John and
knoweth the sayd Robson went Master of her that voyage
and hath heard and verily beleeveth hee went soe Master of her by the order
and for the use of the sayd John Greene Edward Bellamy and Company
To the 3 article of the sayd allegation hee saith that the sayd shipp
the Edward and John in her voyage from Island (sic) towards England
was seized (as hee hath heard and beleeveth) by a Man of Warr of
dunkirke or Ostend but her name hee knoweth not, and saith hee
sawe her after such her seized in the Maze arlate And further to
this article hee cannot depose
To the 4th hee cannot depose/
To the 5th hee saith the Edward and John soe seized as aforesayd
and the shipp Edward and John arrested by authority of this Court
and now lyeing at Wivenell in Colchester River (where this deponent
lately sawe the same) was and is of this deponents knowledge one and
the same shipp and not divers this hee deposeth for that hee sawe her
there upon Satterday last and did take speciall notice of her and
by many tokens and signes knoweth her to bee one and the same shipp
And further hee cannot depose./
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true
To the Interrogatories/ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith hee answereth negatively hee not being any
of the sayd shipps company nor anyway concerned in her seizure/
To the 2 hee cannot answere being none of the sayd shipps company was present
at her seizure/
To
