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Transcription

On behalfe of the Company of the}
shipp Saint Nicholas of London Robert Taylor}
(and after William Maples) commander}

The 28th of August 1654

Richard Rose late boatswaine of the
said shipp aged 36 yeeres or thereabouts
and Michael Taylor late purser
of the same aged 25 yeeres or thereabouts
sworne before the right worshipfull doctor Walter
Walker and the rest of the Commissioners
in the Portugall businesse saith and deposeth
as followeth videlicet.

That at the time of the seizure of the said shipp the Saint Nicholas
at Bahia de T[?o]dos Los Santos in Brazile by the officers of
the king of portugall in the yeere 1650, or thereabouts, the severall
and respect (sic) persons hereafter named were mariners of the said vessel
and had aboard her for their owne respective accompts the severall
quantities of sugar hereafter mentioned, videlicet William Maples
her master had three chests of sugar, John William Chirurgeon
one chest of sugar and a halfe, Thomas Willis masters mate
a halfe a chest, John Paine Gunner a chest and a halfe,
Joseph Lambe one chest and a halfe, Thomas Beer one chest,
Robert dopwell halfe a chest, George kerington halfe a
chest, Samuel Stone one chest, Peter Tumbles halfe a chest
Samuel Woodward two chests, Arthur Weare halfe a chest
this deponent Richard Rose halfe a chest, and this deponent
Michael Taylor halfe a chest of sugar, which they knowe
because they seene the lading thereof for by and for the said
respective persons, and this deponent Richard Rose
kept a particular thereof in writing, all which they say were white
sugars, and were seized by the said officers amongst the rest of
the said shipps lading, and thereby lost to the said persons, who
also lost by the said seizure in clothes, bookes, Instruments
and other necessaries to the summe of one hundred and fourtie pounds
sterling at the least which of the certaine knowledge of the full
deponents who were as aforesaid of the said shipps company and
seene the premisses soe donne.

Richard Rose [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Michael Taylor [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

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On the behalfe of John daniel of London}
Mariner and to Grace Tatam, Executrix to}
Peter Tatam deceased, touching their sugar}
lost in the Saint Nicholas.-}

The 28th of August 1654

Richard Rose late boatswaine of the
said shipp the Saint Nicholas aged 36
yeeres or thereabouts and Michaell
Tailor late purser of the same sworne
before the right worshipfull doctor Walter
Walker and the rest of the Commissioners
in the Portugall businesse say and deposeth
as followeth videlicet.

That