HCA 13/72 f.347r Annotate

[Expand]

Expand this area to see details of page purpose, how to register, how to add footnotes, and useful links.

---

Purpose

This page is for the annotation of HCA 13/72 f.347r.

Annotations can be viewed by everyone on a read-only basis.

For more information on MarineLives and the MarineLives Annotation Project read our Shipping News blog entries:

Annotating Marine Lives, May 1st 2013
Adding value to primary documents, May 8th 2013
Witnesses in Court, 1657-1658 (May 9th, 2013)

---

Registration to annotate documents

Registration is required to contribute annotations to this page and to other pages in the wiki.

You can register using the following Form, and we will issue you with a UserName and Password for the wiki.

---

Text formatting

The MarineLives transcription platform is built on MediaWiki, which uses wiki markup to format text. For a guide showing how to produce italics, bold, escaped text and headings, see the MediaWiki page on formatting; there are also guides for internal and external links, image embedding, tables, and more on lists.

---

Adding footnotes

• Go into edit mode
• Insert immediately after the sentence or phrase you wish to annotate the following macro:<ref>This is the footnote text</ref>
• Replace 'This is the footnote text' with the footnote you wish to add, using the format: first name, surname, title, (place of publication, date of publication), page or folio number
• Save the page

For more information and advanced formatting, including how to add and format links within the footnote, see the Wikipedia help on footnotes. This uses the same markup formatting.

Example footnote template:

• ''HCA 13/XX f.XXXX Case: XXXX; Deposition: XXXX; Date: XXXX. Transcribed by XXXX''<ref>[http://XXXXX Electronic link to a digital source]</ref>

---

Suggested links

Annotate HCA 13/64 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/65 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/68 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/69 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/70 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/71 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/72 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/73 Volume Page
Annotate HCA 13/74 Volume Page
Marine Lives Tools

Image

HCA 13/72 f.347r: Right click on image for full size image in separate window

Transcription

thither amongest other prizes that hee had taken from the Turkes
and that this deponent went a voyage to Genoa and came againe
to Cadiz, and still found her there and then found the said Barent
Claeson in treatie with the Vice Admirall about buying her,
which buying and selling afterwards ensewed, and this deponent was
acquainted therewith, although hee did not see the money paid,
but was acquainted with bills of exchange and order for money
received by the said Barent from Amsterdam from his owners.
And otherwise hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid.

To the nineth hee saith the said Claes Johnson first became
master of the said shipp Nicholas at Cadiz aforesaid. And otherwise
hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid.

To the 10th hee saith that when the Nicholas was haled by the
Maidstone, and asked whence shee came, it was answered, that
shee came from the West Indies, and hee heard noe mention
made of Currarso, which hee beleeveth hee should, if the same had
bin named, for hee was upon the deck, and marked what was asked
and answered. And saith they fitted themselves for defence before
the Maidstone came soe neere that they could see what shipp
or whence shee was, not knowing but shee might be a Turke
or Pyrat, but when they found her to be an English frigot, they
endeavoured not nor intended any resistance, and otherwise negatively
referring himselfe to his foregoeing deposition..

Repeated before doctor Godolphin.

The marke of the
said Simon V Claeson [MARKE, RH SIDE]

***********************************

The 22th of Aprill 1658. [CENTRE HEADING]

Examined upon the foresaid allegation.

Rp. 5

Court Thysen of Amsterdam Sailor, late one of the
Company of the said shipp the Nicholas, aged 22
yeeres or thereabouts sworne and examined.

To the first and second articles hee saith and deposeth that hee
this deponent being in the time of the late warrs betweene England
and holland at Guiney the shipp the Milke Maide of Amsterdam
on a trading voyage in service of the dutch West India Company
saw the arlate Claes Johnson and Barent Claeson there trading
in two shipps whereof they were masters, named (as hee heard) the
Angell and Yellow Sun. And saith they having finished their
busines, and taken in their Negro's before the Milkemaide,
departed with their said shipps and Negroes for the West India Ilands
leaving the Milke Maide still trading in Guiney.

To the fourth, fifth sixth and 7 articles hee saith and deposeth that after
the premises (the time otherwise hee doth not remember) this deponent
being at Cadiz in Spaine where hee remained for some space to
learne