HCA 13/72 f.519v Annotate
| Volume | HCA 13/72 |
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| Folio | 519 |
| Side | Verso |
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| Colin Greenstreet | |
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| 2013/09/25 | |
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To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith that to his remembrance the said producents bought the
said ship of one Christofer Arrenton (as hee taketh his name to be)
who was or is living in the Ile of Wight, and who was Captaine of a
private man of war set out from dover, which tooke the said ship
and brought her into dover, where after they had bought her they
named her the Vincent, and saith hee doth not now belong nor hath any
relation unto her, and otherwise saving his foregoeing deposition whereunto hee
referreth himself hee cannot answer, saying that about three
weekes since was the last time hee saw her, and saving that on
a former voyage (before her going to Newcastle as is predeposed) retourning to this
port shee had her hatches here made bigger for delivering of sugars, which
shee brought from Lisbone, which worke
was donne with English timber, and her [?comons] of the hatches made
with English timber, by which (as another signe) hee alsoe knew her
againe, seeing that worke donne when the said hatches were soe altered
To the second hee saith it is about three yeeres since the said ship
was soe seized by the subiects of the king of Spaine at Ostend, which
hee saith was before the wars or difference betweene England and
Spaine, and otherwise negatively saving his foregoeing deposition to which
hee referreth himself.
The marke of HB Humphrey Bourne [MARKE, RH SIDE]
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The 20th day of August 1658/
The Olive Branche/
Examined on an allegation given in on the behalf of
the sayd Abraham hill and others./
Rp. 2
Mathew Crouer of Redriff Mariner aged twenty
eight yeares or thereabouts a wittnesse sworne and
examined saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet./
To the first article of the sayd allegation hee saith hee well knoweth the arlate
ship the Olive Branche having gone Masters Mate of her the voyage in question
and knoweth also the arlate Abraham hill John Gregory and henry Crane
and saith that they and company were the monethes and time arlate
commonly reputed the true and lawfull Owners and Proprietors of
the sayd ship the Olive Branch and of her tackle Apparrell and
furniture And further hee cannot depose./.
To the second article hee saith within the tyme arlate the sayd ship the
Olive Branch was sett out and imployed from this port of London upon a
voyage to Bantam in the East Indies to take in her lading there and
transport the same for Legorne arlate as by the Charterparty may appeare
And hee saith that in pursuance thereof the sayd ship
with her outward Cargoe arrived at the East Indies neere unto
Bantam upon or about the three and twentieth day of December 1656, this
hee the better knoweth for that hee went Masters Mate of her, and kept
a Journall of the sayd voyage, And knoweth that the Master and Company
of her did resolve to goe presently into Bantam there to take in heralding
for Ligorne aforesaid And further hee cannot depose/
To the 3 article hee saith that upon or about the sayd twenty third day of December
1656 as the Olive Branch was sayleing into Bantam with intente as
aforesaid to take in her ladeing, two dutch shipps (belonging as was there
comonly sayd and reported to the dutch East India Company in Holland) also
laye then at Anchor, seeing the Olive Branch goeing in for Bantam weighed
Anchor
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