HCA 13/73 f.527r Annotate
| Volume | HCA 13/73 |
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| Folio | 527 |
| Side | Recto |
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| Colin Greenstreet | |
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| 2015/02/09 | |
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in Spaine to their factors and correspondents there for the account of
them the said [?Thevenian], Pagez, [?Tersmitten] and this deponent, namely
the said barley, meale, and linnen cloth were as hee saith consigned to be
there delivered to Roderigo and Gilberto Melz and the paper to Lorenzo
durlez, which hee knoweth being as aforesaid one of the company of the said
laders, and then residing at Rochell and privie to the said lading and consignation
And saith the said [?Theveansien] and [?Pages] are very well knowne to this deponent
who hath long lived in Rochell where they dwell, and were and are ffrenchmen
and subiects of the ffrench king, but for this deponent hee saith hee
is a native of Amsterdam and a subiect of the Lords the States of the
United Netherlands, and that the said Mr [?Tersmitten] is alsoe a
Netherlander and subiect of the said States, but of what place
in the said Netherlands hee is native, this deponent knoweth not. And
for the said Roderigo and Gilberto Melz hee saith hee alsoe well
knoweth them and hath soe donne namely the said Roderigo about eight
yeares hee having dwelt at Rochell where this deponent dwelt and
dwelleth, and the said Cilberto hee hath knowne about two yeares having
alsoe seene him at Rochell, and that they the said Roderigo and Gilberto
were and are alsoe subiects of the said States of the United Netherlands
and natives of dort, and for such as aforesaid and all persons of
places in amitie with this Realme hee saith they were and are commonly
reputed and taken. And lastly hee deposeth that the three bills of
lading remaining in Court and now showed unto him, are the originall
bills of and for the said lading, and that hee well knoweth the hand of
the master thereunto subscribed, and were signed
on or about the day of the sate of each, at which signing this deponents servant
was present at Rochell, and saving them and two more of the same tenor
and forme with each of them as the custome is, and one bill which was
made for a colour to prevent seizure by the Portugeses and Swedes
and purported the goods to be consigned to Mr Andre at
Lisbone, there were noe bills whatsoever signed for the said goods that hee knoweth of, saving
that this deponent having an hundred tonnes of the said barley
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but the foresaid bills soe showed unto him were sent along with
the shipp that the said goods might all seeme to belong to the said twp
ffrench men who were free to the Portugueses and Swedes, and this
deponents and said Tersmitters names being dutch were left out
because they were unfree to them. And further hee cannot depose
not knowing the arlate Lorenzo Durlez as hee saith.
To the Interrogatories ministred by Mr Budd.
To the first and second hee saith that one hundred tonnes of the said barley belong
to this deponent and copany aforesaid namely [?XXXXX] and noe other part of the goods claimed
nor any part of the shipp and saith the freight of and for the said
lading was to be paid at Cadiz where the said shipp was to discharge
and whether shee was consigned, and otherwise answereth not saving
his foregoing deposition, saving negatively for his part.
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