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The third of January 1652. [CEN … '''B.B'''
The third of January 1652. [CENTRE HEADING]
The Keepers et cetera against the ''Saint George''}<br />
[?aforesaid]. John Martins Master.}
'''Rowe dt.'''
'''3.'''
'''John Martins''' of hamborough Mariner commannder<br />
of the said vessell the ''Saint George'', aged 51<br />
yeares or thereabouts sworne and examined.
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith and deposeth that Daniel Sloyer is<br />
owner of an eighth part of the said shipp the ''Saint George'' and of her tackle and furniture,<br />
Abraham de Boyes of an eighth part, detliff Classoff of an eighth part<br />
Vincent Van Campen of a quarter part, and hee this deponent of an eighth<br />
part. And that they were and are all hamburgers and subiects of that<br />
State. And all or the most part of them borne there and having dwelt there<br />
as longe as this deponent can well remember namely for fourtie yeares last<br />
or thereabouts, saving the said Vincent van Campen who hath lived longe<br />
namely about twenty yeares at Cales, but was borne at hamborough aforesaid.
To the second hee saith that in the yeares of our Lord 1642 the said owners<br />
caused the said shipp the ''Saint George'' to be built at hamborough, where this<br />
deponent by their order oversighted the worke and bought materialls for such<br />
her building at the chardge of the said owners who paid for such her building<br />
according to each mans said part and constituted this deponent master of her<br />
which charge and office hee hath ever since sustained and is still commannder of<br />
her.
To the third hee saith that the same men who were at first owners and caused her to [?be]<br />
built as aforesaid are stilll owners of the said vessell, of which this deponent<br />
presently tooke chardge at hamborough presently upon her said building, and<br />
otherwise hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition.
To the fourth hee saith that in or about the moneth of May 1651 the said shipp<br />
arived from Spaine with a cargo of goods at Amsterdam, which having there<br />
dischardged this deponent went to his home at hamborough and there staid foure<br />
or five monethes, leving his shipp at Amsterdam And in or about<br />
the moneth of October next following hee retourned to his shipp at<br />
Amsterdam and there taking in some corne, deales and other merchandize went<br />
with her for Cales in Spaine, and came last from Cales before this her<br />
seizure, bound for Ostend the port of her dischardge. And otherwise negatively.
To the fifth hee saith that the said shipp at the time of her late seizure by<br />
the Parliaments shipps was laden with wooll, tobaccoe, brazill wood, some<br />
Indico, some cochanelle and silver referring himselfe to his<br />
booke and bills of lading seized for the further particularitie of the said goods<br />
and quantitie thereof and of the said silver, and saith that they were all<br />
laden at Cales by severall marchants and factors there dwelling and at<br />
Sevill, referring himselfe for their names to his said<br />
booke and bills of lading seized and brought as hee conceiveth into this Court<br />
as alsoe for the names of the persons to whom consigned and for whose accompt<br />
And saith there were 25 guns in the said shipp at the time of the said seizure<br />
and some powder, match and ball. And further that for this deponents owne<br />
particular accompt that were laden and were remayning aboard at the time<br />
of the said seizure foure butts and two hogsheads of wine three Chests of sugar, and three<br />
potacks of tobaccoe all without marke, And otherwise hee cannot depose
To the sixth hee saith that hee signed bills of lading for the said silver and<br />
goods namely three for each parcell for the most part of the lading and two foror the most part of the lading and two for +
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