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The eighth of December 1653
On behalfe of … The eighth of December 1653
On behalfe of Mr Tailor}<br />
for hemp laden aboard}<br />
the [?XXXX] Ludike.}
'''Rp.'''
'''Humphrey Tailor''' of London Merchant aged 29 yeares or therabouts<br />
and '''Oliver Taylor''' of the same citie merchant aged 27 yeares or<br />
thereabouts, sworne before the right worshipfull William Clarke and<br />
John Godolphin doctors of lawes.<br />
Judges of the high Court of Admiraltie of England say<br />
and depose by vertue of their oathes.
In or about the moneth of July last they theise deponents and Alderman<br />
Thomas Allan of this citie and companie gave order to ffrans<br />
Vasse merchant and burgher of Dantsike to lade aboard every fitt vessell<br />
bound from Dantzike, Riga or Coningsbergh for London to the valewe of<br />
foure or five hundred pounds sterling in hemp for their accompt to<br />
be brought to this citie of London; And that the said ffrans Vasse<br />
in persuance of<br />
their said order freighted at dantsike the shipp the ''Patience'' of Stettin Ertman Ludike<br />
master and sent the same to Riga, and gave oder there to John Van<br />
Hoorn to lade hemp aboard her accordingly for the accompt aforesaid<br />
for London, which the said John Van Hoorn did, namely 77 bundles of<br />
hemp conteyning 232 shipp pounds and a halfe; And saith that for<br />
prevention of taking by the Hollanders the dispatches and letters touching<br />
the said ladeing were for as if the said lading was to be delivered<br />
at Dunquerke to Abraham Vander Hoorne and as for accompt of him or of the<br />
said ffrans Vosse, but in trueth and realitie they were to come<br />
hither for this citie and for the accompt of theise deponents and company<br />
aforesaid, but they had bin taken by the hollanders they had bin<br />
upon the accompt of the said ffrans Vosse or of the said Vander hoove<br />
theise deponents and companie having before hand given<br />
satisfaction to them by way of assurance, namely the said goods were<br />
assured by the said ffrancis Vosse and Abraham Vanderhoove or one of<br />
them to dunquirke; and from thence to London theise deponents<br />
and company were to run the adventure of the same. And by that<br />
way theise deponents and company have received severall other parcells<br />
of hemp from the East countrey, and doe expect more. And<br />
further they depose that as they are informed a private man of warr<br />
of this nation imployed by one mr [?leaver] of dover about a fortnight since met with the<br />
said vessell as shee lay or was before or next Newport in fflanders<br />
waiting for a pilate to carry her to dunquirke, and seized and<br />
carried her and her said lading to Ostend, where the same as they<br />
are informed are nowe remayning. And lastly they depose that the<br />
said goods were bought and paid for with the effects of theise deponents and companie and shipt by their order and to be brought<br />
to this port for their accompt of them and company and that<br />
noe hollander or ffrench man or subiect of the States of the United<br />
Netherlands or of the ffrench kinge have any interest in the said goods.
Hum: Taylor [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]<br />
Oliver Taylor [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]r />
Oliver Taylor [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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