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Assurance whatsoever to be made upon the s … Assurance whatsoever to be made upon the silver or goods in the said shipp<br />
And saith by Vertue of his said Oath, that this rendent doeth not knowe<br />
nor doeth hee beleeve, that the letter by him predeposed, came to him from or by<br />
any other meanes or way then directly by the poast from Antwerp the<br />
place from whence it was, as hee is fully assured originally written and<br />
dated. hee further saith, That hee doeth not knowe neither doeth hee<br />
in Conscience beleeve that any of the States if their Subjects interrogated<br />
were or are any waies interresed or concerned in the silver assured [?as]<br />
aforesaid, nor in any other silver laden in the said three shipps or<br />
any of them. And further cannot depose/:-
Repeated before doctor Clarke:-
Giles Vandeput [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 9th day of december <u>1654:-</u> [CENTRE HEADING]
The Clayme of John Thomas for 141. bundles of}<br />
redd Russia hides saved and preserved out of the}<br />
''John and Ambrose'' whereof Robert Church was}<br />
Master lately cast away nere Colchester. Cheeke}
Examined upon an Allegation on the<br />
behalf of the said John Thomas./
'''jus./'''
'''Christopher Oliver''' of Saint Catharines parrish<br />
in the county of Middlesex Mariner aged 40. yeares or<br />
thereabouts sworne and examined/:-
To the j. 2. and 3. articles of the said Allegation hee saith and deposeth<br />
That in the moneths of September October and November last past the<br />
allate John Thomas a Merchant of this City of London was and [?now]<br />
is andought to be the true and lawfull Owner and Proprietor of about one<br />
hundred and fourtie bundles of Redd Russia hides, and for such commonly [?XXX]<br />
and is accompted and reputed, Which this deponent knoweth for that hee this deponent<br />
being One of the Quartermasters of and aboard the shippp the ''John and Ambrose''<br />
of London being in the moneth of September last at Archangel in Russia<br />
and bound from thence for this port of London, saw and assisted in<br />
the lading of the said bundles of Russia hides, and at the time of the<br />
lading thereof Robert Church the Master of the said shipp declared to this<br />
deponent and shipps Companie, that the said hides were the proper goods<br />
of the said John Thomas who then was in person at Archangell [?aforesaid]<br />
and that the same were laden for his accompte to be transported for London<br />
and there delivered to the said John Thomas or his Assigne, And further saith<br />
That the said 140. bundles or thereabouts of Russia hides so laden as aforesaid were the last<br />
goods that were laden and brought aboard the said shipp at Archangell,<br />
and were stowed the uppermost of all the goods in the said shipp, and were<br />
laden loose and not at all made up in bales, whereas all the rest of the<br />
Russia hides laden aboard the said shipp by other men brought aboard in [?bales]<br />
some of which were broken up after they came aboard, and were<br />
stowed in the breadroome of the said shipp wherein they were lett, [?XXX]<br />
(Seain they were lett, [?XXX]<br />
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