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To the sixth and 7th hee saith that the sa … To the sixth and 7th hee saith that the said shipp began her said outwards voyage from<br />
Amsterdam, where shee was laden with the goods that were aboard her at the<br />
time of her seizure, being sixteene hundred Northsea deales, eight<br />
thousand pipestaves and three lasts of herrings and one case of harlem stuff, all for accompt of his said<br />
owners, and for this deponents owne accompt a last of herring, and<br />
for this deponent and shipps companies joint accompt twelve dozen of<br />
greene matted stooles or chaires, together with about two thousand eight<br />
hundred of painted bricks for flooring, and his company had some<br />
goods apart to themselves, the particulars whereof hee remembreth not,<br />
And otherwise saving as aforesaid hee cannot answer.
To the 8th hee saith there were eight men and two boyes of his company<br />
and saith they and this deponent were and are all dutch, and none of<br />
them a Spaniard or subiect of the King of Spaine, and that hee this<br />
deponent the master was borne at Laydon, but is a burgher of Amsterdam.
To the nineth hee saith hee was not to receive any freight for the said<br />
goods, they being for the owners of the said shipp their accompt as aforesaid,<br />
saveing such as aforesaid as belonged to this deponent and company, which<br />
said goods belonging to this deponent and company hee saith are not<br />
assured, nor knoweth hee of any assurance made of the said owners good,<br />
or the shipp, and saith hee hath not taken up any money upon<br />
bottomrie.
To the last hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition and cannot<br />
otherwise depose.
Repeated before doctor Godolphin./.
Jacob tyse [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The second day of december 1655./ [CENTRE HEADING]
A busines of Examination of wittnesses on the part and}<br />
behalfe of James ffordham and Company Owners}<br />
of the Shipp the ''Sarah'' and her tackle apparrell}<br />
and furniture seized in the Port of dunquirke}<br />
with her ladeing against all who take upon}<br />
them to iustifie the sayd seizure: Smith}
Examined on an allegation given in and<br />
admitted on the behalfe of the sayd James<br />
ffordham and Company
'''Rp. EA. 1'''
'''William Mullett''' of the parish of<br />
Allhallowes Barkeing London Mariner<br />
aged fiftie yeares or thereabouts a wittnes<br />
sworne and examined saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet./
To the first article of the sayd allegation hee saith that in the moneths of<br />
September and October 1655 arlate the arlate James ffordham and Company<br />
were the lawfulll Owners and Proprietors of the vessell the ''Sarah'' arlate<br />
and of her tackle apparrell and furniture as hee beleeveth, and hee knoweth<br />
the sayd ffordham and Company were then commonly accompted and reputed soe to<br />
bee And hee aksoe well knoweth the sayd ffordeham the tyme aforesayd was<br />
Master and Commander of the sayd shipp and in quiett and peaceable possession<br />
of hernd peaceable possession<br />
of her +
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