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The 8th of March 1655 [CENTRE HEADING]
Th … The 8th of March 1655 [CENTRE HEADING]
The claime of Peter Reynold for}<br />
his goods in the Hare of the ffeilds.}
Examined upon an allegation made yesterday in the<br />
acts of Court.
'''jus'''
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'''William Bowridge''' of London Marchant<br />
aged 30 yeeres or thereabouts sworne and examined
To the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that hee well knoweth the<br />
producent Peter Reynolds and hath so donne for theise three yeeres last or<br />
thereabouts, and saith that about three yeeres since hee the said Peter<br />
came to Cadiz in Spaine, and there setled as a dutch factor and a<br />
subject of the States of the united Netherlands; and for such and a native<br />
of Holland hee the said Peter was there commonly accompted and reputed<br />
and saith hee continued there for all the time afterwards that this<br />
deponent did, who came thence about 8 monethes since and left the said<br />
Peter there, where hee beleeveth hee is at present resident, and that<br />
there the said Peter lived and resided as a factor and marchant stranger<br />
and not as a Spaniard or Subject of Spaine, and did not enjoy the<br />
priviledge of a Subject or native of Spaine, but was priviledged as<br />
a Hollander, and then the Hollanders are there free from payment of many taxes and impositions<br />
which the Spaniards and subject unto; besides hee<br />
the said Peter in the absence of the Consul of the Hollanders, did as<br />
a Hollander supplie the place of Consulship for that nation, and<br />
was and (as hee beleeveth still) is a batchelour and saith the English<br />
marchants and factors there enjoyed the like priviledges as the Hollanders<br />
did till the last differences betwixt England and Spaine, upon which<br />
difference the English marchants and factors their goods were seized, but<br />
and so hee conceiveth the said Reynolds goods would be as being in<br />
hollander if there should happen the like difference betwixt Spaine<br />
and holland. The premisses touching the said Reynolds hee deposeth<br />
and knoweth, for that hee this deponent was there alsoe resident and<br />
well acquainted with the said Peter Reynolds and otherwise hee<br />
cannot depose.
Wm Bowridge [SIGNATURE RH SIDE]
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The same day [CENTRE HEADING]
examined upon the foresaid allegation
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'''John Wilkey''' of the parish of Saint Stephens in<br />
Walbrooke marchant aged 31 yeeres or thereabouts sworne<br />
and examined.
To the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that hee well knoweth<br />
the producent Peter Reynolds, and hath so donne ever since the<br />
comming of him the said Peter to Cadiz which was about three yeeres<br />
since, at which time this deponent was there residant and<br />
continued there till about seven monethes since that hee came<br />
thense by occasion of the troubles betwixt England and Spaine, by<br />
meanes whereof the spaniards seized the goods and estates of the English<br />
marchants and factors there. and saith the said Peter after such his<br />
first comming continued there all the time after till the comming<br />
away thense of this deponent who left him there, and there hee beleeveth<br />
hee as in present. and further that the said Peter from time to time<br />
wasid Peter from time to time<br />
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