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cottons, Indico's, ginger, sugars and mone … cottons, Indico's, ginger, sugars and moneys in the space of seaven<br />
yeares or thereabouts before the said ffords death (which hapened as this<br />
deponent hath bin informed about a yeare and halfe since) and hath both<br />
received moneys of him and paid moneys unto him in such their dealings<br />
they having often bought goods of and sold goods to each other, and<br />
this deponent hath from time to time paid moneys to the said ffrancis<br />
fford and made him retournes according to his order; but for the<br />
particularities of time, or goods or retournes, hee saith hee cannot<br />
declare the same, for such as his bookes and accompts touching<br />
such dealing and trading together at the Barbadas are there<br />
remaining, and this deponent unfurnished of the said account<br />
and particulars, but since his this deponents comming into England<br />
hee hath received from him only fifteene pipes or caskes of sugar<br />
containing according to the weight at Barbada's 16105 pounds, which<br />
sugars this deponent sold here for the summe of two hundred seaventie<br />
and eight pounds and some odd shillings, and received from him about<br />
two yeeres since a bill of exchange for x ''li'', all which moneys<br />
both for the said sugars and upon the said bill of exchange hee this deponent<br />
hath received and disposed of, according to the said ffrancis his order,<br />
and saith the said sugars were received by this deponent about<br />
two yeares since. And further that about a moneth or two before<br />
Christmas last over a twelve moneth this deponent from the interrogated<br />
Charles Rich received fifteene butts and two hogsheads of sugar<br />
which were marked '''F P.''' and were here sold by this deponent for<br />
the summe of 296 li odd moneyes, which hee hath alsoe received, and<br />
saith hee hath soe received and disposed thereof as the goods of the said<br />
Charles Rich, and hath given him an account of the moneys for the<br />
same, and made him retournes thereof according to his the<br />
said Charles his desire; and further that the fore said fifteene pipes<br />
or caskes of sugar soe as afore said received from the said ffrancis fford<br />
were alsoe marked '''F P'''; and saith hee never received any moneys or<br />
bills of exchange from the said Charles Rich or from any other for or<br />
concerning the said Rich, nor any moneys or bill or bills of<br />
exchange (saving as aforesaid for x ''li'') from the said ffrancis fforde<br />
or other for or concerning him, nor any other goods than as aforesaid<br />
from either of them since such his comming into England, And for<br />
what dealinge hee had with the said fford at the Barbada's hee<br />
cleared accounts with the said fford there before this deponents comming<br />
thence. And otherwise hee cannot answer to this Interrogatorie.
To the third hee saith hee received the foresaid fifteene pipes or<br />
caskes of sugar from the said fford by the shipp ''Golden Lyon'', Richard<br />
husbands commander and received the same as the goods of the said fford<br />
and disposed thereof according to his order; but did not receive any<br />
goods, bills of exchange or moneyes from him in any of the shipps mentioned<br />
in this Interrogatory videlicet the ''Recovery'' the ''Dolphin'', the ''West India Merchant''<br />
the ''Mary'' of New England or the ''ffrancis and Jane'' or in any other<br />
shipp or shipps saving the said goods in the ''Golden Lyon'', And<br />
otherwise hee answereth negatively, saving the said sugars from Charles Rich<br />
came in the ''Swan'' of London 7 butts, two hogsheads, and in the ''Edward'' of London<br />
eight butts.
Tod'' of London<br />
eight butts.
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