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To the fourth Interrogatory he answereth a … To the fourth Interrogatory he answereth and deposeth that there<br />
were some Pilchards aboard the Carvell interrate at the<br />
time of her seizure and some small wares as Beeds<br />
glasses and such things for the account of the Master And<br />
further he cannot depose.
To the fifth Interrogatory he deposeth that the Owners of the<br />
said Carvell and the interrate Richard Chappell sustayned<br />
great losse and damages by the seizure of the said<br />
Carvell, but to what certaine value he saith he knoweth not<br />
And otherwise cannot depose.
Recoquit coram Com:rijs.
Wm: Osgodby [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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23d of August 1654.
On the behalfe of humfry holcombe}<br />
Peter Middleton, Edward and John}<br />
Bushell and Company Owners of the}<br />
shipp the ''Peter and Jane'' (whereof}<br />
George Chappell was Commander)}
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'''Stephen Atkinson''' of<br />
London Chirugeon, aged<br />
about 28 yeares, a wittnes<br />
produced, sworne and examined<br />
deposeth and saith as followeth
To the first Interrogatory he deposeth that he this deponent<br />
went Chirurgeon in the shipp the ''Peter and Jane''<br />
interrate, and well knoweth that the interrate humfry<br />
holcombe, Peter Middleton, Edward and John Bushell<br />
and Company were and are the true and lawfull<br />
Owners and Proprietors of the said shipp and that the<br />
said shipp interrate George Chappell was Master of her<br />
And further he deposeth not.
To the 2d interrogatory he deposeth that he the deponent<br />
being Chirurgeon of the said shipp doth very well<br />
knowe that the said shipp was about the beginning of<br />
the yeare 1650 she then being at Lisbone, seized<br />
upon by order of the king of Portugall, and the interrate<br />
George Chappell and all the shipps Company turnd<br />
out of her and imprisoned, and that the said shipp<br />
was made a man of warr, and imployed in the<br />
said kings service against the ffleet of this Commonwealth<br />
for some monthes (but certainly he cannot remember how many monthes)<br />
and that there was not any satisfaction made by the<br />
king of Portugall for the said shipps service And<br />
further he cannot depose.
To the 3d and fourth Interrogatoryes he deposeth that the<br />
shipp interrate was of the burden of (about) 250 Tonns,<br />
and that she had in her 21 Gunns, and that she was<br />
a very strong, new, tite and stanch shipp, and that<br />
she did well deserve 200 ''li'' (sic) per moneth for her imployment<br />
and that at the time of her seizure for the use and service<br />
of the said king of Portugall she was swell stored with<br />
provisions, whereof there was much wanting when shee<br />
was redelivered, And further he cannot depose./
To the fifth Interrogatory he deposeth that there belonged<br />
unto the shipp interrate 35 mariners besides the Master<br />
interrate and that they were all (as this deponent was)<br />
imprisoned by the said king of Portugall, and that some<br />
ofof Portugall, and that some<br />
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