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'''R 5'''
The same day
on the said all … '''R 5'''
The same day
on the said allegation
'''Reneatus Enys''' of the City of London Merchant aged 31 years or<br />
thereabouts witness in this part witness and deposes as follows:
To the first second and third articles of the said allegations<br />
he says and deposes that the producent Arthur Spry (whom hee saith he hath<br />
knowne about fourteene yeares last) was and is an Englishman and<br />
subiect of this Commonwealth, and commonly reputed to be (?living GUTTER)<br />
in Cornewerle, where this deponent knoweth severall of his (?kin GUTTER)<br />
and relations, and saith that in or about the yeeare 1646 or 1647<br />
Mr Gregory Alford an English Merchant then living in Nantes often<br />
there said and affirmed in the presence and hearing of this deponent<br />
(who was and is servant there) that hee had sold the shipp the<br />
Gift of God to Arthur Spry and company, speaking of and<br />
meaning the producent Arthur Spry and company) and<br />
saith that the arlate John Tompson was then Master of the said (?shipp GUTTER)<br />
which was then in Nantes aforesaid. And with them in or about the<br />
sXX time as that the said shipp was in Nantes laded with goods of this deponents<br />
sight and knowledge, and sent out on a voyage for (?)(? GUTTER)<br />
whence she was to returne to Bilbao, where she was<br />
to make a delivery to Henry Spry (brother of the said Arthur)<br />
to which Henry shee was in that behalfe consigned. And saith<br />
hee severall times heard his said master, Mr Alford say and<br />
affirme that the said shipp and lading soe taken in at Nantes was<br />
belonging to and went for the account of the said Arthur Spry and<br />
company, and further hee cannot depose.<br />
He says that his previous deposition is true
To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first negative
To the second that that hee the time aforesaid heard the said Mr<br />
Alford severall times say that he had made a bill of sale of the said<br />
ship to the said Arthur Spry and company<br />
And otherwise he does not know saving his previous deposition to which he refers.<br />
Further he does not know saving his previous deposition.
Repeated with..........
Renatus Enys [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The second day of October 1660
The aforesaid Angell
'''R 2'''
'''Guiliemus Rand''' of Milton close (to) (?Grevesend GUTTER)<br />
in the county of Kent sailor aged 41 years<br />
or thereabouts sworne and examined says<br />
and deposes (prXXX?) assigned./
To the first and second articles of the articles given in this said cause from Jonathan<br />
Keate soldier and (?XX) he says and deposes that some time after the arlate<br />
ship the Angell whereof this deponent was in was seized by a<br />
squadron of ship in the Service of the Duke of (?XXX GUTTER) (insert not legible)<br />
Antonio Peruglia the then Vice Admiral of the Venetian<br />
Fleete did take and cause to be taken, and suffered his<br />
Officers and company to take out of the said ship the Angell<br />
most of the ships lading, consisting in packs and crates of<br />
silks, Mohaire, grograim, grogram yarn, Linnen, Turkey<br />
carpetts, damaske, iro and may other goods eachtts, damaske, iro and may other goods each +
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