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87 Of October last past to Cap.t George Fulford of London M.rchant & by his Order laden all this Port of London on board the Shipp called the Ruth of London Thomas Peighin Master two Punchons of Brandy containing two hundred Thirty foure Gallons after the rate of forty foure pounds tenn shillings p Tonn which amounted to forty one pounds six shillings & foure pence And that there was alsoe disbursed & laid out by the said Dade upon accompt of the said Fulford in Charges for Shipping & Cooperage of the said brandy the sume of one pound Eight shillings & six pence in all amounting to forty two pounds fourteene shillings & tenn pence And this Depon.t further said That he this Depon.t by order of the said Dade did severally tymes goe to the said Fulford & demanded of him payment of the said forty two pounds fourteene shillings & tenn pence for the said Requestant Dades use which the said Fulford or any body for him did not pay And this Depon.t verily beleiveth that the same nor any part thereof is not yet paid by the said Fulford to the said Requestant Dade In faith & Testimony whereof wee the said Lord Mayor & Aldermen the Seale of the Office of Mayoraltie of the said Citty of London to these p.rsents have caused to be putt & appended And a Coppy of the aforesaid Charterparty & alsoe a Procuracon or letter of Attorney signed and attested by the said Robert Barton of London Notary publick to be hereunto annexed Dated in London the twelfth day of August Anno Dom One Thousand six hundred Seaventy six & & in the Eight & Twentieth yeare of the Reigne of our Sovereigne Lord Charles the second by the grace of God King of England &c wagstaffe as by the said Instrument entred upon Record in the Secretaryes Office may more att large Appeare This Court thereupon and upon reading the Comp.lts Bill & the Defend.ts Answer & the said Instrument & Certificate under the said Citty Seale and heareing what was or could be alleadged by the parties or their Councell or either side & considering the same to be of great waight & concerne tooke tyme to consider & advise about the p.rmisses till this p.rsent day att which day the parties p.lt & Defend.t & their Councell being p.rsent the Court proceeded to give their finall order & Decree herein & did declare that they haveing seriously perused the Plaintiffes Bill & the Defend.ts Answer & the Certificate of the Lord Mayor of the Citty of London together with the Oath & Attestacon of Robert Barton of the said Citty Notary publick & the Oaths of Edward Allen & Nathaniel Wood as aforesaid were fully satisfied that the said Fulford was broken & had absented himselfe from the Exchange of London & was departed from his ordinary dwelling place of aboade where (the) |
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