154 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1663-64.





                Liber B B    both wth mee, & haue gyuen mee satisfaction (by the papers I send
                      yow here inclosed & otherwise) that the sd ship St George was noe
                      lawfull Prize, but doth really belong unto the Coll George Walters,
                      a prson of quallity & my noble ffreind, & others his Partners, who
                      are all Englismen, & tht Jacob dirrickson Wilre (as I am credibly
                      informed) is a ffree Denizen of England, & that therefore the sd
                      ship & goods taken in her, ought to bee restored. And whereas the
                      sd Coll George Waters & Jacob dirickson Wilre wth the rest of the
                      owners of the sd ship are willing, & haue agreed wth mee to pay the
                      ffowrth part of the ship & goods wch shall bee recouered there as
                      Saluage due unto mee, And the Jacob Direckson Wilre is now
                      goeing wth a ship to recouer & receiue the sd ship & goods in Mary
                      land I doe therefore hereby will & requyre yow & the rest of the Coun
                      cell there to cause the sd ship & goods to bee forthwth restored to the
                      sdl Jacob dirickson Wilre or his Agents, or the ualue thereof, for the
                      use of the sd Coll Waters & his Partners. And in regard I understood
                      from thence tht the sd ship was sunck, I doe likewise will & nequyre
                      yow to giue him or his Agents yot best aduise & assistance for the
                      Recouery & regayning thereof. And tht yow Cause to bee deducted
                      & reserued out of all & euery of the sd goods, or out of such satis
                      faction as shall be made or gyuen for the same, & allsoe of the sd
                      ship (soe soone as it shall bee Recouered) the ffowrth part thereof,
                      as a Saluage due unto mee as aforesd to bee payd to my Treasurer
                      on Receiuer Generall there, for my use. Of all wch Requyning yow
                      not to fayle I restYor uery louing ffreind
                       London 10th May 166o.          Baltemore.
            Vid fol. 51 Then as to the Chest of goods, & some other goods taken up uppon
                      trust in tht ship, & disposed of by the deft. The oath of George
                      Thompson being Read.
                [p. 208] Philip Caluert Esq allsoe deposed in open Court Sayth, that there
                      was gold stuffe, Black Sattin Scotch Tabby, Holland course & fine,
                      Tufted Holland, Chamlett, Woosted stockins, some silk stockins the
                      certaine quantity hee knoweth not, for hee neuer measured them.
                      These things hee saw when Capt ffendall then Gouernor opened the
                      Chest. But when Capt Cooke tooke the Chest away, hee knoweth
                      not, neyther affirmeth hee tht any of these things were then there,
                      & further tht Capt ffendall had a key wch opened tht Chest, in the
                      prflce of Mrs Cornewalleys & Mrs ffendall, & afterwards locked itt
                      up againe.
                       George Thompson deposed sayth, That hee knoweth not what
                      was in the Chest; for hee neuer saw it opened to the best of his
                      Remembrance.
                       Whereas nothing can bee iustly proued That any goods or things
                     were in tht Chest, when the deft carryed the same from of aboard,
            Vid. fol. 217    Ordered tht the deft pay unto the plf a Chest worth ffiueteene shillings
                     sterling money.