472        Chancery Court Proceedings, 1675.

         Liber PC of London Mrchant Signe Seale & deliver as his Act & Deed to the

               use of Thomas Peighin Marriner the Writing in Parchment In-
               dented now produced in Court & 5howne unto him faire and un-
               cancelled purporting a Charter party of Affreightment made betweene
               the said Thomas Peighin Mariner & Master of the Good Shipp or
               Vessel called the Ruth of London burthen two hundred tonns or
               thereabouts then rideing att Anchor in the River of Thames London
               of the one part And the Said George ffulford of London Mrchant
               of the other part bearing date the seaven & Twentieth day of Sep-
               tember One Thousand six hundred Seaventy five to which this
               Depont hath Endorsed his name as a Wittness as thereby may ap-
               peare And the said Depont Robert Barton by & for himself e saith &
               deposeth, that the said George ffulford absented himself e from the
               Royall Exchange London about the beginning of November last, &
               hath never since appeared thereon as this Depon.t knoweth or hath
               ever heard And that itt was then discoursed by the Mrchants & others
               that he the said ffulford was failed in his Creditt And this Depon.t
               further saith that there was severall Bills of Exchange accepted by
               the said ffulford which were afterwards by him this Depon.t & other
               Notaries protested for want of better security & att tyme due for
               want of payment And these Deponents Edward Allen & Robert
               Barton doe further joyntly say & depose, that on the tenth instant
               M.r Thomas Dade of London Mrchant one of the owners of the said
               Shipp Ruth doe goe (accompanied with these Depon.ts) to the late
               dwelling house of the said George ffulford, sictuate in Princes street
               & there (in regard he could not learne where the said ffulford now
               lives) did demand the ifreight payable tenn dayes after advice or
               notice that the Shipp was arrived att Virginia, which the said Dade
               then shewing to these Deponents declared he received the seaventh
               of June last (as itt appears by the Post house marke & his the said
               Dades annotacones upon itt) and there being a man Servant in the
               said ifulfords late house answered the said Dade (upon his demand-
               ing the said ifreight to be paid as aforesaid) that the said ffulford
               & his whole ifamily were gone from thence, & did not know where
               he the said ffulford was to be found, & that itt was discoursed
               amongst the Neighbourhood that he was broke Nathaniel Wood of
               the parish of S.t Mary Abchurch London Cooper aged Thirty three
               yeares or thereabouts Sworne & Examined att the instance & request
               of Thomas Dade of London Mrchant deposeth & saith upon his
               Corporall Oath, that there was Sold by the said Requestant Dade on

           p.87    or about the ninth Of October last past to Cap.t George ffulford
               of London Mrchant & by his Order laden att this Port of London
               board the Shipp called the Ruth of London Thomas Peighin Master
               two Punchones 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