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86 As followeth And first the said Edward Allen by & for himselfe saith & deposeth that he was p.rsent & did see George Fulford of London M.rchant signe seale & deliver as his Act & Deed to the use of Thomas Peighin Marriner the writing in Parchment Indented now produced in Court & showne unto him faire and uncancelled purporting a Charterparty of Affreightment made betweene the said Thomas Peighin Mariner & Master of the good Shipp or Vessell 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 Fulford of London M.rchant of the other part beareing date the seaven & Twentieth day of September One Thousand six hundred seaventy five to which this Depon.t hath Endorsed his name as a wittnes as thereby may appeare And the said Depon.t Robert Barton by & for himselfe saith & deposeth that the said George Fulford absented himselfe from the Royall Exchange London about the begining 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 M.rchants & others that he the said Fulford was failed in his Creditt And this Depon.t further saith that there was severall Bills of Exchange accepted by the said Fulford 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 M.rchant 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 Fulford scituate in Princes Street & there (in regard he could not learne where the said Fulford now lives) did demand the Freight 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 appeares by the Post house mark.t & his the said Dades annotacons upon itt) and there being a man Servant in the said Fulfords late house answered the said Dade (upon his demanding the said Freight to be paid as aforesaid) that the said Fulford & his whole Family were gone from thence & did not know where he the said Fulford 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 M.rchant deposeth & saith upon his Corporall Oath that there was sold by the said Requestant Dade on or about the ninth (of) |
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Chancery Court, Chancery Record, 1671-1712
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