London ss.

Thomas Bowmer< no role > Master of the May Flower Vessell of Whitby in the County of Yorke
Maketh Oath That hee The Said Depont did London Board the Said Vessell Three
Thousand Nine hundred and Twenty Bushells of White Salt att Sheelas on the
Account of Mr. Ambrose Cox< no role > & Mr.Jobpe of London whoe had paid the Duty to
her Majesty And Sailed from thence on the Tenth day of August last past and
in his Passage from Sheelas to London did Loose Four Hundred Thirty and
Twoe Bushells of the Said White Salt by violent and stormy weather and not
by any Leakage of the Said Shipp or vessell or by any Negligence or Default
of this Deponent nor any of the Mariners

George Lynham< no role > of Moore Lane in the Parish of St. Gyles without Cripplegate
London Porter Maketh Oath That about the first of September 1705. Hee well
Knoweth That There was Delivered att Billingsgate Docke by Thomas Bowmer< no role >
Master of The May Flower Vessell of Whitby in the County of Yorke Three
Thousand Four hundred Eighty and Eight Bushells of Salt and noe more Hee
then keeping the Acct. thereof which This Deponent beleives was the Remainder of
Three Thousand Nyne hundred and Twenty Bushells of White Salt by the Said
Thomas Bowmer< no role > taken on board att Sheilds on the Acct. of Mr. Ambrose Cox< no role > &
Mr. Job Pope< no role > for which the Duty was paid by Thomas Saunders< no role > to the Collector
of the Duty att Newcastle As by the Certificate of Ralph Carr< no role > Esqr Major of
Newcastle which hee hath seene itt plainly appeareth And This Deponent
doth verily beleive That the Four hundred Thirty and twoe Bushells of Salt was