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To the Interrogatories:-/ [CENTRE HEADING] … To the Interrogatories:-/ [CENTRE HEADING]
['''?Rowe dt.''']
To the first hee saith hee knoweth not where the Vessell interrate was<br />
originally built, and saith as this deponent hath credibly heard the said Peter<br />
Ceely became Proprietor of her, buying her of the Prize Officer at [?Truro]<br />
and saith, That after the buying thereof the said Peter Ceely sent over<br />
seamen expressely from Saint Ives to Truro to rigg her and bring her about to<br />
Saint Ives, and since hath upon severall Voiages sett her out from thence<br />
upon his and his said Co-partners accompt upon this deponents observation<br />
And further saving his foregoeing deposition negatively And otherwise cannot<br />
depose/
To the second hee saith, the said Peter Ceely and Alexander Penhellick<br />
were and are Cornishmen, the first inhabitant of Saint Ives, and the<br />
other in and of the Towne of holsten in Cornewall, and have both of<br />
them beein in actuall service of this Commonwealth, and are notoriously<br />
observed to be well affected to the gvernment thereof; and are each of<br />
them half shares of the said Vessell./
To the third hee saith, That the said Vessell had no gunns aboard her [?at GUTTER]<br />
or in the Voiage interrate, nor was this deponent in or aboard her at<br />
the seizure interrate, and saith shee had one deck, but cannot remember<br />
or particularize the rigging shee then had And further cannot depose
To the 4th hee saith, hee last saw the Vessell interrate at Saint Ives<br />
in Cornwall, And saith so farr as this deponent observed shee had<br />
rather diminished then encreased her rigging and appurtenances in the Voiage and by the<br />
seizure in question. And further cannot depose/
Repeated before doctor Clerke./.
John Purefoy [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 7th day of February <u>1654:-</u> [CENTRE HEADING]
Rice and Company against the ''Charitie''}<br />
Suckley. ffrancklin}
Examined upon the said Allegation:
'''2us./:-'''
'''Bartholomew Gare''' of New Castle upon<br />
Tine Mariner aged 49 yeares or thereabouts a<br />
Wittnes sworne and examined saith as followeth
To the first article of the said Allegation hee saith and deposeth, That<br />
hee well knoweth the shipp or Vessell the ''Charity'' articulate as<br />
having bin and served in her severall Voiages under the Conduct of the<br />
arlate Robert harrigate her Master who together with the arlate Richard<br />
Rice James Cole, and Garret Strakey Miles Barnes and others all<br />
inhabitants in and of Newcastle, save the said Richard Rice who<br />
lives neere London, were and are commonly reported and knowne<br />
at Newcastle aforesaid to be the true and lawfull Owners and Proprietors<br />
of the said shipp and of her tackle apparrell and furniture, which hee<br />
(welland furniture, which hee<br />
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