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The sixth of February <u>1654</u& … The sixth of February <u>1654</u>/. [CENTRE HEADING]
The Clayme of Peter Ceely Esquire for the shipp the}<br />
''Peter'' of Saint Ives and her tackle and furniture seized}<br />
upon the Port of Pensance in Cornewall Smith}
Examined upon an Allegation on the behalfe of<br />
the said Peter Ceely./
'''Smith dt.'''
'''jus'''
'''John Purefoy''' of Saint Ives in Cornwall Merchant<br />
aged 23. yeares or thereabouts a Wittnes sworne and<br />
examined./:
To the first article of the said Allegation hee saith and deposeth, That hee<br />
well knoweth the Vessell the ''Pieter'' arlate, and hath so knowne her for<br />
about 18. moneths last ast, during which time the arlate Peter Ceely, and<br />
Alexander Penhellick of holston in Cornewall were and at present ought<br />
to bee the true and lawfull Owners and Proprietors of the said Vessell and<br />
of her tackle apparrell and furniture, and for such were and are well<br />
knowne in those parts of Cornewall, and saith That in or about the<br />
moneth of June or July last past, the said Peter Ceely and Alexander<br />
Penhellic sett out the said Vessell laden with Coales and fish from the<br />
Port of Saint Ives in Cornewall bound for ffrance, The premisses hee declareth and<br />
deposeth, for that hee this deponent being an inhabitant of Saint Ives, and having<br />
intimate acquaintance with the said Owners and having been sewerall times aboard<br />
the said Vessell in that port, and hath thereby taken notice, and hath certaine<br />
and assured knoweledge of the Proprietie and Voiage aforesaid; And<br />
saith, That the said Vessell (as this deponent by the credible relation of<br />
her Master and Companie hath understood) was in her said intended<br />
Voiage for ffrance intercepted and taken by a Pirate of Brest, whereof one<br />
Captaine Smith was Commander And further cannot depose./
To the second hee saith, That in or about the moneths of August or<br />
September last past, the said shipp or Vessell the ''Peter'' returning<br />
from Brest laden with Salt, and arriving at Pensance in Cornewall<br />
the said Peter Ceely caused the same to be arrested, as this deponent since<br />
understood by an Admiraltie warrant, And saith that hee this deponent<br />
both before the said Vessell sett saile from Saint Ives, and after her returne to Pensance<br />
as aforesaid hath sewerall times been aboard her at Saint Ives, and since her<br />
returne from ffrance seene her at the said port of Saint Ives, and hath taken<br />
very exact and particular notice of her, and both by his owne observation, and<br />
by the Confession of her Master and Companie who went and came in the same<br />
Vessell to and from france, well knoweth the said Vessell is arrested to be<br />
one and the same Vessell which did and doeth of right appertaine to the<br />
Proprietors aforesaid. And further to this article hee cannot depose./
To the third hee saith, That hee very well knoweth the arlate Peter<br />
Ceely, and the said Alexander Penhellick to be subjects of this<br />
Commonwealth, and well affected to the Government thereof, this deponent<br />
being a person familiarly acquainted with them. And further cannot deposeinted with them. And further cannot depose +
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