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shipp to freight to one ffrancis harvey a … shipp to freight to one ffrancis harvey a Merchant of Wexford in<br />
Ireland to goe upon a trading Voiage to Saint Sebastians in Spaine<br />
or to any other free Port according to the direction of the said ffrancis<br />
harvey, this deponent then being and continueing Master and Commander<br />
of her for and during all the Voiage in Controversie and saith that the said<br />
shipp the ''Charity'' in or about the moneth of March <u>1652</u> English<br />
style being bound from Saint Sebastians towards Bourdeaux in france<br />
and being neere the Coast of ffrance was sett uppon and in a piraticall<br />
manner taken by a Zealander Marchant shipp, who brought the said<br />
shipp ''Chairty'' and her lading to Bayonne in france, where this deponent<br />
and Companie were dispossessed of their said shipp and goods, although<br />
there was no Commission or Lawfull authority showne for the said seizure<br />
and saith the said shipp and goods were there publiquely sold by sound of<br />
trumpett and the moneys by order of Justice deposited in the hands of<br />
Mr John Westcombe a Merchant there, The premisses hee well<br />
knoweth by sadd experience upon the grounds predeposed, And further<br />
cannot depose;/-
To the third hee saith, That hee this deponent never saw the said Vessell the<br />
''Charity'' in Controversie since the time shee was seized and brought up<br />
to Bayon as aforesaid where this deponent ledt her, And therefore<br />
cannot depose otherwise then the arlate [?Grigg] did not buy nor doeth hee<br />
deduce and [?XXX] to the said shipp from the Owners aforesaid:-/
To the 4th hee saith hee referreth himselfe to the Acts and proceedings<br />
of this Court.
To the 5th hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true:-
To the Crosse Interrogatories:-/ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith, That hee this rendent bought the said shippe<br />
predeposed wholely for his owne accompt, and disposed of and sold<br />
her as aforesaid reserving onely 1/16 part to himselfe as predeposed
To the second hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition, And<br />
otherwise answereth not:-/
To the third hee saith, That hee this examinate did upon necessity consent by a writing<br />
under his hand to the sale of the said shipp at bayon provisionally<br />
that the moneys or proceed thereof should bee deposited in the hands<br />
of the said John Westcombe as the same was done accordingly
To the 4th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition, saying that<br />
hee this examinate was dispossesed of the said shipp at and before the<br />
time that shee was sold as aforesaid./
To the 5th hee saith, That the said shipp was sold as aforesaid att [?or GUTTER]<br />
about the latter end of the moneth of March or beginning of<br />
Aprill <u>1653.</u> And further saving his foregoeing deposition hee<br />
cannot depose.
To the 6th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition saying hee<br />
knoweth not who bought the shipp interrate nor at what price/
To the 7th hee saith hee heard a publique Outcry at Bayon, which was<br />
concerning the sale of the said shipp as this rendent was then<br />
(and as this rendent was then<br />
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