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28. January 1660./
Ex parte Hall quoad th … 28. January 1660./
Ex parte Hall quoad the ''James''}<br />
Hall.}
Super Allgeatione paed Examinatus./.
'''Rp.'''
'''2dus.'''
'''Major Charles Stevenson''' of Edenborowe in<br />
Scotland Esquire aged 63 yeeres or thereabouts sworne<br />
and Examined saith as followeth./.
To the 1. 2d. 3d and 4th articles of the said Allegation, hee saith that, hee this<br />
Deponent well knoweth the shipp the ''James'' arlate whereof Robert Hall<br />
was Captaine ) in the yeeres 1648 and 1649. Shee belonging then to Leith<br />
neere Edinbrowe aforesaid where this Deponent was borne, And saith <br />
that hee the said Robert Hall ws then a quarter part owner of the said<br />
ship, as this Deponent was Credibily informed. And saith that in one<br />
of the said Yeeres this deponent was at the Isle of Orkney by<br />
the Lord of Canoole and other Noblemen and Officers of his Majesty<br />
there, put onboard the said ship ''James'' as Major, to goe in her to<br />
seeke for the Truely noble and Valiant Marquesse of Montrosse to receive order from<br />
him, And saith that before his coming aboard her and after, hee<br />
this Deponent sawe the Commission granted by his majestye that nowe<br />
is to the said Robert Hall, by which Commision the said Hall was with<br />
the said ship ''James'' to followe the order of the said Marquesse of<br />
Montrosse, And saith that the said ship sailing from Orkney<br />
for Hamborowe where they understood the Marquesse of Mon[?XX]<br />
then was, and coming upon the Coast of ffreisland shee was<br />
by foule weather driven to the Harbour of Docam in<br />
ffreisland, and soone fafter her coming thither the foresaid<br />
Robert hall the Captaine of the said ship, and some others<br />
that came thither in her went thence overland for hamborowe<br />
to speake with the Marquesse of Montrosse
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To the 5th and 6th hee saith that the said ship being soe seized the alate<br />
Sir William Mackdowell his Majestyes agent at Greoning in ffreisland<br />
and alsoe his precontest Mr Leith did solicite the<br />
Lord of ffreissland about getting the said ship released, and showed<br />
them the foresaid Commission granted bu his said Majesty to the said<br />
Captaine Hall, and many other Evidences and Testimonyes shew<br />
ing clearely that the said ship sailed with his said Majestyes<br />
Commission and was a ship in his Majestyes service uner the Marquesse<br />
of Montrosse, As this deponent after his coming out of prison heard him<br />
affirme, but notwithsatnding shee and all that shee had onboard her were condemned as a prize<br />
(andwere condemned as a prize<br />
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