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 manfully and stoutly and desisted not untill the fight was ended
 and the dutch vanquished, but plied about the guns where his quarter
-was: All which hee knoweth because hee this deponent was in the
+was&#58; All which hee knoweth because hee this deponent was in the
 said shipp and service and saw him soe behave himselfe. And
 otherwise hee cannot depose.
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 <u>Other HCA references to Christopher Myngs in 1650s</u>
-[DEPOSITION OF] John Major of East Smith feild in the County of Middlessex Leiftenanant of the ''Elizabeth frigot'' in the immediate service of this Commonwealth aged five and twenty yeares" in the case of "The keeps of the Liberty of England by Authority of Parliament against the shipps mentonned in the schedule herunto annexed and the severall goods wares and merchandizes therein respectively taken and seized by the shipp named the Elizabeth ffrigot whereof Christofer M[?an]gs was Master in the immediate service of this Commonwealth...On or about the third day of this Instant October the arlate Captaine Christopher Mynye haveing espyed att sea about four Leagues off deepe a ffleet of
+[DEPOSITION OF] '''John Major''' of East Smith feild in the County of Middlessex Leiftenanant of the ''Elizabeth frigot'' in the immediate service of this Commonwealth aged five and twenty yeares" in the case of "The keepers of the Liberty of England by Authority of Parliament against the shipps mentioned in the schedule herunto annexed and the severall goods wares and merchandizes therein respectively taken and seized by the shipp named the ''Elizabeth ffrigot'' whereof Christofer Myngs was Master in the immediate service of this Commonwealth..."
-shipps consisting of twenty four sayle whereof the shipps hereafter specifyed were part that is to say ''The [?fflean] Boyde'' Peterson Master. The ''Hope'' Martin Mi[XX]dorson Master,  ''The Gideon''.  Gerdt ffal?cas Master.  The ''[?Mercury]'' Jan de[?toire] Master The ''Hope'' Henry Caven Master.  ''The [XXXXX]'' Clases Van?Reden Master.  The ''ffortune'' ?Barnde van Danck Master.  The ''ffortune'' Joachim ?Devok Master The ''Hope'' Henrdrick Martin Master.  The ''King David'' ?Weitt Weittenson Master.  The ''Salvator'' Henry Dorder Master.  The ''Hope'' John Peterson Master.  The ''Saint Anthony'' Zacharia [?Wild] Master.  The ''ffortune'' Arient Ga[?llen?tyneMaster Master.  The ''Mathew'' Claes [?Billiet] Master.  The ''Golden Butt'' Hans Clasesin Master.  The ''[?Car fange]r''  Bernt [?Carfanger] Master  The ''King David'' Jacob Young Master.  The ''Golden [?ffan]'' Peter Eppon Master. The ''Prophet'' Elias Simon Cornelias Master gave chase unto them from about nine of the Clock in the Morning untill two in the afternoone, and about that tyme came neer and allmost upp to the hindermost or Reare of them which this deponent knoweth being Leivetenant of the sayd shipp, and an eye witness of the premisses, And otherwise he cannot depose.
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	Myngs too returned to England in 1657 and remained there until December whilst the ''Marston Moor'' was refitted. When he re-assumed his command in Jamaica on 2 March 1658, he was accompanied by six Dutch prizes that he had seized off Barbados on the charge of illegal trading. After lengthy investigation, and at the cost of considerable personal annoyance, only one of these was finally granted to him as a legitimate prize. His first actions in the West Indies as senior naval officer were characteristic of a period in which the joint activities of naval ships and privately fitted out privateers would become common..."<ref>Peter Bradley, ''British Maritime Enterprise in the New World: From the Late Fifteenth to the Mid-eighteenth Century'' (Lampeter, 1999), p.194, citing 'Dyer, 'Christopher Myngs'. 173-187; Taylor, ''Western Design'', 133, 212-220; Haring, ''Buccaneers'', 97-99, 104-108; Pope, ''Buccaneer King'', 79-82, 92-99; Marley, ''Pirates'', 277-282</ref>		Myngs too returned to England in 1657 and remained there until December whilst the ''Marston Moor'' was refitted. When he re-assumed his command in Jamaica on 2 March 1658, he was accompanied by six Dutch prizes that he had seized off Barbados on the charge of illegal trading. After lengthy investigation, and at the cost of considerable personal annoyance, only one of these was finally granted to him as a legitimate prize. His first actions in the West Indies as senior naval officer were characteristic of a period in which the joint activities of naval ships and privately fitted out privateers would become common..."<ref>Peter Bradley, ''British Maritime Enterprise in the New World: From the Late Fifteenth to the Mid-eighteenth Century'' (Lampeter, 1999), p.194, citing 'Dyer, 'Christopher Myngs'. 173-187; Taylor, ''Western Design'', 133, 212-220; Haring, ''Buccaneers'', 97-99, 104-108; Pope, ''Buccaneer King'', 79-82, 92-99; Marley, ''Pirates'', 277-282</ref>
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		+	<u>Other HCA references to Christopher Myngs in 1650s</u>
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		+	[DEPOSITION OF] John Major of East Smith feild in the County of Middlessex Leiftenanant of the ''Elizabeth frigot'' in the immediate service of this Commonwealth aged five and twenty yeares" in the case of "The keeps of the Liberty of England by Authority of Parliament against the shipps mentonned in the schedule herunto annexed and the severall goods wares and merchandizes therein respectively taken and seized by the shipp named the Elizabeth ffrigot whereof Christofer M[?an]gs was Master in the immediate service of this Commonwealth...On or about the third day of this Instant October the arlate Captaine Christopher Mynye haveing espyed att sea about four Leagues off deepe a ffleet of
		+	shipps consisting of twenty four sayle whereof the shipps hereafter specifyed were part that is to say ''The [?fflean] Boyde'' Peterson Master. The ''Hope'' Martin Mi[XX]dorson Master, ''The Gideon''. Gerdt ffal?cas Master. The ''[?Mercury]'' Jan de[?toire] Master The ''Hope'' Henry Caven Master. ''The [XXXXX]'' Clases Van?Reden Master. The ''ffortune'' ?Barnde van Danck Master. The ''ffortune'' Joachim ?Devok Master The ''Hope'' Henrdrick Martin Master. The ''King David'' ?Weitt Weittenson Master. The ''Salvator'' Henry Dorder Master. The ''Hope'' John Peterson Master. The ''Saint Anthony'' Zacharia [?Wild] Master. The ''ffortune'' Arient Ga[?llen?tyneMaster Master. The ''Mathew'' Claes [?Billiet] Master. The ''Golden Butt'' Hans Clasesin Master. The ''[?Car fange]r'' Bernt [?Carfanger] Master The ''King David'' Jacob Young Master. The ''Golden [?ffan]'' Peter Eppon Master. The ''Prophet'' Elias Simon Cornelias Master gave chase unto them from about nine of the Clock in the Morning untill two in the afternoone, and about that tyme came neer and allmost upp to the hindermost or Reare of them which this deponent knoweth being Leivetenant of the sayd shipp, and an eye witness of the premisses, And otherwise he cannot depose.

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 still stood to his place and charge and performed his part very
 manfully and stoutly and desisted not untill the fight was ended
- and the dutch vanquished, but plied about the guns where his quarter
+and the dutch vanquished, but plied about the guns where his quarter
 was: All which hee knoweth because hee this deponent was in the
 said shipp and service and saw him soe behave himselfe. And

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 Sailor; aged 19 yeares or thereabouts sworne and exámined.
-. To the first and second árticles hee saith and deposeth
+To the first and second árticles hee saith and deposeth
-. that in the time of the late Warrs betwixt this Nation and the States of
+that in the time of the late Warrs betwixt this Nation and the States of
-. the United Netherlands the producent Thomas Cox served in the
+the United Netherlands the producent Thomas Cox served in the
-. ''Elizabeth frigot'' whereof Captaine Mings was commander in the
+''Elizabeth frigot'' whereof Captaine Mings was commander in the
-. immediate service of this Common Wealth, and was in a fight against
+immediate service of this Common Wealth, and was in a fight against
-. the Dutch at sea wherein the said frigot tooke twenty saile of Dutch or
+the Dutch at sea wherein the said frigot tooke twenty saile of Dutch or
-. hollanders, and saith the said Cox behaved himselfe very stoutly and
+hollanders, and saith the said Cox behaved himselfe very stoutly and
-. valiantly in the said service and fight, and was wounded in the same
+valiantly in the said service and fight, and was wounded in the same
-. by a splinter that strooke him on the throat of which hee bled very much
+by a splinter that strooke him on the throat of which hee bled very much
-. and there was much adoe to stench the bleeding, and soe much the
+and there was much adoe to stench the bleeding, and soe much the
-. more difficult it was, because hee bled inwardly and that in such abundance
+more difficult it was, because hee bled inwardly and that in such abundance
-. that hee had much adoe to breathe, and had severall other wounds
+that hee had much adoe to breathe, and had severall other wounds
-. about him in that fight, All which notwithstanding the said Cox
+about him in that fight, All which notwithstanding the said Cox
-. still stood to his place and charge and performed his part very
+still stood to his place and charge and performed his part very
-. manfully and stoutly and desisted not untill the fight was ended
+manfully and stoutly and desisted not untill the fight was ended
-. and the dutch vanquished, but plied about the guns where his quarter
+ and the dutch vanquished, but plied about the guns where his quarter
-. was: All which hee knoweth because hee this deponent was in the
+was: All which hee knoweth because hee this deponent was in the
-. said shipp and service and saw him soe behave himselfe. And
+said shipp and service and saw him soe behave himselfe. And
-. otherwise hee cannot depose.
+otherwise hee cannot depose.
-. To the third hee saith fourth and fifth articles hee saith and deposeth
+To the third hee saith fourth and fifth articles hee saith and deposeth
-. that the said Captaine Mings being about Christmas at the
+that the said Captaine Mings being about Christmas at the
-. Barbada's in the frigot the ''Marston Moore'' whereof hee was then
+Barbada's in the frigot the ''Marston Moore'' whereof hee was then
-. Commander in the said service of this Commonwealth, and being in
+Commander in the said service of this Commonwealth, and being in
-. the roade there and thence bound for Jamaica, and hearing that the said
+the roade there and thence bound for Jamaica, and hearing that the said
-. Cox was aboard a shipp there (the name whereof hee knoweth not, but
+Cox was aboard a shipp there (the name whereof hee knoweth not, but
-. heard that shee came from Ginney) hee the said Captaine called a board
+heard that shee came from Ginney) hee the said Captaine called a board
-. the said shipp, and asked for the said Cox, and hee appearing, the
+the said shipp, and asked for the said Cox, and hee appearing, the
-. said Captaine told him hee must goe alwaye with him, and soe hee
+said Captaine told him hee must goe alwaye with him, and soe hee
-. declared to the men on the deck, namely that hee would presse and have
+declared to the men on the deck, namely that hee would presse and have
-. the said Cox, and accordingly sent his boate and fetcht him aboard
+the said Cox, and accordingly sent his boate and fetcht him aboard
-. the frigat and impressed him into the service of this Commonwealth
+the frigat and impressed him into the service of this Commonwealth
-. and declared that hee would not heave him because hee knew him to be
+and declared that hee would not heave him because hee knew him to be
-. a valiant stout fellow; and the said Coxes clothes were alsoe fetcht
+a valiant stout fellow; and the said Coxes clothes were alsoe fetcht
-. in the frigats boate. And from the said roade the said frigot sailed
+in the frigats boate. And from the said roade the said frigot sailed
-. to Jamaica, where there were about 150 man put out of her ashore on service
+to Jamaica, where there were about 150 man put out of her ashore on service
-. to take a towne and fort, of which number this deponent and the
+to take a towne and fort, of which number this deponent and the
-. said Cox were two, and in the said service the said fort and towne were
+said Cox were two, and in the said service the said fort and towne were
-. taken by assault, and therein the said Cox behaved himselfe very stoutly
+taken by assault, and therein the said Cox behaved himselfe very stoutly
-. and valiantly in fight of this deponents sight and knowledge, And
+and valiantly in fight of this deponents sight and knowledge, And
-. saith hee this deponent was in the said frigit at the Barbadas when
+saith hee this deponent was in the said frigit at the Barbadas when
-. the said Cox was there soe pressed and thereby knoweth the same
+the said Cox was there soe pressed and thereby knoweth the same
-. And otherwise cannot depose.
+And otherwise cannot depose.
-. To the sixth hee saith that the said Cox had only three and twenty
+To the sixth hee saith that the said Cox had only three and twenty
-. shillings wages per month for his service in the said frigot the
+shillings wages per month for his service in the said frigot the
-. ''Marston Moore'', whereas in the shipp out of which hee was soe
+''Marston Moore'', whereas in the shipp out of which hee was soe
-. impressed, hee had as hee said thirtie shillings per moneth,
+impressed, hee had as hee said thirtie shillings per moneth,
-. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
+And otherwise hee cannot depose.
 To

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 Angust Konstam, Buccaneers 1620–1700, Oxford, 2000."
-"His successor as commander of the Jamaica squadron was one of the most distinguished and famous English seamen of his day. Commodore Christopher Myngs. Confidence in his ability had already been expressed in 1655 at the outbreak of unrest amonst seamen who had returned to England from Jamaica with Penn. They were fiercely resisting Cromwell's proposal to dispatch their ships back to the West Indies. Their agitation was at its most severe amongst the crew of the ''Marston Moor'', whose senior officers displayed reluctance to obey the order and whose men finally mutinied against the intention. The causes were the denial to them of any plunder from their previous voyage, the delay in paying their wages on return to England, and above all their general disillusionment and the frustration of their expectations of gain in the Spanish Indies. Sp 'all their imaginary mountains of gold turned into dross', Myngs was appointed by the Admiralty to pacify the unrest, a difficult job successfully carried out through a mixture of firmness and ajolery where appropriate. He sailed to Jamaica as commander of the ''Marston Moor'' on 10 November 1655. His first service there was alongside Goodson in the raid on Rio de la Hacha and during the fruitless vigil at the entrance to the Florida Channel in the following year.
+"His successor as commander of the Jamaica squadron was one of the most distinguished and famous English seamen of his day. Commodore Christopher Myngs. Confidence in his ability had already been expressed in 1655 at the outbreak of unrest amonst seamen who had returned to England from Jamaica with Penn. They were fiercely resisting Cromwell's proposal to dispatch their ships back to the West Indies. Their agitation was at its most severe amongst the crew of the ''Marston Moor'', whose senior officers displayed reluctance to obey the order and whose men finally mutinied against the intention. The causes were the denial to them of any plunder from their previous voyage, the delay in paying their wages on return to England, and above all their general disillusionment and the frustration of their expectations of gain in the Spanish Indies. 'All their imaginary mountains of gold turned into dross', Myngs was appointed by the Admiralty to pacify the unrest, a difficult job successfully carried out through a mixture of firmness and ajolery where appropriate. He sailed to Jamaica as commander of the ''Marston Moor'' on 10 November 1655. His first service there was alongside Goodson in the raid on Rio de la Hacha and during the fruitless vigil at the entrance to the Florida Channel in the following year.
 Myngs too returned to England in 1657 and remained there until December whilst the ''Marston Moor'' was refitted. When he re-assumed his command in Jamaica on 2 March 1658, he was accompanied by six Dutch prizes that he had seized off Barbados on the charge of illegal trading. After lengthy investigation, and at the cost of considerable personal annoyance, only one of these was finally granted to him as a legitimate prize.  His first actions in the West Indies as senior naval officer were characteristic of a period in which the joint activities of naval ships and privately fitted out privateers would become common..."<ref>Peter Bradley, ''British Maritime Enterprise in the New World: From the Late Fifteenth to the Mid-eighteenth Century'' (Lampeter, 1999), p.194, citing 'Dyer, 'Christopher Myngs'. 173-187; Taylor, ''Western Design'', 133, 212-220; Haring, ''Buccaneers'', 97-99, 104-108; Pope, ''Buccaneer King'', 79-82, 92-99; Marley, ''Pirates'', 277-282</ref>