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To the 7th hee saith that hee well knoweth that the sayd Henry Rankin came from Scotland to ffrance in a vessell of his owne (called the ''John'' of Kirkcaldee [?XXXXXX] and arrrived at haverdegrace on the fifth of June last which was about a moneth or somwhat lesse before hee [?XXX] the ''Saint Peter'' aforesayd, and saith his the sayd Rankins vessell hee [?went in ?was] laden with [?SXXry] [?Cole], but by the negligence of his pilott thereof the sayd vessell was much dammaged at the entrance into the harbour there, soe that shee was not fitt to goe to sea, by reason whereof the sayd Rankin sold her and her lading and bought the ''Saint Peter'' and her lading [?XXed] in her with the proceede thereof as hee beleeveth, this hee the better knoweth for that hee t[?then GUTTER] went with the sayd Rankin in the sayd shipp the ''John'' of Kirkcaulde to haverdegrace whether shee was convoied from the downes by a ffrigott of this Commonwealth named the ''Yarmouth ffrigott'' And further hee cannot answere/ Repeated before doctor Godolphin David Stokes [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] ************************ The answer of the foresaid '''John du Sel''' to the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING] To the first hee answereth that hee is a native of haver de Grace and was in the said shipp when shee was seized by the ''Portsmouth frigot'' and hath lived all his time at haver de Grace saving when hee hath bin in voyage, and otherwise negatively saving his foregoeing deposition to which hee referreth himselfe. To the second hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition, and otherwise cannot answer: To thge third hee saith that the money that this deponent sawe paid to the said Gilbert Pape by the said Rankins in part of payment for his said shipp, was soe paid at the house of the said Mr Pape in haver de Grace, the sonne of the said Mr Pape being then alsoe present, And otherwise saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot depose To the fourth and 5th hee saith hee verily beleeveth that the said Mr Rankin bought the said shipp for himselfe and not for any other and paid for her with his owne proper money, and that noe subiect of the ffrench king hath any interest therein To the 6th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition, and cannot otherwise answer. To the 7th hee saith the said Rankin arived in a shipp laden with [?coles] from Scotland at haver de Grace about a moneth or three weekes before hee bought the said shipp the ''Peter'', and hee beleeveth the said lading of coales was for his accompt, And otherwise hee cannot depose saving as aforesaid Repeated before doctor Godolphin and Collonel Cock. [Van ?du Sel] [SIGNATURE, RH SIE] ************************************** The 25th of August 1655. [CENTRE HEADING] On the behalfe of Thomas Partridge} touching a losse of the ''Adventure''} of Newcastle} '''Rp 1''' '''William Letherman''' of Woodbridge in the County of Suffolke Mariner aged 27 yeares or thereabouts sworne before the right Worshippfull John Godolphin doctor of lawes one of the Judges of the high Court of the Admiraltie and examined upon certaine Interrogatories saith as followeth videlicet To
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