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On the ninth of August 1655 [CENTRE HEADIN … On the ninth of August 1655 [CENTRE HEADING]
Alderman ffredericke against}<br />
Ashwin. Budd Colequit}
Upon an articulate allegation given in<br />
and admitted on ffredericks behalfe.
'''Budd dt.'''
'''1'''
'''Robert Brett''' of Wapping in the County<br />
of Middlesex Mariner, where he hath lived about 18<br />
yeares, aged about 31 yeares, a wittnes produced<br />
and sworne and being examined he deposeth as followeth
On the first, second, third and fowrth and the other articles<br />
of the said allegation he cannot say or depose more then followeth<br />
that is, that he well knew a shipp called sometimes the ''Dolphin''<br />
and sometimes the ''Prince Arthur'', which said shipp lay<br />
at Dartmouth in the yeare 1654 but he cannot remember the time when he the<br />
deponent being putt in possession of the sayd shipp by one Thomas<br />
Cowell, Arthur Ottoway and John Greene, this deponent<br />
being in possession therof for their use did receive a letter<br />
from the sayd Thomas Cowell to deliver or surrender up<br />
the sayd shipp to Mr Wheeler the then Mayor of Dartmouth<br />
for the use of Alderman ffrederick the party producent<br />
as of the sayd Wheeler, which he the deponent did accordingly<br />
And further he cannot depose Saving that the very<br />
vessell by him predeposed of and named the ''Dolphin'' alias<br />
the ''Prince Arthur'', is the very vessell controverted for<br />
between the partyes litigant The which he well knoweth<br />
for that he the deponent was on board her on (sic) yesterday<br />
in the River of Thames by Saint Catherines And<br />
further he cannot depose./
Robert Brett [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
To the Interrogatoryes. [CENTRE HEADING]
'''Colquite dt.'''
To the first Interrogatory he answereth that to his knowledge he<br />
never saw the interrate Alderman ffederick in his life, and<br />
that he wisheth the victory to him that hath most right<br />
And further he cannot answeare.
To the second Interrogatory he answereth that the shipp interrate is<br />
between three and fourescore Tonns, And further then referring<br />
himselfe to his deposition he cannot answeare.
To the third and fourth and the rest of the Interrogatoryes he<br />
answereth (they being read unto him) that they doe not<br />
concerne him at all, and that he cannot answeare<br />
therunto.
Repeated before Doctor Godolphin./
Ronert Brett [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The nineth day of August 1655. [CENTRE HEADING]
Alderman ffrederick against}<br />
Ashwyn. Budd. Colequite.}
Upon an articulate allegation given in and<br />
admitted on the said Ashwyns behalfe./
'''Colquite dt. 1)'''
'''Philip Luxon''' of Bidlefored nigh Barnestable<br />
in the County of Devon Mariner, aged about<br />
47 yeares a wittnes produced and sworne and being<br />
examined and sworne and being<br />
examined +
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