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To the second hee saith that when the time … To the second hee saith that when the time arlate (but the particular<br />
time hee cannot sett downe) the said shipp the ''ffredricke and William''<br />
whereof the said Ruddocke was formerly master, being under the power of<br />
the Parliaments this deponent was put by the Owners theireof from [XXXXX]<br />
with the duke of Brandeburgh his letters by virtue of an Order from the Parliament<br />
the said shipp was delivered into the possession of this deponent, who haveing fitted<br />
the said Shipp with materialls and victualls, the said shipp was arrested<br />
by severall warrants from this Court att the Instance of severall persons<br />
for debts and ingagements which were pretended to bee upon her for necessaries<br />
and taken upp by the said Ruddocke foresaid Master thereof Upon which this deponent<br />
putt in Baile att Plymouth and brought the said Shipp to the Court in the<br />
Ile of wight and so came upp to London to answare the same, All which hee<br />
deposeth of his cetaine knowledge And further hee cannot depose saveing<br />
that the said shipp was so arrested for Guns and other materialls but what<br />
the summe was for which shee was arrested hee knoweth not/
To the third hee saith that within the time arlate and and whilst the said shipp<br />
remained under the severall arrests and actions aforesaid and taken upp in<br />
the Parliaments service as aforesaid hee hath deposed, The arlate John do[?nnway]<br />
William Bucke and the rest of the Owners [XX XXXXX] and Shipp the ''ffredricke and William''<br />
haveing notice thereof and heareing how the said shipp was incumbred<br />
and deserted by the said Ruddocke, did constitute and appoint this deponent<br />
and give him full power and authoritie to compound and transact all<br />
differences about and concerneing the said shipp And to<br />
procure the same to bee restored and recovered as by<br />
the letters and orders thereupon may appeare to which hee referreth himself<br />
And further hee cannot depose/
To the 4th hee saith that within the yeares and monthes arlate or some of<br />
them this deponent by authoritie which hee had in the said Owners as<br />
aforesaid, did assigne and sett over unto the arlate William Stephens all the<br />
Title and interest which hee had of and unto a quarter part of the said shipp the ''ffredericke''<br />
''and William'' and with all her tackle apparell and furniture for and in consideration<br />
that the said Stephens would become baile for the said shipp, And he saith<br />
that thereupon the said Stephens (within the time arlate) did give in baile<br />
to this Court for all the said Actions brought against the said shippe<br />
in the whole amounting to the summe of two and twentie hundred pounds sterling<br />
as since it hath appeared unto him this deponent And further saith that after<br />
=wards the said Stephens was in the quiet and peaceable possession of the<br />
said shipp and every part thereof and of her tacke and furniture as his proper goods to secure<br />
him in the pr[?e]misses which hee knoweth for that hee was privie to<br />
the agreements and Conditions made betwixt them to which hee referreth himself<br />
and further hee cannot depose.
To the fifth and sixth articles of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth<br />
that when the time arlate and after such time as the said Stephens was<br />
in quiett and peaceable possession of the said shipp, this deponent brought<br />
the arlate ffletcher to the said Stephens, betweene whom there was conference<br />
about an agreement to make the said ffletcher master of the said shipp<br />
and before the agreement was concluded the said Mr Stephens sent [XX]<br />
the said ffletcher with this deponent to take care of the said shipp at the<br />
Ilee of the said shipp at the<br />
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