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''ffrigott'' Interrogated whereof hee saith the said Raph Pratt his precontest<br />
was Master, and hee this deponent was his mate of and belonging to the<br />
said shipp, when shee was last at Bristoll, and about seaveb monthes<br />
before and was bound from the said Port of Bristoll (about the middle<br />
of March last) unto this Port of London All which hee deposeth for that<br />
hee this deponent was on board the said shipp when they sett saile from<br />
Bristoll and Masters mate thereof as aforesaid. And further hee saith<br />
hee cannot depose
To the second hee saith that Captaine William Thomas and the producent<br />
Mary Shotton were Proprietors and Part Owners of the said shipp, haveing<br />
bought the same of those that belonged to the Prize office, byr cannot declare<br />
what particular part the said producent hath therein, And this hee deposeth<br />
for that hee and the said Master Raph Pratt went with the said Captaine<br />
Thomas to the producent, who ordered them to doe as hee the said<br />
Captaine Thomas directed which did [XXXX] this deponent to take notice of and knowe<br />
that she was Part Owner thereof And further hee cannot depose./
To the third hee saith that the said shipp upon her proceeding from Bristoll to<br />
London as aforesaid, was taken surprized and seised by a Jersey man of<br />
warr under the Comand of Captaine John dan, on or about the Eleventh<br />
day of Aprill last past off the lands end upon the high and open Seas, and<br />
and (sic) did continue and remaine in the power possession and comand of him as<br />
a prize for about three dayes together, and was disposed thereof by his<br />
direction accordingly, And hee further saith that afterwards the said shipp<br />
was rescued and retaken by Captaine Parsons of Absgam and carried<br />
in to Milford haven, and there delivered upp to Justine White the Vice Admirall<br />
thereof All which hee knoweth because hee was on board her when she was<br />
taken and retaken as afore said, And further hee saith hee cannot depose<br />
saveing That hee does not knowe that ever the said Mary Shotton the producent<br />
had ant recompsense or satisfaction for the losse of the said shipp as [XXX]<br />
hee hath deposed./
To the crosse Interrogatories./ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith that hee cannott tell what particul[?e]r part the<br />
said producent had of and in the said shipp neither can hee Judge of the<br />
worth thereof And further saveing his former depositions to which hee<br />
refereth himself hee saith hee cannot depose./
To the second hee saith that after the said shipp went from Bristoll she<br />
did saile and arrived at Milford Haven, and from thence by reason of contrary winds<br />
putt in to Saint Ives in Cornwall, and after that when they came out from Saint Ives off the Lands<br />
end the said shipp and ladeing was taken as after said unto which<br />
his deposition hee refereth himself and further hee cannot depose./
To the third hee saith the said shipp was taken on or about the 11th<br />
of Aprill last by a Jersey man of warr, out of which hee saith that<br />
all the Companyes cloathes and provisions were taken by the Ennemie which<br />
were reckoned worth 26 pounds sterling And further hee cannot<br />
depose./
John Vi[?e] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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Upon the said 2d of August
Examined upon the said Interrogatories of the behalf of Shotton
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'''John dennis''' of Limehouse in the parish of Stepney Marriner<br />
aged 33 yeares or thereabouts sworne as aforesaid deposth as followeth
To [XXXX] aforesaid deposth as followeth
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