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The seaventh of July 1658. [CENTRE HEADING … The seaventh of July 1658. [CENTRE HEADING]
The claime of John Sommers Englishman}<br />
for a certaine shipp formerly called the ''Cane''}<br />
''Merchant'', retaken by the ''Preston frigot''.}
Examined upon an allegation given in<br />
on the behalfe of the said claimer.
'''Rp. 1us'''
'''Thomas Grimsditch''' of<br />
Limehouse Mariner<br />
aged 28 yeares or thereabouts<br />
sworne and examined.
To the first and second articles of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that<br />
hee well knoweth the vessell or shipp called the ''Cane''<br />
''Merchant'', whereof the producent John Sommers was master, and<br />
hath soe donne for theise foure yeares last or thereabouts, during<br />
which space or the morst part thereof Sommers hath bin owner of her and of her<br />
tackle and furniture and soe commonly accounted, which hee knoweth, being<br />
acquainted with the buying of her by the said<br />
Sommers, And saith the said producent within the said time fitted<br />
and set her out on severall voyages to sea, as owner of her and paid<br />
for the materials as owner of her, and alsoe various wages, which<br />
hee knoweth havings erved three voyages in her as Gunner during such time<br />
as the said Sommers was owner and<br />
in possession of her videlicet within the time aforesaid, and being hired by him<br />
and receiving wages of him as owner aforesaid.
To the third article hee saith and deposeth that the said shipp having taken<br />
in her lading of oile, sope, and other goods at Marseilla, and being in<br />
her course of proceeding thence for Bristol her port of discharge<br />
was in the moneth of Aprill 1656 set upon and after fight surprized and taken<br />
by a frigot of warr whereof Richard dillon was commander<br />
pretending to have a Commission from the (soe called) duke of<br />
Yorke and carried to Saint Sebastians<br />
where having delivered her goods, shee was brought to Passag[?a],<br />
which ports of Passag[?e] and Saint Sebastians hee saith are in<br />
the dominions of the king of Spaine. And that by the said seizure<br />
soe made by the said dillon and company, the said producent and his<br />
company of mariners were dispossessed of the said shipp, and thae<br />
said producent dispoiled and deprived thereof, which hee knoweth being<br />
on board and Gunner of the said shipp the ''Cane Merchant'' at the time<br />
of the said seizure, and carried to Passage in the man of warr in<br />
company of the said shipp, as the said shipp was [XXX XXXX to XXXXX], and [XX ?passage this deponent] and most of her company [?presumed],<br />
And further hee deposeth not.
To the fourth hee saith that the said shipp the ''Cane Marchant'' was at the<br />
time of the said seizure ffrench built and of the burthen of betwixt eightie<br />
and ninetie tonnes in his estimation of her tonnage, and had then aboard<br />
her tenn guns, with sailes, anchors, cables and all other necesssaries, and<br />
otherwise saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot depose, saving hee cannot<br />
estimate the valew of the said shipp or lading.
To the fourth (sic) and fifth hee saith that the said shipp the ''Cane Marchant''<br />
is since (as hee hath bin credibly informed) retaken by the ''Preston frigot''<br />
and brought into Plimouth. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
Toouth. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
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