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30th June 1657.
On the behalfe of Thomas … 30th June 1657.
On the behalfe of Thomas Sherwill of}<br />
London and henry Crew of dartmouth}<br />
touching a losse in the shipp the ''Suckley''.}
'''Rp. .1.'''
'''Charles Pullen''' of East Cowes in the Ile of<br />
Wight Marriner, aged 34 yeeres or<br />
thereabouts sworne and exámined before the<br />
right Worshippfull John Godolphin doctor of lawes<br />
one of the Judges of the high Court of the<br />
Admiraltie saith upon certayne<br />
Interrogatories ministred on the behalfe of the said<br />
Thomas Sherwill and henry Crew saith as followeth
To the first and second Interrogatories hee saith and deposeth that hee well knew<br />
the shipp the ''Suckley'' or ''Suckling'' interrogated whereof one Thomas Wells<br />
was Commander, at the time of her last being at ffalmouth and ffoy<br />
and the places thereabouts, And saith that on or about the thirtieth day<br />
of November last past the said shipp or vessell departed on warfare from<br />
ffoy, and came from ffalmouth to ffoy about a weeke before.<br />
which hee knoweth because hee this deponent was then lieutenant of her<br />
and went the said voyage in her from ffalmouth to ffoy and thense to sea<br />
, And saith the producents Thomas Sherwill and<br />
henry Crew were then reputed part owners of the said vessell, and this<br />
deponent hath since seene bills of sale declaring such their ownershipp<br />
namely the said Crew of a halfe and the said Sherwill a quarter part owner.
To the third and fourth Interrogatories hee saith that whilest the said<br />
shipp was in prosecution of her said voyage the said Thomas Wells her<br />
Captaine, having gotten most of the company into his confederacie,<br />
did with their aide and assistanse surprize and seize the rest of the<br />
said company by force of armes, and bound some of them (whereof this<br />
deponent was one) with match, and locked up others of them and kept<br />
guard upon and over them with swords and pistolls, and then voluntarily carried them<br />
in the said shipp to Saint Antonio's in Biscay in the dominions of the<br />
king of Spaine, and saith the said seizure began and was made about<br />
two leagues off the said port of Saint Antonio on or about the five<br />
and twentieth of ffebruary last, and the same day the said Wells and<br />
confederates carried the said vessell and this deponent and the rest of<br />
the surprized persons into the said port of Saint Antonio. And<br />
saith the said Wells both at the time of the said seizure and of the<br />
said bringing in to Saint Antonio's, declared himselfe for the king of<br />
Scotts, and ashore at Saint Antonios, this deponent sawe him produce<br />
and shew to the Alcolde there, a writing in parchment, which as hee<br />
said was a Commission signed by the duke of yorke to imploy the said<br />
shipp in the said king of Scots service, but this deponent did not<br />
reade the said Commission or see the said subscription signing. And<br />
saith the Spaniards after bringing the said shipp soe as aforesaid to<br />
Saint Antonio's, tooke and carried her to Saint Anderes, and this deponent<br />
being after at Saint Sebastians, heard that shee were duely expected at<br />
Passage. Soe that the said shipp was and is wholly lost to her owners<br />
and the said Sherwill and Crew as hee saith have by the premisses<br />
utterly lost their shares in the said shipp tackle and furniture, All<br />
5which hee knoweth for the reasons aforeasid.
Charles Pullen. [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]sid.
Charles Pullen. [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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