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'''A.3.'''
The 23th. of June 1660./: [CEN … '''A.3.'''
The 23th. of June 1660./: [CENTRE HEADING]
On the behalfe of Captaine George}<br />
[GUTTER XXXdall] COMANDER OF THE}<br />
[GUTTER ?henrietta] Maria against Captaine William}<br />
[GUTTER XXX] and Company/ ffrancklin}
Examined upon Interrogatories given in by<br />
Mr ffrancklin on behalfe of the said<br />
Captaine Dowdall./
'''Rp. j.us'''
'''Phillip Mansell''' of Swanzey<br />
Merchant aged 30 yeeres or thereabouts<br />
sworne and Examined./:
To the first Interrogatories hee saith hee well knoweth the ffrigot<br />
Interrate called the ''Henryetta Maria'' whereof George<br />
Dowdall was Captaine, and soe hath Done ever since the 9.th<br />
of May last, and saith she is of about thirty Tonns burthen.
To the second hee saith that in the Roade of Mumbles neere<br />
Swanzey in the said moneth of May last hee this Deponent on<br />
board the said ffrigot the ''Henrietta Maria'' severall times<br />
sawe and Read a Comission granted to the said Captaine<br />
Dowdall by His Royall Highnes James Duke of Yorke<br />
Lord High Admirall of England and Ireland et cetera to<br />
take Apprehend and possesse, and in case of Resistance<br />
to sinke fire or otherwise destroye all shipps or vessells. belonging<br />
to any place in the Dominions of his sacred<br />
Majesty Charles the 2d. belonging to any person in actuall<br />
rebellion against his Majesty, or to that effect. and this Deponent having<br />
now seene and totally read over the first schedule annexed and memo<br />
in the said 3d. Interrogatorie. hee saith that to the best of this Deponents<br />
remembrance, and as hee verily beleeveth the said schedule<br />
is a true Copy of the said Commission granted to the said Dowd[?all GUTTER]<br />
by his said Royall Highnes, And the Originall Comission<br />
was taken away by some of Captaine Barkers men of the<br />
Seizure hereafter mentioned And further cannot depose
To the 4th, and 5th. hee saith that on the Eighth of May last the<br />
said Captaine Dowdall with his said ffrigot, together with about<br />
three vessells which hee had taken by vertue of the said Comission<br />
did arrive in the Roade of Mumbles. where this Deponent the next<br />
day sawe them. and went onboard the ffrigot. which was before the<br />
Proclaiming of his sacred Majesty in those parts, and saith that<br />
on the 11th. of May last the Proclamation of his sacred Majesty<br />
coming to Swanzey, Colonel ffreeman the Governour of Cardiffe<br />
Castle, who was then at Swanzey went onboard the said Captaine<br />
Dowdall ffrigott, this Deponent going with him on board. And the<br />
said ffreeman in this Deponents presence and hearing, did read the<br />
said Proclamation upon the Deck of he said ffrigot, in the<br />
Presence of the said Captaine Dowdall and his Company, which<br />
expresst very much Joy thereat and fired severall Gunns in Testimony [?therat GUTTER]<br />
(Andestimony [?therat GUTTER]<br />
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