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Doctor Zouch Judge.<br />
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The King retourne, whom God long preserve. Mr Potter Registrar.<br />
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The 21th of June 1660./
A Busines of Examination et cetera touching}<br />
[GUTTER XXXX] aforesaid Henry}<br />
[GUTTER XXXX]}
Examined upon the foresaid Allegation./:
'''Rp. 2dus'''
'''Alexander Kerr''' native of Greenock<br />
in Scotland but living at Ayre in Scotland<br />
Mariner aged about thirty yeeres sworne<br />
and Examined/:
To the first article of the said Allegation hee saith that hee well<br />
knoweth the ship the ''Hope'' arlate whereof Henry Hart<br />
was Master and soe hath done for about five yeeres last during<br />
all which space shee hath belonged to Glascoe in Scotland,<br />
and saith that about the beginning os September last, hee this<br />
Deponent was Imployed by the said Henry Hart the Master of<br />
the said ship to helpe to unlade her, and after shee was unladen<br />
namely in or about the moneth of September there was a lading of Butter and Herrings and Salmon<br />
laden on board her, (which this Deponent helped to take in) And<br />
saith that one Mr Kimmins and Mr Walkinshawe caused<br />
the said lading to be put on board the said ship, And<br />
the said Kimmins and Walkinshawe and Company were<br />
then and there reputed and accounted to be the true and<br />
Lawfull Owners and Proprietors of the said ship, and alsoe<br />
of the said Lading of Butter, herrings and Salmon, and soe<br />
this Deponent verily beleeveth they were, And saith they are Scotchmen and<br />
Inhabitants of Glascoe, and subjects of the King of England<br />
And they constituted the said Hart Master of the said ship, And<br />
further deposeth that the said Lading of Butter Herrings and<br />
Salmon was to be carried in the said ship to Bourdeaux in ffrance, and<br />
there delivered to the ffactor of the said Kimmings Walkinshawe<br />
and Company, and for their account, as this Deponent verily beleeveth<br />
and the said ffactor was to relade the said ship with wines<br />
which were to be brought in her to Glascoe, And further<br />
deposeth not./:
To the 3d hee saith that after the said Lading of Butter herring<br />
and Salmon was soe put on board the said ship shee set<br />
saile with the same for Bourdeaux and in her Course<br />
thither, in the moneth of October last (the day hee remembreth<br />
not) the said ship abd Lading were met with and seized<br />
upon the high sea, neere the Seemes upon the Coast of<br />
France, by a ship called the ''Charles'', whereof one Browne<br />
was then Master and the said Browne and severall of his Company<br />
declared in this Deponents Presence that Morgan Jones was their Captaine<br />
and that hee was a Part Owner and setter forth of their Ship. or to that effect<br />
(Ther Ship. or to that effect<br />
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