HCA 13/68 f.617v Annotate
| Volume | HCA 13/68 |
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| Folio | 617 |
| Side | Verso |
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| Colin Greenstreet | |
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| 2016/11/14 | |
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under the Greate Seale of this Court,a nd carryed the same
with him to Plimouth where he had the possession of his sayd shipp
the ffortune and her lading delivered to him, And saith that
on or about the 21th or 22th day of ffebruary 1653 last past
he sett saile with his sayd shipp and goods from Plymouth and tooke
to sea with him the Exemplification of his Restitution so sealed as
aforesayd,a nd that after he had bene att sea two dayes upon his
Course for Hamburgh all along the English Coast about 6.
leagues from Dover the foresayd Captaien carey and Company
in their shipp being a private man of warr mett with this
deponent and hald him demanding of this deponent whence
he was and whither bound whereto this deponent replyed that
he was of Stralsond and was goeing to Hamburgh, and upon
the neerer approach of the sayd private man of warr and boarding
of the sayd shipp ffortune (but before actuall boarding) this
deponent did declare to the sayd Captaine carey (who is by common
repute an Irish man) that he this deponent had bene formerly
seized as aforesaid and that the sayd shipp ffortune and her lading had bene upon legall processe duly
restored by Authority of the Admiralty Court of England, and
then this deponent produced his foresayd Exemplification and
shewed the sayd carey the seale thereof being the great
seale of this Court But the sayd Carey the premisses notwithstanding
would and did board this deponent and sayd he cared not for the
sayd seale nor for any of the Contents of the writing under the
same, And saith that so soone as the sayd Carey and Company
of his sayd man of warr did board the fortune aforesayd his the
sayd Careyes men without anbt offence to them offered or cause
given did beat this deponents shipps Company with their swords
in the sight of this deponent, And soone after this deponent and
4 of his Company were taken into and carryed on board the sayd
Man of warr and then and there this deponent delivered to the
sayd Carey his bookes papers and writings, and amongst the rest
the forementioned examplification under seale as aforesayd, which the
sayd Carey did read and sayd he mattered it not nor cared for it
and that the sayd decree so exemplifyed notwithstandinge he
would make the sayd shipp ffortune prize and carry her to Dover
with her lading. And saith att the sayd tyme upon boarding of the
ffortune the sayd Careyes men did with their swords cutt in peices
much of the tackle and ropes of the sayd shipp ffortune, And having
soe done and being become Masters of her did by order of the
sayd Carey carry her to Dover where she now is with her lading being
wynes praens and ginger in the possession of the sayd Carew
or his Agents. And saith that upon the sayd Carrey bringing
this deponent and his Company to Dover he turned all this
deponents people out of the shipp ffortune and sent and kept them
as Prisoners in private howses in Dover 2 and 2 in an howse
and kept this deponent for five dayes together alone as a
prisoner in a private howse there, and debarred him the use of
pen Inke and paper and all meanes whereby he might make
his case knowne, and in that case had kept this deponent to
this tyme
