HCA 13/70 f.438r Annotate
Volume | HCA 13/70 |
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Folio | 438 |
Side | Recto |
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to carry her for Brest, there came two small English men of warr and
assailed and fought the said Brestman, and at length tooke the said man of
warr and rescued the Rappahanack being a shipp of London; and after the
said seizure and rescue, this deponent (who was one of the company of
the Rappahanack) perceived and understood that one of the said English men
of warr that made the said seizure was called the hopewell Pinck (Lambert
Cornelison commannder) and was in the immediate service of this Commonwealth
and that the other was a private man of warr called the hound, commannded
by one derrick Swine, or some such name. And saith the said two English=
=men of warr came neere together in company to the said Brestman and
Rappahanack, but the hound was foremost of the two, and first entred
the Rappahanack, (which hee knoweth because hee this deponent was then
in the Rappahanack and was one of her company) and that the Hound
assisting to the hopewell in taking the Brestman of warr, but which
of them first entred the Brestman hee saith hee knoweth not. And
further saith that the said shipp the hound had about 6 or 8 peeces
of ordnance at the time of the said seizure, and the hopewell had tenn
peeces, and was of about 40 tonnes burthen, and the hound of 40 tonnes
burthen and upwards in his estimation. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith hee hath noe share in the hound or is any way
concerned in her, and otherwise hee cannot answer,
To the second hee cannot answear, saying hee knoweth nothing of the contents
thereof
To the third hee saith hee never sawe the Commission interrogated, And otherwise
hee cannot depose.
To the fourth hee saith there were severall shotts made at the Rappahanack
and Brestman by the said two Englishmen of warr before the said seizure and
rescue, And otherwise hee cannot answer saving as foresaid.
To the 5th hee cannot depose.
To the 6th hee saith that the hounds men had entred and were aboard
the Rappahanack an houre and more before any of the hopewalls men
boarded her, And otherwise hee cannot answear, saying hee knoweth not
of Lambert Cornelison his comming aboard the Rappahanack in person.
To the 7th hee saith the Rappahanack had bin about a fortnight taken
and in custodie of the Brestman of warr before the said Rescue by the
English. And otherwise hee cannot answear.
The marke of
John [MARKE] Shakerly [MARKE, RH SIDE]
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The same day. [CENTRE HEADING]
Examined upon the foresaid allegation.
2.
Richard Hull of the parish of Stepney in the County of
Middlesex Mariner, aged 35 yeares or thereabouts
sworne and examined.
To the second and third article sof the said allegation hee saith and
deposeth that on or about the fifth of May last the shipp the Rappahanack
lying in a bay on the coast of ffrance called the Hug not farr from Cape
de hagy under the power of a Brestman of warr which had taken her
there came two small English men of warr sailing towards
them, which set upon them and after some small dispute and shooting
seized the Brestman and rescued the Rappahanack belonging to this port