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Transcription

The seaventh of July 1658. [CENTRE HEADING]

The claime of John Sommers Englishman}
for a certaine shipp formerly called the Cane}
Merchant, retaken by the Preston frigot.}

Examined upon an allegation given in
on the behalfe of the said claimer.

Rp. 1us

Thomas Grimsditch of
Limehouse Mariner
aged 28 yeares or thereabouts
sworne and examined.

To the first and second articles of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that
hee well knoweth the vessell or shipp called the Cane
Merchant, whereof the producent John Sommers was master, and
hath soe donne for theise foure yeares last or thereabouts, during
which space or the morst part thereof Sommers hath bin owner of her and of her
tackle and furniture and soe commonly accounted, which hee knoweth, being
acquainted with the buying of her by the said
Sommers, And saith the said producent within the said time fitted
and set her out on severall voyages to sea, as owner of her and paid
for the materials as owner of her, and alsoe various wages, which
hee knoweth havings erved three voyages in her as Gunner during such time
as the said Sommers was owner and
in possession of her videlicet within the time aforesaid, and being hired by him
and receiving wages of him as owner aforesaid.

To the third article hee saith and deposeth that the said shipp having taken
in her lading of oile, sope, and other goods at Marseilla, and being in
her course of proceeding thence for Bristol her port of discharge
was in the moneth of Aprill 1656 set upon and after fight surprized and taken
by a frigot of warr whereof Richard dillon was commander
pretending to have a Commission from the (soe called) duke of
Yorke and carried to Saint Sebastians
where having delivered her goods, shee was brought to Passag[?a],
which ports of Passag[?e] and Saint Sebastians hee saith are in
the dominions of the king of Spaine. And that by the said seizure
soe made by the said dillon and company, the said producent and his
company of mariners were dispossessed of the said shipp, and thae
said producent dispoiled and deprived thereof, which hee knoweth being
on board and Gunner of the said shipp the Cane Merchant at the time
of the said seizure, and carried to Passage in the man of warr in
company of the said shipp, as the said shipp was [XXX XXXX to XXXXX], and [XX ?passage this deponent] and most of her company [?presumed],
And further hee deposeth not.

To the fourth hee saith that the said shipp the Cane Marchant was at the
time of the said seizure ffrench built and of the burthen of betwixt eightie
and ninetie tonnes in his estimation of her tonnage, and had then aboard
her tenn guns, with sailes, anchors, cables and all other necesssaries, and
otherwise saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot depose, saving hee cannot
estimate the valew of the said shipp or lading.

To the fourth (sic) and fifth hee saith that the said shipp the Cane Marchant
is since (as hee hath bin credibly informed) retaken by the Preston frigot
and brought into Plimouth. And otherwise hee cannot depose.

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