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To the first hee saith that hee doth very … To the first hee saith that hee doth very well knowe the shipp<br />
the ''Allen frigott'' arlate, whereof hee hath heard that the Interrogated<br />
Raph Pratt was Master when shee came last from Bristoll, and<br />
saith that her lading sent downe by the Owners and Commissioners att<br />
the Proze office, to bring her upp to this Port of London, did s[?ee] some<br />
of the bills of lading which specified that shee was Bound from the<br />
said Port of Bristo[?w] to this of London, And further hee saith hee cannot<br />
depose saveing that hee knoweth the said shipp when shee was<br />
built.
To the second hee saith that Captaine William Thomas and Mary<br />
Shotton the Producent were Part Owners of the said Shipp her tackle<br />
apparell and furniture, shee the said Producent being made Executrix<br />
of the will of William Allen which hee this deponent hath seene wherein<br />
hee saith his share or part of the said shipp was given and disposed<br />
to her the said producent And further hee cannot depose./
To the third hee saith that the said shipp being taken and brought into<br />
Milford Have was delivered into the possession of Justi[?ce]<br />
White Vice Admirall there from whome hee saith hee had the said<br />
Shipp surrendred to him by an order from the Comissioners for the<br />
Prizes which he brought upp to this Port of London And further<br />
hee saith hee cannot depose./
To the Crosse Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith that the said producent had a share and<br />
part of the said shipp but what or the worth thereof hee saith<br />
hee cannot declare
To the second hee saith hee cannot depose to any part thereof.
To the third hee saith hee cannot depose, being then att London, and<br />
not belonging to the said shipp, s[XXX]ing hee beleaveth that the<br />
shipps boate was lost when she was taken, for that there was no boate<br />
belonging to her when hee came downe to Milford Haven where he saith<br />
hee was forced a buy a new one, And otherwise answareth not./
Repeated all them before doctor Clarke
John d[XXXXes] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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5th of August 1651.
'''Rp. 4.'''
'''Captaine William Thomas''' of the Libertie of the Tower of<br />
London Mariner, aged 50 yeeres or thereabouts sworne and<br />
examined saith and deposeth as followeth.
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith and deposeth
To the second Interrogatorie hee deposeth that hee this deponent and the producent Mary Shotton<br />
, were the time interrogated sole owners of thes said shipp, videlicet<br />
hee this deponent of five eighth parts and the said mary owner of three<br />
eighth parts of the said shipp the ''Allen frigot'', which interest therein of<br />
the said Mary came and arcrued unto her as being Executrix of the [?will]<br />
of William Allen the elder, Shipwright, who at the time of his death<br />
was owner of the said three eighth parts. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the third Interrogatorie hee saith and deposeth that the said shipp after her departure<br />
from Bristoll was in her course for London met with and taken off the<br />
lands end (as hee was informed) by a Jersey man of warr, and afterwards<br />
retakenf warr, and afterwards<br />
retaken +
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