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'''Richard Harvey''' of Lyme in the<br … '''Richard Harvey''' of Lyme in the<br />
County of dorsett Merchant aged 21.<br />
yeares or thereabouts sworne before the right<br />
Worshippfull doctor Clerke one of the Judges of the<br />
high Court of Admiraltie saith and deposeth<br />
as followeth:-/
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith, That this examinate well knoweth<br />
the shipp called the ''Weymouth Merchant'' interrate, whereof one<br />
Edward harris was Master, and saith this examinate was aboard her at<br />
Wexford nay upon or about the 27th day of November last past being the<br />
last time shee was there, being then bound upon a Voyage for [?Nantes]<br />
in ffrance, but saith hee was not one of her Companie in the Voiage in<br />
Controversie. And further cannot depose saving his following deposition
To the 2d. Interrogatorie hee sith, That in or about the moneth of<br />
November <u>1654.</u> last past the interrate ffrancis harvey caused<br />
to be laden aboard the said shipp the ''Weymouth Merchant'' at Wexford [?XXXX XXX] then<br />
bound for Nantes as aforesaid three hundred and eighty<br />
barrells of herrings for and upon the proper accompt and adventure<br />
of him the said ffrancis harvey, which quantity of herrings this<br />
deponent by order of the said ffrancis harvey then and there laded<br />
in and aboard the said shipp designed as aforesaid, and consigned<br />
to be delivered to this deponent at Nantes as ffactor to and for the<br />
said ffrancis harvey, this deponent to that purpose going along a<br />
passenger in the said shipp the Voiage in Controversy:
To the third hee saith the said shipp the ''Weymouth Merchant''<br />
did actually depart and sett saile from Wexford bay towards<br />
Nantes upon or about the 27th day of November as predeposed,<br />
and saith that in such her intended Course shee ad her lasing<br />
were mett with surprized and taken by two friggats or men<br />
of warr of Ostend, and saith the said shipp the ''Weymouth''<br />
''Merchant'' and lading were so surprized and taken by the said<br />
ffrigats upon or about the 20th of January last past after about 2. howers Chase and about 5. leagues distance<br />
from heller Island neere the maine land of ffrance, the said<br />
shipps Companie having endeavoured but pereceiving no possibility to<br />
escape from the said ffrigatts which were each of them of a farr<br />
greater force then the said ''Weymouth Merchant'', and saith, That<br />
after the said seizure the said shipp and lading were of this deponents<br />
sight brought up to Ostend where they were adjudged Prize by<br />
the seizors and were and are deteyned from the said ffrancis harvey<br />
and others the Proprietors thereof. The premisses hee deposeth of<br />
certaine knowledge being taken aboard the said shipp brought<br />
up by one of the said frigatts to Ostend, and having seene the<br />
Adjudication of the said goods. And further cannot depose
Repeated before Doctor Clerke:-/
Rich: harvery [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]rke:-/
Rich: harvery [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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