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The National Archives: E134/1Anne/East18
Exchequer Depositions in Hedley & Fairlasse v Jarratt (1702)
dated 15/4/Anne1 (1702)
Brief notes.......
"....for and on the part of William Jarratt one of the defdts to bill of complaint of Nicholas Hedley & Thomas Fairlasse."
Other
case documents have not yet been referenced, and therefore the details
of the case are not absolutely clear, but they concern a dispute over
the the income from, and shares in the sale money of, the ship Thomas
& Mary of Scarbrough
Deponent: Abraham Watson, Scarbrough, Malster, 50 years or thereabouts
- Allan Jarratt was master of Thomas and Mary of Scarbrough (son of the above Wm Jarratt)
Deponent: James Roddy of Scarbrough, Marriner, aged forty years and upwards.
"......about six yeares ago the said deponent was mate to the said Allan Jarratt
in the said ship and the first voyadge the said ship made after this
deponent was mate was from Scarbrough to Sunderland where the complt
Headley loaded the said ship wth coals which they carryed to Boston in
Lincolnshire..... ...... and in their return for Scarbrough again they
were forced to run the said ship or vessell aground to sink her to
prevent her taking by a French privateer then nigh but the said French
privateer tooke the said Allan Jarratt
the master on board of him and kept him until he payd a Ransome for the
said ship to prevent the privateer burning her. But what him the said Allan Jarratt the mr so payd for the Ransome this deponent remembers not ....."
- returned to Scarbrough, loaded malt for Sunderland, which they delivered
- then loaded with coals which were delivered to Kingston upon Hull
- loaded at Kingston upon Hull for Lieth in Scotland but
".....
overtaken by a violent storm and driven upon the coasts of Norway and
were forced to throw some of their loading overboard to save the rest
of the cargoe and vessell And by reason of French privateers were
forc't to continue the said vessell in Mandell harbour in Norway about
thirteen weeks....."
- corn was spoiled due to delay and effect of sea water
- master forced to sell the best anchor and cable in order to get provisions for the ship's company
- when they got away, they came to Hartlepool where the deponent left the ship and Wm Jarratt had to sell the ship to Peter Covell
Deponent: William Dove, Danby Dale, Mariner, 40 years and upwards
- fore mastman on voyage where the ship taken by privateers
- taken by privateers near Staiths
- ransom was £150 and Allan Jarratt was taken to Dunkirk until it was paid
Deponent: George Porret, Scarbrough, gent, 25 years or thereabouts
Deponent: Thomas Russell, Scarbrough, Master & mariner, 50 years or thereabouts
- the above was the second time that the ship had encountered privateers
- previous occasion had cost a ransom of £224
There
were further deponents, but the only significant further information
was that one deponent stated that he believed that "..Allan Jarratt has for some time been in the East Indies.."