Middlesex to Wit

The Information of John Hickford< no role > of Little Brickhill
in the County of Bucks Labourer and Edward Hatt< no role > on
of the Same place Schoolmaster taken before one this
8th. day of June 1787

Who being upon Oath say, and first the said John Hickford< no role >
says that he was a Marine on board the Triumph for about two
YearsThat he went on board her at Chatham and went in her
to the West Indies at which time a person now present who calls
himself Richard Ramsbottom< no role > was a Corporal of Mariner on
board the Triumph whilst he was on board of herThat he this
Informant cannot write nor ever signed his Mark in his Life
to any [..] Instrument whatsoeverAnd further says that he was
not a Witness to the Will now produced nor did he ever Witness any
other Will in his LifeAnd the said Edward Hatton< no role > for himself
says that he hath know the said John Hickford< no role > for upwards of
twenty Five Years and that he always understood and doth verily
believe that he said Hickford can neither write nor read

Sworn before me this
8th. day of June 1787 }
Sampn Wright< no role >

his
John [mark] Hickford< no role >
Mark

Edwd Hatten< no role >