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Sessions<lb></lb>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15092_n1163-1">John Davies</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15092_geo1163">Bishopsgate Street</rs>
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London Oilman and<lb></lb>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15092_n1163-3">Robet Studwell</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15092_geo1164">London</rs>
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late <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15092_occ416">Mate of The Ship</rs>
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Nautillces whereof <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15092_n1163-4">William Brightmer</rs>
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was late<lb></lb>
Master severally make Oath and first the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15092_n1163-5">Robert Studwell</rs>
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for<lb></lb>
himself saith That on or about the Ninth day of June last one<lb></lb>
hundred and six Tons or Four thousand two hundred and Forty<lb></lb>
Bushels of English Refined Salt were shipped on board the said<lb></lb>
Ship or Vessel called The Nautillus at Liverpool in the County of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15092_geo1165">Lancaster</rs>
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and cleared there in order to be conveyed by Sea to the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15092_geo1166">Port of London</rs>
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for and on Account of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15092_n1163-6">John Davies</rs>
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the<lb></lb>
Owner of the said Salt And this Deponent the said Robert<lb></lb>
Studwell further saith that on or about the firstDay of July<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15092_occ417">followingthe said Ship</rs>
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or Vessel with the said Salt on board<lb></lb>
her set Sail from Liverpool aforesaid for the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15092_geo1167">Port of London</rs>
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<lb></lb>
And that on or about the Ninth day of the said Month of July last the said Ship<lb></lb>
or Vessel with the said Salt on board her in the Course of her<lb></lb>
Voyage to London upon the High Sea about the distance of<lb></lb>
FourLeagues off plymouth was taken by certain persons<lb></lb>
then being on Board a certain private Ship of War called She<lb></lb>
Sherdain belonging to Subjects of The French King then and still<lb></lb>
being Enemies of and at War with the King of Great Britain<lb></lb>
And this Deponent further saith that the said Ship or Vessel<lb></lb>
with the said Salt on board her was afterwards detained and<lb></lb>
kept for the benefit of the Owner or Owners of the said private Ship<lb></lb>
of War And lastly this Deponent the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15092_n1163-7">John Davies</rs>
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for himself<lb></lb>
saith that the Duty for all the said Salt on board the said<lb></lb>
Ship or Vessel hath been paid to <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15092_n1163-8">His Majesty</rs>
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<p n="1164">Sworn at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15092_geo1168">Guildhall</rs>
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all London<lb></lb>
the <rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15092_date122">Fifteenth Day of October 1781</rs>
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<p n="1165">By the Court</p>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15092_n1166-2">Robt Studwell</rs>
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