Examination of Pierre de Ratzou [Derratsou], by John Greenway, Portsmouth
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Titre
Examination of Pierre de Ratzou [Derratsou], by John Greenway, Portsmouth
Créateur
Greenway, John
Contributeur
Carette, Camille (transcription)
Éditeur
CNRS IKER (UMR 5478)
Date
23/04/1757
Type
manuscrit
Format
PDF
Étendue de la ressource, taille, durée
2 fichiers (fac-similé 7.3 Mo, transcription 422 Ko) ; le texte contient 478 mots.
Support
papier
Langue
anglais
Source
Documents reconstitués à partir de photographies au format 'jpeg' prises dans le fonds HCA.
Sujet
guerre de sept ans
prise de guerre
interrogatoire
dossier judiciaire
vente par adjudication
Description
Il était courant de poser à trois membres de l'équipage du navire capturé des questions standard pour découvrir la vérité sur la nationalité, la propriété et la destination prévue du navire, de sa cargaison et de son équipage.
Résumé
L'officier de marine Pierre Derratzou du Dauphin est interrogé par John Greenway. Ses réponses sont plutôt vagues. Le commissaire James Bucknall traduit en anglais les propos de Derratzou. Ce dernier, originaire de Saint-Jean-de-Luz en France, témoigne sous serment à Portsmouth le 23 avril 1757 sur la capture du navire, décrivant ses caractéristiques, son chargement, son équipage, et l'identité présumée de son propriétaire.
Couverture spatiale
Portsmouth
Couverture temporelle
18e siècle
Droits
Domaine public
Droit d'accès
Nous tenons à exprimer notre sincère gratitude aux Archives nationales du Royaume-Uni, Kew à Londres (TNA) pour l'utilisation des copies numériques du fonds <em>Prize Papers</em>.
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Paternité - Pas d'utilisation commerciale - Partage selon les Conditions Initiales [CC] [BY] [NC] [SA]
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Documentation conservée à Archives de la High Court of Admiralty and colonial Vice-Admiralty courts (Londres)
Référence
Talec Jean-Philippe et Videgain Charles (eds.), Mémoires, lettres et papiers du Dauphin : Bayonne, Louisbourg, Londres – 1757, La Crèche, La Geste éditions (coll. « Presses universitaires de Nouvelle-Aquitaine »), 2024, 606 p.
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Provenance
TNA, HCA 32/180/7 CP6
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Texte
Pierre Derratzou of St Jean de Luz in the Kingdom of France aged about twenty three years being sworn and examined deposeth as follows
1 To the first Interrogatory this Deponent saith that he was born and has always lived when at home at St Jean de Luz aforesaid, is a subject of the French King and a Burgess of St Jean de Luz aforesaid by birth.
2 To the second Interrogatory this Deponent saith that he was present at the Time of seizing and taking the Ship and her lading concerning which he is now examined, and that she had a commission of War from the French King.
3 To the third Interrogatory this Deponent saith that the said ship and her lading, concerning which he is now examined, were taken and seized in the latitude of about 46 on the ninth day of April instant as prize of war, that she was brought into the Port of Portsmouth, sailed under French colours, made no resistance when she was taken, and was taken by the Rochester, a British Man of War, in Company with two other British Men of War, which this Deponent has heard were the the Somerset and Devonshire, but the Captains Names of the said ships this Deponent cannot set forth.
4 To the fourth Interrogatory, this Deponent saith that Martin Lermet was Master or Commander of the Ship in Question when she was taken, that this Deponent has know him ever since he can remember, but who appointed him to the Command of the said ship, or who delivered the same to him, this Deponent knoweth not, that the Captain lives at Sibour, where he has lived when at home ever since this Deponent's knowledge of him and was born, as this Deponent believes, that the Captain is a subject of the French King and is not married.
5 To the fifth Interrogatory this Deponent saith that the said ship in question is of the burthen of about eighty tons, that the number of mariners (officers included) was thirty one who were all Frenchmen except one Englishman, which mariners were all hired and shipt by the Captain at Bayonne and thereabouts in the Month of March last.
6 To the sixth Interrogatory, this Deponent saith that neither he or any of the officers or mariners belonging to the said ship in question had any part, share or interest in her or in any of her lading (except private adventures) that he was Lieutenant of her when she was taken, that he has known her only since the Month of March last, that he saw her first at Bayonne aforesaid and knows not where she was built.
7 To the seventh Interrogatory this Deponent saith that he never knew the said ship in question called by any other name than Le Dauphin, that the had a passport on board from the Admiral of France, that she was bound in her voyage from Bayonne to Louisbourg and from Louisbourg to Bayonne again that she accordingly set sail from Bayonne and was taken in her passage to Louisbourg that her voyage began and was to have ended at Bayonne if she had not been taken and that her cargo from the date of her passport to the time of her capture consisted of wine, brandy and shoes.
8 To the eighth Interrogatory this Deponent saith that the cargo the said ship in question carried at the time of her first setting sail in her last voyage and also when she was taken consisted of wine, brandy and shoes, the particular quantities of which he cannot set forth, which cargo was all put on board in the month of March last.
9 To the ninth Interrogatory this Deponent saith that he believes Monsieur Laborde was owner of the ship in question when she was taken because he acted as such, that the said Monsieur Laborde is a Frenchman by birth, lives with his wife and family at Louisbourg, and is a subject of the French King.
10 To the tenth Interrogatory this Deponent saith that he cannot depose.
11 To the eleventh Interrogatory, this Deponent saith that the said cargo was all put on board at Bayonne aforesaid on several days in the said month of March last.
12 To the twelfth Interrogatory this Deponent saith that the aforesaid Monsieur Laborde was lader and the French King proprietor of the cargo of the said ship in question, that the said goods were to have been delivered at Louisbourg, and the he this Deponent does believe that at the time of the lading the said cargo, and at the present time, and also if the goods shall be restored and unladen at the destined port, the goods did, do and will belong to the said French King and to none others.
13 To the thirteenth Interrogatory this Deponent saith that he cannot depose.
14 To the fourteenth Interrogatory this Deponent saith that the papers relative to the ship or goods in question are now in Great Britain as he believes because the Captain delivered them to the captors when he was taken.
15 To the fifteenth Interrogatory this Deponent saith that he cannot depose.
16 To the sixteenth Interrogatoy this Deponent saith that he cannot set forth what particular papers relative to the ship or goods in question were on board her when she took her departure from Bayonne but that none of them were burnt, torn, thrown overboard, destroyed or concealed.
17 To the seventeenth Interrogatory this Deponent saith that the said ship in question was never seized or condemned as prize before.
18 To the eighteenth Interrogatory, this Deponent saith that he hath lost by the capture and detention of the said ship in question his Chest and Cloaths, to the value of fifty livres, for which loss he has neither received or been promised any indemnity or satisfaction whatsoever.
19 To the nineteenth Interrogatory this Deponent saith that he cannot depose.
20 To the twentieth Interrogatory this Deponent saith that in case the said ship in question had arrived at her destined port he believes the cargo on being unladen would have continued the property of the French King.
[signé] Pierre Derratzou
Sworn before me [signé] John Greenway
In presence of George Augustus Prosser, Notary Public
By interpretation of James Bucknall
1 To the first Interrogatory this Deponent saith that he was born and has always lived when at home at St Jean de Luz aforesaid, is a subject of the French King and a Burgess of St Jean de Luz aforesaid by birth.
2 To the second Interrogatory this Deponent saith that he was present at the Time of seizing and taking the Ship and her lading concerning which he is now examined, and that she had a commission of War from the French King.
3 To the third Interrogatory this Deponent saith that the said ship and her lading, concerning which he is now examined, were taken and seized in the latitude of about 46 on the ninth day of April instant as prize of war, that she was brought into the Port of Portsmouth, sailed under French colours, made no resistance when she was taken, and was taken by the Rochester, a British Man of War, in Company with two other British Men of War, which this Deponent has heard were the the Somerset and Devonshire, but the Captains Names of the said ships this Deponent cannot set forth.
4 To the fourth Interrogatory, this Deponent saith that Martin Lermet was Master or Commander of the Ship in Question when she was taken, that this Deponent has know him ever since he can remember, but who appointed him to the Command of the said ship, or who delivered the same to him, this Deponent knoweth not, that the Captain lives at Sibour, where he has lived when at home ever since this Deponent's knowledge of him and was born, as this Deponent believes, that the Captain is a subject of the French King and is not married.
5 To the fifth Interrogatory this Deponent saith that the said ship in question is of the burthen of about eighty tons, that the number of mariners (officers included) was thirty one who were all Frenchmen except one Englishman, which mariners were all hired and shipt by the Captain at Bayonne and thereabouts in the Month of March last.
6 To the sixth Interrogatory, this Deponent saith that neither he or any of the officers or mariners belonging to the said ship in question had any part, share or interest in her or in any of her lading (except private adventures) that he was Lieutenant of her when she was taken, that he has known her only since the Month of March last, that he saw her first at Bayonne aforesaid and knows not where she was built.
7 To the seventh Interrogatory this Deponent saith that he never knew the said ship in question called by any other name than Le Dauphin, that the had a passport on board from the Admiral of France, that she was bound in her voyage from Bayonne to Louisbourg and from Louisbourg to Bayonne again that she accordingly set sail from Bayonne and was taken in her passage to Louisbourg that her voyage began and was to have ended at Bayonne if she had not been taken and that her cargo from the date of her passport to the time of her capture consisted of wine, brandy and shoes.
8 To the eighth Interrogatory this Deponent saith that the cargo the said ship in question carried at the time of her first setting sail in her last voyage and also when she was taken consisted of wine, brandy and shoes, the particular quantities of which he cannot set forth, which cargo was all put on board in the month of March last.
9 To the ninth Interrogatory this Deponent saith that he believes Monsieur Laborde was owner of the ship in question when she was taken because he acted as such, that the said Monsieur Laborde is a Frenchman by birth, lives with his wife and family at Louisbourg, and is a subject of the French King.
10 To the tenth Interrogatory this Deponent saith that he cannot depose.
11 To the eleventh Interrogatory, this Deponent saith that the said cargo was all put on board at Bayonne aforesaid on several days in the said month of March last.
12 To the twelfth Interrogatory this Deponent saith that the aforesaid Monsieur Laborde was lader and the French King proprietor of the cargo of the said ship in question, that the said goods were to have been delivered at Louisbourg, and the he this Deponent does believe that at the time of the lading the said cargo, and at the present time, and also if the goods shall be restored and unladen at the destined port, the goods did, do and will belong to the said French King and to none others.
13 To the thirteenth Interrogatory this Deponent saith that he cannot depose.
14 To the fourteenth Interrogatory this Deponent saith that the papers relative to the ship or goods in question are now in Great Britain as he believes because the Captain delivered them to the captors when he was taken.
15 To the fifteenth Interrogatory this Deponent saith that he cannot depose.
16 To the sixteenth Interrogatoy this Deponent saith that he cannot set forth what particular papers relative to the ship or goods in question were on board her when she took her departure from Bayonne but that none of them were burnt, torn, thrown overboard, destroyed or concealed.
17 To the seventeenth Interrogatory this Deponent saith that the said ship in question was never seized or condemned as prize before.
18 To the eighteenth Interrogatory, this Deponent saith that he hath lost by the capture and detention of the said ship in question his Chest and Cloaths, to the value of fifty livres, for which loss he has neither received or been promised any indemnity or satisfaction whatsoever.
19 To the nineteenth Interrogatory this Deponent saith that he cannot depose.
20 To the twentieth Interrogatory this Deponent saith that in case the said ship in question had arrived at her destined port he believes the cargo on being unladen would have continued the property of the French King.
[signé] Pierre Derratzou
Sworn before me [signé] John Greenway
In presence of George Augustus Prosser, Notary Public
By interpretation of James Bucknall
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Greenway, John, “Examination of Pierre de Ratzou [Derratsou], by John Greenway, Portsmouth,” Entrepôt de données ANPERSANA, consulté le 8 septembre 2024, https://anpersana.iker.univ-pau.fr/items/show/486.