[1401] Ibid., 2nd Sept. 1653.
[1402] Add. MSS., 9304, f. 60.
[1403] State Papers, Dom., xlviii, 81.
[1404] Soon afterwards Taylor and Young were placed in command of armed merchantmen; Blake subsequently had a man-of-war. John Saltonstall and John Wadsworth were involved with the four others. Wadsworth certainly commanded a hired merchantman; Saltonstall’s ship is doubtful.
[1405] Accused by his crew (Adventure), who were prepared ‘to spend our lives and limbs in this service for the good of our native country of England and this government.’ He was in trouble again in 1656.
[1406] Allowed two colliers to be captured, and would not chase because they were ‘only colliers.’
[1407] ‘The prize office commissioners said they thought the devil must be in that captain to sell all and bring nothing but bare hulls of ships.’
[1408] ‘The court did not think it meet to expel him, being an active and stout-fighting man.’
[1409] No result appears to have been arrived at about the captain, but the court-martial found that the boatswain, he was charged with maiming had struck him, but they ‘possessed no power to sentence him’—a very strange conclusion to come to.
[1410] Second offence. He petitioned that £80 might be accepted in settlement of the £150 he was fined, as he was very poor and had a large family. His petition was granted.