Procedure: petition, 31 December 1696, Edinburgh

Att Edinburgh the Eighteen Day of Jwny J^aj vi^c nyntie six yeirs

D1696/6/14

D1696/6/14¹

Order

Recomendatione Thomas Fullertowne

Anent the petitione given to the Lords of his majesties privie Counsell be Thomas Fullertowne late captaine of the William and Mary Frigot attending the Garrisone of Fartiem Shewing that wher as the petitioner haveing comanded and sailed the said frigot ever since the erecting of the said garrisone till the begining of Jwny Last at which tyme he was commanded by Collonell John Hill to Saill with the said frigot to Clyde for unloadening coall for the garrisones wse and transporting cloaths for rewse of the regiment And the petitioner (implying of the said voyadge) being Driven upon the coast of Ireland wher he was attacqued by a French privateer of eight gwns two potteraraes and seventie men under the comand of Monsiews Libbertowne. And efter all resistance he was able to make aither by fighting or flying wes with the said frigot made prize of by the privateer And efter he was brought aboard the said privateer and haveing commwned with the said Captaine to ransome the said frigot at fiftie punds Sterleing which he was obleidged to pay within twentie four houres therefter wherupon the petitioner sent one of his own crew ashoar to Bellfast with ane bill to raise the money for her ransome which imediatly efter the said Captaine haveing perceaved two small merchand Shipps at anchor in the Bay Called Loch Lairne made use of the said William and Mary frigot manned by twentie two of his own crew to attacq and bring them off which being seen by the petitioners man on Shoar he imediatly allarmed the Countrie who by boatts and armed men retook the said frigott and preserved the other tuo and made the twentie two French men prisoners Imediatly efter the recovery of the said frigot monsieur Libbertoune comander of the sad privateer wherin the petitioner was prisoner sailed Straight in perswte of Some other vessells which he saw upon the same coast by whom the petitioner was treated with all imaginable hardshipe because of his disapointment both of Ship and Ransome and at his arriveall at St Mallos he was ther made prisoner for near seven moneths togither untill he was repledged by the Liberatione of those of the said privateers crew who was aboard the said frigot when retaken the petitioner haveing suffered all the hardshipe miserie and extremite imaginable Dureing the tyme of his imprisonement and haveing spent any substance² he had while prisoner ther And he lying out of his wadges Dureing the said tyme of his imprisonement hath soe depaupered the petitioner that he is rendered almost incapable of gaineing bread for himself unles the saids Lords be pleased to comiserat his hard circumstances and allow his bygone wadges Dureing the tyme of his imprisonement and mentainance Dureing the said tyme and his expensses in travelling homewards Conforme to the accompt therof therwith produced So that his creditors who have alreadie advanced the same may be repayed and the petitioner againe putt in ane conditione of gaineing his Libertiehood As the said petitione bears Which petitione being this day read and considered be the saids Lords of privie Counsell They heirby recommend to The Lords Comissioners of his Majesties Thesaurie To consider the said petitione and accompt produced therwith And to grant the Desyre of the petitione if they shall find Just