Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 554
Title	Deposition from John Colson; 25 Feb. 1704/5
Date	25 February 1705
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Discusses the appointment of John Colson as Chief mate of the ketch 'Good Will' on the understanding that it was bound for Portugal; states that Colson was later informed that the vessel was bound for France and that they intended to 'use the French trade that winter'; says that his protests were ignored; comments that the master of the vessel Peter Pruno has brought his family over to England. Old Style dating on letter.
Term	appointments, maritime
	crimes, smuggling
	maritime vessels, ketches, 'Good Will'

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29317	Pruno; Peter (fl 1704); -; master of the ketch 'Good Will'; smuggler?	fl 1704
NA29318	Colson; John (fl 1704-1705); Mr; Chief mate of the ketch 'Good Will'	fl 1704-1705
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724