p140- Manx Soc vol 9  'Monumenta de Insula Manniae - Vol 3'
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Manx Soc vol IV,VII & IX
Deposition of John Casen respecting Captain Christian.
A.D. 1633.
STATE PAPER OFFICE, DOMESTIC CORRESPONDENCE.
JOHN CASEN, servant to the right ho
ble
the Lord Strange

maketh oath that his said Lord and Master commanded him about the

later end of January last to goe over w
th
tres from his

Lo
p
to
Edward

Christian
, capten of the Isle of Mann, and he went acordinglie to

Wyer water in Lancashire for to take shippinge, and there stayed

neare a monethe for a winde and imediatlie upon his arrivall in the

Isle of Mann he went to the house of the said Captain Christian, and

delivded his lord
ps
lres unto him, where he founde him

sicke in bedd : and this depon
t
further saieth that

duringe his abode in the island, w
ch
was 6 or 7 dayes, the

said Edward Christian kept his bed contynuallie only he did rest a

little in the afternoone to have his bedd made. And the depon
t
verelie beleeveth in his conscience that the said Edward

Christian is soe weake and soe farr spent in body by reason of his

long and lingeringe sicknes that he is in noe way able to travaile on

horseback att all, nor any other way, wthout eminent danger of his

life. And to this depon
ts
knowledge he tooke his sicknes

in September last, the depon
t
being then theire in that

island wth the said Captaine Christian and the said Edward Christian

willed this depon
t
tõ tell his Lord that if it

please God to give him recovrie and so much strength as he might be

able to stirre abroade he would not faile to waite on his

Lo
p
as soone as possiblie he could.
Ro. Riche.
Jur xix° Martii, 1633.
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