And I the said Surrogate do hereby further Certify that although the said Francis Parry hath been acquainted with and well knows the Contents of the said Decree and hath been required to give Such Security as the Law requires in such Cases yet the said Francis Parry hath not given or offered Security to the Satisfaction of the Court or paid any regard to the Sentence or Decree of this Court on the Contrary the said Francis Parry in defiance of the Authority of this Court did forceably take Possession of the said Ship America and turned the Marshall of this Court out of her and hath since and still doth keep such unlawful Possession and did Unlawfully Imprison the said Robert Cunningham for several Days refusing to Admit any of his (the said Robert Cunninghams[)] most intimate Friends to Visit him ー
Given under my Hand and the Seal Of the said Court of Vice Admiralty this fifth day of June One thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Six and in the Seventeenth Year of his Majesty's Reign ー
James Elletson Bowen
[Endorsed] I James Sutherland Notary Publick dwelling in London duly admitted and sworn Do hereby Certify and Attest that the foregoing writing is and doth contain a true Copy of certain Authentic Proceedings, appearing to have been held in the Court of Vice Admiralty in the Province of North Carolina, before James Elletson Bowen Esquire Surrogate of the same Court, the said Copy having been by me carefully compared and examined with its original this day produced to me (fair and unobliterated) by Mr James Gammell of Greenock in North Britain Merchant, now in London; ー Witness my hand and Notarial Seal this Sixth day of June one thousand seven hundred and Seventy Seven.
i Jas Sutherland Not: Pub:
