Two letters from Scotland giving a true relation of the unhappy loss of the Gloucester-frigot, whereof Sir John Berry was commander : with a particular account of the persons of quality drowned therein, and the miraculous escape of His Royal Highness the Duke of York. 1682 Approx. 7 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2004-05 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A64017 Wing T3462A ESTC R13140 12388970 ocm 12388970 60945

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 eng Glouchester (Frigate) Shipwrecks -- Great Britain. Broadsides 2004-01 Assigned for keying and markup 2004-02 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2004-03 Sampled and proofread 2004-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2004-04 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
TWO LETTERS FROM SCOTLAND. GIVING A True Relation of the unhappy Loss OF THE Gloucester-Frigot, Whereof Sir Iohn Berry was Commander. With a particular Account of the Persons of Quality drowned therein, and the miraculous Escape of His Royal Higness the Duke of York. SIR,

I Shall give you an Account from hence, as I received it from a faithful Hand, of the loss of the Gloucester-Frigot, which was thus:

Sir Iohn Berry Commander of the Gloucester-Frigot, having received on Board the said Ship His Royal Highness in Margaret Road, in order to his Voyage for Scotland, set Sail from thence with a fair Wind, the Weather continuing very Fair, attended by the Ruby, Happy Return, the Dartmouth, and Pearl Frigots, with several Yatches, and several Persons of great Quality, both of England and Scotland, attending His Royal Highness on the Seventh Instant: At Night they came about 16 Leagues off the Mouth of the Humber, about which place lies a Sand called the Lemon-Oar, and whether by the unskilfulness, or wretched neglect of the Pilot, God knows, the aforesaid Ship in which His Royal Highness was, and many other Persons of Quality, run on Ground upon the said Sands, about Ten of the Clock at Night; but it pleasing God that the Weather proving Fair and not Stormy, that the Ship did not presently Burst, nor did not immediately Sink, but lay some hours e're She Sank; so that the Duke, and some others, as many as the Long-Boat could hold, had time to escape the Danger and ventur'd to Sea, and got safe aboard on one of the Yatches, but for the rest remaining on board, the Ship foundring before any Boats could come to their Assistance, all perished, among whom was the Lord Roxborow, the Lord O Bryan, the Lord Hollis, Lord Hume, Lord Dowglass, Sir Christopher Musgrave, Sir Iames Hyde, Mr. Clifton, and an English Lady, whose name we cannot as yet learn; all the Dukes Cooks but one, all his Footmen, and all the rest of his Servants, Sir Charles Scarborow was miraculously saved (as we suppose) on some piece of the Ship. The Captain, Sir Iohn Berry, was also lost with his Brother, Captain Berry, and several others who accompanied him: There was in all to the number of three hundred and three Persons, and odd, of which but sixty were saved. The Duke is since safely here to the Joy of his Dutchess, and others who have been to Congratulate his Escape from so great Danger: His Royal Highness is very sensible, and extreamly troubled at the loss of so many Noble Persons, and others, and of so gallant a Ship. The Pilot is secured in Edinborow. This is all at present, our late Insurrection being fully quieted.

I am &c. In such a Loss and, so much Distraction it is impossible at first to give an exact Relation of the Misfortune, therefore since the last Letter which we Printed we have another account given us from Scotland, somthing more fully and particularly, which take as follows.

THat on Friday last was Sevennight a Consult was held on Board the said Ship, in which His R. Highness was for the Steering her thorow the difficult places near Yarmouth, and it was His R. Highnesses Opinion, that they stood too near the Shoar; but one Mr. Aires a Pilot, whom His R. H. had chosen and advanced, being on Board, undertook the Carrying of her safe, and laid down his Course, which was opposed by several in the Ship; but 'tis wrote, that he pawned his Life (which is like now to be forfeited) that he was in the right; and believing that he had passed that dangerous Sand, called the Lemon-Oar, on which some hundreds of Vessels have unfortunately been cast away; he made a Tack, and in a very short time she struck on the aforesaid Sand, which put all on Board into a Consternation, it being about Five of the Clock in the Morning, His R. Highness being then in Bed, who immediately arose, and had not time to put on any thing but his Breeches and Night-Gown: The Men endeavouring to have got her off, but they found Six foot Water in her hold, by which they perceived her past recovery. Sir Iohn Berry, with his Sword drawn in his hand, desired His R. Highness to enter the the Long-Boat, which after much persuasion he did, taking with him only one small Trunk of great value, leaving behind him all his Money, Plate, Goods, and other things of great value: Sir Iohn suffer'd none to go into the Boat with him, but those His R. Highness called for, which were about Forty persons; and which was observable, one or two in mean Habit, and unknown; and they were no sooner cleared off the Ship, and at Sea, but she burst to pieces, and sunk to the bottom. But some do affirm, that though the Sea-men saw present Death before them when His R. Higness put off in the Long-Boat, that they gave him an Huzza, and immediately drank his Health in Salt-water. Sir Iohn Berry committed himself to the mercy of the Waves, and was afterwards taken up, and they likewise say, that several persons, to save their Lives, took hold of the Long-Boat, and those therein were forced to knock their hands off the Boat▪ for fear of their sinking her, and so let them drown to preserve themselves. Sir Charles Scarborough, one of His Majesties Physicians, who Attended His Royal Highness, was taken up almost dead, floating on a Plank, yet 'tis feared he will hardly recover.

The loss of the Sea-Men and Passengers are great, being as 'tis supposed above a third part that perished, among whom are missing the Lords Roxborow, O Bryan, and Hopton, Sir Iames Duglas, Mr. Iames Hide, Brother to the Lord Hide, who was Lieutenant of the said Ship, one Mr. Haly a Querry, Sir Patrick Hume, and Mr. Skelton the Kings Page, with divers others, whose names are not yet come to hand; but there are above 240 missing, with the Dukes and the Noblemens Attendants, His Physicians, Cooks, and Footmen. 'Tis judged that in Money, and other valuable things, which all perished in the Sea, will amount to above 30000 l. besides the Ship her self, with her Guns and furniture, being a third Rare Ship, new fitted and mounted with 58 Pieces of Ordinance, a great loss to his Majesty.

His Royal Highness, and those with him, safely arrived at Edinburgh on the Sunday following, where is great lamentation made for the loss of so many persons. They say that Ayres the Pilot was saved, and is committed to Prison at Edinburgh, to be tried for this miscarriage, who says for himself, that the late great Storms had removed the Sands far distant from the place in which they were before, which thing sometimes happens.

London, Printed for Iohn Morice. 1682.