| Description | Papers relating to James Frederick, a vagrant, including:
- examination dated 24 December 1794 of James Frederick seaman. He was born at St Helena in the East Indies, and was a mariner on board His Majesty's ship the "Russell" (74 guns, Captain Payne commander). He was wounded on 1 June last in an engagement with the French fleet off Ushant, and was discharged from Haslar Hospital about a month ago. On his discharge he went over to France to look for his wife and family, who went over with the Duke of York's troops to Germany and were taken prisoner by the French. He said that he found his wife and three children (John, James and George) in prison about 14 miles from Ushant. He went with them to Amsterdam, and took his passage to England on the "Queen Mary", a smuggling vessel belonging to Dunkirk. He was landed about two miles south of Robin Hood's Bay at about four o'clock yesterday morning, and intended to go to Portsmouth to get a passage for himself and his family to St Helena. On his way, he was advised by two gentlemen to apply to the magistrates for relief
- undated certificate that the bearer James Frederick had served on board Her Majesty's ship "Russell" (Captain Payne esquire) as an able seaman for over four years. He was wounded in the thigh and his skull was fractured in the engagement with the French off Ushant on 1 June 1794 under the command of Admiral Earl Howe. He is a native of St Helena and is convinced of his passage to the island in March next
Annotated with a list of ships taken from the enemy on 1 June 1794
La Just 80 guns
Sans Perille 80 guns
L'America 74 guns
L'Achille 74 guns
L'Northumberland 74 guns
L'Impeteuse 74 guns
L'Vangure sunk 74 guns
The ship taken on the 28th is said to be the Revelutionare of 120 guns
- letter dated 10 January 1794 [sic] from J. Lister at Ayton to William Wailes esquire at Northallerton, enclosing two recognizances and the examination of James Frederick, who with his wife and three sons aged 15 years, 8 years and 9 months, had recently been sent to the House of Correction. James Frederick had produced a certificate for the purpose of begging, which Lister was sure was forged; and described Frederick as a "thorough paced vagrant and the most insolent I ever had before me"
- undated note from J. Lister to William Wailes that the man vagrant behaved exceedingly ill on the road to the House of Correction, so much so that the constable was under the necessity of borrowing a pair of handcuffs |