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High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Mully otherwise L'Emulie of Bordeaux (master...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/404/11
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This record is about the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Mully otherwise L'Emulie of Bordeaux (master... dating from 1778 Jul 20 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1778 Jul 20
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High Court of Admiralty.
Captured ship: Mully otherwise L'Emulie of Bordeaux (master Jean la Fourcade).
Capture history: a French merchant ship (180 tons, 4 swivels, 8 men) bound from Bordeaux to St Pierre et Miquelon (or the first available American port), laden with salt, nails and cordage; taken on 7 or 9 July 1778 by the privateer Active of Jersey (Clement Messervy commanding), retaken on 14 July 1778 by the French frigate La Favorite, retaken on 20 July 1778 about 10 leagues from the River of Bordeaux by the privateer Revenge (Joseph Drew commanding), and brought into Guernsey.
Intended voyage: from France to New France.
Court papers numbered CP 1-6:-
- [CP 1]: two depositions, of Jean Castet chief mate and Honoré Casillau boatswain, relating to their capture by the Active, taken at Jersey, 24 July 1778 [the first date, 24 April 1778 is an error], commissioners' affidavit, 3 August 1778;
- [CP 2]: attestation as to the above depositions brought to [Jersey];
- [CP 3]: attestation as to papers [numbered 1-11] by Joseph Drew of the Revenge, 3 August 1778;
- [CP 4]: depositions of Jean La Fourcade, François Debru and Jean Le Brun, commissioners' affidavit, taken at St Peter Port, Guernsey, 3 August 1778;
- [CP 5]: translations of ship's papers;
- [CP 6]: allegation, 3 October 1778.
Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-11:-
- SP 1: muster roll, 19 June 1778;
- SP 2: acquit a caution or customs bond,Bordeaux;
- SP 3: ship's pass from Bordeaux to St Pierre et Miquelon, 19 June 1778;
- SP 4: owner's instructions, of [Jean] Guignan, Bordeaux;
- SP 5: clearance, 26 June 1778;
- SP 6: bill of lading;
- SP 7: invoice of cargo;
- SP 8: bill of health, Bordeaux;
- SP 9-SP 10: two bills of lading, from Messrs Reculès de Basmarein, Raimbaux & Cie, for M Lafitte, St Pierre et Miquelon;
- SP 11-SP 11A: envelope and letter from Messrs Reculès de Basmarein, Raimbaux & Cie, of Bordeaux, to M Lafitte, St Pierre et Miquelon;, originally enclosing an invoice of cargo and bill of lading for salt, 19 June 1778.
[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-7; Ship's papers: 8-20 (large pencil numbers): one paper added from HCA 32/393/18. All sorted and renumbered in 2025].
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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