Piece
Former piece now catalogued as HCA 32/8A, HCA 32/8B and HCA 32/8C.
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/8
Former piece now catalogued as HCA 32/8A,HCA 32/8B and HCA 32/8C.
Item
Captured goods: taken from the St Antoine (master Etienne Record). History: a French...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/94/9
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HCA 32/94/9
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1746
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured goods: taken from the St Antoine (master Etienne Record).
History: a French merchant ship bound from Santa Cruz, Tenerife to Marseilles, laden with cocoa, wine and 8,500 dollars belonging to Spanish subjects; stopped and let go in the Straits of Gibraltar on 25 July 1743 [OS ?] by HMS Saltash (Edward Spragge commanding), but the money removed and freight of 2,000 dollars paid to the master.
Documents:-
Court Papers:
- [CP 1-CP 2]: commisioners' affidavit, standing interrogatories;
- [CP3-CP 4]: examinations of George Beaumont (then lieutenant in HMS Saltash), Thomas Cox (then carpenter), Richard Donovan (then midshipman);
- [CP 5-CP 8]: releases [renunciations of any claim to prize] in the said 6,500 dollars by the said George Beaumont, Thomas Cox and Richard Donovan, April 1746.
[Decision: ship released by captor, no court decision recorded]
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Series information
HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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