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Captured ship: Le Bon Larron of Cherbourg (master Louis Vincent). History: a French...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/98/20

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This record is about the Captured ship: Le Bon Larron of Cherbourg (master Louis Vincent). History: a French... dating from 1744 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
HCA 32/98/20
Date
1744
Description

Captured ship: Le Bon Larron of Cherbourg (master Louis Vincent).

History: a French privateer shallop (16 tons, 2 swivel guns); taken on 23 June/4 July 1744 on the back of the Isle of Wight by the privateer Southwell (John Wingfield commanding), and brought into Poole, with 27 French men, prisoners of war, who were marched to Porchester Castle and there confined.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commisioners' affidavit, wrapper [one document];
  • [CP 2]: allegation;
  • [CP 3-CP 4]: attestation from Poole, and abstract and translation of the 3 ship's papers.

Ship's Papers, now numbered SP 1-SP 3.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 2 August 1744]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Miscellaneous
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14512525/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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