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 ship: Le Bien Pris of St Malo (master François Quesnel). History: a French...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/99/17
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This record is about the Captured ship: Le Bien Pris of St Malo (master François Quesnel). 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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HCA 32/99/17
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1744
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Le Bien Pris of St Malo (master François Quesnel).
History: a French merchant ship (80 tons, 10 men) bound from Cape Breton to La Rochelle, laden with fish, coffee, and oil; taken on 14/25 December 1744 in latitude 46°by the privateer Southwell (John Purnell commanding), and brought into Bristol.
Documents:-
Court Papers:
- [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
- [CP 6]: allegation;
- [CP 7 -CP 8]: attestation as to papers, and abstract and translation of the 3 ship's papers.
Ship's papers, now numbered SP 1-SP 3.
[Decision: condemned as prize, 21 January 1745]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Extra information from HCA 30/775/1 and HCA 30/775/4
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- Miscellaneous
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14512548/
Series information
HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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