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: Bregitta Antonia otherwise Brigida Antonia (master Gerrit Souq or...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/99/24
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This record is about the Captured ship: Bregitta Antonia otherwise Brigida Antonia (master Gerrit Souq or... 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 32/99/24
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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: Bregitta Antonia otherwise Brigida Antonia (master Gerrit Souq or Zouw).
History: a Dutch merchant ship bound from Amsterdam to Genoa, laden with wheat, mats, butter, tobacco etc; taken on 3 August 1744 off the coast of Galicia by the Spanish privateer Nuestra Senora de la Portaria, and the same day retaken by the privateer Surprize (Joseph Redmond commanding), and brought into Lisbon.
Documents:-
Court Papers:
- [CP 1]: three examinations taken at Lisbon, consul's affidavit;
- [CP 2-CP 3]: claims;
- [CP 4]: allegation;
- [CP 5-CP 6]: attestation and letter that the cargo of corn was beginning to heat;
- [CP 7-CP 9]: attestation as to papers, and abstracts and translations of the French and Italian ship's papers [which were restored];
- [CP 10-CP 15]: attestation, 5 documents in support of the claims, each translated from Low Dutch.
[Decision: restored as a Dutch ally, 23 November 1744]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Extra information from 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/C14512555/
Series information
HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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