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: Clotilda of Whitehaven (master William Rothery, and when a French...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/103/21
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This record is about the Captured ship: Clotilda of Whitehaven (master William Rothery, and when a French... dating from 1745 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 32/103/21
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1745
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Clotilda of Whitehaven (master William Rothery, and when a French prize, Jacobus Sibersen).
History: an English merchant ship (25 tons), bound from Whitehaven to Rotterdam, laden with Maryland tobacco; taken on 13/24 May 1745 off the Maze [Maas] by the French privateer St Michel of Dunkirk (Pierre Lefevre commanding, called Jouin le fils), retaken on 16/27 May 1745 by the privateer Swift (George Hudson commanding), and brought first into Ostend, and then into Deal.
Documents:-
Court Papers:
- [CP 1-CP 6]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit, wrapper;
- [CP 7]: attestation for Matthias Gale of Whitehaven and claim of William Rothery;
- [CP 7]: allegation;
- [CP 8-CP 9]: attestation as to papers, and translation of the French letter of marque.
Ship's Papers, numbered SP 1-SP 21 (including SP 20A-E); unusually, these are the papers of the English shipClotilda, with a copy of the letter of marque of the St Michel.
[Decision: restored, paying 1/3 salvage 24 February 1746]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the capture of the St Michel, see HCA 32/131/17
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- HCA 32/96/21
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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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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14512662/
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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