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: Defiance (master Juan del Valle). History: an English merchant ship...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/104/7
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This record is about the Captured ship: Defiance (master Juan del Valle). History: an English merchant ship... dating from 1742 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 32/104/7
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1742
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Defiance (master Juan del Valle).
History: an English merchant ship (300 tons, French-built but originally captured by England for carrying Spanish goods to West Indies), bound from Bristol to Jamaica laden with butter, cheese, cider, beer, provisions, sugar, thread and bale goods; taken on 10/21 March 1742 by the Spanish privateer St Michael (master Don Domingo del Valle) and condemned in Spain, but retaken (with her original cargo, and 42 men) on 9/20 May 1742 10 leagues from Santander by HMS Launceston (Peter Warren commanding) and HMS Port Mahon (Edward Aylmer commanding) and brought first into Plymouth, and then into Portsmouth.
Documents:-
Court Papers:
- [CP 1-CP5]: standing interrogatories, two examinations, commissioners' affidavit, wrapper;
- [CP 6]: allegation;
- [CP 7-CP 9]: attestations and claims.
[Decision: condemned as prize, 5 August 1742]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Extra information from HCA 30/775/2.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also IND 1/9022, f48
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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/C14512687/
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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