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Captured ship: the Endeavour otherwise Good Endeavour of Hastings otherwise Le Bon...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/108/15

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Reference
HCA 32/108/15
Date
1744
Description

Captured ship: the Endeavour otherwise Good Endeavour of Hastings otherwise Le Bon Retour of Boulogne (master John Grayling of Hastings, resident in Boulogne). [First capture?].

History: ship, alleged smuggling vessel based at Boulogne claiming to be removing to England.

History: an English ship (30 tons, 6 men), bound from Hastings to Boulogne to collect the families of the owners, as part of their removal from France to England, but alleged to be smuggling arms and ammunition; taken on 10/21 June 1744 by the privateer Eagle Snow (John Bazeley commanding), and brought into Dover.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 3]: standing interrogatories, examination of the master, commissioners' affidavit, 15 June 1744
  • [CP 4-CP 8]: standing interrogatories, two examinations of the captors, commissioners' affidavit, release, 23 June 1744;
  • [CP 9-CP 10: attestation and claim of 10 inhabitants of Hastings as the owners;
  • [CP 11]: allegation;
  • [CP 12-CP 13]: attestation as to papers, and translation of the French paper.

Ship's Papers: SP 1 a pass for Le Bon Retour (master Jean Greylin), and SP 2 a bill of sale of the Endeavour.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 2 August 1744]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
Related material

Second capture at HCA 32/109/8

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Miscellaneous
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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