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Captured ship: L'Espérance of Bayonne (master Pierre Larronde or La Ronde). History:...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/108/22

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This record is about the Captured ship: L'Espérance of Bayonne (master Pierre Larronde or La Ronde). History:... dating from 1746 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/108/22
Date
1746
Description

Captured ship: L'Espérance of Bayonne (master Pierre Larronde or La Ronde).

History: a French ship (120 tons, guns, 10 men, formerly the New England ship Cleveland (master William Robinson) taken by the French in early 1746 and sold at Bayonne), bound from Bayonne to Bordeaux, laden with tobacco, iron, skins and staves; taken on 1/12 July 1746 in latitude 44º by the privateer Dragon of Bristol (Thomas Elworthy commanding), and brought into Bristol.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 6-CP 7]: attestation and claim on behalf of John Entwisle, Hugh Mathews, William Robinson and John Row merchants of Boston, New England; and a manifest of the cargo of tobacco on the Cleveland, bound from Patuaent [Patuxent, Maryland] to Liverpool, January 1746;
  • [CP 8]: allegation;
  • [CP 9-CP 10]: attestation as to papers, and abstract and translation of the 11 ship's papers.

Ship's Papers, numbered SP 1-SP 11.

[Decision: cargo condemned, ship restored paying 1/2 salvage, 9 December 1746]

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14512808/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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