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: Elizabeth of Wexford, formerly the Ann or the Success or the St Peter...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/109/5
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This record is about the Captured ship: Elizabeth of Wexford, formerly the Ann or the Success or the St Peter... dating from 1747 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 32/109/5
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1747
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Elizabeth of Wexford, formerly the Ann or the Success or the St Peter (master Adam Dowdall alias Patrick White).
History: an Irish merchant vessel (a brigantine, 44 tons, 6 men), allegedly bound from Rotterdam to Dublin, but proved by papers hidden in the forecastle to be bound from Bordeaux to Dublin, laden with brandy, wine, rosin, vinegar, cork, hamps, turpentine, sweetmeats, anchovies and olives; taken on 7 April 1747 off Ushant by the privateer Cumberland (John Mauger commanding), and brought into Guernsey
Documents:-
Court Papers:
- [CP 1-CP 2]: two examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
- [CP 3]: allegation;
- [CP 4-CP 5]: attestation as to papers, and translation of the 6 (of 12) ship's papers in French.
Ship's Papers, numbered SP 1-SP 12, including 6 personal letters in English from men and women to Wexford, London and Glasgow, a French pass in the name of Patrick White, and a 'colourable' ransom bill purportedly to show Dowdall to have ransomed the St Peter. Some of the letters appear to have been written from Rotterdam, but this seems to be a ruse.
[Decision: condemned as prize, 12 May 1747]
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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)
- English and French
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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/C14512829/
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Series information
HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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