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Captured ship: the Endeavour (master John Scott, part owned by John Grayling) [second...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/109/8

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This record is about the Captured ship: the Endeavour (master John Scott, part owned by John Grayling) [second... 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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HCA 32/109/8
Date
1745
Description

Captured ship: the Endeavour (master John Scott, part owned by John Grayling) [second capture?].

History: an English smuggling vessel (27 tons, 3 guns) bound from Eastbourne to Boulogne to buy brandy and tea; taken on 18 June 1745 about 4 leagues off Hastings by the privateer Eagle snow (John Bazeley commanding), and brought into Dover.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP1-CP 4]: standing interrogatories, two examinations, comissioner's affidavit;
  • [CP 5]: allegation.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 5 September 1745]

Related material

First capture at HCA 32/108/15

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14512832/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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