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: La Famille of Nantes (master Mathieu Chapeau). History: a French merchant...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/112/5
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This record is about the Captured ship: La Famille of Nantes (master Mathieu Chapeau). History: a French merchant... 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 32/112/5
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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: La Famille of Nantes (master Mathieu Chapeau).
History: a French merchant ship (100 tons, 4 guns, 13 men), bound from Saint-Domingue to Nantes, laden with sugar, indigo and coffee; taken on 4 / 15 July 1747 in latitude 47° 30', longitude 7° by HMS Hector (Thomas Stanhope commanding), and brought into the Port of London.
Documents:-
Court Papers:
- [CP 1]: attestation as to need to unload cargo;
- [CP 2]: allegation;
- [CP 3-CP 4]: attestation as to papers, and abstract and translation of the 19 ship's papers.
Ship's Papers, numbered SP 1-SP 19.
[Decision: condemned as prize, 4 August 1747]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Three examinations are in HCA 13/91
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- HCA 32/112/1/5
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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/C14512912/
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Series information
HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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