Captured ship: St François (master Jacques Audibert). History: a French merchant...

Captured ship: St François (master Jacques Audibert).

History: a French merchant ship (10 guns, 19 men and 3 passengers), bound from Smyrna to Leghorn [Livorno], laden with cotton, wax, camels' hair, alum, rhubarb, corinth raisins and other merchandise; taken on 6/17 June 1744 five Italian miles from Bastia in Corsica by HMS Chatham (Richard Hughes commanding) and brought into Leghorn.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

• [CP 1-CP 5]: documents sent from Livorno: single document in Italian paraphrasing the examinations of the master, mate and surgeon; two letters in Italian from the insurers; English translations of the foregoing; wrapper;
• [CP 6-CP 46]: 3 sets of attestations and claims, with affidavits and exhibits attached, and translations, brought into court between 14 February and 12 March 1745;
• [CP 47-CP 66]: set of attestations, affidavits and exhibits, and translations, brought into court 9 April 1745;
• [CP 67-CP 77]: 6 attestations, including an attestation with copy of examination and translation (same examination as CP 1);
• [CP 78-CP 87]: set of attestations and claim, with affidavits and exhibits attached, and translations, brought into court 2 October 1745;
• [CP 88]: allegation.

Languages: English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, French.

[Decision: part of the cargo restored as neutral, 10 August 1745; another part restored as neutral and the ship and the rest of the cargo condemned, 3 October 1745]