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: Industry (master Simon Cuff). History: an English ship (60 tons, 2...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/118/7
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This record is about the Captured ship: Industry (master Simon Cuff). History: an English ship (60 tons, 2... dating from 1744 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 32/118/7
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1744
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Industry (master Simon Cuff).
History: an English ship (60 tons, 2 men), [bound from Dunkirk to London, intending to continue to Rotterdam], laden with Malaga wine, tent, rota wine and raisins on a French bill of lading; [seized on 22 July/2 August 1744 at Hope Wharf within the Port of London, where they were awaiting a convoy to Rotterdam], by the privateer Rochester Sloop (Joseph Cockburne commanding, suspected by Robert Forster of HM Customs of collusion with the owners of the ship), and brought into the River Medway.
Court Papers:
- [CP 1]: allegation;
- [CP 2]: attestation as to perishing nature of cargo;
- [CP 3]: order of injunction from Court of Exchequer in Forster and Attorney General v Cockburne, staying the HCA proceedings, December 1744;
- [CP 4-CP 5]: attestation as to papers, and translation of the 1 ship's paper.
Ship's Paper numbered SP 1.
[Decision: condemned as prize, 6 September 1744; appealed in 1744 by HM Procurator General for alleged collusion to ensure that Cockburne was awarded prize money]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Extra information from HCA 30/775/4 and HCA 13/90
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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 32/118/1/7; HCA 32/121/1
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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/C14513079/
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Series information
HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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