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Captured ship: John and Edward of Sunderland (master Edward Copeland). History: an...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/119/9

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HCA 32/119/9
Date
1742
Description

Captured ship: John and Edward of Sunderland (master Edward Copeland).

History: an English merchant ship [(140 tons, 2 men, 2 boys) taken by Spain on 21 July/[1 August] 1742; after running ashore off Dunkirk, retaken two days later on 23 July 1742], by HMS Neptune Tender (Edward Spragge commanding), and brought into the River Thames.

Court Papers:

  • [Examinations taken in London, see: HCA 13/89, fos 310-311]
  • [CP 1-CP 6]: attestations and claims;
  • [CP 7]: release;
  • [CP 8-CP 9]: commission of appraisement, appraisement.

Decision: restored [paying salvage?], 27 August 1742.

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/2, and HCA 13/89
Related material

See also IND 1/9022, f103v.

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/C14513132/

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HCA 32

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