Captured ship: De Juffrouw Catherine , otherwise Eufrow Catharine or Yungfrau Katherine...

Captured ship: De Juffrouw Catherine, otherwise Eufrow Catharine or Yungfrau Katherine (master Hans Benn).

History: a Danish ship (100 tons, 7 men) formerly the Tiverton, bound from Tenerife to Hamburg, laden with wine and silver; taken on 28 April/ 9 May 1744 off Dover by the privateer Eagle (John Bazeley commanding), and brought into Dover.

Court Papers:

1744 Court Proceedings, Dover and London: [CP 1-CP 64]

• [CP 1-CP 3]: nine examinations, standing interrogatories, commissioners' affidavit, paper wrapper;
• [CP 4-CP 55]: index and abstract of claims, 20 sets of attestations and claims;
• [CP 56-CP 60]: attestation; attestations as to perishing nature of cargo, schedule of goods condemned and restored;
• [CP 61-CP 64]: appeal and inhibition, paper wrapper, attestation as to papers.

1747 Court Proceedings, Hamburg: [CP 65-CP 107]

• [CP 65-CP 104]: schedule of attestations and claims, 21 sets of attestations and claims, with translations and paper wrappers;
• [CP 105-CP 106]: expenses relating to the cartage and carriage of the bags of silver to London, including insurance;
• [CP 107]: paper wrapper.

1748 Court Proceedings: [CP 108-CP 115]

• [CP 108-CP 109]: commission of appraisement and sale, appraisement;
• [CP 110- CP 114]: 3 attestations, with translations;
• [CP 115]: allegation.

1752-1760 Court Proceedings: [CP 116-CP 127]

• [CP 116-CP 123]: letters of attorney, letters of substitution and others, paper wrapper;
• [CP 124-CP 126]: letters regarding correction to a schedule of 1752;
• [CP 127]: allegation of error in a schedule of 1752.

Translations of Ships Papers: [CP 128-CP 141]

• [CP 128-CP 135]: list of papers corresponding with the bundle of 68 Dutch papers (SP A1- SP A69), translations of SP A1-SP A3, abstracts and translations of SP A4, SP A7, SP A8, SP A22, SP A68, translations of SP A15, SP A17, SP A 40 and SP A57;
• [CP 136]: abstracts and translations of 28 Spanish papers (corresponding with bundle marked"1D", SP 1D1-SP 1D29);
• [CP 137]: abstracts and translations of 8 Spanish papers (corresponding with bundle marked"2D", SP 2D1-SP 2D9);
• [CP 138]: abstracts and translations of 8 Spanish and English papers (corresponding with bundle marked"3D", SP 3D1-SP 3D9);
• [CP 139]: abstracts and translations of 33 French papers (corresponding with bundle marked"1F", SP 1F1-SP 1F34);
• [CP 140]: abstracts and translations of 14 French papers (corresponding with bundle marked"2F", SP 2F1-SP 2F14);
• [CP 141]: abstracts and translations of 18 bills of lading, SP L1-SP L19).

Ship's Papers: these papers were arranged by the court by language: they include many letters, as personal archives or as mail in transit.

• SP A1-SP A69: bundle of 68 Dutch papers, with paper wrapper (the bundle reference"A" was assigned in 2019, and is not part of the Court's original numbering) [SP A16 is missing];
• SP 1B1- SP 1B50: bundle of 49 English papers, marked"1B", with paper wrapper: many relate to Peter Forstall at Dunkirk;
• SP 2B1- SP 2B39: bundle of 38 English papers, marked"2B", with paper wrapper;
• SP 3B1- SP 3B32: bundle of 31 English papers, marked"3B", with paper wrapper;
• SP 4B1- SP 4B16: bundle of 16 English papers, marked"4B"
• SP 1D1- SP 1D29: bundle of 28 Spanish papers, marked"1D", with paper wrapper;
• SP 2D1- SP 2D9: bundle of 8 Spanish papers, marked"2D", with paper wrapper;
• SP 3D1- SP 3D9: bundle of 8 Spanish and English papers, marked"3D", with paper wrapper;
• SP 1F1- SP 1F34: bundle of 33 French papers, marked"1F", with paper wrapper;
• SP 2F1- SP 2F14: bundle of 14 French papers, marked"2F"
• SP L1-SP L19: bundle of 18 bills of lading;
• SP M1-SP M20: miscellaneous Dutch, German and English ship's papers 1741-1743, including a 1743 Cadiz Almanac;
• SP N1-SP N6: 6 Dutch notebooks and journals 1739, 1741, 1742, 1743[?] and 1744.

Mail in Transit numbered 1- 6.

[Decision: not known, but probably condemned as the papers were not restored]