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Captured ship: St Louis (master Michel Faiars or Fayars). History: a French merchant...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/127/19

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Reference
HCA 32/127/19
Date
1743
Description

Captured ship: St Louis (master Michel Faiars or Fayars).

History: a French merchant ship (90 tons, 8 men), bound from San Sebastian to Dunkirk via Guernsey, laden with wine, oranges, lemons, salt and saddles; seized in St Peter Port, Guernsey in May 1743 by the Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 5]: wrapper, commissioner's affidavit, a set of nine examinations taken at Guernsey [unusual bilingual examinations in French and English];
  • [CP 6]: attestation and claim of Richard Fitzgerald;
  • [CP 7- CP 8]: attestation as to papers, and abstract and translation of 6 of the ship's papers.

Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-SP 10.

[Decision: restored, 9 December 1743]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/2
Related material

See also IND 1/9022, f127v

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14513325/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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