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: Marquis d'Aumont (given as Marquis d'Amon ) of Bayonne (master Pierre...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/128/19
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This record is about the Captured ship: Marquis d'Aumont (given as Marquis d'Amon ) of Bayonne (master Pierre... dating from 1748 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 32/128/19
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1748
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Marquis d'Aumont (given as Marquis d'Amon) of Bayonne (master Pierre Harregolier or Hirigoyen).
History: a French merchant ship (240 tons, 29 men), bound from Bayonne to Saint Domingue, laden with stones, wine, flour, candles, butter, shoes, pitch, wooden hoops and other tools and utensils for the land; taken on 20 February / 3 March 1748 at latitude 46-47° by the privateers Grand Alexander (Matthew Combe commanding) and Hawk (Joseph Buckley commanding), and brought into Falmouth.
Documents:-
Court Papers:
- [CP 1-CP 4]: standing interrogatories, two examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
- [CP 5]: allegation;
- [CP 6-CP 7]: attestation as to papers, and abstract and translation of the 19 ship's papers.
Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-SP 19; of which SP 5, 8 and 9 relate to the French merchant ship L'Unique Marie of Bayonne (master Jean Detcheverry), June 1747 (and are noted as being here in CP 7].
[Decision: condemned as prize, 26 April 1748]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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/C14513373/
Series information
HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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