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: La Marguerite of La Rochelle (master Charles Guyas). History: a French...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/131/2
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This record is about the Captured ship: La Marguerite of La Rochelle (master Charles Guyas). History: a French... dating from 1747-1749 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 32/131/2
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1747-1749
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: La Marguerite of La Rochelle (master Charles Guyas).
History: a French merchant ship (200 tons, 14 guns, 34 men, 3 passengers), bound from La Rochelle to Cap Francois, Saint Domingue laden with sea coal, stones, salt, salt beef and linen; taken on 19/30 October 1747 in latitude 40ºN by HMS Centurion (Peter Denis commanding) escorting a convoy, and brought into Portsmouth.
Documents:-
Court Papers:
- [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
- [CP 6-CP 10]: one allegation by HMS Centurion for La Marguerite, December 1747; three complex allegations brought into court on 10 March 1748 and one brought in on 22 March 1747 arguing against the alleged joint capture of La Marguerite by the East India Company ships with letters of marque Pelham and Augusta (and Walpole);
- [CP 11]: attestation as to the perishing nature of the cargo;
- [CP 12-CP 13]: attestation as to papers for the ship's papers numbered 11-18 [which are not here], and abstract and translation of the 8 ship's papers numbered 1-8.
Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-SP 8.
[Decision: condemned as prize, 1 December 1747]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Extra information from HCA 30/775/5
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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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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14513443/
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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