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Captured ship: La Prudente otherwise Prudence of Dunkirk or Cork (master Jean Vanhouleggen)....

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/147/22

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This record is about the Captured ship: La Prudente otherwise Prudence of Dunkirk or Cork (master Jean Vanhouleggen).... dating from 1744 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
HCA 32/147/22
Date
1744
Description

Captured ship: La Prudente otherwise Prudence of Dunkirk or Cork (master Jean Vanhouleggen).

History: a French or Irish ship (150 tons, 14 men), bound from Cork to Marseilles and Malaga, laden with beef, hides and cheese; stopped on 18/29 January 1744 off Cork by HMS Sheerness (George Bridges Rodney commanding), then taken by the same captor on 14/25 March 1744, and brought into Portsmouth.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 6]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit, wrapper;
  • [CP 7]: allegation;
  • [CP 8-CP 9]: attestation and claim;
  • [CP 10]: claim for the ship by Adrian Coltée Ducarel of London, brought into court 21 May 1744;
  • [CP 11-CP 15]: two sets of attestations by Irish merchants with two exhibits and a translation, brought into court 30 May 1744;
  • [CP 16-CP 21]: attestation of Ezekiel Hall with three exhibits and translations, brought into court 5 Jun 1744;
  • [CP 22-CP 26]: attestation relating to merchants at Cork and Marseilles with annexed extracts and exhibits, brought into court 13 June 1744;
  • [CP 27-CP 28]: attestation as to papers, and abstracts and translations of the 23 ship's papers (all restored).

[Decision: restored as friendly or netural, 19 June 1744]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/2
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/C14513804/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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