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: Jolie of Nantes, otherwise Handsome, but really the Castle of Ghent,...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/12/663
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This record is about the Captured ship: Jolie of Nantes, otherwise Handsome, but really the Castle of Ghent,... dating from 1667 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HCA 32/12/663
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1667
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Jolie of Nantes, otherwise Handsome, but really the Castle of Ghent, master Peter Cardon.
History: as the Castle of Ghent was bound from Ostend to Nantes in May 1667, but was seized by a pirate and taken into St Martin's roads; there was manned by English prisoners of war and sent into Ireland but was taken on 17 June 1667 off Scilly by HMS Victoria's Prize [HMS French Victory] (Thomas Scott commanding) and brought into Plymouth.
Documents: a parchment commission cut in two; examinations, interrogatories; provides a detailed list of painted and carved figurehead etc and decorations on and in the ship, proving her identity as the Castle of Ghent.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also HCA 32/12/623
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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Captured ship: Jolie of Nantes, otherwise Handsome, but really the Castle of Ghent,...
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