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Captured ship: Hope of Middelburg, otherwise Hoop (master Jan [de] Meyer, otherwise...
Catalogue reference: HCA 30/1053
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This record is about the Captured ship: Hope of Middelburg, otherwise Hoop (master Jan [de] Meyer, otherwise... dating from 1664 in the series High Court of Admiralty, and Supreme Court of Judicature: Admiralty Miscellanea. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1664
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Captured ship: Hope of Middelburg, otherwise Hoop (master Jan [de] Meyer, otherwise Jan de Meijert).
History: a Dutch merchant ship, bound from St Kitts to Middelburg, laden with sugar, indigo, tobacco, ginger and hides; three passengers; taken in mid-January 1665 by the hired naval ship John and Margaret (George Chapell commanding), and brought into Falmouth on 1 February, about 14 days later.
Documents:-
Court Papers: HCA 32/10/83
Ship's Papers: ship's papers and mail in transit, 217 documents now arranged in 7 folders in HCA 30/1053, (more) continued in HCA 30/1054
Folder 1 (1/1-1/7): Master's papers (sea brief etc)
Folder 2 (2/1-2/6): Master's personal papers
Folder 3 (3/1-3/115): Bills of lading
Folder 4 (4/1-4/13): Merchant accounts, invoices, manifests, etc
Folder 5 (5/1-5/26): Mail from Martinique, Montserrat, St Lucia, Antigua, and New Netherland
Folder 6 (6/1-6/30): Mail from Guadeloupe, letters by sender (surnames Abr-Gau)
Folder 7 (7/1-7/20): Mail from Guadeloupe, letters by sender (surnames Jan-Vin)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HCA 30
High Court of Admiralty, and Supreme Court of Judicature: Admiralty Miscellanea
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