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Captured ship: Rozelaar of Vlissingen, otherwise Rose Tree of Flushing (master Leendert...
Catalogue reference: HCA 30/1055
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This record is about the Captured ship: Rozelaar of Vlissingen, otherwise Rose Tree of Flushing (master Leendert... dating from 1664-1665 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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- HCA 30/1055
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1664-1665
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Rozelaar of Vlissingen, otherwise Rose Tree of Flushing (master Leendert Matthijssen).
History: a Dutch merchant ship, bound from St Kitts (left in December 1664) to Vlissingen, laden with sugar and indigo; taken in early February 1665 by HMS Sorlings (Jonathan Waltham commanding), and brought into Plymouth.
Documents:-
Court Papers: none extant, but an original bundle wrapper indicates that examinations were taken on 15 February 1665.
Ship's Papers: ship's papers and mail in transit; 331 documents and 2 wrappers now arranged in 15 folders
Folder 1 (1/1-1/11): Master's papers
Folder 2 (2/1-2/47): Bills of lading
Folder 3 (3/1-3/9): Master's personal archive
Folder 4 (4/1-4/22): personal archive of Andries Verbrugge
Folder 5 (5/1-5/4): various personal archives
Folder 6 (6/1-6/30): mail from St Kitts, letters by sender (surnames Adr-Cro)
Folder 7 (7/1-7/30): mail from St Kitts, letters by sender (surnames Dan-Fos)
Folder 8 (8/1-8/40): mail from St Kitts, letters by sender (surnames Gab-Lou)
Folder 9 (9/1-9/30): mail from St Kitts, letters by sender (surnames Maj-Spi)
Folder 10 (10/1-10/45): mail from St Kitts, letters by sender (surnames Tab-Wet); supplement (Ada-Vol)
Folder 11 (11/1-11/42): mail from Guadeloupe, letters by sender (surnames Adr-Wil)
Folder 12 (12/1-12/14): letters from St Croix, Martinique, Antigua, New Netherland
Folder 13 (13/1-13/4): letters from unknown locations
Folder 14 (14/1-14/2): HCA wrappers
Folder 15 (15/1-15/3): personal archive of Andries Verbrugge, supplement, on a thong. (Added on 03/02/2022 from HCA 32/1845, previously misidentified as St Christopher of Flushing, master Anthony der Moy.) Papers concerning Leendert Matthijssen, master of Rozelaar, 1660, and 2 ships at St Kitts in 1664:
Abrahams Offerande [Offerhand Abrahams] [Abraham's Sacrifice], master Anthonij de Moijse of Vlissingen
Parragon Aletta [Parragonelete], master Jan Merckesen [Jan Marcussen] of Vlissingen
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High Court of Admiralty, and Supreme Court of Judicature: Admiralty Miscellanea
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