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: Pearl of Hamburg (master Nicolas Mertens). History: a Hamburg ship,...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/7/76
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This record is about the Captured ship: Pearl of Hamburg (master Nicolas Mertens). History: a Hamburg ship,... dating from 1672 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HCA 32/7/76
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Date (When the record was created)
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1672
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Pearl of Hamburg (master Nicolas Mertens).
History: a Hamburg ship, bound from Bilbao to Ostend, laden with Spanish wool and sweetmeats, and with five passengers (to whom a file of letters may have belonged); taken in December 1672 by the privateer Prosperous (Anthony Morin commanding), and brought into Dover.
Documents: 3 claims; of Ascencio Jauregia of Bilbao; Antonio de Usavla of Bilbao; Francisco Velasques de Rio Ficio of Segovia; Thomas Velasques de Rio Ficio of Segovia; John Marines of Antwerp, Mathias Stammell and Co of Bilbao; John Marines; Beneto de Ruravado of Bilbao; Baltazar Charle of Antwerp, Nicholas Pedro, John Baptista de Vos of Antwerp; Melchior Charle of Antwerp; Peter and David MIchelsens of Antwerp; Andries Fanncis van der Dounck of Antwerp; John Baptista Berquett of Lille. Abstract of 6 papers. Seabrief.
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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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