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Captured ship: St Peter of Bruges (master Philip Comeines, otherwise Philip Comens)....
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/7/79
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HCA 32/7/79
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1672
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Captured ship: St Peter of Bruges (master Philip Comeines, otherwise Philip Comens).
History: a Southern Netherlands/Spanish Netherlands ship (27 tons), bound from Bordeaux to Ostend and Nieuwpoort, laden with wine, brandy and prunes; seized between 19 November and December 1672 to the use of the Lord Admiral at Newhaven or Brighton (Brighthempton); restored January 1673.
The master said that he had been instructed to say that, if he met English ships, that he was bound for Dover; if he met any other ships, he was to say that he was bound for Nieuwpoort in Flanders. Later the master confessed that he was from Middelburg. Papers found, some were admitted to have been thrown overboard. Ship was thought to have been previously taken, plundered and left by a Dutch privateer.
Documents: 1 - Deposition of John Glover.
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High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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