Captured ship: Angel Gabriel of Flensburg (master Simon Nilsen). History: a Danish...

Captured ship: Angel Gabriel of Flensburg (master Simon Nilsen).

History: a Danish merchant ship (150 tons), bound from Bordeaux to Flensburg, laden with brandy, wine, molasses and prunes; taken during April 1692 by the privateer Bridget Galley (Robert Martell commanding), and brought into Portsmouth.

Documents:-

Court Papers:-

• [CP 1]: allegation;
• [CP 2]: claim for the ship and cargo by merchants in Flensburg;
• [CP 3-CP 7]: second allegation, with interrogatories, five examinations, substitution, commission of examination;
• [CP 8-CP 12]: third allegation, attestation, interrogatories, three examinations, commission of examination;
• [CP 13-CP 15]: fourth allegation, interrogatories, substitution;
• [CP 16-CP 19]: documents in Danish, likely examinations, produced on commission at Flensburg, along with an attestation, wrapper and a commission;
• [CP 20-CP 21]: commission of appraisement, inventory;
• [CP 22-CP 23]: abstracts and translations of the 20 ship's papers, docket;

Ship's papers, numbered SP 1-SP 20:

• SP 1: ship’s accounts;
• SP 2: list of goods;
• SP 3: reminder note, signed Jurgen Thorson;
• SP 4: ship’s pass, 3 November 1691 in Copenhagen;
• SP 5: English certificate attesting that the ship Angel Gabriel carries goods that are not contraband, is owned by Danish subjects and should be allowed to pass to France and back undisturbed. Signed R.Molesworth in Copenhagen on 10 November 1691;
• SP 6: copy of SP 5 in Danish;
• SP 7: certificate in Dutch, signed Robert Goes;
• SP 8: certificate, signed 25 November 1691;
• SP 9: receipt for payment of lighthouse duties, 24 December 1691 in Dungeness, Kent;
• SP 10: personal letter from Hilmar van Lutt to Bordeaux, 11 February 1692;
• SP 11: commercial letter from Magnus Fransen to Bordeaux, discussing customs and taxes, 16 February 1692;
• SP 12: commercial letter from Magnus Fransen to Bordeaux, discussing payments and convoy arrangements, 16 February 1692;
• SP 13: personal note;
• SP 14: receipt for beer, with sums on the back;
• SP 15: bill of lading for wine, syrup, and rice paper supplied by Conrad Tradel, 5 March 1692 in Bordeaux;
• SP 16: account of captain’s expenses;
• SP 17: short letter in Dutch, 13 March 1692;
• SP 18: account of captain’s expenses;
• SP 19-SP 20: ship’s passes in French from Bourdeaux.

[Decision: ship and cargo condemned, 25 August 1692: appealed]