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Captured ship: Angel Raphael , previously Mermaid (master Michael Lentz). History:...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1852/19

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HCA 32/1852/19
Date
1689
Description

Captured ship: Angel Raphael, previously Mermaid (master Michael Lentz).

History: a Lubeck ship (100 tons), bound from Bourgneuf to Lubeck, laden with salt, wine and vinegar; taken in July 1689, off Ushant by HMS Kingfisher ([Jasper Hicks] commanding), and brought into Plymouth.

Documents:-

Court Papers:-

  • [CP 1-CP 3]: standing interrogatories, copy of interrogatories, and examinations taken at Plymouth;
  • [CP 4]: claim of Harman Bilderbeck;
  • [CP 5]: commission of appraisement, and appraisement of the cargo valued at £88 6s 6d;
  • [CP 6-CP 7]: attestation from Lubeck, with translation;
  • [CP 8]: abstract of 4 ships papers (these papers were restored).

[Decision: restored, 9 August 1689; appealed]

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/13; HCA 32/15; HCA 32/21; HCA 32/33
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17752740/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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