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Captured ship: Arms of Copenhagen (master Jan Pietersen). History: a Danish merchant...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1855/17

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Reference
HCA 32/1855/17
Date
1691
Description

Captured ship: Arms of Copenhagen (master Jan Pietersen).

History: a Danish merchant ship (80 tons), bound from Dram to Nantes, laden with deal boards and planks; taken before 10 October 1691 by the privateer Protestant Cause (Daniel Clarke commanding), and brought into Dover.

Documents:-

Court Papers:-

  • [CP 1-CP 2]: interrogatories, commission, three examinations [giving details of several previous voyages as well];
  • [CP 3]: claim of Jan Matthias Leers, Danish Consul at Nantes and William Edringer of Copenhagen to the ship and cargo;
  • [CP 4-CP 7]: two allegations, with annexed interogatories;
  • [CP 8]: commission of appraisement, inventory;
  • [CP 9-CP 13]: five sets of attestations, affidavits, claims and translations, issued by the ruling authorities of Nantes, Dram and Copenhagen;
  • [CP 14]: abstract and translation from Danish, Dutch, High Dutch, Latin and Low Dutch, of 54 ships papers [not here, but restoration seems unlikely].

[Decision: condemned, 12 January 1692]

Note
Extra information from IND 1/9013, p.18.
Related material

Appeal papers in HCA 42/1/16

Former reference
HCA 32/13, HCA 32/15, HCA 32/21, HCA 32/33; HCA 32/1826
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and German
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17847563/

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