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Captured ship: Concord of London (master Peter Huntington). History: an English ship,...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1865/22

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This record is about the Captured ship: Concord of London (master Peter Huntington). History: an English ship,... dating from 1694 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
HCA 32/1865/22
Date
1694
Description

Captured ship: Concord of London (master Peter Huntington).

History: an English ship, taken on 13/23 May 1694 by an unnamed French privateer off Harwich, where most of the English crew abandoned the Concord in two longboats; taken around five hours later by the packet boat Providence (John Wood commanding), and brought into Harwich.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 2]: two sets of claims to the ship and cargo on behalf of merchants in London;
  • [CP 3-CP 4]: allegation and interrogatories, relating to an attempt to ransom an English sailor carried to France as a prisoner of war;
  • [CP 5-CP 7]: further allegation, two sets of interrogatories;
  • [CP 8-CP 9]: two further sets of interrogatories, one of which is for the ship Zebulon, which may have been captured at the same time as the Concord.

[Decision: ship and cargo restored, 7 February 1694/5]

Note
Extra information from IND 1/9014, p.51.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/15; HCA 32/21
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18044586/

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High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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