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Captured ship: La Fidele of St Malo (master Nicholas Bayon). History: a French privateer...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1873/8

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This record is about the Captured ship: La Fidele of St Malo (master Nicholas Bayon). History: a French privateer... dating from 1696 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 32/1873/8
Date
1696
Description

Captured ship: La Fidele of St Malo (master Nicholas Bayon).

History: a French privateer (35 tons, 6 guns, 40 men) bound from St Malo on a cruise; taken on 4/14 November 1696 off Plymouth by HMS Pembroke (James Studley commanding) and brought into Plymouth.

Documents:-

Court Paper numbered CP 1:

  • [CP 1]: two examinations.

[Decision: condemned, 21 November 1696].

Note
Extra information added from IND 1/9016, p. 83
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/36
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18048390/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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