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Former piece now catalogued as HCA 32/8A, HCA 32/8B and HCA 32/8C.
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/8
Former piece now catalogued as HCA 32/8A,HCA 32/8B and HCA 32/8C.
Item
Captured ship: St Francis of Marseilles (master Jean Dorgal or Dargall). History:...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1877/13
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This record is about the Captured ship: St Francis of Marseilles (master Jean Dorgal or Dargall). History:... dating from 1689-1697 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HCA 32/1877/13
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1689-1697
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: St Francis of Marseilles (master Jean Dorgal or Dargall).
History: a French merchant ship (pink, 60 tons) bound from Cabo Negro in Barbary [near Tetouan, Morocco] to Marseilles, laden with corn; taken in chase on 29 September / 9 October 1697 in latitude 41°37'N about 20 leagues off Corsica by the English merchant ship with a letter of marque Beasley Galley (Richard Strutton commanding, bound from London to Livorno) and because of damage caused a great storm brought not into Livorno as intended, but instead into Porto Ferro, [Sardinia] and left there because of several French privateers or warships cruising between Porto Ferro and Livorno.
Documents:-
Court Papers:
- [CP 1]: examination;
- [CP 2]: docket for the ship's papers.
Ship’s Papers numbered SP 1-SP 33, mostly letters from Cabo Negro:
- SP 1-SP 5: bills of lading and one letter to Captain Dorgal;
- SP 6-SP 32: mail in transit, mostly from Cabo Negro but also Calle and Tunis to men and women predominantly in Marseilles as well as Bayonne and Montauban.
[Decision: ship and cargo condemned, 14 April 1698].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Extra information added from IND 1/9016, p. 92
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- HCA 32/21; HCA 32/25
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English and French
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open on Transfer
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18048464/
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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