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Captured ship: St François or Francis of Brest (master João Consalvo de Lymo or pehaps...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1877/20

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This record is about the Captured ship: St François or Francis of Brest (master João Consalvo de Lymo or pehaps... 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 32/1877/20
Date
1696
Description

Captured ship: St François or Francis of Brest (master João Consalvo de Lymo or pehaps Denis Jourdeau).

History: a Portuguese or French merchant ship (60 tons) bound from Camaret to Calais or Dieppe, laden with salt and wine; taken on 7/17 May 1696 off the Isle de Batz by HMS Garland (Thomas Robinson commanding) and brought into Falmouth.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 2]: two examinations, interrogatories;
  • [CP 3]: further interrogatories;
  • [CP 4]: claim to the ship and cargo on behalf of merchants in Lisbon;
  • [CP 5]: inhibition;
  • [CP 6]: docket, still attached to the ship's papers which used a letter discussing the said papers [badly damaged].

Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-SP 13, customs papers, legal articles agreed between England and Portugal, accounts, bill of health, ship's pass, letters. Some of these papers relate to earlier voyages by the crew, some of which list the pilot Denis Jourdeau as master.

[Decision: ship and cargo condemned 21 November 1690]

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/16, HCA 32/24, HCA 32/25, HCA 32/36
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English, French and Portuguese
Access conditions
Open on Transfer
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18048471/

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High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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