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Captured ship: Danzig Merchant (master Thomas Grundy). History: an English merchant...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1867/4

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Reference
HCA 32/1867/4
Date
1692
Description

Captured ship: Danzig Merchant (master Thomas Grundy).

History: an English merchant ship (120 tons) bound from Newcastle to Lisbon laden with coal; taken around 2/12 August 1692 off the Rock of Lisbon by the French warship La Legere ([Jouannes de] Suigaraichipi commanding), and brought into Lisbon, where the English crew was put ashore and a French crew installed; retaken on 17/27 August 1692 by the privateer Cloudesley Galley (Charles Stocker commanding), and brought into Dartmouth.

Documents:-

Court Papers:-

  • [CP 1-CP 2]: manuscript letter of marque or commission of war for the warship La Legere attached to one examination:
  • [CP 3]: claim to the ship and cargo on behalf of English merchants;
  • [CP 4-CP 5]: attestations as to the ownership of the ship and cargo, including by the widow Elizabeth Grundy following the death of the master (her husband);
  • [CP 6-CP 8]: commission of appraisement, inventory, docket.

[Decision: restored, paying salvage, 27 September 1692]

Note
Extra information added from IND 1/9013, p.82.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/13, HCA 32/1826
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English, French and Latin
Access conditions
Open on Transfer
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18052302/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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