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Captured ship: Daystar or Etoile du Jour of Auray (master Jean Micheau or Michaud)....

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1867/10

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This record is about the Captured ship: Daystar or Etoile du Jour of Auray (master Jean Micheau or Michaud).... dating from 1695 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 32/1867/10
Date
1695
Description

Captured ship: Daystar or Etoile du Jour of Auray (master Jean Micheau or Michaud).

History: a French merchant ship (90 tons, 4 guns) bound from the River Seudre to Dieppe or Honfleur, laden with salt; taken on 30 November / 10 December 1695 'neare the casketts' [Les Casquets] off Alderney by the privateers Defiance (John Gruchy commanding) and Monmouth Galley (John Tupper commanding) but the two were separated by bad weather and only the Defiance brought the Etoile du Jour into Southampton.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1]: two examinations;
  • [CP 2]: examinations taken at Jersey, the first set relating to alleged embezzlement by Gruchy;
  • [CP 3]: inhibition;
  • [CP 4]: examinations taken at Guernsey, the second set relating to alleged embezzlement;
  • [CP 5-CP 9]: papers from legal proceedings at St Peter Port, Guernsey, probably relating to alleged embezzlement, including a substitution, commission, examinations and a docket;
  • [CP 10]: docket, still attached to the ship's papers.

Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-SP 4, including a ship's pass and certificates.

[Decision: not yet known]

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/13
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Dutch, English and Latin
Access conditions
Open on Transfer
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18052308/

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High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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