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Captured ship: Magdalen or Michell of London (master John Madder). History: an English...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1901/14

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Reference
HCA 32/1901/14
Date
1694
Description

Captured ship: Magdalen or Michell of London (master John Madder).

History: an English merchant ship (200 tons) bound from the Kola Peninsula in Lapland to London, laden with stockfish; taken on 4/14 September 1694 off Great Yarmouth by a French privateer, retaken on 13/23 September 1694 off the Downs by Cloudesley Shovell's squadron, after the prize crew abandoned the ship on sight of the fleet.

Documents:-

Court Papers numbered CP 1-CP 5:

  • [CP 1]: attestation as to the ship's capture and voyage;
  • [CP 2]: claim to the ship and cargo on behalf of merchants in London;
  • [CP 3-CP 5]: commissioner's affidavit, inventory, commission of appraisement.

[Decision: ship and cargo restored, paying salvage 27 September 1694].

Note
Extra information added from IND 1/9014, p.204
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/14, HCA 32/18
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18063173/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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