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Captured ship: Maria Sea Star of Ostend (master Tomas Becu). History: a Spanish Netherlands...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1902/22

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Reference
HCA 32/1902/22
Date
1689
Description

Captured ship: Maria Sea Star of Ostend (master Tomas Becu).

History: a Spanish Netherlands merchant ship (flyboat, 320 tons) bound from Bordeaux to Ostend, laden with brandy and wine; taken on 8/18 June 1689 off Ushant by the privateer St David (Thomas Graydon commanding), and brought into Plymouth.

Documents:-

Court Papers numbered CP 1-CP 4:

  • [CP 1-CP 2]: interrogatories, two examinations;
  • [CP 3]: abstracts and translations of the 21 ship's papers;
  • [CP 4]: docket for the ship's papers.

Ship’s Papers numbered SP 1-SP 21, certificate, ship's passes, bills of lading.

[Decision: ship and cargo condemned, 2 December 1689; appealed].

Note
Extra information added from IND 1/9013, p.334
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/28, HCA 32/39
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Dutch, English and French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18063209/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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