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Captured ship: St Martin (master unknown, prize master Jacob Edwards, coxswain of...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1904/18

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Reference
HCA 32/1904/18
Date
1689
Description

Captured ship: St Martin (master unknown, prize master Jacob Edwards, coxswain of HMS St Albans).

History: a French merchant ship (galliot hoy or dogger hoy, 80 tons) bound from La Rochelle to Dieppe, laden with sugar; taken on 23 June / 3 July 1689 off Guernsey by HMS St Albans (John Laton commanding), and brought into Sandwich Bay [Swanage Bay] about 16 miles from Poole, although Edwards' instructions were to take the prize into Portsmouth or Plymouth; Customs officers from Poole went aboard the ship in Swanage Bay and persuaded Edwards to bring the prize into Poole.

Documents:-

Court Papers numbered CP 1-CP 2:

  • [CP 1-CP 2]: examinations of merchants, mariners and Customs officers at Poole, over suspected embezzlement, breaking bulk and unlawful sales.

[Decision: ship and cargo condemned, 17 September 1689].

Note
Extra information added from IND 1/9013, p.335
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/14, HCA 32/39
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18063254/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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