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Captured ship: St Peter of Hamburg (master Carsten Carstens). History: a Hamburg...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1918/8

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This record is about the Captured ship: St Peter of Hamburg (master Carsten Carstens). History: a Hamburg... dating from 1690 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 32/1918/8
Date
1690
Description

Captured ship: St Peter of Hamburg (master Carsten Carstens).

History: a Hamburg merchant ship (260 tons) bound from Middelburg to Bordeaux, though the crew lied that they bound for Bilbao, laden with madder, starch, pipes, wire, hams and cheese; stopped by the Dutch ship Roosenburg (Blaese Geleyns commanding), and then taken in July 1690 off the Isle of Wight by the privateer Elizabeth and Catherine (William Young commanding), and brought into Rye.

Documents:-

Court Papers numbered CP 1-CP 21:

  • [CP 1-CP 3]: interrogatories, five examinations, commission;
  • [CP 4-CP 6]: allegations, with two sets of interrogatories;
  • [CP 7-CP 10]: two attestations sent in from Middelburg, with translations;
  • [CP 11-CP 18]: legal proceedings taken on commission at Weymouth, including examinations, interrogatories, proxy, substitution, allegation, commission;
  • [CP 19-CP 20]: commission of appraiement, inventory;
  • [CP 21]: docket for the ship's papers.

Ship’s Papers numbered SP 1-SP 21:

  • SP 1-SP 14: receipts, invoices, customs papers;
  • SP 15-SP 21: ship's passes, bills of lading, paper relating to the ship's armaments.

[Decision: ship and cargo condemned, 16 October 1690; appealed].

Note
Extra information added from IND 1/9013, p.434
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/14, HCA 32/19, HCA 32/23, HCA 32/30
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18085797/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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