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Captured ship: St Peter of Stade (master John Ward). History: an English merchant...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1921/1

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This record is about the Captured ship: St Peter of Stade (master John Ward). History: an English merchant... dating from 1693 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 32/1921/1

Date

1693

Description

Captured ship: St Peter of Stade (master John Ward).

History: an English merchant ship (100 tons) bound from Hamburg to Tenerife as part of a convoy, laden with pipestaves, linen, casses of empty bottles; taken on 9/19 November 1693 off the Port of Dover by the privateer Orange Flower (Samuel Bates commanding), and brought into Dover.

Documents:-

Court Papers numbered CP 1-CP 23:

  • [CP 1-CP 2]: interrogatories, three examinations;
  • [CP 3]: claim to the ship and cargo on behalf of an English merchant in Hamburg;
  • [CP 4, and CP 4/1-4]: allegation with annexed exhibits, four business letters from the ship's owner, Richard Cambridge, to Anthony Merry in London;
  • [CP 5]: attestation as to the ship's voyage;
  • [CP 6-CP 7]: two allegations;
  • [CP 8-CP 13]: legal proceedings taken on commission at Deal, including interrogatories, examinations, proxy or substitution, commissioners' memorandum, commission;
  • [CP 14-CP 22]: legal proceedings taken on commission at Dover, including examinations, commission, allegation, interrogatories, proxies or substitutions, commissioners' memorandum, docket;
  • [CP 23]: list of expenses incurred during the legal proceedings.

[Decision: ship restored, cargo part condemned, 19 January 1693].

Note

Extra information added from IND 1/9014, p.254

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference

HCA 32/19, HCA 32/23

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English and Latin

Closure status

Open Document, Open Description

Subjects
Topics
International
Litigation
Trade and commerce
Piracy and privateering
Armed Forces (General Administration)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18085845/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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