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Captured ship: St Pierre Marie or St Peter Mary of St Malo (commander Robert des...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1921/6
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This record is about the Captured ship: St Pierre Marie or St Peter Mary of St Malo (commander Robert des... dating from 1694 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HCA 32/1921/6
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Date (When the record was created)
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1694
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: St Pierre Marie or St Peter Mary of St Malo (commander Robert des Sandrais or Elizée Chaille).
History: a French merchant ship with a letter of marque (200 tons, 18 guns) bound from Saint Domingue to St Malo, laden with indigo, tobacco, hides, and pieces of eight; taken in fight on 9/19 August 1694 off Ushant by HMS Foresight (John Manston commanding), and brought into Falmouth.
Documents:-
Court Papers numbered CP 1-CP 11:
- [CP 1-CP 3]: interrogatories, four examinations;
- [CP 4]: allegation;
- [CP 5-CP 7]: interrogatories, ten examinations regarding the disposal of goods immediately after capture [potential embezzlement];
- [CP 8-CP 9]: two attestations responding to suspicions that a chest of French and Spanish coins aboard were embezzled by the crew at Falmouth;
- [CP 10-CP 11]: docket for the ship's papers, envelope.
Ships Papers numbered SP 1-SP 15, letter of marque, receipt, bills of lading, with two issued at Saint Domingue for other ships, L'Annion Nouvelle (master Jean Bourget) and L'Europe (master Sieur de Carmand).
[Decision: ship and cargo condemned, 16 August 1694].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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Extra information added from IND 1/9014, p.274
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
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HCA 32/19, HCA 32/23, 32/30, HCA 32/41
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English and French
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Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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