Captured ships: two ships: St Clement of [St Brieuc] (master Peter Timoyne; prize...

Captured ships: two ships: St Clement of [St Brieuc] (master Peter Timoyne; prize master John Coene [of Ghent], quartermaster [and Nicholas Goosen, otherwise Niclaes Goosse, lieutenant]; and St Peter (prize master Phillip Juweel quartermaster) of [St Brieuc]

History of St Clement (28 tons): bound from [Bordeaux] to St Brieuc, laden with wine, brandy and prunes, taken on 17/27 November 1673, 5-6 leagues off St Brieuc, by the Flemish (Spanish Netherlands) privateer St Adrian of Ostend, otherwise St Adrien (a snow of 18 lasts, 4 guns, Jan Lennaerts, otherwise John Lenarts, Jean Lenaerts, by-named Van Emden, commanding) and sent in for Ostend, but after 2 days and nights was forced by bad weather and contrary winds to the Isle of Wight, where the ship was retaken on 19/29 November 1673 in St Helens road by [the ketch or] dogger HMS Hopeful Margaret (John Robinson commanding), and brought into Portsmouth;

History of St Peter (18 tons) bound from [?] to St Brieuc, laden with wine, taken about 17/27 November 1673 [off the Sept Iles or St Brieuc?] by the Flemish (Spanish Netherlands) privateer St Adrian of Ostend, otherwise St Adrien (a snow of 18 lasts, 4 guns, Jan Lennaerts, otherwise John Lenarts, Jean Lenaerts, by-named Van Emden, commanding) and sent in for Ostend, but after some time was forced by bad weather and contrary winds into Poole, where seized by port officers about 19/29 November 1673.

Court Papers, numbered CP 1-CP 7:-

• [CP 1]: six examinations taken at Portsmouth 20 November 1673;
• [CP 2]: petition of John Lenaerts to Charles II, endorsed by Arlington 29 November 1673;
• [CP 3]: petition of John Lenaerts to Prize Commissioners, (undated);
• [CP 4 and envelope CP 4A]: protest of the owners of St Adrian of Ostend, 16 December 1673;
• [CP 5]: letter of Coventry to Wiseman, 19 December 1673;
• [CP 6]: Wiseman's report, 22 December 1673.
• [CP 7]: translation of copy of privateering commission issued to John Coene as prize master, 27 November 1673;

Ships Papers, numbered SP 1:-

• SP 1: copy of privateering commission issued to John Coene as prize master, 27 November 1673.

Extra information: Lennaerts was born at Emden, but a resident of Ostend.