Piece
Former piece now catalogued as HCA 32/8A, HCA 32/8B and HCA 32/8C.
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/8
Former piece now catalogued as HCA 32/8A,HCA 32/8B and HCA 32/8C.
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Captured ship: Coast of London (master Shillinge Terry of London; prize master Mattaijs...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1946/12
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- HCA 32/1946/12
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1673 Oct 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Coast of London (master Shillinge Terry of London; prize master Mattaijs Adrijaensen of Flushing, otherwise Mattijs Adrianson and Pieter de Klerck of Flushing, otherwise Peter de Clarke, joint masters)
History: an English merchant ship (frigate, 240 tons, built at London, prize crew of 29 men), bound from London and Plymouth to Barbados, laden with many casks of dry goods, fire stones, hoops, beef and bread; taken in fight (after a battle of about 1-3 hours) about 5 pm on 30 October/9 November 1673 off the Lizard and about 10 leagues off Scilly by two Dutch privateers, the 12-gun Brandwicke [otherwise Brandwijk] of Flushing (Joris Prijs commanding) and the 28-gun Hannah of Middelburg (Jasper Danielson commanding), then bound for Corunna and retaken about 20-21 hours later on 31 October/10 November 1673 about 20-30 leagues west of Scilly by HMS Plymouth (Anthony Young commanding) and brought into Plymouth. No bills of lading or other papers were said to be aboard when retaken: all removed by the captors.
Court Papers, numbered CP 1:-
- [CP 1]: standing interrogatories;
- [CP 2]: six examinations taken at Plymouth, 17 November 1673.
Extra information: owners Cholmley, Pemmell and Forth of London.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- English and Latin
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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