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Captured ship: Crown Mary otherwise Gekroonde Marie of Flushing (commander George...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1946/14

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This record is about the Captured ship: Crown Mary otherwise Gekroonde Marie of Flushing (commander George... dating from 1673 Nov 16 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/1946/14
Date
1673 Nov 16
Description

Captured ship: Crown Mary otherwise Gekroonde Marie of Flushing (commander George Adrianson)

History: a Dutch privateer (60-83 tons, 11 guns, 62-90 men), bound from Flushing on a cruise; run ashore by the crew (rather than be taken prisoner by the French) on 16/26 November 1673 about a league or three miles from Camber, Sussex, whilst being chased by an unnamed 50-gun French naval warship (thought to have been in the French squadron of the Allied fleet), sold at Rye and renamed Golden Hand or Golden Hind.

Court Papers, numbered CP 1-6:-

  • [CP 1]: a letter [damaged: signature torn off] to Southwell, dated Rye, 29 November 1673, endorsed 'a letter brought by Mr Wickham 2 December 1673'.
  • [CP 2-CP 4]: commission, special interrogatories, report of 16 February 1673/4;
  • [CP 5]: six examinations taken at Rye, 13-14 March 1673/1674;
  • [CP 6]: six examinations taken at Rye, 16 March 1673/1674;

Extra information:-

  • See Calendar of State Papers Domestic 1673-1675, pp 249, 287 (16 May 1674; 21 June 1674). [Entry Book 36 p. 373; SP Precedents 1, f.8]
  • See also IND 1/9012, f.55v; noted in error as seized at Rye]. [Sold to George Pott of London]

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The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/1/74 ; HCA 32/7/17
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18537981/

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