Captured ship: Dolphin of Stockholm (master John Johnson de Old Boere of Amsterdam,...

Captured ship: Dolphin of Stockholm (master John Johnson de Old Boere of Amsterdam, citizen of Stockholm, otherwise Jan Janss de Oude Boer).

History: a Swedish merchant ship (171 lasts, 8 guns, 30 crew and passengers, including 4 women, built by Mr Skelton at Stockholm the previous year [1671]), bound from Amsterdam and the Texel to Stockholm, laden with lemons, Holland cheese, green cheese, pickled herrings, currants, wine, tobacco, prunes and other goods (soap, paint, pump leathers) on the account of the Royal Swedish navy; taken on [31] July/10 August 1672 between the Vlie and the Texel by HMS Mermaid (John Temple commanding), and brought into Harwich on 5/15 August 1672.

Court Papers, numbered CP 1-4:-

• [CP 1]: eleven examinations taken at Harwich, 5-7 August 1672 (these mention the documents produced: 6 passes, 59 bills of lading, a manifest [HCA 24/147/17 states these were in a tin box], and a small bag of sealed letters);
• [CP 2]: note of claim
• [CP 3]: letter in Swedish, 23 August 1672, regarding the capture (from Peter Simon at Amsterdam to the Swedish Resident in Britain, Leyenbergh), mentioning an enclosed Gazette with news of the bestial murder of the De Witt brothers, Jan (Grand Pensionary) and Cornelis ('brodere Ruwart och Pensionairen de Wit');
• [CP 4]: translation of the above letter ('Ruwart van Putten and Witt').

Extra information:-

• See the six allegations and claims, and the allegation in Temple v The Dolphin, totalling 33 pp, 23 August 1672, at HCA 24/147/12-HCA 24/147/16;
• See IND 9012, f.14v: ship and cargo restored 8 November 1672, by order of Charles II.
• See also Calendar of State Papers Domestic 1672, pp 446, 461, 622 (and also 384?).
• The Swedish master had instructions to fight small English and Scottish privateers, and was preparing to fight. Temple believed the master would have done so, had not HMS Antelope also arrived.
• The passengers included Nils Hanson Torn, son of the burgomaster of Stockholm.