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.
Item
Captured ship: Elizabeth of Topsham (master John Hillman). History: an English ship...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1946/18
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This record is about the Captured ship: Elizabeth of Topsham (master John Hillman). History: an English ship... dating from 1674 Feb 7 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)
- HCA 32/1946/18
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1674 Feb 7
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Elizabeth of Topsham (master John Hillman).
History: an English ship (built at Looe, Cornwall), bound from Topsham to Bordeaux, in ballast; taken about 8 pm on 5/15 February 1673/4 about one mile off the Yealm, Devon, by an unnamed 10-gun Dutch privateer of Middelburg; retaken on 7/17 February 1673/1674 off Longsand Bay by HMS Greenwich (Thomas Bridgeman commanding) and brought into Dartmouth on 9/19 February.
Documents:-
Court Papers, numbered CP 1- 2:-
- [CP 1]: standing interrogatories;
- [CP 2]: two examinations taken at Plymouth, 17 March 1673/1674.
Extra information; owners of the ship Bartholomew Anthony and John Elwell, both residents of Exeter .
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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)
- HCA 32/8B/60
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English and Latin
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18537985/
Series information
HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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