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Captured ship: Fisher otherwise Pecheur (prize master Willem Parreman of Middelburg,...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1947/2

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This record is about the Captured ship: Fisher otherwise Pecheur (prize master Willem Parreman of Middelburg,... dating from 1672 Nov 8 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/1947/2
Date
1672 Nov 8
Description

Captured ship: Fisher otherwise Pecheur (prize master Willem Parreman of Middelburg, otherwise Willem Parema, William Parema).

History: a French merchant ship (ketch), bound from [France ?] to Middelburg laden with wines and other goods; taken on 25 October/4 November 1672 by the Dutch privateer Vliegende Draak [Flying Dragon, of Middelburg], (Robbert Matthijssen commanding), then sent in for Middelburg; retaken on 8/18 November 1672 off Beachy Head and about 2 leagues from Fairlight by the privateer [ketch] Revenge [of Dover] (John Aden commanding), and brought into Dover [on 9/19 November 1672].

Court Papers, numbered CP 1-3:-

  • [CP 1]: commission, 11 November 1672;
  • [CP 2]: special interrogatories;
  • [CP 3]: three examinations taken at Dover, 16 November 1672.

Ships Papers, numbered SP 1:

  • SP 1: copy of a privateering commission of 4 September 1672, issued to Benjamin Raule for Robbert Matthijssen to command an unnamed privateer, issued aboard the privateer Vliegende Draak to the prize master Willem Parema of the prize Fransche Cysee [this ship?] at sea on 4 November 1672.

Extra information:-

  • See the allegation of John Aden at HCA 24/147/22;
  • See IND 1/9012, f.26: condemned 2 December 1672.
  • See also Calendar of State Papers Domestic, 1672-1673, p. 155 (12 Nov 1672) and SP 29/317, no 208.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/8B/22
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Dutch, English and Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18537995/

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