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Captured ship: Fort Zeelandia of Flushing [otherwise Fort of Zealand ] (master Cornelis...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1947/5

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This record is about the Captured ship: Fort Zeelandia of Flushing [otherwise Fort of Zealand ] (master Cornelis... dating from 1672 Mar 13 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/1947/5
Date
1672 Mar 13
Description

Captured ship: Fort Zeelandia of Flushing [otherwise Fort of Zealand] (master Cornelis Bastiaensen of Flushing).

History: a Dutch merchant ship (100 lasts), bound from Surinam to Flushing, laden with sugar, 'speckled' wood and indigo; taken on 13/23 March 1671/2 west of the Isle of Wight by HMS Nightingale (Henry Clarke commanding) and brought into Portsmouth on 15/25 March 1671/2.

Court Papers, numbered CP 1-4:-

  • [CP 1-CP 2]: cover notes;
  • [CP 3]: one examination, of the master, (11 April 1672);
  • [CP 4]: commissioners' report, 11 April 1672, that the papers, packets and sea briefs are enclosed, and that the skipper and crew had run away for fear of being imprisoned before they could be further examined on the interrogatories.

Extra information:

  • See HCA 24/147/26 for the allegation and claim of 7 English merchants for goods aboard the Fort Zeelandia;
  • Ships Papers: see the very large collection of papers and mail in transit from Surinam, at HCA 30/1058 and HCA 30/1059
  • 'papers abundance and unnumbered' were brought into the Court on 29 April 1672, and more on 5 May 1672: see HCA 30/882 p. 55;
  • See also IND 1/9012 f.24v.;
  • Owners Lyne Blunckebile, Cornelius Cavelas, John Jongh and the master, all of Flushing.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/8B/4
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18537998/

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