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: Fortune of Hamburg (master Harman Filler, otherwise Herman Villers)....
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1947/10
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This record is about the Captured ship: Fortune of Hamburg (master Harman Filler, otherwise Herman Villers).... dating from [1672 Apr 27] 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 32/1947/10
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1672 Apr 27]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Fortune of Hamburg (master Harman Filler, otherwise Herman Villers).
History: a Hamburg merchant ship (100 tons, built at Zaandam, bought by master in Scotland about 12 years before), bound from Rouen to Hamburg, laden with paper, teazels, silk, hats, wine, champagne, indigo, vinegar, earthenware pots, dyes, ginger, raisins, gum, syrup, capers, prunes, playing cards, combs, pears, molasses, and other goods; taken off the Downs about the end of April, possibly brought into the Downs on 27-28 April/7-8 May 1672, perhaps by HMS Guernsey (Harris commanding), and brought into Dover.
Court Papers, numbered CP 1-2:-
- [CP 1]: examination at Dover, 8 May 1672;
- [CP 2]: abstract of 62 ships papers [all these papers were probably restored].
Extra information:-
- Perhaps one the ships said to have goods aboard of the late Dutch ambassador at Paris.
- Owners Jacob Crogman, Anthony Jacobson, the master, and others.
- See Calendar of State Papers Domestic 1671-1672, pp 385, 426. HCA 30/882, p. 55: 109 papers introduced 2 May 1672, to Moore 8 May 1672.
- See also IND 1/9012 f.25.
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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 32/7/26; HCA 32/8B/9
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18538003/
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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