Captured ship: Fortune of Newcopen / Nykøbing (master Jan Pieterss Leeuw of Edam,...

Captured ship: Fortune of Newcopen / Nykøbing (master Jan Pieterss Leeuw of Edam, otherwise Jan Peterson Lieuw, Jean Pietersen Leuw)

History: a Danish-Norwegian merchant ship ([galliot], 150 tons, built at Zaandam, bought at Amsterdam, October 1669, belonging to the Queen of Denmark as sole owner), bound from Oleron, La Rochelle and St Martin de Ré to Hamburg, laden with salt, brandy, wine, vinegar, molasses and paper; taken on 11/21 May 1672 about 4 leagues off Falmouth by HMS Newcastle (Anthony Langstone commanding), and brought into Falmouth the same day.

NB: There are 2 ports named Nykøbing in Denmark - Nykøbing Mors, in the north of Jutland, and Nykøbing Falster, on the island Falster, facing the island Lolland. The third examinant (examined separately on 22 May, and apparently not in the crew, was a Dane of Copenhagen who knew the port Nykøbing 'on the island of Laland' [Lolland, meaning Nykøbing Falster] and deposed that he had never seen the ship there and that in any case she was too large to enter the shallow port.

Court Papers, numbered CP 1-7:-

• [CP 1]: standing interrogatories;
• [CP 2]: two examinations tken at Plymouth, 16 May 1672;
• [CP 3]: interrogatory and one examination taken at Plymouth, 22 May 1672;
• [CP 4]: translation of affidavit (from French) of Adrian de la Croix, 25 June 1672, supporting his claim for syrup;
• [CP 5]: affidavit (French) of Adrian de la Croix, 25 June 1672, supporting his claim for syrup;
• [CP 6]: bill of lading (Dutch), 13 May 1672;
• [CP 7]: translation of Dutch letter (no original), concerning the syrup and an identical quantity laden on the Danish ship Golden Serpent, also taken prize.

Extra information:-

• see HCA 24/147/27 for the allegation and claim of Adrian de la Croix;
• see IND 1/9012 f.24'
• see HCA 30/882, p. 56: 38 papers received 23 May 1672 [probably restored];
• See Calendar of State Papers Domestic 1672, pp 250-251, 431 (19 June 1672, 1 August 1672); SP 29/311 nos 193, 193i and SP 29/313 no 181.