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Captured ship: Golden Windmill or De Aurata Mola (master Peter Benjamin otherwise...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1947/22

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This record is about the Captured ship: Golden Windmill or De Aurata Mola (master Peter Benjamin otherwise... dating from [1673 May 24] in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/1947/22
Date
[1673 May 24]
Description

Captured ship: Golden Windmill or De Aurata Mola (master Peter Benjamin otherwise Benjaminsen).

History: a Danish-Norwegian merchant ship, said to be in ballast; seized in the port of Plymouth to the use of the Lord High Admiral, James, Duke of York, by 24 May/3 June 1673.

Court Papers, numbered CP 1:-

  • [CP 1]: original wrapper with HCA note that the master was examined on 24 May 1673 and that the examination was enclosed [examination not found]);

Ships Papers, numbered SP 1-4:-

  • SP 1: Bergen burgerbrief for master, in Danish, 6 February 1673;
  • SP 2-SP 3: Danish passes in Latin and Danish, 19 April 1673);
  • SP4: letter in Dutch from the master at Dordrecht to his wife at Amsterdam, 2 May 1673.

Extra information:-

  • See IND 1/9012, f.90: condemned 12 August 1673;
  • See HCA 24/147/28: for the allegation and claim.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 30/652B/5
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Danish and English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18538015/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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