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Captured ship: Grave of Holland [otherwise Graaf van Holland ] or Earl of Holland...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1947/25

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This record is about the Captured ship: Grave of Holland [otherwise Graaf van Holland ] or Earl of Holland... dating from 1673 Dec 21 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/1947/25
Date
1673 Dec 21
Description

Captured ship: Grave of Holland [otherwise Graaf van Holland] or Earl of Holland (master John Johnson, otherwise Jan Jansen).

History: a Dutch privateer, bound on a cruise (from a port within the jurisdiction of the Amsterdam admiralty); taken on 21/31 December 1673 by HMS Ruby (Stephen Pyend commanding) and brought into London.

Court Paper, numbered CP 1-2:-

  • [CP 1]: abstract of six ship's papers;
  • [CP 2]: letter of [Samuel] Pepys to Captain Pynd [Pyend], HMS Ruby at the Nore, 18 February 1673/1674, re his unnamed privateer prize [added in 2024 from HCA 32/1954/17 Misc].

Ships Papers, numbered SP 1-6:-

  • [SP 1]: Dutch privateering commission issued by Willem III, Prince of Orange at The Hague, 27 September 1673, to David Le Compte and partners for Jan Jansen to command an unnamed privateer, registered by the [Amsterdam] admiralty, 21 October 1673 and annotated at the Texel 13 December 1673;
  • [SP 2-4]: three printed copies of the above commission;
  • [SP 5]: States General order on prizes taken by privateers and sent into allied ports, 9 January 1673
  • [SP 6]: States General proclamation regulating privateering [10 October 1673, damaged]

Extra information:-

  • See HCA 24/147/29, for the allegation of Pyend v The Grave of Holland;
  • See IND 1/9012, f.31v. for the details of capture given above;
  • Owners: David Le Compte and partners.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 30/651/6
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Dutch and English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18538018/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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