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Captured ship: Hopewell of Great Yarmouth (master Jan Spinter; prize master John...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1948/10

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This record is about the Captured ship: Hopewell of Great Yarmouth (master Jan Spinter; prize master John... dating from 1672 Sept 16 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/1948/10
Date
1672 Sept 16
Description

Captured ship: Hopewell of Great Yarmouth (master Jan Spinter; prize master John Hendrickson of Rossom, otherwise Jan Heindrickse, Jan Hendericksen).

History: an English fishing vessel, bound from Iceland to [Yarmouth], laden with fish; taken about 2-3 pm on 15/25 September 1672, about 7 leagues off Aberdeen by the Dutch privateer Brak [Beagle] of Flushing, otherwise Bracke (John Spaniard commanding, otherwise Jan Jansen Spanjaert), then sent in for Rotterdam or Flushing; retaken about 5-6 pm on 16/26 September 1672 off the Staples [Farne Islands], Northumberland, by the privateer Laurel [otherwise Royal Ellen] (William Piper commanding) and brought into Tynemouth on 17/27 September.

Court Papers, numbered CP 1-3:

  • [CP 1]: standing interrogatories;
  • [CP 2]: three examinations taken at Newcastle, 23 September 1672 (original);
  • [CP 3]: three examinations at Newcastle, 23 September 1672 (copy).

Ships paper, numbered SP 1:

  • [SP 1]: privateering commission (blank annotated copy issued to prize master Hendericksen, 25 September 1672).

Extra information: IND 1/9012 f.34.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/9/37A
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Dutch and English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18538035/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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