Captured ship: House of Austria of Ostend, otherwise Huis van Oostenrijk (master...

Captured ship: House of Austria of Ostend, otherwise Huis van Oostenrijk (master Bartel Contalis, otherwise Bartholomew Contales).

History: a Flemish (Southern Netherlands) merchant ship, bound from Bordeaux to Ostend, laden with wine, prunes and tobacco; [driven by bad weather into the Isle of Wight] and seized in port at Cowes sometime between 15/25 January 1672/1673 (when the ship was still lading at Bordeaux) and 19 February/1 March 1672/1673.

Court Papers [all relating to neutral claims]:

• [CP 1]: annotated list of claims for ship;
• [CP 2]: annotated list of claims for goods;
• [CP 3]: annotated note of goods of Jauques Hullebush, Ghent, 26 February 1672/1673;
• [CP 4]: power of attorney, van Horenbeeck [et al], Antwerp, 18 February 1673;
• [CP 5]: power of attorney, van Kessel and Boutard, Antwerp, 21 February 1673;
• [CP 6]: power of attorney, van Pruijssen, Antwerp, 21 February 1673;
• [CP 7-8]: power of attorney, Contales, Bruges, 4 March 1673 (with translation);
• [CP 9-9A]: power of attorney, de Bie, Ostend, 4 March 1673, with bill of lading, 23 December 1672;
• [CP 10]: power of attorney, van der Haute, Ostend, 11 March 1673;
• [CP 11-11A]: power of attorney, Domicent, Ostend, 11 March 1673, with bill of lading, 25 January 1673;
• [CP 12]: certificate on condition of wine, 19 March 1673;
• [CP 13]: warrant for discharge of bond, 4 November 1673.

Extra information:-

• See also IND 1/9012 f.34v: restored; bail to be discharged, 4 November 1673;
• Perhaps one of the many French, English and Ostend ships from Bordeaux and elsewhere in France (laden with wine, brandy and salt) at Falmouth on 22 January/1 February 1672/1673: see Calendar of State Papers Domestic 1672-1673, p.486 (Inland advices, 27 January 1673) and SP 29/332 no 228.