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Number not used; see HCA 42/554/10A and HCA 42/554/10B
Catalogue reference: HCA 42/554/10
Number not used; see HCA 42/554/10A and HCA 42/554/10B
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Captured ship: Francis (Richard Bowers Master). History: an English or French or...
Catalogue reference: HCA 42/4/4
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This record is about the Captured ship: Francis (Richard Bowers Master). History: an English or French or... dating from 1691 in the series High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HCA 42/4/4
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1691
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Francis (Richard Bowers Master).
History: an English or French or Jacobite merchant vessel bound from Newfoundland to a port in England or France, laden with fish; seized on 26 November / 6 December 1690 in the harbour of Ferryland, Newfoundland by the privateer Sarah (Richard Beasant commanding) and brought into Ilfracombe. The captors alleged that the ship previously sailed from La Rochelle and St Martin to Newfoundland with colourable ship's papers and that the vessel had previously been captured by a French privateer and taken to Brest, where a prize court restored the ship at the urging of James II.
Documents: manuscript appeal papers.
[Decision: not yet known].
For the initial prize case papers, see HCA 32/1877/7.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C20436616/
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