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Captured ship: Success of Wisbech (master John Greenwood). History: an English merchant...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1932/22
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This record is about the Captured ship: Success of Wisbech (master John Greenwood). History: an English merchant... dating from 1694 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HCA 32/1932/22
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1694
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Success of Wisbech (master John Greenwood).
History: an English merchant ship (pink, 55-60 tons) bound from Haymouth to Ostend or Bruges, laden with wheat; taken on 8/18 June 1694 off Lowestoff by HMS Sheerness Galley(James Launce commanding), and brought into Great Yarmouth.
Documents:-
Court Papers numbered CP 1-CP 25:
- [CP 1-CP 5]: interrogatories, four examinations, two attestations by prize commissioners;
- [CP 5a-CP 5b]: claim to the ship and cargo on behalf of merchants in Wisbech and Bruges, attestation as to the ship's current and past voyages;
- [CP 6-CP 7]: attestation in French sent from Dunkirk, translation of a Dutch attestation [original not here];
- [CP 8-CP 9]: two sets of claims to the ship by English merchants;
- [CP 10]: certificate regarding the ship's past and current voyages;
- [CP 11]: affidavit stating that the cargo of wheat was sold at Great Yarmouth;
- [CP 12]: allegation;
- [CP 13-CP 21]: legal proceedings taken on commission at King's Lynn, examinations, interrogatories, proxy, allegation, commision, bills of sale for the cargo, docket;
- [CP 22-CP 25]: receipt, two appraisements, commission of appraisement.
Ship’s Papers numbered SP 1-SP 3, ship's passes, bill of lading.
[Decision: ship and cargo condemned, 11 October 1694].
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- HCA 32/14, HCA 32/20, HCA 32/23, HCA 32/43
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English, French and Latin
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C20795093/
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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