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Prize jurisdiction: register of Francis Raynsford, Receiver of the rights and perquisites...
Catalogue reference: HCA 30/160A
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This record is about the Prize jurisdiction: register of Francis Raynsford, Receiver of the rights and perquisites... dating from 1691 Sept 5-1692 Jul 2 in the series High Court of Admiralty, and Supreme Court of Judicature: Admiralty Miscellanea. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1691 Sept 5-1692 Jul 2
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Prize jurisdiction: register of Francis Raynsford, Receiver of the rights and perquisites of the Admiralty, comprising orders for :-
- the restoration of ships or goods taken as prize, but judged by the Court not to be enemy, and therefore to be restored to their owners;
- the payment of salvage by the original owners to the re-captors of ships re-taken from enemy captors;
- the payment on tenths due from the capture of prize ships as droits of the Admiralty;
- the payment of full value from the capture of prize ships, where the captor had no commission, as droits of the Admiralty.
Folios 3-152 (folios 1 and 2 are missing).
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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High Court of Admiralty, and Supreme Court of Judicature: Admiralty Miscellanea
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