Piece
Former piece now catalogued as HCA 32/8A, HCA 32/8B and HCA 32/8C.
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/8
Former piece now catalogued as HCA 32/8A,HCA 32/8B and HCA 32/8C.
Item
Captured ship: St Anne otherwise St Anna of Nieuwpoort (master Dierick Laurens of...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1945/10
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This record is about the Captured ship: St Anne otherwise St Anna of Nieuwpoort (master Dierick Laurens of... dating from 1674 Jan 22 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 32/1945/10
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1674 Jan 22
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: St Anne otherwise St Anna of Nieuwpoort (master Dierick Laurens of Nieuwpoort, otherwise Derricke Lawrence).
Capture history: a Flemish (Spanish Netherlands) merchant ship (ketch, 40 tons, formerly the English ketch Thomas and Richard taken by the Dutch and sold twice in Zeeland), now bound from Ross, Ireland, to Dunkirk and Nieuwpoort via the Downs, laden with butter, salted hides, tanned hides, beef and salmon; seized on 22 January/1 February 1673/4 at anchor in Plymouth harbour by HMS Swan (Thomas Bynning commanding). The supercargo, John Murphy, and the master both threw papers overboard 'for feare of the Dutch capers'.
Owners: Roger Harteford (English by birth), otherwise Rogier Hereford, and Maurits van Acker, otherwise Morrice Vanacker (of Lille/Rijsel), both residents of Nieuwpoort.
Court Papers numbered CP 1-3:-
- [CP 1]: standing interrogatories;
- [CP 2]: three examinations, 23 January 1673/4;
- [CP 3]: translation of the ships paper.
Ships papers numbered SP 1:-
- SP 1: a bill of sale for the ketch St Anna (previously the English ketch Thomas and Richard sold at Middelburg to Nieuwpoort merchants, 19 November 1672). The previous owner, Pieter Verdiens of Flushing, had bought the ship at a prize auction in Zeeland. The previous master was Jacob Verboord.
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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 32/8B/57; HCA 32/7/2
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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)
- Dutch, English and Latin
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C21006302/
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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