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Captured ship: Arms of Amsterdam (master unknown), or Welcome of London (master James...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1945/15

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This record is about the Captured ship: Arms of Amsterdam (master unknown), or Welcome of London (master James... dating from 1673 [Sept] in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/1945/15
Date
1673 [Sept]
Description

Captured ship: Arms of Amsterdam (master unknown), or Welcome of London (master James Anguish, owners James Littleton and others).

Capture history: a Dutch merchant ship (galliot hoy); taken before 5 September 1673, by the privateer Resolution (Thomas Wise commanding), and brought into Leith, Scotland.

Court Papers numbered CP 1-3:-

  • [CP 1]: inventory of the ship as Welcome, 5 September 1673;
  • [CP 2]: appraisement of the ship, 30 April 1674;
  • [CP 3]: condemnation, 10 April 1674.

[Decision: condemned as prize on 10 April 1674: see Calendar of State Papers Domestic, 1673-1675, p 272 [SP 29/361, No 79]; ibid p 282]

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The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/1/77
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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