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Captured ship: St John Baptist of Conquet (master Claude Aricq [otherwise Arick];...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1949/6

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This record is about the Captured ship: St John Baptist of Conquet (master Claude Aricq [otherwise Arick];... dating from 1673 Oct 30 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/1949/6
Date
1673 Oct 30
Description

Captured ship: St John Baptist of Conquet (master Claude Aricq [otherwise Arick]; prize master Jan Burfitt, otherwise John Burfitt).

History: a French merchant ship (14-18 tons; built at Argenton, bound from Bordeaux to Conquet and Argenton, laden with wine; taken about 30 October/9 November 1673 between Ushant and the Seames [Chaussée de Sein], or about 18 leagues off Conquet, by the 16-gun Dutch privateer Orangia [Oranje] of Flushing (John Peterson Spitts commanding); retaken on 7/17 November 1673 off Plymouth by HMS Henrietta (Sir John Narborough commanding) and brought into Plymouth.

Documents:-interrogatories and examinations

Court Papers, numbered CP 1-2:-

  • [CP 1]: standing interrogatories;
  • [CP 2]: four examinations taken at Plymouth, 8 November 1673.

Extra information: IND 1/9012 f.42: ship and lading condemned 12 December 1673.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/9/102
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C21117469/

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