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Captured ship: St Joseph (prize master Andries Michielsen of Amsterdam). History:...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1949/13

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This record is about the Captured ship: St Joseph (prize master Andries Michielsen of Amsterdam). History:... dating from 1673 Sep 28 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/1949/13
Date
1673 Sep 28
Description

Captured ship: St Joseph (prize master Andries Michielsen of Amsterdam).

History: a French merchant ship (80 tons) bound from the French Caribbean to Europe, laden with sugar; taken in May or June 1673 off Guadeloupe by the Dutch warship Noord-Holland (Admiral Jacob Binckes [or Benckes], Amsterdam admiralty, commanding) and sent in for Amsterdam; retaken on 28 September/8 October 1673 off Beachy Head by the privateer Revenge (John Aden commanding) and brought into Dover.

Court Papers, numbered CP 1:-

  • [CP 1]: three examinations taken at Dover, 1 October 1673.

Ships Paper, numbered SP 1:-

  • [SP 1]: commission from Binckes for Andries Michielsen to command the prize St Joseph.

Extra information:-

  • Information given in the examinations by all 3 deponents referring to the Dutch captor as a privateer is in error;
  • IND 1/9012 f.41v: ship and lading condemned, 3 November 1673.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/9/95
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Dutch, English and Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C21117476/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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