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Captured ship: St Joseph of L'Isle Dieu (master Jean Rabellon, otherwise Reballan,...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1949/14

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This record is about the Captured ship: St Joseph of L'Isle Dieu (master Jean Rabellon, otherwise Reballan,... dating from 1674 Feb 9 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/1949/14
Date
1674 Feb 9
Description

Captured ship: St Joseph of L'Isle Dieu (master Jean Rabellon, otherwise Reballan, Rabellion; prize master Francis Tison of Flushing, otherwise Francois Thyssen [the younger]).

History: a French merchant ship (25-30 tons, 6 men, 3 prisoners when retaken, built at Loquoila or Etell near Port-Louis, France) bound from St Valery to Plymouth, laden with rye; taken about 6-7/16-17 February 1673/4 some leagues west of Ushant by the 6-gun Dutch privateer Pearl of Flushing (Cornelis Franssen [Cudde], otherwise Cuda, commanding); retaken on 9/19 February 1673/4 by HMS Dartmouth (Edward Pinn commanding) and brought into Falmouth.

Court Papers, numbered CP 1-3:-

  • [CP 1]: standing interrogatories;
  • [CP 2]: four examinations taken at Plymouth, 14 February 1673/4;
  • [CP 3]: standing interrogatories and three examinations taken at Plymouth, 20 February 1673/4;

Ships Paper, numbered SP 1:-

  • [SP 1]: copy of privateering commission issued by Willem, Prince of Orange at Rosendaal, 10 October 1672, to Fransoeis Tissen and Gelein Leinssen, for Cornelis Fransen Cudde to command an unnamed privateer, this copy issued by Cudde to Fransoeis Tissen, as prize master, 17 February 1674 [moved here from HCA 32/1949/2 in 2024].

Extra information: see IND 1/9012 f.42v.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/9/112
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/C21117477/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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