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Captured ship: Justitia of Ostend (commander Cornelis Mareschael of Ostend, otherwise...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1949/16

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This record is about the Captured ship: Justitia of Ostend (commander Cornelis Mareschael of Ostend, otherwise... dating from 1673 Oct 31 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/1949/16
Date
1673 Oct 31
Description

Captured ship: Justitia of Ostend (commander Cornelis Mareschael of Ostend, otherwise Mareschal, Marichael).

History: a Flemish (Spanish Netherlands) Armada of Flanders naval warship (Bruges admiralty) (160-200 tons, 20 guns, 70 men, built in the Dutch Republic), bound from Flushing [?] to Ostend to convoy merchant ships to London (with no commission except an old one of August 1667 to the commander, for the 50-ton, 8-gun frigate St Anthony of Padua); taken on [31] October 1673 in Spithead Roads by HMS Falcon (Thomas Andrews commanding) and brought into Portsmouth.

Court Papers, numbered CP 1-6:-

  • [CP 1]: three examinations taken at Portsmouth, 11 November 1673;
  • [CP 2]: letter or claim (in Spanish) from Brussels, 29 November 1673;
  • [CP 3]: letter or claim (in Spanish) from Brussels, 8 December 1673;
  • [CP 4]: allegation, 17 December 1673 but see also the detailed allegation at HCA 24/147/39;
  • [CP 5]: commission, 10 January 1673/4;
  • [CP 6]: letter, 20 January 1673/4 (attached to commission).

Extra information:

  • See the detailed allegation about her suspicious behaviour at Spithead, at HCA 24/147/39;
  • IND 1/9012 f.42: restored, 26 January 1673/4.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/1/73; HCA 32/7/51; HCA 32/9/101
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and Spanish
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C21117479/

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High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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