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Captured ship: Land's Welfare of Flushing otherwise Lands Welvaren , or Salus Patriae...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1949/24

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This record is about the Captured ship: Land's Welfare of Flushing otherwise Lands Welvaren , or Salus Patriae... dating from 1672 Jul 7 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/1949/24
Date
1672 Jul 7
Description

Captured ship: Land's Welfare of Flushing otherwise Lands Welvaren, or Salus Patriae (master Tobias Zacharias, otherwise Tobias Sacharias or Zacharias).

History: a Dutch merchant ship (130 tons/50 lasts, 6 guns, 10 men, built in the Dutch Republic), bound from Terceira and Fayal in the Azores to Amsterdam, laden with wine [sherry, sack], sugar and Brazil tobacco; taken on 7/17 July 1672 off Scotland near the Fair Isle [between Shetland and Orkney] by HMS Eagle (Sir William Reeves commanding), and brought into Hull. HMS Eagle was in company with two small merchant ships and a naval fireship, which the Dutch crew were ready to fight, before the appearance of the large warship Eagle.

Court Papers, numbered CP 1:-

  • [CP 1]: commission, interrogatories and two examinations taken at Hull, 18 July 1672; the examinations mention 'several papers and letters'.

Ships Papers, numbered SP 1-4:-

  • SP 1: seabrief, in Dutch, 18 December 1670;
  • SP 2: seabrief, in Latin, 11 December 1670;
  • SP 3: summary of charterparty;
  • SP 4: cargo manifest.

Extra information:-

  • See HCA 24/147/69 for the allegation of 2 August 1672;
  • See IND 1/9012 f. 77v: ship and lading condemned, 7 August 1672;
  • See Calendar of State Papers Domestic, 1672, p. 343 (15 July 1672); SP 29/312 nos. 234-235.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/7/87; HCA 32/9/27; HCA 30/651/22
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/C21117487/

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High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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