Captured ship: Love of London, otherwise Hope of London (master Robert Russell, otherwise...

Captured ship: Love of London, otherwise Hope of London (master Robert Russell, otherwise Ressell; prize master Cornelis Arens of Flushing, otherwise Arents).

History: an English merchant ship (fluit, 200-[300] tons, [12 guns], built in the Dutch Republic, 6 crew prisoners and 16 prize crew when retaken), bound from Malaga to London, laden with Malaga wine and raisins; in company with 3 other English merchant ships from Malaga (including the Nevis Adventure of Bristol), taken in fight (an action lasting about 11 hours, with 11 crew killed) on 5/15 [or 6/16] November 1672, about 50 leagues from the mouth of the Channel, 80 leagues west of Scilly by the 16-gun Dutch privateer Hope of Flushing (Jacob Vogel commanding, otherwise Jacob Vogells), then sent in for Flushing; retaken on 10/20 November 1672 off the Lizard by HMS Pearl (John Ashby commanding), and brought first into Falmouth and then into Plymouth about 2 days later. Two Dutch privateers, the other unnamed [of 24 guns], attacked the four English merchant ships.

Court Papers, numbered CP 1-25:-

• [CP 1]: two examinations taken at Plymouth, 22 November 1672;
• [CP 1A]: claims, 23 December 1672;
• [CP 2]: affidavit of Richard Boyce/Boys, 10 January 1672/3;
• [CP 3]: affidavit of Henry Hudson, 5 February 1672/3;
• [CP 4]: note of claims of John Gregory and Nicholas Lowe [endorsed as Nevis Adventure, December 1672];
• [CP 5]: receipt for 15 bills of lading, 7 February 1672/3;
• [CP 6]: list of claims, 23 December 1672;
• [CP 7]: affidavit of William Jennings, 23 December 1672;
• [CP 8]: affidavit of Henry and Sampson Wise, 24 December 1672;
• [CP 9]: affidavit of Prosper Fenton, 23 December 1672;
• [CP 10]: affidavit of Robert Master, 23 December 1672;
• [CP 11]: affidavit of James Eaton, 23 December 1672;
• [CP 12]: affidavit of Thomas Beacon, 23 December 1672;
• [CP 13]: affidavit of Nicholas Lowe, 23 December 1672;
• [CP 14]: affidavit of Robert Breton, 23 December 1672;
• [CP 15]: affidavit of Francis Chamberlayne, 28 December 1672
• [CP 16]: affidavit of Thomas Goddard 23 December 1672
• [CP 17]: affidavit of Benjamin Newland, 23 December 1672;
• [CP 18]: affidavit of John Flavell, 23 December 1672;
• [CP 19]: affidavit of Daniel Arthur, 24 December 1672;
• [CP 20]: affidavit of George Vannam [undated];
• [CP 21]: affidavit of Peter Houblon, 30 December 1672;
• [CP 22]: affidavit of Richard Slinger, 31 December 1672;
• [CP 23]: affidavit of John Clarke, 31 December 1672;
• [CP 24]: list of claims, undated, for the Love of London, master Robert Russell [moved in 2024 from HCA 32/1950/21 Nevis Adventure of Bristol];
• [CP 25]: letter of William Jennings and Thomas Goddard to Exton, 20 February 1672/3 (endorsed by HCA as Love) [added in 2024 from HCA 32/1954/17].

Extra information:-

• For the two names Love of London, otherwise Hope, being the same ship see IND 1/9012 ff.34, 50v: ship and lading restored, 23 December 1672, on payment of salvage.
• Papers for these 2 names, previously listed separately, were amalgamated in 2024.
• For the details of the initial capture above, see SP 29/317 no 217 (Thomas Holden, 13 November 1672), also as Calendar of State Papers Domestic 1672-1673, p 160. The other two ships in company were the John and Abigail of London and the Tangier Merchant of London.
• See also HCA 32/1950/21 for the capture of the Nevis Adventure of Bristol.