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No 22. Captured ship: Fisher otherwise Pecheur (prize master Willem Parreman of Middelburg,...

Catalogue reference: HCA 24/147/22

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This record is about the No 22. Captured ship: Fisher otherwise Pecheur (prize master Willem Parreman of Middelburg,... dating from 1672 Nov 27 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Files of Libels, Allegations,.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 24/147/22
Date
1672 Nov 27
Description

No 22.

Captured ship: Fisher otherwise Pecheur (prize master Willem Parreman of Middelburg, otherwise Willem Parema, William Parema).

History: a French merchant ship (ketch), bound from [France ?] to Middelburg laden with wines and other goods; taken on 25 October/4 November 1672 by the Dutch privateer Vliegende Draak [Flying Dragon, of Middelburg], (Robbert Matthijssen commanding), then sent in for Middelburg; retaken on 8/18 November 1672 off Beachy Head and about 2 leagues from Fairlight by the privateer [ketch] Revenge [of Dover] (John Aden commanding), and brought into Dover [on 9/19 November 1672].

Allegation of John Aden, 27 November 1672.

Extra information:-

  • See also HCA 32/1947/2;
  • See IND 1/9012, f.26: condemned 2 December 1672;
  • See also Calendar of State Papers Domestic, 1672-1673, p. 155 (12 Nov 1672) and SP 29/317, no 208.
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