No 25. Captured ship: Flax Blossom , otherwise Vlasbloem or Fleur de Lin of Harlingen...

No 25.

Captured ship: Flax Blossom, otherwise Vlasbloem or Fleur de Lin of Harlingen in the Dutch province of Friesland (master Henricke Rynes of Harlingen, otherwise Hendryck Rynes, Hendrick Reinckes, Henry Rinkes).

History: a Dutch-Brandenburg merchant ship (300 tons/127 lasts, share claimed by French merchant), bound from St Martin de Ré to Danzig (thence to Riga or Konigsberg), laden with salt; taken on 7/17 March 1671/1672 west of the Isle of Wight by HMS Gloucester (John Holmes commanding), and brought into Portsmouth on 11/21 March 1671/2 by HMS Mary Rose (Davis commanding). Owners Peter Joris Piphron of Harlingen, Jean Guelins of La Rochelle, otherwise John Guelins, and others unnamed of Amsterdam and Memel (Brandenburg) (now Klaipeda, Lithuania), at that time under Brandenburg.

Allegation and claim, 24 July 1672, of John Ghetnio (otherwise Jan Geleins, Jean Gheleins) of La Rochelle. Ghetnio was owed money by Peter Joris Piphron, merchant of Harlingen, which was paid to Ghetnio on 4 August 1671 in the form of a 15/64 share of the ship Flax Blossom. Three schedules attached:-

• [A] 1st and 2nd schedules.
  • 1: copy letter (in French) of P J Piphron to Ghetnio, 4 August 1671, agreeing to the sale of the share.
  • 2: copy letter (in Dutch) of S W Sloterdyck to D Boendermaker (the principals' correspondents), 4 August 1671, a cover enclosing the previous.
• [B] 3rd schedule.
  • Copy (in Dutch) of the bill of sale of the share, Harlingen, 2 August 1671, 136 lasts, also detailing the ship's dimensions.
  • In addition, the 3rd schedule is endorsed by HCA that a 4th schedule (a copy of Ghetnio's letters confirming the proposal and accepting the payment) is now attached to the paper concerning the ship Orange Tree [not yet found].

Extra information:-

• See also HCA 32/1947/3;
• See also IND 1/9012 f 25 for condemnations.