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No 29. Captured ship: Grave of Holland [otherwise Graaf van Holland ] or Earl of...

Catalogue reference: HCA 24/147/29

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This record is about the No 29. Captured ship: Grave of Holland [otherwise Graaf van Holland ] or Earl of... dating from 1674 May 12 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 24/147/29
Date
1674 May 12
Description

No 29.

Captured ship: Grave of Holland [otherwise Graaf van Holland] or Earl of Holland (master John Johnson, otherwise Jan Jansen). History: a Dutch privateer, bound on a cruise (from a port within the jurisdiction of the Amsterdam admiralty); taken on 21/31 December 1673 by HMS Ruby (Stephen Pyend commanding) and brought into London.

Allegation in Pyend v The Grave of Holland , 12 May 1674. Mentions the privateering commission and other papers found aboard. Captain and crew of the ship were landed at Newcastle and the ship afterwards brought into the River Thames.

Extra information: See HCA 32/1947/29 for the court process.

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