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No 32. Captured ship: St John of Bilbao (master Gonzalo de la Villa). History: a...
Catalogue reference: HCA 24/147/32
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This record is about the No 32. Captured ship: St John of Bilbao (master Gonzalo de la Villa). History: a... dating from 1673 Nov 21 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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- 1673 Nov 21
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No 32.
Captured ship: St John of Bilbao (master Gonzalo de la Villa).
History: a Spanish merchant ship, bound from Bilbao and Santona to Ostend, laden with wool, Castile soap, oranges, lemons and hazelnuts; taken in September 1673 by HMS Dover ([Richard Hudson commanding]), and brought into Rye.
32/ Allegation [and claim], 21 November 1673, of Gonzalo de la Villa, and Don Benito de Rucavado and John de Sesumaga, subjects of Spain. Don Benito de Rucavado and John de Sesumaga residents at Bilbao, great merchants in wool, Castile soap and fruit from Bilbao to Ostend. Ship belonged to Bilbao with the same master for last 3-8 years, Don Benito de Rucavado is sole owner. Laden at Santona and Bilbao in September 1673 with wool, soap, oranges, lemons and hazelnuts for Ostend.
See IND 1/9012 f.42: restored 19 December 1673.
For Hudson, see Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1603-1714, p.220.
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