No 50. Captured ship: Green Parrot or Il Papagallo Verdo (master Jan Jansen Braeggele...

No 50.

Captured ship: Green Parrot or Il Papagallo Verdo (master Jan Jansen Braeggele [of Greenock, resident] of Stettin, otherwise John Johnson Brackhill, Brakel, Braeggel): a Swedish merchant ship (dogger, built in Holland, bought at Rotterdam in January 1671/1672).

Two allegations and claims by the owners and other merchants, in 2 bundles, both numbered 50, with attachments numbered separately, as follows (total 71 pages).

BUNDLE 1 (referring to the SECOND capture of March 1673):

History: second capture: bound from Londonderry, Ireland to Le Havre and Ostend, laden with butter; taken in early March 1672/3 by the privateer Dover (Ignatius Brett commanding) and brought into Dover [on 10/20 March 1672/1673]. [see HCA 32/147/27]

Allegation and claim, 23 July 1673. of Henry Hope, resident at Rotterdam, factor for the Scots Staple in Holland. Mentions the 9th schedule attached to previous Allegation [8 Feb 1672/1673, see Bundle 2]: Royal Burgh of Edinburgh, certificate as to his employment. Hope bought the ship for William Galt, John Galt, John Campsie and himself (equal shares), laded ship on their joint account at or near Amsterdam for Londonderry, Ireland. Ship was stopped for a time at Plymouth, but later unladed at Londonderry and was there laded for Le Havre 'or Ostend or some other port in Flanders' [Spanish Netherlands]. Then intended to go for Bordeaux to lade wine for Ireland. Mentions several letters attached as Schedules: numbered as 1-2, 4-7, 10-11, and 13.

Cite as Bdle1/1 etc:-:-

• 1: John Galt (Coleraine) to William Galt, plus John Campsie (Londonderry) to same, both 4 November 1672.
• 2: Henry Hope (Rotterdam) to William Galt, 13 December 1672.
• 3, Hope (Rotterdam) to William Galt, 20 December 1672, with enclosed accounts;
• 4: Hope (Rotterdam) to William Galt, 30 December 1672;
• 5: Hope (Rotterdam) to William Galt, 6 January 1672/3;
• 6: John Campsie to Hope, 18 February 1672/3;
• 7: John Galt (Coleraine) to William Galt, 14 February 1672/3;
• 8: Campsie (Londonderry), account to Hope, 18 February 1672/3;
• 9: Henry Hope, extract of ledger book accounts of the purchase and fitting out of the ship, and her first cargo, August 1672 (translation from Dutch, translated and certified by Rotterdam notary John Crosse, 16/26 January 1672/3;
• 10: John Galt (Londonderry) to William Galt, 11 February 1672/3;
• 11: Campsie (Londonderry) to William Galt, 11 February 1672/3;
• 12: copy letter William Galt to John Scouller [Scouler], their agent at Le Havre, about the disposal of the butter and sending the ship to Bordeaux, 24 February 1672/3.;
• 13: John Galt (Coleraine) to William Galt, 15 March 1672/3.
• 14, letter Scouller [Scouler] (Rouen) to William Galt, 17 March 1672/3;

BUNDLE 2 (referring to FIRST capture of September 1672):

History: first capture: bound from Amsterdam to Londonderry, Ireland (and from thence to Fayal, the Azores), laden with deals, soap, madder, currants, raisins, prunes, starch, nutmeg, cloves, mace, cinnamon, pepper, aniseed, sweet oil and Swedish iron and other goods; taken on 21 September/1 October 1672 off the Start, by HMS Dragon (John Chamberlain commanding) and brought first into Torbay and then into Plymouth on 6/16 October 1672. The master burnt his instructions during the chase, and said he had thrown the bill of sale overboard about 8 months earlier, during another chase. [see HCA 32/147/26]

Allegation and claim, 8 February 1672/3, of the Green Parrot, and of William Galt, John Galt, John Campsie and Henry Hope, subjects of England. 1 document numbered 50, plus 14 documents attached, numbered 1-14 (all on face). Henry Hope, a Scot, and a subject of England, factor for the Scots Staple in Holland, bought the ship Green Parrot at Amsterdam in July-September 1672, then owned by subjects of Sweden, on the account of himself, John Galt, John Campsie and William Galt 'because Swedish ships would be most free to trade from place to place'. Details several attached schedules. Cite as Bdel 2/1 etc:-

• 1-8 are letters referring to purchase of ship and goods laden:-
  • 1: John Galt (Coleraine) to Henry Hope, 9 August 1672, plus John Campsie (Londonderry) to Hope, 10 August 1672;
  • 2: [also numbered No 6 on reverse], John Galt (Coleraine) to William Galt, 9 August 1672;
  • 3: John Campsie (Londonderry) to Hope, 16 August 1672;
  • 4: [also numbered No 11 on reverse] William Galt (London) to John Galt, 3 September 1672;
  • 5: [also numbered No 4 on reverse] Henry Hope (Rotterdam) to John Galt and Company, 16 September 1672;
  • 6: John Campsie and John Galt (Londonderry) to Hope, 24 September 1672, plus note by Patrick Carmichael[?];
  • 7: [also numbered No 8 on reverse] John Galt (Londonderry) to William Galt, 24 September 1672;
  • 8: John Galt (Coleraine) to Hope, 27 September 1672.
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• 9: Royal Burgh of Edinburgh, certificate of Hope's employment as factor of the Scots Staple in Holland [wanting];
• 10: Royal Burghs of Scotland, order for Hope's remaining there [wanting];
• 11: invoice of cargo, Henry Hope, Rotterdam, 6 September 1672
• 12: original bill of lading for goods, Londonderry, Amsterdam, 2 September 1672. Hope was necessitated in Holland to pretend that the goods were bound for Danzig [Gdansk], to prevent seizure by Dutch warships, but the ship was solely bound to Londonderry, and thence to France or Flanders with butter and other Irish goods. On passage to Londonderry, ship was forced by contrary winds to make for Torbay, but was taken by HMS Dragon and brought in there. Lists goods embezzled by captor crew. Details attached schedule:
• 13: certificate at Plymouth, signed by mayor Lanyon. On departure from Amsterdam for the Texel, Hope sent a letter to the master, pretending that the ship was bound for Fiall [Fayal, Faial, Azores], but he was actually to go direct to Londonderry; attestation of master and 2 crewmen, Plymouth, 18 October 1672;
• 14: attestation of master, Plymouth, 25 October [1672]. Henry Hope, John Galt, 'and other Englishmen' had freighted the ship in a previous voyage and decided to buy her, but concealed the purchase from the master, in order that he be more convincing (in maintaining that the ship was Swedish) if stopped by the Dutch. Master did not know the ship was 'English' until after the capture.