No 51. Captured ship: Peace otherwise Vrede of Rotterdam (master John Johnson Veldt...

No 51.

Captured ship: Peace otherwise Vrede of Rotterdam (master John Johnson Veldt or Helt [sic: Veth; Jan Veth] otherwise Giovanni Giovanni Ved). History: a Dutch merchant ship, bound from Villafranca (previously Messina then Livorno) to Rotterdam, laden with rice, figs, prunes, capers, wine, silk and indigo, soap and brimstone; in company with other ships, taken on 14/24 March 1671/1672 in the Smyrna Convoy action, by HMS Cambridge (Sir Frescheville Holles commanding), and brought into London.

Allegation, 8 documents: 1 document, numbered 51, plus 7 attachments, numbered 1-7 (on face and reverse) (23 pages) 51/

Allegation and claim (23 pp), 7 August 1672, of John Baptista Manganoni, citizen of Rome, for goods in ship Peace [of Rotterdam], master John Johnson Vedt, with 7 supporting documents.

John Baptista Manganoni [Giovannii Battista Manganoni] had been for several years a great trader in the commodity manna [a sweet sap harvested from ash trees] to Leghorn, Francis Maria Pagli his factor there, goods bound for England, Holland, and other parts. Claims for himself, and the widow and heirs of Peter van de Put of London and Peter de Vos of Amsterdam, his respective factors in those places. In June-August 1671 Manganoni sent Pagli 11 cases of manna to be split between above factors at London and Amsterdam. In October 1671 (the first of these consignments) 6 cases were laded in ship Katherine, master William Ghrist, to above factor at London: mentions attached schedules.

Sipporting docuemnts:-

• 1/ letter (Italian) of Manganoni at Rome to widow of Pietro van de Put at London, 17 October 1671
• 2/ bill of lading, ship Caterina , master Guglielmo Ghrist, Livorno 13 October 1671.
• 3/ bill of lading, ship La Pace [Peace], master Giovanni di Giovanni Vedt, Livorno 29 Dec 1671.
• 4/ attestation 29 Apr 1672, that Giovanni Battista Manganoni of Rome laded 5 cases of manna on ship Pace [Peace], master Giovanni di Giovanni Vet (endorsed as from Rome).
• 5/ April 1672, attestation of English and other merchants at Leghorn concerning Manganoni's goods sent from Rome and lading of these at Leghorn by Pagli, 29 April 1672.
• 6/ certificate (Italian) that Manganoni wrote to Petro de Vos at Amsterdam, 9 Jan 1672, instructing him to dispose of the manna laden in ship Pace [Peace]. Certified copy 25 June 1672.
• 7/ letter (Italian) from Pietro de Vos at Amsterdam, to Giovanni Battista Manganoni at Rome, 5 February 1672 that he had received the bills of lading.

See also HCA 32/1951/8, and HCA 24/147/62.