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No 53. Captured ship: St Peter of Enkhuizen otherwise St Peter of Vlieland (master...

Catalogue reference: HCA 24/147/53

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This record is about the No 53. Captured ship: St Peter of Enkhuizen otherwise St Peter of Vlieland (master... dating from 1672-1674 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 24/147/53
Date
1672-1674
Description

No 53.

Captured ship: St Peter of Enkhuizen otherwise St Peter of Vlieland (master Baren Cornelius).

History: a Dutch merchant ship, bound from Cherbourg to Amsterdam via Vlieland, laden with glass and ballast; taken on 28 April off Dover by HMS Richmond (Naphtali Ball commanding) and brought into Portsmouth.

Allegation and claim (16 August 1672) of Lewis de Formeaux & Co of Rouen, for glass.

Lewis de Formeaux, Lewis Haye & Co, citizens of Rouen, subjects of France, great traders in glass to Holland, England and other countries. De Formeaux has share in glass house at Cherbourg. In February-March 1671/1672 ships were embargoed at outbreak of war; permission to sail was obtained by May 1672, when the ship left Cherbourg bound for Amsterdam. De Formeaux had his factor Nicholas Noyon lade the ship at Cherbourg with 83 baskets of glass, consigned to David le Cordier at Amsterdam.

Documents attached:

  • 1/ bill of lading (in French), Cherbourg, 6 May 1672.
  • 2/ invoice (in French), Louis de Formeaux, Rouen, 9 May 1672.
  • 3/ attestation (in French), Louis de Formeaux, Rouen, 23 June 1672, certified.

See also HCA 32/1951/15.

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