No 74. Captured ship: Valentine of London (master Roger Keate). History: an English...

No 74.

Captured ship: Valentine of London (master Roger Keate).

History: an English merchant ship (200 tons), bound from Barbados to London (originally Amsterdam, but altered on receipt of news of outbreak of war) laden with sugar, cotton and ginger, the goods of Englishmen and Jewish merchants resident in Barbados, came into Falmouth on [1/11-2/12] September 1672, and was there seized.

Allegation and claim (28 February 1672/1673) of Jacob Abaz for goods in ship Valentine, master Roger Keate, taken and seized. An invoice for sugar, found on the ship Speedwell of London, master Paul Dod, now here at the court, is to be annexed here. Invoice mentions 6 butts of sugar laden on ship Valentine, consigned to Alvaro da Costa of London for the account of Jacob Abaz of Amsterdam. Abaz was born at Hamburg where he lived for many years, and afterwards was resident at Gluckstadt, in Denmark's dominions, for 10-14 years. Afterwards moved to Amsterdam, until the outbreak of this present war, and because of the war, settled his affairs at Amsterdam as soon as possible, by April-June 1672. Like several of his friends, who had moved to Hamburg and other places in amity with England, he moved with his wife and family to Gluckstadt, and they are still there.

Exhibits attached are:-

• 1/ letter of Abram Gideon and Cohen Lobatto of Hamburg to Alvaro da Costa, merchant at London, 25 October 1672.
• 2/ certificate of Gluckstadt council (in Latin) that Jacob Abaz, Portuguese of the Hebrew religion, is a citizen of Gluckstadt and resident there with all his family since June, Gluckstadt, 23 October 1672 (enclosed in 1).
• 3 /letter (in Portuguese) of Abram Gidhon and Cohen Lobatto (Hamburg) to Alvaro da Costa (London), 19/29 October 1672.
• 4/ letter (in Portuguese) of Jaacob Abaz (Gluckstadt) to Alvaro da Costa (London), 7/17 November 1672.

See HCA 32/1954/4 for the court process and other claims.