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Captured ship: Polish Gentleman of Leek [near Hoorn], otherwise Polske Youncker ,...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1951/21

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This record is about the Captured ship: Polish Gentleman of Leek [near Hoorn], otherwise Polske Youncker ,... dating from 1672 Aug 8 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/1951/21
Date
1672 Aug 8
Description

Captured ship: Polish Gentleman of Leek [near Hoorn], otherwise Polske Youncker, Poolse Jonker, Gentilhomme, Polnsche Juncker (master Jacob Maertsen Youncker of Leek, otherwise Jacob Maertsen Joncker, Maleson).

History: a Dutch merchant ship (288 tons/100 lasts, built at Hoorn 3 years before), bound from Riga to Amsterdam, laden with hemp, flax, clapboard and pipe staves; taken on 8/18 August 1672 about 9 leagues south of Heligoland by the privateer Dover Castle ([Peter] Kenton commanding) and brought first into Newcastle upon Tyne and then into London.

Documents:- examinations taken at Newcastle in September 1672; appraisement made at London in March 1673; 66 ship's papers and letters on a thong, numbered by the Court No 2-67 (the numbering here follows this scheme: No 1 is missing; No 67 used as HCA wrapper)

Court Papers, numbered CP 1-3:-

  • [CP 1]: examinations taken at Newcastle, 13 September 1672;
  • [CP 2]: commissions, 2 December 1672 and 3 March 1673;
  • [CP ]: appraisement made at London, 3 March 1673.

State Papers, numbered SP 2-67:-

  • SP 1: [wanting];
  • SP 2-SP 67: ship's papers.

Extra information: See IND 1/9012, f.67v: Ordered to be brought to London, 2 October 1672; condemned 13 December 1672.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/1/67; HCA 32/9/32; HCA 30/651/17
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Dutch, English, French and German
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C21119939/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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