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Captured ship: Providence of London (master Jacob Calloway, otherwise Callaway, of...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1951/24

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This record is about the Captured ship: Providence of London (master Jacob Calloway, otherwise Callaway, of... dating from 1672 June 13 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/1951/24
Date
1672 June 13
Description

Captured ship: Providence of London (master Jacob Calloway, otherwise Callaway, of Weymouth or Bermondsey).

History: an English merchant ship (9 men and 2 passengers, built in England), bound from Jamaica to Amsterdam, laden with logwood, including consignments made by Jewish merchants David Gomes and Salomon Gabay in Jamaica; seized on 13/23 June 1672 in Cowes road, Isle of Wight, after coming in there the same day.

Lading including consignments made by Jewish merchants David Gomes and Salomon Gabay in Jamaica. Jacob Callaway, a Quaker, refused to swear on the Bible. 2 passengers, of whom Thomas Bromley was a Quaker.

Court Papers, numbered CP 1-6:-

  • [CP 1]: examinations taken at Cowes, 28 June 1672;
  • [CP 2]: Court note on papers to be delivered, 28 June 1672;
  • [CP 3]: claim of John Wilmott, 27 September 1672;
  • [CP 4]: claims of Jacob Callaway, 11 October 1672;
  • [CP 5]: deposition of Stephen Peake, crewman, 4 December 1672
  • [CP 6]: Court note on papers.

Ships Papers: at least 138 papers were received by the court, but many were probably restored. Currently here are papers numbered SP 18-22; 41-42; 72-73, 76-80, 86-87, 102, 104, 106, 113-115, 119-130, 133-138. Comprise c49 ship's papers and letters in English, Spanish and Dutch from Jamaica to London and Amsterdam.

Present here are 18-20 (bills), 21-22, 41 (bill for ship Johanah dogger of London, master Robert Cowley, at Jamaica, undated), 42 (invoice for goods aboard ship Industry, master Thomas Foster, undated), 72-73, 76-80, 86-87, 102, 104, 106, 113-115, 119-130 (bills outbound to Jamaica), 133-138 (bills outbound to Jamaica).

Extra information:-

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/7/85; HCA 32/9/25; HCA 30/651/18
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Dutch, English and Spanish
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C21119942/

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