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Captured ship: Seven Stars of London [suspected to be of Amsterdam] (master John...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1953/3

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This record is about the Captured ship: Seven Stars of London [suspected to be of Amsterdam] (master John... dating from 1672 Aug 6 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/1953/3
Date
1672 Aug 6
Description

Captured ship: Seven Stars of London [suspected to be of Amsterdam] (master John Basse of Exmouth)

History: an English merchant ship (130 tons, 4 guns; built in the Dutch Republic, bought at Amsterdam in August 1671, already English-owned, previous master William Dunstun), bound from Virginia and Maryland to Falmouth or London and thence to Amsterdam if there were no war, laden with Maryland and Virginia tobacco; came into Falmouth [under Royal Navy escort] at 6pm on 6/16 August 1672, delivering a packet of letters from Mr Thomas Notley of Maryland to Mr Bryan Rogers of Falmouth, agent; [seized] at Falmouth. (Previously bound from Amsterdam to Maryland via Fayal, the Azores.)

Court Papers, numbered CP 1-2:-

  • [CP 1]: one examination taken at Falmouth, 7 August 1672;
  • [CP 2]: two examinations [taken at Falmouth], 10 August 1672.

Ships Papers, numbered SP 1:-

  • [SP 1]: bill of sale of the ship, Amsterdam, 18 August 1671.

Extra information:-

  • See IND 1/9012 f.78: ship and many goods restored, 27 September 1672;
  • See also Calendar of State Papers Domestic 1672, p.459 (7 August 1672).

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The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/9/30
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C21119955/

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