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Appeal from the High Court of Admiralty of Ireland. Captured ship St Philip of Isle...
Catalogue reference: HCA 42/44
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This record is about the Appeal from the High Court of Admiralty of Ireland. Captured ship St Philip of Isle... dating from 1746 in the series High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1746
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Appeal from the High Court of Admiralty of Ireland.
Captured ship St Philip of Isle Dieu [Ile D'Yeu] (master James or Jacques Goyby).
History: a French ship (60 tons), bound from Bordeaux to Dublin, laden with wine; taken in 1745 by the privateer Besborough or Bessborough (Luke Mercer commanding).
Manuscript appeal papers: court papers for the appeal; Vol 1, a very large volume (folios 1-1013 including index) of the full transcript of the Irish proceedings [the writing being very large]; Vol 2, a small volume of translations; and other papers.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3209123/
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HCA 42
High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Papers
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