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An Entry Book of Reports concerning prizes and maritime matters, from Dr., later...
Catalogue reference: SP 9/240
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This record is about the An Entry Book of Reports concerning prizes and maritime matters, from Dr., later... dating from 1665, 1689 in the series State Paper Office: Williamson Collection, Pamphlets, Miscellaneous. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1665, 1689
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An Entry Book of Reports concerning prizes and maritime matters, from Dr., later Sir, Leoline Jenkins, His Majesty's Advocate and a Judge of the Admiralty Court, to the Commissioners for Prizes 1665-1667, with an index of ships, and to the Crown and the Committee for the Plantations 1668, 1675, 1679-80; with Reports from Sir Charles Hedges, Judge of the Admiralty Court, 1689. Acquired through Dr. Shaw who bought it at a sale at Sothebys on April 25th 1910.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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State Paper Office: Williamson Collection, Pamphlets, Miscellaneous
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