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Three sets of papers from the First, Second and Third Anglo-Dutch Wars. (Described...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/6

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Reference

HCA 32/6

Date

1662-1673

Description

Three sets of papers from the First, Second and Third Anglo-Dutch Wars. (Described at item level).

[Items1-4]. 'The Hamburg business', or the 'Hamburg loss' (the burning of English ships in the River Elbe by the Dutch on 24 August 1666, when under the protection of the neutral City of Hamburg).

Captain Edmund Greene v Senate and Republic of Hamburg; later Elizabeth Birstall, relict and administratrix of Edmund Greene v Senate and Republic of Hamburg. Claim for compensation for the loss of the Mary Bonadventure, burnt at New Mill [Neumühlen], of which Greene was master and charterer.

Other ships also burnt were the King's Merchant (master Roger Keate), Caesar Augustus (master Robert Scotten), Red Lion (master Henry Peterson), Mary of London (master Robert Hunter), and Olive Branch (master Robert Bromwell): there are also papers for these ships, but most relate to the Mary Bonadventure. Now listed as items 1-4.

[Item 5]. Papers relating to the crew of two English ships taken on the Barbary coast, 1671-1672.

[Item 6]. Libels, allegations and exhibits from over at least 10 years, found loose in the 1670s.

Note

Re-catalogued to this level of detail in 2017

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

Dutch, English and German

Closure status

Open Document, Open Description

Subjects
Topics
International
Litigation
Trade and commerce
Conflict
Navy
Armed Forces (General Administration)
Operations, battles and campaigns
Record URL
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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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