Focus on
Smuggling gangs and coastal policing in 19th-century England
Following the Napoleonic Wars, smuggling became a major concern for the British government.
Series
High Court of Admiralty: Royal Warrants
Catalogue reference: HCA 40
What's it about?
HCA 40
This series consists of warrants issued under the royal sign manual to authorise grants out of the prize droits (or rights or perquisites) of the Crown arising from: captures of enemy ships and property as a result of the operations of the Royal...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HCA 40
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Title (The name of the record)
- High Court of Admiralty: Royal Warrants
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Date (When the record was created)
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1760-1857
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of warrants issued under the royal sign manual to authorise grants out of the prize droits (or rights or perquisites) of the Crown arising from: captures of enemy ships and property as a result of the operations of the Royal Navy; or by reason of their pressure forcing vessels to sail into port; or droits of Admiralty, arising from other seizures in port or by non-commissioned captors during time of war.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The warrants are arranged and catalogued in date order.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Records of prizes taken in the Crimean War are in HCA 33
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- High Court of Admiralty, 1340-1875
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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28 bundle(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8638/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
108,802 records
Within the department: HCA
Records of the High Court of Admiralty and colonial Vice-Admiralty courts
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High Court of Admiralty: Royal Warrants
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