Catalogue description High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Active (master Richard Bishop of Lower...

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Details of HCA 32/260/13
Reference: HCA 32/260/13
Description:

High Court of Admiralty.

Captured ship: Active (master Richard Bishop of Lower Marlborough, Maryland).

History: an English merchant ship (brigantine, 80 tons, 7 men including 3 Americans, 2 passengers), bound from Ostend to St Eustatius, laden with blankets, coarse woollen cloths, Irish linen, thread, handkerchiefs, buttons, buckles, knives, three chests of medicinal drugs and surgical instruments from Apothecaries Hall, London, and salt [warlike stores intended for the American forces]; seized on 18 November 1779 in Cowes harbour, Isle of Wight by William Arnold, Collector of Customs because of the embargo, and the ship and cargo sold at Cowes in January 1780. William Sewell was the unsuccesful claimant for the ship, and Edward Hague [merchant of London] for the cargo.

Documents:-

Court papers numbered CP 1-CP :

  • [CP ]: commision of appraisment and sale, 13 November 1779;
  • [CP ; papers of the commissioners: accounts, receipts, appraisements, inventories,

[Condemned as droits of the Admiralty, 13 November 1779]

Court papers: 1-28; Ship's papers: 29-36. [These are interim paper numbers, and are likely to change once more fully catalogued].
Note: More court papers were added from HCA 32/261/2 in 2024, where they had been misfiled
Date: 1779 Nov 18
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: HCA 32/260/13/1-36
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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