Catalogue description Captured ship: Le Jerusalem (master Joseph Durand). History: a French ship (110 tons, 8...

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Details of HCA 32/122/7
Reference: HCA 32/122/7
Description:

Captured ship: Le Jerusalem (master Joseph Durand).

History: a French ship (110 tons, 8 guns, 22 men), bound from Cayenne to Bordeaux laden with coffee, sugar, cocoa and rocoa (annatto); taken on 28 July / 8 August 1747 by HMS Folkestone (Thomas Gregory commanding) and brought first into the Downs, then into the River Thames.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 6]: allegation;
  • [CP 7-CP 9]: 2 attestations as to papers, and abstracts and translations of the 8 ship's papers.

Ship’s Papers numbered SP 1-SP 8.

  • SP 1-SP 4: 4 bills of lading issued at Cayenne;
  • SP 5-SP 6: letter of marque, muster roll;
  • SP 7-SP 8: French pass, customs paper;

[Decision: condemned as prize, 1 September 1747]
Note: Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
Date: 1747
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English and French
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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