Catalogue description Captured ship: Zymen en Jan (Simon en Jan) of Amsterdam (master Aryan Cooy (Aryan Kooy,...

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Details of HCA 32/159/18
Reference: HCA 32/159/18
Description:

Captured ship: Zymen en Jan (Simon en Jan) of Amsterdam (master Aryan Cooy (Aryan Kooy, Arian Kooy, Arian Cooy, Adriaan Cooy, Adriaan Kooy)), formerly De Swarte Adelaer..

History: a Dutch ship (60 lasts, 4 men and a boy), bound from Riga to Nantes, laden with hemp; taken on 3/14 June 1745 off Dungeness by the privateer Fox (Richard Castle commanding), and brought into Dover.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 6-CP 7]: attestation and claim;
  • [CP 8-CP 20]: attestations relating to the authenticity of the ship's papers, claims on behalf of Amdterdam merchants, translations of exhibits, brought into court 7-10 August 1745;
  • [CP 21-CP 22]: 2 allegations;
  • [CP 23-CP 25]: 2 attestations as to papers, and abstracts and translations of the 12 ship's papers (not including bills of lading).

Ship’s Papers numbered SP 1-SP 98, customs papers, letters, ships' passes, 'a boy's writing book with prayers in it', cargo manifest, bills of lading.

[Decision: restored 20 February 1747]
Note: Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
Date: 1745-1746
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: Dutch and English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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