Catalogue description Captured place: St Eustatius and its Dependencies (captured by Admiral Rodney, 3...

Captured place: St Eustatius and its Dependencies (captured by Admiral Rodney, 3 February 1781). Pieces HCA 42/149 to 153 contain 64 claims.

This piece contains:

Bundle of proctors' attestations relating to cases 1 to 64.

Claims: Nos 50-64.

Claim 50. Claimant: Charles Walls of Mincing Lane, London, on behalf of Messrs Marenard Beucher of Bern, Switzerland; Jorge Dohrman of Lisbon, Portuguese subject; Joachim Joze Peza Lemos, of Lisbon, Portuguese subject; Gillis Johannes Patterson, of Lisbon, Portuguese subject. Exhibits in French with translation, attestation (1783-1784).

Claim 51. Claimant: John Ralph battier of Devonshire Square, London, merchant, of Messrs Battier Zornlin and Company, on behalf of Charles Everard, Baron de Wachter, envoy extraordinary of his Danish Majesty to the Courts of Metz and Munich, and the Circles of the Upper Rhine and Swabia, resident at Frankfurt am Main; Salomon Kitt native of Zurich, in Switzerland, and late of the Island of St Eustatius; Frederick Rheinwald of Honcard, Switzerland. Exhibits in Danish, French and German with translation (1783).

Claim 51. Claimant: John Ralph battier of Devonshire Square, London, merchant, of Messrs Battier Zornlin and Company, on behalf of Charles Everard, Baron de Wachter, envoy extraordinary of his Danish Majesty to the Courts of Metz and Munich, and the Circles of the Upper Rhine and Swabia, resident at Frankfurt am Main; Salomon Kitt native of Zurich, in Switzerland, and late of the Island of St Eustatius; Frederick Rheinwald of Honcard, Switzerland. Exhibits in Danish, French and German with translation (1783).

Claim 52. Claimant: Lewis Miol of Austin Friars, London, British subject, on behalf of Messrs Jonathan and Samuel Jones of St Eustatius, merchants, British subjects; Messrs Cunningham and Fatham of St Vincent, British subjects; Messrs Daniel Crommelin and sons of Amsterdam; Monsieur Estiemble of Guadeloupe; widows and orphans of deceased captains. Inventory of goods (1783).

Claim 53. Claimant: John Marratt of Hatton Street, London, on behalf of himslef and his late partner Samuel Briggs of Friday street, London; Joseph Parker, former of Chepside London and now of Hertford, linen draper; Robert Peckham of Austin Friars, London, esquire, one of the aldermen of the City of London; Messrs Charles Hyrcus and Richard Parry of Carpenters building, London, all British subjects. Schedule of goods and attestation (1783-1784).

Claim 54. Claimant: John Blakes of London, on behalf of Messrs Tuckett and Waring of the City of Bristol, with the assignes of Thomas Frank of the City of Bristol, all British subjects. Attestations (1783-1787).

Claim 55. Claimant: Elias Lindo, the younger of Hamet Street, London, of Francis Franco and Co, on behalf of on behalf of his firm and himself as executor of the last will of Raphael Franco, deceased, late of London, merchant; Hananel and David D'Aquilar of London, all British subjects. Attestation, schedule of goods, exhibits in Portuguese with translation (1783-1791).

Claim 56. Claimant: William West formerly of St Eustatius and lately of St Thomas, residing in Fenchurch Street, London, British subject. Schedule of goods and attestation (1783-1785).

Claim 57. Claimant: Edward Simeon of London, merchant, of Messrs Peter Shellerson & Co of London, on behalf of Mr P J Sicouremont of Ghent, in Austrian Flanders, German subject; Samuel Newport & Co of the City of Waterford in Ireland, merchants; Messrs George and William Penrose of Waterford, Irland; Messrs Robert Watson of Ireland; Messrs Cherry and Wood of Waterford, Ireland; Messrs Strangman, Courtenay and Ridgway of Waterford, Ireland; Peter Long of Ireland; John Allen of Ireland; Edward Horvis, of Ireland, all British subjects. Attestations, schedule of good (1783-1791).

Claim 58. Claimant: Richard Downing Jennings of London, late of St Eustatius, with Henry Jennings and George Tucker of Messrs Richard Downing Jennings & Co in St Eustatius, British subjects, on behalf of himslef and his partners; P Condet of Courtrai, Austrian Flanders, German subject; William Walmsley of Manchester, British subject; Arnold H dorkman of Lisbon, Portuguese subject; Michael Bertrand of Lisbon, Porguese subject; James Baillie of London, merchant, Messrs Bright Baillie and Bright of bristol, merchants, British subjects; John Light Banger of Barbadoes, British subject; Michael Millaird of the island of Saint Christopher, British subject; Van Speckleson of Copenhagen, Danish subject; James Hazell of the Danish island of St Thomas, Danish subject. Attestation, schedule of goods (1783-1788).

Claim 59. Claimant: Barthlomew Songa of Warnford Court Throgmorton Street, London, on behalf of Widow Van Shoor and son of Brussels, German subjects. Exhibit in French with translation (1783).

Claim 60. Claimant: Sebastian Fridag of London, Prussian Consul for Great Britain, on behalf of Johann Hartmann of Kirschberg, Prussian subject. Affidavits, attestations, exhibits in Dutch with translation, also contains exhibits referring to claims 6, 23 and 64 (1783-1790).

Claim 61. Claimant: John Lewis Andre of London one of the assignees of the estate and effects of Messrs Rabone and Brinsoz of London, merchants, British subjects (1783).

Claim 62. Claimant: James Baillie of London, merchant, British subject, on behalf of himself and Messrs Bright Baillie and Bright of Bristol, merchants; Richard Downing Jennings and Co late of St Eustatius, merchants; William Smith formely of St Eustatius and now of St Thomas, all British subjects. Attestations, schedule of good (1783-1791).

Claim 63. Claimant: Richard Downing Jennings of London, late of St Eustatius, British subject, on behalf of Joseph Hovey late of St Eustatius. Exhibits, attestation (1783-1788).

Claim 64. Claimant: Sebastian Fridag, of London, Prussian Consul for Great Britain, on behalf of Messrs Reimhold Lappenberg and Schmieman of Iserlohn, Prussian subjects. Exhibits referring to this claim are also in claim 60 (1783-1786).

Unnumbered appeal. Claimant: Andrew Hamilton of the City of London, merchant, on behalf of Messrs John Mitchel and John Gay of St Eustatius, merchants, British subjects. Copy of proceedings in the Court of King's Bench, inhibition (1784).

Exhibits in Danish and Dutch with translation, relating to the claim of Mathys Kerkhoff, of St Thomas, and Johann Peter Hasenclever (1782).

Papers relating to the appeal of Charles Kerr, of Antigua (the captors' agent in St Eustatius) against the order for him to pay into the Registry of the High Court of Admiralty the proceeds of the sales of captured property in St Eustatius (1787-1790).