MRP: HCA 13/124

HCA 13/124 1650-1652

HCA 13/ High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Answers to Bills of Complaint

Editorial history

01/05/12, CSG: Created page
15/05/12, CSG: Ordered volume at TNA to inspect

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Suggested links

See Admiralty court cases

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Physical description

Ca. 10 in x 5 in x 1 in
Rebound in plastic covers, with a remnant of the original front leather cover attached to the new cover
Unpaginated, with no folio markings
No contents nor index
Paper; in good condition; with very legible slightly faded but dark black/brown ink
Handwritten, with various hands, all relatively large

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Sample transcriptions

Case: Libell ag:t Georgij Keate: Personal answer: Willmi Ashwell, armigeri: Date: November 30:th 1650

Ultimo Novemb 1650

Repetit cora drore
Clarke

Responsa personalia Willmi
Ashwell armigeri ?facta
?ponibus XXXXam pretensi
libelli als con:a XXm ex pte
Georgij Keate utrungXX XX
sequitur. viz:t

To the first position of the said p:rtended
libell he answereth and beleeveth that in
y:e yeare 1647. & the monethes
thereof, and in y:e yeares 1648 and untill
the time theat the arlate Thomas
Mulleney, dyed (which as this respondent
beleeveth was in some moneth of the
said yeare 1648.) he the said Thomas
Multeny was master of the articulate
shippe The Mary Bonadventure, and
had and tooke upon him the care and
charge & government of the said Shippe
by and with the consent of the owners of
her. And this respondent hath heard
and beleeveth that y:e said Mulleney was
alsoe owner of one Sixteenth part of the
said Shippe and her tackle & furniture,
And otherwise he doth not beleeve the
said posicon to be true in any pte
thereof.

To the second posicon of the said
pretended libell he answereth and
beleeveth that in the time arlate the
arlate shippe y:e Mary Bonadventure
was and remained in the river of
Thames bound out to sea upon a voyage
to y:e Barbadoes arlate or some other plaice or porte arlate, And otherwise he
doth not beleeve the said pretended
posicon to be true in any parte
thereof.//

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Case: Libell given on the behalfe of Clement Starre: Personal answer: Marke Mortimer: Date: December 2nd 1650

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Case: Libell given on the behalfe of Humfry ?Hickman: Personal answer: William ?Jackett: Date: December 3rd 1650

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//dureing all the voyadge libellate the
arlate Humfry Hickman did carry and
demeane himselfe very XXXXXX XXXX
XXXXX and debauched very much
addicteing himselfe to sweareing curseing
and blasphemeing and alsoe to fighting
and quarelling and XXXXig. many
differences and debates and much conten-
tion in the severall shipps wherein this
Rendent went out and did dureing the said
voyadge most desperately strike one of
the negroes in the shipp the Mayflower
such that hee presently fell downe & dyed
with the blowe given him by the said Hick-
man and did very dangerously wound
another of the negroes soe that hee very
hardly escaped and did after most
desperately strike att and much endanger
severall of the Company of the said shipps
and amongst others did desperately stabb
att Robert ?Slade the Calker of
the Shippe Mayflower with a penknife
whereby his life was much endangered
and if hee had not prevented the same with
his Arms and receaved the stabbe therein
hee had in all probability wounded him to
the death and complaint thereof being
made to this Rendent hee did command
his knives to bee taken from him and his
pson to be secured in the ?Bilboes untill
the morning that the buisnies could bee
thoroughly examined and then in the
morneing this Rendent caused all the
Officers of the Shippe and rest of the
Companye to be called together and//

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Case: Libell given on the behalfe of Humfry ?Hickman: Personal answer: William ?Jackett: Date: Novembber 4:th 1650

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Case: Allegation given on the behalf of Charles Sumpter and others: Personal answer: Richard Wilson: Date: December 9:th 1650

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NOTES:
The ship the Ulisses arlate
Voyage from hence to Russia and from thence to Legorne
Ship driven by contrary winds into Plimouth
The Uliseese was lost
Schedule of waged

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Case: Allegation made on the behalfe of Rowland Searchfeild: Personal answer: Roger Garland: Date: December 10:th 1650

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NOTES:
44 caskes of oyle in controversie, which were leaking when put upon the rendent's ship at Legorne
Describes the extent of the leaks at the time of the casks delivery in the port of London

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Case: Allegation on the behalfe of the Keepers of the Liberty of England: Personal answer: Nicholas Van ?Elsicke: Date: December 14:th 1650

NOTES:
The ship the S:t Anthony arlate, a Portugall shipp, belonging to Porto Porto
Surprizall by John ?Regemorter

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Case: XXX Henrici Griggs & XXXX: Personal answer: Roberti Walgrave: Date: December 16:th 1650

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NOTES:
Nants in France

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