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[[HCA 13/70 f.712v Annotate|William Astell]] of the parish of Allhallows Barking London Chirurgeon aged 60 yeares<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.712v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.712v]]</ref>
 
[[HCA 13/70 f.712v Annotate|William Astell]] of the parish of Allhallows Barking London Chirurgeon aged 60 yeares<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.712v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.712v]]</ref>
 
[[HCA 13/70 f.714v Annotate|Antonio Fernandez Caravashall]] of London Merchant aged 54 yeares<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.714v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.714v]]</ref>
 
[[HCA 13/70 f.714v Annotate|Antonio Fernandez Caravashall]] of London Merchant aged 54 yeares<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.714v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.714v]]</ref>
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[[HCA 13/70 f.142v Annotate|Christian Cloppenburgh]] of hamborough Mariner aged 43. yeares<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.142v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.142v]]</ref>
 
[[HCA 13/70 f.387v Annotate|Christian Cloppenburgh]] of Hamborough Mariner Master of the shipp the Salvadore aged 44 yeares<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.387v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.387v]]</ref>
 
[[HCA 13/70 f.387v Annotate|Christian Cloppenburgh]] of Hamborough Mariner Master of the shipp the Salvadore aged 44 yeares<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.387v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.387v]]</ref>
 
[[HCA 13/68 f.175r Annotate|Antonio Estevan de Balderas]] of Limma in the West Indies merchant aged 38 yeares<ref>[[HCA 13/68 f.175r Annotate|HCA 13/68 f.175r]]</ref>
 
[[HCA 13/68 f.175r Annotate|Antonio Estevan de Balderas]] of Limma in the West Indies merchant aged 38 yeares<ref>[[HCA 13/68 f.175r Annotate|HCA 13/68 f.175r]]</ref>
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[[HCA 13/70 f.717v Annotate|Stephen Puckle]] of Eastsmithfeild neere London Merchant aged fifty nine yeares<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.717v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.717v]]</ref>
 
[[HCA 13/70 f.717v Annotate|Stephen Puckle]] of Eastsmithfeild neere London Merchant aged fifty nine yeares<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.717v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.717v]]</ref>
 
[[HCA 13/70 f.734v Annotate|Hance Ramke]] of Hamborough Mariner aged 40 yeares<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.734v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.734v]]</ref>
 
[[HCA 13/70 f.734v Annotate|Hance Ramke]] of Hamborough Mariner aged 40 yeares<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.734v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.734v]]</ref>
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[[HCA 13/70 f.141v Annotate|Henry Slegar]] of hamborough Saylor aged 23. yeares<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.141v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.141v]]</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 11:08, June 28, 2015

The three silver ships



Editorial history

Created 28/06/2015 by CSG






Background


Three large ships (The Salvador, the Sampson and the Saint George) of supposedly Lubeck and Hamburg build and ownership were captured by the English in 1652 with highly valuable cargos of bullion. The ships were on their way from Cadiz with bullion from the Spanish West Indies going northwards. It was disputed in court as to whether the ships were bound legally for the Spanish Netherlands, or illegally for Amsterdam.

The case was endowed with political as well as commercial weight - the Protectorate was keen to have the bullion declared lawfull prize, but the Spanish government contested this. The many and varied court depositions and other English Admiralty (and English State Paper) records give very granular and highly colourful accounts of Seville and Cadiz, Hamburg and Lubeck, the Spanish Netherlands, the by-ways between the Spanish Netherlands and Amsterdam by which bullion could be smuggled overland and by canal, and the River Thames, where the ships and sailors were held following seizure. Thomas Violet, a rather dodgy goldsmith, was involved as an agitator on benhalf of the protectorate, and published a pamphlet pleading for reimbursement of his efforts, which supplements the HCA material on the MarineLives wiki.



Timeline


Please enter below all events relating to the Admiralty court case of three Silver ships. Be as specific as possible in terms of day, month, and year.

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Month unspecified: The ship the Salvadore was built at Hamburg[2]



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Witness list


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William Astell of the parish of Allhallows Barking London Chirurgeon aged 60 yeares[3]
Antonio Fernandez Caravashall of London Merchant aged 54 yeares[4]
Christian Cloppenburgh of hamborough Mariner aged 43. yeares[5]
Christian Cloppenburgh of Hamborough Mariner Master of the shipp the Salvadore aged 44 yeares[6]
Antonio Estevan de Balderas of Limma in the West Indies merchant aged 38 yeares[7]
Abraham Johnson of the precinct of Saint Catherins neere the Tower of London Sailemaker aged 35 yeares[8]
Magdalena Hendricks the wife of Abraham Johnson living in the Minories neere London aged thirty two yeares[9]
William Pembridge of the Parrish of Saint Magnus London Habberdasher aged 42 yeares[10]
Stephen Puckle of Eastsmithfeild neere London Merchant aged fifty nine yeares[11]
Hance Ramke of Hamborough Mariner aged 40 yeares[12]
Henry Slegar of hamborough Saylor aged 23. yeares[13]

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Cast of Characters


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Christian Cloppenburgh


Master of the ship the Salvadore. Aged forty-four in June 1655.[14]



Antonio Estevan de Balderas


Spanish merchant, resident in Lima in the Spanish West Indies.[15]



Jaspar Lorenzo


Spanish merchant claiming to have lost three cerons of cutchineele in the ship the Salvadore.[16]



Ferdinando Nunez


Spanish merchant.[17]
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  2. HCA 13/70 f.387v
  3. HCA 13/70 f.712v
  4. HCA 13/70 f.714v
  5. HCA 13/70 f.142v
  6. HCA 13/70 f.387v
  7. HCA 13/68 f.175r
  8. HCA 13/70 f.709r
  9. HCA 13/70 f.720r
  10. HCA 13/70 f.713r
  11. HCA 13/70 f.717v
  12. HCA 13/70 f.734v
  13. HCA 13/70 f.141v
  14. HCA 13/70 f.387v
  15. HCA 13/68 f.175r
  16. HCA 13/70 f.387v
  17. HCA 13/70 f.387v