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HCA Records of the High Court of Admiralty and colonial Vice-Admiralty courts Division within HCA Records of the Instance and Prize Courts HCA 26 High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Registers of Declarations for Letters of Marque AGAINST FRANCE

HCA 26/7 Described at item level

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Commander: Peter Lascelles.

Ship: York.

Burden: 99 tons.

Crew: 99.

Owners: David Lascelles, Henry Lascelles, John Hallett, Edward Ward, Edmund Godfrey and William Godfrey of London, merchants.

Lieutenant: James Dewar.

Gunner: James Robinson.

Boatswain: Peter Sarradine.

Carpenter: James Williams.

Surgeon: William Draper.

Cook: Hugh German.

Armament: 6 carriage guns.

Folio: 1136

Covering dates

1757 April 28

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The National Archives, Kew

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_________ HCA Records of the High Court of Admiralty and colonial Vice-Admiralty courts Division within HCA Records of the Instance and Prize Courts HCA 26 High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Registers of Declarations for Letters of Marque AGAINST FRANCE HCA 26/11 Described at item level

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Commander: Peter Lascelles.

Ship: York.

Burden: 499 tons.

Crew: 99.

Owners: Peter Lacelles of London, mariner.

Home port: London.

Lieutenant: George Hetter.

Gunner: James Robertson.

Boatswain: John Gascogne.

Carpenter: John Millson.

Cook: Duncan Campbell.

Surgeon: George Hopper.

Armament: 26 carriage guns.

Folio: 163.

Note that the Liver received a similar commission.

Covering dates

1760 April 10

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The National Archives, Kew

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East Indies Series 14. IOR/H/106 1771-1772 pp. 341-53, Draft Commission for Superintending and Regulating the Company's Affairs at their Presidencies in the East Indies 1772. The Commissioners were Lieut.-General Robert Monckton and Messrs. Edward Wheler, William Devaynes, George Cuming, Peter Lascelles and Daniel Wier.

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Reference IOR

Covering dates 1600-1948

Held by British Library, Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections

Extent 15 km (volumes, files, charters, maps)

Conditions of access Open to public access except for recent personal files, and a very small number of subject files

 Marine Department Records  IOR/L/MAR  No date
                     Ships' Journals  IOR/L/MAR/A-B  1605-1856

YORK (2) [no ref.] No date

Contents: Rated at 499 tons, 99 crew, 26 guns. Voyages: (1) 1753/4 Madras and Bengal. Capt Edward Ward. Portsmouth 28 Mar 1754 - 7 Jul Madras - 31 Jul Vizagapatam - 21 Aug Culpee - 28 Oct Calcutta 20 Dec - 5 Feb 1755 Tellicherry - 23 Feb Anjengo - 24 May St Helena - 1 Aug Plymouth - 22 Aug Downs. (2) 1756/7 Bombay. Capt Peter Lascelles. Portsmouth 2 Jun 1757 - 10 Nov Point de Galle - 11 Dec Cochin - 15 Dec Calicut - 28 Dec Bombay 8 Apr 1758 - 31 Jul St Helena - lost in River Shannon 29 Oct.

YORK (3) [no ref.] No date

These documents are held at British Library, Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections Contents: Built by Wells, launched 1760, 3 decks, 3in bottom, length 138ft 8in, keel 110ft 10½in, breadth 36ft 8½in, hold 14ft 7¼in, wing transom 23ft 1½in, between decks 6ft 1¾in, 794 tons. Principal Managing Owners: 1-2 John Hallett, 3-4 Sir Richard Hotham. Voyages: (1) 1759/60 Bombay and Bengal. Capt Peter Lascelles. Portsmouth 5 May 1760 - 12 Jul Pernambuco - 13 Dec Anjengo - 20 Dec Cochin - 28 Dec Tellicherry - 13 Jan 1761 Bombay - 24 Feb Surat - 25 Apr Mokha 20 Jul - 6 Aug Bombay - 23 Aug Surat - 16 Oct Balasore - 25 Oct Ingeli - 19 Feb 1762 Bombay 12 Apr - 22 Apr Tellicherry - 2 Aug St Helena - 30 Oct Plymouth - 29 Nov Downs. (2) 1763/4 Bombay and China. Capt Peter Lascelles. Downs 15 Apr 1764 - 4 Aug Johanna - 5 Sep Bombay - 28 Dec Onore - 7 Jan 1765 Tellicherry - 20 Jan Cochin - 26 Jan Calicut - 5 Feb Tellicherry - 17 Feb Onore - 2 Mar Bombay 11 Apr - 17 Apr Onores - 22 Apr Tellicherry - 1 May Calicut - 4 Jun Malacca - 14 Jul Whampoa - Second Bar 27 Jan 1766 - 15 May St Helena - 16 Jul Downs.