Prize Papers

This category contains documents relating to prize money, seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. It includes a letter of 1652 from the Council of State, signed by the President, William Purefoy (1580-1659), to the Commissioners of the Navy, concerning the capture of Dutch prizes by Robert Blake (1599-1657); a vellum document appointing Richard Neale of Portsea prize agent for the PORCUPINE, 1718, signed and sealed by all members of the crew; a copy of a prize money case between Admiral Sir John Duckworth (q.v.) and Admiral Sir Robert Calder (1745-1818), with a legal opinion, 1805; certificates and receipts for payment, 1805, 1806 and 1842.

Administrative / biographical background
Royal Navy: Prize Money - documents

Record Details

Item reference: ADL/X; XX(63114.1)
Catalogue Section: Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum
Level: SUB-COLLECTION
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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