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Shareholder
Current situation of my research
YES, Francis LeBaron
could have bought one share of the Aigle
from June 1692 to June 1694.
Following the
battle of Barfleur and La Hougue in 1692 that opposed a French
squadron of 44 warships to an Anglo-Dutch squadron of 82 warships, the
King of France took the following decisions:
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To authorize private ship-owners to make war on behalf of
the King. They are known as "privateers".
They
used to share the armament of their ship with other associates.
Click here to see a typical contract
of a privateering society.
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To lend some of
his warships to private shipowners.
I didn't find, so far, any "copy" of the contract of the Aigle but I
have found the following evidences of an "agreement" to share the
armament of the Aigle :
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June 30, 1692
From de Ponchartrain to de Gramont
:
"The King agreed to grant to Sieur Deplanque 9" of
interests on the armaments of the Aigle and the Favori."
Source: AN Marine B/2/84 (4) f°
953
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October 21, 1692
From de Ponchartrain to de Gramont
:
"I proposed to the King to arm the Mignon and to
interest you and your friends as His Majesty already done to arm the
Aigle and the Favori."
Source: AN Marine B/2/86 (1) f°138
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November 29, 1692
From de Ponchartrain to Begon
:
"His Majesty graciously allow Mr. le Duc de
Gramont and the Sieur de Laboulaye to be interested
in the armament of
the Mignon built in Bayonne
as it was already done to arm the Aigle and the Favory."
Source: AN Marine B/2/86 (2) f°481
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November 29, 1692
From de Ponchartrain to
de Laboulaye
:
"Regarding the cost of the armament of the
Mignon, the King agreed to
interest Mr. le Duc de Gramont for 23000
livres tournois and you for 3000 livres tournois. About the 10000
livres tournois remaining, His Majesty agreed to share them with
people from the Basque Country of the Admiralty... I ask
Mr. de Bezons to write an agreement to arm
the Mignon as it was already done to arm the Aigle and the Favory."
Source: AN Marine B/2/86 (2) f°483
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December 24, 1692
Registration
of the letter of marque issued by Louis Alexandre de
Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse and Admiral of the French Navy, to
Captain Louis de Harismendy to command and arm the frigate of
the King, the Aigle.
Source: AD64 B8700
f°24
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June 27, 1693
Registration
of the letter of marque issued by Louis Alexandre de
Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse and Admiral of the French Navy, to
Captain Joannis de Suigaraychipy also known as
Croisic to command and arm the frigate of the
King, the Aigle.
Source: AD64 B8701
f°54
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June 5, 1694
Registration
of the "agreement" issued by
the King Louis XIV to the "sindic" François d'Ellissonde to arm
the Aigle and the Favory.
Source: AD64 B8702
f°138-204
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December 15, 1694
From
de Ponchartrain
to de Laboulaye:
"the judgement which was given against the deserter who
was given to you by Sieur DuVignau (...) of the complaint which was made
to you by Sieur Du Vignau against some officers and the best part of its
crew which left the frigate when it entered Ferryland. I am giving to Rochefort
the sum of 8000 livres
tournois installment of what is due by the King
for the armament of the Gaillard, the Aigle and the Favory to be able to
pay off the officers, marines and sailors of the crew of the Gaillard.
You must oblige the ship-owners to pay those of the Aigle and the
Favory (...) Sieur de Saint Clair extremely destroyed my spirit in
the cruise which it has just made, the good opinion that I had of him
(...) send to me the declarations of Sieurs DuVignau, Harismendy and
Beauchesne of his refusal to enter in Ferryland and to finish the
mission of Saint John's"
Source: AN Marine B/2/100 (3) f°746
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January 2, 1695
The Chevalier d'Amont is going to arm as a private
ship-owner the Gaillard, the Aigle and the Favory lended to him by the
King Louis XIV.
Source: AN Marine B/2/105 f°3
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