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 '''Alexander Bence the elder will'''
-PROB 11/311/477 Juxon 52-102 Will of Alexander Bence of London (the eler) 14 July 1663
+PROB 11/311/477 Juxon 52-102 Will of Alexander Bence of London (the elder) 14 July 1663
 '''Editorial history'''

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 '''Alexander Bence the elder will'''
-PROB 11/311 Juxon 52-102 Will of Alexander Bence of London 14 July 1663
+PROB 11/311/477 Juxon 52-102 Will of Alexander Bence of London (the eler) 14 July 1663
 '''Editorial history'''

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 '''Add details of his involvement in the Spanish trade, and his use of his son as an Alicante based factor'''
-The deployment of the ''Three Brothers'' in the mid-1650s by its owners provides a good example of the linkage between commercial activities in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.  Between 1654 and 1655 [CHECK THIS VOYAGE HAPPENED], and again in 1655 and 1656 the ship was under charter to the English East India Company.  The ''Three Brothers'' probably sailed a third time to the Cormandel coast, since probate was granted on the will of Bence Parker in June 1659, who described himself in his will as "Mariner and Commander of the Good Ship Three Brothers now on the Coast of Cormandell of Limehouse, Middlesex".<ref>PROB 11/292 Pell 300-349 Will of Bence Parker, Mariner and Commander of the Good Ship Three Brothers now on the Coast of Cormandell of Limehouse, Middlesex 	09 June 1659</ref>  But, as mentioned above,  the ship had also made two voyages before 1658 in the Southern Atlantic under charter to the Brasil Company.<ref>John Mitford (ed.), ''The works of John Milton in verse and prose: printed from original editions with a life of the author'', vol. 8 (London, 1863), pp. 426-427</ref>
+The deployment of the ''Three Brothers'' in the mid-1650s by its owners provides a good example of the linkage between commercial activities in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.  Between 1654 and 1655 [CHECK THIS VOYAGE HAPPENED], and again in 1655 and 1656 the ship was under charter to the English East India Company.  The ''Three Brothers'' probably sailed a third time to the Cormandel coast, since probate was granted on the will of Bence Parker in June 1659, who described himself in his will as "Mariner and Commander of the Good Ship ''Three Brothers'' now on the Coast of Cormandell of Limehouse, Middlesex".<ref>PROB 11/292 Pell 300-349 Will of Bence Parker, Mariner and Commander of the Good Ship Three Brothers now on the Coast of Cormandell of Limehouse, Middlesex 	09 June 1659</ref>  But, as mentioned above,  the ship had also made two voyages before 1658 in the Southern Atlantic under charter to the Brasil Company.<ref>John Mitford (ed.), ''The works of John Milton in verse and prose: printed from original editions with a life of the author'', vol. 8 (London, 1863), pp. 426-427</ref>
 In its first Indian Ocean deployment it was dispatched by the committees of the United Joint Stock in 1654 for a voyage to the Coromandel Coast and Maccassar [CHECK THIS VOYAGE HAPPENED]. In its second deployment by the Company, it was dispatched in March 1655 to the Cormandel Coast with bullion, to be invested there in cloth to be sent to Maccassar, returning first to Plymouth in mid-1656, and then to London.<ref>'Introduction' in ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc., of the East India company, 1655-1659'' (Oxford, 1916), p. xviii; 'A Meeting of the Committees for Pulo Run, January 5, 1655' (''Factory Records, Java'', pt. iv, p. 430), in ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc., of the East India company, 1655-1659'' (Oxford, 1916), p. 2; </ref>  Before the ship's departure in early 1655 its owners were described as "Mr. [?Alexander] Bence, Captain Piches, Captain Manyard [Maynard], ... Mr. Bowyer."<ref>'A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock', February 12, 1655 (Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 403, in ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc., of the East India company, 1655-1659'' (Oxford, 1916), p. 10). </ref>  In July 1657, following its return reference was made in the court minutes to "Alderman Richard Hill and the other owners of the ''Three Brothers''.<ref>'A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock', July 8, 1657 (Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 574, in ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc., of the East India company, 1655-1659'' (Oxford, 1916), p. 153</ref>  The second return voyage from the Coast, made during the period when the Company's monopoly was been suspended, carried a subatntial amount of private freight for its owners.  When again offered again for charter by the English East India Company in November 1657, the ''Three Brothers'' was described as a ship of 250 tons.<ref>'A Meeting of the Committees for the New Stock', November 17, 1657 (''Court Book'', vol. xxiv, p. 13) in ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc., of the East India company, 1655-1659'' (Oxford, 1916), p. 186</ref>

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-===Abstract & context===
+==Abstract & context==
-'''Alexander Bence the elder'''
+===Alexander Bence the elder===
 Alexander Bence the elder was involved in the Portuguese/Brazilian, the Spanish, and the East Indian trades. There is also evidence of his involvement in the shortlived Morocco Company, formed in September 1661.<ref>W. Noel Sainsbury (ed.), 'America and West Indies: September 1661', ''Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies'', vol. 5: 1661-1668 (XXXX, 1880), pp. 55-57. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=76443 Date accessed: 06 December 2011</ref>
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 Alexander Bence the elder was well connected with to parliamentarians, serving as an M.P. in the Commons, as did his brother, Squire Bence. Furthermore, in 1646 he was nominated as a commissioner of the navy.<ref>Parliamentary Archives:Main Papers  HL/PO/JO/10/1/218  23 Nov 1646 - 15 Dec 1646: '15 December 1646 -- Draft order appointing Mr. Alexander Bence a Commissioner of the Navy. C. J., V. 14. In extenso'</ref>
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-===Suggested links===
+==Suggested links==
 See [[MRP: Alexander Bence of Aldeburghe will|Alexander Bence of Aldeburghe will]]
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 See [[MRP: Sir Alexander Bence will|Sir Alexander Bence will]] (known as Alexander Bence the younger)
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-===To do===
+==To do==
 (1) Examine Chancery documents involving Bence
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 (5) Explore which commercial partners Alexander bence the elder was involved with in his plantation of Ireland
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-===Transcription===
+==Transcription==
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-===Notes===
+==Notes==
-'''East Indies trade'''
+"[February 12, 1655] A letter from Messrs. Curtis and Chambers is read, in which they report that the ''Three Brothers'' doth spring a leake 36 inches in 24 houres ' and the mariners refuse to go to sea in her until this defect is remedied ; they therefore desire the Company's order how to secure their treasure. Mr. Bence, Captain Piches, Captain Manyard, and a gentleman on behalf of Mr. Bowyer, owners of the said ship, being present declare they have received like information, Captain Parker reporting the refusal of the men to hoist the sails at command until the leak is stopped. The owners desire leave to put her into Portsmouth or Dover for repair; they are told that the Company will make no new agreement but expects them to stand to their charterparty and bill of lading. Sambrooke is directed how to answer the letter from Mr. Curtis."<ref>'A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, February 12, 1655 (Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 403) in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc., of the East India company, 1655-1659'' (Oxford, 1916), p. 10</ref>
-"A letter from Messrs. Curtis and Chambers is read, in which they report that the ''Three Brothers'' doth spring a leake 36 inches in 24 houres ' and the mariners refuse to go to sea in her until this defect is remedied ; they therefore desire the Company's order how to secure their treasure. Mr. Bence, Captain Piches, Captain Manyard, and a gentleman on behalf of Mr. Bowyer, owners of the said ship, being present declare they have received like information, Captain Parker reporting the refusal of the men to hoist the sails at command until the leak is stopped. The owners desire leave to put her into Portsmouth or Dover for repair; they are told that the Company will make no new agreement but expects them to stand to their charterparty and bill of lading. Sambrooke is directed how to answer the letter from Mr. Curtis."<ref>'A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, February 12, 1655 (Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 403) in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc., of the East India company, 1655-1659'' (Oxford, 1916), p. 10</ref>
+"[February 1, 1658] Captain Read having bought the ''Smyrna Merchant'' and knowing that she was formerly hired by Alderman Temms, he inquires upon what terms, and being told, he is satisfied and promises to fulfil his bargain. Alexander Bence, one of the owners of the ''Society'', lets that ship to the Company to freight to Surat.<ref>'A Court of Committees for the New General Stock, February 1, 1658' (Court Book, vol. xxiv, p. 68, in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc., of the East India company, 1655-1659'' (Oxford, 1916), p. 223 )</ref>
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-"Captain Read having bought the Smyrna Merchant and knowing that she was formerly hired by Alderman Temms, he inquires upon what terms, and being told, he is satisfied and promises to fulfil his bargain. Alexander Bence, one of the owners of the ''Society'', lets that ship to the Company to freight to Surat.<ref>'A Court of Committees for the New General Stock, February 1, 1658' (Court Book, vol. xxiv, p. 68, in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc., of the East India company, 1655-1659'' (Oxford, 1916), p. 223 )</ref>
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-'''Portuguese/Brazilian trade'''
 Richard, ''Protector of the Commonwealth of'' England, ''&c. To the most Serene and Potent Prince'', John, ''King of'' Portugal.
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 "That the Portuguese government had good reason to complain of Garland's behaviour, can be seen from the following reference to this affair in a letter from Thomas Maynard, at Lisbon dated 4 November 1661.  He explains that the ship ''Alexander'' of London, Nicholas Garland, master (who died on the voyage) was freighted by Messrs Parker and Bence of London ..."<ref>''The Mariner's mirror'', vol. 37 (XXXX, 1951), p. 220</ref>
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-'''Spanish trade'''
+===Spanish trade===
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-'''The Morocco Company'''
+===The Morocco Company===
 "Sept. 11. (1661) 170. Grant to the Duke of York, Lord Willoughby of Parham, Col. Wm. Legg, and Tho. Culling, Alexander Bence, Robert Starre, John Lewis, and Philip Payne, of London, merchants, of all regions, countries, and territories from Cape Blanco, situate in 20° N. lat., on the continent of Africa, unto 2 leagues to the northwards of Sallee, lying in 34° N. lat., on the north part of Africa, bordering on the Atlantic Sea, and of the free trade thereof for 31 years, rendering two gold ducats when his Majesty shall arrive in said dominions ; incorporating them by the name of the Morocco Company, and giving them license yearly to deduct 1,500l. out of the customs for all merchandise exported thence and brought into his Majesty's dominions towards erecting and maintaining fortifications. [Dom., Chas. II., Docquets.]"<ref>W. Noel Sainsbury (ed.), 'America and West Indies: September 1661', ''Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies'', vol. 5: 1661-1668 (XXXX, 1880), pp. 55-57. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=76443 Date accessed: 06 December 2011</ref>
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-===Possible primary sources===
+==Possible primary sources==
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 SP 94/43 Alex. Bence to the Council of State. 1652 Jan. 6 & 1652 Feb. 26 & 1652 Mar. 7
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-===Possible secondary sources===
+==Possible secondary sources==
 Keeler, Mary Frear (?ed.), ''The Long Parliament, 1640-1641: a biographical study of its members'' (XXXX, 1954)
 - Profiles one or more members of the Bence family. Need to look at a physical copy

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-==Alexander Bence the elder will==
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 PROB 11/311 Juxon 52-102 Will of Alexander Bence of London 14 July 1663
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 '''There is also latin text in the bottom LH margin, dated 1663, which I have not transcribed'''
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 "Sept. 11. (1661) 170. Grant to the Duke of York, Lord Willoughby of Parham, Col. Wm. Legg, and Tho. Culling, Alexander Bence, Robert Starre, John Lewis, and Philip Payne, of London, merchants, of all regions, countries, and territories from Cape Blanco, situate in 20° N. lat., on the continent of Africa, unto 2 leagues to the northwards of Sallee, lying in 34° N. lat., on the north part of Africa, bordering on the Atlantic Sea, and of the free trade thereof for 31 years, rendering two gold ducats when his Majesty shall arrive in said dominions ; incorporating them by the name of the Morocco Company, and giving them license yearly to deduct 1,500l. out of the customs for all merchandise exported thence and brought into his Majesty's dominions towards erecting and maintaining fortifications. [Dom., Chas. II., Docquets.]"<ref>W. Noel Sainsbury (ed.), 'America and West Indies: September 1661', ''Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies'', vol. 5: 1661-1668 (XXXX, 1880), pp. 55-57. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=76443 Date accessed: 06 December 2011</ref>
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 The deployment of the ''Three Brothers'' in the mid-1650s by its owners provides a good example of the linkage between commercial activities in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.  Between 1654 and 1655 [CHECK THIS VOYAGE HAPPENED], and again in 1655 and 1656 the ship was under charter to the English East India Company.  The ''Three Brothers'' probably sailed a third time to the Cormandel coast, since probate was granted on the will of Bence Parker in June 1659, who described himself in his will as "Mariner and Commander of the Good Ship Three Brothers now on the Coast of Cormandell of Limehouse, Middlesex".<ref>PROB 11/292 Pell 300-349 Will of Bence Parker, Mariner and Commander of the Good Ship Three Brothers now on the Coast of Cormandell of Limehouse, Middlesex 	09 June 1659</ref>  But, as mentioned above,  the ship had also made two voyages before 1658 in the Southern Atlantic under charter to the Brasil Company.<ref>John Mitford (ed.), ''The works of John Milton in verse and prose: printed from original editions with a life of the author'', vol. 8 (London, 1863), pp. 426-427</ref>
-In its first Indian Ocean deployment it was dispatched by the committees of the United Joint Stock in 1654 for a voyage to the Coromandel Coast and Maccassar [CHECK THIS VOYAGE HAPPENED]. In its second deployment by the Company, it was dispatched in March 1655 to the Cormandel Coast with bullion, to be invested there in cloth to be sent to Maccassar, returning first to Plymouth in mid-1656, and then to London.<ref>'Introduction' in ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc., of the East India company, 1655-1659'' (Oxford, 1916), p. xviii; 'A Meeting of the Committees for Pulo Run, January 5, 1655' (''Factory Records, Java'', pt. iv, p. 430), in ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc., of the East India company, 1655-1659'' (Oxford, 1916), p. 2; </ref>  Before the ship's departure in early 1655 its owners were described as "Mr. [?Alexander] Bence, Captain Piches, Captain Manyard [Maynard], ... Mr. Bowyer."<ref>'A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock', February 12, 1655 (Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 403, in ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc., of the East India company, 1655-1659'' (Oxford, 1916), p. 10). </ref>.  In July 1657, following its return reference was made in the court minutes to "Alderman Richard Hill and the other owners of the ''Three Brothers''.<ref>'A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock', July 8, 1657 (Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 574, in ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc., of the East India company, 1655-1659'' (Oxford, 1916), p. 153</ref>  The second return voyage from the Coast, made during the period when the Company's monopoly was been suspended, carried a subatntial amount of private freight for its owners.  When again offered again for charter by the English East India Company in November 1657, the ''Three Brothers'' was described as a ship of 250 tons.<ref>'A Meeting of the Committees for the New Stock', November 17, 1657 (''Court Book'', vol. xxiv, p. 13) in ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc., of the East India company, 1655-1659'' (Oxford, 1916), p. 186</ref>
+In its first Indian Ocean deployment it was dispatched by the committees of the United Joint Stock in 1654 for a voyage to the Coromandel Coast and Maccassar [CHECK THIS VOYAGE HAPPENED]. In its second deployment by the Company, it was dispatched in March 1655 to the Cormandel Coast with bullion, to be invested there in cloth to be sent to Maccassar, returning first to Plymouth in mid-1656, and then to London.<ref>'Introduction' in ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc., of the East India company, 1655-1659'' (Oxford, 1916), p. xviii; 'A Meeting of the Committees for Pulo Run, January 5, 1655' (''Factory Records, Java'', pt. iv, p. 430), in ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc., of the East India company, 1655-1659'' (Oxford, 1916), p. 2; </ref>  Before the ship's departure in early 1655 its owners were described as "Mr. [?Alexander] Bence, Captain Piches, Captain Manyard [Maynard], ... Mr. Bowyer."<ref>'A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock', February 12, 1655 (Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 403, in ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc., of the East India company, 1655-1659'' (Oxford, 1916), p. 10). </ref>  In July 1657, following its return reference was made in the court minutes to "Alderman Richard Hill and the other owners of the ''Three Brothers''.<ref>'A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock', July 8, 1657 (Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 574, in ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc., of the East India company, 1655-1659'' (Oxford, 1916), p. 153</ref>  The second return voyage from the Coast, made during the period when the Company's monopoly was been suspended, carried a subatntial amount of private freight for its owners.  When again offered again for charter by the English East India Company in November 1657, the ''Three Brothers'' was described as a ship of 250 tons.<ref>'A Meeting of the Committees for the New Stock', November 17, 1657 (''Court Book'', vol. xxiv, p. 13) in ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc., of the East India company, 1655-1659'' (Oxford, 1916), p. 186</ref>
 '''Add paragraph on Alexander Bence the elder's involvement in Irish plantation'''

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	SP 94/43 Alex. Bence to the Council of State. 1652 Jan. 6 & 1652 Feb. 26 & 1652 Mar. 7		SP 94/43 Alex. Bence to the Council of State. 1652 Jan. 6 & 1652 Feb. 26 & 1652 Mar. 7
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		+	===Possible secondary sources===
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		+	Keeler, Mary Frear (?ed.), ''The Long Parliament, 1640-1641: a biographical study of its members'' (XXXX, 1954)
		+	- Profiles one or more members of the Bence family. Need to look at a physical copy

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	A letter from Richard Cromwell to the King of Portugal, dated 1658/?59, mentions the ''Three Brothers'', owned by Alexander Bence, which had been employed on two voyages for the Brasil Company.<ref>John Mitford (ed.), ''The works of John Milton in verse and prose: printed from original editions with a life of the author'', vol. 8 (London, 1863), pp. 426-427 </ref> Furthermore a minute of a Court Committee of the East India company, dated 1663, records Alexander Bence issuing a Bill of Exchange to Thomas Bird in Lisbon.<ref>'A Court of Committees, October 2, 1663' (Court Book, vol. xxiv, p. 681) in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc., of the East India Company, 1660-1663'' (Oxford, 1922), p. 342</ref> However, the latter minute could possibly refer to his son, Alexander Bence the younger.		A letter from Richard Cromwell to the King of Portugal, dated 1658/?59, mentions the ''Three Brothers'', owned by Alexander Bence, which had been employed on two voyages for the Brasil Company.<ref>John Mitford (ed.), ''The works of John Milton in verse and prose: printed from original editions with a life of the author'', vol. 8 (London, 1863), pp. 426-427 </ref> Furthermore a minute of a Court Committee of the East India company, dated 1663, records Alexander Bence issuing a Bill of Exchange to Thomas Bird in Lisbon.<ref>'A Court of Committees, October 2, 1663' (Court Book, vol. xxiv, p. 681) in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc., of the East India Company, 1660-1663'' (Oxford, 1922), p. 342</ref> However, the latter minute could possibly refer to his son, Alexander Bence the younger.
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		+	'''Add details of his involvement in the Spanish trade, and his use of his son as an Alicante based factor'''

	The deployment of the ''Three Brothers'' in the mid-1650s by its owners provides a good example of the linkage between commercial activities in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Between 1654 and 1655 [CHECK THIS VOYAGE HAPPENED], and again in 1655 and 1656 the ship was under charter to the English East India Company. The ''Three Brothers'' probably sailed a third time to the Cormandel coast, since probate was granted on the will of Bence Parker in June 1659, who described himself in his will as "Mariner and Commander of the Good Ship Three Brothers now on the Coast of Cormandell of Limehouse, Middlesex".<ref>PROB 11/292 Pell 300-349 Will of Bence Parker, Mariner and Commander of the Good Ship Three Brothers now on the Coast of Cormandell of Limehouse, Middlesex 09 June 1659</ref> But, as mentioned above, the ship had also made two voyages before 1658 in the Southern Atlantic under charter to the Brasil Company.<ref>John Mitford (ed.), ''The works of John Milton in verse and prose: printed from original editions with a life of the author'', vol. 8 (London, 1863), pp. 426-427</ref>		The deployment of the ''Three Brothers'' in the mid-1650s by its owners provides a good example of the linkage between commercial activities in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Between 1654 and 1655 [CHECK THIS VOYAGE HAPPENED], and again in 1655 and 1656 the ship was under charter to the English East India Company. The ''Three Brothers'' probably sailed a third time to the Cormandel coast, since probate was granted on the will of Bence Parker in June 1659, who described himself in his will as "Mariner and Commander of the Good Ship Three Brothers now on the Coast of Cormandell of Limehouse, Middlesex".<ref>PROB 11/292 Pell 300-349 Will of Bence Parker, Mariner and Commander of the Good Ship Three Brothers now on the Coast of Cormandell of Limehouse, Middlesex 09 June 1659</ref> But, as mentioned above, the ship had also made two voyages before 1658 in the Southern Atlantic under charter to the Brasil Company.<ref>John Mitford (ed.), ''The works of John Milton in verse and prose: printed from original editions with a life of the author'', vol. 8 (London, 1863), pp. 426-427</ref>