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 * What can we learn about the role of auditors in the above processes?
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 ===Victualling and voyage accounts of the Constant Ruth, 1652 and 1653===
-The Constant Ruth was involved in the Guinney and Barbados trade.  Accounts exist for the victualling and supply of trade goods of the Constant Ruth in May 1652 in London, as well as the acquisition of slaves in West Africa, in what is now Nigeria, later that year, in return for the trading of London purchased commodities.  The latter accounts were drawn up after the return of the ship from barbados, to which it sailed after Guinney.
+The Constant Ruth was involved in the Guinney and Barbados trade.  Accounts exist for the victualling and supply of trade goods of the Constant Ruth in May 1652 in London, as well as the acquisition of slaves in West Africa, in what is now Nigeria, later that year, in return for the trading of London purchased commodities.  The latter accounts were drawn up after the return of the ship from Barbados, to which it sailed after Guinney.
 The two sets of accounts are contained in HCA 15/6 Box One and HCA 15/6 Box Two, and together offer the potential to explore slave ship economics at a micro-level. The victualling accounts include the ownership proportions of the ship, the names of the mariners and their wages, as well as supplied food, ship goods, and trade goods. The later voyage accounts describe the purpose of the voyage as "a voyage to Guinea in the bite to buy Negros."<ref>[http://XXXXX Electronic link to a digital source]</ref>

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	See: [[MRP: HCA 15/6 Box Two#head-f0e22d89f3e221c9e13e86db65bbc6ae92dd5ebf\|Item: Book of account of the Constant Ruth: Date: May 1652]]		See: [[MRP: HCA 15/6 Box Two#head-f0e22d89f3e221c9e13e86db65bbc6ae92dd5ebf\|Item: Book of account of the Constant Ruth: Date: May 1652]]
	See: [[MRP: HCA 15/6 Box One#head-c0f4493bc6ff0ece618f90d4eb80a13924d65624\|Item: A copy of an Account delivered by M:r Williams executors February 24:th 1654]]		See: [[MRP: HCA 15/6 Box One#head-c0f4493bc6ff0ece618f90d4eb80a13924d65624\|Item: A copy of an Account delivered by M:r Williams executors February 24:th 1654]]
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		+	==Taking of accounts of materialls and valews and mens wages at an anchor smiths yard==
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		+	The scale of the work on the ''William and ffrancis'' undertaken was substantial, with multiple shipwrights working on the lighter. Isaack Mayer was "the person that tooke and kept the accompt of the particulars of the materialls and valewes and mens wages" and could thus report that the charges amounted to "in all to 52li -19s – 11d or thereabouts." Mayer himself
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		+	"15. … did 23 dayes worke at the said lighter, which
		+	16. at 3s per diem comes to 3li 9s, which is paid him by the producent, who
		+	17. imployed him…"
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		+	- ''HCA 13/71 f.16r Case: Mayor (?Mayer) and the William and ffrance and against knight; Deposition: 1. Isaac Mayers of horsey downe shipwright aged 24 yeeres; Date: 04/03/1655(56), Transcribed by Colin Greenstreet.''<ref>[http://marinelives-transcript.org/scripto/scripto/?scripto_action=transcribe&scripto_doc_id=797&scripto_doc_page_id=1767 HCA 13/71 f.16r]</ref>

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 ==Keeping the books==
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+Francis Thoris had been book keeper to Anthony Upton in Seville, where Upton was Christopher Boone's correspondent.  Boone himself had formerly been based in Seville, as correspondent to his London based relative, XXXX Boone.  At the time of Thoris' deposition, Christopher Boone had been back in London for a number of years.
 * "27. To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee was no relation to the producent Boone

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 . cometh to bee a wittness at the entreaty of the sayd Boone and saith it will
 . bee noe benefit to him if the goods in question be restored And further
-. cannot answere//"
+. cannot answere/
 - ''HCA 13/71 f.383r Case: XXXX; Deposition: XXXX (Signature of "ffrancis thoris" at end of deposition); Date: XXXX. Transcribed by Colin Greenstreet.''<ref>[http://marinelives-transcript.org/scripto/scripto/?scripto_action=transcribe&scripto_doc_id=900&scripto_doc_page_id=1445 HCA 13/71 f.383r]</ref>

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 - ''HCA 13/71 f.141r Case: Mitchell against the harry of London and against Mathew heman; Deposition: 1. William Metcalfe of London Merchant aged 31 yeares; Date: 29/04/1656. Transcribed by Colin Greenstreet''<ref>[http://marinelives-transcript.org/scripto/scripto/?scripto_action=transcribe&scripto_doc_id=363&scripto_doc_page_id=453 HCA 13/71 f.141r]</ref>
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 ==Overdue payments to suppliers==

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 ==Overdue payments to suppliers==
 Gregory Kerry, master of the Ipswich ship the Sisters, was behind in his payments for provisioning of his ship.  A series of witnesses were called by the debtors, who were also the owners of the ship, to demonstrate that the extent of the debts had been discussed and acknowledged.
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 - ''HCA 13/71 f.453r Case: Hammond against the Sisters of Ipswich and against Wright and others; Deposition: 2. Jeremy Tye of Ratcliff in the County of Middlesex Mariner, aged 29 yeares; Date: 10/12/1656 ("same day"). Transcribed by Colin Greenstreet''<ref>[http://marinelives-transcript.org/scripto/scripto/?scripto_action=transcribe&scripto_doc_id=909&scripto_doc_page_id=10131 HCA 13/71 f.453r];[http://marinelives-transcript.org/scripto/scripto/?scripto_action=transcribe&scripto_doc_id=909&scripto_doc_page_id=1012 HCA 13/71 f.452v]</ref>
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 The Constant Ruth was involved in the Guinney and Barbados trade.  Accounts exist for the victualling and supply of trade goods of the Constant Ruth in May 1652 in London, as well as the acquisition of slaves in West Africa, in what is now Nigeria, later that year, in return for the trading of London purchased commodities.  The latter accounts were drawn up after the return of the ship from barbados, to which it sailed after Guinney.
-The two sets of accounts are contained in HCA 15/6 Box One and HCA 15/6 Box Two, and together offer the potential to explore slave ship economics at a micro-level. The victualling accounts include the ownmership proportions of the ship, the names of the mariners and their wages, as well as supplied food, ship goods, and trade goods. The later voyage accounts describe the purpose of the voyage as "a voyage to Guinea in the bite to buy Negros."<ref>[http://XXXXX Electronic link to a digital source]</ref>
+The two sets of accounts are contained in HCA 15/6 Box One and HCA 15/6 Box Two, and together offer the potential to explore slave ship economics at a micro-level. The victualling accounts include the ownership proportions of the ship, the names of the mariners and their wages, as well as supplied food, ship goods, and trade goods. The later voyage accounts describe the purpose of the voyage as "a voyage to Guinea in the bite to buy Negros."<ref>[http://XXXXX Electronic link to a digital source]</ref>
 See: [[MRP: HCA 15/6 Box Two#head-f0e22d89f3e221c9e13e86db65bbc6ae92dd5ebf|Item: Book of account of the Constant Ruth: Date: May 1652]]
 See: [[MRP: HCA 15/6 Box One#head-c0f4493bc6ff0ece618f90d4eb80a13924d65624|Item:  A copy of an Account delivered by M:r Williams executors February 24:th 1654]]