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| − | '''HCA 15/6''' 1654-1657
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| − | HCA 15 High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Early Instance and Prize Papers 1586-1778
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| − | '''Editorial history'''
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| − | 01/05/12, CSG: Created page
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| − | 15/05/12, CSG: Ordered volume at TNA to inspect
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| − | __TOC__
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| − | ==Suggested links==
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| − | See [[MRP: Admiralty court cases|Admiralty court cases]]
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| − | ==To do==
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| − | ==Physical description==
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| − | HCA 15/6 2 boxes
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| − | BOX ONE
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| − | Cardboard box, ca. 12 in x 8 in x 3 in
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| − | Contains folded paper documents, without ties or other bundling techniques, though the documents are in loose bundles
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| − | On inspection it appears that the papers are in jumbled date order and that the "bundles" are illusory
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| − | Types of document sampled (not all transcribed below)
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| − | * Bills of lading
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| − | * Bond (for appearance at the High Court of Admiralty)
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| − | * Charterparty (Dated November 7th 1654; First party were John Paige and Richard Ely of Plymouth merchants partowners of the ''Golden Cocke'' of Plymouth, or the burthen of eighty five tonnes; Richrad Chappell Master; ship lying in the River of Thames; Other party to the charterparty were Thomas Canham, John Paige and Maurice Thompson of London Merchants; to go tos uch places within and without the Straeights from the Port of London, starting at Gravesend; mentions the house of Thomas Canham , scituate in Lombardstreete London; signed Thomas Canham, Maurice Thomson (sic) John Paieg (their original signatures, but seals removed)
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| − | * Petition (against nuisance)
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| − | * Petition complaining of loss to Spaniards, requesting letters of marque, with annotation granting such letters
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| − | * Petition (regarding mariners' wages which had been ordered by the HCA to be paid)
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| − | * Petition (for payment of mariners' wages, which master had refused to pay following the suprisal of their ship on return from Argier, off Scicily)
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| − | * Ship's inventory
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| − | ==Sample transcriptions==
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| − | I sampled several of the bundles to determine the type of records contained in this box. They appear to be papers which are mentioned in other volumes as annexed.
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| − | ===Case: Keate ag XXXwick: Item: Bills of lading (printed): Date: July 4th 1654===
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| − | Four bills of lading
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| − | Each bill of lading a standard printed paper form, with blanks filled out in handwritten black ink and signed
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| − | List Shippers (names and where located, e.g. "X, merchants, of Aleppo"; Master; Shio; Goods (specified items; quantities); Destination; Freighting terms; Primage & average; Marking in margin and numbers in margin; Dated; Signed
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| − | ===Item: Petition of ?ThomaXXX Sageman to the Judges of the Admiraltie: Date: March 24:th 1657===
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| − | ===Item: Inventory of the ship the Gilbert now in the River of Thames: Date: November 11:th 1657===
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| − | One sheet of paper, folded in half and folded again | + | |
| − | Main writing on front side; blank in middle; label on back
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| − | Unsigned
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| − | //A perfect Inventory of what things belong to
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| − | the Shippe Gilbert now in the River
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| − | of Thames.
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| − | IMPRIMIS Masted fore and afte the small mast excepted, the
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| − | Shrowds and all the standing Rigging are abord the Ship, One
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| − | best bower Anchor One small bower Anchor. One sheete Anchor
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| − | One ?kedge Anchor One Warpe Anchor one shete cable one
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| − | best bower cable and an old XXXX for a small bower
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| − | Cable, two ?halsers one Missen and one Missen top Sayle one
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| − | main top gallant Sayle two mayn sayles two foresailes two
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| − | maintopsailes two fore topsailes One foretopgallant Saile
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| − | One Sprizz Saile one Spritsaile topSaile, running rigging
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| − | sufficient to bring the Ship to London; blocks of all Sorts
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| − | Sufficient for a ships voyage twenty sixe peices of Ordnance w:th
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| − | their Carriages Tenne barrells of powder part of a barrell
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| − | neere about a barrell of powder which was drawne out of the?s
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| − | Gunnes, ffoure hundred thirty nine ?round shott sixty baggs filled
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| − | [IN LH MARGIN: by y:e Gunnes ?report] with ffoXXs nailes and ?burre shott, forty nine Cases a barrell
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| − | with match in it, One ?bouch barrell ?Seaven formers twenty one
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| − | Musketts three Carbines One blunderbus fourteene halfe pikes
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| − | Sixe quarter pikes thirteene Swords Eleaven Javelins six ?lanthornes
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| − | One Poupe lanthorne, a parceill of muskett shott in a small Caske
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| − | Twenty five ?Collors of ?Bandilerees twenty seaven rope syXXXXyes twelve
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| − | BritXXXXX one Iron rod two ladles ffifteene handspikes Seaventeene
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| − | Crowes of iron two leather ?busketts twelve ?taglehookes twenty sixe
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| − | Ayrons Seaven brasse ladles fowerteene staffe sXXXges Seaven
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| − | Wormes Sixe ?horses fforty sixe Gunners takles, the Carpenters
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| − | ?Stose contayning cetaine ?Bolls Spikes Chains plates and other old &
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| − | new Iron the quantity I knowe not In the Cooke house One kettle
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| − | One Iron pott two furnaces a frying pan and a dripping pan a spitt
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| − | some woodden platters, Xapps & Spoones. two XXX tubbs, certaine
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| − | butts & hogshead some aboard and some M.r Messinger one of the
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| − | Owners hath att his house: In the great cabbin one great drawing
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| − | table fower leather Chaires one Cubbord. In the round house a drawing
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| − | table some old wastX lXXXhes & pendant One XXXX lead & line, one
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| − | Bell ffive Compasses One watch glasse ffower halfe hower glasses
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| − | two Minute glasses a long boate with sixe Oares ?Pumpe boxes
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| − | pimpe brakes with some planks and other lumber about the shippe
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| − | three ?Can ?bo?xes.//
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| − | [ON BACK OF THE FOLDED PAPER]
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| − | //In:ry of the ''Gilbert''
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| − | provisions brought
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| − | in by ?Croford ii
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| − | Nov: 1657//
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| − | ===Item: Bond XXXX: Date: March 2nd 1656 (57)===
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| − | One sheet of paper, folded and folded a second time
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| − | Unfolded ca. 12 in x 6 in
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| − | Written on front side; labelled on back side; blank in centre
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| − | '''Front side of paper'''
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| − | //Know All men of These Presents That XXX George
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| − | Walters of The Middle Temple London Esq:r. And Thomas
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| − | Walker of Camberwell In the Countie of Surreÿ Esq:r
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| − | Are held & firmly bound unto his highnesse The Lord
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| − | Protecto:r of The Common Wealth of England Scotland
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| − | & Ireland & The dominions Thereunto belonging In y:t
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| − | Summe of Sixe Thousand Pounds of Lawfull mony of
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| − | England, To w:ch payment well & Truely To be made
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| − | & done w:ch ?bindes & Either of us o:r heires Execto:rs. &
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| − | Administrato:rs. firmly by Theise presents sealed w:th A
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| − | Seale & XXXXX the
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| − | Second day of march In y:e year of o.r Lord 1656
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| − | The Condition of This Obligacon is such That If the
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| − | Above bounden George Walters shall be and Appeare before
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| − | The Lord Protector of The Commonwealth of England x:r
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| − | the Judges of the high Court of Admyralty of England
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| − | At the Commons hall wthin y:e Doctors Commons Scituate in
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| − | The parish of Sainct Benedict neare Pauls Wharfe London
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| − | The Tenth day After the date hereof if it be Court day
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| − | or Else The next Court followinge At The usuall houres
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| − | for hearinge of Causes, To Answer unto Thomas Skinner
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| − | in A Cause Civill & Marine, And shall not departe from
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| − | -thence, without Leave, And Licence of the Court That
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| − | Then this obligacon to be void & of non Effect
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| − | Otherwayes to stand in full force power & vertue-
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| − | Signed Sealed & delivered
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| − | in y:e presence of
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| − | GEORGE CUR?Ixx [BOTTOM LH SIDE: His signature & red wax seal]
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| − | BXXY XXXXXX [BOTTOM LH SIDE: His signature & red wax seal]
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| − | GEORGE WALTERS [BOTTOM RH SIDE: His signature & red wax seal]
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| − | THO: WALKER [BOTTOM RH SIDE: His signature & red wax seal]
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| − | '''back side of paper'''
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| − | //?OX:° Walters to
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| − | Skinner//
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| − | ===Item: Petition of divers watermen plyeing at S:t Katherines Staires and other the Inhabitants there bordering upon the River of Thames: Date: XXXX===
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| − | One sheet of high quality paper, folded once, then again
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| − | Unfolded ca. 12 in x 8in
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| − | Written on one side; labelled on back
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| − | '''Front of the petition'''
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| − | //To the Right Hon:ble the Judges of the High Courte of Adm:lie
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| − | The humble Remonstrance of diveres watermen plyeing at S:t Katherines' staires and other the Inhabitants there
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| − | bordering uppon the River of Thames whose names are hereunto subscribed
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| − | SHEWETH.
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| − | That whereas divers ?Billeneeres for the space pf 12: yeares and upwards have made it theire usuall practice to lay theire hoyes and
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| − | vessells betweene the said Staires and S:t Katherines' Docke. the same is a very great annoyance and prejudice not onely to the water
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| − | men there plying who formerly had a faire and sandey ground very commodious for theire Imployment But now by reason of
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| − | the Continuall rideing Stayeing and abideing of those vessells sometimes Thirty togeather betweene the said staires and dock
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| − | neere the Shoreside the ground is there suncke and filled w:th mudd soyle and slime in divers places thereof about kneedeepe. But alsoe to
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| − | the Inhabitants there whohaveing wharffes abd parte of theire habitations bordering uppon the River of Thames are often times destroyed
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| − | and pulled downe thereby without any satisfaction given, but onely reproachfull speeches. And that the said ?Billenders<ref>Billender. Billenders appear in CSPD in the early & mid-C17th. A Swedish secondary source dating from 1768 shows an illustration of a billender as a two masted ship with a ?lanteene sail mounted on the lower part of the rear mast. [http://www.sjohistoriska.se/sv/Fordjupning/Marketstore/Ritning/?msobjid=0014569 Sammanställning av fartygstyper av Fredrik Henric af Chapman som beskrivs i planschverket "Architectura Navalis Mercatoria" (XXXX, 1768), viewed 16/05/12]</ref> keeping ffire in
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| − | theire said vessells night and day if any mischance by ffire should happen in theire vessells rideing soe neere the shoare (as God forbidd)
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| − | the same may tend to the utter ruineing of the said Premisses. And likewise that it is theire constant custome especially on the Lords dayes
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| − | either to pforme bodily worke or to follow vaine sports and exercizes both to the greate dishonnour of God the scandall of true Religion
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| − | the evill example of others and a very greate discreditt and disquittment to the saud precincte
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| − | NOW, SOE IT MAY PLEASE yo:r hon:rs this Custome of theirs was not so formerly permitted but since habitaion of
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| − | one ?Jenkin Ellis cordwainer within the same precincte who regarding more his private gaines and profitts then the
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| − | Advancement of the publique good hath pmitted them to have free Ingress ?tgress and regress unto and from aboard theire said vessells
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| − | in by and through the wharffe ?entrie and shopp of the said Jenkin Ellis who for the same Libertie XXXXX in his owne purse
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| − | for ?each such vessell there lyeing at the least 2:s p weeke-
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| − | Y:e petitioners therefore most humbly pray that yo:r Hon:rs will be graciously pleased to take the
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| − | premisses into Consideration and therein to actt and doe for a speedie Reformation thereof
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| − | as in yo:r hon:rs greate wisdome shall seeme meete.-
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| − | And they shall remayne
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| − | 28 signatures
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| − | DANIELL ROSSWELL [His signature]
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| − | NICHOLAS COX [His signature]
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| − | HUMPHREY HUCHINS [His mark]
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| − | PETER CROUTE [His mark]
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| − | FFRANCIS HUNTER [His mark]
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| − | ROBART EACH [His mark]
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| − | WILLIAM HOLLOWAY [His mark]
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| − | JOHN ?HINCH. [His signature]
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| − | WILLIAM WAYNEWRITE [His mark]
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| − | GEORDG COOTE [His mark]
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| − | THOMAS BAKER [His signature]
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| − | NICHOLAS FFLUD [His mark]
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| − | FFRAUNCIS CHA?NNELL [His mark]
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| − | PETER HIGHWOOD [His mark]
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| − | THO: HICKS [His mark]
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| − | JOHN EDEN [His mark]
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| − | ?SHEAUN BUTCHER [His signature]
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| − | WILLIAM RAI?SES [His signature]
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| − | STEPHEN YOUNG [His signature]
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| − | JAMES XXX XXXXX [His signature]
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| − | DANIEL GATES [His signature]
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| − | GILES [His mark]
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| − | HUMPHERRI HITCHINS JUNIOR [His signature]
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| − | WILLIAM xNTLE [His signature]
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| − | PETER LANGLEY [His signature]
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| − | BEN: SALxxWEx [His signature]
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| − | JOHN MINGS [His signature]
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| − | HENRY BENN [His signature]
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| − | '''On back of the petition'''
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| − | //Petition of the
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| − | Inhabitants of
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| − | S:t Katherines
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| − | ag:t Jenkins Ellis
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| − | (At right angles in another part of the back of the petition)
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| − | S:t Katherines petition
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| − | M:° ag:t Ellis
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| − | to answ: such
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| − | th: as sh: bee as
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| − | ag:t him at ?pro
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| − | motion of Roswell
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| − | and Nich Cox
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| − | ?renosat ret ?Mercury//
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| − | ===Item: The Accompts of the Shipp Undertaker to the 24:th of ffebruary 1656: Date: Exhibited by M:r Smith June 2nd 1657===
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| − | Paper book of accounts in reasonable condition
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| − | Kept and signed by Richard Parke, master of the shipp the ''Undertaker''
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| − | The book of accounts was exhibited by M:r Smith on the behalfe of Richard Parke
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| − | Structure of the book of accounts:
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| − | * Front page
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| − | * Inside front page (verso) (blank)
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| − | * Facing page (recto): Folio One: Moneyes disbursed by Richard Parke at Yarmouth & the Straights on behalf of the Undertaker's owners, November 1655
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| − | * Next page (verso): Folio Two: Moneyes disbursed at ?Longhorne, febbruary 24th 1655
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| − | * Facing page (recto): Folio Three: Moneyes disbursed at Genova, Aprill 1656
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| − | * Next page (verso): Folio Four: Moneyes disbursed at Newhaven, August 22:th 1656
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| − | * Facing page (recto); Folio Five: Moneyes disbursed at Deale, September 6:th 1656; + Moneyes disbursed at Memblick, November 1656
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| − | * Next page (verso): Folio Six: Moneyes disbursed at Memblick
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| − | * Facing page (recto): Folio Seven: Moneyes disbursed at Newcastle, December 1656 + Moneyes disbursed at Starborrow, January 1656
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| − | * Next page (verso): Folio 8: Moneyes disbursed at Deale, ffebruary 1656
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| − | * Facing page (recto): Blank
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| − | * Next page (verso + recto): Folio Ten: "Ann Accompt Currant of the Shuipp ''Undertaker'' whereof the Owner is Debitor (with Creditor on recto)
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| − | * Next page (verso): "An Accompt of moneyes due from M:r James Lebas to Richard Parke being disbursed by Richard Parke upon the Barbadoes voiage of the said James Lebas
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| − | * Remaining pages: Blank
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| − | ===Case: ?Jones & others XXX marriners of the ?Constant Ruth ag:t ?Holworthy & others: Item: A copy of an Account delivered by M:r Williams executors February 24:th 1654===
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| − | Paper, poor quality, 26 folios (thoughh unfoliated)
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| − | Highly informative on a Guines trading trip, with both outward cargo and slave cargo recorded
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| − | Structure of the book of accounts:
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| − | * Front page (f. 1 recto) - blank
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| − | * Inside front page (f. 1 verso) - blank
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| − | * Facing page (f. 2 recto) - Folio One: "
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| − | March y:e 26: 1652 A noate of what cargoe I received for a voyage to Guinea in the bite to buy Negros"
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| − | * Next page (f. 2 verso): Folio Two:
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| − | Lists 27 chests of Copper barrs w:th their numbers
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| − | * Facing page (f. 3 recto): Folio Three:
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| − | Further details of goods and moneyes received
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| − | * Next page (f. 3 verso); Folio 4
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| − | "August 1652 Disposing of the tunn of Iron Containing: 61: barrs"
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| − | "The disposing of y:e ten peeces of Callicoe."
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| − | * Facing page (f. 4 recto): Folio Five:
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| − | "August 1652 A Noate of w:t my fourty five hodgsheads of Corne Cost at Buttree"
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| − | A note includes
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| − | "Given to the: Cheife of y:e?sweads for y:e use of
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| − | his house."
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| − | "August 26 A noate of what it Cost me to Wood & watter at Anto:"
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| − | "Att Cormanteene.
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| − | 15 pounds of powder given for men
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| − | to goe to gett me towwomen slaves
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| − | 2 dozen of knifes given to the blakes (sic)
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| − | that brought my things from the
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| − | shore:"
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| − | * Next page (f. 4 verso): Folio Six:
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| − | "Sep:t y:e 2 day Bought: 6 slaves at Cormanteene w:ch Cost: 6:
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| − | ?bendys of gould w:ch is 38:li: 08:s 00
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| − | Oxnod a Chest
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| − | of barrs ; No:101 Bought one man slave at Cormanteene 50 (barrs) 00 (Monies)
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| − | :15:th this dayI anchored athwart of Calybarrs &
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| − | sent my boat in to ?sound y:e barr & to see ?whoe
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| − | ther I could gett slaves theire & y:e 17:th day
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| − | at night she came aboard againe & brought
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| − | me word y:t I could not have men slaves
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| − | under 40 barrs nor women under 35:
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| − | My people spent uppon the Cally barrs & their
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| − | owne Charges there 00 (barrs 90 (monies)
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| − | :18:th This day I waighed & set saile for the
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| − | ?riner of ?Denis.
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| − | :19:th this day I got into y:e ?riner of ?Denis (OR; Domis) & gave
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| − | y:e men of y:e same abord in pcees to drincke 00 (barrs) 15 (monie)
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| − | :20:th this day the king came a board & I paid
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| − | him his custome in ?monelos 00 (barrs) 360 (monie)
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| − | given to a man to give notis to the Contey
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| − | to bring in their slaves 00 (barrs) 015 (monie)
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| − | and given his men to drincke 00 (barrs) 10 (monelos)
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| − | Bought tow hodgs 00 (barrs) 40 (monie)
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| − | Agred for my slaves to give 30 barrs for a
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| − | man & :25: for a woman & tow pay tow ?monelo:
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| − | for every slave I bought to the king & tow
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| − | monelos for every slave to the men that
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| − | brought them to drincke 50 (barrs) 53 (monelos)
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| − | * Facing page (f. 5 recto): Folio Seven:
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| − | "Sept:r 1652. laying out of Copper barrs monelos for slaves & other
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| − | things at Donio
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| − | 22:th paid for yames & ffish & an antilope 10 (barrs) 19 (monelos)
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| − | 22:th bought one woman slave w:th custome 00 (barrs) 104:1 (monelos)
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| − | 22:th paid for one man slave 00 (barrs) 025 (monilos)
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| − | 22:th paid for watter this day at 2 monelos p hhd 05 (barrs) 104:2 (monelos)
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| − | 23:th paid for 2 woman slaves 00 (barrs) 011:0 (monilos)
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| − | 23:th paid for 2 hodgs 10 (barrs) 128:4 (monilos)
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| − | Oxenod Caske of monelos no. 3: 650 [IN LH MARGIN]
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| − | :24:th for one man & one woman slave
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| − | :24:th for 2 women w:th custome
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| − | :24:th for 1 man & 1 woman
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| − | :24:th for 1 woman
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| − | :24:th for 1 man
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| − | :24:th for one sheepe
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| − | :24:th for yames
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| − | :24:th given to theis w:ch helped me to y:e Ilands to drincke
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| − | :24:th for plantins & given a way 8 knives entred in to folio 10:
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| − | :24:th fpor 4 Clouts: 5: knifes entred into folo: 10:
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| − | :25:th for: 16 Clouts & ?180 tobacco pipes for slaves
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| − | :25:th for: 1 man slave
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| − | :25:th for: 1 man slave
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| − | :25:th for: 1 man
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| − | :25:th for: 1 woman slave
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| − | :25:th for: 1 woman slave
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| − | :25:th for: 1 woman slave
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| − | :25:th for: 1 woman slave
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| − | :25:th for: 1 man slave
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| − | :25:th paid Custome for eight slaves
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| − | :25:th given to y:e men y:t vbrought theis slaves
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| − | :25:th for yames this day
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| − | :25:th for 1 woman slave one Iron barr
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| − | :25:th for 7 hhd of watter
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| − | :25:th for plantins: 6: knifes entred in folo: 18
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| − | * Next page (f. 5 verso): ffolio Eight
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| − | MORE SLAVE PURCHASES
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| − | * Facing page: (f. 6 recto): ffolio Nine
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| − | MORE SLAVE PURCHASES
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| − | Including: "for a boy of 14 yeeres of age"
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| − | * Next page (f. 6 verso): ffolio 10
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| − | MORE SLAVE PURCHASES
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| − | * Facing page (f. 7 recto): ffolio Eleven:
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| − | MORE SLAVE PURCHASES & PROVISIONS FOR SLAVES
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| − | * Next page (f. 7 verso)
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| − | October 8th 1652
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| − | MORE SLAVE PURCHASES & PROVISIONS FOR SLAVES
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| − | * Facing page (f. 8 recto): ffolio 17
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| − | MORE SLAVE PURCHASES & PROVISIONS FOR SLAVES
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| − | Also ffolios 18 and 19, then
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| − | "September 1652 An account of y:e slaves deceased w:th there Numb:r
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| − | 24:th this day one man died bought at Cormanteen Num:r 1
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| − | Octo:r y:e 16:th this day a woman 2
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| − | 17:th tow men 4
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| − | 19:th tow women 6
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| − | 20:th one woman 7
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| − | 21:th on woman 9
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| − | 22:th one woman 9
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| − | 23:th one woman 10
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| − | 24:th one woman 11
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| − | 25:thone woman 12
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| − | 26:th one man 13
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| − | 28:th one woman 14
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| − | 29:th one woman 15
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| − | 30:th a woman 16
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| − | 31:th tow men & one woman 19
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| − | Nov: y:e first a woman
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| − | second a man
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| − | 4:th tow women & tow man
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| − | 5:th one woman
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| − | 6:thone woman
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| − | ==Notes==
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| − | ===The Constant Ruth (1652)===
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| − | * "The ''Constant Ruth'' in 1652 lost 90 slaves out of 207; 2 the ''Fortune'' (in the Royal Africa Company's service) 132 out of 320..."<ref>Ralph Davis, ''The rise of the English shipping industry in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries'' (XXXX, 1962), p. 294</ref>
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