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'''This page is for the transcription of digital images in the HCA 30/636/3 Dropbox folder'''
 
'''This page is for the transcription of digital images in the HCA 30/636/3 Dropbox folder'''
  
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Transcriptions contributed by Colin Greenstreet, Ian Friel, Michael Powell-Davies, Jen Waghorn, and Charlie Wilson
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==== Transcription conventions====
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# Transcribe as you see the text, using original spelling
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# Reproduce upper and lower case as written
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# Expand contractions. No need to use square brackets as you expand the contracted word.
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# Write shillings for ''s'' and pence for ''d''. Use a "£" sign before numeral, otherwise "pound" or "pounds"
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# Put a square bracket around a word which is doubtful. Use capital "X" for each unknown letter in a word. Put a "?" at the start of the doubtful word in square brackets. As in [?AndrXX] or [?Andro].
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# For weights and measures, which are often abbreviated, think "hundredweight" (112 pounds), "stones" (14 pounds), "pounds", "ounces" (16 ounces in a pound); "barrels", "butts", "hogsheads"; "gallons" (1 gallon = 4 quarts), "quarts" (1 quart = 2 pints), pints"; "ells" (measure of cloth). For more background on C17th weights and measures browse the [http://www.marinelives.org/wiki/Weights_and_Measures MarineLives weights and measures glossary]
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# For ordinal and cardinal numbers, very occasionally the roman as opposed to arab system is used
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# DON'T insert the amounts of money recorded in the account books if on the RH side of the page. Colin is sorting out most efficient way to enter tabular data in the wiki. Until then, concentrate on the words.
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====Transcription tips====
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Think laterally. Andrew Hardie's spelling in his account book in in HCA 30/636/3 is particularly unusual.
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Colin (a half Scot) is convinced Hardie is a Scot, but has no proof, other than the intriguing fact that Hardie dictated his will, whilst sick and living in the "Scot's house" in Middleburg, after the ''Abraham'' had arrived there from Barbados.
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[LEATHER FRONT COVER]
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'''Andrew Hardees Accomptes'''
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'''for the Shippe Abraham,'''
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'''@? <u>1636</u> and <u>1637</u>'''
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[LEATHER BACK COVER]
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[LEATHER BOUND BOOK FROM SIDE SHOWING SPINE]
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A memorandum that I have brought out of Ill of weight with
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me to sey<ref>"sey" = sea</ref> in my scheast<ref>"scheast" = chest. Andrew Hardie places an "s" before"ch" as in "scheast" ans "schardges"</ref> the soume of £03-13s-11
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Per me Andro Hardie
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1637
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the 20 Day of Jun we began [?upone] ane hoghead of beff
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and [?thare] was in it 144lb
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This
 
September Jully
 
September Jully
  
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quarter and three pounds at the [?cost] of 27 shillings [?XXXX]
 
quarter and three pounds at the [?cost] of 27 shillings [?XXXX]
 
the 9[th] day
 
the 9[th] day
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The Last Day of agust
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I did by iii [?laman] [?breadg] vpone
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my owen acompt 1636
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Item ane dossone of -2 solled shews<ref>Modern shoes exist in two and three soled versions. See, for example, [https://www.church-footwear.com/eu/en/men/collection/double_sole.html Church's double sole range]</ref> and [?] at - £01-01s-00d
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Mor on dossone of three solled shewes at - £01-02s-00d
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and I gave him - 02s in earnest
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Item the -27 day I bought four dossone Jeareises
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stokeins at -07s-06d per dossone which is - £01-10s-00d
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The compt that I andru hardie hath laid out upon
 
The compt that I andru hardie hath laid out upon
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Item for ane bots ore
 
Item for ane bots ore
 
Item for mending of our teller
 
Item for mending of our teller
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the 27 day of May 1636
 
the 27 day of May 1636
  
 
Item to gud man freman and his man for too days
 
Item to gud man freman and his man for too days
−
Item the Customhows for [?XXXXXX] of our [?XXXX]
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Item the Customhows for [?XXXXerny] of our [?wert]
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being bill and  our bond in the Customhows
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Leing bill and  our bond in the Customhows
 
Item the ropmaker had of me
 
Item the ropmaker had of me
 
the 28 our sorgen had of me in the pottegers
 
the 28 our sorgen had of me in the pottegers
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Item for nyne stone of [?XXXXX] at 10 shillings [?XXXX] per ston
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Item for nyne stone of okkome<ref>"okkome" = oakum. "Oakum is a preparation of tarred fibre used to seal gaps. Its main traditional applications were in shipbuilding, for caulking or packing the joints of timbers in wooden vessels...In ship caulking, it was forced into the seams using a hammer and a caulking iron, then sealed into place with hot pitch." ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakum Wikipedia entry: Oakum)]</ref> at 10 shillings [?farXXX] per ston
 
the last Item for [?XXXXXeing] of our scherp and our [?XXXX] the [?XXXX]
 
the last Item for [?XXXXXeing] of our scherp and our [?XXXX] the [?XXXX]
 
Item ane [?XXXXX XXXXX] waying 16 pounds
 
Item ane [?XXXXX XXXXX] waying 16 pounds
 
Item ane barrall of pouder
 
Item ane barrall of pouder
 
first of June Item for on bot to graves end to Carry or Compasses
 
first of June Item for on bot to graves end to Carry or Compasses
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and [?XXX] and schers
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and rops and schers
 
the 3 day The seorgen had of me
 
the 3 day The seorgen had of me
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Item I payed to the watter men that brought his [?XXXXX]
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Item I payed to the watter men that brought his [?schersts]
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the 4 day Item it Cost me with the searchers befor thay clered
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the 4 day Item it Cost me with the searchers befor thay k[l]ered
 
The shep
 
The shep
−
and twentie schelleing I had of mr meredats to give
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and twentie schelleing I had of mr meredath to give
 
thame
 
thame
−
the 4 day Item I payed my me habber which he laid out upon
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the 4 day Item I payed my met habber which he laid out upon
 
The scherp as shall a peir by his not
 
The scherp as shall a peir by his not
 
Item I paied the botsman his half pay
 
Item I paied the botsman his half pay
 
Item [?XXXXX] [?XXXXXX] his half pay
 
Item [?XXXXX] [?XXXXXX] his half pay
 
Item Robert stowt his half pay
 
Item Robert stowt his half pay
 +
Item to william odem for half pay
 
Item the boy Johne
 
Item the boy Johne
−
Item for [?XXXX] newdell
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Item for [?soull] newdell
 
the 6 day Item for [?XXXX] [?hollby]
 
the 6 day Item for [?XXXX] [?hollby]
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Item to Carry me doun to the [?hollp] and my scharg
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es at graves end after the scherp was gone
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the 14 day Item to owr pylot to Carry him up
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Item at Deall for on [?grapnett] for our bot
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Item for on peece of [?JonnXX]
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the 17 day Item for one peutter bessing at sandwetsch
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Item for one greindinstone to our carpenter
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Item for fresh  met
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August we com into fallmouth
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Item I paye for ankerertsch and berkeinge<ref>"ankeretsch" = anchorage; "berkeinge" = berthing. Anchorage and berthing charges are petty port charges paid by ships in Early Modern (and Modern) ports. EXPAND THIS NOTE</ref>
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Item from the searchers [?fers] of our [?XXXX]<ref>'Item from the searchers feis of our cokked' - i.e. paid to the customs searchers to as a fee to have a document sealed with a ccket to show that dues had been paid on goods.</ref>
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Item to the sogers<ref>"sogers" = souldiers</ref> of the Castill
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Item for ane 142 weight of bef
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Item for 10 pound weight of botter at 4 pence per pound
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Item thar for fyre wod
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Item thar for fresch peillchards
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the 27 day of august we com to [?Cinsall]<ref>"Cinsall" = Kinsale in Ireland</ref> harbor
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Item the 29th [?XXXX] the [?bell] thwarth the toun<ref>Possibly to 'sound the bell athwart or opposite the town'. </ref>
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September
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Item the ferst of September for one quarteer of beiff
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And one peck of otmell
 +
Item for one Cord of wod
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the 9
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Item Johne Smally boutscher had of me [?XX]<ref>Apparently the word 'me' repeated.  </ref> for 10 koues
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at 7 shillings per hundredweight waying 220-3 quarters-14 pound weight comes to
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the 11
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Item to mr Ferdrecke for 10 koues mor at 6 shillings 6 pence per hundredweight
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waying 2300-1quarter-15 pounds comes to
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Item in scharges of sallting of our bef
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Item for three quarters of beef my met hakker<ref>"My met hakker" was Phillop (or Phillip] Hakker. Hakker was one of two master's mates in the ''Abraham'' of London. The other was John Jay or Joy. See [http://www.marinelives.org/index.php?title=Company_of_the_Abraham&redirect=no list of company of the ''Abraham'' of London]</ref>
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bought in my absence with on pek of otmell is
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Item it cost me in scharges with the karpenters and
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[?Breameing]<ref>'Breaming' or burning off marine growths on the underwater part of the hull. This seems to have been connected with caulking - see 'thrums' and 'okkum' below. </ref> and treimeing of our scerp
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Item for half one honder of [?russome]<ref>Possibly 'rissom', heads of corn or some other grain - OED.  </ref>
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Item for thre baralls of beir
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Item for too hogsheids of otmell an on barrall
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Item for fowr pownd of thrummes<ref>Waste wool or another cloth used to make mops for applying pitch or tar to the hull.</ref>
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Item for okkum thair<ref>Oakum was used with pitch or tar to caulk the plank seems in a ship. Normally it consisted of fibres unpicked from old ropes (OED), but in this case, unless 'thair' simply means 'there', it may have derived from animal hair.</ref>
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Item in scharge at Lau with our Carpanter<ref>Legal charges incurred in connection with ship's carpenter of the ''Abraham'', who appears to have been imprisoned in Kinsale, Ireland</ref>
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Item I payed for our Couper when he was put in pre
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for mr sleaye
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Item I payed to the woman tha[t]  dwelt above
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when we salted our beiff I dens it by my boy
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Item I delivred Lewe with my met Gabber when
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I went out in the Contray for servants
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twenty shillings and he bought the[?XXX]
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Item at Last for ane Cord of wod
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Iten mr whyt Com did pay the bakker in my
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behalff the some of
 +
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for four thoussand of bisket and the rest in
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fresh [?brXXX]
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Item allso he  payed the breuarr for six tons
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of berr
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Item I was in scharges myself for serw-
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ants in the Contray
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on the other side
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In folio 10 p[?XXX]
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for 3 barrell of Butter and Aparrell etcetera [?XXXX]
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The 17 of september 1636
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Andro Hardie creditor
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the 17 [XXXX]
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Item for ane syd of beiff
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I payd to the marshall as will aperr by his not
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for our carpantar upon agreiment and promess
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that wold performe the wayaye which when he
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com out he woll [?XXX] performe and maid me Lay
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him [?fast] againe and I payed for him
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Item for entring of our schep in the Customhouses
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Item for Cleereing of my bond thaarr
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Item thar for my mett Leing bill
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the 19 [?XXXX]
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Item for the sellar we sallted our beif in
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Item to samouall berr to apper for thre tone of
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Cask and two Cord of fyre wod and 2 dossone of small [?XXXX]
 +
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Item to thomas browne watter belley for ankreytsch
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granetsch and all other deus
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Item of John samalleing for thrie syds of beiff
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Item mor to him for one hyd
 +
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the 20 [?XXXX]
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Item to Thomas the schandler for ane hundredweight of salts
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and kandells
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Item I payed to John doffs his wyf for dawed Jacb
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Item mor I payed for him for ane paar of bowts
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and more that he  delivered me of Lent money
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Item I payed for ane paar of bowts for the bosmane
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Item I payed good wyff doff for James Lanne
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Item payed to her mor forrertschard [?saires]
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Item I payed her for on barall of ternep and poltere and [?XXXX]
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Item to the smeith for irrone work which schall aperr by his not
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Item to welliam wodmane
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Item for broumes
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Item to the boutscher for 7 sydes of beif and 10 pound
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weight of seuat comes to
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Item mr Antony pot to accompt to me for too hogsheids
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of otmell and ane peck of otmell
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Item for ane Leoghter that Cairried abourd our beir
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Item it cost me with the Customes when I Cleired our schepp
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[?XXXXXX]
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The accompt of moneys that
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I reseaved of mr Robert Nelland
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And went [?XXXX] Debtors
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Item frome the 24 of November unto
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The 7 of december 1636 Recaiwed
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off him in moneys [?XXXXXXX] and other
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nessessaries [?XXXXXXX] the somme of
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and exchange of his moneis
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which is in all
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The 24 of november receaved
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of mr Robert nell Land in [?XXXX]
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the 4 [?XXXX]
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Item receavved of him
 +
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Utem for a fathome of wod
 +
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Item for breinging too ofour passengers that
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[?XXX] away
 +
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of him
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Item for on Cabel waying 700 weight at £1
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16 shillings per tonnes to
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of him
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Item one messane saill
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Latest revision as of 17:56, December 21, 2021

This page is for the transcription of digital images in the HCA 30/636/3 Dropbox folder

Transcriptions contributed by Colin Greenstreet, Ian Friel, Michael Powell-Davies, Jen Waghorn, and Charlie Wilson

Transcription conventions

  1. Transcribe as you see the text, using original spelling
  2. Reproduce upper and lower case as written
  3. Expand contractions. No need to use square brackets as you expand the contracted word.
  4. Write shillings for s and pence for d. Use a "£" sign before numeral, otherwise "pound" or "pounds"
  5. Put a square bracket around a word which is doubtful. Use capital "X" for each unknown letter in a word. Put a "?" at the start of the doubtful word in square brackets. As in [?AndrXX] or [?Andro].
  6. For weights and measures, which are often abbreviated, think "hundredweight" (112 pounds), "stones" (14 pounds), "pounds", "ounces" (16 ounces in a pound); "barrels", "butts", "hogsheads"; "gallons" (1 gallon = 4 quarts), "quarts" (1 quart = 2 pints), pints"; "ells" (measure of cloth). For more background on C17th weights and measures browse the MarineLives weights and measures glossary
  7. For ordinal and cardinal numbers, very occasionally the roman as opposed to arab system is used
  8. DON'T insert the amounts of money recorded in the account books if on the RH side of the page. Colin is sorting out most efficient way to enter tabular data in the wiki. Until then, concentrate on the words.

Transcription tips

Think laterally. Andrew Hardie's spelling in his account book in in HCA 30/636/3 is particularly unusual.

Colin (a half Scot) is convinced Hardie is a Scot, but has no proof, other than the intriguing fact that Hardie dictated his will, whilst sick and living in the "Scot's house" in Middleburg, after the Abraham had arrived there from Barbados.


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Andrew Hardees Accomptes
for the Shippe Abraham,
@? 1636 and 1637


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A memorandum that I have brought out of Ill of weight with
me to sey[1] in my scheast[2] the soume of £03-13s-11
Per me Andro Hardie

1637
the 20 Day of Jun we began [?upone] ane hoghead of beff
and [?thare] was in it 144lb


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This
September Jully

I did reseave in [?XXXX] [?XXXXX] of
by mr penner his letter
Item I had of mr anthony the third day of
the 2[nd] september 1636 in kensaill
the 7[th] september 1636 I had of him mor the secont day
the 3[rf] september 1636 he payd to mr mat for me in [?borX]
[?XXXX] I had of John hansseill
[?XXXX] I had of him mor
[?XXXX] I had of him mor the 7 [th] day of october
[?XXXX] for one barrall of botter [?XXXXXXXX] 124
wherof is 20 allowed for [?XXXX] so ther resteth
[?more] at 27 shillings 6 pence hundrets
[?XXXX] ane other barrall of botter [?XXXXXX] 124
[?XXXX] ane other barrall of botter [?XXXeing] 100 a
quarter and three pounds at the [?cost] of 27 shillings [?XXXX]
the 9[th] day


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The Last Day of agust
I did by iii [?laman] [?breadg] vpone
my owen acompt 1636

Item ane dossone of -2 solled shews[3] and [?] at - £01-01s-00d
Mor on dossone of three solled shewes at - £01-02s-00d
and I gave him - 02s in earnest
Item the -27 day I bought four dossone Jeareises
stokeins at -07s-06d per dossone which is - £01-10s-00d


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The compt that I andru hardie hath laid out upon
the sherp abraham the 23 day of apryll 1636

May

Item for breingein abowrd too hogsherds of [?XXXXX] and beir
Item to ane porter and Cowpper
May Item the last day of apryll for three labr[our]s abowrd
the 2 day for fowr labr[our]s abowrd
the 4 day to mr meredeath his man James abowrd
Item payed to watter men
the 7 day Item to the [?carters] too of thame 8 dayes and on 16 [?XX]
Item then to mr mortone
the 14 Item he had of me in the half moene teverone
the 15 Item the bosman had of me in my [?holls]
the 16 Item payd for [?XXXXXX] and [?XXXXXX] for owr salt
Item for bred botter and [?XXXXX] my wyf hand out
Item to the Rotkatscher
the 19 Item to mr holder for his half pay
the 23 Item to mr daw[?XX] for [?XXXX[
Item to my met John Jay
Item my charges to detford to [?XXXX] our men
Item for on kettill to dry the bredrome
the 24 Item for the colter [?XXXXX] to our [?teller]
Item mor for men to mor our scherp
the 24 Item to frances [?somery] Carpenter
the 25 Item to the gunners wyf John Casteill
Item to our pyllot
the 26 Item to [?XXX] me [?XXXXXXX] downe the scherp to the wall
Item for sending hom to Captaine hecoyersomes wyff
on hogshead of [?XXXXX] with on person and target 3 tyms
the 25 of may to fyve men to corry downe the scherp to
graves end with one wherry with thames
Item for ane bots ore
Item for mending of our teller


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the 27 day of May 1636

Item to gud man freman and his man for too days
Item the Customhows for [?XXXXerny] of our [?wert]
Leing bill and our bond in the Customhows
Item the ropmaker had of me
the 28 our sorgen had of me in the pottegers
Item for nyne stone of okkome[4] at 10 shillings [?farXXX] per ston
the last Item for [?XXXXXeing] of our scherp and our [?XXXX] the [?XXXX]
Item ane [?XXXXX XXXXX] waying 16 pounds
Item ane barrall of pouder
first of June Item for on bot to graves end to Carry or Compasses
and rops and schers
the 3 day The seorgen had of me
Item I payed to the watter men that brought his [?schersts]
the 4 day Item it Cost me with the searchers befor thay k[l]ered
The shep
and twentie schelleing I had of mr meredath to give
thame
the 4 day Item I payed my met habber which he laid out upon
The scherp as shall a peir by his not
Item I paied the botsman his half pay
Item [?XXXXX] [?XXXXXX] his half pay
Item Robert stowt his half pay
Item to william odem for half pay
Item the boy Johne
Item for [?soull] newdell
the 6 day Item for [?XXXX] [?hollby]
Item to Carry me doun to the [?hollp] and my scharg
es at graves end after the scherp was gone
the 14 day Item to owr pylot to Carry him up
Item at Deall for on [?grapnett] for our bot
Item for on peece of [?JonnXX]
the 17 day Item for one peutter bessing at sandwetsch
Item for one greindinstone to our carpenter
Item for fresh met


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August we com into fallmouth

Item I paye for ankerertsch and berkeinge[5]
Item from the searchers [?fers] of our [?XXXX][6]
Item to the sogers[7] of the Castill
Item for ane 142 weight of bef
Item for 10 pound weight of botter at 4 pence per pound
Item thar for fyre wod
Item thar for fresch peillchards

the 27 day of august we com to [?Cinsall][8] harbor

Item the 29th [?XXXX] the [?bell] thwarth the toun[9]
September
Item the ferst of September for one quarteer of beiff
And one peck of otmell
Item for one Cord of wod
the 9
Item Johne Smally boutscher had of me [?XX][10] for 10 koues
at 7 shillings per hundredweight waying 220-3 quarters-14 pound weight comes to
the 11
Item to mr Ferdrecke for 10 koues mor at 6 shillings 6 pence per hundredweight
waying 2300-1quarter-15 pounds comes to
Item in scharges of sallting of our bef
Item for three quarters of beef my met hakker[11]
bought in my absence with on pek of otmell is
Item it cost me in scharges with the karpenters and
[?Breameing][12] and treimeing of our scerp
Item for half one honder of [?russome][13]
Item for thre baralls of beir
Item for too hogsheids of otmell an on barrall
Item for fowr pownd of thrummes[14]
Item for okkum thair[15]
Item in scharge at Lau with our Carpanter[16]
Item I payed for our Couper when he was put in pre
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for mr sleaye

Item I payed to the woman tha[t] dwelt above
when we salted our beiff I dens it by my boy

Item I delivred Lewe with my met Gabber when
I went out in the Contray for servants
twenty shillings and he bought the[?XXX]

Item at Last for ane Cord of wod


Iten mr whyt Com did pay the bakker in my
behalff the some of

for four thoussand of bisket and the rest in
fresh [?brXXX]

Item allso he payed the breuarr for six tons
of berr

Item I was in scharges myself for serw-
ants in the Contray


on the other side
In folio 10 p[?XXX]

for 3 barrell of Butter and Aparrell etcetera [?XXXX]


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The 17 of september 1636
Andro Hardie creditor
____

the 17 [XXXX]
Item for ane syd of beiff
I payd to the marshall as will aperr by his not
for our carpantar upon agreiment and promess
that wold performe the wayaye which when he
com out he woll [?XXX] performe and maid me Lay
him [?fast] againe and I payed for him

Item for entring of our schep in the Customhouses

Item for Cleereing of my bond thaarr

Item thar for my mett Leing bill

the 19 [?XXXX]
Item for the sellar we sallted our beif in

Item to samouall berr to apper for thre tone of
Cask and two Cord of fyre wod and 2 dossone of small [?XXXX]

Item to thomas browne watter belley for ankreytsch
granetsch and all other deus

Item of John samalleing for thrie syds of beiff

Item mor to him for one hyd

the 20 [?XXXX]
Item to Thomas the schandler for ane hundredweight of salts
and kandells

Item I payed to John doffs his wyf for dawed Jacb

Item mor I payed for him for ane paar of bowts
and more that he delivered me of Lent money

Item I payed for ane paar of bowts for the bosmane

Item I payed good wyff doff for James Lanne

Item payed to her mor forrertschard [?saires]

Item I payed her for on barall of ternep and poltere and [?XXXX]

Item to the smeith for irrone work which schall aperr by his not

Item to welliam wodmane

Item for broumes

Item to the boutscher for 7 sydes of beif and 10 pound
weight of seuat comes to

Item mr Antony pot to accompt to me for too hogsheids
of otmell and ane peck of otmell

Item for ane Leoghter that Cairried abourd our beir

Item it cost me with the Customes when I Cleired our schepp

[?XXXXXX]


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The accompt of moneys that
I reseaved of mr Robert Nelland
And went [?XXXX] Debtors
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Item frome the 24 of November unto
The 7 of december 1636 Recaiwed
off him in moneys [?XXXXXXX] and other
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The 24 of november receaved
of mr Robert nell Land in [?XXXX]


the 4 [?XXXX]
Item receavved of him

Utem for a fathome of wod

Item for breinging too ofour passengers that
[?XXX] away

of him
Item for on Cabel waying 700 weight at £1
16 shillings per tonnes to

of him
Item one messane saill

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  1. ↑ "sey" = sea
  2. ↑ "scheast" = chest. Andrew Hardie places an "s" before"ch" as in "scheast" ans "schardges"
  3. ↑ Modern shoes exist in two and three soled versions. See, for example, Church's double sole range
  4. ↑ "okkome" = oakum. "Oakum is a preparation of tarred fibre used to seal gaps. Its main traditional applications were in shipbuilding, for caulking or packing the joints of timbers in wooden vessels...In ship caulking, it was forced into the seams using a hammer and a caulking iron, then sealed into place with hot pitch." (Wikipedia entry: Oakum)
  5. ↑ "ankeretsch" = anchorage; "berkeinge" = berthing. Anchorage and berthing charges are petty port charges paid by ships in Early Modern (and Modern) ports. EXPAND THIS NOTE
  6. ↑ 'Item from the searchers feis of our cokked' - i.e. paid to the customs searchers to as a fee to have a document sealed with a ccket to show that dues had been paid on goods.
  7. ↑ "sogers" = souldiers
  8. ↑ "Cinsall" = Kinsale in Ireland
  9. ↑ Possibly to 'sound the bell athwart or opposite the town'.
  10. ↑ Apparently the word 'me' repeated.
  11. ↑ "My met hakker" was Phillop (or Phillip] Hakker. Hakker was one of two master's mates in the Abraham of London. The other was John Jay or Joy. See list of company of the Abraham of London
  12. ↑ 'Breaming' or burning off marine growths on the underwater part of the hull. This seems to have been connected with caulking - see 'thrums' and 'okkum' below.
  13. ↑ Possibly 'rissom', heads of corn or some other grain - OED.
  14. ↑ Waste wool or another cloth used to make mops for applying pitch or tar to the hull.
  15. ↑ Oakum was used with pitch or tar to caulk the plank seems in a ship. Normally it consisted of fibres unpicked from old ropes (OED), but in this case, unless 'thair' simply means 'there', it may have derived from animal hair.
  16. ↑ Legal charges incurred in connection with ship's carpenter of the Abraham, who appears to have been imprisoned in Kinsale, Ireland

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