Difference between revisions of "HCA 30/636/6 Transcriptions"

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Transcriptions contributed by Colin Greenstreet

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

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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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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1633
The 18th day of Novembr beinge Tuesdaye ouer
shippe put furth of [?XXXXX] in to kynge Road

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November 1633

The least of the Companys waidgs of the
merchant Bonne Adventure of [?LXXXXXX]
the [?XXXXXX] bound for [??Castell]

Imprimis
Mr Thomas Lee
Thomas Anthony
Tobias White
Drew Dabson sergant
William Cotton
Christofer Read pilot £11 for his waidgs to passidge
Abram Pauline
Thomas Payton
John Porter bottson
Joseph Lyes [?coup]
Edward Brotone
Thomas Mondy
Robard Travilian
Nicklas Parry
[?XXXXXX] Swanly
Thomas tayler
William Bonner
Thomas Barton
ffrances Jones
Thomas yorcke gunnar
hugh hawkings
Andrew shepheard
Thomas [?Xwone]
humphry Brotone
George Tayler
henry Redman
William hitch cocke
Simon keetch
William hendly
hughe Wyans
George passett
William hardy

past
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migall maxten
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1633
monyes desbursed by mr John Steevans
to the company in bristoll as Appeareth

Imprimis to mr William Cotton
more to ffrancs Johns
more to Josepa Lyes
Receaved more to hughe hawkins, receaved by the master
more to William hutche cocke
[?XXX] more to George Talor, Receaved by the master
more to Roger Robbine dischardg

past and chardge in his accompt as Appeareth

Noot that the 18th of Novembr our shippe
sette sayle furth of [?XXXX] in to Kinge
rodde and the 22th of the sayd moneth we
sett sayle furthe of kinge rodde and
the next daybeinge the 23th we arrived
at nyght at the pashidge at Corcke

[?XXXX]