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| + | '''Charles Longland''' | ||
| + | Charles Longland, writing from Livorno, mentions Zante shipping in his correspondence with John Thurloe: | ||
| + | - ''Here is in this port about ten Duch men of war, who intend sudenly to go out to look for som of our ships, which they conceiv may com from Newsoundland with fish, as also a ship or two going hom from Zant.''<ref>See [[MRP: 5th September 1653, Letter from Mr. Longland to secretary Thurloe|5th September 1653, Letter from Mr. Longland to secretary Thurloe]] (Thomas Birch (ed.), 'State Papers, 1653: August (5 of 5)', ''A collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe'', vol. 1: 1638-1653 (London, 1742), pp. 435-445. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=55271 Date accessed: 20 December 2011) </ref> | ||
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| + | '''Phillip Williams''' | ||
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| + | The Livorno based merchant Phillip Williams bequeathed in his will, written in 1648, an investment in the ''Zant Merchant'', together with investments in other ships: | ||
| + | - ''IMPRIMIS I give and bequeath to my deare and loving brother William Williams in London Merchant six hundred pounds in money and my parts of the ships ''Margaret'', ''Edward'', ''Paramore'', ''Retourne'' (or the quond:m ''Zant M:rchant'') and the ''Casar'' which I value at about four hundredd pounds more'' | ||
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| + | '''William Williams''' | ||
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| + | Richard Grassby portrays the London merchant and draper William Williams as primarily a Mediterranean merchant, exporting dressed cloth and dozens from Berkshire, Wiltshire, and Devon and importing currants from Zante. His father was John Williams, a London draper.<ref>See Notes section of [[MRP: John Williams will|John Williams will]]</ref> | ||
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| + | '''The Legorne Merchant''' | ||
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| + | The ''Legorne Merchant'', captained by David Hamilton, and later by others, regularly pursued the Mediterranean trade, taking out a range of cargos to assorted Mediterranean ports, and returning with currants and olive oil from Zant. | ||
| + | - See [[MRP: C10/160/41 f. 1|C10/160/41 f. 1]] (Chancery suit concerning the chartering of the ''Legorne Merchant'' in December 1668 for a nine month voyage to the Mediterranean. The ship's late departure, lead to the ship's late arrival in Zant, and allegedly led to the purchase of currants in Zant at higher than necessary prices and their subsequent sale in London at lower than expected prices | ||
| + | - See [[MRP: C10/160/41 f. 3|C10/160/41 f. 3]] Voyage accounts for the ''Legorne Merchant'', December 1668-September 1669, including disbursements in Zante | ||
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| + | '''Deposition on captivity of Jacob Searle, made at Plymouth, 30 Charles II''' | ||
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| + | "To the third Interr this depon:t sayth that he hath often heard and beleiveth that Jacob Searle the Nephew in the Interr named was aboute Eight or Nyne and Twenty yeares since as this depon:t remembreth taken captive by the Turkes as he was cominge out of Zante beinge loaden as this Depon:t hath heard into ??carracs & ?carried into Trippoly"<ref>See[[MRP: C20/803/34 f. 7|C20/803/34 f. 7]]</ref> | ||
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| + | '''The Spanish Company''' | ||
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| + | Pauline Croft comments in her study of the Spanish Company on the close link between Spain and the expanding (east) Mediterranean trade in the early C17th, and notes that the puchase of currants from Zante was dependent on trade with Spain, since currant purchase was "largely financed by the dollars and pieces of eight picked up en route at ports such as Lisbon, Cadiz, Malaga and Alicante". Crofts adds "A third of the charter members of the revived Levant Company of 1605 were also members of the Spanish Company, and the proportion would probably have been higher had not the latter been abolished soon after the incorporation of the former."<ref>Pauline Croft (ed.), 'Introduction: The revival of the company, 1604-6', ''The Spanish Company'', London Record Society 9 (?London, 1973), pp. XXIX-LI. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63965 Date accessed: 07 December 2011, citing Morton Epstein, ''Levant Company'' (London, 1908), pp. 158–60.</ref> | ||
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Charles Longland
Charles Longland, writing from Livorno, mentions Zante shipping in his correspondence with John Thurloe:
- Here is in this port about ten Duch men of war, who intend sudenly to go out to look for som of our ships, which they conceiv may com from Newsoundland with fish, as also a ship or two going hom from Zant.[1]
Phillip Williams
The Livorno based merchant Phillip Williams bequeathed in his will, written in 1648, an investment in the Zant Merchant, together with investments in other ships:
- IMPRIMIS I give and bequeath to my deare and loving brother William Williams in London Merchant six hundred pounds in money and my parts of the ships Margaret, Edward, Paramore, Retourne (or the quond:m Zant M:rchant) and the Casar which I value at about four hundredd pounds more
William Williams
Richard Grassby portrays the London merchant and draper William Williams as primarily a Mediterranean merchant, exporting dressed cloth and dozens from Berkshire, Wiltshire, and Devon and importing currants from Zante. His father was John Williams, a London draper.[2]
The Legorne Merchant
The Legorne Merchant, captained by David Hamilton, and later by others, regularly pursued the Mediterranean trade, taking out a range of cargos to assorted Mediterranean ports, and returning with currants and olive oil from Zant.
- See C10/160/41 f. 1 (Chancery suit concerning the chartering of the Legorne Merchant in December 1668 for a nine month voyage to the Mediterranean. The ship's late departure, lead to the ship's late arrival in Zant, and allegedly led to the purchase of currants in Zant at higher than necessary prices and their subsequent sale in London at lower than expected prices
- See C10/160/41 f. 3 Voyage accounts for the Legorne Merchant, December 1668-September 1669, including disbursements in Zante
Deposition on captivity of Jacob Searle, made at Plymouth, 30 Charles II
"To the third Interr this depon:t sayth that he hath often heard and beleiveth that Jacob Searle the Nephew in the Interr named was aboute Eight or Nyne and Twenty yeares since as this depon:t remembreth taken captive by the Turkes as he was cominge out of Zante beinge loaden as this Depon:t hath heard into ??carracs & ?carried into Trippoly"[3]
The Spanish Company
Pauline Croft comments in her study of the Spanish Company on the close link between Spain and the expanding (east) Mediterranean trade in the early C17th, and notes that the puchase of currants from Zante was dependent on trade with Spain, since currant purchase was "largely financed by the dollars and pieces of eight picked up en route at ports such as Lisbon, Cadiz, Malaga and Alicante". Crofts adds "A third of the charter members of the revived Levant Company of 1605 were also members of the Spanish Company, and the proportion would probably have been higher had not the latter been abolished soon after the incorporation of the former."[4]
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- ↑ See 5th September 1653, Letter from Mr. Longland to secretary Thurloe (Thomas Birch (ed.), 'State Papers, 1653: August (5 of 5)', A collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe, vol. 1: 1638-1653 (London, 1742), pp. 435-445. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=55271 Date accessed: 20 December 2011)
- ↑ See Notes section of John Williams will
- ↑ SeeC20/803/34 f. 7
- ↑ Pauline Croft (ed.), 'Introduction: The revival of the company, 1604-6', The Spanish Company, London Record Society 9 (?London, 1973), pp. XXIX-LI. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63965 Date accessed: 07 December 2011, citing Morton Epstein, Levant Company (London, 1908), pp. 158–60.
