MRP: 27th September 1667, Letter from James Barker to Sir GO, London
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27th September 1667, Letter from James Barker to Sir GO, London
BL, MS. XX, XXX, f. 15
Editorial history
01/06/09, CSG: Completed transcription
15/12/11, CSG: Created page & posted transcription to wiki
Abstract & context
Suggested links
To do
(1) Check transcription against primary manuscript at BL
(2) Look at background of James Barker. He appears to be ship’s captain, whose ship has been burnt by the Dutch
Transcription
This transcription has been completed, but needs to be checked
[BL, MS. XX, XXX, f. 15]
London ye 27:th September 1667
S:r ye former is Copy of my last sent in ye Comp:a ?parcell where in ommitted to send ye weight of our muske XX weighted three hundred one ounce & ½ as yett wee know not who is designed forsuratt I heare ye Comp:a hath thoughts of ye ?Crownation who is expectted from Barbadoes every day ye Comander being dead if I cann procure her I hope I may see yo: wors: again in India by stones of a boute 16 Caratts well spread & cleane I have advantage 125 p cent & trewly about this weight & upwards are y:e only stones to advance for by my owne parcell w:ch were small wee did not advance about 28 pcent as for newes omitt knowing yo:r Worshipp will have it from better hands w:ch is all att present from he who is
Yo:r servant at Command
James Barker
Notes
"...having fitted the ship Vine (James Barker, master) for East India, to return with saltpetre and other goods, the Commissioners of Customs may be ordered to allow them to ship in the said vessel to the value of 6,000l. in Spanish money, to enable them to sell their cloth and other English commodities, as nothing can be bought in India without ready..."[1]
Possible primary sources
PROB 11/351 Bence 55-108 Will of James Barker, Mariner of Stepney, Middlesex 04 July 1676
- ↑ Thel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of the court minutes, etc. of the East India company, 1650-1654 (Oxford, 1913), p. 345