MRP: 27th September 1667, Letter from James Barker to Sir GO, London
27th September 1667, Letter from James Barker to Sir GO, London
BL, Add. MS. XX, XXX, f. 15
Editorial history
01/06/09, CSG: Completed transcription
15/12/11, CSG: Created page & posted transcription to wiki
Contents
Abstract & context
Captain James Barker wrote to Sir George Oxenden in a letter dated September 27th, 1667. The letter was sent from London.
In this letter, Captain Barker XXX
James Barker was XXXX
Suggested links
See September 1667, Letter from XXXX to Sir GO, XXXXX
[Add link to HCA 13/71 f. ?]
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
(3) Add reference to HCA 13/71 f. ? in which depositions are made regarding the Vine and James Barker's name is mentioned
Transcription
This transcription has been completed, but needs to be checked
[BL, Add. MS. XX, XXX, f. 15]
London ye 27:th September 1667
S:r ye former[1] 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 for Suratt 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
James Barker, master, the Vine
"[November 17, 1654] Having received intelligence that nearly all the English ships trading lately in the East Indies have been taken or destroyed by the Dutch, who are therefore likely to monopolize all the saltpetre and other commodities from thence and sell the same at what price they please (as is already shown by the excessive rise in the price of saltpetre), the petitioners pray that, 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 money ; they also pray for an order forbidding all English subjects residing in India to obstruct them in their affairs there. Signed Henry Thornhagh, William Love. Read November 17, 1654, and referred to the Commissioners of the Admiralty."[2]
Captain James Barker of the Vine and dispute with chief mate, John May
See HCA13/71 f. 307v., 'Various depositions made on July 10th, 1656'
Purser of the Vine
"[October 25th, 1658] Thomas Davies and Rowland Elcock are accepted as securities in 500/. for George Davies, purser in the Vine".
Possible primary sources
PROB 11/351 Bence 55-108 Will of James Barker, Mariner of Stepney, Middlesex 04 July 1676
- ↑ The former referred to appears to be September 1667, Letter from XXXX to Sir GO, XXXXX
- ↑ 'Petition of Henry Thornhagh, William Love and Company' (Public Record Office: C. O. 77, vol. vii, no. 81 in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of the court minutes, etc. of the East India company, 1650-1654 (Oxford, 1913), p. 345
