MRP: C10/160/41 f. 1

C10/160/41 f. 1

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Abstract & context

The London merchant Daniel Gates chartered the Legorne Merchant in December 1668 for a period of nine months for a trading voyage to various ports in the Mediterranean. The charter party was signed with the ship's Master, David Hamilton. Following the return of the ship Gates disputed the performance of the contract and refused to pay the Master's and the crew's wages. He further refused to settle costs and charges as he was obliged to do under the charter party. Hamilton therefore started multiple actions in the Court of the King's Bench to recover the wages, costs and charges, as he stated in C10/160/41 f. 2. Gates responded to the suits at the King's Bench by exhibiting a Bill of Complaint in the Court of Chancery (C10/160/41 f. 1). A detailed set of trading and ship accounts was annexed by Hamilton to his answer to the bill of complaint, and can be studied at C10/160/41 f. 3.

In this bill, Gates alleged that the ship was supposedly due to sail at the end of February 1668/9, but only sailed at the end of the following month, returning to London in December 1669. This late departure, leading to the ship's late arrival in Zant, 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. Furthermore, Hamilton is alleged to have called at a number of ports when homeward bound, contrary to orders from Gates, and allegedly conducted private business in these ports. Furthermore, Gates alleged that Hamilton rejected Gates attempt to load forty barrels of tar at the port of London, accepting only half of this desired shipment, and losing Gates potential profit. Finally, the late running of the ship allegedly led to higher wage costs, together with unnecessary port charges.

The Leghorne 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. The year after Daniel Gates chartered the ship to sail to Malaga, Alicant, Genoa, Livorno, Naples, Messina, Zant, and Venice, the same ship appears again under the captaincy of David Hamilton on a broadly similar route: London, Cadiz, Alicante, Leghorn, Naples, Messina & Venice, arrving in Venice in late November 1670. The ship's inventory was taken at Venice, and reveals a significantly different mix of cargo when compared to that of the prior year's voyage - much less cloth, and more metal and foodstuffs. A couple of years later the ship is mentioned in the CSPD: 1673-75 in a letter by Mathew Anderton in Chester to Williamson in London, dated December 28 [Year?]. Anderton wrote: "The Leghorn Merchant was by ill weather and some other disasters she met in her voyage from Zante to London put into the Studdells, a place near Pwllheli in Carnarvonshire. A pilot is going hence to carry her for London."

The London Gazette recorded the arrival on February 15th 1682/83 at Genoa of a ship named the Leghorne Merchant. The master was now a Captain Herrington and the ship had made the passage in thirty five days from the Downs. Just over a year later, in June 1684, the Genoa correspondent of the London Gazette was reporting that the Leghorne Merchant was expected shortly to depart "to lade Oyls at Oneglia".

In 1677 Daniel Gates was living in "Artichoak-lane Wapping", his address appearing as such in the Little London Directory of that year. He appears to have died intestate in either 1688 or 1689, leaving a widow and administratrix, Agnes Gates. In the absence of a will and other documentation on his life it is hard to prepare a biographical and commercial profile. However, his commercial and moral behaviour may have been doubtful. In addition to contesting the performance of the charter party of the Legorne Merchant, which from the limited evidence of the bill, answer and acccounts, seems somewhat forced, he was subject to much more serious allegations in a lengthy suit arising from a further adventure to Zant in the Mediterranean in the 1680 to 1681 period. A late eighteenth century Law Report summarised the facts and legal arguments, which are also recorded in the records of the House of Lords. Gates, the owner of the Old African, together with another London merchant, William Warre, sent the ship to Zant to return with a cargo of currants. The ship's outward cargo consisted of money and goods, and was consigned to John Praed. Praed returned the desired cargo, and drew a bill of exchange on a party in Venice, which was not honoured by Gates. Gates is alleged to have resolved not to honour his contract with Praed, despite signing for the currants, and is alleged to have arranged the attempted murder of Praed. Praed subsequently returned to England and lengthy court proceedings commenced between Praed, Gates and William Warre. The true facts of the case are ultimately unclear, but where there is smoke there may well be fire.

See also C5/485/78 f. 1, 1670. This is a further Bill of Complaint by Daniel Gate.

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Transcription

//To the right honoble S:r Orlando Bridgman Lord Keeper of//
//the great Seale of England//

//Humbley complaining sheweth unto yo:r Lordpe yo:r Orato:r Daniell Gates of London merch:t That yo:r Orato:r now using and exerciseing & haveing for sewall years last past used and exercised the trade of//

//merchant he had occasion in or about the Moneth of December in the year of our Lord 1668 to take a ship to ffreight for a voyage intended to be made to sewall pts & places beyond the seas whin & wthout the ??Straights of Gibraltar//

//& yo:r Orato:r understanding that one David Hamilton of Lymehouse in the County of Middy Marriner was then partowner & Master of the Ship called the Legorne Merchant of London of the Burthen of 160//

//Tunns or thereabouts then rideing at Anchor in the River of Thames wthin the Port of the Citty of London, yo:r Orato:r did enter into a Treaty wth hym the said David Hamilton concerning yo:r Orato:r takeing the said//

//Shipp to ffreight for the voyage aforesaid And after some discourse & debate between y:r Orato:r & the said David Hamilton concerning the p:rmisses they at last came unto full & finall Agreement therein & a//

//Charterparty Indented of affreightm:t was had & made & duely sealed & executed between them touching the p:rmisses beareing date on or about the 20:th day of Decemb: withe the said year of our Lord God 1668/7

//wherein & whereby the said David Hamilton Did grant & lett to ffreight the said Shipp unto yo:r Orato:r by the moneth for the space of 9 months from the 25:o January then next ensueing at & for the price//

//& rate of yo:r by the moneth accounting the Monethes as they should fall out in the Kallindar & for such & soe long time after the expiracon of the said Monethes & not exceeding 11 Moneths more as it//

//should please yo:r Orator his ffactor or Assignes to keep the said ship in his and their Service & imploye at the like rate & price of yo:r by the moneth & soe after that rate for a lesser ?time than a Moneth//

//the said Charterpty further expressing that yo:r Orato:r had soe ffreighted & hired the said ship for a voyage w:th her by Gods grace to be made in manner & forme following that is to say the said David//

//Hamilton for himselfe his Ex:tors Adm:trs & Assignes did Coven:t Grant & Agree to & w:th yo:r Orato:r That the said Shipp on or before the said 20:o day of Decemb: should be ready as to what concerned the same//

//David Hamilton to doe & performe to take in such Goods & Merchandizes of yo:r Orato:r as he his ffactors or Assignes should lade or cause to be laden or putt on board her & according to the ord:r//

//& direccons of yo:r Orato:r & wind & weather danger of the seas & certaine of Kings ???princes & rulers excepted should sayle w:th such Goods & ladeing as she might Stowe in her hold and betweene//

//deck over & above her Victuall Tackle and apparrell to any lawfull Port or Ports wthin or wthout the Streights of Gibralter soe as the sd ports or any of them were not to the Southward//

//of Cape Spratt & there unlade & relade at such of the said Ports as she should be imployed & directed unto by yo:r Orator his ffactors or Assignes & being there by them dispatched should directly as wind//

//and weather should serve saile retourne & come Back to y:e Port of the Citty of London here to make her discharge & end of her said intended voyage And yo:r Orato:r did alsoe Coven:t & Agree he & w:th the//

//the said David Hamilton in & by the said charterpty well & truely to pay unto him ffreight in London for all such time & soe many moneths as the said ship should remaine in yo:r orato:rs service &//

//imploym:t to be accounted from the time of her entring into pay asaforsaid untill her returne & discharge in the Port of London after the rate of 70:li by the moneth and soe after that rate for a lessor//

//time then a moneth in such manner & forme as therein menconed and expressed And it was also thereby agreed that the charge of Ballasting the said ship as well then in the River of//

//Thames as at all other ?times during the said voyage should borne & discharged by yo:r orato:r & that all Pilottage ?Petty ??lod manage Port charges ?Demoorage and other charges during the said voyage//

//should be borne & discharged in that manner that is to say Two Third parts thereof by yo:r orato:r & one Third pte thereof by the said David Hamilton And the said David Hamilton did alsoe//

//thereby covenant and grant ?w:th yo:r orato:r that the said ship at her departure out of the River of Thames upon her said intended voyage should be strong & well and sufficiently tackled//

//apparrelled & furnished w:th Boat masts Sayles Sayle yard Cables Ropes Cords 16 peices of Ordinance Competent ammunicon as Gunpowder shott & ffurniture whatsoever needfull & necessary//

//for such a ship and such a voyage and that the Marriners or Shipps Company or soe many of them as should be requisite should be ready at all times convenient wythe Boats of the//

//said ship to serve yo:r orato:r & his ffactors and Assignes to & from land dureing the said voyage And the said David Hamilton to the true pformance of the covents in the charterpty//

//did bind himselfe together w:th the said ship her tackle and Apparell the penall summe of 2000:li And yo:r orato:r did likewise bind himselfe to the said David Hamilton in the penall summe of 2000:li for the pformance of the covents on his pte as in & by the said charterpty ready to be//

//produced to this honoble Courte relacon being thereunto had it doth & may more at large appeare And yo:r orato:r further sheweth unto yo:r Lordps that in pursuance of the said//

//Agreem:t yo:r orato:r did expect that the said ship should have been sufficiently tackled apparrelled & furnished for the said intended voyage on or before the 20:th day of January 1668//

//?& that the said David Hamilton should have taken in such Goods & Merchandizes of yo:r orato:rs as he his ffactors or Assignes should lade or cause to be laden or putt on//

//board the said ship and that he the said David Hamilton according to yo:r orato:rs ord:r & direccon should have sayled w:th such Goods & ladeing to such lawfull Port or Ports whyin or whyout//

//the Straights of Gibraltar w:thall such dilligence & expedicon as wind & weather would pmitt and there lade & unlade at such of the said Ports as the said ship should be imployed//

//& directed unto by yo:r orato:r his ffactors or Assignes & being there dispatched should directly have retorned & come back to the Port of the Citty of London & accordingly yo:r orato:r before the said//

//?30:th day of January did cause severall Goods & Merchandizes to be laden on board the said ship & on the 16:th day of ffebruary then next following did direct the said//

//David Hamilton forth with to sett saile onward of his said intended voyage But notwthstanding yo:r orato:rs said ??direccon & ord:r the said David Hamilton did delay to//

//sett saile out of the River of Thames untill on or about the 20:th day of March then next following although the wind & weather did very well ?become him soe to have done & sewall//

//other ships did at that time sayle from thence w:ch drew more water than the said David Hamiltons shipp By meanes whereof yo:r orato:r did not onely unprofitably//

//loose a Moneths ffreight of the said ship amounting to 1400 But was alsoe much ?p:rjudiced in not comeing soe soon to Zant by a moneth he might have done & as others//

//did whereby he was inforced to pay 15:?s more for every Thousand of ?currant (Or, "currans") than others did who came thither sooner & to sell cheaper here & when the said David Hamilton did w:th his said//

//ship come to Gravesend yo:r orato:r sent advise thither to him 40 Barrells of Tarre to be stowed on Board the said ship there being Room enough left in the said ship to stow the same But//

//the said David Hamilton contrary to his said Agreem:t did refuse to take in 20 of the said 40 Barrells of Tarre But retorned them Back unto yo:r orato:r by the not ?carryeing//

//whereof yo:r orato:r was a Looser the summe of ?20:li at the least And the said ship might very well have carryed the same She not being then soe deep laden by 6 XXXXX as she was when she//

//retorned home wards & by the said David Hamiltons stay in the said River of Thames yo:r orato:r who dureing all that time ?found virtually & paid wages unto the men imployed to heave out & bring in//

//Ballast unto y:e said ship was daminfyed besides y:e losse of the time aforesfd the summe of 40:li (Or, 40:s) at the least And besides the said David Hamilton did neither proced in his said voyage nor//

//retorne ?w:th such dilligence and Sepped as he ought to have done & might have done for being outward bound & when the wind very well served for XXXXing on his said intended//

//voyage XXXXXXXX & of his owne accon run in w:th the said ship into Malaga Road & there staid sewall dayes Merchandizeing for himselfe w:ch proved a great losse & hindrance unto yo:r//

//orato:r in his retorne ?homewards although yo:r orato:r had sent him positive ord:r & direcon not to touch in any Port untill he had made the Downes unlesse he should be necessitated thereunto for//

//want of victualls or otherwise yet did he the said David Hamilton in his said retorne homeward w:thout any necessity willfully goe into the Port of Machowne / sewall other Ports wythin the Streights & therin//

//spent many dayes in & about his owne affaires & pleasure to yo:r orato:rs very great loss & p:rjudice and the said David Hamilton retorning w:th the said ship to London in or about the moneth of //

//December now last past the said David Hamilton XX XX refuses to give yo:r orato:r a true and just Account of such moneys as he has recd on yo:r orato:rs Account for freight & Goods of yo:r orato:r solo by ?this//

//at sewall places & moneys recd of sewall psons & allowed unto him on yo:r orato:rs Account & moreover in his demand upon yo:r orato:r he doth require & insiste have yo:r orato:r ??allow him sewall matters//

//& things not menconned in the said charterpty w:ch ought not to be charged on yo:r orato:r or allowed by him and in pticular he duly XXXXX to have yo:r orato:r make

//p:rtended to be ?expressed by him XXXX as he very well knows that it was declared by yo:r orato:r & agreed unto by him when the said ship was hired but yo:r orato:r should not bear any charge or expense

//menconned & ??expressed in y.e said Charterpty and doth likewise charge & demand of yo:r orato:r sewall greater summes of money than have indeed been any way paid by him on yo:r orato:rs Account

//shall ?have noe Account at all And the said David Hamilton doth alsoe most unjustly refuse to make any allowance unto yo:r orato:r for y:e damnificaconn yo:r orato:r ?hath susteyned by his afoersaid breaches &

//that yo:r orato:r shall in his Debt a considerable summe of money for the ffreight of the said ship or on some of their Account w:ch he will not discover to yo:r orato:r & because yo:r orato:r refuses to pay him his

//the said David Hamilton beinge a very great summe in yo:r Orato:rs debt he hath therefore comenced a Suite at lawe against yo:r orato:r and threatens to make him pay the said XXXX penalty XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//thing on yo:r orato:rs Account Or at least refuses to discover to yo:r Orato:r what was laden aboard the said ship in her outward bound & Homeward bound voyage & for whXX y:e cause ?were ?Shipped

//in respect thereof of whom for what & when and the said David Hamilton at the end of the said voyage did take or cause to be taken out of the said Shipp great Store of Beveridge which beveridge

//left unspent in the said Ship at the end of y:e said voyage & did belong to yo:r Orato:r & carryed the same or caused the same to be carryed ?away to his owne house or other place to yo:r

//of the said David Hamilton are contrary to Equity & good Conscience & such wherein yo:r orato:r can have no releife unless aided by yo:r Lorpps in a Court of Equity yo:r Orato:rs witnesses being dead or beyond the seas

//concerning the p:rmisses In ?lawe & consideraton whereof & to the end the said David Hamilton who knowes the truth in all & every the p:rmisses may upon his oath sett forth & discover the XXX

//and such a charter pty made between him & yo:r Orato:r as yo:r Orato:r hath herein before sett forth & whether the Covent:s therein comprised on his pte to be pformed was or not ?broken or not pformed by him

//and what manner & what or how much yo:r Orato:r is p:ruidiced or damnifyed thereby & whether yo:r Orato.r did not declare & he agreed that yo:r Orato:r should not be at any expence other than is menconned in the

//discover what summe or summes of money he or any other pson or psons for his use or by his privity hath or have recd for the ffreight of y:e sd Ship or for any passengers that were

//for him or by his ord:r or direccon upon his Account or by the ?Like or XXXXX of any Goods or Merchandizes or otherwise whatsoever & that the said David Hamilton may give yo:r Orato:r a pticular Account of

//& of all moneys any way and oweing or payable by the one to the other in pursuance or by reason or meanes thereof And that the said David Hamilton may give yo:r Orato:r

//voyage w:th the marks & numbers thereof & by whom the same & every of them were shipped & to whom to be delivered & what ffreight was XXXX to be recd for the same or for

//and that the said David Hamilton may sett forth and discover what & how any moneys of or belonging to yo:r Orato:r h XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX paid or in the hands of any other to or for his ?use when

//was not XXXXXXX here for yo:r Orato:rs Account, And whether the said David Hamilton or some of his Serv:ts or Agents did not SXXke a Butt of Currants at Zephalonia & whether the said Butt was not ?dampnified

//Hamilton may set forth how much Beveridge ??wine or Beveridge XXXX & Currants XXXX Caske or of any manner of Cooks Stores whatsoever that was shipt on XXXX y:e sayd Ship by yo:r Orato:r

//of the said ship to his house or any other place & not delivered to yo:r Orato:r & what the value thereof & of any pticular thereof them was or were and that yo:r Orato:r may have such releif in the p:rmisses

//unto yo:r orato:r his Mates most gratious writt of spa:r to be directed to the said David Hamilton thereby comanding him on a certain day and at a certain paine therein to be limitted to be psonally to appeare

//XXXXX all & singular the

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Commentary

See C10/160/41 f. 2
See C10/160/41 f. 3

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Notes

The Leghorne Merchant, captained by David Hamilton, appears to have regularly pursued the Mediterranean trade. The year after Daniel Gates chartered the ship to sail to Malaga, Alicant, Genoa, Livorno, Naples, Messina, Zant, and Venice, the same ship appears again under the captaincy of David Hamilton on a broadly similar route. London, Cadiz, Alicante, Leghorn, Naples, Messina & Venice, arrving in Venice in late November 1670. The ship's inventory was taken at Venice and is notable for carrying a significantly different mix of cargo than in 1669 - much less cloth, and more metal and foodstuffs.

- "[December 1670] Dec. 23.Collegio, Secreta. Esposizioni, Principi. Venetian. Archives.:
For some time past your Serenity granted exemption in the three islands of 5 per cent. of the new impost on currants to foreign ships which came to this city with their entire cargoes. Some months ago two ships came here from England, the Leghorn Merchant and the Scipio. Being recommended to the English consul they were not found with their entire cargo, as shown by the attached bills, the former ship lacking ten casks and the latter six. The refusal of the magistracy to grant the exemption led the resident of England, at the consul's request, to bring a memorial to the Collegio, upon which we say that while the magistracy insisted on the terms of the decree, the reduction of the cargo is so slight that the remission is left to the prudence of the state. With regard to the partiality which the resident suggests was shown in the inspection of the ships, saying that a pledge of the entire cargo had been made for some that were deficient, we note from the copies presented by him compared with those sworn by the experts and those of the Admiralty, that both confirm that they had full cargo, and so the magistracy agreed to grant them the exemption. If ministers were found guilty of such falsity and collusion, they would be liable to a criminal prosecution; but so far the magistracy has no knowledge of such partiality.
At the magistracy of the Five Savii alla Mercanzia, the 20th January, 1670 M.V.
Zuane Balbi
Almoro Grimani
Leonardo Pesaro
Alvise Mocenigo Savii.
[Italian.]"

- "Attached, filza.
373. The Memorial. (fn. 5)
the importance of trade is generally recognised and all good governments try to facilitate it. It appears in the exemption from the new impost of 5 ducats per miliare granted to foreign ships from the west which come with their full cargoes, of every sort of goods, except salt. Several ships of my king's subjects have arrived here recently with cargoes of lead, sugar, pepper and other goods, but after staying for a fortnight the exemption was refused to two of them, for lack of six or perhaps ten butts of a total cargo of 224 butts, a mere trifle and I cannot believe that the state allows such severity in mercantile interests. From our consul as well as from Messrs. Paolo del Sera and Co. to whom the ship was chartered from England, I am assured that the cargo was complete, so I am compelled to suspect that there is partiality and knavery among your ministers, since the exemption has been granted to other ships with half their cargo, as shown by the attached papers, as it rests with them to give or withhold this benefit. It is therefore necessary that an inquiry should be made into this matter, so that the state's wishes may not be thwarted by ignorance or malice in a matter of such importance. As the magistracy of the Cinque Savii would not interfere for the relief of these poor captains without instructions from the Signory, and they had no time to wait for a decision, the ships sailed, to the very great loss of those concerned, who had to go in order to have the benefit of convoy of his Majesty's men of war, which attend them at Zante. Considering the injury that is done to trade I have come to ask that a speedy remedy may be applied, knowing the mischief that can be done by the evil and corrupt will of a minister, and so I feel sure that this state will attend graciously to my requests.
[Italian.]"

- "374. The magistracy of Health testifies that on the 25th inst. the ship Leghorn Merchant, Captain David Amilton, arrived in the port of this city from London, Cadiz, Alicante, Leghorn, Naples and Messina, with cargo as below as shown by the book of lading:
Lead, 543 sheets; pepper, 91 casks; hides, 120; almonds, 110 bales; cinnamon, one bundle; wine, ten casks; hair, one chest; various goods, 14 chests; lemons, 18,000; ink, 200 barrels; bales, 7; small casks, two; caviare, one cask; salmon, 40 casks; goosequills, ten casks; wool, one sack; ginger, 3 bales; goods, 19 chests; casks, 40; barrels, 3; bales, 29; bundles, 2.
At the Sanita, the 30th November, 1670.
Gregorio Monedi.
The Board of Health testifies that on the 26th ult. the ship Scipio, Capt. Robert Bochinzen, arrived in the port of this city, from England and Malaga, with cargo as below as shown by the bill of lading:
Lead, 2648 pieces; sardines, 103 barrels; calf and other hides, 70 bales.
At the Sanita, the 2nd December, 1670.
[Italian.] Gregorio Monedi."

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Possible primary sources

ADM 106/324/39 Daniel Gates, London. He requests that Oliver Maxfield, carpenter of the Africa frigate, who was pressed, may be discharged at Woolwich. 1677 Sep 24

C 5/485/78 Gates v. Hamilton: Middlesex. 1670
C 5/485/79 Gates v. Fry: Middlesex. 1679
C 10/160/41 Gates v. Hamilton: Middlesex 1671
C 10/217/27 Gates v. Dashwood and Clapp: Middlesex 1680
C 22/252/53 Gates v Dashwood. Between 1558 and 1714

PROB 32/27/211 Deceased: Gates, Daniel, Stepney, Middx. Inventory 1688 Apr. 20 (Sworn 1688 May 7)
- The year of this probate inventory approximately matches a law report of Warr v. Praed, 1698, in which facts are recited stating that William Warr(e), gentleman and London merchant (the owner of the Old African), and Daniel Gates (alias Yates), sent money and effects to Zante and Morea in 1680 consigned to John Praed, to bring home currants.

• • The ship returned to London in 1681, with Praed returning to England in 1682, "and Gates was for seven years after alive, and in very good reputation and ability...but Gates having died in 1689". The widow and administratrix of Daniel Gates is described as "Agnes Gates". An extraordinary tale then unfolds in the law report of Gates allegedly attempting to cheat Praed by failing to honour Praed's bill of exchange, and later allegedly attemting to have him murdered in Zant. The law report includes a statement of account by Praed, dated 1681, giving details of cost of currants and bill of exchange drawn on Venice.
  • See the probably linked C 22/692/36 Praed v. Warr. Between 1558 and 1714.
  • See C 11/15/38 Short title: Praed v Stephens. Document type: Bill only. Plaintiffs: John Praed esq of Trevethoe, Cornwall. Defendants: Richard Stephens. Comments: Former bill. Plaintiffs: John Praed esq of Trevethoe, Cornwall. Defendants: William Warr and Daniel Gale merchants of London. 1716
  • See also possibly linked C 10/180/81 Pendarves, Warr and Gaell v Wise and Baker: Middlesex 1669 (A Pendarves (alias Pindarves) is mentioned as a partner of Daniel gates in a House of Lords report of the Warr v. Praed case).
  • See The Case of John Praed, Plaintiff Against William Warr and Agnes Gates, Defendants; As Also Against Mr. Tilly, the Real Warden of the Fleet [Unknown Binding]
  • See PRO C108/51 The accounts of William Warr, footnoted in Søren Mentz, The English gentleman merchant at work: Madras and the City of London 1660-1740 (Copenhagen, 2005), p. 145, fn. 309. However, C108/51 in TNA catalogue shows: '?BETENSON v KING: Merchant's account books in Fort George. Accounts of the estate of Catherine Nicks: Invers; 1712-1728'
  • 'William Warr, Seething Lane'
  • 'Dan. Gates, Artichoak-lane Wapping'

• • Parliamentary Archives: Warre v Praed HL/PO/JO/10/3/185/36 30 Dec 1692: Supplementary information: Calendared in HMC 14th Report, no. 649a

Contents:
13 Jan 1693 - Answer of John Praed.

• • Parliamentary Archives: Warre v. Praed HL/PO/JO/10/1/511/1359 4 Feb 1699 Contents:

Petition and Appeal of William Warre, Gent. In 1680, Daniel Gates sent the ship Old African, whereof he was sole owner, with great sums of money and effects to Zante and the Morea to bring home a cargo of currants, and consigned the ship's audit, etc. to John Praed for that purpose.
Annexed:
a) 20 Feb 1698-99 -- Answer of John Praed.
b) 24 Feb -- Petition of Respondent.

TS 21/3 Pearle: Daniel Gates 1673

- TS 21/3 Treasury Solicitor: Deeds, Evidences and Miscellaneous Papers: Ships: Bills of Sale. Details of this piece are shown at item level