'MARINE RECORDS. MISCELLANEOUS. 4.'

Title:

'MARINE RECORDS. MISCELLANEOUS. 4.'

Date:

1606/1896

Description:

Abstract: These volumes contain various documents relating to different voyages, mostly East India Company voyages.There is a list of contents of the volumes on folios 4-5 of the first volume, signed by W Foster, presumably William Foster, Registrar and Superintendent of Records at the India Office, dated 20 March 1896.The documents consist of the following:Estimates for a trading venture to 'the parts about Cumina' [probably Cumana in Venezuela], and a related memorandum, 19 June 1606 (folios 6-9)An invoice or cargason prepared by Thomas Stevens of money and goods loaded on the ships Dragon, Hector, and Consentof the Third Voyage, 4 March 1606 (folios 10-14)A copy of instructions to factors [agents of the East India Company] and a commission to Sir Henry Middleton for the Sixth Voyage, with the ships Trades Increase, Peppercorn, and Darling, c 1609 (folios 15-28)Instructions for the First Joint Stock Voyage, with the ships Hectorand New Year's Gift, under Nicholas Downton, 1614 (folios 29-53)Particulars of the goods taken in the Swanby the Dutch at Banda, 20 January 1617/18 (both Old Style and New Style dates are given) (folios 54-55)A list of goods from two prize ships taken by the Expeditionand delivered to Mr Thomas Kearidge, Agent at Surratt [Surat], 15 February 1618/19 (folios 56-58)A letter from James Baggs regarding provisions supplied to the Lyon[ Lion], 16 October 1620 (folios 59-61)A record of consultations held in a joint Dutch and English fleet during a cruise under Robert Adams, 28 December 1620 to 10 September 1621 (folios 62-69)A letter from George Kempe, a factor in the outgoing fleet, to the Company, regarding money expended to him and other matters, 29 May 1621 (folios 70-72)An account of expenses of an unnamed ship, 1626-29 (folios 73-80)A cover sheet for the Purser’s book for the Star, 1629 (folio 81)A record of consultations held on board the Star, 18 September 1629 to 23 March 1631 [New Style date 23 March 1632] (folios 82-104)A copy of a commission from King Charles I to Captain Richard Quaile of HMS Seahorsefor sailing to the East Indies, 19 March 1629 [New Style date 19 March 1630] (folios 106-107)A bill of lading for goods on the Charles, New Joint Stock, bound for London, dated Surratt, 12 April 1630 (folios 104 and 115)A list of cargo of the Charles, bound for England, taken in at Suratt, 1630 (folios 116-117)A bill of lading of the Palsgravefrom London to Surratt, 25 March 1633 (folios 118-120)A book of consultations of the Royall Marie[ Royal Mary], 4 March 1635 [New Style date 4 March 1636] to 12 November 1639 (folios 121-144)A bill of lading of the Mary(also spelled Marie) from Surat to London, 4 January 1638 [New Style Date 4 January 1939] (folios 145-147)Copies of the following documents: letters left at Augustin Bay [St Augustine's Bay], Madagascar, mostly addressed to the commanders of ships in the service of William Courteen [Courten], and one addressed to the commanders of ships in the service of the East India Company, dated 18 May to 20 August 1646; a list of the names of men who had died after 20 December 1645, and a list of people who left in the Friendshippe[ Friendship], bound for Mayotta [Mayotte]; a record of a consultation held on board the Antiloppe[ Antelope], dated 16 October 1646; and a copy of a letter left at the Island of Mayotta (folios 148-154)A map showing part of the coastline of Tasmania, referred to as 'the South Land lately discovered', 1643 (folios 155-156)Commission and instructions from the East India Company to Andrew Trumball, Master of the Hopewell, bound for Muslapatam [Masulipatnam or Machilipatnam] and ‘other parts of East India’, 1641 (folios 157-166)Copies of consultations held on board the Dolphinand the Antiloppe[ Antelope], 10 June to 22 September 1646, and copies of related letters (including a copy of a letter addressed to any merchants or commanders of any ships in the service of William Courteen, which begins on 171 verso and continues on 148 recto) (folios 167-171)An invoice of goods loaded onto the Antelope, bound for England from Surat as part of the Fourth Joint Stock voyage, 6 January 1647 [New Style date 6 January 1648] (folios 172-174)Commission and instructions from the East India Company to James Bearblock (also spelled Berblok and Beareblock), Master of the Supply(also spelled Supplie), bound for Assada [Nosy Be] and Bantam [Banten], 1 May 1650 (folios 175-176)Orders and instructions given by the ‘Adventurers’ of the ship East India Merchantto Jarvais Cartwrite [Jarvis Cartwright], appointed Purser of the ship, 16 February 1656 [New Style date 16 February 1657] (folios 177-178)A bill of lading for goods shipped by the Eagle, bound for London, dated Swalle Mareene [Suvali, also spelled Swally Marine]January 1652 [January 1653] (folios 179-180)An invoice for goods loaded on the ship Benjamin, bound to London from Swally Hole [Suvali], 20 January 1656/57 (folios 181-184)Commission and instructions to Captain John Egmont, Commander of the George and Martha, bound for the Gold Coast of New Guinea, 11 July 1662 (folios 185-187)A list of ships in the East India Company's service from 1685-90, mostly bound for India, Tonqueen [Tonkin], Pryaman [Pariaman], and Benoolen [Benkulu] (folio 188)A list of ships in the East India Company's service from 1685-1690, bound for India, China, St Hellena [St Helena] and Bencoolen [Benkulu] (folio 189)A covering sheet for a bill of lading for the Charles, January 1684/85 (folio 190)Commission and instructions for Thomas Grantham, Captain of the Charles II, authorising him to enforce the Company's claims against the Shah of Persia [Iran] for half of the customs revenues of the Port of Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās, also spelled Gombroone], c 1663 (folios 191-192)A bill of lading for the Charles[ Charles II] bound from Surratt to London, January 1684/85, received 25 July 1685 (folios 193-194)An invoice of goods loaded on the Benjaminfrom Surat, dated Swally Marine 1656/57, and received in London 26 December 1657 (folio 195)A duplicate copy of the journal of the voyage of the Dartmouth, Captain Roger Carter, from England to the East Indies [India] and back, 8 March 1718 to 17 March 1719 [New Style date 17 March 1720] (folios 196-200)A copy of a journal (in French) of the French ship Le Contentfrom Brest to the South Seas [South Pacific] and back, dated 1720-1723 (folios 201-210).Physical description: Foliation: this file consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover of volume one (ff 1-111) and terminates at the inside back cover of volume two (ff 112-213); these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Ships
Voyages and travels
Trade (practice)

Geographic region:

Surratt
Gombroon
Augustin Bay

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100022551646.0x000005_ar
81055/vdc_100022551646.0x000005_en
IOR/L/MAR/C/4
IOR/L/MAR/C/4

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