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| − | + | See [[MRP: Baltic|Baltic]] | |
| + | See [[MRP: Denmark|Denmark]] | ||
| + | See [[MRP: Sweden|Sweden]] | ||
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| + | See [[MRP: Hamburg|Hamburg]] | ||
| + | See [[MRP: Riga|Riga]] | ||
| + | See [[MRP: Stettin|Stettin]] | ||
| + | See [[MRP: Stockholm|Stockholm]] | ||
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| + | ==Images== | ||
| + | ===Map of Baltic, Detail, Nicholas Sanson, 1683=== | ||
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| + | [[File:MAP_DETAIL_Scandanavie_Map_RH_Side_L_Europe_En_Plusiers_Cartes_Paris_1683_DL_CSG_281211.PNG|thumbnail|600px|none|Detail of 'Scandanavie', RH side, Nicholas Sanson, ''l'Europe en plusieurs cartes'' (Paris, 1683)]] | ||
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| + | ===Town plan=== | ||
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| + | (1) Lower portion of RH side of map of 'Scandanavie' in Nicholas Sanson, ''L'Europe en plusieurs cartes et en divers traittés de geographie et d'histoire'' (Paris, 1683), p. 11 | ||
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| + | ==Notes== | ||
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| + | ===Danzig as part of English Baltic trade=== | ||
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| + | <u>Extract from Bill of complaint brought by William Cock vs. Sir William Ryder et al, post 1665</u> | ||
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| + | "In & bet y:e yeares of o:r Lord one thousand six hundred sixtie & one (sixtie two) sixtie three) sixtie four) & sixtie five) y:e s:d S:r W:m Rider and yo:r Orato:r as ptners in Merchandize did freight on in sewall vessells from y:e port of London to Stockholme in Sweden to Dansicke in Poland and to Riga in Sweden diverse merchandizes & comodityes in pticuler sugar Tobacco Pepper Tinne Lead Cardimmon Coales Indigoe ffrench & spanish wines & sevall other Comdityes & yo:r Orato:r cannot in pticuler menconn all w:ch had safe arrivalls & were from tyme to tyme sold to very great pfitts & great returns were made from Stockholme & other pts beyond y:e seas as y.e proceed of these merchandizes w:ch had likewise safe arrivalls at y:e port of London w:ch retorns did consist in Irons Copper XXX Plates XXX Gunnes Copper Barrs Pitch & divers other Comodityes of w:ch great pfitts was made y:e pticuler Bills of Lading Envoyces & accompts of all w:ch together w:th all the comodityes themselves did come to y.e hands of y:e s:d S:r William Rider Cocke or Alderman Backwell or some or one of them or for their uses or by their order"<ref>'Bill of complaint brought by William Cock vs. Sir William Ryder ''et al'', [[MRP: C10/155/38 f. 1|C10/155/38 f. 1]]</ref> | ||
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| + | ===English merchants & mariners in Danzig=== | ||
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| + | ====Peter Camberlin, father of London merchant Thomas Burnell's wife, Barbara==== | ||
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| + | Barbara Burnell, the mother of the London merchant and clothworker, Thomas Burnell, was the daughter of Peter Camberlin of Dansicke.<ref>Add footnote</ref> | ||
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| + | ====Francis Sanderson, Danzig correspondent of Sir William Ryder==== | ||
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| + | Sir William Ryder appears to have a correspondent called Fr.[ances?] Sanderson in Danzig, who wrote on Oct 3. 1665 to "Sir. Wm. Rider and Co.": | ||
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| + | "''Acknowledges the cargo of the East India ships; has no hopes of selling the indigo till next spring; wine, tobacco, rice and sugar are likely to be profitable, since the Dutch are beaten, and the last Polish letters advise and agreement between the King and Lubomirsky [11 lines more in the calendar summary] from Adm Papers''<ref>Mary Anne Everett Green, Francis Henry Blackburne Daniell, Francis Lawrance Bickley (ed.), ''Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reign of Charles II: 1660-[1685]: 1665-66''; Ed. ;(London, 1864), p. 3</ref> | ||
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| + | Another letter from Fr. Sanderson, also in Item 48 [I think it may be the enclosure]. It is a letter from Fr. Sanderson to Wm. Rider, dated Dantzic (sic), Oct. 10 and 14, 1665: | ||
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| + | "''Vessels are delayed, not being suffered to unload for fear of infection; grieves to hear of the heavy judgement of the plague in London; business disbursements at Riga; hears that the custom house officers at Pillau have refused to clear English ships till further order, because the King stayed in England two of the Elector of Brandenburg’s vessels. Particulars of Abraham of Dixon of Newcastle’s ship being stopped at Pillau.''" [Adm. Paper]<ref>Mary Anne Everett Green, Francis Henry Blackburne Daniell, Francis Lawrance Bickley (eds.), ''Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reign of Charles II: 1660-[1685]: 1665-66'' (London, 1864), p. 26</ref> | ||
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| + | ====Nathaniell Harris, son of Captain Nicholas Read's master==== | ||
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| + | <u>Letter from Captain Nicholas Read to Sir George Oxenden, 17th March 1662/63</u> | ||
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| + | "S:r these lines are alsoe to accompany M:r Nathaniell harris who is Ma:s ?Sonn from whome I had my breeding as to a Merch:t & it ?hath been y:e will of God to order y:d Wrld to frown upon him hitherto, his breeding hath been a Merch:t sometime he spent in Danzick soe’s speaketh y:e German language very well, further had his breeding: 5: or:6: years at Ligone"<ref>[[MRP: 17th March 1662/63, Letter from Nicholas Reade to Sir GO, Ipswich|17th March 1662/63, Letter from Nicholas Reade to Sir GO, Ipswich]]</ref> | ||
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| + | ====Mrs Joanne Solomons, residing in Danzig, 1679, mother of London merchant George Cock==== | ||
| + | <u>Extract from will of Captain George Cock, 1679</u> | ||
| + | "ITEM I give and bequeath to my said Sonn John Gerrard Cock Sixteen pounds a yeare to be paid to him by my Executrix by four quarterly payments in such manner and at such times as the Interest of the said Six hundred pounds is before limited to be paid to him Nevertheless my will and meaning is that the payment of the said Sixteen pounds a yeare shall be continued and paid to him during the life time of his Grandmother Mrs Joane Solomons now living and residing at Dantzick in Prussia and for six months after her death and noe longer For that my said sonne hath the expectation of a considerable livelyhood from and after the death of his said Grandmother and may then well Spare the said sixteen pounds a yeare"<ref>[[MRP: George Cock will|George Cock will]]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:19, February 29, 2012
Danzig
Editorial history
26/12/11, CSG: Created page
Contents
- 1 Suggested links
- 2 To do
- 3 Images
- 4 Town profile
- 5 Notes
- 5.1 Danzig as part of English Baltic trade
- 5.2 English merchants & mariners in Danzig
- 5.2.1 Peter Camberlin, father of London merchant Thomas Burnell's wife, Barbara
- 5.2.2 Francis Sanderson, Danzig correspondent of Sir William Ryder
- 5.2.3 Nathaniell Harris, son of Captain Nicholas Read's master
- 5.2.4 Mrs Joanne Solomons, residing in Danzig, 1679, mother of London merchant George Cock
- 6 Suggested image sources
- 7 Suggested primary sources
- 8 Suggested secondary sources
Suggested links
See Baltic
See Denmark
See Sweden
See Hamburg
See Riga
See Stettin
See Stockholm
To do
Images
Map of Baltic, Detail, Nicholas Sanson, 1683
Town plan
Insert Town plan
Townscape
Insert Townscape
Image credits & copyright information
(1) Lower portion of RH side of map of 'Scandanavie' in Nicholas Sanson, L'Europe en plusieurs cartes et en divers traittés de geographie et d'histoire (Paris, 1683), p. 11
- Out of copyright book and image
Town profile
Notes
Danzig as part of English Baltic trade
Extract from Bill of complaint brought by William Cock vs. Sir William Ryder et al, post 1665
"In & bet y:e yeares of o:r Lord one thousand six hundred sixtie & one (sixtie two) sixtie three) sixtie four) & sixtie five) y:e s:d S:r W:m Rider and yo:r Orato:r as ptners in Merchandize did freight on in sewall vessells from y:e port of London to Stockholme in Sweden to Dansicke in Poland and to Riga in Sweden diverse merchandizes & comodityes in pticuler sugar Tobacco Pepper Tinne Lead Cardimmon Coales Indigoe ffrench & spanish wines & sevall other Comdityes & yo:r Orato:r cannot in pticuler menconn all w:ch had safe arrivalls & were from tyme to tyme sold to very great pfitts & great returns were made from Stockholme & other pts beyond y:e seas as y.e proceed of these merchandizes w:ch had likewise safe arrivalls at y:e port of London w:ch retorns did consist in Irons Copper XXX Plates XXX Gunnes Copper Barrs Pitch & divers other Comodityes of w:ch great pfitts was made y:e pticuler Bills of Lading Envoyces & accompts of all w:ch together w:th all the comodityes themselves did come to y.e hands of y:e s:d S:r William Rider Cocke or Alderman Backwell or some or one of them or for their uses or by their order"[1]
English merchants & mariners in Danzig
Peter Camberlin, father of London merchant Thomas Burnell's wife, Barbara
Barbara Burnell, the mother of the London merchant and clothworker, Thomas Burnell, was the daughter of Peter Camberlin of Dansicke.[2]
Francis Sanderson, Danzig correspondent of Sir William Ryder
Sir William Ryder appears to have a correspondent called Fr.[ances?] Sanderson in Danzig, who wrote on Oct 3. 1665 to "Sir. Wm. Rider and Co.":
"Acknowledges the cargo of the East India ships; has no hopes of selling the indigo till next spring; wine, tobacco, rice and sugar are likely to be profitable, since the Dutch are beaten, and the last Polish letters advise and agreement between the King and Lubomirsky [11 lines more in the calendar summary] from Adm Papers[3]
Another letter from Fr. Sanderson, also in Item 48 [I think it may be the enclosure]. It is a letter from Fr. Sanderson to Wm. Rider, dated Dantzic (sic), Oct. 10 and 14, 1665:
"Vessels are delayed, not being suffered to unload for fear of infection; grieves to hear of the heavy judgement of the plague in London; business disbursements at Riga; hears that the custom house officers at Pillau have refused to clear English ships till further order, because the King stayed in England two of the Elector of Brandenburg’s vessels. Particulars of Abraham of Dixon of Newcastle’s ship being stopped at Pillau." [Adm. Paper][4]
Nathaniell Harris, son of Captain Nicholas Read's master
Letter from Captain Nicholas Read to Sir George Oxenden, 17th March 1662/63
"S:r these lines are alsoe to accompany M:r Nathaniell harris who is Ma:s ?Sonn from whome I had my breeding as to a Merch:t & it ?hath been y:e will of God to order y:d Wrld to frown upon him hitherto, his breeding hath been a Merch:t sometime he spent in Danzick soe’s speaketh y:e German language very well, further had his breeding: 5: or:6: years at Ligone"[5]
Mrs Joanne Solomons, residing in Danzig, 1679, mother of London merchant George Cock
Extract from will of Captain George Cock, 1679
"ITEM I give and bequeath to my said Sonn John Gerrard Cock Sixteen pounds a yeare to be paid to him by my Executrix by four quarterly payments in such manner and at such times as the Interest of the said Six hundred pounds is before limited to be paid to him Nevertheless my will and meaning is that the payment of the said Sixteen pounds a yeare shall be continued and paid to him during the life time of his Grandmother Mrs Joane Solomons now living and residing at Dantzick in Prussia and for six months after her death and noe longer For that my said sonne hath the expectation of a considerable livelyhood from and after the death of his said Grandmother and may then well Spare the said sixteen pounds a yeare"[6]
Suggested image sources
Suggested primary sources
Suggested secondary sources
- ↑ 'Bill of complaint brought by William Cock vs. Sir William Ryder et al, C10/155/38 f. 1
- ↑ Add footnote
- ↑ Mary Anne Everett Green, Francis Henry Blackburne Daniell, Francis Lawrance Bickley (ed.), Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reign of Charles II: 1660-[1685]: 1665-66; Ed. ;(London, 1864), p. 3
- ↑ Mary Anne Everett Green, Francis Henry Blackburne Daniell, Francis Lawrance Bickley (eds.), Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reign of Charles II: 1660-[1685]: 1665-66 (London, 1864), p. 26
- ↑ 17th March 1662/63, Letter from Nicholas Reade to Sir GO, Ipswich
- ↑ George Cock will
