MRP: March 1665/66, Letter from Michael Dunkin to Sir GO
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March 1665/66, Letter from Michael Dunkin to Sir GO
BL, Add. MS. XX,XXX, f. 60
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Michael Dunkin was a long serving officer of the English East India Company. In 1647 he was described in the Court Minutes as "assistant treasurer"[1] Two years later, on August 27th, 1647, he was made free of the Company "having served many years."[2] In 1659 he was described as "cash-keeper," on a salary of £150 per annum, ranking after the accountant-general, Jeremy Sambrooke; the writer of letters, Samuel Sambrooke; and the solicitor, James Acton.[3]
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[BL, Add. MS. XX,XXX, f. 60]
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English East India Company
- ↑ 'A Court of Committees, July 35, 1645' (Court Book, vol. xix, p. 311), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of court minutes of the East India Company, 1644-1649 (Oxford, 1912), pp. 92-93
- ↑ 'A Court of Committees, August 27, 1647' (Court Book, vol. xx, p. 142), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of court minutes of the East India Company, 1644-1649 (Oxford, 1912), p. 220
- ↑ 'A Court of Committees for the New General Stock, July 20, 1659 (Court Book, vol. xxiv, p. 201), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of court minutes of the East India Company, 1645-1659 (Oxford, 1916), pp. 335-336
- ↑ 'A Court of Committees, July 35, 1645' (Court Book, vol. xix, p. 311), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of court minutes of the East India Company, 1644-1649 (Oxford, 1912), pp. 92-93