Bound for Barbary
Bound for Barbary
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08/11/12: CSG, created page
Purpose of page
The MarineLives project is seeking to link and enhance HCA 13/71, not just to transcribe it.
The coast of Barbary (North Africa) feature in a number of HCA 13/71 cases and depositions.
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- How is the term used?
- What images and concepts do English mariners have of Barbary?
- What contact do English mariners have with Barbary?
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Background on Barbary
- "the Christian shore may bee discovered one day and the Barbary shore another day" (near majorca, where channell narrows)
- HCA 13/71 f.30v Case: XXXX; Deposition: 2. Captaine Thomas Chinn of Shadwell in the County of Middlesex Mariner aged 40[2]
- Mention of the "Turkish language"
- HCA 13/71 f.76r Case: XXXX; Deposition: 2. Jacob Salter of the parish of Stepney Mariner aged 30[3]
- Hamett Bashawe; "one Constantine"
- HCA 13/71 f.84r Case: XXXX; Deposition: 4. William ffudge of Wapping in the parish of St. mary of matfellon of Whitechapel and County of Midd Mariner master of Cesar aged forty two years[4]
Chased by a Turkish pirate ship
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- "12. To the third hee saith that the said shipp after the premisses going
13. from Algier to Ligorne and thence to Smyrna, did at Smyrna
14. in the moneth of October 1655 (or thereabouts) take in her ladeing
15. of Buffalo hides, Cardinants, Cotton yarne, grogeram yarne wXX GUTTER
16. Allum, and silke; and set saile thence therewith on or about
17. the 28th day of the said moneth of October 1655 bound for Ligorne
18. her intended port of discharge, and that after shee had bin
19. by stresse of weather put in at Malta, and was thence departed
20. to preserve her said voyage for ligorne, shee was in december 1655
21. about two dayes before Christmas chaced by a man of warr,
22. which showing {noe} colours, gave the master of the Starr and company
23. reason to thinke him a Turkish pirate, and for safeguard made with
24. the Starr for the shore of Sicilia, where ariving and comming to
25. an anchor under command of a Castle, the pirate
26. stood off againe to sea, and that the Castle shooting to force them
27. ashore, they to avoid that, and seeing the pirate gonne, cutt
28. cables and lost their anchor and set saile for Ligorne, but the
29. said pirate perceiving them under saile, stood after them againe
30. and in the evening fetched them up,
31. ..............................................................................................
32. ..............................................................................................
33. ..................................... sending his boate manned to board GUTTER
34. them ˹they, namely˺ the master and company of the Starr were forced to run and
35. did run the said shipp and lading ashore on the coast of Sicilia
36. where the Spaniards possest them selves of such of the lading as
37. could be saved, but the shipp was there staved to in peeces against
38. the rocks, and quite lost together with the rest of her lading
39. that was not saved by the Spaniards; and saith the said Robert
40. Browne and his said brother at the said time of casting away and GUTTER
41. losse of the said shipp were commonly accounted sole owners of her
42. but whether the said Robert had any share in the said goods or not
43. hee saith hee doth not knowe, The premisses touching the said GUTTER
44. voyage and losse hee deposeth being boatswaine of the said shipp
45. and seeing the said premisses soe happen, and otherwise hee cannot
46. depose."
- HCA 13/71 f.360v Case: On the behalfe of Robert Browne Merchant touching a losse in the Starr in a business of Assurance; Deposition: 1. John Browne of Lyme Regis in the County of Norfolke Mariner, aged 24; Date: 30/08/1656. Transcribed by Laura Seymour.[5]
Case: Deposition of William Anderson of Stockdon within the Bishoprick of Durham, late Gunner of the sayd shipp the Fortune
TNA, HCA 13/71 f.131r[6]
1. The third day of April. 1656./.
2. Examined upon an allegation on the
3. behalfe of the sayd Tilley Vanden=Posl
4. and Company.
5. 2.us
6. William Andersonn of Stockdon within the Bishoprick
7. of Durham late Gunner of the sayd shipp the Fortune
8. aged ninetyene yeares or thereabouts a wittnesse
9. sworne and examined saith as followeth, vizt.
10. To the 3d. article of the sayd allegation, This deponent saith that the sayd shipp the
11. ffortune departed from this port about twenty monethes agoe under the
12. Command of the arlate Thomas Braining as master of her ˹bound for Barbary˺ laden
13. with gunnes, or fowling peices, iron, tobaććo lead bales of Cloath and
14. other goods, with which shee arrives safely att Sally and there
15. a good part of the Cloath, Lead and Iron was sold, to be payd some
16. in waxe, and some (as he heard) in gold. And from thence the sayd
17. shipp went to Santa Cruz and there disposed of the sayd gunnes
18. and all the other goods the sayd Tobacco onely excepted. And the
19. sayd shipp being to returne from Santa Cruz to Sally to receyve
20. the proceed of the foresayd goods there sold, tooke in about forty
21. Jewes and Moores and severall quantities of merchandizes belonging
22. to them, all to be transported to Sally aforesayd upon freight.
23. And saith that the sayd shipp being upon her Course was driven
24. something too farr to seaward by a Northerly wind, and after
25. making use of a westerly wind to reach Salley was by the
26. force of that westerly wind driven about seaven leagues to the
27. Eastward of the Sally and so ˹over shott the sayd port of Sally and˺ was not able to come thither, where=
28. upon the sayd Jewes and Moores bećame much troubled and very
29. angry, and caused the sayd Braining to putt his shipp into Tittuan.
30. saying they would goe to Sally by land, and so for that tyme
31. the sayd shipp not coming att Sally received not the proceed of some
32. goods there sold as aforesayd. But what dammage thereupon happened
33. this deponent who was onely as Gunner aboard the sayd voyage ćannot
34. sett forth. And further he ćannot depose saving that of what
35. he hath deposed hee was an eye=witnesse.
36. The fourth article of the sayd allegation, This deponent saith that from Tittuan
37. the sayd shipp was to goe to Cadez to sell some of her Barbary
38. merchandize which she had on board, and in her Course having
39. made Cape Seratt the sayd Braining having discovered a
40. shipp
TNA, HCA 13/71 f.131v
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