MRP: Bigger alphabet of ships
Bigger alphabet of ships
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Overview
This page provides a list of ships and ships' captains mentioned in the private correspondence of Sir George Oxenden, and in other primary documents held on this wiki. The listing is currently incomplete.
Contents
- 1 Suggested links
- 2 To do
- 3 Ships
- 3.1 The African
- 3.2 The Affrican ffrigeet
- 3.3 The Bantam
- 3.4 The Bantam Pinck
- 3.5 The Charles
- 3.6 The Little Charles
- 3.7 The Constantinople Merchant
- 3.8 The Constantinople
- 3.9 The Crownation (alias Coronation)
- 3.10 The Convertine
- 3.11 The Dorcas (alias Dorchas)
- 3.12 The Dunkirke
- 3.13 The Eagle
- 3.14 The Expedition
- 3.15 The Harry
- 3.16 The Katherine
- 3.17 The King Fernadez (alias King Fernado(e)
- 3.18 The Lepard (alias Leopard)
- 3.19 The London
- 3.20 The Loyal Merchant
- 3.21 The Mary Rose
- 3.22 The Pinke
- 3.23 The Return(e)
- 3.24 The Roebuck
- 3.25 The Royal Charles
- 3.26 The Royal James Oake
- 3.27 The Royal Wellcome
- 3.28 The Smirna (alias Smyrna) Merchant
- 3.29 The St. George
- 3.30 The Society
- 3.31 The Two Sisters
- 3.32 The Swan
- 3.33 The Vine
- 4 Ship captains
- 4.1 Captain Arnold Browne
- 4.2 Captain James Barker
- 4.3 Captain William Barker
- 4.4 Captain Robert Browne
- 4.5 Captain Robert Bowen
- 4.6 Captain Leonard Bushell
- 4.7 Captain Peter Cooze (alias Coze)
- 4.8 Captain Fisher
- 4.9 Captain Ford
- 4.10 Captain Thomas Harman junior
- 4.11 Captain Robert Lord
- 4.12 Captain Nicholas Millett
- 4.13 Captain John Nicholls
- 4.14 Captain Charles Povey
- 4.15 Captain (John) Privett
- 4.16 Captain John Prowd
- 4.17 Captain Rickman
- 4.18 Captain Risby
- 4.19 Captain Henry Risby
- 4.20 Captain Seaman
- 4.21 Captain Samuell Smithe
- 4.22 Captain Thomas Stanton
- 4.23 Captain John Tinker (alias Tincker)
Suggested links
See Correspondence of Sir George Oxenden, 1663-1669 (British Library, Add. MSS. 40708-40713)
To do
Ships
The African
The African, 1667[1]
The Affrican ffrigeet
The Affrican ffrigeet, 1667
The Bantam
Probably the same as the Bantam Pinck
The Bantam Pinck
The Bantam Pinck, 1667[2]
The Charles
Capt Samuell Smithe, 1667
The Little Charles
The Little Charles[3]
The Constantinople Merchant
The Constantinople Merchant[4]
The Constantinople
The Constantinople, 1667
The Crownation (alias Coronation)
The ?Crownation [Coronation][5]; (1667)
The Convertine
The Convertine[6]
The Dorcas (alias Dorchas)
The Dorcas (alias Dorchas) (1667)
The Dunkirke
The Dunkirke, commander Arnold Browne; visited Angedeiva island, December 1662, with Marlborough, Sir Abraham Shipman, and Captain Richard Minors, commander of the Leopard
The Eagle
The Eagle (1667)
The Expedition
John Nicholls, master of the Expedition
"I had once a husband whoos Name was Jn:e Nicholls & was Master of y:e Expedition whome you very well did know"[7]
The Harry
The Harry was mentioned by Robert Masters in a letter to Sir George Oxenden dated February 27th, 1662/63[8]
The Katherine
The Katherine (1667)
The King Fernadez (alias King Fernado(e)
The King Fernandez
The Lepard (alias Leopard)
The Lepard, commander Captain Richard Minors (1662)[9]
Visited Angedeiva island, December 1662, with Marlborough, Sir Abraham Shipman, and Captain Arnold Browne, commander of the Dunkire
The London
The London, commanded by Captain John Privett (1667)
The Loyal Merchant
The Loyal Merchant, commanded by Captain Nicholas Millett, 1662 & 1663, and Captain Henry Risby, 1667
The Mary Rose
The Mary Rose (1662)[10]
The Pinke
Captain Barker, 1667
The Return(e)
The Returne (1666), commanded by Captain Thomas Stanton, 1667
The Roebuck
The Roebuck (1663)[11]
The Royal Charles
The Royall Charles (1667)
The Royal James Oake
The Royall James Oake (1667)
The Royal Wellcome
The Royal Wellcome (1662)[12]
The Smirna (alias Smyrna) Merchant
The Smirna Merchant
The St. George
The S:t George (1666), commanded by Captain Ford, 1667
The Society
The Society, commanded by Captain Leonard Bushell, 1658
The Two Sisters
The Two Sisters[13]
The Swan
The Swan ( "á small vessell from y.e Bay belonging to M:r Powell")[14]
The Vine
The Vine, commanded by James Barker, 1667
Ship is not directly identified[15]
Ship captains
Captain Arnold Browne
See 14th January 1662/63, Letter from Arnold Browne to Sir GO, Shipp Dunkirke Roade of Angedeiva
Captain James Barker
See 27th September 1667, Letter from James Barker to Sir GO, London
Possibly PROB 11/351 Bence 55-108 Will of James Barker, Mariner of Stepney, Middlesex 04 July 1676
Captain William Barker
Captain William Barker(1667)[16]
Just possibly PROB 11/423 Box 225-265 Will of William Barker, Mariner of Saint Botolph without Aldgate, Middlesex 12 December 1694
Captain Robert Browne
Captain Robert Browne[17]
- Check that this is not Bowen
Captain Robert Bowen
Captain Robert Bowen (1667)[18]
Captain Robert Bowen wrote to Sir George Oxenden several times
See 14th April 1667, Letter from Robert Bowen to Sir GO, Pladsto
See October 1667, Letter from Robert Bowen to Sir GO
See 3rd October 1667, Letter from Robert Bowen to Sir GO, London
Captain Leonard Bushell
Captain Leonard Bushell (1663)[19]
See PROB 11/306 May 158-210 Will of Leonard Bushell, Mariner of Limehouse, Middlesex 10 December 1661
Captain Peter Cooze (alias Coze)
Captain Peter Cooze wrote to Sir George Oxenden several times, He was probably a resident of Rotherhithe (Ratcliff, Redcliffe), though there is no hearth tax record for him there Lady Day, 1664
See 20th March 1662/63, Letter from Peter Cooze to Sir GO, Ratcliff
See March 1662/63, Letter from Peter Cooze to Sir GO
Captain Fisher
Captain Fisher[20]
Captain Ford
Captain Ford (1667)[21]
Captain Thomas Harman junior
Captain Thomas Harman junior (African, 1664); (ship unknown) (1667)
See 10th April 1667, Letter from Thomas Harman junior to Sir GO, London
Captain Robert Lord
Captain Robert Lord wrote several times to Sir George Oxenden
See 29th January 1665/66, Letter from Robert Lord to Sir GO
See 7th October 1667, Letter from Robert Lord to Sir GO, Gravesend
Captain Nicholas Millett
Captain Nicholas Millett wrote several times to Sir George Oxenden
See 25th September 1663, Letter from Nicholas Millett, Loyalll Merchant, Surat Road
See 16th December 1663, Letter from Nicholas Millett to Sir GO, the Loyal Merchant
See 14th April 1667, Letter from Nicholas Millett to Sir GO
Captain John Nicholls
John Nicholls, master of the Expedition
"I had once a husband whoos Name was Jn:e Nicholls & was Master of y:e Expedition whome you very well did know"[22]
Captain Charles Povey
Robert fferrand wrote to Sir George Oxenden from Goa on March 25th 1664 and reported the death of Captain Charles Povery (prob. Povey)[23]
Captain (John) Privett
Captain John Privett, commander of the London. Probably resident at Gun Yard, Houndsditch, St Botolph Aldgate
See 7th October 1667, Letter from John Privett to Sir GO, Gun Yard, Houndsitch
Captain John Prowd
Captain John Prowd. A resident of Limehouse, Stepney
See PROB 11/368 North 142-189 Will of John Prowd, Mariner of Stepney, Middlesex 03 December 1681
Captain Rickman
Captain Rickman (1662/63)[24] (1662/63)
Captain Risby
Captain Risby[25]
Captain Henry Risby
Captain Henry Risby[26] (1667)
Captain Seaman
Captain Seaman (1661-)[27]
Captain Richard Seaman, commander of the Richard and Martha. He was appointed commander by the owners of the ship to replace the deceased Captain Looker in late 1661.[28]
Captain Samuell Smithe
Captain Thomas Stanton
Captain Thomas Stanton[29]. Retired to Bungay, Suffolk.
See 4th October 1667, Letter from Thomas Stanton to Sir GO, London
See PROB 11/405 Vere 93-139 Will of Thomas Stanton, Gentleman of Bungay, Suffolk 10 June 1691
Captain John Tinker (alias Tincker)
- ↑ An India Office marine department index record for the Affrican states: "240 tons. Voyages: (1) 1660/1 St Helena and Bantam. Downs 26 Jan 1661 - St Helena 6 May - 29 Jul Bantam - May 1662 Downs. (2) 1662/3 Capt Robert Fisher. Downs Mar 1663 - 10 Jul 1664 Downs. (3) 1664/5 Surat. Capt Thomas Harman. Downs 23 Mar 1665 - 3 Sep Surat 10 Sep 1666 - Mar 1667 Downs" (British Library, Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections: Marine Department Records [IOR/L/MAR/B/55A - IOR/L/MAR/B/183V]: Marine Department Records IOR/L/MAR No date: Ships' Journals IOR/L/MAR/A-B 1605-1856: AFRICAN [no ref.] No date"
- ↑ An India Office marine department index record for the Bantam states: "Pink, 25 crew, 100 tons. Voyages: (1) 1667/8 Surat and Bantam. Capt William Barker/Bartholomew Partree. Oct 1667 - Surat - Bantam - sent for Taiwan Aug 1670 & Jun 1671 - lost at sea during second attempt." (British Library, Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections: Marine Department Records [IOR/L/MAR/B/55A - IOR/L/MAR/B/183V]: Marine Department Records IOR/L/MAR No date: Ships' Journals IOR/L/MAR/A-B 1605-1856: BANTAM [no ref.] No date"
- ↑ An India Office marine department index record for the [little] Charles states: "Pinnace, 30 crew, 120 tons. Voyages: (1) 1666/7 St Helena and Surat. Capt Samuel Smith." (British Library, Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections: Marine Department Records [IOR/L/MAR/B/55A - IOR/L/MAR/B/183V]: Marine Department Records IOR/L/MAR No date: Ships' Journals IOR/L/MAR/A-B 1605-1856: CHARLES (2) [no ref.] No date"
- ↑ An India Office marine department index record for the Constantinople Merchant states: "300 tons, 40 crew. Voyages: (1) 1658/9 Surat. - 6 Aug 1660 Downs. (2) 1660/1 Mauritius and Surat. Capt Robert Browne. (3) 1662/3 St Helena and Bantam. Feb 1663 -. (4) 1664/5 Bantam. Capt George Browne. Sep 1664 - 14 Aug 1665 Downs. (5) 1665/6 Madras. Capt Samuel Ward. (6) 1667/8 Surat. Capt Samuel Ward. - 28 May 1669 Downs. (7) 1669/70 Bantam. Capt Nathaniel Horseman. Mar 1670 - 12 Jun 1671 Downs." (British Library, Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections: Marine Department Records [IOR/L/MAR/B/55A - IOR/L/MAR/B/183V]: Marine Department Records IOR/L/MAR No date: Ships' Journals IOR/L/MAR/A-B 1605-1856: CONSTANTINOPLE MERCHANT [no ref.] No date"
- ↑ An India Office marine department index record for the Coronation states: "400 tons. Voyages: (1) 1661/2 Guinea, Madras and Bengal. Capt Roger Milner. Downs Nov 1661 - 26 Jan 1662 Guinea - Jul Madras - Bengal - 28 Jan 1653 Madras 2 Feb -. (2) 1663/4 Madras and Bengal. Capt Roger Milner. - 22 Aug 1665 Downs." (British Library, Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections: Marine Department Records [IOR/L/MAR/B/55A - IOR/L/MAR/B/183V]: Marine Department Records IOR/L/MAR No date: Ships' Journals IOR/L/MAR/A-B 1605-1856: CORONATION [no ref.] No date"; see 27th September 1667, Letter from James Barker to Sir GO, London
- ↑ Identified by Michael Godfrey as the ship in which Richard Hardres was meant to have voyaged to Surat in late 1662. See 23rd March 1662/63, Letter from Michael Godfrey to Sir GO, London
- ↑ 23rd February 1662/63, Letter from Ann Townesend alias Nicholls to Sir GO, London
- ↑ 27th February 1662/63, Letter from Robert Master to Sir GO, Carwar
- ↑ See 29th October 1662, Letter from Henry Gary to Sir Go, Goa
- ↑ See 1st December 1662, Letter from Richard Ball to John Lambton Carware
- ↑ 29th March 1663, Letter from John Servys to Sir GO, London, Letter 1
- ↑ See 29th October 1662, Letter from Henry Gary to Sir Go, Goa
- ↑ See 24th October 1662, Letter from Randall Taylor to Sir GO, Raire
- ↑ 23rd April 1664, Letter from Stephen fflower to Sir GO, Gombroone
- ↑ See 27th September 1667, Letter from James Barker to Sir GO, London
- ↑ See 13th October 1667, Letter from Elizabeth Hoskins to Sir GO
- ↑ See November 1667, Letter from Henry Oxinden to Sir GO
- ↑ See October 1667, Letter from Christopher Willoughby to Sir GO
- ↑ See 26th March 1663, Letter from Thomas Thomlins to Sir GO, St. Leonards Bromley
- ↑ See 13th January 1662/63, Letter from Nicholas Buckeridge to Sir GO, London; 6th April 1663, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir GO
- ↑ See 2nd November 1667, Letter from Thomas Freeman to Sir GO, London
- ↑ 23rd February 1662/63, Letter from Ann Townesend alias Nicholls to Sir GO, London
- ↑ 25th March 1664, Letter from Robert fferrand to Sir GO, Goa
- ↑ See 12th January 1662/63, Letter from Nicholas Buckeridge to John Lambton, London
- ↑ See November 1667, Letter from Henry Oxinden to Sir GO Letter 2
- ↑ See November 1667, Letter from Henry Oxinden to Sir GO Letter 2
- ↑ See 27th October 1662, Letter from Henry Gary to Sir GO, Goa; March 1665/66, Letter from George Smith to Sir GO
- ↑ 'A Court of Committees, October 2, 1661 (Court Book, vol. xxiv, p. 397), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1660-1663 (Oxford, 1922), p. 133
- ↑ See October 1667, Letter from William Ryder to Sir GO
- ↑ 'The company to Captain John Tincker, March 21, 1662' (Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 36, in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1660-1663 (Oxford, 1922), p. 193
- ↑ 14th January 1662/62, Letter from Marlborough to Sir GO, Angedeiva
- ↑ 26th March 1663, Letter from William Rider to Sir GO, London