[Sir] William Poole [Captain HMS LEOPARD]; 10 September, 1677


Account of Fishing Ships at Ferryland and Caplin Bay, 1677

Extract from "Account of Fishing and Sack Ships from Trepassey to Cape Broyle"

Great Britain, PRO, CO 1/41 (62viii,ix), 167-168.
MHA 16-C-2-157. Transcribed by P.E. Pope.


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Ferryland

Ships' names of whence Commander whither bound Men Tons Guns Boats Stages Train Vats Rooms/Houses Quintals/Boat
CONCORD Plymouth William Long Bilbao 42 90 5 9 2 1 4 : 9 200
AMITY Bideford Geo. Powell Straits 49 130 12 10 2 2 5 : 9 200
BLACK SWANN Bideford Geo. Bewes Cadiz 13 35 - 3 1 1 2 : 3 200
DELIGHT Bideford Samuel Karter Cadiz 11 45 - 2 1 1 1 : 2 200
Totals       115 300 17 24 24 6 12 : 23 800 [sic]


Caplin Bay

Ships' names of whence Commander whither bound Men Tons Guns Boats Stages Train Vats Rooms/Houses Quintals/Boat
SWALLOW Barnstaple John Scamp Portugal 29 75 1 6 1 1 3 : 6 200
MERMAID Barnstaple Edmond Smale Spain 16 40 - 3 1 1 2 : 3 200
HESTER Barnstaple Humphrey Bryant Portugal 21 40 - 5 1 1 2 : 5 200
Totals       66 155 1 14 3 3 7 : 14 600 [sic]


SOCIETY Dartmouth John Cutts Dartmouth 35 70 - 9 2 2 4 : 9 160