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Documents relating to Ferryland: 1597 to 1726
10 September, 1677; [Sir] William Poole [Captain HMS
LEOPARD]
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.
Subjects: cod, fisheries, sack ships, servants, census (1677), stages, markets.
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A particular Account of every Fish
ship in each Bay or Harbour viz... [Ferryland]
| Shipps names: | of whence | Commander | whither
bound | No of
Men | Tons | Guns |
| CONCORD | Plymouth | William Long | Bilbao | 42 | 90 | 5 |
| AMITY | Bideford | Geo. Powell | Straits | 49 | 130 | 12 |
| BLACK SWANN | Bideford | Geo. Bewes | Cadiz | 13 | 35 | 0 |
| DELIGHT | Bideford | Samuel Karter | Cadiz | 11 | 45 | 0 |
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| | | | 115 | 300 | 17 |
| Shipps names: | Boats | Stages | Train
Vats | Rooms
and
Houses | Keeping
quintals
of Fish
per Boat |
| CONCORD | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 : 9 | 200 |
| AMITY | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 : 9 | 200 |
| BLACK SWANN | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 : 3 | 200 |
| DELIGHT | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 : 2 | 200 |
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| 24 | 6 | 5 | 12 : 23 | 800 [sic] |
[Caplin Bay]
| Shipps names: | of whence | Commander | whither
bound | No of
Men | Tons | Guns |
| SWALLOW | Barnstaple | John Scamp | Portugal | 29 | 75 | 01 |
| MERMAID | Barnstaple | Edmond Smale | Spain | 16 | 40 | - |
| HESTER | Barnstaple | Humphrey
Bryant | Portugal | 21 | 40 | - |
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| | | | 66 | 155 | 1 |
| SOCIETY | Dartmouth | John Cutts | Dartmouth | 35 | 70 | - |
| Shipps names: | Boats | Stages | Train
Vats | Rooms
and
Houses | Keeping
quintals
of Fish
per Boat |
| SWALLOW | 06 | 01 | 1 | 3 : 6 | 200 |
| MERMAID | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 : 3 | 200 |
| HESTER | 05 | 1 | 1 | 2 : 5 | 200 |
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| 14 | 3 | 3 | 7 : 14 | 600 [sic] |
| SOCIETY | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 : 9 | 160 |
And of every Sack ship and whither
bound, viz.
...In the port of Ferryland
| Ships' Names | of whence | Commanders' | from | Lading |
| JOHN | Topsham | John Bass | Fayal
[Azores] | Fayal
wines |
DORINGTON
MERCHANT | Barnstaple | Richard
Dennis | Lisbon | - |
| Ships' Names | Men | Tons | Guns | Whither
Bound |
| JOHN | 8 | 45 | - | Bilbao
wines |
| DORINGTON
MERCHANT | 8 | 45 | - | Lisbon |
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| 16 | 90 | 0 | |
Caplin Bay
| Ships' Names | of whence | Commanders' | from | Lading |
JOHN AND
LAWRENCE | London | Robert
Hunter | Canary
Islands | ballast |
| Ships' Names | Men | Tons | Guns | Whither
Bound |
JOHN AND
LAWRENCE | 14 | 100 | 9 | Lisbon |
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