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