[Captain] John Wyborn; 7 December, 1676
An Account of Sack Ships trading in Ferryland and Caplin Bay, 1676
Extract from "An Account of the Sack Ships Trading to Newfoundland between Trepassey and Bay Bulls, 1676"
Great Britain, PRO, CO 1/38 (87), 236, 232 [sic].
MHA 16-C-2-136. Transcribed by P.E. Pope.
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Ferryland
| Ships' Names | Masters' Names | Home Port | Tonnage | Guns | Men | Fish Bought (quintals) |
Price (Reals) |
Wither Bound |
| PRISCILLA | George Mathews | Plimouth | 70 | 6 | 11 | 1148 | 25 | Alicante |
| HENRY | Joseph Parsons | Topsham | 40 | - | 7 | 560 | 25 | Nantes |
| GOLDEN FLEECE | Richard Martin | Bideford | 40 | - | 8 | 250 (refuse) | 13 | Barbados |
| MERMAID | Edward Small | Bideford | 40 | - | 8 | 700 | 24 | Bilbao |
| MAYFLOWER | John Poe | Bideford | 40 | - | 7 | 600 | 27 | ------ |
| CORNELIA | James Bartlett | Plymouth | 70 | 4 | 10 | 1200 | 25 | Viana |
Ships 6. Men 51.
Caplin Bay
| Ships' Names | Masters' Names | Home Port | Tonnage | Guns | Men | Fish Bought (quintals) |
Price (Reals) |
Wither Bound |
| BLESSING | Peter Jeffreys | Kinsale | 40 | 0 | 12 | -------- | -------- | Madeira |
Kept 1 boat. Killed 90 quintals at 28 reals. Made 1 hogshead train [oil] and 3 quintals corfish all worth £65.19s.6d.
