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 An Acctt of Charges time of the Ship Building wch was ram'd the 9 March 1728 £ s d







To 2 yds of flannin for the ram 00:02:0


To charges att ramming &c brandy Lemmons & bread 00:19:5


To bringing the Ankors from London 00:17:6


To charges to Scarbrough 17s:6d & scraping the ship 17s:6d 01:15:0


To compasses glasses & lanthorns 02:01:10


To straw & glew 1d & charges bringing masts & sail ashore £1:7s:6 01:08:6


To charge of drinking with the ship 00:15:0


To getting rigging out of ye [?sloop?] 00:07:0


To carrying water into the ship 00:09:0


To a speaking trumpett 5s:6d & mill'd hoops for beer casks £1:18s:2 02:03:8


To things for launching as wine brandy Lemmons & bread 2:03:3


To salt 8s:9d & to the men for fixing the sails 2s:6d 0:11:3


To men for digging the dock 2:15:9


To carpenters for calking ye upper work & fixing other things 4:11:6


To 6 stones of spikes 15s & meall for hanging rother 17s:2d 1:12:2


To bringing skiff ashore 3s:6d & to white ockom & black £2:1s:5d 2:04:11


To pump leather & two hides 2:02:9


To Wm Fishburne £1:5s to rozom tarr &c as p: note £4:12:6 5:17:6


To old canvis & twine £1:18s:1d & a water cask 8s:6d 2:06:7


To 5 pair of oars 17s:6d & ballasting the ship £1:5s 2:02:6


To spunyarn & ratting as p: note of Jos Wood 2:04:4


To blocks for taking masts in 0:08:6


To candles & tallow for ways 16s:5d & platten 1s:10d & cording 8d 0:18:11


To setting & making the fire places 1:01:0


To a pitch pott 4s:6d & to whitesmith as p: note £1:17s:9d 2:2:3


To the men to drink12s:6d to a candlestick 2s:2d 0:14:8


To tarpawlings helm coatt & coats for masts 2:12:4


To greas for masts 4s & 1 bushell & 1/2 of peas 7s:6d 0:11:6


To candles 6s 0:6:0


To bread 0:10:0


In all 48:11:1


[Page] 1 1 An Accountt of the Prime costt and charge of ye Buck compleated the 26 July 1728 £ s d






To the ships hold from Jam[es] Coates jun 769 0 0

To Iron work as p: note @ 29[?d?] p: Cwght 153 18 2

To sails as p: note 140 05 0

To the suitt of Masts 47 00 0

To ye suitt of Anchors att 29s p: C  59 14 5

To deals for topps and sealing 27 12 8

To beef for ramming lanching & sea 16 03 3

To alowance for carp[enters] joyners & sailors 48 00 0

To blocks & joyner work 44 03 5

To 11 tunn 2::2:27 of rope att 28s p: .... & other things & keptt in hand for gr... Hawses 334 14 3

To cooperidg 5 05 8

To Imbowing & painting the ship 2 17 6

To rigging the ship & ware house room 9 16 3

To lead & glasners work 4 05 4

To a copper kettle 2 17 0

To making bills of sale 2 00

To sundry particulars as p: note 48 11 7

keptt in hand for further charge 5 0

To a stock for the ship 120


To long boatt & skiff 15


The Prime costt & charge £1856 4 6





[Page] 2 Newcastle charge the 1st Voyage Aug ye 30 1728 £ s d






To coals and keeldues as p: note 86 8 0

To custumhouse & townehouse unfree 15 10

To two warrants for ballastt 00 06

To heaving ballastt outt 00 16

To keell men cans & a mooring postt 00 03 6

To a suffrance a custumhouse 00 01 0

To trimmers 16s and 1 Cwght & 1/2 of bread 18s 01 14 0

To a barrell of tarr & other things 01 02 1

To horse hires 4s & greas 9d & mooring postt 1s 00 05 9

To brooms 1s & bringing longboatt from Newc[astl]e 00 02 6

To nails as p: note and Portidge £3:4s 04 15 11

To salt 9d & fitters men 5s 00 05 9

To help in & boatt outt 00 14 0


____ ____ ____

.......Newcastle charge £112 04 6






London charge ye 1stt Voyage £ s d






To city charge as p: bill 123 15 0

To 90 tuns of ballastt & heaving itt in 04 0 6

To a cabon bell 2s:6d & a pound of twine 1s 00 3 6

To 1 stone ockom 1s:6d and a stage beam 5s:9d 00 7 3

To clearing monthly bill 00 7 10

To old rope for severall uses as p: note 02 1 2

To trinnels 1s:6d & thrums 4d 00 1 10

To saltt 4s:3d & hambrof line 5s:6d 00 9 9

To beef as p: notes 04 11 8

To rosom tarr & oyll for masts 00 19 0

To chees & greas as p: note 01 12 0

To candles 4s:6d & expences att treatt 10s 00 14 6

To metter 2s:6d and bread as p: note £5:12s:6d 05 15 0

To clearing att Gravesend 00 2 6


____ ____ ____

..... London charge £145 1 6

..... Newcastle charge £112 4 6

..... Wages p: ye Voyage £28



____ ____ ____

charges & wages p: ye Voyage £285 6 0






Recd for 243 Ch[al]d[rons] of att 24s:4d:1/2 p: chd 290


Allow'd for 5 chd made short outt 1 10


____ ____ ____


£291 10

..... Profitt due £6 4










[Page] 3 Newcastle charge the 2d Voyage Oct ye 31 1728 £ s d

To coals & keeldues as p: note 83 6 8

To portidge £3 & heaving ballastt outt 16s 03 16 0

To custumhouse and townehouse unfree 15 05 0

To horse hires 6s & trimmers 15s 01 1 0

To two warrants for ballastt 00 6 0

To keel men cans 2s & a bushell of saltt 4s:4d 00 6 4

To fitters men 4s & candles 6s 00 10

To oatmeall 6d and a bushell of peas 4s:6d 00 5 0

To beef as p: note 04 2 0

To a mooring postt 1s & nails as p: note 16s:6d 00 17 6

To mending Love takle blocks 00 3 0

To help in and outt 00 11 6


____ ____ ____

..... Newcastle charge £109 10 0






London charge Do. Voyage Nov ye 11 1728



To city charge as p: bill 120 18

To ballastt & choak 03 13

To heaving itt all in 00 16 9

To a wainscott board for 00 02 4

To bread as p: notes 02 06 9

To a coquett for Goods 00 01

To a stove for cabin 02 6 4

To beef as p: note 01 2 7

To deals as p: note £1:13s & metter 2s 01 15 0

To lightermen & expences a treatt 01 00 0

To chees and greas 01 01 0

To a snatch block 3s:6d & candles 3s:4d 00 06 10

To clearing att Gravesend 00 03


____ ____ ____

..... London charge £135 12 7

..... Newcastle charge £109 10 0

..... Wages p: ye Voyage £26



____ ____ ____

..... Wages & charges £271 2 7






Recd for 117 chd of coals @ 24s:9d: 141 15

Recd for 120 & 1/2 @ 24s:6d 144 6

Recd for freightt of goods 4



____ ____ ____

..... Totall Sum £290 1


____ ____ ____

..... Profitt due this Voyage 18 18 5





[Page] 4 Whitby charge unrigging Decbr ye 7 1728




£ s d

To a penny a chd: to ye agents 01 00

To locks for hatches 01 04

To boatt and cobble in 00 13

To lowances unrigging & transporting 01 01

To harbour bridge & pier dues 00 03

To Whitby poor 00 02


_____ _____ _____

..... (whitby charg £03 03






The Buck and Owners Dr



To Damadge pd Wm Cole for breaking a bow spitt 03 0

To whitby charge 03 3

To over shortt charg'd for Longboatt & skif 01



____ ____ ____


£7 3

Pr: Contra C..



To cash pr: profitt ye 1stt Voyage 6 4

To Do: ye 2nd Voyage 18 18 5

keptt in hand att firstt charge wth am Do. 5



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..... In all £30 2 5









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transcript Dave King, published 24.1.2014