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[page] 96 The Ship Buck to charge and disbursments in ye year 1737 not Placed in any other acct £ s d






To Henry Bird note of p.ticulars for Graving ye Ship putting in two Beams & set Knees 39 19 6

To a new Mainmast Trustle trees & fore Yard 21 16 0

To a new foresaill and fixing 15 06 6

To Rope as by note 06 04 0

To Smith as p: note for work done in ye Dock 07 02 0

To a new foremast at Riga Cross & Trustle trees 06 18 9

To a new Maintopsaill, Fore topsaill, and Mison as p: note 20 07 6

To Rope as p: note at Riga 10 12 6

To a new Sheat Cable 122 fat: 2u. 39C 1 0 at 26s p C 51 00 6

To new main Tacks main & fore Sheets main topsaill Sheets & other cordage as p: note 12 04 6

To a new Wheell and Blocks as p: note 01 06 0

To 1 Barr Stockholm Tarr & thin Canvass 00 19 6

To a cross cut Saw 00 10 0

To 16  foot 5 inch Plank for Raff Port 00 15 0

To 3 new Beer Barrells & mending water Cask 02 00 0

To 1/2 Wages carrying the ship to ye No:wd 11 10 0


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..... Extra Charges this Year £208 12 3










[page] 97 The Ship Buck to charge in fitting for the Isld Ivaca and Riga at London ye 1st Feb 1736/7 £ s d






To 17C 3q 13 pound Beeff @ 17s 6d p C 15 12 0

To Bread Peas and flower as p: note 20 15 0

To Beer as p: do. £5 7s Candells 18s 8d 06 05 8

To Chees butter and greas for masts 05 07 0

To a Mediterranean Pass and Bill of Health 01 17 0

To Taill needells twine Houseline & marline 00 13 6

To Brockidge and two Charter p. 09 15 0

To 60 Tons Ballast and heaving in 04 03 0

To 1C 2q 7 old Rope for Spunyarn 00 16 6

To 3 mapps and six sheets of tinn 00 04 9

To Blocks 17s mending cabon windows & binnacle 01 00 3

To two water Casks 11s 6d Plums for Puddins 3s 6d 00 15 0

To 1/2 Trun. Matts Shovells Ockam & other things 03 05 6

To Glasses mending & touching compasses 01 02 6

To Pump Leather 7s Scraping ye Ship 7s 6d 00 14 6

To a chain to moor with 00 01 6

To two Pair Esh oars £1 0s Saltt for Beeff 18s 01 18 0

To a Carpinter time of Rigging of mainmast 00 13 0

To two Pales & 2 lanthorns 00 07 2

To Vinegar 3s a new band for ye winlass Paull 2s 2d 00 05 2

To 1/3 Lights down ye Channell & Pilotage 05 15 0
ye 20th Feb To fresh Meat and clearing at Gravesend 00 09 6


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..... Charges at London £81 16 6






Alicantt Charge ye 13th March 1736/7 £ s d

To one Cwght Plums for Puddings 00 07 0

To 2/3 Port Charges 01 15 0






Ivaca the 26th March 1737



To Oyll and Vinegarr 00 14 5

To charge of getting Water 00 09 7

To coalls for firing 5s 3d & men to help to Load 00 07 0

To fresh meat and Greens 00 14 0
ye 7th Aprill To 1/3 Portt Charges 01 01 8


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..... Alicantt and Ivaca charge £05 08 8










[page] 98 The Ship Buck to charge at Malaga ye 19th Aprill 1737 £ s d

To 1/3 Anchorage and Productt 00 05 10

To fresh Meat and filling of Water 00 06 6

To 1/3 Anchorage of Fangerola 00 01 4


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..... Charges at Malaga £00 13 8






Dover Road the 28th May 1737 £ s d

To 5C 0q 13 Beeff @ 22s p C 05 12 0

To six pound Hogs Greass 00 02 3

To Rosom & oyll for masts 4s fresh Butter & twine 00 12 0

To 1/3 Lights up ye Channell 02 01 4


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..... Charges at Doverr £08 07 7






To 1/3 Port charges at Elsinour ye 10th June 00 15 8






Riga charges the 16th June 1737 Albett Dollars Gross

To smith for dogs & Pick Hawks 03 22 1/2

To oyll for Painting ye Ship 00 63

To Blocks to set ye new foremast 01 00

To charge travelling to Town 04 45

To an Ax 36 Grass Drinkmoney to ye Pilott 01 36

To 3 Boats of Ballast 02 45

To a Boatt to help out the Harbour 01 00

To fire Wood 67 1/2 Gr Candells 1D 73 3/4 Gross 02 56 1/4

To Bread and Peas 07 35 3/4

To Beer as by note 24 22 1/2

To Beeff as do. 44 67 1/2

To men for taking up ye Longboat 00 45

To a Bill of Health 01 45

To fresh butter 74 Gross a Boat to bring down Provision 02 74

To 4 Labourers to help to Load 20 00
19th August To 1/3 Portt Charges 33 30


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..... Riga Charge in Albett Dollars 152 11 1/2

The Exchange is 4 Albett Dollars to one Pound Sterling wch charge amounts to  £38 00s 8d










[page] 99 The Ship Buck to charge at Elsinour the 29th Augt 1737 £ s d

To a Boat to goe ashore & 1/3 Sound Charge 00 15 0

To filling water and fresh Provision 00 08 8


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..... Charges at Elsinour
301 03






London ye 14th Sepr 1737



To 1/3 Lights and Reporting 00 09 8

To a new Pick Hawk 00 00 10

To Beeff as p: notes 04 18 0

To a Waterman to Raffs ye Timber & Measurer 01 04 0

To Bread as p: note 02 10 8

To Beer as do. 02 05 6

To 4 Men to help to deliver ye Ship 02 06 9

To 3 hundrd Scooper Nails 00 01 6

To Dealls to lay the Cable Stage 00 13 0

To chees Butter and Greass 01 14 5

To 12 Pound Candells 00 04 8

To 15 Tons Ballast 00 15 0
ye 14th Oct To clearing at Gravesend and fresh meat 00 05 0


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..... Charges at London £17 09 0

..... Charges at Elsinour 01 03 8

..... Charges at Riga 33 00 8

..... Charges at Dover & Malaga 09 01 3

..... Charges at Alicant & Ivaca 05 08 8

..... Charges at London fitting out 81 16 6

..... Wages as appears p: ye Voyage 181 01 6


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..... Wages & Charges p: ye Voyage £334 01 3






Wages as follows £ s d

To Self 3 months & 7 days at £6 p: month 49 08 0

To Thos Wood 4 mo & 23 days at £3 p: do. 14 10 0

To Henry Wilkinson 5 mo: & 7 days at £1 15s & 3 mo: at £3 p: mo: 18 03 2

To Fra: Palmer Carpr. 7 mo: & 7 days at £3 p mo: 21 14 0

To Thos Thompson 7 mo: & 29 days at £1 7s 6d 10 19

To Thos Brockett 7 mo: & 23 at 1:5:0 9 14 2

To Wm Hecklah 7 mo; & 12 .. at 1:5:0 9 05 0

To ye Cook 7 mo: & 16 at 1:7:6 10 07 2

To Geo Skelton 8 mo & 7 at 1:5:0 10 05 10

To Fras Fletcher 8 mo & 7 at 1:0:0 8 04 8

To 3 Boys 8 mo & 7 at 2:5:0 18 10 6


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..... Wages p: ye Voyage £181 01 6










[page] 100




P: Contra is C £ s d

p: freight of goods to Alicantt 14 00 6

p: do. 107 Last Salt from Ivaca to Riga at £3 p Last 321 00 0

p: do. 202 Load Timber & 14 foott from Riga to London at 20 p Load 202 05 0


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..... Totall freight £537 05 6

..... Wages and Charges p: ye Voyage £334 01 3


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..... Profitt p: this Voyage £203 04 3










[page] 101 The Ship Buck to charges at Newcastle the 18th Oct 1737 £ s d

To 128 chd Tanfield coals at 13s 33 04 0

To 16 Keeldues at Shields 10 13 4

To custumhouse and townehouse unfree 14 07 6

To Portidg £3 4s heaving Ballast 14s 6d 03 18 6

To Beeff as p: notes £7 13s one C Bread 10s 08 03 0

To Beer as p: do. £1 12s Nails at Whitby £1 1s 02 13 0

To trimmers 16s and mooring Posts 1s 6d 00 17 6

To 4 new Portsaills £1 0s Calking ye Ports in 6s 01 06 0

To fitters men & charge to Newcastle 00 08 6

To making new forestaysaill 00 07 0

To 1 dosen pd Candells 4s 8d fresh Butter & fish 9s 00 13 8

To a Cobble in Whitby Road 00 05 0

To 4 Coall Shovells Scupper & Pump Nails 00 14 10

To a Block and Pinns 4s 6d one Pair Oars 2s 2d 00 06 8

To mending stew Kettle 00 02 0
9th Nov 1737 To help in and out of Shields 00 13 0


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..... Charges at Newcastle £128 13 6






London the 23d Novr 1737



To City charge as by Bill 126 18 2

To heaving ye Ballast in 0 08 0

To Beer as p: note 2 12 6

To a draw Buckit 9d to Smith for new Pawll bands 1 01 6

To mending ye windows and binnacle Glasses 0 06 6

To two yards Rid bays 3s mending & touching Compass 0 04 10

To a new Snatch Block 0 03 0

To 1 Cwgts: Bread 0 10 6


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..... Charges at London £132 05 0

..... Charges at Newcastle £128 13 6

..... Wages p: ye Voyage £23 10 0


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..... Charges and Wages £284 08 6






P Contra is ..... C



Recd for 243 chd 2 Coals at 24s 9d p chd 295 08 0

..... Charges and Wages 234 08 6


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..... Profitt by this Voyage £10 19 6










[page] 102 The Ship Buck to charge and Disbursments in the Year 1738 not placed in any other acct




£ s d

To Plank and trinnells for Stores & Shifting ye waste 02 03 8

To two Barr Tarr & 1 Pitch to Stuff ye Ships bottom 01 03 9

To new fixing ye Pawls of ye Winlass & lining 00 16 0

To deals for lining winlass 14s 3d Pair Oars 01 00 0

To a main hatch tarpawling 00 19 6

To a Surgeons Box 01 01 0

To a Hide for Sarvices 00 19 0

To Painting ye Ship Stain Inside & priming Rails 01 18 0

To 62yds thin Canvass to mend ye Saills 01 11 0

To Plank for new Gunnells 01 08 6

To 3 Bolts Canvass for misontopsaill & two studing Saills 06 14 2

To Rope at Stockholm 06 10 10

To Blocks and Pinns at do. 01 01 7

To a new ensign and changing Glasses 02 01 5

To mapps and scrubbing Brushes 00 03 10

To mending the [?Skiffp?] 00 11 2

To a Speaking Trumpett 00 05 0

To Pitch tarr 2 Barrell & other things as p: note 03 07 0

To a Longboatt second hand 6 00 0


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£39 18 5

To a quoill Lanyd Rope & a Piece for Collarr fore stay 2C 2Q @ 25 03 02 6


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..... Extra Charge this Year £43 00 11










[page] 103 The Ship Buck to charge in fitting for Lisbon att London and Newcastle ye 17 Decr 1737 £ s d

To Brokidge for Salt freight & charter party 03 09 0

To Bread Peas and flower as p: note 15 03 6

To chees Butter and greas as p: do. 02 10 0

To twine and saill Needells 00 05 6

To 1 dosen Pound candells  00 04 8

at Newcastle .....



To heaving out ye Ballastt 00 11 0

To Beeff Pork and Saltt as p: note 24 19 6

To 1/2 firkin Butter 01 08 6

To 5 3/4 Barrells Beer £2 6s charge to Newcas. 8s 02 14 0

To trimming coals 14s mooring Posts 2s 6d 00 16 6

To a charter party for Coall freight 00 03 6

To clearing at townehouse for Ballastt 01 15 0

To mending forecastle harth 00 02 6

To Peas and Candells as p: note 01 12 4

To pump Leather & two Butts for water casks 00 18 0

To Platters and spoons 00 02 0

To Smith Bill for new chain Plates & other Stores 03 03 6

To two dead eyes and sewing mellett 00 02 6

To 6 yards bunting 3s a Bill of Health 00 06 6

To fresh meatt and fish 00 09 6
7th Jan 1737/8 To 1/3 Portt charges and Pilotage 03 13 3


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..... London and Newcastle Charge £64 10 9






Lisbon the 3d Feb 1737/8 Mill Reus

To cash paid 1/3 Pilotage 01 600

To 6 Pound twine & oyll for Paintt 01 965

To a Bill of Health & St Ubes Pass 00 800

To expences and wine time of delivery for ye People 03 000
8 March 1737/8 To 1/3 Portt charge at Bell Isle and Lisbon 20 007


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..... Charge at Lisbon Mill 27 372






The exchange is 5s 6 1/2d p: mill wch Charge in Sterling money is £7 11 8







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transcript Dave King, published 23.6.2014