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==Introduction==
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==Commerce and business==
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HCA documents have considerable research potential for academics interested in establishing the nature of mid-C17th commercial infrastructure in London and on the Thames estuary, and in a range of European and North American ports.
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The HCA 13 series is a good series from which to start such analysis, since it contains a fair number of cases involving shore based suppliers to ships, and cases which link specific ladings of commodities to specific wharves and keys.
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Cases provide useful detail on neglected areas of historiography, including Thames docks and wharves, Thames shipyards, and local Thames river traffic involved in loading and unloading larger ships, and transporting goods by river and coastal waters over short distances.  Using these data is likely to involve significant work of synthesis, and will require inspection of a broader selection of HCA documentation across years and HCA documentation types, and of totally different series and document types, such as records of involving Chancery, probate, hearth tax, merchant letters, and State papers.
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'''Thames wharves and keys'''
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HCA 13 and other HCA data can be combined with probate data for PRC wills and inventories for individuals identifed as wharfingers, warehousemen, and other trades linked to specific wharves and keys.  HCA data can also be linked to A2A searches of county and municipal archives for court cases involving specific wharves and keys, and redevelopment plans and maps for named wharves and keys.
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See: [[Thames docks and wharves|Thames docks and wharves]]
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'''Thames shipyards'''
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HCA 13/71 contains some data on Thames shipyards.  See: [[Thames shipyards in 1650s|Thames shipyards in 1650s]]
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One case provides detail of John Pett's Deptford shipyard.<ref>[http://marinelives-transcript.org/scripto/?p=4&scripto_action=transcribe&scripto_doc_id=687&scripto_doc_page_id=605 HCA 13/71 f.219r Case: Pett against the Ruth and Maurice Tompson and others; Deposition: 1. Edward Tompson of Shadwell in the County of Middlesex Mariner, aged 49 yeeres; Date: 10/05/1656]</ref>  More generally there are a good number of depositions by shipwrights, though typically testifying to repairs on specific ships, or of travel on specific ships as crew members, rather than providing contextual detail on dock infrastructure.
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It is possible that other volumes in the HCA 13 series will provide more detail on Thames shipyards.
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One case in HCA 13/71 provides detail on ship building activity in Normandy. See: XXXX
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Frequent mention is made in HCA 13/71 of the purchase by English merchants of foreign ships, frequently of Dutch origin, though typically without details of their building or the specific ship yard from whence they came. See: XXXX
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'''Thames river traffic'''
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Revision as of 11:47, December 4, 2012

PhD Forum briefing note: Geography and trade; Commerce and law

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This draft page is a briefing note for the planned PhD Forum online discussion of geography and trade, and commerce and law


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Commercial and legal

Commercial infrastructure and associated behaviours

Customs and excise
Materials handling
Thames docks and wharves
Thames lighters
Thames shipyards in 1650s
The Exchange in the City of London
Port trades
Ports


Commercial behaviour

Discipline
Injury and death
Maritime incompetence
Masquerade
Navigation
Privateering and piracy

Commercial economics

Seamens' wages
Seasonality
Ship economics


Law

Commercial law
High Court of Admiralty process
Merchants accounts

Geography and trade

Geographies of trade

Bound for Barbary
English coastal trading

Types of trade

Currants and raisins trade
Oranges and lemons trade
Slave trade
Slavery without redemption
Textile trade

Statehood of merchants

Dutch merchants in London and elsewhere
Jewish merchants
Portuguese merchants in London
Spanish merchants in London


Introduction



Commerce and business


HCA documents have considerable research potential for academics interested in establishing the nature of mid-C17th commercial infrastructure in London and on the Thames estuary, and in a range of European and North American ports.

The HCA 13 series is a good series from which to start such analysis, since it contains a fair number of cases involving shore based suppliers to ships, and cases which link specific ladings of commodities to specific wharves and keys.

Cases provide useful detail on neglected areas of historiography, including Thames docks and wharves, Thames shipyards, and local Thames river traffic involved in loading and unloading larger ships, and transporting goods by river and coastal waters over short distances. Using these data is likely to involve significant work of synthesis, and will require inspection of a broader selection of HCA documentation across years and HCA documentation types, and of totally different series and document types, such as records of involving Chancery, probate, hearth tax, merchant letters, and State papers.

Thames wharves and keys

HCA 13 and other HCA data can be combined with probate data for PRC wills and inventories for individuals identifed as wharfingers, warehousemen, and other trades linked to specific wharves and keys. HCA data can also be linked to A2A searches of county and municipal archives for court cases involving specific wharves and keys, and redevelopment plans and maps for named wharves and keys.

See: Thames docks and wharves

Thames shipyards

HCA 13/71 contains some data on Thames shipyards. See: Thames shipyards in 1650s

One case provides detail of John Pett's Deptford shipyard.[2] More generally there are a good number of depositions by shipwrights, though typically testifying to repairs on specific ships, or of travel on specific ships as crew members, rather than providing contextual detail on dock infrastructure.

It is possible that other volumes in the HCA 13 series will provide more detail on Thames shipyards.

One case in HCA 13/71 provides detail on ship building activity in Normandy. See: XXXX

Frequent mention is made in HCA 13/71 of the purchase by English merchants of foreign ships, frequently of Dutch origin, though typically without details of their building or the specific ship yard from whence they came. See: XXXX


Thames river traffic




  1. ↑ Electronic link to a digital source
  2. ↑ HCA 13/71 f.219r Case: Pett against the Ruth and Maurice Tompson and others; Deposition: 1. Edward Tompson of Shadwell in the County of Middlesex Mariner, aged 49 yeeres; Date: 10/05/1656

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