Difference between revisions of "MRP: March 1665/66, Letter from Michael Dunkin to Sir GO"

From MarineLives
Jump to: navigation, search
Line 11: Line 11:
 
==Abstract & context==
 
==Abstract & context==
  
−
Michael Dunkin was a former assistant treasurer of the English East India Company.<ref>'A Court of Committees, July 35, 1645' (''Court Book'', vol. xix, p. 311), in [http://www.archive.org/stream/calendarofcourtm03sainuoft#page/92/mode/2up Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of court minutes of the East India Company, 1644-1649 (Oxford, 1912), pp. 92-93]</ref>  He was made free of the Company on August 27th, 1647, "having served many years."<ref>'A Court of Committees, August 27, 1647' (''Court Book'', vol. xx, p. 142), in [http://www.archive.org/stream/calendarofcourtm03sainuoft#page/220/mode/2up Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of court minutes of the East India Company, 1644-1649 (Oxford, 1912), p. 220]</ref>
+
Michael Dunkin was a long serving officer of the English East India Company. In 1647 he was described in the Court Minutes as "assistant treasurer"<ref>'A Court of Committees, July 35, 1645' (''Court Book'', vol. xix, p. 311), in [http://www.archive.org/stream/calendarofcourtm03sainuoft#page/92/mode/2up Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of court minutes of the East India Company, 1644-1649 (Oxford, 1912), pp. 92-93]</ref>  Two years later, on August 27th, 1647, he was made free of the Company "having served many years."<ref>'A Court of Committees, August 27, 1647' (''Court Book'', vol. xx, p. 142), in [http://www.archive.org/stream/calendarofcourtm03sainuoft#page/220/mode/2up Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of court minutes of the East India Company, 1644-1649 (Oxford, 1912), p. 220]</ref> In 1659 he was described as "cash-keeper," on a salary of £150 per annum, ranking after the accountant-general, Jeremy Sambrooke; the writer of letters, Samuel Sambrooke; and the solicitor, James Acton.<ref>'A Court of Committees for the New General Stock, July 20, 1659 (''Court Book'', vol. xxiv, p. 201), in [http://www.archive.org/stream/calendarofcourtm00east#page/336/mode/2up Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of court minutes of the East India Company, 1645-1659 (Oxford, 1916), pp. 335-336]</ref>
 +
 
 +
 
  
  

Revision as of 17:31, January 6, 2012

March 1665/66, Letter from Michael Dunkin to Sir GO

BL, Add. MS. XX,XXX, f. 60

Editorial history

18/12/11, CSG: Page created




Abstract & context


Michael Dunkin was a long serving officer of the English East India Company. In 1647 he was described in the Court Minutes as "assistant treasurer"[1] Two years later, on August 27th, 1647, he was made free of the Company "having served many years."[2] In 1659 he was described as "cash-keeper," on a salary of £150 per annum, ranking after the accountant-general, Jeremy Sambrooke; the writer of letters, Samuel Sambrooke; and the solicitor, James Acton.[3]




Suggested links


To do


Transcription


This letter has not yet been transcribed

[BL, Add. MS. XX,XXX, f. 60]


Notes

English East India Company


"Officers for the Company's service are chosen as follows : Jeremy Sambrooke to be book-keeper or general accountant ; Adam Bowen, writer and ' register of letters ' to foreign parts, and keeper of the calico warehouse ; Valentine Markham, auditor ; John Blount, warehouse-keeper of indigo and cinnamon, etc. ; James Acton, solicitor ; Thomas Rilston, husband ; John Young, purser-general ; William Hurt, paymaster of the mariners ; Samuel Sambrooke, assistant to Bowen ; John Spiller, beadle and porter ; Michael Dunkin, assistant to the Treasurer ; Richard Swinglehurst, secretary and keeper of the Exchange cellar"[4]
  1. ↑ 'A Court of Committees, July 35, 1645' (Court Book, vol. xix, p. 311), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of court minutes of the East India Company, 1644-1649 (Oxford, 1912), pp. 92-93
  2. ↑ 'A Court of Committees, August 27, 1647' (Court Book, vol. xx, p. 142), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of court minutes of the East India Company, 1644-1649 (Oxford, 1912), p. 220
  3. ↑ 'A Court of Committees for the New General Stock, July 20, 1659 (Court Book, vol. xxiv, p. 201), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of court minutes of the East India Company, 1645-1659 (Oxford, 1916), pp. 335-336
  4. ↑ 'A Court of Committees, July 35, 1645' (Court Book, vol. xix, p. 311), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of court minutes of the East India Company, 1644-1649 (Oxford, 1912), pp. 92-93

Retrieved from ‘http://www.marinelives.org/index.php?title=MRP:_March_1665/66,_Letter_from_Michael_Dunkin_to_Sir_GO&oldid=16046’