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The Letters of William Freeman, London Merchant, 1678-1685.

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'Index', in The Letters of William Freeman, London Merchant, 1678-1685, (London, 2002) pp. 395-406. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-record-soc/vol36/pp395-406 [accessed 25 March 2024]

Index A - Z INDEX

This index covers persons, places and subjects, including those mentioned in the Introduction. All recipients of letters, and their domiciles, have been indexed; other people, places and things mentioned in the letters have been indexed if they occur more than casually. Individuals and topics that occur on almost every page – such as Freeman himself, Robert Helme, sugar, slaves, and certain islands – have not been indexed continuously, but critical aspects of their lives and business have been itemized in more detail. Individual plantations are seldom named; they are indexed where they do occur but will mostly be found as non-specific references under the entry, 'plantation'. The spellings of names have been standardized.

Index references are to page numbers.

A. Absenteeism, xxii, xxix–xxx, xl, xlv Absentees' children, care of, 189; plantations, productivity of, xxx n. 63, 321 accounts, xxxvii, 166, 339, 366, 367, 387 Act for Granting an Additional Duty (Poll Bill of 1677–1678), England, 168 Act of Extent, Antigua, 362 Act of Fraud, St. Kitts, 349, 362, 369 addressees, xlviii Admiralty, 316 Africa, vi, xxv, xxx agency, slave (Royal African Company), xviii–xx, xxx–xxxi, xl, 48, 23, 210, 245, 298 agent, Freeman as Stapleton's, xxi agents, behaviour of, 336, 337; problems with, xliii–xliv, 80 Alland —, ship's captain, 83 Henry, of Waterford, 25, 26, 30, 46, 50, 54, 55, 83, 119, 142, 163 Thomas, ship's captain, 80 Alland/Allen, Mr, of Nevis, 228 Allen, Obadiah, of Madeira, 53, 115, 177, 178, 201, 226, 324 Allers, Conrad, of Montserrat, 8 American Revolution, viii Anglo-French relations in Caribbean, 9 annuities, xxxvii, xlviii Antigua, xv, xviii–xix, xxiv, xxix, xliv–xlv, 7, 38, 39, 61, 96–97, 124, 129, 172, 177, 186, 193, 232, 236, 241, 393, 339; Governors of, 9, 131, 147; Parham Plantation, 96, 296 apprentice, xl–xli, 100, 125, 141, 151 Archer, —, ship's captain, 6 army/armies, 5, 6, 10, 16, 17, 19 arrears of pay, procurement of, xxiii, 334, 377, 378 arrears, procurement of Stapleton's, 9, 40, 74, 114, 136, 150, 179, 198, 203, 218, 219, 220, 254, 270, 271 Arthur, Daniel, 156 Ashley, John, ship's captain, 126 Askland (or Alland), —, ship's captain, 83 attorneys, 319 B. Baijer/Bayer, Col. Bastian, London resident and Antigua planter, xxv, 60, 61, 62, 71, 75, 76, 81, 286, 307 Baker, William, 186 Ball, Thomas, 130 Baltic States, ix, xxvi Banclinch, Thomas, 15 banking, xi, xxiii, 329 Barbados, 324; and see Skutt, Benjamin baronetcy granted to Gen. Wm. Stapleton, 135 Bartlett, Thomas, 99, 124, 126, 146, 188, 211, 226 Basildon, Berkshire, xxxv Basseterre, St. Kitts, xiii Bath Bay, Nevis, xv Bathurst, Sir Benjamin, 347 Bawden, John, merchant of London and planter of Barbados, xxvi, 23, 54, 122, 126, 131, 134, 146, 162, 176, 192, 195, 214, 256, 296, 301, 305, 307, 309, 312, 327 Baxter Elizabeth, wife of Captain Wm. Freeman, xvii, xxxvii John, of St. Kitts and Nevis, father-in-law of Wm. Freeman, xvii William, the Elder, merchant of Lisbon, xvii–xviii, xxviii, 2, 3, 25, 53, 77, 137 William, the Younger, merchant of London, xxvi, xvii, xix, xxii, xxvi, xxviii, xlvii, 3, 25, 108, 114, 120, 127, 129, 137, 139, 146, 151, 153, 164, 165, 171, 185, 187, 189, 192, 198, 206, 208, 214, 221, 230, 236, 242, 251, 256, 261–264, 279, 282–290, 292, 297, 300, 301, 302, 304–307, 309–310, 313, 316, 321, 330, 332, 341, 342, 345, 349, 351, 353, 354, 356, 358, 359, 361–363, 371, 372–373, 379, 383–384, 390–391, 393 Bedingfield John, Sr., Wm. Freeman's brother-in-law, 12, 14, 18, 19, 21, 84, 108, 166, 183, 239, 302 (death); Mrs (Sarah Freeman, Wm. Freeman's sister), 302 John, Jr., Wm. Freeman's nephew, 242, 244, 247, 252, 253, 264, 269, 279, 300, 310, 319, 341, 391 beef, xxviii, 16, 22, 25, 30, 46, 47, 50, 53, 55, 56, 63, 118, 119, 130, 131, 134, 160, 162, 163, 176, 184, 193, 196, 222, 253, 254, 292, 310, 313, 314, 315, 341 beer, xxix, 71, 83 Beere, John, ship's captain, 73 Belfast, Ireland, 118 Bennet, Robert, ship's captain, 61 Bentley, Captain, of Montserrat, 285 Berkshire, xxxv Berry, Sir John, Commissioner to Virginia, 58 Bertie, Charles, clerk in the Lord Treasurer's Office, 28 Berwick, William, xliii–xliv, 239, 240, 242, 244, 246, 247, 252, 253, 264, 269, 276–280, 282, 291–3, 294, 300, 307, 309, 313–314, 336, 339, 345, 353, 362, 374 Bethia, Mrs, of London, daughter of Henry Carpenter, 190 Billop, Charles, ship's captain, 176, 178, 295, 304, 308, 316, 328 bills of exchange, xix, xli, 115, 136 Blathwayt, William, 41, 184, 295, 304, 379 Blenac, de, Governor-General of France's Eastern Caribbean islands, 7 Bodkin's Plantation, Montserrat, 206 bond, xviii–xix, xlvi, 150, 199, 298, 318 borrowing, xxiii, xxxix, xlvi, 275, 276 Bothwell Bridge, Battle of, 97 bottles, 175 Bowen, Huw, xi Bowers, William, ship's captain, 79 Bradshaw, (Sir) Cornwall, 8, 28, 41, 113, 114, 151, 377 Bramley, John, xvi–xvii, xxix–xxx, xlii–xliv, xlv, 12, 17, 18, 21, 24, 33, 57, 94, 109, 110, 128, 130, 131, 133, 135, 144, 147, 159, 162, 167, 168, 173–175, 180, 186, 199, 200, 201, 205, 211, 214, 215, 223, 228, 231, 233, 237, 239, 240, 244–247, 253, 254, 264, 265, 268, 269, 277–279, 283, 286–294, 306, 307, 309–315, 318, 328, 332, 335, 342, 344–347, 345–347, 350, 351, 353, 354, 362, 375, 382 brandy, xxviii–xxix, 29, 30, 31, 32, 44, 85, 89, 90, 103, 107, 111–113, 149, 157, 168–173, 183, 213, 214, 222, 243, 262, 263, 282 Brewer, John, xi Bridenbaugh, Carl and Roberta, xlviii Bridge, Sir Tobias, 9, 19, 93, 148 Brindly, Mr, of New England, 227 Bristol, Somerset, 310 Brown, Mr, 195 Browne, Thomas, ship's captain, 152, 154, 199, 203, 204 Bruck, Mathias ten, of Amsterdam, 360 Buckinghamshire, xxxiii–xxxiv, xxxvii, 338 Buckley, Alderman, 156 Burkin, Mr, of Madeira, 226 Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, xiii Bush, James, Antigua planter and London merchant, 62 Butler, Captain, 74 butter, 46, 55, 196, 222, 254, 292, 313, 314, 341 Buttle, Mr, estate of, 296 C. Cadmore, Samuel, of Waterford, 152, 163 Calhoun John, 11 William, xlii, 5, 19, 38, 39, 66, 82 Canary wine see under wine candles, 46, 55, 222, 253, 254, 292, 313, 314, 341 Cann, Sir Robert, of Bristol, 191 canvas, 216 capital, xlii capitalization, xlviii captains see ships' captains Caribbean, vii, ix–x Carpenter, Henry, xviii–xix, xxx, xxxiii, xxxi, 5, 6, 23, 33, 48, 51, 53, 59, 69, 73, 98, 99, 106, 108, 121–126, 132, 145, 146, 150–55, 162, 166, 168, 184–189, 195, 200, 204, 210–212, 226, 229, 247, 253, 255, 298, 321–323, 331, 338, 339, 355, 356; Bethia, Mrs, of London, his daughter, 190 Cary John, merchant of Bristol, 28, 86, 102, 158, 183, 254, 313 Richard, 9, 44 casks, xxix, 14, 26, 89, 92, 132, 141, 146, 209, 215, 242, 268, 277, 278, 330, 331, 392 Catholicism, xi Centre Hills, Montserrat, xvi chairs, 243 Chambré, Aune de, xv, xxix Charles I, xxxiv Charles II, xxxii, 124, 308, 392 (death) charter party, 194, 196 cheese, 196 Chester, 1, 9, 106, 126–128, 131, 163, 256, 280, 318 Chiffinch, Thomas, 27 children, care for absentees', 189 Church, George, 184 Church of England, xxxii Clarendon, Henry Hyde, 2nd earl of, 295 Clark, Thomas, ship's captain, 262, 304 Clayton, William, ship's captain, xxviii, xxix, 29, 31, 44, 85, 88, 103, 106, 107, 111–114, 122, 131, 135, 154, 164, 166, 168, 169, 171, 183, 191, 197, 198, 210, 214, 216, 227, 237–41, 243, 246, 256, 263, 273, 279, 292, 302, 306, 307, 309, 313, 315, 319, 340, 349, 350, 381, 381, 393 Cleveland John, 342 Richard, of Liverpool, 85, 104, 105, 126, 129, 256 clients' crops, handling of, xlii cloth, xxviii, 2, 3, 47, 51, 79, 89–92, 103, 107, 118 Clure, Gebedee, 221 cockets, xxix, 169, 172 Code/Coode, William, of London, xlviii, 189 coffeehouse, 124 Coke, Edward, 284, 291, 319 Coleman, Edmund, 48 Colley, Linda, xi Collier, Charles, of Tangiers, 30 colonial origins and acquaintances, xliv–xlv Coltby Mary (Helme), xxi Thomas, xxi Combes James, 257 John, of Nevis, 114 Commercial Revolution, viii, ix commingling of personal and professional, xliv–xlv Commission for the Resettling of St. Kitts, xvi, xxi commission merchandising, vii, viii n. 3, xxi–xxiii, xxii, xxiii, xxv, xxvi, xxvii, xxviii, xxxiii, xxxvii–xlvii, 76, 296, 297 commission, 67, 198, 209, 330, 341 Commissions of the Peace for Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, xxxii Company of Foot, St. Kitts, xv comprehensive services, xlvii Compton, John, ship's captain, of Liverpool, 193, 196, 224 Cone, Mr, of Montserrat, 217, 346 conflict of interest, xxxix–xli Conscientia, Antonio Soarez, merchant of Lisbon, 2, 3, 79, 116, 117 consignments, 11, 100, 273 consignors, xxvi–xxvii Cooke, John, xxxvii Cooper Captain, of London, 190 Mr, 188 John, 6 coopers, 225, 339 Cope, Captain, 190 Copp, Mr, 185 copy-book, vii, xlviii–xlix Cork, Ireland, 126, 163, 225 corporations, x Corporation of London, 327, 328 correspondents, xxvi, xxvii (Table 1), xlix, 76 (proper behaviour), 231 Cottar —, ship's captain, 9 Captain James, Irishman, formerly of St. Kitt's, later Governor of Montserrat, 11, 16, 29, 49, 94, 139, 148, 235, 236, 246, 255, 264, 271, 272, 285, 290, 304, 307, 334, 347, 348; Mrs James, 246 counting-house, xxi country houses, xxxiii–xxxvii Coventry Henry, Secretary of State, 10 Thomas, xxxiv–xxxv Cowes, Isle of Wight, 46 credit, xxxix Crisp/e —, ship's captain, 37, 38, 61, 72, 81 John, 85, 95, 96 Captain Joseph, of St. Kitts, 28, 41, 67, 69, 150, 155, 156, 184, 238, 255, 349, 368, 381 Thomas, xviii Cromwell, Oliver, viii Croscombe, —, ship's captain, 37 Culpeper, Lord, xxxiii Curaçao, 360 currency exchange, Portuguese milreis/ English pounds, 3, 15, 52, 55, 78, 79, 315 currency signs, xlviii Curtius, Otto, of Montserrat, 18, 22, 83, 84, 110 customs, liquor, in Leeward Islands, 186 D. Danby, Thomas Osborne earl of, Lord Treasurer, xxiv, 28, 40 Danoes, Mr, 256 Danvers, Daniel, of Liverpool, 42, 69, 70, 85, 91, 104–6, 126, 129, 142 Dartmouth, George Legge earl of, 84 dates, style of, xlviii Davies, K.G., xxv–xxvi, xxxviii, xlvii–xlviii Davis, Ralph, ix de la Pateri, Chevalier, 137 Deane —, ship's captain, 101, 114 Stephen, of Galway, 15, 22 Thomas, of Madeira, 86, 116, 226 debts, xxxix, xli, 135, 185, 303, 351, 352, 371; recovery of, 274, 314, 328, 329, 345, 363, 370, 373, 390 demurrage, 68, 127, 137 Dendy, Edward, of Antigua, xxxii, 108, 146, 169, 177, 193, 195, 227, 232, 236, 241, 243, 258, 308 Dewitt, Margaret, xxi Dickson, P.G.M., ix distance, transportation challenges arising from, xlii Dixon, Mr, brother-in-law of Col. Abednego Mathew, 4, 165; Mrs, sister of Abednego Mathew, 37 Doe, Mr, 95 Dorset, estate in, a possibility for Robt. Helme, 28, 381 Downing, Sir George, xxv drought, 274 dry goods, xxix–xxx, 63, 88, 89, 99–102, 107, 111, 112, 168–172, 191, 243, 258, 273; retail trade in Leeward Islands in, 63, 101, 102, 146, 149 Dublin, Ireland, 50 duel, xxxii Duck, Thomas, 213, 228 Duncker, John, 115, 360 Dunscomb, Alderman, 30 Duport, Abraham, of St. Martin's, France, xxviii, 10, 32 Duras, Louis de, 2nd earl of Feversham, Baron Duras of Holdenby, viii, 304, 308 Durrell, John, ship's captain, 250, 304, 305 Dutch, 327 E. East India Company, x, 275, 328 Edwards, Philip, 277, 298, 309, 313, 314, 327, 333, 349, 350, 353, 357, 358, 363, 381, 383, 390, 393 Egerton, John, 2nd earl of Bridgewater, xxxii Eines, Mr, 213 elites, xi Elliott —, ship's captain, 108 John, 165 Elote, Monsieur, viii Eltis, David, xxx employees, difficulties with, xli–xlii England, viii–ix, xxix, xxxi, xl English Civil War, xxvii entrepreneurship, 77 Enys, Thomas, 380 Epsom, Surrey, xxxii Estcourt, Sir Thomas, 380 Estes, John, ship's captain, 93, 99, 131, 139, 145, 149, 160, 184, 194, 322, 324, 327 Etherick, Anthony, 318, 381 Evans, Mr, 2 exchange, Irish, 270 Exchequer, xxiii, xxiv expert testimony, 192 F. Factor, 185 (duties), 187, 193, 218–222, 338 (problems), 392 (instructions to) Factors, Royal African Company, xviii–xix Fawley Court, Bucks, viii, xxxiii, xxxiv, xxxv, xxxvi, xxxvii, 368, 391 Fawley Parish, xxxiii–xxxviii Fenchurch Street, London, xxii Feversham, Louis de Duras, 2nd earl of, Baron Duras of Holdenby, viii, 304, 308 Financial Revolution, ix, x financing, xxxviii, xl Fleet, John, merchant of London, xlii, 2, 3, 4, 13, 86, 91, 104–106, 129, 227, 384 Fox, William, 13, 21, 24, 33, 35, 40, 47, 50, 57, 84, 94, 110, 130–132, 135, 145, 147, 167, 179, 203, 205, 240–242, 252–253, 278, 285, 288, 290, 315, 316, 333, 346, 347, 353, 382 Fraine, Mrs, 200 France, vii, xxvi, 64, 82, 235, 265 freight, xxxviii Freeman Henry, brother of the letter-writer, vii, xxix, xx, 95, 96, 101, 102, 152, 171, 180, 201, 336, 357, 365, 390, 392 Ralph, xiv Thomas, xiv William, the Haberdasher, xiv Captain William, the letter-writer, vii–xlix passim, but see esp. xiv (first appearance), xvi–xvii (Montserrat plantation), xvii (marriage), xviii, xix, xxix (St. Kitts plantation), xxxi–xxxvii (retirement), xxxii, xxxvii (death), 40 (house for), 126 (wanting to withdraw from trade), 130 (house in English countryside), 137 (moving out of the City), 227 (purchase of an estate), 239, 365 (partnership with Robt. Helme), 368 (retirement), 376 (handling of Stapleton's accounts) Col. William, the St. Kitts settler, father of the letter-writer, xii–xiv, xxix (1666 inventory of estate in Leeward Islands), xiv (children of), xiv (dispossession of his St. Kitts estate), xiv (sojourn in Jamaica, 1666–1669) Freeman, Helme & Carpenter, 23 Freeman's Beach, xvi–xvii Freeman's River, xvi freight, xxvi, 1, 2, 6, 39, 42, 43, 48, 62, 66, 67, 80, 109, 123, 124, 141, 143, 146, 166, 167, 186, 193, 196, 197, 234, 242, 244, 275, 277, 298, 300, 301, 304, 319, 374, 383, 384 French, Mr, 175 friends, preference given to, xxiv, xliv–xlv, 387 G. Galway, Ireland, 15, 16, 22, 26 Gamiell, Col., of St. Kitts, 134 Gamma, Mathew de, of Madeira, 2, 3, 51, 52, 77, 78, 87, 116, 236 gentility, seventeenth-century definition of, xxxvii gentleman, marks of a, xxxvi–xxxvii Gibbons, Grinling, xxvi Gibson, Walter, of Glasgow, 117, 118 ginger, 14, 57, 71 Glasgow, xlii Glorious Revolution of 1688, viii, x, xxxvi gloves, xxviii Godfrey, Sir Edmund Berry, 41, 64 goldsmiths, x, 1, 150, 327–329 goods, see under individual commodities; sale of in Nevis store, 181–183, 185, 187, 192–194, 197, 209, 214, 215, 261–63, 269–270, 273–274, 281, 292, 303, 314–315, 321, 326–327, 329, 336–337, 348–349, 352, 356, 358, 363, 373, 381, 387, 391; shipment of to Leeward Islands, 392; see also dry goods Gordon, Lott, ship's captain, 82 Gorges, Captain Ferdinando, of London, xix, xlvii, 377 Goudouin, Lordship of, St. Kitts, xiii, xiv, xxix–xxx Goudouin River, St. Kitts, xiii Gould/Gold, —, ship's captain, 276, 311 government advising, xxiv Governor's (formerly Mountain) Plantation, Nevis, xxi Grant, Mr, 264 Granteberriae, Piers, 15, 16 Grassby, Richard, xlviii Greatbach, Lieut. Daniel, xxiii, 218 Grey's Court, Oxfordshire, xxxv Griffith, Thomas, 28 H. Haddock Joseph, ship's captain, 29 Sir Richard, 9, 40, 75–76, 81, 109, 132, 150, 316 Richard, ship's captain, 2, 3, 9, 75, 109 Halifax, earl of, 308 hardware, 315 Hare, Arthur, ship's captain, 9, 19, 27, 48, 59, 62, 63, 73, 97, 131, 146, 155, 185, 191 hats, xxviii, 77 Hay, James, earl of Carlisle, xii–xiii Hayes, Claude, 115 Haynes, John, ship's captain, 383 Hazelwood, —, ship's captain, 228, 230, 231, 237, 239, 243, 264, 265 Hearne Jemima, wife of Wm. Baxter the Younger, of London, 59 William, brother-in-law of Wm. Baxter of London, 25, 124–125, 140, 191, 253, 260, 322, 325–326, 349–353, 357, 371, 381, 387, 391, 393 hearth duty, 64 Heathcote family, xxvi Helme —, ship's captain, 132, 264, 369, 370 Mr, 6 Christiana Frances, Mrs Philip Brome, younger sister of Wm. and Robt. Helme, 186 Percy, 9 Robert, brother-in-law and partner of Wm. Freeman the letter writer, xviii–xx, xxiii, xxviii–xxxiii, xlviii, 10, 19, 20, 22, 29–30, 43–4, 50–51, 58, 63, 67, 69, 71, 73, 74, 77, 82, 85, 87, 98, 99, 101, 106, 108, 109, 111–114, 119–124, 126–128, 131–132, 134, 136, 139, 140, 145, 154, 166, 168, 180, 184–185, 192, 197, 200–208, 211, 216–219, 223–238, 241, 247, 251–255, 257–258, 260–264, 270, 274–276, 279, 292, 295–299, 303–306, 308, 313–314, 317, 321–327, 333, 336, 339, 342–345, 348–359, 362, 365, 368, 370–375, 380–381, 383–386, 390–393; Mrs (Sarah Baxter, sister of Mrs Wm. Freeman), xxxiii, 365, 370 Robert, of Dublin, 107 William, brother of Robt. Helme, xx–xxi, xxx, 14, 40, 46, 47, 54, 62, 72, 77, 79–80, 94, 99–100, 112, 119, 123, 126–127, 130–131, 134–136, 139, 141, 146, 149, 151, 153–156, 162, 164, 168, 172–181, 184–187, 191, 193, 195, 197–198, 207–208, 228, 241, 251, 253–254, 258, 269–270, 276, 298, 302, 314, 349, 363–364, 375; Mrs (Mary Coltby), xxi Henley, Oxfordshire, xxxiii, xxxv–xxxvi Henthorne, Anthony, sugar baker of Chester, vii, 1, 65, 85, 91, 104–106, 126–128, 142, 176, 193, 196, 214, 227, 256, 280, 318–321, 350 Hepburn, —, ship's captain, 298, 311 hides, 114 Hill Madame, of Madeira, 78 Edmund, 335 Rowland, of Madeira, 52, 78 Captain Thomas, Deputy Governor of St. Kitts, 274, 306, 316, 321, 335–338, 342, 352, 359, 368 Hodges, Captain, of Montserrat, 285, 346 Holmes, Sir Robert, 304 hoops, vii, 46, 59, 77, 172, 251, 268, 298, 304, 314, 353 horses, 120, 122, 123, 126, 127, 134, 160, 356 Hufflum, John, xxiv Hull, Randall, of Cork, 122, 127, 131, 163 Hurd, James, sugar broker of Plymouth, 38, 61 hurricane, 75, 252, 255, 274–275, 277, 290, 295 Hutchinson, Robert, ship's captain, 191, 197, 198, 213 Hyde, Lawrence, Treasury Commissioner, 10 I. Imports, xxx inclusion of specific letters, xlix India, ix, xi indigo, xxv, 4, 11, 13, 14, 29, 57, 392 information, xxxviii insurance, xxxviii, 2, 6, 43, 124, 142, 145, 161–162, 181, 197, 202, 228, 231, 254, 275, 313, 350, 383 Institute of Jamaica, Kingston, xlviii interest, 19, 28, 167 interlopers, 121, 132, 134, 203, 225, 264, 295, 302, 328 Invasion of St. Kitts (1666), by the French, xv, xxix, xxi Ireland, vii, xi, xiv, 12, 69, 130, 134, 160, 202–203, 310 Island Agent, for St. Kitts, 134 island governments (Leeward Islands), xlvii J. Jacob, Abraham, 236 Jacobson, Lucas, of Nevis, 115, 360 James, Duke of York (later James II), ix, xxxii ; James II, opinion of, 392 Jeaffreson Christopher, of St. Kitts, vii, xi, xl, 134 John, xlii Jenson River, St. Kitts, xiii Jenyns, James, ship's captain, of Nevis, 388 joint stock companies, x Johnson, Sir Nathaniel, 368, 382 Jones Inigo, xxxv Sir William, 265, 283, 288 K. Keck, Lawrence, 10, 11 Kirton, Henry, of Madeira, 86, 116, 226 Knight Sir John, 19, 368, 382 Capt. John, 243, 254 John, Jr., 19 L. Lambert, Mr, 27 land, 335 Langley, Thomas, xxxiv–xxxv La Rochelle, France, xxviii Lauderdale, John Maitland duke of, 117 Lawrence, Giles, ship's captain, 6, 7, 11, 14, 16, 18, 19, 22, 25, 40, 43, 63, 68, 69, 71, 83, 85, 102, 132, 300 laws, colonial, xxiv–xxv lead, 104 Lee Lieut., 215 Nicholas, of Nantes, xxviii, 89–92, 107, 112, 115, 157, 170–175 Leeward Islands, vi, xii, xviii–xix, xxii–xxvii, xxix, xxxvii, xli, xliv–xlv; inventory of estate in, xiv; liquor customs in, 186; retail trade in dry goods in, 63, 101, 102, 146, 149; shipment of goods to, 392; Treaty concerning, reception in Paris, 85, 96 legal proceedings in Montserrat, xliii–xliv, 303, 311–312, 342, 374–379 Legay, Isaac, vii, 1, 162 Legge, Col., 316 lending, xxix, xxiii, xlvi, 271, 275–276, 335, 359, 390 letter writing, xxxvi–xxxvii, xlviii Levant, ix, xxvi Levant Company, xi Liddell, George, xx, xxx, xlvii, 8, 13, 17, 33, 36–37, 108, 120, 166, 206–208, 217, 230–233, 239, 242, 253, 263, 291–292, 297, 299, 302, 310, 313–315, 319, 322, 324, 331, 333, 340, 346, 350–354, 360, 374, 382–383, 391 linens, 25 Lipscomb, George, xxxiv–xxxv Lisbon, Portugal, 2–4, 137 Lister, Richard, ship's captain, 45, 46, 47, 53, 55, 63, 64, 108, 109, 114, 165, 257 Little, Joseph, of Montserrat, brother-in-law of Wm. Baxter of London, 390 Littleton, Adam, 202 Liverpool, vii, 11–12, 40, 42–43, 65, 67, 69, 85, 91, 104–105, 143; refiners at, 43, 68, 123 Lloyd Sir Philip, 49 Sir Richard, Counsellor at Law, London, 60, 81 loans, x, xlvi London, 334, 393; employment prospects in, 133; Wm. Freeman's life in, xxi ff. London, Freedom of the City of, 179, 189 London, places in: Crosby Square, off Bishopsgate Street, xxi; Lombard Street, 328; Took's Court, off Castle Yard, xxi Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, xxiv Love, Robert, ship's captain, 223 Loveday, Joseph, 390 lumber, 175, 391 Lynch, Thomas, 15–16, 22, 25–26 M. Mackenzie, Edward, xxxiv–xxxv Madeira (island of), vii, xxvi, 2, 3, 15, 45, 51–53, 63, 69, 73–79, 86–87, 100, 102, 115–117, 153, 156, 201–202, 206–207, 225, 234, 236, 250–251, 309, 314–315, 324–327 Madeira wine see under wine Mago, Lewis, 29 Mahox, Mr, 29 mangoes, xxv Maples, —, ship's captain, 369 Marien Fathers, xxxiv–xxxv Marsh, Lady Anne Russell Warner, aunt of Gen. Wm. Stapleton (formerly wife of Sir Thomas Warner), 27 Martine, Richard, ship's captain, 2 Martyn, William, 162–163 Mathew Col. Abednego, Deputy Governor of St. Kitts, xlii, xlvi, 4, 37, 71, 74, 88, 93, 114, 133, 136, 148, 155, 165, 189, 221 Charles, son of Col. Abednego, 221, 226, 229, 334, 347, 388 Meashek, 37 William, 221 Matson, Matthew, of Madeira, 309, 315, 324 Maynard, Sir John, kt., King's Sergeant, 284 Meade, Captain Nicholas, of Montserrat, 4, 7, 58, 83, 106 Meagher, Daniel, Montserrat planter, 10 medicine, 202 mercantilism, English, viii merchants, commission, general and London, vii middleman, 82, 91, 129 Miller, William, ship's captain, 83 Milward George, xxix Rev. John, Wm. Freeman's brother-in-law, xxiv, xxix, 389 ministers, xxii, xxiv molasses, 143, 180 money, 132, 149, 150, 180, 218, 310, 313, 393 Monmouth, James Scott duke of, 93, 97, 124, 137 Monmouth's Rebellion, 97, 117, 124 Montserrat, Governors of see Cottar, Captain James; Powell, Captain/Col; Stapleton, Gen. Sir William Montravers (formerly Proctor's) Plantation, Nevis, xxi Montserrat, xv–xvi, xix, xxiii–xxiv, xxix–xxx, xxxvii, xlii–xlv, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 16, 18, 21, 27, 33, 35, 40, 48, 57, 60, 64, 72, 75, 81, 83, 84, 88, 94, 96, 98, 108, 109, 112–113, 114, 130, 132, 135, 144, 147, 149, 155, 157, 159, 162, 166, 167, 176, 178, 179, 180, 184, 186, 199, 202, 203, 205, 206, 211, 215, 218, 223, 230–231, 234, 237, 239, 240, 244, 246, 247, 252, 253, 254, 263, 264, 265, 270, 272, 276, 282, 286, 290, 292, 295, 299, 301, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 316, 318, 328, 331, 332, 333, 339, 340, 344, 345, 347, 350, 353, 360, 362, 374, 375, 379, 382; legal proceedings in, 303, 311–312, 342, 374–379; Bodkin's Plantation, 206 ; Freeman's Montserrat Plantation, xvi–xvii, 45, 57, 73, 84, 94, 104, 130, 181–183, 231, 233, 237, 266, 294, 311–312, 331, 332, 345–347 (division of); Waterworks Plantation, xvi Moore, Madame, of St. Martin's, France, 30, 32 Morgan, Mr, 186 mortgage, 28, 150 Mortimer, John, of London, 86, 217, 383, 393 Morton, Sir Francis, 93, 393 Mount Misery, St. Kitts, xiii Mountain Plantation, xx–xxi, xxix–xxx Mourlix, France, 89 mules, 160 N. Nantes, France, xxviii–xxix, 90–92, 107, 112, 115, 157, 170–175 Nantes River, xvi Nash, —, ship's captain, 16 nationalism, xi Navigation Acts, viii, ix & n. 5, xv, xxix Nethway, Col., of London, 335, 369 Nevis, vii, xiv–xx, xxiii–xxiv, xxxi, xxxiii, xlii, 5, 6, 8, 10, 14, 20, 22, 29, 40, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50, 58, 59, 62, 63, 67, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 80, 82, 85, 87, 98, 99, 100, 101, 106, 108, 109, 111, 115, 119, 120, 121, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 131, 132, 134, 139, 145, 146, 151, 153, 156, 164, 166, 168, 181, 183, 184, 185, 187, 189, 190, 191, 193, 195, 196, 200, 204, 207, 208, 210, 212, 213, 221, 224, 225, 229, 231, 241, 247, 251, 252, 253, 258, 263, 269, 274, 296, 304, 308, 313, 314, 321, 323, 325, 326, 330, 333, 338, 342, 351, 355, 358, 362, 363, 364, 365, 370, 371, 372, 374, 375, 380, 383, 384, 390, 392, 393; Freeman's plantation, sale of his share, 384; Morton's Bay, 190, 208; Proctor's Plantation, 24, 44–45, 58–59, 186, 207, 270 Nevis store, 62, 63, 73, 119, 139, 140, 308; sale of goods in 181–183, 185, 187, 192–194, 197, 209, 214, 215, 261–63, 269–270, 273–274, 281, 292, 303, 314–315, 321, 326–327, 329, 336–337, 348–349, 352, 356, 358, 363, 373, 381, 387, 391 New Calabar, slaves from, 99 New England, xxv, 88, 100, 112, 154, 168, 170, 174, 224, 227–228, 356–357 New York, 175 Newland, Benjamin, London merchant, Vintry Alderman, Royal African Company Assistant, 190 Newmarket, Cambs., 264 news, 327 Nicholas, —, ship's captain, 348, 351, 357 Nicholls, Mr, cousin of Henry Carpenter, of London, 190 Nijmegen, Treaties of (1678–1679), 235 Norrishe's River, Montserrat, xvi North America, ix–x North, Francis, ship's captain, 19, 22, 27 Northley, Robert, of Lisbon, 315 Norway, 126 Nugent, Thomas, 26, 29 O. Old Road Town, St. Kitts, xiii, xvi Olveston Plantation, Montserrat, xvi Orchard, William, ship's captain, 251 Ormonde, James Butler, 1st duke of, 147 Osborne, Col. Roger, 7 Oxfordshire, xxxiv–xxxv P. Packing, correct, 26 paper, xxviii, 97, 107 Paris, xxix, 95 Parker, Abraham, ship's captain, 380, 382 Parliament, 39, 61, 64, 72, 74, 76, 82, 88, 93, 94, 124, 168, 179, 272, 328, 392 Parr, Dr. Richard, Vicar of Camberwell, 27 Parsons, Edward, 228, 380 partners, problems with, 85 partnership, 209 Pattison, George, ship's captain, 2, 3, 18, 19, 21, 23 pay, arrears of soldiers', xxii–xxiv, xlvi; arrears of Stapleton's, xxii–xxiv, xlvi Pemberton, Sir Francis, C.J., 265, 283 Pembroke, Lord, xxxiii peopling, xl Pepys, Samuel, 41, 84 Perry, John, 184 Phillips, Mr, 156 Phipps, James, 223 Pickford, Richard, of Madeira, 51, 53, 76, 78, 87, 115, 118, 153, 177–178, 201, 207, 225, 226, 234, 250, 309, 315, 324 pieces of eight, 132, 150, 180, 218, 313, 393 pimentos, xxv Pinney, John, of Nevis, vii plantation: building on, xvi, xvii, xx–xxi, xl; management of, xvi, xxx, xl, xlii–xliii; slaves for, xvi, xl; profits from, xiv–xv planters, behaviour of, 303 planting, xvi, xvii, xviii, xix, xx, xxix, xli, xlii Plat, Mr, 368 Plummer, Francis, ship's captain, 313 Pogson, Captain John, of St. Kitts, son-in-law of Wm. Freeman's brother-in-law John Bedingfield, Sr., xxix, 81, 155, 198, 336 Polegreen, Humphrey, ship's captain, 113 political affiliation, x, xxxii Popish Plot, 39, 41, 44–45, 49, 58, 61, 72 pork, 162, 163, 222, 253, 254, 292, 310, 313, 314, 341 port charges, 127 Port wine see under wine Porter, Nicholas, 15 Portugal, vi, xxvi Powell, Captain/Col., Governor of Montserrat, 265, 278, 301, 334, 362 prices, sugar, xxxviii primage, 1 principal/agent problem, xxxviii–xliii, xlvii Privy Seal, xxiii, 49, 308 Proctor, John, 186 Proctor's Plantation, Nevis, xx–xxi, xxix–xxx Pruett, John, of Nevis, 23, 126–127, 192, 195, 214 punctuation, xlviii Pym, Philip, 335, 368 R. Radcliffe, Alexander, 202 Randall, Robert, ship's captain, 262 Rason, —, ship's captain, 6 Ravens, —, ship's captain, 234 Reade, Captain, of Montserrat, 285, 346 recommendations, 310 relatives, xliv–xlv; preference given to, xxiv, 326, 353, 387 religion, xxxii residence, xxi, xxii retirement, xxxi revenue, government, xi Reymes, Mrs, 393 risk, xx, xxxix Rivett, James, ship's captain, 8, 10, 12, 15, 25, 52, 66, 67, 71, 74, 82, 102, 105, 116, 118, 127, 128, 133, 164, 167, 201, 353 Robinson Daniel, ship's captain, 98, 99, 386 William, 162 Roche, Maurice, 15 Roman Catholicism, 49, 83, 363 Rowland, Mr, a servant sent to Wm. Stapleton, 62, 97 Royal African Company, xvii–xix, xxii, xxx, xxxii–xxxiii, xxxvii, xxxix, xl, xlvi, 5, 6, 11, 23, 33, 45, 67–68, 73, 75, 99, 106, 121, 145, 150, 158, 179, 187–188, 190, 200, 203, 207, 210–213, 229–232, 243, 253, 259, 259, 295, 296, 298, 321, 327–328, 339; see also Newland, Benjamin; Skutt, Benjamin rum, 180 Runaway Ghaut, Montserrat, xvi Russell Col., Deputy Governor of Antigua, 9, 147 Mr, 29 Mrs, mother of the deceased Antigua governor Col. Russell, 131 Sir James, Kt., Deputy Governor of Nevis, 6, 60–61, 74–75, 81, 159, 232, 335, 368 Randall, 27, 271 Russia, xvi S. Saba, ix St. Christopher see St. Kitts St. Eustatius, xxiv, 360 St. John, Rowland, Antigua planter, 62 St. Kitts (St. Christopher), vii, xii–xx, xxiii–xxiv, xxx–xxxi, xxxiii, xxxvii, xl, xlv, 4, 5, 19, 37, 38, 39, 66, 74, 82, 93, 114, 133, 149, 162, 165, 169, 189, 221, 223, 229, 238, 246, 257, 259, 262, 274, 280, 306, 326, 329, 335, 348, 357, 359, 368, 369, 370, 373, 381, 384, 387, 390, 391; Commission for the Resettling of St. Kitts, xvi; Freeman's plantation, 335; invasion by the French (1666), xxix; Island Agent for, 134; militias, xxiii, 133, 136, 148, 155; Morton/Reymes Plantation, 393, 394 St Kitts, Governors of see Hill, Capt. Thomas; Mathew, Col. Abednego; Treasurer and Councillor of see Vickers, John St. Malo, France, 91 St. Martin's, France, 30, 32, 89 sales, xxxviii, xxxix salt, xxviii Sankee, George, ship's captain, 180, 181, 184, 187, 189 Saunders, Edmund, King's Sergeant, 284, 288 Scotland, vii, xxvi, xl seal of office, Stapleton's, 19, 28, 41 Seay, Richard, of Waterford, 53, 54, 194, 196, 253–254, 267, 292, 313, 315, 341, 393 secrecy, 87 Sessions of Oyer and Terminer, xxxii servants, xl–xli, 151, 154, 163, 217, 224, 228, 234, 238, 243, 267, 278, 297, 306, 312; procurement of for plantations, 19, 38, 102, 117, 120 Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of, 84 Shaler, Captain, of St. Kitts, 155 sheathing, 132 shipping, xxv–xxvi, xxx, xxxviii–xlv, 1, 6, 42, 104, 169; charges, 171, 373; costs, 373 ships see vessels ships' captains: Alland, Thomas, 80; Archer, 6; Ashley, John, 126; Askland (or Alland), 83; Beere, John, 73; Bennet, Robert, 61; Billop, Charles, 176, 178, 295, 304, 308, 316, 328; Bowers, William, 79; Browne, Thomas, 152, 154, 199, 203, 204; Clark, Thomas, 262, 304; Clayton, William, xxviii, xxix, 29, 31, 44, 85, 88, 103, 106, 107, 111–114, 122, 131, 135, 154, 164, 166, 168, 169, 171, 183, 191, 197, 198, 210, 214, 216; 227, 237–41, 243, 246, 256, 263, 273, 279, 292, 302, 306, 307, 309, 313, 315, 319, 340, 349, 350, 381, 381, 393; Compton, John, of Liverpool, 193–194, 196, 224; Cottar, 9; Crisp, 37, 38, 61, 72, 81; Croscombe, 37; Deane, 101, 114; Durrell, John, 250, 304, 305; Elliott, 108; Estes, John, 93, 99, 131, 139, 145, 149, 160, 184, 194, 322–324, 327; Gordon, Lott, 82; Gould/Gold, 276, 311; Haddock, Joseph, 29; Haddock, Richard, 2, 3, 9, 75, 109; Hare, Arthur, 9, 19, 27, 48, 59, 62, 63, 73, 97, 131, 146, 155, 185, 191; Haynes, John, 383; Hazelwood, 228, 230, 231, 237, 239, 243, 264, 265; Helme, William, 132, 254, 264, 369, 370; Hepburn, 298, 311; Hutchinson, Robert, 191, 197, 198, 213; Jenyns, James, of Nevis, 388; Lawrence, Giles, 6, 7, 11, 14, 16, 18, 19, 22, 25, 40, 43, 63, 68, 69, 71, 83, 85, 102, 132, 300; Lister, Richard, 45–47, 53, 55, 63, 64, 108, 109, 114, 165, 257; Love, Robert, 223; Maples, 369; Martine, Richard, 2; Miller, William, 83; Morecock, William, xxi; Nash, 16; Nicholas, 348, 351, 357; North, Francis, 19, 22, 27; Orchard, William, 251; Parker, Abraham, 380, 382; Pattison, George, 2, 3, 18, 19, 21, 23; Plummer, Francis, 313; Polegreen, Humphrey, 113; Randall, Robert, 262; Rason, 6; Ravens, 234; Rivett, James, 8, 10, 12, 15, 25, 52, 66, 67, 71, 74, 82, 102, 105, 116–118, 127, 128, 133, 164, 167, 201, 353; Robinson, Daniel, 98–99, 116–118, 386; Sankee, George, 180, 181, 184, 187, 189; Symons/Simons, 129, 137; Terry, Abraham, 5, 25, 40, 43, 47, 50–53, 58, 73, 77, 87, 147, 176, 178, 198, 205, 210, 211, 213, 215, 221, 222, 224, 232, 239, 262, 263, 276, 279, 282, 298, 327, 330; Thomas, 242; Thornton, William, 300; Tiddeman, Timothy, 75, 77, 79, 115, 134, 139, 146, 152, 154, 163; Vandivell/ Vandiveld, 201, 207, 225; Warbeck, Richard, 70; Winter, William, 60, 132, 134, 135, 146, 162, 164, 191, 246; Wood, Thomas, 239, 242, 244, 245, 247, 290, 296, 297, 300, 304, 305, 312 ships' captains, instructions to, 112, 113, 194 shoes, 246, 314 silk, 90 Skutt, Benjamin, London merchant, Assistant of the Royal African Company, and its agent in Barbados, xviii, xix, xxiii, xxviii, xxx, 30, 32, 97, 150, 218, 227, 229, 304 slave agency, 23, 210; granted to Carpenter, Freeman and Helme, 48, 245, 298 slave interlopers, xxx slaves, xviii–xix, xlvi, 9, 24, 68, 72, 98, 99, 120–121, 126, 134, 150, 179, 200, 203, 206, 231, 238, 264, 273, 279, 295, 302, 340–341, 348, 355–357, 383; clothing for, 216; commission on, 122; from Tobago, 60, 61, 72, 75–76, 85, 150, 295; price of, 17, 190, 300; purchase of, 17, 19, 21; shipment of, 190, 232; skilled, 130, 267, 339, 357; supply of, 60–61, 73, 81 slaving, vii, xviii–xxii, xxx–xxxiii, 121, 132, 134, 203, 225, 264, 295, 302, 328 Slirty, Andrew, Jr., xxviii, 30 smallpox, 131 Smargin, John, 243 Smith Mr, of Montserrat and London, 113 Captain Michael II, of Nevis, 97 smuggling, xxvii, xxix, 29–32, 85, 103–104, 111, 113, 117, 169, 172–173 soldiers, provisioning of, 296; pay, procurement of for St. Kitts' militias, xxiii, 133, 136, 148, 155 Somersbury Manor, Ewhurst, Surrey, xxi–xxii, xxiv, 130 South Philip, of Leeward Islands, 68 Thomas, of Nevis, 71 Southern Europe, xvii Southwark Assizes, xxxii Southwell, Sir Robert, Secretary to the Lords of Trade and Plantations, 38, 41, 131 spelling, xlviii spirits, 169, 191, 213, 214 Spreen, John, of Antigua, 71 Stanilife, Mr, 393 Stapleton —, daughter of Gen. Sir Wm., 130 Lady Ann (Russell), wife of Gen. Sir Wm., xlvi, 27, 82, 220 Col. Edmund, brother of Gen. Sir Wm., xxi, xlvii, 16, 40, 48, 94, 113–114, 135 (death), 202, 217–218, 235, 239, 272, 376, 380 James, son of Gen. Sir Wm., 9, 27, 72, 76, 85, 148, 255, 264, 271–272, 308, 334 Margaret Freeman, xxi Randall, 72, 76, 82 Redmond, Sr., father of Gen. Sir Wm., 15, 16 Redmond, Jr., brother of Gen. Sir Wm., xlvi, 15, 376 Gen. Sir William, Deputy Governor of Montserrat, xvi, xxii, xxiii, xxiv, xxxiv–xxxvii, xliii, xliv, xlv, xlvi, xlvi, 5, 8, 9, 15, 18, 27, 40, 48–49, 60, 64, 72, 75, 81, 84, 88, 96, 98, 130, 134–135, 147–150, 155, 157–161, 176, 178, 184, 202–203, 218–221, 235–236, 239, 242, 246, 254–255, 264, 270–272, 285–290, 294–298, 303–304, 308–309, 312, 316, 328, 334, 342, 345–348, 368, 373–380, 393 William, Jr., son of Gen. Sir Wm., 131, 255, 264, 271–272, 308, 380 Stapletown, Montserrat, xvi staves, xxviii, 30, 53, 59, 172, 238, 276 Stede, Edwyn, of Barbados, 6, 73, 106, 108 stocks, x Stone, John, of London, 98 store, at Nevis, see Nevis Strode, Col. John, xxv, 69, 84, 132, 147, 156 Suffolk, xiii sugar bakers, 4, 195, 227 sugar, accounts for, 33, 36, 37; consignment of, 9, 360; handling of, 43, 51, 80, 82, 98, 134, 152–153, 162, 164, 167, 180, 183, 281, 325, 387–389; muscovado v. refined v. clayed, 145; planting of, vii, xv–xvi, xix–xx, xxii, xxix–xxx, xxxiii, xxxvii, xl; price of, 3, 7, 19, 24, 37–39, 43, 58, 65–66, 70, 80, 82, 86, 104–106, 114–115, 123–126, 129, 145, 166, 195, 211, 223, 234, 237, 257, 274–281, 290–292, 297, 300, 305, 311, 325, 327, 331, 370, 374, 384, 386, 392–393; production equipment, 44, 47, 50, 93, 126–130, 135, 218, 220, 224, 248, 277–278; profits on, 140, 231, 236, 265, 300, 370; purchased from others, 83; quality of, 4, 7, 8, 64, 70, 86, 145, 149, 212, 230, 370; refining of, 180; sale of, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 19, 37–39, 58, 65, 80, 82, 86, 124, 129, 180, 213, 340, 363, 383; shipped to Liverpool, 65, 66, 70, 83, 91; shipping of, 13, 14, 29, 50, 51, 80, 114–115, 127, 141, 142, 147, 160, 179, 192, 196, 212, 217, 220, 241–242; supply of, 65 Sussex, England, xxii Sykes, Sir Francis, of Basildon, Berks, xxxv Symes, Captain, of Montserrat, 285 Symonds, Mr, 124 Symons/Simons, —, ship's captain, 129, 137 T. Tare, 70, 256 taverns, eastern Caribbean, 11 taxes, xi Terry Abraham, ship's captain, 5, 25, 40, 43, 47, 50–53, 58, 73, 77, 87, 147, 176, 178, 198, 205, 210, 211, 213, 215, 221, 222, 224, 232, 239, 262, 263, 276, 279, 282, 298, 327, 330 James, of St. Kitts, 282 Thames, River, xxxiv–xxxvi Thomas, —, ship's captain, 242 Thornebury, John, 96 Thornton, William, ship's captain, 300 Tiddeman, Timothy, ship's captain, 75, 77, 79, 115, 134, 139, 146, 152, 154, 163 timber, 133 tobacco, xv, 39, 43 Tobago, slaves from, 60, 61, 72, 75–76, 85, 150, 295 tonnage, 164, 166 Torbay, xxxiii Tortola, xxiv Tory, x Trade and Plantations, Lords Commissioners of, 342 trade, overseas, ix Trant, Patrick, Wm. Stapleton's 'attorney', xxiv, xxiii, 49, 156, 184, 218, 235, 255, 271, 295–296, 304, 334, 348, 375, 377 Treasury, Lords of the, xxiii, 184, 220, 295 Treaties: Nijmegen (1678–1679), 235; Treaty of Neutrality (1678), 5, 6, 10; Treaty concerning Leeward Islands, reception in Paris, 85, 96 triangulation, xli Turks, 63, 73, 145–147, 154 Tyack, Geoffrey, xxxv Tyrell, Sir Timothy, 335 U. Unknown addressee, 257, 268 V. Vandivell/Vandiveld, —, ship's captain, 201, 207, 225 vessels, care for, 132; deployed by Freeman and Baxter, xxvi; hire of, 128, 233, 240, 251, 275; loss of, xxxi, 106, 142, 236, 254; outfitting of, 143; ownership of, xxvi, xxviii, 103, 349, 350, 390; purchase of, xxviii, 88, 103, 109, 383; sale of, 103 vessels: Abigail, 239, 242, 244–245, 247, 294, 296–297, 319, 363; Abraham, 8, 45–47, 70, 91, 100–102, 104, 106, 116–117, 123, 127, 130–131, 133, 162, 176, 178, 180–183, 191, 214–215, 221–224, 238–239, 259, 263, 327, 353, 381, 383–384, 388, 390–391; Active, 6, 13, 14; Adventure, xxviii, xxix, 30, 107, 111–114, 168, 175, 238, 256, 313, 315, 319, 349–350; Africa, 132, 168, 263, 365; Astrea, xxi, 106; Bachelor, xxviii, 29, 44, 45, 75, 80, 82, 137; Betty, 60; Blessing, 300; Brothers' Goodwill, 132, 134, 135; Christopher, 61, 62; Companion, 223; Dan, 387; Deptford, 176, 178; Diligence, 83; Dragon, xxxi; Dublin, 119; Endeavour, 10, 15, 82; George, 225, 233; Globe, 180, 181, 184, 187, 189, 191, 198; Gloucester, 272; Golden Lion, 93; Goodwill, 117; Grenada, 2; Hannah & Elizabeth, 66, 82; Increase, 70; Industry, 2; James, 126, 127; Katharine, 250; Leghorn Merchant, 7; Lyon, 193, 196, 221–222, 232; New England Merchant, 313; Norwich, 179; Old Head of Kingsale, 108, 200; Olive, 80, 83; Olive Branch, 11, 13–14, 70, 115; Providence, 93, 99, 101, 139, 162, 324, 326; Rebecca, 233, 237; Richard, 98, 99; Richard & Samuel, 262; Samuel & Mary, 79; Sarah, 325; St. George, 202; Swan, 71; Thomas & Sarah, 75, 77, 79, 115, 142–143, 154, 275; Unity, 45, 46, 53, 62, 228, 259; Venetian, 2, 3, 29; Virgin, 195, 204, 333; Wheel of Fortune, 71, 73, 124, 129; William, 175, 204; William & Anne, 19; William & Robert, 152, 154 Vickers, John, Treasurer and Councillor of St. Kitts, 71, 150, 184, 198, 210, 381 vinegar, xxv Virginia, xviii W. Wachtendonck, Johan Van, Commissary for the United Provinces' States General, 60, 72, 75–76, 81, 85, 88, 148, 156, 159 Wade, Mr, of London, 228 Wales, xl Walker, James, of Nevis, 8 war, 19, 64, 68, 246; with France, likelihood of, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13, 132, 145–146, 235–237, 265 Warbeck, Richard, ship's captain, 70 Ward, Lieut. John, in The Hague, 393 warehousing, 105 Warner Col. Philip, of Antigua, xii–xiii, 7, 37–38, 40, 61, 124, 129, 171–172, 232 Russell, 171 Sir Thomas, widow of, 27 wastage, 4, 14, 43, 80, 82, 164, 185, 205, 217, 223, 230–231, 236, 242, 268, 300 Waterford, Ireland, xxviii, 15, 30, 46, 50, 53–55, 142, 176, 194, 267, 292, 341 Waterworks Plantation, Montserrat, xvi Watts, Richard, xliii, 140, 154, 156, 191, 200, 206, 217, 228, 245, 247, 251–253, 275, 298, 303–305, 313–314, 317, 327, 330 wealth, business, xxxvi–xxxvii weight, 232 Westcott John, 169, 183, 209, 214, 388 Thomas, xli–xlii, 6, 11, 47, 62, 72, 77, 79, 100–101, 120–121, 135, 140, 146–155, 168–169, 173–175, 178–183, 191–198, 201, 207, 209, 214, 221–224, 229, 234, 238, 251, 257–263, 273, 280–282, 297–298, 321, 325–330, 333, 336, 348–353, 356–359, 363, 369–370, 373, 381, 384, 387–389, 391, 393 Weymouth, Lord, xxxiii wheat, 77 Wheeler, Sir Charles, 48, 97, 134, 136 Whig, x White, Edmund, merchant of London, 54 Whitelocke Sir Bulstrode, Kt., xxxiii–xxxiv Sir James, Kt., xxxiii–xxxiv William, Prince of Orange, xxxii–xxxiii Williams Col., 232 Benjamin, 161, 344, 351, 375, 385 Rowland, Antigua planter, 131; Mrs Rowland, 131 Willoughby, Lord Charles, 38, 96 wine, xxxi, 234, 236, 250–251, 262, 309, 314, 322–325, 353, 382, 390; Canary, 165, 175; Madeira, 2, 13, 15, 45, 51–53, 63, 71, 73, 75–79, 87, 100, 102, 115–120, 146–147, 149, 152–156, 165, 168–173, 177–178, 184, 191, 201, 207, 210, 213–214, 225, 229; Port, 171; sale in London, 165; supply of, 2, 3, 11, 15, 52, 53, 85, 85, 117 Wine Islands, ix Winter, William, ship's captain, 60, 132, 134, 135, 146, 162, 164, 191, 246 Winthrop, Samuel, of Antigua, 137 Wood, Thomas, ship's captain, 239, 242, 244, 245, 247, 290, 296, 297, 300, 304, 305, 312 wool, ix Wrayford, William, London merchant, 329 Wren, Christopher, xxxiv–xxxv writ of protection, 379 Z. Zahedieh, Nuala, xlviii