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Surat, India. (Manuscript) 1659-1703 JOD/4/147
Recto: The MONKE winters at Chatham and Barlow complains about the food and the lack of due pay. Unusual fish called garfish are seen in the river. Verso: Barlow meets his old master. A chain is placed across the Medway at Gillingham. The MONKE undertakes convoying and cruising duties. (Manuscript) 1666-1667 JOD/4/103-104
Recto: The SEPTER arrives at Anienga, where the East India Company have a factory and fort. The chief commodity is pepper, and children can also be bought. The captain buys a boy for 25 shillings. Verso: At Mangalore they buy bales of rice, and at Goa hogsheads of rack. At Karwar a crewman deserts and boards a ship bound for home. (Manuscript) 1697 JOD/4/271-272
Recto: They receive news that the French fleet has left port, but cannot find any French ships. The ST. MICHAEL catches fire, which is soon put out but several men jump overboard and are drowned. The Straits fleet arrives at Kinsale. Verso: The French fleet captures several West Indies merchant ships and two frigates. The English fleet under Sir Clousley [Cloudsley] Shovell tries to find the French fleet in the main ocean, but without success. (Manuscript) 1691 JOD/4/253-254
Recto: A great storm suddenly blows up. The foreyard is broken, but as the sails that are blown away are old there is less damage to the masts than if they had been new. Verso: They call in at Saint Helena, and after leaving the island the ship's cook falls overboard and is drowned. On arrival at Barbados the local people are interested to see spotted deer aboard the SAMPSON, and a cinammon tree. (Manuscript) 1694 JOD/4/265-266
Recto: Barlow criticises the captains who deserted Admiral Benbow. The KINGFISHER arrives at Kinsale, and sails from there to England in a large convoy. Verso: Barlow describes the great storm of 26 November 1703, in which the KINGFISHER narrowly escapes being wrecked. He leaves the ship when they reach Woolwich, and thanks God for preserving him during his long service at sea. (Manuscript) 1702-1703 JOD/4/293-294
Recto: Barlow itemises the SEPTER's cargo. They sail in a large convoy of ships but are delayed by the Jacobite plot to kill the King, as a result of which they lose men who are pressed. Verso: Barlow criticises the navigation of the commanders, as a result of which many men on board the SEPTER die of scurvy or thirst before land is reached. They proceed to Table Bay and then Point Degale. (Manuscript) 1695-1697 JOD/4/269-270
Recto: An eyewitness describes a suttee ceremony to Barlow. Captain Kidd is active and causing trouble in the area. Barlow meets the Prince of Thalaserry. At Goa they buy rack and one seaman drowns after drinking too much of it. Verso: (Manuscript) 1697-1698 JOD/4/277-278
Recto: The RONE FACTER passes down the Seine and unloads her cargo at Rouen. She is then hired to take hoops to Malaga. Verso: The ship returns to Portsmouth, where dishonest officers from the ROYAL CHARLES sell them items from their stores. They proceed to Malaga via Tangier, where they are told of a recent battle with the Moors. (Manuscript) 1677 JOD/4/207-208
Recto: Barlow gets no compensation from the Company for his dismissal by Captain Smith. He rejoins the KENT, which sets sail for Surat carrying £10,000 in cash. Verso: The KENT visits Fogo and then Tristan da Cunha, where there are many penguins. They hear of the East India Company's embargo on any English ships trading in India or the South Seas without their consent. (Manuscript) 1684-1685 JOD/4/231-232
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-08-24 ADM/A/1774/433
Livorno. (Manuscript) 1659-1703 JOD/4/128
Naples. (Manuscript) 1659-1703 JOD/4/125
Taiwan. (Manuscript) 1659-1703 JOD/4/173
Calicut (now known as Kozhikode, Kerala). (Manuscript) 1659-1703 JOD/4/155
Genoa. (Manuscript) 1659-1703 JOD/4/131
Portsmouth Dockyard (Manuscript) 1675-1899 POR
Recto: Barlow describes the local prices, commodities and trading arrangements. He entertains the captain of one of the Mogul's great ships on board, and later dines with a Moorish merchant on shore. Verso: The SEPTER travels with other ships in convoy to Surat. On the way they encounter the ADVENTURE GALLEY, commanded by the pirate Captain William Kidd, and drive her off. At Surat Barlow takes the ship's musicians to the East India Company factory to make merry. (Manuscript) 1697 JOD/4/275-276
Recto: Against Barlow's advice the captain orders the best sails to be replaced by old sails, and as a result the old mainsail is destroyed in a gust of wind. The captain blames Barlow and relieves him of his post as chief mate. Verso: The captain complains about Barlow and he is sent on board the KINGFISHER for the voyage home. On the way back they see a school of more than fifty whales. (Manuscript) 1702-1703 JOD/4/291-292
Recto: On arrival back in England Barlow loses 30% on tea and lacquerware that he bought on his own behalf. Barlow leaves the WENTWORTH after failing to agree with the captain about wages for his next voyage. Verso: Barlow signs on as chief mate and China pilot of the FLEET FRIGATE, bound for Canton. 85 gallons of French brandy are bought for the voyage, but Custom House men from Deal confiscate it. (Manuscript) 1701-1702 JOD/4/285-286
Recto: The SAMPSON is badly damaged by a storm, and only 11 ships of the fleet of 26 that left Barbados arrive back in England, the rest being lost. The men aboard the SAMPSON are all pressed at Gravesend. Verso: Barlow is accused of killing a seaman by striking him, and avoids a trial by paying £50 to the widow. His youngest child dies, leaving two surviving out of six. Barlow ships on the SEPTER, bound for Surat. (Manuscript) 1694-1695 JOD/4/267-268
Recto: Barlow ships as chief mate on the Indiaman SAMPSON. They sail with three other ships, and call in at Grand Canary Island for repairs to an anchor and the main yard. Verso: At Table Bay divers from the SAMPSON rescue goods and a gun from the shipwrecked ORANGE. The East India Company gives no reward for the salvage of this cargo. (Manuscript) 1691-1692 JOD/4/257-258
Kinsale, River Bandon. (Manuscript) 1659-1703 JOD/4/107
Straits of Messina. (Manuscript) 1659-1703 JOD/4/122