Collection GB 0074 CLC/427 - BOWREY, Thomas (d 1713)

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/427

Title

BOWREY, Thomas (d 1713)

Date(s)

  • 1666-1714 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

34 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Thomas Bowrey, sea captain and free merchant, was probably of a Wapping family and born c 1650. Between 1669-1688 he travelled and traded extensively in the East Indies. He returned to London in 1688 and, in 1691, married his cousin, Mary Gardiner (d 1715), the daughter of a Wapping apothecary. In 1691 he became a younger brother of Trinity House. He and his wife lived the rest of their life in Wellclose Square, Wapping. He published the first dictionary of English and Malay in 1701. He died in 1713.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/427 1666-1714 Collection 34 production units. Bowrey , Thomas , d 1713 , sea captain and merchant

Thomas Bowrey, sea captain and free merchant, was probably of a Wapping family and born c 1650. Between 1669-1688 he travelled and traded extensively in the East Indies. He returned to London in 1688 and, in 1691, married his cousin, Mary Gardiner (d 1715), the daughter of a Wapping apothecary. In 1691 he became a younger brother of Trinity House. He and his wife lived the rest of their life in Wellclose Square, Wapping. He published the first dictionary of English and Malay in 1701. He died in 1713.

Business and personal papers were presented to Guildhall Library by Colonel Henry Howard in 1931. These are catalogued as Ms 3041. Further papers were deposited by the library of Lloyd's of London in 1988. These are catalogued as Mss 24176-24178. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Papers of Thomas Bowrey, sea captain and merchant, including ledger; correspondence; diaries; drawings; charts; and maps; relating to travel and trade in India, Africa, Holland, France, Batavia (Jakarta) and Persia (Iran); the "Coffree" language of Delagoa and the Telenga language; shipping insurance and Lloyd's coffee house; whaling; and piracy.

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Access only to holders of a History Card. Please see staff if you require a card.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Further papers still are held by the India Office Library.

For printed material see Hakluyt Society 2nd series vols. 12 and 58.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Records prepared May to September 2011. Personal papers Social problems Criminals Pirates Trade International trade Archives Personal archives Law Legal systems Civil law Intellectual property Piracy State security Armed forces Naval personnel Sailors Merchant seamen Languages Foreign languages Fisheries Whaling People People by occupation Personnel Mercantile personnel Merchants Organizations Military organizations Primary documents Documents Information sources Overseas trade Trade (practice) Maritime insurance Insurance Finance Crime Bowrey , Thomas , d 1713 , sea captain and merchant Jakarta Jakarta Reya Indonesia South East Asia France Western Europe India South Asia Iran, Islamic Republic Middle East Persia Netherlands Holland Africa Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Business and personal papers were presented to Guildhall Library by Colonel Henry Howard in 1931. These are catalogued as Ms 3041. Further papers were deposited by the library of Lloyd's of London in 1988. These are catalogued as Mss 24176-24178. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Papers of Thomas Bowrey, sea captain and merchant, including ledger; correspondence; diaries; drawings; charts; and maps; relating to travel and trade in India, Africa, Holland, France, Batavia (Jakarta) and Persia (Iran); the "Coffree" language of Delagoa and the Telenga language; shipping insurance and Lloyd's coffee house; whaling; and piracy.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Access only to holders of a History Card. Please see staff if you require a card.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Further papers still are held by the India Office Library.

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Related descriptions

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

Access points

Place access points

Name access points

Genre access points

Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

    Sources

    Accession area