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

Zone d'identification

Cote

GB 0074 CLC/427

Titre

BOWREY, Thomas (d 1713)

Date(s)

  • 1666-1714 (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Collection

Étendue matérielle et support

34 production units.

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

Bowrey , Thomas , d 1713 , sea captain and merchant

Notice biographique

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.

Dépôt

The London Archives

Histoire archivistique

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

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

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.

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

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.

Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation

Accroissements

Mode de classement

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

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d'accès

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

Conditions de reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Langue des documents

  • anglais

Écriture des documents

  • latin

Notes de langue et graphie

English

Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

Further papers still are held by the India Office Library.

Instruments de recherche

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

Zone des sources complémentaires

Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux

Existence et lieu de conservation des copies

Unités de description associées

Descriptions associées

Zone des notes

Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)

Mots-clés

Mots-clés - Sujets

Mots-clés - Lieux

Mots-clés - Noms

Mots-clés - Genre

Zone du contrôle de la description

Identifiant de la description

Identifiant du service d'archives

London Metropolitan Archives

Règles et/ou conventions utilisées

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.

Statut

Niveau de détail

Dates de production, de révision, de suppression

Langue(s)

  • anglais

Écriture(s)

    Sources

    Zone des entrées