RDC. No. 3. av. ea. val. 3. 5 days. Dev. Dkg. Cont., caused by coll no-ne-el.

C. T. L. u/rs. to have no claim on Freight. F. C. & S. piracy excepted.

APPENDIX B

EXTRACT from Martin's History of Lloyd's and of Marine Insurance in Great Britain, pp. 46-48. Original, Tanner MS. No. 74, fo. 32, Bodleian Library, Oxford.

"IN the name of God. Amen. Be it knowne vnto all men by these presents that Morris Abbott and Devereux Wogan of London merchants, doe make assurance and cause themselues and euerye of them to be assured Lost or not Lost from London to Zante Petrasse & Saphalonia or any of them vpon woollen & Lynnen cloth Leade Kersies Iron & any other goods and merchandize heretofore Laden aboard the good Shipp called the Tiger of London of the burthen of 200 touns or therabouts whereof is master vnder god in this presente voyadge Thomas Crowder, or whosoever ells shall goe for master in the said shipp or by whatsoever other name or names the said shipp or the master thereof is or shalbe named or called. And it shall & may be Lawful for the said shipp to touch & stay at any ports & places on this side Zante as well on the Barbary as the Christian shoare, & ther discharge relade & take in any goods merchandize & mony at the discretion of the master & ffactors vppon the aduenture of the Assurers without preiudize to this assurance: And if in case any part of the said goods shalbe discharged out of the said ship at any port or places before mentioned the assurers shall take noe bennefitt or aduantadg therby in case of Losse or aueradge vppon the rest of ye said goods. But the assurers shall still beare their whole adventures if ther be so much goods remayning aboard ye said shippe as shalbe assured ye assureds aduenture of 10 per Co. deducted in as full & ample manner, as if noe parte of ye said goods had beene discharged out of ye saide shippe before hir cominge to hir last porte of discharge any order custome or vsadge or any thing in this pollacie mentioned to the Contrary notwithstandinge. Beginning the Aduenture from the day & howre of the Lading of the said 1 Cf. Shakespeare, Macbeth i. 3, 7 (written between 1603 and 1610): Her husband's to Aleppo gone, master o' the Tiger

And see Clark and Wright's note in Clarendon Press Series edition, citing Sir Kenelm Digby's mention in his journal of 1628 of "the Tyger of London going for Scanderone," i.e. Alexandretta. Hakluyt (Voyages) gives letters and journals of a voyage of the Tiger of London to Tripolis in 1583. Shakespeare again mentions a ship called the Tiger in Twelfth Night, v. 1, 65: And this is he that did the Tiger board.

cloth Lead Kersies Iron &c. aboard the same shipp at London aforesaid, & soe shall continewe & endure vntill such tyme as the same shipp with the same Cloth Lead Kersies Iron &c. shalbe arrived at Zante Petrasse & Saphalonia or any of them aforesaid and the same ther discharged & laide on Land in good salfety. Touching the Adventures & perills which wee the assurers hereafter named are contented to beare, & doe faithfully promisse by these presents to take vppon vs in this presente voyadge are of the Seas, men of warr, fyer, enemyes pirratts rovers theeues, jettezons, Lettres of marte & countermarte arests restraints, & deteynments of Kings & princes and all other persons barrtary of the master & mariners, & of all other perills Losses & misfortunes whatsoeuer they be or howsoever the same at any tyme before the date hereof hath chaunced or heereafter shall happen or come to the hurte detryment or damadge of the said cloth Lead Kersies Iron &c. or any parte or parcell thereof. Allthough newes or knowledge of any losse have already come or by the Computation of one League or three English myles to one hower might have come to London before the subscribinge hereof, any order cvstome or vsadge heretofore had or made in Lumbard street or nowe within the Royall exchange in London to the contrary notwithstandinge. And that in case of any misfortune it shall & may be Lawfull to the assureds ther factors servants & assignes or any of them to sue Labor & travile for in and aboute the defence salfegard & recouerie of the said Cloth Lead Kearsies Iron &c. or any parte or parcell therof without any preiudice to this assurance. To the charges wherof we the assurers shall contribute eachone accordinge to the rate & quantety of his Some herein assured. Yt is to be vnderstood that this presente writinge & assurance beinge made and registered according to the Kings Majesties order & appoyntment shalbe of as much force strength and effect as the best & most suerest pollacie or writinge of assurance which hath binne euer heretofore vsed to be made lost or not lost in the aforesaid streete or Royall Exchange. And soe wee the assurers are contented & doe promise and binde ourselues & euerye of vs our heyres executors & goods by these presents to the assureds the executors administrators & assignes for the true performance of the premisses, Confessing ourselues fully satisfied contented & paid of & for the consideracion due to vs for this assurance by these presents at the hands of the said Morris Abbott & Deuereux Wogan after the rate of fower pounds per Co. And in Testimonye of the trueth wee the Assurers have hereonto seuerally subscribed our names & somes of moneye assured yeoven in the office of assurance within the Royall exchange in London the ffyfteenth day of ffebruary ano. 1613."i

1 The Tanner MS. No. 74 fo. 32, has been most carefully collated for this reprint. I am informed that it contains no names of insurers or amounts insured. The absence of these is a matter for regret.-G.

EXTRACT from Marsden's "Admiralty Cases, 1648-1840" pp. 267 and 268.1

Policy of Insurance

THE following policy of insurance on the cargo of the Maria, dated 29th June 1692, is taken from the Admiralty Assignation Book labelled 337

In the name of God. Amen. Peter Joy of London, merchant, as well in his own name as for and in the name and names of all and every other person or persons to whom the same doth may or shall appertain in part or in all doth make assurance and causeth himself and them and every of them to be insured lost or not lost from Stockholm to London, upon any kind of goods and merchandizes whatsoever loaden or to be loaden aboard the good ship called the Maria, burden . . . tuns or thereabouts, whereof

is master under God for this present voyage Bary master or whosoever else shall go for master in the said ship, or by whatsoever other name or names the said ship or the master thereof is or shall be named or called: beginning the adventure upon the said goods and merchandizes from and immediately following the lading thereof aboard the said ship at Stockholme, and so shall continue and endure untill the said ship with the said goods and merchandizes whatsoever shall be arrived at London and the same there safely landed. And it shall be lawful for the said ship in this voyage to stop and stay at any ports and places between Stockholme and London, without prejudice to this insurance. The said goods and merchandizes by agreement are and shall be valued at . . . sterling without farther accompt to be given by the Assureds for the same. Touching the adventures and perils which the Assurers are contented to bear and do take upon us in this voyage they are of the seas, men-of-war, fire, enemies, pirats, rovers, thieves, jettesones, letters of mart and countermart, surprizals, takeings at sea, arrests, restraints and detainments of all kings, princes, and people of what nation, condition or quality whatsoever, barratry of the master and mariners, and of all perils, losses, and misfortunes that have or shall come to the hurt, detriment, or damage of the said goods and merchandize or any part thereof; and in case of any loss or misfortune it shall be lawful to the assured. . . factors servants and assigns to sue labour and travel for in and about the defence safeguard and recovery of the said goods and merchandizes or any part thereof without prejudice to this insurance, to the charges

1 Reproduced with the permission of the publishers, Messrs. Wm. Clowes and Sons, Ltd., London, E.C.

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