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Muster roll
Description:
Ships’ muster rolls from 1784 – 1785; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 58.
Muster roll for the ship, the Saville, sailing from Bristol to Jamaica and thence to Bristol.
The Saville was one of many ships going back and forth between Bristol and the Caribbean colonies.
The muster roll is a list of all crew signed on for all or part of a voyage, which was used to calculate the money each man should pay to the Sailors’ Hospital Fund (insurance).
The Society of Merchant Venturers is a Bristol-based organisation, which was formed in 1552 as an elite body of merchants involved in overseas trade. The Society still exists today.
Date: 1783
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
Description:
Ships’ muster rolls from 1784 – 1785; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 49.
Muster roll for the ship, the Hanover Planter, from Jamaica, 1783.
The ship was named after a parish in Jamaica.
The muster roll is a list of all crew signed on for all or part of a voyage, which was used to calculate the money each man should pay to the Sailors’ Hospital Fund (insurance).
The Society of Merchant Venturers is a Bristol-based organisation, which was formed in 1552 as an elite body of merchants involved in overseas trade. The Society still exists today.
Date: 1783
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
Description:
Ships’ muster rolls from 1784 – 1785; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 57.
Muster roll for the ship, the Apollo, from St Lucia, Caribbean. 1784.
The Apollo was one of many ships going back and forth between Bristol and the Caribbean islands. The Apollo made one voyage from March to August 1784, then sailed again from September to January 1785.
The muster roll is a list of all crew signed on for all or part of a voyage, which was used to calculate the money each man should pay to the Sailors’ Hospital Fund (insurance).
The Society of Merchant Venturers is a Bristol-based organisation, which was formed in 1552 as an elite body of merchants involved in overseas trade. The Society still exists today.
Date: 1783
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
Description:
Ships’ muster rolls from 1784 – 1785; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 47.
Muster roll for the ship, the Alert, sailing from Africa and South Carolina, 1783.
The Alert sailed from Bristol for the Gold Coast, West Africa, leaving Africa with a reported 212 slaves. In South Carolina, 199 were sold.
The muster roll is a list of all crew signed on for all or part of a voyage, which was used to calculate the money each man should pay to the Sailors’ Hospital Fund (insurance).
The Society of Merchant Venturers is a Bristol-based organisation, which was formed in 1552 as an elite body of merchants involved in overseas trade. The Society still exists today.
Date: 1783
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
Description:
Ships’ muster rolls from 1784 – 1785; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 26.
Muster roll for the ship, the St Thomas, from St Christopher and Jamaica, 1783.
The colonies were encouraged to be dependent on British manufactured goods, to keep industry busy, and to provide raw materials for industry, such as sugar and tobacco.
The muster roll is a list of all crew signed on for all or part of a voyage, which was used to calculate the money each man should pay to the Sailors’ Hospital Fund (insurance).
The Society of Merchant Venturers is a Bristol-based organisation, which was formed in 1552 as an elite body of merchants involved in overseas trade. The Society still exists today.
Date: 1783
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
Description:
Ships’ muster rolls from 1784 – 1785; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 45.
Muster roll for the ship, the Africa, sailing from Africa and St Vincents, in the Caribbean.
The Africa sailed from Bristol for Sierra Leone. The number of slaves bought is not known, but 220 were sold at St Vincents.
The muster roll is a list of all crew signed on for all or part of a voyage, which was used to calculate the money each man should pay to the Sailors’ Hospital Fund (insurance).
The Society of Merchant Venturers is a Bristol-based organisation, which was formed in 1552 as an elite body of merchants involved in overseas trade. The Society still exists today.
Date: 1783
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
Description:
Ships’ muster rolls from 1783 – 1784; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 169.
Muster roll for the ship, the Clarendon, sailing from Jamaica, 1783.
The Clarendon was one of several ships leaving Bristol for the Caribbean in late 1783.
The muster roll is a list of all crew signed on for all or part of a voyage, which was used to calculate the money each man should pay to the Sailors’ Hospital Fund (insurance).
The Society of Merchant Venturers is a Bristol-based organisation, which was formed in 1552 as an elite body of merchants involved in overseas trade. The Society still exists today.
Date: 1783
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
Description:
Ships’ muster rolls from 1783 – 1784; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 170.
Muster roll for the ship, the Thetis, sailing from Tortola, off the Caribbean island of Nevis.
The Thetis was one of several ships leaving Bristol for the Caribbean in late 1783.
The muster roll is a list of all crew signed on for all or part of a voyage, which was used to calculate the money each man should pay to the Sailors’ Hospital Fund (insurance).
The Society of Merchant Venturers is a Bristol-based organisation, which was formed in 1552 as an elite body of merchants involved in overseas trade. The Society still exists today.
Date: 1783
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
Description:
Ships’ muster rolls from 1784 – 1785; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 18.
Muster roll for the ship, the Bacchus, sailing from Bristol to Antigua and back to Bristol, 1783.
A trading voyage like this would be carrying manufactured goods and foodstuffs from Bristol and bringing back slave-produced commodities such as sugar and rum.
The muster roll is a list of all crew signed on for all or part of a voyage, which was used to calculate the money each man should pay to the Sailors’ Hospital Fund (insurance).
The Society of Merchant Venturers is a Bristol-based organisation, which was formed in 1552 as an elite body of merchants involved in overseas trade. The Society still exists today.
Date: 1783
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
Description:
Ships’ muster rolls from 1783 – 1784; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 166.
Muster roll for the ship, the Sally, sailing from Jamaica, 1783.
The Sally was one of several ships leaving Bristol for the Caribbean in late 1783.
The muster roll is a list of all crew signed on for all or part of a voyage, which was used to calculate the money each man should pay to the Sailors’ Hospital Fund (insurance).
The Society of Merchant Venturers is a Bristol-based organisation, which was formed in 1552 as an elite body of merchants involved in overseas trade. The Society still exists today.
Date: 1783
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
