The Merchant Fleet of Late Medieval and Tudor England, 1400–1580

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ID	Port|modern home port	Ship|shipname	Master|firstname	Master|namelink	Master|surname	Crew|type	Crew|size details	Crew|masters	Crew|masters mate	Crew|constables	Crew|mariners	Crew|boys	Crew|clerks	Crew|men at arms	Crew|armed men	Crew|archers	Crew|soldiers	Crew|carpenters	Crew|carpenters mate	Crew|boatswains	Crew|boatswains mate	Crew|quartermasters	Crew|quartermasters mate	Crew|yeoman of the tacks	Crew|coxswains	Crew|coxswains mate	Crew|yeoman of the jeers	Crew|yeomans mate	Crew|pursers	Crew|cooks	Crew|cooks mate	Crew|stewards	Crew|stewards mate	Crew|swabbers	Crew|master gunners	Crew|gunners mate	Crew|quarter gunners	Crew|quarter gunners mate	Crew|surgeons	Crew|surgeons mate	Crew|trumpeters	Crew|drum and fifes	Crew|pilots	Crew|seamen	Crew|preachers	Crew|lieutenants	Crew|corporals	Crew|miscellaneous crew	Crew|total crew	Crew|crew comments	Crew|nominal crew list	Crew|constable name	Voyage origin|placename	Voyage origin|country	Voyage destination|placename	Voyage destination|country	Owner|is shipmaster	Owner|name	Region	County	Tonnage	Year start	Date from	Date to	Source reference
1536	Hull	Cristoffre	Robert		Michelson	unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		unknown	unknown	Hull	England			NORTH-EAST	East Riding Yorkshire		1467			E122/62/9 m. 1d
1549	Hull	Cristofer	Robert		Michelson	unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		Hull	England	unknown	unknown			NORTH-EAST	East Riding Yorkshire		1466			E122/62/9 m. 5
1556	Hull	Cristofer	Robert		Michelson	unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		Hull	England	unknown	unknown			NORTH-EAST	East Riding Yorkshire		1467			E122/62/9 m. 5d
1626	Hull	James	Robert		Michelson	unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		Hull	England	unknown	unknown			NORTH-EAST	East Riding Yorkshire		1471			E122/62/17 m. 1d. Customs Accounts Hull, p. 154
1635	Hull	James	Robert		Michelson	unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		Hull	England	unknown	unknown			NORTH-EAST	East Riding Yorkshire		1472			E122/62/17 m. 3 Customs Accounts Hull, p. 160
1643	Hull	James	Robert		Michelson	unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		unknown	unknown	Hull	England			NORTH-EAST	East Riding Yorkshire		1472			E122/62/17 m. 5d. Customs Accounts Hull, p. 167
6152	Lowestoft	Peter	Christopher		Michells	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown			EAST	Suffolk	20	1572			SP15/22 f.5v
6829	Dover	Anne	John		Michell	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown			SOUTH-EAST	Kent	30	1572			SP15/22 f.13r
6980	Shoreham-by-Sea	Mathewe	John		Michell	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown			SOUTH-EAST	Sussex	20	1572			SP15/22 f.15r
7787	Helford	Edmonde	Thomas		Michell	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown			SOUTH-WEST	Cornwall	16	1572			SP15/22 f.22r
7806	Helston	Christofer	John		Michell	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown			SOUTH-WEST	Cornwall	12	1572			SP15/22 f.22r
9280	Faversham	Dragon	Henry		Michell	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		Faversham	England	Great Yarmouth	England			SOUTH-EAST	Kent	6	1575	1575-02-14		E190/639/9 f.3v
9284	Faversham	Anne	John		Michell	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		Faversham	England	unknown	unknown			SOUTH-EAST	Kent	6	1575	1575-04-21		E190/639/9 f.3v
10097	Cley next the Sea	Thoms	Nicholas		Michelson	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		Shoreham-by-Sea	England	Southampton	England			EAST	Norfolk	20	1574	1574-03-11		E190/739/11 f.2v
10708	Colchester	Hound	Robert		Michell	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		Newcastle	England	Grimsby	England			EAST	Essex	30	1573		1573-08-28	E190/306/15 f.1v
11346	Great Yarmouth	Thomas	Nicholas		Michellson	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		Meeching (Newhaven, E. Sussex)	England	Poole	England			SOUTH	Norfolk	20	1574	1574-04-25		E190/740/8 f.1r
13417	Lyme Regis	Phenix	Robert		Miche	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		Exeter	England	Lyme Regis	England			SOUTH-WEST	Dorset	15	1572	1572-04-12	1572-04-30	E190/865/3 f.2r; E190/928/7 f.1r
15038	Colchester	Egle	Robert		Michell	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		Newcastle	England	Hull	England			EAST	Essex	50	1576	1576-06-22	1576-07-09	E190/307/3 f.2v
15120	Bristol	Marget	William		Michell	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		Bristol	England	Bridgwater	England			SOUTH-WEST	Gloucestershire	3	1566	1566-06-09		E190/1128/6 f.4r; E190/1128/8 f.6v
15801	London	Anne	William		Michelson	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		Aldeburgh	England	Scarborough	England			SOUTH-EAST	London	60	1579		1579-02-10	E190/307/11 f.2v
17718	Aldeburgh	Margery	William		Michelson	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		London	England	Boston	England			EAST	Suffolk	25	1566		1566-02-28	E190/387/2 f.6v
19010	Frampton-on-Severn	Angell	Jermain		Michell	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		Gloucester	England	Carmarthen	Wales			SOUTH-WEST	Gloucestershire	16	1575	1575-12-05		E190/1129/15 f.2v
19142	Frampton-on-Severn	Angell	Jermain		Michell	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		Gloucester	England	Carmarthen	Wales			SOUTH-WEST	Gloucestershire	16	1576	1576-04-26		E190/1129/15 f.4v
20692	Millbrook (Cornwall)	George	William		Michell	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		Plymouth	England	La Rochelle	France			SOUTH-WEST	Cornwall	14	1566	1566-03-12		E190/1010/7 f.4v
20994	Falmouth	Prymrose	John		Michell	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		Swansea	Wales	Penryn	England			SOUTH-WEST	Cornwall	18	1565		1565-12-10	E190/1010/10 f.2r
21624	Yealmpton	Trinitie	John		Michell	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		Plymouth	England	unknown	unknown			SOUTH-WEST	Devon	20	1567	1567-02-07		E190/1010/18 f.3v
21641	Yealmpton	Trynitie	John		Michell	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		Plymouth	England	unknown	unknown			SOUTH-WEST	Devon	30	1567	1567-05-22		E190/1010/18 f.4r
21703	Yealmpton	Trinitie	John		Michell	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		unknown	unknown	Plymouth	England			SOUTH-WEST	Devon	30	1567		1567-04-02	E190/1010/18 f.9v
22292	Falmouth	Prymrose	Thomas		Michell	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		Penryn	England	La Rochelle	France			SOUTH-WEST	Cornwall	18	1568	1568-03-05		E190/1011/3 f.2r
22785	Plymouth	John Sampson	John		Michel	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		Plymouth	England	Cork	Ireland			SOUTH-WEST	Devon	16	1569	1569-07-02		E190/1011/12 f.3r
23620	Aldeburgh	Margerye	William		Michelson	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		Newcastle	England	King's Lynn	England			EAST	Suffolk	25	1566	1566-05-10	1566-05-16	E190/425/5 f.9v
23863	Aldeburgh	Mergerye	William		Michelson	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		London	England	King's Lynn	England			EAST	Suffolk	25	1566	1566-08-06	1566-08-16	E190/425/5 f.17r
23908	Saltash	Edmonde	John		Michell	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		Plymouth	England	La Rochelle	France			SOUTH-WEST	Cornwall	16	1571	1571-08-09		E190/1011/23 f.11v
23912	Cley next the Sea	John	William		Michelson	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		Blakeney	England	King's Lynn	England			EAST	Norfolk	6	1566	1566-09-03	1566-09-04	E190/425/5 f.18v
24165	Millbrook (Cornwall)	Willm & John	John		Michell	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		Looe	England	Saltash	England			SOUTH-WEST	Cornwall	16	1575	1575-05-18		E190/1012/18 f.2r
24373	Bridport	George	William		Michell	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		Lyme Regis	England	Fowey	England			SOUTH-WEST	Dorset	7	1577	1577-01-30	1577-02-07	E190/1013/6 f.2r
24457	Millbrook (Cornwall)	Jesus	William		Michell	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		London	England	Plymouth	England			SOUTH-WEST	Cornwall	38	1578	1578-05-16	1578-05-27	E190/1013/20 f.5v
24983	Millbrook (Cornwall)	Willm & John	William		Michell	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		London	England	Exeter	England			SOUTH-WEST	Cornwall	20	1574		1574-10-03	E190/929/15 f.1v
24987	Millbrook (Cornwall)	Willm & John	William		Michell	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		Exeter	England	Millbrook	England			SOUTH-WEST	Cornwall	20	1574	1574-12-05		E190/929/15 f.2r
25724	Lyme Regis	Phenix	Robert		Miche	merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		Exeter	England	Morlaix	France			SOUTH-WEST	Dorset	16	1572	1572-11-12		E190/930/19 f.3r