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
5149	Leigh-on-Sea	John Bonaventure	John		Bradcoke	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		Hamburg	Germany	London	England			EAST	Essex	40	1572		1572-07-21	E190/5/5 f.35v
12723	Leigh-on-Sea	John Bonaventure	John		Breadcake	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		Ipswich	England	Hamburg	Germany			EAST	Essex	40	1572	1572-05-08		E190/589/6 f.4v
12725	Leigh-on-Sea	John Bonaventure	John		Bredcake	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		Ipswich	England	Hamburg	Germany			EAST	Essex	40	1572	1572-05-31		E190/589/6 f.4v
12728	Scarborough	John Bonaventure	John		Boyes	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		Ipswich	England	Gdansk (Poland)	Foreign			EAST	EAST (?)	80	1572	1572-06-12		E190/589/6 f.5r
13447	Scarborough	John Bonaventure	John		Skelton	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		Scarborough	England	Newcastle	England			NORTH-EAST	North Riding Yorkshire	50	1571	1571-03-29		E190/305/8 f.1v
14880	Rederish?	John Bonaventure	Thomas		Winson	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	Hull	England			EAST (?)	EAST (?)	45	1574	1574-10-25	1574-11-15	E190/307/2 f.6r
16342	Newcastle	John Bonaventure	Richard		Boune	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		Bordeaux	France	Hull	England			NORTH-EAST	Northumberland	90	1579		1579-02-03	E190/307/12 f.14v; 27r
50272	Hull	John Bonaventure	William		Knyght	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	Hull	England			unknown (?)	unknown (?)		1541		1541-12-12	E122/64/16 f.2v
50285	Hull	John Bonaventure	William		Knyght	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		Hull	England	unknown	unknown			unknown (?)	unknown (?)		1542	1542-02-07		E122/64/16 f.9r
50305	Hull	John Bonaventure	William		Knyght	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	Hull	England			unknown (?)	unknown (?)		1542		1542-06-14	E122/64/16 f.14v