Kirkcaldy and nearby Fife ports in late 16th and early 17th C trading : with particular attention to that with the Wash ports of Boston and King's Lynn
Hunter, T. F.2015
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This volume studies the history of Fife's involvement in foreign trade from the early involvement of fishing boats to details given in the port books for Kirkcaldy. This study also takes a look at the Kirkcaldy families involved in this trade and the lives of the mariners involved.
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Norwich : T.F. Hunter, 2014.
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219 p. : ill., photos.,
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General introductionSection A Brief look at early fishing from Fife portsSection B Early Scottish exports: brief summary; plus short examination of local Fife trading and the dangers it broughtSection C the devastation of the Civil War and of Cromwell's reign in mid-17th c.Section D The east coast shipping route between England and Scotland; especially between Fife and East AngliaSection E Development of the Wash and Norfolk ports in the 16th C, especially in their trade with Newcastle, with Fife and the Low CountriesSection F (1) Sampling the port books of King's Lynn and BostonSection F (2) Over the short period 1610 -1614 (c/f work of Metters) the frequency of voyages between Fife and Lynn for one skipper/merchant, David BalfourSection F (3) Special licences and Sir George BruceSection F (4) The names and tonnage of the Fife (mainly Kirkcaldy) boatsSection F (5) Some of the Kirkcaldy familiesSection F (6) CargoesSection G Dangers from piracy and warBibliographyAppendix 1 The institution of the Kirkcaldy prime Gilt BoxAppendix 2 Alexander Hunter's recruitment of Flemings from Norwich and Leyden in 1601Appendix 3 Summary of the conditions and recommendations for mariners at home and abroad: from Convention of Royal Burghs of Scotland 1602Appendix 4 Fife trading with Blakeney, a small port in north NorfolkIndex.
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387.1
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English
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3455007