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
6888	Mill-Hall	Mary Jhon	John		Sympson	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	35	1572			SP15/22 f.13v
9435	Milton-next-Gravesend	Henry	John		Sympson	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		Milton-next-Gravesend	England	London	England			SOUTH-EAST	Kent	16	1574	1574-01-16		E190/639/10 f.3r
24166	Lowestoft	Marye Fflower	John		Sympson	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	30	1567	1567-05-02	1567-05-28	E190/425/3 f.4v; E190/425/6 f.19v
26588	Lowestoft	Maye Fflower	John		Sympson	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		King's Lynn	England	Berwick-upon-Tweed	England			EAST	Suffolk	30	1567	1567-03-15		E190/425/3 f.18r; E190/425/6 f.6r
26726	Lincoln	Peter	Peter		Sympson	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		King's Lynn	England	Boston	England			EAST	Lincolnshire	8	1567	1567-09-19	1567-09-21	E190/387/3 f.10r; E190/425/3 f.22r; E190/425/6 f.10v
29565	King's Lynn	Marie Ffortune	John		Sympson	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		King's Lynn	England	Scarborough	England			unknown (?)	unknown (?)	26	1573	1573-09-18		E190/427/4 f.8r
29935	King's Lynn	Redd Lyon	John		Sympson	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		King's Lynn	England	Newcastle	England			unknown (?)	unknown (?)	30	1575	1575-05-08		E190/427/9 f.2r
29988	King's Lynn	Red Lyon	John		Sympson	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		King's Lynn	England	Newcastle	England			unknown (?)	unknown (?)	30	1575	1579-06-22		E190/427/9 f.5r
30043	King's Lynn	Red Lyon	John		Sympson	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		King's Lynn	England	Newcastle	England			unknown (?)	unknown (?)	24	1575	1575-07-22		E190/427/9 f.6r
30166	King's Lynn	Blake Lyon	John		Sympson	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		King's Lynn	England	Hartlepool	England			unknown (?)	unknown (?)	30	1575	1575-09-03		E190/427/9 f.8r
30222	King's Lynn	Lyon	John		Sympson	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			unknown (?)	unknown (?)	30	1575	1575-02-24	1575-04-18	E190/427/9 f.11r
30261	King's Lynn	Redde Lyon	John		Sympson	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			unknown (?)	unknown (?)	30	1575		1575-06-20	E190/427/9 f.12v
30509	King's Lynn	Lyon	John		Sympson	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			unknown (?)	unknown (?)	30	1575	1575-09-22	1575-10-11	E190/427/8 f.1v; E190/427/7 f.7v
31417	King's Lynn	Lyon	John		Sympson	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			unknown (?)	unknown (?)	30	1576	1576-08-22	1576-09-14	E190/427/8 f.12r; E190/428/1 f.16r
31466	Keadby	Elsabeth	John		Sympson	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		King's Lynn	England	London	England			unknown (?)	unknown (?)	30	1575	1575-10-26		E190/427/8 f.13v; E190/427/7 f.1v
31649	King's Lynn	John	John		Sympson	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		King's Lynn	England	Bayonne	France			unknown (?)	unknown (?)	40	1576	1576-03-25		E190/427/8 f.17r
40596	Southwold	Trinite	Thomas		Sympson	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	Topsham	England			unknown (?)	unknown (?)		1490		1490-02-15	ECA 5-6HVII m.1d
46901	Newcastle	Mathewe	John		Sympson	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	unknown	unknown			unknown (?)	unknown (?)		1549	1549-10-03		E122/110/3 m.1d
50878	Southwold	Trenyte	Edward		Sympson	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		Walberswick	England	Hull	England			unknown (?)	unknown (?)		1552		1552-02-01	E122/65/13 f.1v