Recto: Barlow and others in the crew successfully recover their money in Doctors Commons Court. He evades the pressgang and signs on the MADEROSSE, bound for Guinea. Verso: Western part of the Isle of Wight, opposite Hurst Castle, with a view of the Isle of Wight from the South West.
Page 81 and 82 of Edward Barlow's journal.
Page 81 (recto): Barlow comments that many sailors prefer to serve on the ships of other nations to escape the pressgang and unfair deductions from their pay. He and others win a case in Doctors Commons Court and recover their money. He stays with his master's wife on shore, but to avoid the active pressgang Barlow signs himself on the MADEROSSE, bound for Guinea as both merchant ship and man-of-war.
Page 82 (verso): Western part of the Isle of Wight, opposite Hurst Castle, with a view of the Isle of Wight from the South West.
Page 81 (recto): Barlow comments that many sailors prefer to serve on the ships of other nations to escape the pressgang and unfair deductions from their pay. He and others win a case in Doctors Commons Court and recover their money. He stays with his master's wife on shore, but to avoid the active pressgang Barlow signs himself on the MADEROSSE, bound for Guinea as both merchant ship and man-of-war.
Page 82 (verso): Western part of the Isle of Wight, opposite Hurst Castle, with a view of the Isle of Wight from the South West.
Record Details
| Item reference: | JOD/4/81-82 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 1 page |
| Date made: | 1663-1664 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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