1727 - Little John of Bristol
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
| Record | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1727 |
| Topic | The Little John of Bristol brought slaves from Africa to Barbados and brought home a cargo of redwood. |
Bristol.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-11-24. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-08.
Record
[30 Sep. 1727:]
[The 70 ton vessel Little John of Bristol, owned by Samuel Day and with William Barry as master, made a voyage to Africa, bringing slaves to Barbados and 20 tons of redwood to Bristol, to which it returned on 30 Sep. 1727.][1]
[The 70 ton vessel Little John of Bristol, owned by Samuel Day and with William Barry as master, made a voyage to Africa, bringing slaves to Barbados and 20 tons of redwood to Bristol, to which it returned on 30 Sep. 1727.][1]
Source notes
The printed source is a structured summary of an entry in MS E190/1201/2, SMV Wharfage books (NA). The above bracketed text was constructed by IRHB, expanding the summary on the basis of keys provided elsewhere in the printed source.[2]
IRHB comments
There are several examples of vessels names after Little John or Robin Hood, see Ship names.
Lists
- Not included in Sussex, Lucy, compil. 'References to Robin Hood up to 1600', in: Knight, Stephen. Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw (Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 1994), pp. 262-88.
Sources
Also see
Notes
- ↑ Richardson, David, ed.; McGrath, Patrick, gen. ed.; Ralph, Elizabeth, assist. gen. ed. Bristol, Africa and the Eighteenth-Century Slave Trade to America. Vol. 1: The Years of Expansion, 1698-1729 (Bristol record Society's Publications, vol. XXXVIII) ([s.l.], 1986), p. 157, and see p. xii
- ↑ Richardson, David, ed.; McGrath, Patrick, gen. ed.; Ralph, Elizabeth, assist. gen. ed. Bristol, Africa and the Eighteenth-Century Slave Trade to America. Vol. 1: The Years of Expansion, 1698-1729 (Bristol record Society's Publications, vol. XXXVIII) ([s.l.], 1986), entry p. 157, keys p. xii