P_10433_0472 – Thomas Shakle
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Thomas Shakle was the co-owner (with shifting groups of partners, including James Waite, Houlditch and Brook, and William Lone) of six voyages from London between 1701 and 1708, of which four were to Calabar or New Calabar and four were destined for Virginia and Maryland. Three of the voyages were in the Dolphin. Thomas Shakle was a pewterer apparently oriented towards export markets, including Scandinavia, Russia and Jamaica. Thomas Shakle senior pewterer of London was bankrupt by 1710.
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Thomas Shakle senior and junior where both bankrupt by 1710.
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Sources: Pettigrew p. 232 gives Shackle TNA, C 6/412/74. Short title: Fryer v Shakle. Plaintiffs: John Fryer esq, of London, Elias Pearse merchant, of London, John Lawrence pewterer of London. Defendants: Thomas Shakle the elder pewterer, of London, bankrupt, Thomas Shakle the younger pewterer, of London, bankrupt, William Loan (alias William Lone) merchant of London. Subject: The plaintiffs, as assignees of the estate of the bankrupts, were demanding the payment of the portion of Elizabeth Shakle (alias Elizabeth Loan) wife of Thomas Shakle the younger, of 1000 guineas and part shares in the ship Dolphin frigate from her father, so that they could pay the bankrupts' creditors: mentions William Stevens pewterer, of London: Virginia, America; Maryland, America and property in Old Calibar, Guinea Coast, Africa. Document type: bill, answer, schedule (schedule of accounts included). Date: 1710. https://pewterbank.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Marks-Crowned-Rose-Jan-Gadd-....9.pdf
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Crossings (6)
21414 - Martha (1701 - 1701)
Role: Owner
21410 - Alexander Gally (1708 - 1708)
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21166 - Mermaid (1703 - 1704)
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21165 - Dolphin (1703 - 1704)
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20793 - Dolphin Gally (1706 - 1707)
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15176 - Dolphin (a) Kent (1708 - 1709)
Role: Owner
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