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 Maritime Certificates of Age 1801-1820
| Date transcribed | 2024-10-00 | | Transcribed by | Alan Goodchild, Sandra Seager | | Comment | The certificates are divided into 6 parts in number order. To locate an individual name the alphabetical index at the front of part 1 will be required. The Part number needs to be specified when ordering. The part numbers are located in the A-Z index, with reference number is enclosed in () usually at the top right of the Certificate. |
| | Internal ref | 20240829_141139.jpg | | | Certificate no. | (818) | | | A-Z Index no. | 1627 |  | Surname | Lawson or de Cardonnel | | | First names | Alexander Hilton | | | Certificate date | 1 Jun 1814 | | | Notes | Admiral Sir Richard Bickerton, Bart Commander in Chief etc., Portsmouth examined Mr Alexander Hilton de Cardonnel who by Certificate appears to be more than 19 years and has gone to Sea more than 6 Years in the Ships under-mentioned, [listed by] Ship, Birth place, Age, Entry, Quality, Discharge date, Time. QUEBEC, Northumberland, 13y, 27 Jan 1806, Vol Cp or Css, 16 Jun 1806, 5m ; LIVELY [1], 17 Jun 1806, vol Cp or Css, 1 Apr 1708, 10m 1w 2d ; [2], 2 Apr 1807, Mid, 11 May 1810, 3y 1m 1w 5d ; [3], 12 May 1810, Able, 31 May 1810, 2w 6d ; [4], 1 Jun 1810, Mid, 28 Nov 1810, 6m 1w, 6d ; THAIS, 29 Nov 1810, Sup, 15 Jan 1811, 1m 2w, 6d ; VENERABLE [1], 5 Mar 1811, Mid, 31 May 1811, 3m 4d ; [2], 1 Jun 1811, Mid Ord, 24 Nov 1811, 6m 1w, 2d ; [3], 25 Nov 1811, Mid, 31 Jan 1813, 1y 2m 1w, 5d. BY CERTIFICATE: VENERABLE, 1 Feb 1813, Mid, 19 Feb 1813, 2w 5d ; STIRLING CASTLE, 20 Feb 1813, Mid, 1 Jun 1814, 1y, 3m, 2w, 4d. Total Time 8y 2m 3w 3d. | | | Remarks | Certificates from Captains Mr Kinley, Ferriers and Sir Horne Popham of his Diligence and Sobriety: he can splice, knot reef, takin in and set Sails, Moor Unmoor, Work and Manage a ship ; calculate Tides ; keep reckoning by Plane and Mercators Sailing ; observe Latitude by sun and stars, find same by double Sun Altitudes ; find Variation of Compass by Azimuths and Amplitudes ; is qualified to take Charge of Watch on any of HMs ships. Signed on board Gladiator at Portson Hants. |
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This varied accumulation represents the surviving records of the East India Companys management of its commercial shipping activity. The series L/MAR/C/669 and 670 deal with Certificates of Age, which were generally in the form of Extracts of Birth/Baptism from Parish Registers, Sworn Affidavits, Letters from Family and Relatives and Letters from ship Commanders.
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