A previously unknown shipwreck of the 17th century, ‘by extremity of stormes and crossewindes driven uppon the Rockes neere the Lizard uppon the coast of Cornwall’, has been revealed by the Marinelives project, an effort to transcribe High Court of Admiralty (HCA) manuscripts of 1627-77 held in the National Archives at Kew. The following transcription was made by Colin Greenstreet in 2017 from HCA 13/54, a volume of witness statements (depositions) of 1638-9 comprising over 500 folios. The version here retains most of his original text and spelling …
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