The atlas of shipwrecks & treasure : the history, location, and treasures of ships lost at sea by Pickford, Nigel

Table of Contents: “…The Antikythera wreck -- The Serce Limani wreck -- Sutto Hoo burial ship -- Oseberg burial ship -- the Sinan wreck -- The Vung Tau wreck --The wreck of Ulbo Island -- the Toobie -- The Flor de la Mar -- the Sao Paulo -- The Madre de Deus -- The Dourado -- The Tobermory Galleon --The Girona -- The Tortugas wreck -- Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion --The Vigo Bay wrecks -- The Guadalupe and Tolosa -- Las Cinque Chagas --The Reinera e Soderina -- The Whydah -- The Batavia -- The Geldermalsen -- The Hartwell -- The Bonhomme Richard -- The Orient --The Vrow Maria -- the Mentor -- The Fame -- The Central America -- The General Grant --The Royal charter -- The Prins Frederik -- The Titanic -- The Egypt --The Andrea Doria -- HMS Edinburgh -- The City of Cairo -- The I-52 --The John Barry.…”


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John Clarke and his legacies : religion and law in colonial Rhode Island, 1638-1750 by James, Sydney V., 1929-1993

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The atlas of shipwrecks & treasure : the history, location, and treasures of ships lost at sea by Pickford, Nigel

Table of Contents: “…The General Grant -- The Royal Charter -- Mail ships and liners. The Prins Frederik -- The Titanic -- The Egypt -- The Andrea Doria -- The Second World War. …”


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The East India Company : trade and conquest from 1600 by Wild, Antony, 1955-

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Power, knowledge, and expertise in Elizabethan England by Ash, Eric H., 1972-

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The ancient Maya of the Belize Valley : half a century of archaeological research

Table of Contents: “…Leventhal and Wendy Ashmore -- The royal charter at Xunantunich / Virginia M. Fields -- Buenavista del Cayo, Cahal Pech, and Xunantunich : three centers, three histories, one central place / Jennifer T. …”


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Roger Williams by Gaustad, Edwin S. (Edwin Scott)

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The Oxford book of sea songs

Table of Contents: “…John Dory -- Lustily, lustily -- Upon Sir Francis Drake's return -- In praise of seafaring men -- Another of seafarers -- A joyful new ballad -- Sir Francis Drake -- The sailor's only delight -- The winning of Cales -- The famous sea fight -- The praise of sailors -- The honour of Bristol -- Sailors for my money -- A song of the seamen and land soldiers -- The famous fight at Malago -- The seaman's compass -- A net for a night raven -- The seamen and soldier's farewell -- Captain Mansfield's fight -- A song on the Duke's late glorious success -- The Benjamins' lamentation -- Sir Walter Raleigh sailing in the Lowlands -- The Caesar's victory -- The golden voyage -- The boatswain's call -- The sea martyrs -- An excellent new song -- England's great loss by a storm of wind -- The sea fight -- The seamen's wives' vindication -- The sailor's complaint -- A copy of verses composed by Captain Henry Every -- Captain Kid's farewell -- Cordial advice -- The death of Admiral Benbow -- The Greenland voyage -- The sailor's lamentation -- English courage displayed --The disappointed sailor -- The valiant sailor -- Disconsolate Judy's lamentation -- A new song on the Blandford -- The lucky sailor -- New sea song -- A sea song -- Admiral Byng -- The wreck of the Rambler -- Captain Barton's distress -- The jolly sailor's true description of a man-of-war -- The seamen's distress -- The Dolphin's return -- Captain James -- William Taylor -- Spanish ladies -- A new song, called the frolicsome sea captain -- Captain Glen's unhappy voyage -- Bold princess royal -- Jack Tar -- The man-of-war's garland -- On the late engagement in Charles Town River -- The silk merchant's daughter -- The Yankee man-of-war -- The Greenland men -- The rolling sailor -- Jackie Tar -- The ship is all laden -- Duke William -- The fisher lad of Whitby -- The ship in distress -- The fishes' lamentation -- A sailor's life -- The Greenland whale fishery -- The Tars of the Blanche -- Song -- President Parker -- A new song on the total defeat of the French fleet -- The boatie rows -- Second of August -- Distressed men of war -- Nelson's death and victory -- A new song called the victory -- Pleasant and delightful -- The servant of Rosemary Lane -- A copy of verses on Jefferys the seaman -- Shannon and Chesapeake -- The flying cloud -- The North County collier -- Homeward bound -- The smuggler's victory -- Sally Munro -- The banks of Newfoundland (I) -- The rambling sailor -- Fare ye well, lovely Nancy -- Ratcliffe highway -- Loss of the Amphitrite -- Bold adventures of Captain Ross -- The female cabin boy -- The fancy frigate -- Three jolly fishermen -- Grace darling -- The fire ship -- Liverpool girls -- Leave her, Johnny -- George Jones -- Heave away, my Johnny -- The Flying Dutchman -- The sailor's alphabet -- Blow the man down -- The City of Baltimore -- The first of the emigrants -- Whip jamboree -- Lady Franklin's lament -- Paddy West -- The Dreadnought -- Andrew Rose -- Rolling home -- The wreck of the Royal Charter -- Blow ye winds -- The banks of Newfoundland (II) -- The leaving of Liverpool -- Execution of five pirates for murder -- Roll, Alabama, roll -- Strike the bell -- Off to sea once more -- The holy ground -- The wreck of the Northfleet -- Rounding the horn -- The unseaworthy ship -- The sailor's Christmas day -- The common sailor -- The Grimsby fisherman -- The young sailor cut down -- Tiger Bay -- The Balena -- The smacksman -- The dockyard gate -- The sailor's hornpipe -- Three score and ten -- I am an ancient mariner -- The merchant shipping act -- On board the Leicester Castle -- The bargeman's ABC -- Stormy weather, boys -- The candlelight fisherman -- Swell my net full -- The mail boat, Leinster -- The sailors' wives -- Looking for a ship -- The sinking of the Graf Spee -- The Jervis Bay -- Deep sea tug -- The Kola run -- Diesel and shale -- The shoals of Herring -- Liverpool John -- The Grimsby lads -- Fiddler's green -- The loss of the Evelyn Marie -- The final trawl.…”


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The loyalists of America and their times: from 1620 to 1816. by Ryerson, Egerton, 1803-1882

Table of Contents: “…Vol. 1 -- Introduction-two classes of emigrants-two governments for seventy years-the pilgrim fathers, their pilgrimages and settlement -- Government of the "pilgrim fathers" at New Plymouth during seventy years, from 1620-1690, as distinct from that of the "Puritan fathers" of Massachusetts Bay -- The Puritans of Massachusetts Bay Company and their government, commencing in 1629 -- The government of Massachusetts Bay under the Long Parliament, the Commonwealth, and Cromwell -- Government of Massachusetts Bay and other colonies during twenty years, under Charles the Second, from 1660 to 1680 -- Massachusetts during the last four years of Charles the Second and the three years' reign of James the Second , from 1680 to 1689; the immediate causes and manner of cancelling the first charter -- Second royal charter, and the government of Massachusetts under it from 1691 to 1748; the close of the first war between England and France, and the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle -- Massachusetts and other colonies during the second war between Great Britain and France, from the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748, to the peace of Paris, 1763 -- Relation of England and the colonies with each other and with foreign countries -- The Stamp Act; its effects in America; Virginia leads the opposition to it; riots and destruction of property in Boston; petitions against the Stamp Act in England; repeal of the Stamp Act; rejoicings at its repeal in England and America; the Declaratory Act -- Authority of Parliament over the British colonies -- Summary of events from the repeal of the Stamp Act, March, 1776, to the end of the year -- 1767-protests and loyal petitions of the colonists against the English Parliamentary Acts for raising revenues in the colonies -- Events of 1769-unjust imputations of Parliament on the loyalty of the colonists, and misrepresentation of their just and loyal petitions -- Events of 1770-an eventful epoch-expectations of reconciliation and union disappointed -- Events of 1771, 1772, 1773-the East India Company's tea rejected in every province in America; not a chest of its tea sold; resolutions of a public meeting in Philadelphia on the subject, the model for those of other colonies -- Events of 1774-all classes in the colonies discontented; all classes and all the provinces reject the East India Company's tea -- 1774, continued until the meeting of the first general Congress in September -- General Congress or convention at Philadelphia, September and October, 1774 -- The re-assembling of Parliament the 20th of January; letters from colonial governors, revenue and military officers, against the colonists opposed to the ministerial policy and the Parliamentary Acts; the Ministry, supported by Parliament, determine upon continuing and strengthening the coercive policy against the Colonies -- Parliament proceeds to pass an act to punish the New England colonies for sympathising with Massachusetts, by restricting their trade to England and depriving them of the Newfoundland fisheries -- The second Continental Congress in America -- An eventful year; preparation in England to reduce colonists to absolute submission; self-asserted authority of Parliament -- Congress of 1776: proceedings preliminary to, and adoption of the Declaration of Independence; a copy of the Declaration itself -- Declaration of Independence discussed -- Vol. 2 -- Alliance between Congress and France not productive of the effect anticipated; efforts of the British government for reconciliation with the colonies -- Complete failure of the French fleet and army, under Count d'Estaing, to assist the Congress -- 1780-a year of weakness and disaster to the American cause, and of success to the British -- The French and Congress allies recover Virginia; surrender of Lord Cornwallis; results -- Change of administration in England; change of policy for both England and the colonies; peace negotiations at Paris; cause of the United Empire Loyalists; change of ministry; the king compelled to yield -- Origin of republicanism and hatred of monarchy in America; Thos. …”


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The Oxford book of sea songs

Table of Contents: “…The first of the emigrants (p.225) -- Whip jamboree (p.228) -- Lady Franklin's lament (p.229) -- Paddy West (p.232) -- The Dreadnought (p.233) -- Andrew Rose (p.236) -- Rolling home (p.238) -- The wreck of the Royal Charter (p.239) -- Blow ye winds (p.240) -- The Banks of Newfoundland (2) (p.242) -- The leaving of Liverpool (p.244) -- Execution of five pirates for murder (p.245) -- Roll, Alabama, roll (p.247) -- Strike the bell (p.248) -- Off to sea once more (p.250) -- The holy ground (p.252) -- The wreck of the Northfleet (p.253) -- Rounding the Horn (p.255) -- The unseaworthy ship (p.257) -- The sailor's Christmas day (p.259) -- The common sailor (p.260) -- The Grimsby fisherman (p.262) -- The young sailor cut down (p.264) --…”


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A source book for medieval economic history by Cave, Roy C. (Roy Clinton)

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Encouragement of Glassmaking -- Allocation of Serfs to Crafts -- Grant of a Craft Gild to Fishermen -- Grant of a Gild to the Tanners of Rouen -- Grant of Henry II to the Oxford Cordwainers -- A German Carpenters' Gild -- Butchers' Gilds -- A Royal Charter to Paris Butchers -- Master Butchers of the City of Tuln -- The Butchers of the City of Chartres -- Grant of King John to London Abolishing the Weavers' Gild -- Laws of the Weavers and Fullers in England -- The Arte della Lana -- The Silk Industry -- Brunswick's Grant of a Goldsmiths' Gild -- The Woolen Crafts of Stendal -- Garment Cutters' Gild -- The Weavers' Law -- Apprenticeship to a Barber -- The Shearers' Charter of Arras -- Regulations Respecting Manufacture and Sale of Cloth at Douai -- Apprenticeship in the Weaving Industry -- Florentine Crafts Subject to Tax.…”


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Bristol charters, 1509-1899

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Rebel angels : space and sovereignty in anglo-saxon England by Fitzgerald, Jill

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Records of medieval Newmarket : manor court rolls 1399-1413 and manor account rolls 1403-1483

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The Politics of Memory and Identity in Carolingian Royal Diplomas : The West Frankish Kingdom (840-987) by Koziol, Geoffrey

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America's founding charters : primary documents of Colonial and Revolutionary era governance

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