ABSTRACT
P A P E R S R E L A T I N G T O T H E C O N S T R U C T I O N ,
L A U N C H I N G , E Q U I P M E N T A N D I N S U R A N C E O F T H E M A R Y G A L L E Y I N 1704
ON 25 March 1704, Captain Thomas Bowrey met Richard Wells, a shipwright of Rotherhithe, at the Jerusalem Coffee House, and there made an agree ment with him for the building of a ship 79 ft. 2 in. long and 21 ft. 6 in. broad at the gun deck. It was to be launched at the last spring tide of June in the same year, and its cost was to be £732. 55. and a piece of silver plate to the builder, for which £30 was eventually paid. The contract was witnessed by Elizabeth Collingswood, apparently on behalf of Thomas Bowrey, and by William Bufton, Notary Public, on behalf of Richard Wells.
