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The merchant fleet and maritime community of Kent, 1580-1630

The merchant fleet and maritime community of Kent, 1580-1630
The merchant fleet and maritime community of Kent, 1580-1630
This chapter analyses the size and geographical distribution of Kent's merchant fleet, noting key moments of change. It also examines the size of Kent's maritime community, their career patterns, the ages of those working aboard ships, and their social and economic lives.
shipping, trade, communities, maritime
82-121
Boydell Press
Lambert, Craig
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Blackmore, Robert
Lambert, Craig
Lambert, Craig
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Blackmore, Robert
Lambert, Craig

Lambert, Craig (2025) The merchant fleet and maritime community of Kent, 1580-1630. In, Blackmore, Robert and Lambert, Craig (eds.) Kent and Europe, 1450-1640: Merchants, Mariners, Shipping and Defence. Woodbridge. Boydell Press, pp. 82-121.

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This chapter analyses the size and geographical distribution of Kent's merchant fleet, noting key moments of change. It also examines the size of Kent's maritime community, their career patterns, the ages of those working aboard ships, and their social and economic lives.

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Published date: 6 October 2025
Keywords: shipping, trade, communities, maritime

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Local EPrints ID: 506741
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/506741
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ORCID for Craig Lambert: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6252-6508

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Date deposited: 17 Nov 2025 17:51
Last modified: 18 Nov 2025 02:46

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Author: Craig Lambert ORCID iD
Editor: Robert Blackmore
Editor: Craig Lambert

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