This contribution of mine is a simple transcription of a primary source useful for finding the names of merchants with business and family interests in Livorno. The printed booklet is available online on the platform ECCO (Eighteenth Century Collections Online) and its full title is: “The answer of the merchants-petitioners, and Trustees for the Factory at Legorn, To The Account of Damages, Laid to the charge of The Great Duke of Toscany, by Sir Alexander Rigby, Mr. Will. Shepard, and Mr. Will. Plowman: Together with Their reply, and The Merchants-Petitioners Second answer thereto. As also Divers Original Papers and Proofs; Deliver’d in Writing to Sir John Cooke, Judge Advocate, and John Pollexfen, Esq; The Delegates appointed by Her Majesty’s Special Command, to Hear what the Petitioners had to say; and to make Their Report thereupon. With several other Matters and Papers since come to Hand from Legorn.“, printed in 1704 in London. Unfortunately the ECCO platform is only available to selected Universities and libraries worldwide and not to the general public or freelance researchers like me, so when I had a chance to access it, I fully transcribed the following three parts which reveal the names of the people I am interested in:
1 – A transcript of the names of the Merchants in London trading to Legorn, who subscribed the Petition delivered in at the Cabinet-Council the 11th of January, 1703/4. [Vide Petition, p.4.]
| William WITHERS | Joseph WRIGHT Jun. | Samuel HEATHCOTE |
| William DAWSONNE | John MEAD | William WOOLLEY |
| Samuel WINDER | Arthur MARTYN | Richard HORSEY |
| Edward WHITEHALL | Charles CHAMBERLAYNE | Arundell WASTFEILD |
| Edward BOVEY | Daniel GOULD | Tho. WEDDALL |
| John DELEAU | Caleb HOOKE | Samuel READ |
| Edward GOULD Junior | John METHWEN | Samuel MICHELL |
| Stephen SCOTT | Rand.o KNIPE | Christopher MICHELL |
| Nicholas HANBURY | William DESBOVERIE | — |
| John UPTON | Joseph BAGNALL | James BATEMAN |
| Charles HENSHAW | John WRIGHT | Miles COOK |
| William BROUGHTON | Walter RYAN | John HESTER |
| Robert FOOT | Robert BALLE | Joseph JACKSON |
| Andrew HOPEGOOD | Robert ATWOOD | John CHADWICK |
| Robert DOUGHTY | Samuel FOOT | Thomas DEATH Senior |
| Edward and Samuel SHORT | Joseph WOLFE | Edward GOULD |
| BOOCK and CARTER | Benjamin BURDET | Robert WESTERN |
| Ralph LEE |
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2 – A Transcript of the names subscribed to the Petition from Exeter, which was delivered to the Right Honourable the Earl of Nottingham the 14th of March 1704. [Vide Petition, p.11.]
| Roger PYNE | Joseph READ | Nathaniel TAYLOR |
| Richard HALES | Philip MUGFORD | Walter LEVET |
| Richard MOORE | James ARUNDELL | Daniel SAUNDERS |
| Renotis CURTIS | Samuel DARKE | John MARKS |
| Charles TANNER | William MOLLAND | Philip BOLT |
| Edward BRAY | John MARGAY | Samuel CROSS |
| Henry HUGH | Peter MENHEIR | Peter WILLS |
| William ARNOLD | William STAPLEHILL | Francis BIDWILL |
| Robert NEWTON | William BOND | George HALS |
| John LAVINGTON | Thomas TOWNSEND Junior | George BRETLAND |
| John WHITE | Robert SAUNDERS | Richard HOLDITCH |
| Noah REEVE | Robert WILLSON | Clement JACKSON |
| William TANFORD | Tristram WHITTER | John LANGWORTHY |
| Clement WEEKS | Abram GOSWILL | Andrew JEFFERY |
| John FABIAN | Nicholas MUNKEY | Richard SPURWAY |
| John HOLDITCH | Christopher SAUNDERS | Matthew STREATLY |
| Daniel JACKSON | Thomas HARE | John TREN |
| Thomas GLANVILL | Richard STEVENS | Edward MANN |
| Robert NEWCOMBE | John COLEWORTHY | John HUTCHINS |
| Joseph SHARPE | James FITTER | Silvester HOLDITCH |
| John GOODMAN | Thomas TOWNSEND | John MILFORD |
| William HOLDITCH | John CHAPPELL | John CHEARS |
| John MARKER | Thomas JOHNS | Francis COLLINS |
| Edward WHITEWAY | William MATTHEWS | Robert ABRAHAM |
| Edward BURRY | Samuel STRONG | John ROD |
| Richard ROSS | Thomas GLANVILLE | John WHITE |
| Joseph ANTHONY | Philip HOOPER | Richard WHITE |
| Francis BERE | Thomas BURY | John PINN |
| Robert BOLT | Thomas REEVE | Isaiah FARRINGTON |
| James FOSTER | Hugh BIDWELL | Joseph PADDON |
| Gregory BOWDEN | William BOWDEN | Richard SHORT |
| Oliver WAKEHAM | Sylvanus EVANS | John HARRIS Junior |
| William TELLOR | Samuel BURY | Thomas JEFFREY |
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3 – Transcript of the names subscribed to the Petition of the Merchants in London trading to Legorn, &c. Deliver’d to Her Majesty 30th March 1704 [Vide the Petition, p.12.]
| Robert BULLOCK | Thomas STANTON | Caleb HOOK |
| John COX | John EDMUNDS | John LOVE |
| Henry DAVY | Benjamin LONGUET | Walter RYAN |
| James TUCKER | Andrew MARCH | Matthias GOODFELLOW |
| Joseph BAGNALL | Charles HENSHAW | Edward COLTSON Junior |
| Thomas HANBURY | John FLEETWOOD | John SHERBROOKE |
| Robert FISHER | Samuel LONGUER and Co. | William SNELLING |
| Edward BROWNE | William PARKSON | Nicholas OURSELL |
| Samuel WINDER | Dudley CARLETON | Abraham BEEKE |
| Thomas BEALE | Charles CARTER | Thomas NISBETT |
| Michael MITFORD | Richard WALKER | Abraham STOYLEP |
| Philip TOMS | George MARTIN | John BURRIDGE Junior |
| Richard NELTHORPE | Thomas STILES | Joseph HUDSON |
| Joseph CLARK | Francis COLLINGS | Randor KNIPE |
| Philip NISBETT | John EDWARDS | John EMILIE |
| John BAGSHAW | John STAFFORD | John LODINGTON |
| Richard CHISWELL | Edward SHORT | Samuel SHORT |
| John LEE | Peter DELME | Henry PHILL |
| Benjamin COLES | Joseph JACKSON | Samuel RAWSTORNE Junior |
| Thomas BENDYSH | John KADWELL | Daniel MERCER |
| Thomas CLARK Junior | John FELLOWS | Heritage LENTEN Junior |
| John LENTEN | Thomas TUCKFEILD | Benedict THISTLETHWAITE |
| George COLE | Peter JONES | Nicholas SKINNER |
| Richard BRINDLEY | Daniel JAMINEAU | George FRYE |
| James PINDEEK | Robert BALLE | Edward GOULD |
| John WRIGHT | Robert WESTERN | Ralph LEE |
| Nathaniel GRANTHAM | Joseph WRIGHT Junior | Samuel STANIER |
| William MORLEY | James PORTEN | Edward GOULD Junior |
| Wight WOOLLEY | Arundel WESTFIELD | Daniel GOULD |
| Samuel READ Junior | Edmund TOOKE | Henry BROOKE |
| Samuel MICHELL | Samuel READ | Disney STANYFORTH |
| Henry CARTER | Jonathan MICKLETHWAITE | John MORGAN |
| Nicholas HANBURY | William BROUGHTON | Joseph PAIRE |
| Obadiah BURNETT | George JACKSON | John HANGER |
| Benjamin BURDETT | Richard HORSEY | Thomas WEDDALL |
| Andrew HOPEGOOD | John CURRING | Richard BEALE |
| Augustin MARTIN | Peter GODFREY | Miles COOK |
| Charles PEERS | William DESBEAUVERY | Edward CARLETON |
| Robert DOUGHTY | Edmund DOUBTY | John DU-MAISTRE |
| Thomas AYLEWARD | Caleb HOOK Junior | Arthur MARTIN |
| Christopher MICHELL | Robert JACKSON | John BLACKALL |
| Samuel BURY | William WOOLLEY | John DELAU |
| Edward BOVEY | Richard WAGSTAFFE | Francis PORTEN |
| Stuart WORSLEY | Thomas JEFFERY | Abraham TILLARD |
| Nehemiah LYDE | Robert ASHURST | Thomas ANTROBUS |
| Samuel CLARK | Salomon MERRIT | Peter WHITCOMBE |
| George LEE | Robert CROSS | Peter GRAY |
| John BURRIDGE | Joseph TACOME |
Many of these merchants often used to travel to Livorno or had family connections there as their local agents, hence the significance of these lists. I have been researching some of these people as part of my ongoing Leghorn Merchant Networks Project, but many more are still somewhat mysterious and are waiting for light to be shed upon them. If you happen to have information on any of them backed by primary sources please let me know and participate in my project.
Leghorn Merchant Networks 
I am a Postal Historian and have an original letter sent from London to Livorno in July 1702 which mentions the declaration of war (War of Spanish Succession) the dissolution of Parliament and also specifically names Sir Alexander Rigby in the text. I would be happy to share the contents with you as I would like more information on the sender and more details of the text.
Kind Regards,
Marc
Sure you can write me at giunti.matteo@gmail.com, thanks!
I am a historian working on Huguenot merchants at the British Factory in Lisbon in the 18th century. I can comment a bit on four individuals in your lists: one very prominent London merchant of Walloon descent (Peter Delmé) and three Huguenots (Daniel Jamineau, Nicholas Oursell, also spelled Oursel at times; and John Du-Maistre, also spelled du Maistre and Dumaistre at times). The information I have on them, however, is too much for this reply box, so if they are of interest to you, please contact me.
My grandfather of four generations, John Dawson, traded from Livorno to the West Indies in a schooner yacht in the 1700s. His wife Christiana was from Jamaica, the granddaughter of Samuel Felsted , the musician, who was born and lived in Jamaica. John Dawson’s daughter, Sophia, married Pietro Paulo Pate of Livorno. I am Anthony Alec Dawson.
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