Hendrick Corneliszoon Loncque

Hendrick Corneliszoon Loncque is not mentioned in Luc Eekhout's Het Admiralenboek. I suppose the reason was that he was serving the VOC, not an admiralty. My only source about him is the Dutch version of Charles R. Boxer's book De Nederlanders in Brazilië 1624-1654, originally published in English in 1957, with the Dutch translation being published in 1977. Hendrick Corneliszoon Loncque had been a subordinate commander, under Piet Hein, in the capture of the Spanish Silver Fleet. In that operation, Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp had been Piet Hein's flag captain. My ability to read Boxer's book is low, as the translation into Dutch uses a great deal of vocabulary that is different from that used by Luc Eekhout and Dr. Elias. I will give you bits and pieces from Boxer that I have translated.

"The decision to attack Pernambuco must have been taken by the "Nineteen Lords" sometime in late 1628 or early 1629. Preparations were slowed by the crisis in Holland caused by the invasion of the Veluwe by Spanish and Imperial troops. As already mentioned, the West-Indian Company was aided in this critical summer of 1629 by money and a strong troop strength, but was delayed several months by this distraction. A part of the expedition was able to sail in May and June, but the rest were only able to leave in the course of October and November. The command of the fleet was in the hands of Hendrick Corneliszoon Loncque,who had been a subordinate commander of Piet Hein's in the capture of the Silver Fleet. Landing and garrison troops were the responsibility of Jonckheer Diederick van Waerdenburgh, who three had luitenant-kolonels under his command."

"Loncq, who on 27 June 1629 had left, had, before continuing across spent some months off the Cape Verde islands to wait the arrival of the remaining part of the fleet."

I will translate more, later, but this is a start.