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|Person=Cornelius van Bommell
|First name=Cornelius
|Last name=Van Bommell
|Occupation=Merchant
|Secondary shorebased occupation=Bookkeeper
|Training=Not apprentice
|Citizen=Unknown
|Literacy=Signature
|Has opening text=Cornelius van Bommell
|Has signoff text=Cornelius van Bommell
|Transcription image={{#transcription-image: }}
|Language skills=English language,
|Res parish=Saint Catherine Coleman
|Res town=London
|Res country=England
|Birth year=1620
|First deposition age=34
|Deposition start page(s)=HCA 13/68 f.499r Annotate,
|Deposition date(s)=Feb 22 1654,
|Has infobox completed=Yes
|Has synthesis completed=No
|Has HCA evidence completed=No
|Has source comment completed=No
|Type of ship=N/A
|Role in Silver Ship litigation=None
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==Biographical synthesis==
Cornelius van Bommell (b. ca. 1620, Salt Boemel/Bommell in Gelderland; d. ?). Merchant.

Bookkeeper for London merchant Luke Lucie. Wrote much of Lucy's commercial correspondence and entered data into his account books.

Had served Luke Lucy since ca. 1644.

Resident in 1655 in the parish of Saint Catherine Coleman. Luke Lucy himself was resident in ffanchurch street, London, in the parish of Saint Catherine Coleman.

==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
'''February 1654'''

Cornelius van Bommell deposed on February 22nd 1654 in the High Court of Admiralty. He gave his age as thirty-four and stated that he was "a native of Salt Bommell in Gelderland". Van Bommell had served Luke Lucie for eleven years (so from ca. 1644).<ref>[[HCA 13/68 f.499r Annotate|HCA 13/68 f.499r]]</ref>

As Luke Lucie's bookkeeper, Cornelius van Bommell was "seeing and entring or writing the most of his dispatches in traffique". Van Bommell had reviewed the relevant letters from Batten, Lucie's factor in Libaun in the Ducy of Curland, and from Lucie's factors in Dantzicke.<ref>[[HCA 13/68 f.499r Annotate|HCA 13/68 f.499r]]</ref> Batten had been Lucie's Libaun factor for several years and had laden several ships at Libaun with linseed and other goods with Roscow in France as their destination. Van Bommell believed Batten to be resident in Libaun and a subject of the Duke of Courland, and had lived there and elsewhere in the East Country for the last 17 or 18 years. On account of the wars with Holland, Mr Lucie had instructed Batten to fill out the bills of lading in Batten's not Lucie's name.Luke Lucie's brother Jacob Lucie was to come in for a twelfth part of the goods. Van Bommell too came in for a twelfth part of the goods, and a Mr John Cole, and English merchant "now in the west country") for a quarter part. The entire lading was to be sold at Roscow by Mr Delaport, who was Luke Lucie's factor there.<ref>[[HCA 13/68 f.499v Annotate|HCA 13/68 f.499v]]</ref>

'''1655'''

Cornelius van Bommell deposed again on XX in the High Court of Admiralty.

'''April 1659'''

Cornelius Van Bommel(l) deposed together with Abraham Gualtier (sic) in the High Court of Admiralty for a third time on April 30th 1659, together. They identified themselves as London merchants. They stated that the ship the ''ffortune'' of London (Master: Claes Vandevelden) belonged to Mr Luke Lucy of London merchant, and that he bought her in London in 1653 and has ever since employed her in his service. In November 1658 Luke Lucy had let the ship to freight to Mr Arnold Sartillon, a London merchant, for a voyage from London to Mallaga and back to London. To keep the ship safe from seizure by the Spanish, Luke Luce employed Vande Velde as master, since he was a citizen of Bergen in Norway. Both Gaultier and Van Bommel stated they were servants of Luke Luce when he bought the ship and continued to serve him in 1659.<ref>[[HCA 13/73 f.705r Annotate|HCA 13/73 f.705r]]</ref>

==Comment on sources==

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 ==Biographical synthesis==
-Cornelius van Bommell (b. ca. 1620, Salt Boemel/Bommell in Gelderland; d. ?). Merchant.
+Cornelius van Bommell (b. ca. 1620, Salt Boemel/Bommell in Gelderland; d. >1666). Merchant.
 Bookkeeper for London merchant [[Luke Luce]]. Wrote much of Lucy's commercial correspondence and entered data into his account books.
 Had served Luke Luce since ca. 1644.
 Resident in 1655 in the parish of Saint Catherine Coleman. Luke Lucy himself was resident in ffanchurch street, London, in the parish of Saint Catherine Coleman.

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 '''1655'''
-Cornelius van Bommell deposed again on XX in the High Court of Admiralty.
+Cornelius van Bommell deposed again on XX in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Luke Lucy in "The clayme of Lucas Lucy for goods taken out of the ''John Baptist'' by Edward Payne commander of the vessell called the ''Saint Ives Scout''.<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.287v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.287v]]</ref>
 '''April 1659'''
 Cornelius Van Bommel(l) deposed together with Abraham Gualtier (sic) in the High Court of Admiralty for a third time on April 30th 1659, together. They identified themselves as London merchants. They stated that the ship the ''ffortune'' of London (Master: Claes Vandevelden) belonged to Mr Luke Lucy of London merchant, and that he bought her in London in 1653 and has ever since employed her in his service. In November 1658 Luke Lucy had let the ship to freight to Mr Arnold Sartillon, a London merchant, for a voyage from London to Mallaga and back to London. To keep the ship safe from seizure by the Spanish, Luke Luce employed Vande Velde as master, since he was a citizen of Bergen in Norway. Both Gaultier and Van Bommel stated they were servants of Luke Luce when he bought the ship and continued to serve him in 1659.<ref>[[HCA 13/73 f.705r Annotate|HCA 13/73 f.705r]]</ref>
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 Cornelius van Bommell (b. ca. 1620, Salt Boemel/Bommell in Gelderland; d. ?). Merchant.
-Bookkeeper for London merchant Luke Lucie. Wrote much of Lucy's commercial correspondence and entered data into his account books.
+Bookkeeper for London merchant [[Luke Luce]]. Wrote much of Lucy's commercial correspondence and entered data into his account books.
-Had served Luke Lucy since ca. 1644.
+Had served Luke Luce since ca. 1644.
 Resident in 1655 in the parish of Saint Catherine Coleman. Luke Lucy himself was resident in ffanchurch street, London, in the parish of Saint Catherine Coleman.