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|Person=Samuel Browne
|First name=Samuel
|Last name=Browne
|Occupation=Mariner
|Mariner occupation=Boatswain, One of the Company
|Training=Not apprentice
|Citizen=Unknown
|Literacy=Marke
|Has opening text=Samuel Browne
|Has signoff text=+
|Transcription image={{#transcription-image: }}
|Language skills=English language,
|Res town=Aldeburgh
|Res county=Suffolk
|Res country=England
|Birth year=1604
|Deposition start page(s)=HCA 13/70 f.29r Annotate,
|Deposition date(s)=Nov 24 1654
|Has infobox completed=Yes
|Has synthesis completed=No
|Has HCA evidence completed=No
|Has source comment completed=No
|Type of ship=Coal ship
|Role in Silver Ship litigation=None
}}
==Biographical synthesis==
Samuel Browne (b. ca. 1604; d.?). Mariner.

Boatswain of the coal ship the ''Mary'' of Aldburgh in Suffolk.

Resident in 1654 Aldeburgh in Suffolk and for twenty six years prior to that (so since ca. 1628)

"Hee hath well knowne the shipp ''Mary'' arlate for theise 12. yeares last past...The premisses hee knoweth having resided at Alborough aforesaid for about 26. yeares last past, and hath sailed in and served aboard the said shipp the whole sommer last past".<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.29r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.29r]]</ref>

==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
Fifty year old Samuel Browne deposed on May 24th 1654 in the High Court of Admiralty.<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.29r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.29r]]</ref> He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Robert Yaxley, George Blowers and Company in the case of "Robert Yaxley George Blowers, Arthur Blowers and Companie owners of the shipp the ''Mary'' of Alborough against the shipp the ''freeman'', John Whitty master and her tackle and ffurniture and against Thomas Delabarr and other".<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.27r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.27r]]</ref>

==Comment on sources==

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 Fifty year old Samuel Browne deposed on May 24th 1654 in the High Court of Admiralty.<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.29r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.29r]]</ref> He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Robert Yaxley, George Blowers and Company in the case of "Robert Yaxley George Blowers, Arthur Blowers and Companie owners of the shipp the ''Mary'' of Alborough against the shipp the ''freeman'', John Whitty master and her tackle and ffurniture and against Thomas Delabarr and other".<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.27r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.27r]]</ref>
-Samuell Browne stated that "the ''Mary'' arlate upon or about the 26th. day of October last past 1654. coming upon a voyage from Newcastle with her lading of coales designed for London, and being sayleing in Gallions reach in the River of Thames neere Woolwich towards the port with the benefit onely of the tide, the master and company of the said shipp Mary perceiving the shipp the freeman arlate (John Whitty master) then comeing downe the said river, and approaching neere unto the ''Mary'', the wind then being at West-South-West with a fair gale, the master of the said ''Mary'' and company boare up as much as possible they could to the South shoare of the River, expressely to prevent that the said shipp the freeman might not fall fowle upon them".<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.29v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.29v]]</ref>
+Samuell Browne stated that "the ''Mary'' arlate upon or about the 26th. day of October last past 1654. coming upon a voyage from Newcastle with her lading of coales designed for London, and being sayleing in Gallions reach in the River of Thames neere Woolwich towards the port with the benefit onely of the tide, the master and company of the said shipp Mary perceiving the shipp the ''Freeman'' arlate (John Whitty master) then comeing downe the said river, and approaching neere unto the ''Mary'', the wind then being at West-South-West with a fair gale, the master of the said ''Mary'' and company boare up as much as possible they could to the South shoare of the River, expressely to prevent that the said shipp the freeman might not fall fowle upon them".<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.29v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.29v]]</ref>
 Despite the crew of the ''Mary'' calling out, Samuel Browne clained that "Whitty and companie violently rann aboard the ''Mary'' with the said shipp the ''Freeman'', and made such a strong impression, that they broake the said shipp ''Mary'' her maine mast, maine toppe, maine yard, foreyard, her maine shrowdes, two of her maine stay in two places, and broke one side of the said shipp the ''Mary'' downe to the water, rent the foresayle and maine topsayle, much endammaged the mainesayle and spoyled all the small rigging".<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.29v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.29v]]</ref>

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 Samuell Browne stated that "the ''Mary'' arlate upon or about the 26th. day of October last past 1654. coming upon a voyage from Newcastle with her lading of coales designed for London, and being sayleing in Gallions reach in the River of Thames neere Woolwich towards the port with the benefit onely of the tide, the master and company of the said shipp Mary perceiving the shipp the freeman arlate (John Whitty master) then comeing downe the said river, and approaching neere unto the ''Mary'', the wind then being at West-South-West with a fair gale, the master of the said ''Mary'' and company boare up as much as possible they could to the South shoare of the River, expressely to prevent that the said shipp the freeman might not fall fowle upon them".<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.29v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.29v]]</ref>
-Despit cthe crew of the ''Mary'' alling out, Samuel Browne clained that "Whitty and companie violently rann aboard the ''Mary'' with the said shipp the ''Freeman'', and made such a strong impression, that they broake the said shipp ''Mary'' her maine mast, maine toppe, maine yard, foreyard, her maine shrowdes, two of her maine stay in two places, and broke one side of the said shipp the ''Mary'' downe to the water, rent the foresayle and maine topsayle, much endammaged the mainesayle and spoyled all the small rigging".<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.29v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.29v]]</ref>
+Despite the crew of the ''Mary'' calling out, Samuel Browne clained that "Whitty and companie violently rann aboard the ''Mary'' with the said shipp the ''Freeman'', and made such a strong impression, that they broake the said shipp ''Mary'' her maine mast, maine toppe, maine yard, foreyard, her maine shrowdes, two of her maine stay in two places, and broke one side of the said shipp the ''Mary'' downe to the water, rent the foresayle and maine topsayle, much endammaged the mainesayle and spoyled all the small rigging".<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.29v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.29v]]</ref>
 Calling the collision a "violent irruption", Samuel Browne described "sewerall of the said ''Freemans'' companie which came aboard the Mary, and there according to their owne fancie hacked and cutt in pieces the said shipp and rigging". John Whitty, the captain of the ''Freeman'', picturesquely "standing on the fore castle of the ''Freeman'' and calling the ''Maries'' companie colierly doggs and rogues, telling them hee cared not if hee had sunke their shipp".<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.29v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.29v]]</ref>
 ==Comment on sources==

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 "Hee hath well knowne the shipp ''Mary'' arlate for theise 12. yeares last past...The premisses hee knoweth having resided at Alborough aforesaid for about 26. yeares last past, and hath sailed in and served aboard the said shipp the whole sommer last past".<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.29r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.29r]]</ref>
 Samuell Browne stated that "the ''Mary'' arlate upon or about the 26th. day of October last past 1654. coming upon a voyage from Newcastle with her lading of coales designed for London, and being sayleing in Gallions reach in the River of Thames neere Woolwich towards the port with the benefit onely of the tide, the master and company of the said shipp Mary perceiving the shipp the freeman arlate (John Whitty master) then comeing downe the said river, and approaching neere unto the ''Mary'', the wind then being at West-South-West with a fair gale, the master of the said ''Mary'' and company boare up as much as possible they could to the South shoare of the River, expressely to prevent that the said shipp the freeman might not fall fowle upon them".<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.29v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.29v]]</ref>
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 Calling the collision a "violent irruption", Samuel Browne described "sewerall of the said ''Freemans'' companie which came aboard the Mary, and there according to their owne fancie hacked and cutt in pieces the said shipp and rigging". John Whitty, the captain of the ''Freeman'', picturesquely "standing on the fore castle of the ''Freeman'' and calling the ''Maries'' companie colierly doggs and rogues, telling them hee cared not if hee had sunke their shipp".<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.29v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.29v]]</ref>
 ==Comment on sources==

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	"Hee hath well knowne the shipp ''Mary'' arlate for theise 12. yeares last past...The premisses hee knoweth having resided at Alborough aforesaid for about 26. yeares last past, and hath sailed in and served aboard the said shipp the whole sommer last past".<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.29r Annotate\|HCA 13/70 f.29r]]</ref>		"Hee hath well knowne the shipp ''Mary'' arlate for theise 12. yeares last past...The premisses hee knoweth having resided at Alborough aforesaid for about 26. yeares last past, and hath sailed in and served aboard the said shipp the whole sommer last past".<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.29r Annotate\|HCA 13/70 f.29r]]</ref>
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		+	Samuell Browne stated that "the ''Mary'' arlate upon or about the 26th. day of October last past 1654. coming upon a voyage from Newcastle with her lading of coales designed for London, and being sayleing in Gallions reach in the River of Thames neere Woolwich towards the port with the benefit onely of the tide, the master and company of the said shipp Mary perceiving the shipp the freeman arlate (John Whitty master) then comeing downe the said river, and approaching neere unto the ''Mary'', the wind then being at West-South-West with a fair gale, the master of the said ''Mary'' and company boare up as much as possible they could to the South shoare of the River, expressely to prevent that the said shipp the freeman might not fall fowle upon them".<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.29v Annotate\|HCA 13/70 f.29v]]</ref>
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		+	Despit cthe crew of the ''Mary'' alling out, Samuel Browne clained that "Whitty and companie violently rann aboard the ''Mary'' with the said shipp the ''Freeman'', and made such a strong impression, that they broake the said shipp ''Mary'' her maine mast, maine toppe, maine yard, foreyard, her maine shrowdes, two of her maine stay in two places, and broke one side of the said shipp the ''Mary'' downe to the water, rent the foresayle and maine topsayle, much endammaged the mainesayle and spoyled all the small rigging".<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.29v Annotate\|HCA 13/70 f.29v]]</ref>
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		+	Calling the collision a "violent irruption", Samuel Browne described "sewerall of the said ''Freemans'' companie which came aboard the Mary, and there according to their owne fancie hacked and cutt in pieces the said shipp and rigging". John Whitty, the captain of the ''Freeman'', picturesquely "standing on the fore castle of the ''Freeman'' and calling the ''Maries'' companie colierly doggs and rogues, telling them hee cared not if hee had sunke their shipp".<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.29v Annotate\|HCA 13/70 f.29v]]</ref>

	==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==		==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==

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 Samuel Browne (b. ca. 1604; d.?). Mariner.
-Boatswain of the coal ship the ''Mary'' of Aldburgh in Suffolk.
+Boatswain of the coal ship the ''Mary'' of Aldburgh in Suffolk (Master: Robert Yaxley).
 Resident in 1654 Aldeburgh in Suffolk and for twenty six years prior to that (so since ca. 1628)

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 |Occupation=Mariner
 |Mariner occupation=Boatswain, One of the Company
 |Training=Not apprentice
 |Citizen=Unknown

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 |Has opening text=Samuel Browne
 |Has signoff text=+
-|Transcription image={{#transcription-image: }}
+|Transcription image={{#transcription-image:  }}
 |Language skills=English language,
 |Res town=Aldeburgh
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 |Res country=England
 |Birth year=1604
 |Deposition start page(s)=HCA 13/70 f.29r Annotate,
 |Deposition date(s)=Nov 24 1654