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==Biographical synthesis==
Thomas Sherwill (b. ca. 1615-1616; d. ??ca. 1675). Merchant.

Resident in the parish of Saint Thomas the Apostle in 1656.

Thomas Sherwill (b. ca. 1615-1616) of London may have been the son of Nicholas Sherwill (d.1639), merchant of Plymouth, and nephew of Thomas Sherwill (d.1631), merchant of Plymouth. See genealogical commentary on will of Thomas Sherwill (d. ca. 1675), merchant of Shadwell.<ref>[http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/sherrill/1693/ Genealogical comments on Thomas Sherwill, merchant of Shadwell. Middlesex, England (d. 1675) by Charles Shirrell, June 12, 2004], viewed 09/09/2016</ref>

Thomas Sherwill of Plymouth had his will proved in the prerogative court of Canterbury in 1631.<ref>PROB 11/160/465 Will of Thomas Sherwill, Merchant of Plymouth, Devon 10 October 1631</ref> See extensive profile of 'SHERWILL, Thomas (c.1571-1631), of Plymouth, Devon' by John P. Ferris and Paul Hunneyball (2010).<ref>[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/sherwill-thomas-1571-1631 John. P. Ferris, Paul Hunneyball, 'SHERWILL, Thomas (c.1571-1631), of Plymouth, Devon' in online edition of The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010]</ref> Ferris and Hunneyball state that "The Sherwill family can be traced in Plymouth from at least the 1540s, one member holding a minor local office there during Elizabeth’s reign. However, they were initially of little note in the town, and Sherwill and his younger brother Nicholas were doubtless aided in their rise to prominence by their maternal grandfather, John Blythman, a wealthy merchant who served three times as Plymouth’s mayor. Blythman, who may well have brought them up after their father’s early death, bequeathed the brothers the bulk of his estate in 1617. By then Sherwill had built a successful career trading in cloth with France, though his interests extended as far afield as the Low Countries and Spain." In this context it is interesting that Thomas Sherwill (b. ca. 1616) stated that "hee can write and reade English and ffrench, and reade dutch."<ref>[[HCA 13/71 f.56r Annotate|HCA 13/71 f.56r]]</ref>

==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
Forty year old Thomas Sherwill deposed on February 12th 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation made on December 18th 1655 on behalf of Samuel Andrews concerning the case of "Piles and company against Andrewes".<ref>[[HCA 13/71 f.55v Annotate|HCA 13/71 f.55v]]</ref> The case concerned a ship trading between Bilboa in Spain and Portsmouth., and was a dispute between Myles Pyle and company of Dartmouth and Samuel Andrews regarding payment of six months freight.<ref>[[HCA 13/71 f.56r Annotate|HCA 13/71 f.56r]]</ref>

The same Thomas Sherwill deposed again in a different case on February 9th 1657, this time giving his age as forty-two. The case was "Cubit and company regardig the ''Palmtree''". According to Sherwill's testimony, Joseph Cubit was one of the owners of the ship the ''Palmtree''. The ship sailed from Dartmouth to Rochell in France, but was seized off Plymouth by a Dunkirk man of war whilst returning to England. Subsequently she was rescued by an English ship.<ref>[[HCA 13/71 f.434r Annotate|HCA 13/71 f.434r]]</ref>

Evidence was given in June 1657 by a number of witnesses in a further case in the High Court of Admiralty "On the behalfe of Thomas Sherwill of London and Henry Crew of Dartmouth touching a losse in the shipp the ''Suckley''".<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.59r Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.59r]]</ref>

Earlier, Thomas Sherwill, merchant, of the parish of Saint Thomas the Apostle, acted as surety in the High Court of Admiralty on March 23rd 1654 for George Griggs in the case of Francis Lenthall against George Griggs.<ref>[[HCA 3/46 f.17r Annotate|HCA 3/46 f.17r]]</ref>

==Comment on sources==
PROB 11/160/465 Will of Thomas Sherwill, Merchant of Plymouth, Devon 10 October 1631

PROB 11/349/72 Will of Thomas Sherwill, Merchant of Shadwell, Middlesex 01 November 1675
- Possibly the will of Thomas Sherwill (b. ca. 1616)

Plymouth and West Devon Record Office; ref: 74/310/2; Description: Grant of annuity 1 Thomas Sherwill, son of T; Date: 1636.homas Sherwill, merchant 2 Governors of the Orphans Aid, Plymouth£4 payable from lands and tenements at Houndiscombe and Plymouth

Plymouth and West Devon Record Office; Ref: 1/361/72; Description: Letter to Mr Olliver Ceely, merchant at Plymouth from Thomas Sherwill in London with regard to a lease and also says that it has been reported that there is 'a peece concluded on betwixt France and Spaine'. Mentions Widow Glanville; Date: 17 August 1652

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Thomas Sherwill - Revision history

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