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==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty== | ==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty== | ||
Twenty-five year old William Talmage deposed on Masrch 16th 1658 in the High Court of Admiralty.<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.255v Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.255v]]</ref> He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Joseph Careswell in the case of "Joseph Careswell and Company Owners of the ''Oporto Merchant'' against Alexander Bence".<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.253r Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.253r]]</ref> | Twenty-five year old William Talmage deposed on Masrch 16th 1658 in the High Court of Admiralty.<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.255v Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.255v]]</ref> He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Joseph Careswell in the case of "Joseph Careswell and Company Owners of the ''Oporto Merchant'' against Alexander Bence".<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.253r Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.253r]]</ref> | ||
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| + | William Talmage stated that he went ship's carpenter on the ''Oporto Merchant'' on a voyage from London to Lisbon and back. As carpenter, he helped to stow diverse chests of sugar and diverse pipes and hogsheads of oil at Lisbon for transport back to London. But he had no knowledge of any freight or average to be paid on the goods. | ||
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| + | Again, as carpenter, he attested to the strength and stauchness of the ship, having helped to dennage the ship and to stow the goods that were laden. He stated that the ship was well supplied with ballast and bavins laid upon the ballast. He added in answer to an interrogatory that "the shipp was dennaged with ballast and bavins to the quantitie | ||
| + | of seaven or eight Inches above the keeleson". Most of the sugar was stowed "abaft the mayne mast and some of it upon the dennage and other some of it upon the oyles".<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.256r Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.256r]]</ref> | ||
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| + | However, the ship experienced very stormy and tempestuous weather en route to London, and was at great risk of her masts being carried over board. Indeed she split her mizen mast. He was convinced that without the storm the cargo wopuld have been brought home "well conditioned".<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.255v Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.255v]]</ref> | ||
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| + | Talmage assisted at the unlading of the goods in London, but claimed (whether believable or not) that he "tooke noe notice (it not belonging to his office in the sayd shipp) to whome it belonged or to whome it was delivere, or in what condition the ladeing | ||
| + | was at the delivery thereof". He had received all his wages "for him selfe and servant" except eleven pounds " sixe pounds whereof the sayd Joseph Careswell the master of the sayd shipp doth deteyne in his hands till hee receaves his freight, and see what | ||
| + | dammage will bee recovered against him by his freighters".<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.255v Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.255v]]</ref> | ||
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| + | Describing the impact of the storm, Talmage stated that "before the storme it was necessary and usuall to pumpe the shipp three howers in a day or thereabouts and after | ||
| + | the storme shee stood neede to be pumped five howers in a day or thereabouts | ||
| + | and was pumped soe long at least every day till shee came into the river of | ||
| + | Thames".<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.256v Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.256v]]</ref> | ||
==Comment on sources== | ==Comment on sources== | ||
Revision as of 23:39, October 22, 2016
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| Person | William Talmage |
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| First name | William |
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| Last name | Talmage |
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| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Ship carpenter |
| Associated with ship(s) | |
| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
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| Has opening text | William Talmage |
| Has signoff text | William Talmage |
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| Language skills | English language |
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| Res street | Limehouse |
| Res parish | Stepney |
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| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1633 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/72 f.255v Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Mar 16 1658 |
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| Has infobox completed | Yes |
| Has synthesis completed | No |
| Has HCA evidence completed | No |
| Has source comment completed | No |
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| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
William Talmage (b. ca. 1633; d. ?). Ship carpenter on the ship the Oporto Merchant.
Resident in 1658 in Limehouse in the parish of Stepney in Middlesex.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Twenty-five year old William Talmage deposed on Masrch 16th 1658 in the High Court of Admiralty.[1] He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Joseph Careswell in the case of "Joseph Careswell and Company Owners of the Oporto Merchant against Alexander Bence".[2]
William Talmage stated that he went ship's carpenter on the Oporto Merchant on a voyage from London to Lisbon and back. As carpenter, he helped to stow diverse chests of sugar and diverse pipes and hogsheads of oil at Lisbon for transport back to London. But he had no knowledge of any freight or average to be paid on the goods.
Again, as carpenter, he attested to the strength and stauchness of the ship, having helped to dennage the ship and to stow the goods that were laden. He stated that the ship was well supplied with ballast and bavins laid upon the ballast. He added in answer to an interrogatory that "the shipp was dennaged with ballast and bavins to the quantitie
of seaven or eight Inches above the keeleson". Most of the sugar was stowed "abaft the mayne mast and some of it upon the dennage and other some of it upon the oyles".[3]
However, the ship experienced very stormy and tempestuous weather en route to London, and was at great risk of her masts being carried over board. Indeed she split her mizen mast. He was convinced that without the storm the cargo wopuld have been brought home "well conditioned".[4]
Talmage assisted at the unlading of the goods in London, but claimed (whether believable or not) that he "tooke noe notice (it not belonging to his office in the sayd shipp) to whome it belonged or to whome it was delivere, or in what condition the ladeing
was at the delivery thereof". He had received all his wages "for him selfe and servant" except eleven pounds " sixe pounds whereof the sayd Joseph Careswell the master of the sayd shipp doth deteyne in his hands till hee receaves his freight, and see what
dammage will bee recovered against him by his freighters".[5]
Describing the impact of the storm, Talmage stated that "before the storme it was necessary and usuall to pumpe the shipp three howers in a day or thereabouts and after
the storme shee stood neede to be pumped five howers in a day or thereabouts
and was pumped soe long at least every day till shee came into the river of
Thames".[6]
