Difference between revisions of "John Withers (b. ca. 1598)"
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|Deposition date(s)=Feb 28 1656 | |Deposition date(s)=Feb 28 1656 | ||
Latest revision as of 13:01, November 5, 2016
| John Withers (b. ca. 1598) | |
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| Person | John Withers (b. ca. 1598) |
| Title | |
| First name | John |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Withers |
| Suffix | |
| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Master's mate |
| Associated with ship(s) | Richard (Master: Henry Sheere) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | John Withers |
| Has signoff text | John Withers |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
| Birth street | |
| Birth parish | |
| Birth town | |
| Birth county | |
| Birth province | |
| Birth country | |
| Res street | |
| Res parish | |
| Res town | Deptford |
| Res county | Kent |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1598 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | |
| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 58 |
| Primary sources | |
| Act book start page(s) | |
| Personal answer start page(s) | |
| Allegation start page(s) | |
| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/71 f.62v Annotate |
| Chancery start page(s) | |
| Letter start page(s) | |
| Miscellaneous start page(s) | |
| Act book date(s) | |
| Personal answer date(s) | |
| Allegation date(s) | |
| Interrogatories date(s) | |
| Deposition date(s) | Feb 28 1656 |
| How complete is this biography? | |
| Has infobox completed | Yes |
| Has synthesis completed | No |
| Has HCA evidence completed | No |
| Has source comment completed | No |
| Ship classification | |
| Type of ship | Merchant ship |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
John Withers (b. ca. 1598; d. ?). Mariner.
Master's mate of the ship the Richard (Master: Henry Sheere ) in October 1655, when she lay at Teneriff in the Canaries.
Resident in 1656 in Deptford in the county of Kent.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Fifty-eight year old John Withers deposed on February 28th 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty.[1] He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Mathew Smith and company in the cause of "Smith and company against Page Ingram Body and Kendal".
The case concerned a dispute at the Canaries.
