Edward Bests
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| Person | Edward Bests |
| Title | |
| First name | Edward |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Bests |
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| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Boatswain |
| Associated with ship(s) | |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Edward Beast |
| Has signoff text | Edward Bests |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
| Birth street | |
| Birth parish | |
| Birth town | |
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| Birth province | |
| Birth country | |
| Res street | Limehouse |
| Res parish | Stepney |
| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1619 |
| Marriage year | |
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| First deposition age | |
| Primary sources | |
| Act book start page(s) | |
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| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.299r Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Mar 20 1655 |
| How complete is this biography? | |
| 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
Edward Bests (alty. Beast) (b. ca. 1619; d. ?). Mariner.
Late boatswain on the ship the Elizabeth (Mastre: John Salmon), for fifteen months prior to deposition.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Thirty-six year old Edward Bests deposed on XX in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation in the case of "John Salmon against Edward Bushell and}
John Bushell.[1]
Edward Bests stated that the ship the Elizabeth had been at Lisbon in February to April 1654, where it had loaded a number of chests of sugar. The ship experineced fould weather en route from Lisbon to London, but arrived safely, where the sugar was unladen.
