Ffrances Cannter
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| Ffrances Cannter | |
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| Person | ffrances Cannter |
| Title | |
| First name | ffrances |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Cannter |
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| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Gunner |
| Associated with ship(s) | William (Master: Philipp Ewers) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | ffrancis Canter |
| Has signoff text | ffrances Cannter |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
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| Birth country | |
| Res street | Wapping |
| Res parish | Stepney |
| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1624 |
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| Death year | |
| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 32 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/71 f.231r Annotate |
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| Act book date(s) | |
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| Allegation date(s) | |
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| Deposition date(s) | May 24 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
ffrances Cannter (alt. ffrancis Canter) (b. ca. 1624; d. ?). Mariner.
Gunner of the ship the William (Master: Philipp Ewers).
Resident in 1656 in Wapping in tthe parish of Stepney.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Thirty-two year old ffrances Cannter deposed on May 24th 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty.[1] He was examined on a libel in the case of "Phillipp Ewers Master of the ship called the William of London against William Watts and against all others etcetera".[2]
ffrances Cannter stated that he went gunner of the William on the voyage to Virginia in November 1654 in question and on a former voyage to Virginia, immediately before the disputed voyage.[3]
