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Thirty-eight year old Alexander Fowler deposed on May 28 1658 in the High Court of Admiralty.<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.351r Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.351r]]</ref> He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Mr Bence in the case of "Cawswell and Company against Bence".
 
Thirty-eight year old Alexander Fowler deposed on May 28 1658 in the High Court of Admiralty.<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.351r Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.351r]]</ref> He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Mr Bence in the case of "Cawswell and Company against Bence".
  
Fowler stated that he had been employed as a cooper by Mr Bence to view fifteen chests of sugar brought home on the ''Oporto Merchant''. Fowler had his servant John Turfley open one chest of sugar on board the ship, then helped open the rest himself ashore, after they had been delivered to Chesters Key.<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.351r Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.351r]]</ref>
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Fowler stated that he had been employed as a cooper by Mr Bence to view fifteen chests of sugar brought home on the ''Oporto Merchant''. Fowler had his servant John Turfley (alt. Tuffley) open one chest of sugar on board the ship, then helped open the rest himself ashore, after they had been delivered to Chesters Key.<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.351r Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.351r]]</ref>
  
 
==Comment on sources==
 
==Comment on sources==

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Alexander Fowler
Person Alexander Fowler
Title
First name Alexander
Middle name(s)
Last name Fowler
Suffix
Spouse of
Widow of
Occupation Winecooper
Secondary shorebased occupation
Mariner occupation
Associated with ship(s)
Training Not apprentice
Is apprentice of
Was apprentice of
Had apprentice(s) John Tuffley
Citizen Unknown
Literacy Signature
Has opening text Alexander Fowler
Has signoff text Alex ffowler
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 Saint Olave Hart Street
Res town London
Res county
Res province
Res country England
Birth year 1620
Marriage year
Death year
Probate date
First deposition age
Primary sources
Act book start page(s)
Personal answer start page(s)
Allegation start page(s)
Interrogatories page(s)
Deposition start page(s) HCA 13/72 f.351r 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) May 28 1658
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
Silver Ship litigation in 1650s
Role in Silver Ship litigation


Biographical synthesis

Alexander Fowler (b.ca.1620; d.?bef.1666). Winecooper.

Resident in 1658 in parish of Saint Olave Hart Street.

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Thirty-eight year old Alexander Fowler deposed on May 28 1658 in the High Court of Admiralty.[1] He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Mr Bence in the case of "Cawswell and Company against Bence".

Fowler stated that he had been employed as a cooper by Mr Bence to view fifteen chests of sugar brought home on the Oporto Merchant. Fowler had his servant John Turfley (alt. Tuffley) open one chest of sugar on board the ship, then helped open the rest himself ashore, after they had been delivered to Chesters Key.[2]

Comment on sources

"London Hearth Tax. 1666:
(St Olives Hart): Streett:
Elezander Fowler 6 hearths"[3]

PROB 11/385/256 Will of John Tuffley, Cooper of Saint Botolph Aldgate London 22 November 1686[4]
  1. HCA 13/72 f.351r
  2. HCA 13/72 f.351r
  3. 'Strett' in 'Hearth Tax: City of London 1666, St Olave Hart Street ', in London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011), British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-hearth-tax/london-mddx/1666/st-olave-hart-street, viewed 07/08/2016
  4. PROB 11/385/256 Will of John Tuffley, Cooper of Saint Botolph Aldgate London 22 November 1686, Ancestry.co.uk, viewed 07/08/2016