Baldwin Mathews
| Baldwin Mathews | |
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| Person | Baldwin Mathews |
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| First name | Baldwin |
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| Last name | Mathews |
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| Occupation | Merchant |
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| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Baldwin Mathewes |
| Has signoff text | Baldwin Mathews |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Res town | Middleburg |
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| Res province | |
| Res country | United Provinces |
| Birth year | 1620 |
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| First deposition age | 37 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/72 f.125v Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Oct 6 1657 |
| 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 | N/A |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
Baldwin Mathews (b. ca. 1620; d. ?). Merchant.
Brother of London merchant Peter Mathews.[1]
Resident in 1657 in Middleburh (alt. Middleborowe).
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
April 1650
"Arnold Beake Peter et Baldwin Mathewes interes indra Nave the Lucretia alias the Elizabeth et bonis".[2]
January 1655
Thirty-seven year old Peter Mathews, elder brother of Baldwin Mathews, deposed on January 10th 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation in the cause of "Peter Cock and Baldwin Matthewes for their silver in the shipp Saint John Baptist.[3]
October 1657
Thirty-seven year old Baldwin Mathews deposed on October 6th 1657 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on a libel in the cause of "Vanbroughs and Nicholas against the Abrahams Offering and Rois".[4]
The case concerned a fatt of black thread laded onto the ship the Abrahams Offering (Master: ffrancis Rpis) at Flushing of Middleburg. The thread was for transportation to London for the account of William Vanbrugh (alt. Vanbrough). Baldwin Mathews handled the lading of the thread onto the ship, but stated that he did not see the thread itself "the same comming to this deponent from Sluce in fflanders readie made up in the said fatt".[5]
The thread received water damage whilst on the ship. Mathews noted that "the port of fflushing is a drie port, soe as shipps when the tide is out, alwaies lie drie, and rest upon the ground; by meanes whereof shipps there doe many times mark or crush and their goods receive dammage; soe that (as hee taketh it) it is the use and custome there amongst merchants and masters to [XXXX] any dammage there received from beneath, to casualtie".[6]
Comment on sources
1653
In her will, written on July 20th 1653, but only proved in 1676, Anne Delboe, wife of London merchant Simon Delboe, made reference to "my brother William Vanbrugh" and to "my sister Susan Vanbrugh". Prior to her marriage, an agreement had been made in 1652 "Whereunto the said Simon Delboe I the said Anne Timothy Crusoe my Brother William Vanbrugh Peter Mathewes and Peter Mathewes Baldwin are parties".[7]
