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Edmund Leman (b. ?; d. ?). Water surveyor to the Commissioners for Prize Goods.
 
Edmund Leman (b. ?; d. ?). Water surveyor to the Commissioners for Prize Goods.
  
o age recorded by the Court notary public.
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No age recorded by the Court notary public.
  
 
Resident in 1655 in Horsey down in the county of Surrey.
 
Resident in 1655 in Horsey down in the county of Surrey.
  
 
==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
 
==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
 
 
Edmund Leman stated that he went to Lee road (by the town of Lee on the north shore of the Thames estuary) on July 10th 1655. He went as surveyor for the Office for Prize Goods, together with waiters and seamen,  to take possession of a number of ships, including the ship the ''Rossell''. This ship had been taken by the ''Advantage frigot''. "Comming aboard her hee sawe and found severall baggs of wooll betwixt her decks, and sawe corne and alsoe sawe that her hold was full of corne, and soe full that there was not roome therein for the corne that was lying betwixt her decks, much lesse as hee conceived for any one of the said baggs of wooll that were alsoe lying as aforesaid betwixt decks."<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.243r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.243r]]</ref>
 
Edmund Leman stated that he went to Lee road (by the town of Lee on the north shore of the Thames estuary) on July 10th 1655. He went as surveyor for the Office for Prize Goods, together with waiters and seamen,  to take possession of a number of ships, including the ship the ''Rossell''. This ship had been taken by the ''Advantage frigot''. "Comming aboard her hee sawe and found severall baggs of wooll betwixt her decks, and sawe corne and alsoe sawe that her hold was full of corne, and soe full that there was not roome therein for the corne that was lying betwixt her decks, much lesse as hee conceived for any one of the said baggs of wooll that were alsoe lying as aforesaid betwixt decks."<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.243r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.243r]]</ref>
  
 
==Comment on sources==
 
==Comment on sources==

Latest revision as of 00:39, October 27, 2016



Edmund Leman
Person Edmund Leman
Title
First name Edmund
Middle name(s)
Last name Leman
Suffix
Spouse of
Widow of
Occupation Water surveyor
Secondary shorebased occupation
Mariner occupation
Associated with ship(s)
Training Not apprentice
Is apprentice of
Was apprentice of
Had apprentice(s)
Citizen Unknown
Literacy Signature
Has opening text Edmund Lemmon
Has signoff text Edm: Leman
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Language skills English language
Has interpreter
Birth street
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Birth country
Res street Horsey downe
Res parish
Res town Southwark
Res county Surrey
Res province
Res country England
Birth year
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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 13/70 f.243r Annotate
Chancery start page(s)
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Act book date(s)
Personal answer date(s)
Allegation date(s)
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Deposition date(s) Feb 25 1655
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 River trade
Silver Ship litigation in 1650s
Role in Silver Ship litigation None


Biographical synthesis

Edmund Leman (b. ?; d. ?). Water surveyor to the Commissioners for Prize Goods.

No age recorded by the Court notary public.

Resident in 1655 in Horsey down in the county of Surrey.

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Edmund Leman stated that he went to Lee road (by the town of Lee on the north shore of the Thames estuary) on July 10th 1655. He went as surveyor for the Office for Prize Goods, together with waiters and seamen, to take possession of a number of ships, including the ship the Rossell. This ship had been taken by the Advantage frigot. "Comming aboard her hee sawe and found severall baggs of wooll betwixt her decks, and sawe corne and alsoe sawe that her hold was full of corne, and soe full that there was not roome therein for the corne that was lying betwixt her decks, much lesse as hee conceived for any one of the said baggs of wooll that were alsoe lying as aforesaid betwixt decks."[1]

Comment on sources

  1. HCA 13/70 f.243r