Ffrances Cannter

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Ffrances Cannter
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
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Language skills English language
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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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First deposition age 32
Primary sources
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Deposition start page(s) HCA 13/71 f.231r Annotate
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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]

Comment on sources

  1. HCA 13/71 f.231r
  2. HCA 13/71 f.230r
  3. HCA 13/71 f.231r