Jan le Gal

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Jan le Gal
Person Jan Le Gal
Title
First name Jan
Middle name(s)
Last name le Gal
Suffix
Spouse of
Widow of
Occupation Mariner
Secondary shorebased occupation
Mariner occupation Master
Associated with ship(s) Hope (Master: Jan le Gal)
Training Not apprentice
Is apprentice of
Was apprentice of
Had apprentice(s)
Citizen Unknown
Literacy Signature
Has opening text John Legall
Has signoff text Jan le Gal
Signoff image (Invalid transcription image)
Language skills English language, French language, Dutch language
Has interpreter
Birth street
Birth parish
Birth town
Birth county
Birth province
Birth country
Res street
Res parish
Res town Flushing
Res county
Res province Zeeland
Res country United Provinces
Birth year 1617
Marriage year
Death year
Probate date
First deposition age 39
Primary sources
Act book start page(s)
Personal answer start page(s)
Allegation start page(s)
Interrogatories page(s)
Deposition start page(s) HCA 13/71 f.396r Annotate
Chancery start page(s)
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Miscellaneous start page(s)
Act book date(s)
Personal answer date(s)
Allegation date(s)
Interrogatories date(s)
Deposition date(s) Oct 23 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

Jan le Gal (alt. John Legall) (b. ca. 1617; d. ?). Mariner.

Master of the ship the Hope, allegedly of Flushing.

Resident in 1656 in Flushing in Zeeland.

He stated in 1656 that he is "a native of Conquet in Britany in the realme of ffrance, and that hee hath lived at fflushing aforesaid for theise five yeeres last or thereabouts, and there dwelleth at present".[1]

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Thirty-nine year old Jan le Gal deposed on October 23rd 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty. He ws examined on interrogatories in the cause of "[?Xrivell] and company imployers of the Endeavour William Saddleton commander against the shipp the Hope (John Legall master)".[2]

The case concerned the seizure of the ship the Hope of Flushing by the English. Jan le Gal, whose name was rendered by the Court notary as "John Legall", stated that the owners were Monsieur Clarke and company of Flushing and claimed that the ship was of the port of Flushing. He was attempting to deflect claims that the ship was of Dunkirk or Ostend. He himself admitted to being a native of Brittany, but claimed that he had lived in Flushing for five years. The ship had a lading of hops and osiers (willow branches) for London merchants.[3]

Comment on sources

  1. HCA 13/71 f.396r
  2. HCA 13/71 f.396r
  3. HCA 13/71 f.396r