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==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty== | ==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty== | ||
| − | Twenty-two year old John Barley deposed on June 25th 1650. He was examined in the case of "Hans Claeson and | + | Twenty-two year old John Barley deposed on June 25th 1650. He was examined in the case of "Hans Claeson and Company against Broadgate and Willson et cetera".<ref>[[HCA 13/63 f.294r Annotate|HCA 13/63 f.294r]]</ref> |
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| + | The case concerned the Flemish ship the ''Saint Jacob'' (Master: Hance Claeson) and a second ship the ''Phillips'' (Master: Richard Hussee). | ||
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| + | John Barley, a waterman, had been aboard the ''Saint Jacob'' when it was at Woolwich. Subsequently, the ''Saint Jacob'' came to Dickshore, where she fell foul of the anchor stock of the ''Phillips''. Barley, and his fellow witness, another waterman named [[Mathew Purdye]], witnessed the ''Saint Jacob'' lying foul of the anchor stock, themselves "comeing from the Hermitage downe to Dickshore".<ref>[[HCA 13/63 f.294r Annotate|HCA 13/63 f.294r]]</ref> | ||
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| + | John Barley recited that by the "lawes and customes of the River Thames noe ship or vessell ought to ride att an Anchor therein without a buoye or beacon fixed theretop as is arlate to the end that any shipps or other vessells comeing neare the same may have thereby notice where such anchors doe lye and soe avoyd the danger which otherwise through want thereof might and would happen". This John Barley knew "being a waterman by profession and haveing served an apprenticeship in and upon the said River hath observed the custome to bee as is predeposed".<ref>[[HCA 13/63 f.294r Annotate|HCA 13/63 f.294r]]</ref> | ||
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| + | The anchor stock prevented the ''Saint Jacob's'' keel from settling properly on the river bed at low tide. Instead the ship toppled over in a hole in the river, and as a result her cargo of corn or oats was "the greatest part thereof soe spoyled and damnified that it was worth very little or nothing to what it might have bin sould for in case the said misfortune had not happened".<ref>[[HCA 13/63 f.294v Annotate|HCA 13/63 f.294v]]</ref> | ||
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| + | Complicating the case and Barley's testimony is Barley's admission in answer to interrogatories that he had never known a ship, laden or unladen, to come to an anchor at the spot the ''Saint Jacob'' was anchored. Moreover, John Barley added in answer to a further interrogatory that "it is not usuall for any master or pilot to bring a ship laden into | ||
| + | the River of Thames ashore without first comeing to an anchor in the channell and there remayneing by the space of one Tyde as is interrogated, there to inspect and looke that the place whither they intend to bring the said ship bee free from such incumbrances and inconveniencies as is interrogated."<ref>[[HCA 13/63 f.294v Annotate|HCA 13/63 f.294v]]</ref> | ||
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| + | On balance, John Barley concluded that although the ship lay in a hole, which caused the tipping over of the ship, this would not have happened if she had not first sat upon the anchor stock of the ''Phillips''.<ref>[[HCA 13/63 f.294v Annotate|HCA 13/63 f.294v]]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 23:48, August 16, 2016
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| Last name | Barley |
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| Occupation | Waterman |
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| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Marke |
| Has opening text | Johannes Barley |
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| Res street | Wapping |
| Res parish | Stepney |
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| Res county | Middlesex |
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| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1628 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/63 f.294r Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Jun 25 1650 |
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| Has infobox completed | Yes |
| Has synthesis completed | No |
| Has HCA evidence completed | No |
| Has source comment completed | No |
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Biographical synthesis
John Barley (b. ca. 1628; d. ?). Waterman.
Resident in Wapping in the parish of Stepney in 1650.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Twenty-two year old John Barley deposed on June 25th 1650. He was examined in the case of "Hans Claeson and Company against Broadgate and Willson et cetera".[1]
The case concerned the Flemish ship the Saint Jacob (Master: Hance Claeson) and a second ship the Phillips (Master: Richard Hussee).
John Barley, a waterman, had been aboard the Saint Jacob when it was at Woolwich. Subsequently, the Saint Jacob came to Dickshore, where she fell foul of the anchor stock of the Phillips. Barley, and his fellow witness, another waterman named Mathew Purdye, witnessed the Saint Jacob lying foul of the anchor stock, themselves "comeing from the Hermitage downe to Dickshore".[2]
John Barley recited that by the "lawes and customes of the River Thames noe ship or vessell ought to ride att an Anchor therein without a buoye or beacon fixed theretop as is arlate to the end that any shipps or other vessells comeing neare the same may have thereby notice where such anchors doe lye and soe avoyd the danger which otherwise through want thereof might and would happen". This John Barley knew "being a waterman by profession and haveing served an apprenticeship in and upon the said River hath observed the custome to bee as is predeposed".[3]
The anchor stock prevented the Saint Jacob's keel from settling properly on the river bed at low tide. Instead the ship toppled over in a hole in the river, and as a result her cargo of corn or oats was "the greatest part thereof soe spoyled and damnified that it was worth very little or nothing to what it might have bin sould for in case the said misfortune had not happened".[4]
Complicating the case and Barley's testimony is Barley's admission in answer to interrogatories that he had never known a ship, laden or unladen, to come to an anchor at the spot the Saint Jacob was anchored. Moreover, John Barley added in answer to a further interrogatory that "it is not usuall for any master or pilot to bring a ship laden into
the River of Thames ashore without first comeing to an anchor in the channell and there remayneing by the space of one Tyde as is interrogated, there to inspect and looke that the place whither they intend to bring the said ship bee free from such incumbrances and inconveniencies as is interrogated."[5]
On balance, John Barley concluded that although the ship lay in a hole, which caused the tipping over of the ship, this would not have happened if she had not first sat upon the anchor stock of the Phillips.[6]
