John Bland
| John Bland | |
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| Person | John Bland |
| Title | |
| First name | John |
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| Last name | Bland |
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| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Merchant |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | |
| Associated with ship(s) | |
| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | John Bland |
| Has signoff text | Jo: Bland |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Res street | |
| Res parish | Saint Olave Hart Street |
| Res town | London |
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| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1617 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/68 f.558v Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Jan 24 1653 |
| 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
John Bland (b. ca. 1617; d. ?).
A kinsman of the Hamburg merchant Dirick Dobler the elder. Specifically, John Bland is the cousin german of Dirick Dobler the elder through John Bland's mother.[1]
Dirick Dobler the younger, son of his eponymous father, lodged in London at John Bland's house, until he went to Nantes, at the request of his father, to conduct his father's business there.[2]
Resident in 1654 in the parish of Saint Olave Hart Street.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Thirty-seven year old John Bland deposed on 24th January 1654 in the High Court of Admiralty.[3] He was examined on an allegation in the cause of "The clayme of Dirrick de Dobler and others for their goods in the shipp Justice".[4]
The case concerned the goods of Dirick de Dobler (al.t Dirrick Dobler), a Hamburg merchant, and others, in the ship the Justice.
John Bland was requested by Michael Heytman, master of the ship the Justice, to read Heytman's deposition to him in Dutch (probably meaning High Dutch or German). Heytman had made this deposition at Falmouth, on the seizure of his ship. Heytman told Bland that the deposition " was not truly sett downe" regarding his statement about ownership of the goods on his ship.[5]
