John Maxfeild
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Person | John Maxfeild |
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First name | John |
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Last name | Maxfeild |
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Occupation | Scrivener |
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Training | Not apprentice |
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Citizen | Unknown |
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Has opening text | John Maxfeild |
Has signoff text | John Maxfeild |
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Language skills | English language |
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Res parish | Saint Edmunds the King and Martyr in Lombard Street |
Res town | London |
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Res country | England |
Birth year | 1630 |
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Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/72 f.21r Annotate |
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Deposition date(s) | Apr 8 1657 |
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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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Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
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Biographical synthesis
John Maxfeild (b.ca.1630; d.?). Scrivener.
Resident as an apprentice in Saint Dunstans in the East in 1650. Later, in 1657, working as a scrivener in the parish of Saint Edmund the King and Martyr in Lombard Street.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
John Maxfeild appears first in the High Court of Admiralty as a twenty-one year old apprentice scrivener in a deposition dated November 16th 1650. His name is recorded by the notary public as 'Johannes Maxfeild', and he is described as '"Famulus Robert Earle", that is servant to Robert Earle, and his profession is that of "Scriptoris" or scrivener. His residence as an apprentice was in the parish of Saint Dunstans in the East. He gave evidence in the case of "ffreer con Harris".[1]
He next apppears in the High Court of Admiralty, aged twenty-seven year, working independently as a scrivener and located in the parish of Saint Edmund the King and Martyr in Lombard Street. He deposed on April 9th 1657 in the High Court of Admiralty and was examined on an allegation on behalf of James Cowse in the case of "Cowse against Leone."[2]
The case concerned a dispute over a charterparty made between James Cowse and Edward Keene, which Maxfeild, as a scrivener, had drawn up for the two men.
Comment on sources
"London hearth tax, 1666: St Edmund the King and Martyr: Cock Alley: John Maxfeild 3 hearths"[3]
An online source identifies the marriage of John Maxfeild to Ann Pursse, July 18th 1654, Worplesdon, Surrey, but gives no evidence for the reference, no proof that this relates to Maxfeild the scrivener.[4]