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==Biographical synthesis==
 
==Biographical synthesis==
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==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
 
==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
Forty-six year old Richard Beard deposed on June 19th 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty.<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.425v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.425v]]</ref> He was examined on an allegation in the case of "The Lord Protector against the shipp the ''Saint Paul'' and her lading and against Captaine Philips".<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.425r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.425r]]</ref>
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Forty-six year old Richard Beard deposed on June 19th 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty.<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.425v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.425v]]</ref> He was examined on an allegation in the case of "The Lord Protector against the shipp the ''Saint Paul'' and her lading and against Captaine Phillips".<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.425r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.425r]]</ref>
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Richard Beard was employed by Captain Isaac Phillips upon the arrival of the ship the ''Saint Paul'' in London "for the takeing out and disposing of her lading of wines into cellars and warehouses". Isaac Phillips was one of the freighters of the ship. Richard Beard sold some of the wines on behalf of Captain Phillips for £20 per tun.  Shortly after the wines were placed into warehouses the commissioners for prize goods caused locks to be placed upon the warehouses, impounding the wines for about six week before Captain Phillips was permitted to dispose of his wines. During their detention, Richard Beard alleged that the wines were "so much perished and deteriorated by meanes of such their detention. and the heat of the weather, that they were not worth nor could be sold or disposed of for more then 4. or 5. ''li'' a tunne or thereabouts." Richard Beard and a fellow witness John Goodman were both employed by Captain Phillips at the time of the arrival of the wines and their subsequent release from detention.<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.425v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.425v]]</ref>
  
 
==Comment on sources==
 
==Comment on sources==
 
PROB 11/343/96 Will of Richard Beard, Cooper of Saint Botolph without Aldgate, Middlesex 06 October 1673
 
PROB 11/343/96 Will of Richard Beard, Cooper of Saint Botolph without Aldgate, Middlesex 06 October 1673

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Richard Beard
Person Richard Beard
Title
First name Richard
Middle name(s)
Last name Beard
Suffix
Spouse of
Widow of
Occupation Winecooper
Secondary shorebased occupation
Mariner occupation
Associated with ship(s)
Training Not apprentice
Is apprentice of
Was apprentice of
Had apprentice(s)
Citizen Unknown
Literacy Signature
Has opening text Richard Beard
Has signoff text Rich: Beard
Signoff image
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Language skills English language
Has interpreter
Birth street
Birth parish
Birth town
Birth county
Birth province
Birth country
Res street
Res parish Saint Mary at Hill
Res town London
Res county
Res province
Res country England
Birth year 1610
Marriage year
Death year
Probate date
First deposition age 46
Primary sources
Act book start page(s)
Personal answer start page(s)
Allegation start page(s)
Interrogatories page(s)
Deposition start page(s) HCA 13/70 f.425v Annotate
Chancery start page(s)
Letter start page(s)
Miscellaneous start page(s)
Act book date(s)
Personal answer date(s)
Allegation date(s)
Interrogatories date(s)
Deposition date(s) Jun 19 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 Shore based trade
Silver Ship litigation in 1650s
Role in Silver Ship litigation None


Biographical synthesis

Richard Beard (b. ca. 1610; d.?ca.1673). Winecooper.

Resident in parish of Saint Mary at Hill in 1656.

The will of Richard Beard, cooper of Saint Botolph without Aldgate, proven on October 6th 1673 is possibly that of Richard Beard, winecooper.[1]

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Forty-six year old Richard Beard deposed on June 19th 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty.[2] He was examined on an allegation in the case of "The Lord Protector against the shipp the Saint Paul and her lading and against Captaine Phillips".[3]

Richard Beard was employed by Captain Isaac Phillips upon the arrival of the ship the Saint Paul in London "for the takeing out and disposing of her lading of wines into cellars and warehouses". Isaac Phillips was one of the freighters of the ship. Richard Beard sold some of the wines on behalf of Captain Phillips for £20 per tun. Shortly after the wines were placed into warehouses the commissioners for prize goods caused locks to be placed upon the warehouses, impounding the wines for about six week before Captain Phillips was permitted to dispose of his wines. During their detention, Richard Beard alleged that the wines were "so much perished and deteriorated by meanes of such their detention. and the heat of the weather, that they were not worth nor could be sold or disposed of for more then 4. or 5. li a tunne or thereabouts." Richard Beard and a fellow witness John Goodman were both employed by Captain Phillips at the time of the arrival of the wines and their subsequent release from detention.[4]

Comment on sources

PROB 11/343/96 Will of Richard Beard, Cooper of Saint Botolph without Aldgate, Middlesex 06 October 1673
  1. PROB 11/343/96 Will of Richard Beard, Cooper of Saint Botolph without Aldgate, Middlesex 06 October 1673
  2. HCA 13/70 f.425v
  3. HCA 13/70 f.425r
  4. HCA 13/70 f.425v