Richard Cawthorne
| Richard Cawthorne | |
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| Person | Richard Cawthorne |
| Title | |
| First name | Richard |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Cawthorne |
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| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Stationer |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | |
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| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Richard Cawthorne |
| Has signoff text | Richard Cawthorne |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
| Birth street | |
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| Res street | |
| Res parish | Saint Mildred Bread Street |
| Res town | London |
| Res county | |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1629 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.596v Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Sep 14 1655 |
| How complete is this biography? | |
| 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
Richard Cawthorne (b. ca. 1629; d. ?). Stationer.
Resident in 1655 in th eparish of Saint Mildred Bread Street (descibed in the deposition as Saint Mildreds in the Poultry). Had been resident in that parish for the last 11 years, since ca. 1644.[1]
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Thirty-six year old Richard Cawthorne deposed on September 14th 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on a libel in the case pof "Complaine against Brandlin and others".[2]
Cawthorne stated that he knew Titus Complaine, the producent, well, and that Complaine had been Cawthorne's customer for "stationary=wares" for many years. On October 15th 1652 Complaine had bought paper worth £2-12-4d. The paper was packed up at Complaine's order and sent by Cawthorne to the shop of a tobacconist named John Appleton, who was resident in Cornhill, London, to be sent with other goods on a ship for Ipswich, where Complaine was resident.[3]
