John Godin
| John Godin | |
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| Person | John Godin |
| Title | |
| First name | John |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Godin |
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| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Gunner |
| Associated with ship(s) | George Bonadventure (Master: John Cranye) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | John Godden |
| Has signoff text | John Godin |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Birth country | |
| Res street | Wapping |
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| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1594 |
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| First deposition age | 62 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/71 f.293r Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Jun 23 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 | Merchant ship |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
John Godin (alt. Gooden) (b. ca. 1594; d,. ?). Mariner.
Gunner of the ship the George Bonadventure (Master: John Cranye).
Resident in 1656 in Wapping.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Sixty-two year old John Godin deposed on June 23rd 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty.[1] He was examined on an allegation in the case of "John Crampe, Thomas Chamberlaine and Company owners the shipp the George Bonadventure against George ffarrington".[2]
The case concerned a dispute between the owners of the ship the George Bonadventure and her freighter George ffarington on a voyage from London to Zant and the Morea in the Eastern Mediterranean.[3]
John Godin stated that the George Bonadventure took on a lading in London of "deale boards, corne, stronge beare, lard, certaine bales of goods and and butter and cheese and alsoe a parcell of herrings, to be transported for Zant". The goods were to be transported for the account of George ffarington.[4]
