John Page (b. ca. 1630)
| John Page (b. ca. 1630) | |
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| Person | John Page (b. ca. 1630) |
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| First name | John |
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| Last name | Page |
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| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Gunner, One of the Company |
| Associated with ship(s) | Mary of Aldburgh (Master: Robert Yaxley) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | John Page |
| Has signoff text | John Page |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Res town | Aldeburgh |
| Res county | Suffolk |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1630 |
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| First deposition age | 24 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.27r Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Nov 24 1630 |
| 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 | Coal ship |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
John Page (b. ca. 1630; d. ?). Mariner.
Gunner of the Mary.[1]
"One of the Companie of the said vessell the Mary (Master Robert Yaxley)" (in October 1654)[2]
Resident in 1654 in Aldeburgh in the county of Suffolk.
"Being a native of Alborough aforesaid, and haveing there resided from his infancie, and thereby having good knowledge both of the said shipp and owners".[3]
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Twenty-four year old John Page deposed on November 24th 1654 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Yaxley Blowers and Company in the cause of "Robert Yaxley George Blowers, Arthur Blowers and Companie owners of the shipp the Mary of Alborough against the shipp the Freeman, John Whitty master and her tackle and ffurniture and against Thomas Delabarr and others".[4]
John Page described the coal ship the Mary of Aldeburgh coming into the River Thames on October 26th 1654 with a lading of coals from Newcastle. "Comeing up the River of Thames in the Long-reach alias Gallions reach, and the said vessell the Freeman at the same time comeing downe the sayd river, the wind then being West-South-West, which was as favourable a Wind as could be desired, together with the conveniencie of roome enough for the said vessell the Freeman and the Companie to have passed by the said shipp Mary without endammageing her in the least".[5]
Page claimed that the Freeman wilfully ran the Mary on board and "y the meanes of such their violent tunning on board the said shipp Mary, breake her maine mast, maine topp, maine yard, foreyard, her maine shrowds, two of her foreshrowds her missen topp mast, and cracked her misen mast, spoyled her maine stay in two places, and brake one side of the said shipp the Mary downe to the water, and rent her foresaile and maine topsaile, and much deteriorated her new mayne saile, and very much damnified all the small rigging of the said shipp Mary".[6]
Colourfully, Page recalled the master of the Freeman crying out whilst standing on the forecastle of his ship:
- "You colliers doggs I had not cared if I had sunke you".
Page estimated the damage casued to the Mary at £200 "hee haveing for 12. yeares last past continually frequented the sea as a Mariner and knowing the valew of such tackle and furniture and dammages so sustained as aforesaid".
The Mary was "a vessell constantly employed upon voyages to fetch coales from the port of New Castle to this port of London, And that by reason of the dammage predeposed, the said shipp Mary hath bin and is still necessitated to lye neere the said River of Thames at the New Crane to be repaired, and by meanes thereof hath lost her employment which shee otherwise might have had upon a colliers voyage to Newcastle aforesaid which in all probability shee might have performed, aswell as other shipps have done in that time of this deponents certaine knowledge. And saith that hee verily beleeveth and is convinced in judgement that the owners of the said shipp by meanes of her retardment from the said voyage have suffered dammage in that particular to the cleare valew of fifty pounds sterling or thereabouts".[7]
