John South
| John South | |
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| Person | John South |
| Title | |
| First name | John |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | South |
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| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Gunner |
| Associated with ship(s) | Hector frigot (Master: Henry Mabb) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | John South |
| Has signoff text | John South |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Birth country | |
| Res street | Wapping |
| Res parish | Stepney |
| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1611 |
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| First deposition age | 44 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.458v Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Oct 4 1655 |
| 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 | Naval ship |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
John Smith (b. ca. 1611; d. ?). Mariner.
Gunner of the Hector frigot (Master: Henry Mabb).
Resident in 1655 in Wapping in the parish of Stepney.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Forty-four year old John South deposed on October 4rth 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation dated Pctober 1653 on behalf of Greene in the case of "Mabb against Greene".[1]
The case concerns the supposed inadequacy of Henry Mabb as master of the Hector frigot.
John South stated that on September 15th 1655 the Hector frigot was anchored in the River Thames just below Dikes shoare in Limehouse way. South claimed that "hee this deponent being then gunner aboard the sayd ffrigott and perceiving that divers colliers were comeing up the River laden did according as the custome of the sayd river in such cases is goe to veare the sayd ffrigott the Hector asterne that the collyers shipps might sayle cleere of the sayd ffrigott". But, according to South, his captain, Henry Mabb, would not allow him to do so. As a result, one of the collier ships coming laden upstream "came aboard the Hector arlate and brake her head and sterne and the head of the mayne topp maste".[2]
John South went on to give further examples of Henry Mabb's poor command and seamanship.
