John Whittingham

John Whittingham

John Whittingham
Person	John Whittingham
Title
First name	John
Middle name(s)
Last name	Whittingham
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Occupation	Blockmaker
Secondary shorebased occupation
Mariner occupation
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Training	Not apprentice
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Has opening text	John Whittingham
Has signoff text	John Whittingham
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Language skills	English language
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Res town	Rederith
Res county	Surrey
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Res country	England
Birth year	1631
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First deposition age	24
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Deposition start page(s)	HCA 13/70 f.373v Annotate
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Deposition date(s)	Jun 16 1655
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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

John Whittingham (b.ca.1631; d.?). Blockmaker,

Resident in Rederith in Surrey in 1655.

Married twice. The name of his first wife is unknown. His second wife was Elizabeth Dewell, daughter of Humphry Dewell, merchant, of Rederith, Surrey.

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

June 1655

Twenty-four year old John Whittingham deposed on June 16th 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on a libel on behalf of Thomas Lash in the case of "Lash against the Relief of London and John Edge her master."

Whittingham stated that he had been in the service of Thomas Lash, who "did travell in blockworke and other requisites". The ship the Relief of London had need of block work, which was delivered by Thomas Lash to John Edge, the ship's master. Whittingham stated that he had delivered the bulk of the goods "with his owne hands" and "entred them from time to time in the said producents shopp booke". The schedule of the disputed goods which Whittingham was shown was extracted from the shop book. The total amount due to Thomas Lash was £14-09 -01d. When John Edge failed to pay for the goods received., Thomas Lash followed the ship to Gravesend, where he confronted Edge, and Edge endorsed the account of goods and materials received by him with his own handwriting.

Whittingham claimed that non-payment for the goods had led to damage of forty to fifty shillings "hee being a tradesman in whose occupation soe much ready money to bee employed to the best advantage might very well produce in such a time a more considerable benefitt."

Comment on sources

1651

C 10/43/129 Edward Lash v Thomas Lash: money matters. Answer. 1651.

Date unclear

"June 4 John Whittingham, of Redrith, Surrey, Blockmaker, Widr, abt 30, & Elizabeth Dewell, Spr, abt 23, da. of Humphry Dewell, of the afsd par., Mercht, who consents; at Stepney, Midd, or (blank)."

The merchant Humphry Dewell is mentioned in a set of High Court of Admiralty interrogatories in a case involving Humphry Dewell, William Warren, John Shorter and Vincent Russlett and a ship named the Saint Joseph, bound from London to Oratava in the Canaries.

1695

ADM 106/481/211 Protection for John Whittingham, blockmaker, a lusty well set man, aged 23 years, brown hair, a fair complexion, a mole on the left cheek, employed by Jeremiah Barnard, Woolwich yard. 20 Mar 1695