John Worke

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John Worke
Person John Worke
Title
First name John
Middle name(s)
Last name Worke
Suffix
Spouse of
Widow of
Occupation Mariner
Secondary shorebased occupation
Mariner occupation Steward
Associated with ship(s) Elizabeth and Dorothy (Master: William Keeble)
Training Not apprentice
Is apprentice of
Was apprentice of
Had apprentice(s)
Citizen Unknown
Literacy Marke
Has opening text John Worke
Has signoff text I ++
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Language skills English language
Has interpreter
Birth street
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Birth country
Res street Shadwell
Res parish Stepney
Res town
Res county Middlesex
Res province
Res country England
Birth year 1597
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First deposition age 60
Primary sources
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Deposition start page(s) HCA 13/72 f.77r Annotate
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Deposition date(s) Jun 26 1657
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 Worke (b. ca. 1597; d. ?). Mariner.

Steward on the ship the Elizabeth and Dorothy (Master: William Keeble).

Resident in 1657 in Shadwell.

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Sixty year old John Worke deposed on June 26th 1657 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Sandford and company in the case of "Humfrey Sandford and company mariner of the ship the Elizabeth and Dorothy of London (whereof William Keeble was late master against John Yarwood and company owners of the sayd ship."[1]

Comment on sources

  1. HCA 13/72 f.77r