Lewis Cox

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Lewis Cox
Person Lewis Cox
Title
First name Lewis
Middle name(s)
Last name Cox
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Occupation Mariner
Secondary shorebased occupation
Mariner occupation Master's mate
Associated with ship(s) Eastland Merchant (Master: Richard Payne)
Training Not apprentice
Is apprentice of
Was apprentice of
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Citizen Unknown
Literacy Signature
Has opening text Lewes Cox
Has signoff text Lewis Cox
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Language skills English language
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Res street Wapping
Res parish Saint Mary Matfelon alias Whitechapel
Res town
Res county Middlesex
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Res country England
Birth year 1625
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First deposition age 32
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Deposition start page(s) HCA 13/72 f.205v Annotate
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Deposition date(s) Dec 1 1657
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Has infobox completed Yes
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Ship classification
Type of ship Merchant ship
Silver Ship litigation in 1650s
Role in Silver Ship litigation None


Biographical synthesis

Lewis Cox (alt. Lewes Cox) (b. ca. 1625; d. ?). Mariner.

Master's mate of the Eastland Merchant (Mastr: Richard Payne) on a voyage to the Mediterranean in mid-1657.

Resident in 1657 in Wapping in the parish of Whitechapel in the county of Middlesex.

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Thirty-two year old Lewis Cox deposed on December 1st 1657 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation dated December 24th 1657 on behalf of John Smithier and John Rivett and company in "A busines of examination of witnesses for perpetuall remembrance of the matter touching the seizure of the shipp called the Eastland Merchant of which Captaine Richard Payne was Commander and the goods and merchandizes therein seized by a pinke and pittash of Leghorne under the command of Captaine Cardis and others etcetera promoted by John Smithier John Rivett Thomas Taylor and company the owners of the sayd shipp the Eastland Merchant and the severall goods and merchandizes seized therein against the sayd Cardis and all others that will take upon them the defence of the seizure of the sayd shipp and goods".[1]

Comment on sources

  1. HCA 13/72 f.203r