Robart Scotting
| Robart Scotting | |
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| Person | Robart Scotting |
| Title | |
| First name | Robart |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Scotting |
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| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Belonged to the ship, Boatswain, Mate |
| Associated with ship(s) | John and Katherine (Master: John Miller) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Robert Scotting |
| Has signoff text | Robart Scotting |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
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| Birth country | |
| Res street | Wapping |
| Res parish | |
| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1627 |
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| First deposition age | 32 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/73 f.411r Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Nov 16 1659 |
| 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
Robart Scotting (alt. Robert Scotting) (b. ca. ?; d. ?). Mariner.
Was boatswain of the ship the John and Katherine at time of collision. At the time of his deposition he had become a mate of the same ship.[1]
Resident in 1659 in Wapping in the county of Middlesex.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Thirty-two year old Robart Scoting deposed on November 16th 1659 in the High Court of Admiralty.[2] He was examined on a libel in the cause of "John Miller Master of the ship the John and Katherin and company against the Coast ffrigott whereof Elliot was master but now one Henry Risby is master and against Alderman William Vincent and company coming in for their Interest and against all et cetera".[3]
Robart Scotting stated that "for and during all the moneth of December 1658 and before and since the Libellate John Miller was the master and part owner of the ship the John and Katherine and soe Comonly accounted which hee knoweth for that hee belonged to the said ship about two or three monethes before the damage in question. happened and hath belonged to her ever since".[4]
