Stephen Taylor

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Stephen Taylor
Person Stephen Taylor
Title
First name Stephen
Middle name(s)
Last name Taylor
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Occupation Mariner
Secondary shorebased occupation
Mariner occupation Gunner
Associated with ship(s) Affrican frigot (Master: Captaine Isaac Woodgreene)
Training Not apprentice
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Has opening text Stephen Taylor
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Language skills English language
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Res parish Stepney
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Res county Middlesex
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Res country England
Birth year 1604
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First deposition age 50
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Deposition start page(s) HCA 13/70 f.8r Annotate
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Deposition date(s) Nov 10 1654
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Type of ship Private man of war [CHECK"Private man of war [CHECK" cannot be used as a page name in this wiki.
Silver Ship litigation in 1650s
Role in Silver Ship litigation None


Biographical synthesis

Stephen Taylor (b. ca. 1604; d. ?). Mariner.

Gunner of the ship the Affrican frigot (Master: Captaine Isaac Woodgreene).

Resident in 1654 in the parish of Stepney.

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Fifty year old Stephen Taylor deposed on November 10th 1654 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Henry Hunt and Company in the case of "Henry Hunt Thomas Barnardiston and William Lord imployers of the African frigot whereof Isaac Woodgreene is commander against the Madam Guardiana and her lading".

Stephen Taylor stated that the Affrican frigot surprised a French ship named the Madame Guardiana on Good Friday 1654 near the Isle of Scio.[1]

Comment on sources

  1. HCA 13/70 f.8r