Thomas Bedham

Thomas Bedham

Thomas Bedham
Person	Thomas Bedham
Title
First name	Thomas
Middle name(s)
Last name	Bedham
Suffix
Spouse of
Widow of
Occupation	Mariner
Secondary shorebased occupation
Mariner occupation	Master's mate
Associated with ship(s)	John and Mary (Master: Captaine Langley)
Training	Not apprentice
Is apprentice of
Was apprentice of
Had apprentice(s)
Citizen	Unknown
Literacy	Signature
Has opening text	Thomas Beedham
Has signoff text	Thomas Bedham
Signoff image	(Invalid transcription image)
Language skills	English language
Has interpreter
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Birth parish
Birth town
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Birth country
Res street
Res parish	Saint Mary Magdalen
Res town	Southwark
Res county	Surrey
Res province
Res country	England
Birth year	1617
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Probate date
First deposition age	36
Primary sources
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Deposition start page(s)	HCA 13/68 f.119v Annotate
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Deposition date(s)	Oct 13 1653
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

Thomas Bedham (b. ca. 1617; d. ?). Mariner.

Master's mate of the John and Mary (Master: Captaine Langley).

Resident in 1653 in the parish of Saint Mary Magdalen in Southwark.

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Thirty-six year old Thomas Bedham deposed on October 13th 1653 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on a libel in the cause of "The sayd Abraham Smith against the sayd Langley and others owners of the shipp the John and Mary (the sayd Langley master)".