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To the 10th article he saith he ćannot depose.

To the 11th article he saith that there was some wages payd to some of the sayd
shipps Company att Naples. And further or otherwise he ćannot depose
saving that he hath heard the sayd John Gridden say that the Chirugions
Chest belonging to the arlate Joseph Hobbs cost the sayd Owners seven
pounds.

To the 12th he saith that the arlate [G[?e]rma[?ns] was shipped as and for Cooper of
the sayd shipp. And that the sayd John Gridden did alsoe hire one Ridde
to doe some Coopers worke aboard the sayd shipp att the Barbadoes. And
otherwise he cannot depose.

To the 13th article he saith that the arlate White was Carpenter of the sayd shipp
and had the Carpenters store in his charge. and the said Thomas was Gunner
of the sayd shipp and had the charge of the Gunners store. And further or
otherwise he cannot depose.

To the last hee saith his foresayd deposition is true.

To the Crosse Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first he saith he was and is a servant and apprentice to the sayd John Gridden
and wisheth that the Judges and the law may decide and judge this cause justly
betwixt the parties. And otherwise cannot answer

To the 2d. he saith he was of the Company of the sayd shipp as a servant to his sayd
master John Gridden, and not otherwise, and doth not know for what voyage
the sayd White or any other of the mariners were hired for. And otherwise
he cannot answer.

To the 3d. he saith he never heard that the sayd shipp was to returne from the
Barbadoes to the Straits before the sayd shipp arrived att the Barbadoes
as aforesayd. And otherwise or further he cannot answer.

To the 4th. he saith he heard not the parties interrogate (so farr as he remembreth)
to say and alledge as a reason of their refusall to goe to Genoa, that they
were hired to returne directly for England. And further, saving his
foregoeing depositions to which he referreth himselfe, he ćannot answer.

To the 5th. he saith that it is usuall as he conceyveth and convenient that
a Chirugion of a shipp goe a shoare in Port to furnish him selfe with
necessaries for his art. And otherwise he ćannot answer.

To the 6th. he saith he did heare aboard the sayd shipp that Joseph Hobbes
interrate was the servant and apprentice of one Mr Young. And otherwise
he cannot depose or answer.

James Moulton [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

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The third day of March .1655. [CENTRE HEADING]

Alderman Frederick and others}
against Keat Jennings and others}
Budd Smith}

Examined upon an allegation on the behalfe of the Alderman frederick and others

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Captaine James Lutton of East Greenwich in the County of kent mariner
aged fifty three yeares or thereabouts a witness produced
sworne and examined saith as followeth.

To the fifth and sixth articles of the sayd allegation, This deponent saith that the direct
way to come from Salina Road in Ciprus for London is to come to the Straights mouth, and
so much is notorious; And he saith that in case the arlate George Hughes the
voyage in question had sayled his shipp either directly to the Streights mouth
or when he came to Zant if he had then gone directly to the Streights
mouth he had not come to Corsica, And so much he knoweth to be true
having formerly used these seas in severall shipps: And otherwise he
ćannot depose.

To the 7th article of the sayd allegation, This deponent saith that to sayle from Salina Road
to the Streights mouth is about six hundred forty four leagues and so aććounted, and
to sayle from thense first to Zant, and so to the Streights mouth is about
six hundred sixty one leagues and so aććounted. which he knoweth having used the sayd
seas as aforesayd. And otherwise he cannot depose.

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People

Bridgett Lutton

Bridgett Lutton was the wife of James Lutton by her second marriage. Her first marriage (according to James Lutton's will) had been to Henry Hodgkin, by whom she had a son (Ralph) and a daughter (Sarah). She had two daughters by James Lutton (Christian and Elizabeth). She survived her husband's death (1663), with her own will proved in 1668. Consequently, she appears in the Kent Heath Tax records for Lady Day 1664 as a widow, living in East Lane East in Greenwich in a sizeable property with twelve hearths.^[1]

Duncan Harrington (trans.), Kent Hearth Tax Assessment Lady Day 1664, p.23 Emanuell Lutton Emanuell Lutton is named in James Lutton's will (1663) as the living brother of James, and is linked in the will to land in Devonshire. This would be consistent with an Emanuel (sic) Lutton, who is named in Thomas Colby's Visitation of the county of Devon in the year 1620 as the eldest son of Emanuel Lutton of Cofford in the parish of Kenton [Devonshire]. Emanuel's age is given as twenty in the year of the visitation, with brothers James (16), John (14), Francis (10) and Richard (7), and sisters Mary (18) and Elizabeth (9).^[2]

Frederick Thomas Colby (ed.), The visitation of the county of Devon in the year 1620 (London, 1872), p.173

James Lutton James Lutton described himself in his will as a "gentleman" of East Greenwich. Kent. He referred in his will to property in Greenwich, Salisbury and Devon, and to investment in shipping.^[3] The same will identified his wife as Bridgett, whose own will was proved five years later in 1668.^[4] In his deposition of March 1655(56), James Lutton gave his age as "fifty three yeares or thereabouts", which is broadly consistent with the age of sixteen for the James Lutton of Kenton, Devonshire, given in Thomas Colby's Visitation of the county of Devon in the year 1620.^[5] James Lutton's will identifies a brother (Emanuell Lutton), with whom James Lutton had a mortgage of lands in Devonshire. The will also identifies "Cosen James [Lutton]", who was to redeem the mortgage, and a further male cousin (Mr Thomas Cullen). James Lutton had two daughters by his wife Bridgett, and one daughter, who was the child of his wife's first husband, the deceased Henry Hodgkin. The first biological daughter is named in the will as Christian Lutton, together with her intended husband (Ralph Hodgkin). Unusually, the intended husband was Bridgett Lutton's son by her former husband. A second biological daughter is named as Elizabeth Lutton. The daughter by the wife's first husband is named as Sarah Hodgkin. James Lutton identifies the parish of Kenton in Devonshire as the place of his birth, and makes a charitable gift to this parish as well as to the parish of East Greenwich. Bridgett Lutton was named the sole executrix. The will was written when "at present sicke and weake in body", and signed and dated September 7th 1663. It was proved a month later on October 21st 1663.

Places

East Lane, East Greenwich

In his 1655 deposition in the English Admiralty Court James gave his residence as "East Greenwich". However, the Kent Hearth Tax records for Lady Day 1664 enable us to identify Lutton's residence more precisely as East Lane East in East Greenwich, where his widow resided, in a sizeable property with twelve hearths. This was a fashionable area, inhabited by a number of leading London merchants and mariners. East Greenwich neighbours included the merchant Sir Theophilus Biddulph (in a twenty-one hearth residence in East Lane East, East Greenwich), the London merchant Benjamin Glanvill (of Devon origins, in a twelve hearth residence in Dock and Taverne Rowe, East Greenwich), and the London merchant Mr Nicholas Cooke.

Chancery Court records exist for a legal dispute between a William Glanvile and a James, Joan and William Lutton. It is possible that this William Glanvile was related to Benjamin Glanvill, who was a major London merchant trading in tin, and that the dispute involved Captain James Lutton and relatives.

Detail, Greenwich section of John Roque's Map of London (1695), copy by Samuel Travers (1810)

Sources

Primary sources

TNA

Chancery

C 5/409/85 Short title: Glanvile v Lutton. Plaintiffs: William Glanvile. Defendants: James Lutton, Joan Lutton, widow, and William Lutton. Subject: property in Kenton, Devon. Document type: bill, answer. 1658
- This record is consistent with details of the Lutton family given in Frederick Thomas Colby (ed.), The visitation of the county of Devon in the year 1620 (London, 1872), p.173

C 10/487/159 Murthwaite and Hide v Reynolds, Lenthall, Moore, Lutton and others: Kent. 1662

C 22/77/10 Glanville v Lutton. Depositions taken in the country. 1649 - 1684
C 22/77/31 Glanville v Lutton. Depositions taken in the country. 1649 - 1684
- These records are consistent with details of the Lutton family given in Frederick Thomas Colby (ed.), The visitation of the county of Devon in the year 1620 (London, 1872), p.173

PROB

PROB 11/312/242 Will of James Lutton, Gentleman of East Greenwich, Kent 21 October 1663
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PROB 11/328/355 Will of Bridgett Lutton, Widow of East Greenwich, Kent 24 November 1668

Suggested links

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1. ↑ PROB 11/328/355 Will of Bridgett Lutton, Widow of East Greenwich, Kent 24 November 1668
2. ↑ Frederick Thomas Colby (ed.), The visitation of the county of Devon in the year 1620 (London, 1872), p.173, viewed 15/04/14
3. ↑ PROB 11/312/242 Will of James Lutton, Gentleman of East Greenwich, Kent 21 October 1663
4. ↑ PROB 11/328/355 Will of Bridgett Lutton, Widow of East Greenwich, Kent 24 November 1668
5. ↑ Frederick Thomas Colby (ed.), The visitation of the county of Devon in the year 1620 (London, 1872), p.173, viewed 15/04/14