Marke Mortimer
| Title | Firstname | Lastname |
|---|---|---|
| Marke | Mortimer | |
 Marke Mortimer signature (1650), HCA 13/124 f.6v | ||
 Marke Mortimer signature (1656), HCA 13/71 f.40r | ||
| Signature | ||
| Name variants | ||
| Mark Mortimer Marke Mortimer (signature, 1656) | ||
| Person | Occupation | Training | Citizen | Birth year | Death year | Birth place | Res parish | Res town | Res county |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marke Mortimer | Grocer | 1622 | Saint Dunstans in the East | London |
| Volume | Date | Deponent | Deposition start |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA 13/124 | Mar 13 1656 | Marke Mortimer | HCA 13/124 f.6v |
| HCA 13/71 | Mar 13 1656 | Mark Mortimer | HCA 13/71 f.39v |
Other information
Marke Mortimer gave personal answers in the High Court of Admiralty in December 1650 tp a libell given in on the behalf of Clement Starre. In his eviudence Mortimer referred to sugar laden at Barbados onboard the ship the Constant by ffrancois Ford and consigned to Mortimer.[1] He stated that ordinary sugar was worth 3 d per pound in Barbados and would uield 6 d in London.[2] Although Mortimer is not identified in his evidence as a grocer of Saint Dunstans in the East, the signatures in HCA 13/124 and in HCA 13/71 are clearly the same.
Marke Mortimer deposed in the High Court of Admiralty in March 1656.[3] His evidence concerned XXXX.
He is possibly the same Mark Mortimer identified as a freighter of the Susan and Anne (Master: George Boys) returning from Barbados in another case brought in the High Court of Admiralty in March 1656.[4]
Other primary sources
PROB 11/383/35 Will of Mark Mortimer, Grocer of London 16 April 1686
- ↑ HCA 13/124 f.6r
- ↑ HCA 13/124 f.6v
- ↑ HCA 13/71 f.39v
- ↑ A Busines of Examination of witnesse touching certayne stormes which happened to the shipp called the Susan and Anne of which George Boys is Commander in her late voyage from the Barbathoes to this Port of London promoted by Captaine Edward Ellison owner of the sayd shipp against George Pa[?t]hfeild, Marke Mortimer and Mathew Goodfellow and others the freighters of the sayd shipp", HCA 13/71 f.121v
