Robert Hooker
| Robert Hooker | |
|---|---|
| Person | Robert Hooker |
| Title | |
| First name | Robert |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Hooker |
| Suffix | |
| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Ropemaker |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | |
| Associated with ship(s) | |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Robertus Hooker |
| Has signoff text | Robert Hooker |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
| Birth street | |
| Birth parish | |
| Birth town | |
| Birth county | |
| Birth province | |
| Birth country | |
| Res street | Ratcliff |
| Res parish | Stepney |
| Res town | |
| Res county | |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1620 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | 1689 |
| Probate date | September 17, 1689 |
| First deposition age | |
| Primary sources | |
| Act book start page(s) | |
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| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/73 f.671r Annotate |
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| Act book date(s) | |
| Personal answer date(s) | |
| Allegation date(s) | |
| Interrogatories date(s) | |
| Deposition date(s) | Dec 18 1660 |
| 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 | Shore based trade |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
Robert Hooker (alt. Robertus Hooker) (b. ca. 1620; d. ?). Ropemaker.
Resident in Ratcliffe in 1660.
There is a will of Robert Hooker, ropemaker, of Saint Paul Shadwell, proved on September 17th 1689.[1]
Robert Hooker's wife, Anne, was buried in the parish church of Saint Paul Shadwell in 1689.[2]
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Forty year old Robert Hooker deposed on December 18th 1660 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation in the acse of "Johannes ffreeman con the King of ffrance praed.".[3]
Hooker gave details of the price of different types of hemp (Pashemp and Rhynhemp) in the month of April 1659.[4].
Comment on sources
1689
PROB 11/396/342 Will of Robert Hooker, Ropemaker of Saint Paul Shadwell, Middlesex 17 September 1689
"SAINT PAUL'S SHADWELL...In the Church-Yard are diverse Tombs: At the West End:
Anne Hooker, late Wife of Robert Hooker, rope-maker, 1689"[5]- ↑ PROB 11/396/342 Will of Robert Hooker, Ropemaker of Saint Paul Shadwell, Middlesex 17 September 1689
- ↑ John Stow, a survey of the cities of London and Westminster (London, 1735), p.778
- ↑ HCA 13/73 f.671r
- ↑ HCA 13/73 f.671r
- ↑ John Stow, a survey of the cities of London and Westminster (London, 1735), p.778
