Captaine Willoughby Hannam
| Captaine Willoughby Hannam | |
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| Person | Captaine Willoughby Hannam |
| Title | Captaine |
| First name | Willoughby |
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| Last name | Hannam |
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| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Commander |
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| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Citizen | Not citizen |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Captaine Willoughby Hannam |
| Has signoff text | Willughby Hannam |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Res town | Rederiff |
| Res county | Surrey |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1621 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | May 28, 1672 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/73 f.540r Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Jul 14 1660 |
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| Has infobox completed | Yes |
| Has synthesis completed | No |
| Has HCA evidence completed | No |
| Has source comment completed | No |
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| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
Captaine Willoughby Hannam (alt. Hannum) (b. ca. 1621; d. May 28 1672, in action at Solebay). Mariner. Commander of the Kentish ffrigot in 1658.
Resident in Redriff in 1660.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Thirty-nine year old Captine Willoughby Hannam deposed on July 14th 1660 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined in the case of "The Office of the Judges at the promotion of Captaine John ?XXX late comander in cheife of a squadron of ships in the Medeteranian sea against William Winter".[1]
Comment on sources
Undated
"...Has served in several ships, and is now chief mate of the Katherine, under Capt. Willoughby Hannam..."[2]
1653 - 1672
"Blog Posting: Friday, January 14, 2005
English Captain: Willoughby Hannam (or Hannum)
Willoughby Hannam served in both the Commonwealth and Restoration navies. R.C. Anderson consistently calls his last name "Hannum". Frank Fox calls his name "Hannam". From 1653 to 1654, he commanded the Katherine (36 guns). He was in command of the Katherine in September 1653. His ship was lying "in the Ellice Road" in December. From 1654 to 1656, he commanded the Dutch prize Half Moon (captured at the Gabbard). From 1656 until 1660, he commanded the Kentish (Kent). He was appointed as captain in 1660. In the Battle of Lowestoft, in 1665, he commanded the 2nd Rate Rainbow (56 guns), which was assigned to Prince Rupert's division. In June 1666, he was assigned to the Western Station, and missed the Four Days' Battle. He now commanded the 3rd Rate Resolution. At the St. James's Day Battle, his ship, the Resolution (68 guns) was disabled and burned by the Dutch. Captain Hannam and 100 of his crew were rescued. He was killed in action on 28 May 1672 (at Solebay), while commanding the 2nd Rate Triumph (70 guns). He was in Vice-Admiral of the Blue, Joseph Jordan's squadron. He obviously had a distinguished career in the navy.
Sources:
(1) R. C. Anderson, Journals and Narratives of the Third Dutch War, 1946.
(2) R. C. Anderson, List of English Naval Captains 1642-1660, 1964.
(3) Frank Fox, A Distant Storm: the Four Days' Battle of 1666, 1996.
(4) David Syrett, R. L. DiNardo, The Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy 1660-1815, 1994.
1665 & 1666
"On 24 October 1665 John Tyrrell was entered as a lieutenant on the Resolution commanded by Willoughby Hannam. The following year, during the St James's Day fight 25 July 1666 the Resolution, having been severely disabled, was burnt by a Dutch fireship. Hannam, who lost part of his hand in the fight, and most of his men were saved because of prompt action by other English ships sending their boats to rescue the survivors."[4]- ↑ HCA 13/73 f.540r
- ↑ CSPD, XXXX, p.?
- ↑ Anglo-Dutch Wars, Blog vy James C. Bender, 2003-2007, Posted by Jim at 6:52 PM" viewed 09/06/2014
- ↑ Mariners Mirror, vol. ? (Greenwich, 1984), p.149
