Peter Aylward
| Peter Aylward | |
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| Person | Peter Aylward |
| Title | |
| First name | Peter |
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| Last name | Aylward |
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| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Merchant |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Purser |
| Associated with ship(s) | |
| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Peter Aileward |
| Has signoff text | Peter Aylward |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | Dutch language, English language, Spanish language |
| Has interpreter | |
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| Birth province | |
| Birth country | Ireland |
| Res street | |
| Res parish | Saint Catherine Creechurch |
| Res town | London |
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| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1619 |
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| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/73 f.72r Annotate, HCA 13/73 f.187r Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Feb 21 1659, Apr 15 1659 |
| 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
Peter Aylward (b. ca. 1619; d. ?). Merchant.
Hired as purser and assistant to the cape merchant on a voyage to the Spanish West Indies.
Resident in 1659 in the parish of Saint Catherine Creechurch, London, in Leadenhall Street, near the parish church.[1]
Aylward provided considerable detail on his residence in his first deposition in the High Court of Admiralty in February 1659. He stated that "is a subiect of this Commonwealth and hath lived tenn yeares and bin married and a house keeper seaven yeares in this citie, five yeeres whereof hee lived in three tunne alley neere Moregate and now liveth in Leadenhall streete over against Creechurch." He added that he "hath lived some time at Limehouse, but is an Irish man borne."[2]
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Forty year old Peter Aylward deposed on February 21st 1659 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined in the case of the "Lord Protector against the Hope.[3]
Aylward stated that he could understand both Spanish and Dutch as well as English..[4]
Forty year old Peter Aylward deposed again on April 15th 1659 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation in the case of "Claime of ffernandez and others".[5] The case related to the same facts as his earlier deposition.
Peter Aylward stated that he was familiar with John Lopez, who was to go on a voyage to the Spanish West Indies as cape merchant. He, Peter Aylward, was hired by John Page, one of the merchants involved, "in qualitie of purser and assistant to Mr Lopez in regard this deponent had the Spanish tongue perfect and soe was usefull for that negotiation".[6]
