Joseph Southwood

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Joseph Southwood
Person Joseph Southwood
Title
First name Joseph
Middle name(s)
Last name Southwood
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Spouse of
Widow of
Occupation Mariner
Secondary shorebased occupation
Mariner occupation Gunner, One of the Company
Associated with ship(s)
Training Not apprentice
Is apprentice of
Was apprentice of
Had apprentice(s)
Citizen Unknown
Literacy Signature
Has opening text Joseph Southwood
Has signoff text Joseph Southwood
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Language skills English language
Has interpreter
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Res parish Saint Magnus the Martyr
Res town London
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Res country England
Birth year 1635
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First deposition age 20
Primary sources
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Deposition start page(s) HCA 13/70 f.417v Annotate
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Deposition date(s) Jun 15 1655
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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

Joseph Southwood (b. ca. 1635; d. ?). Mariner

Went gunner of the ship the Angell Gabriell (Master: Henry Southwood).

Resident in 1655 in the parish of Saint Magnus the Martyr.

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Twenty year old Joseph Southwood deposed on June 15th 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty.[1] He was examined on a libel on behalf of Henry Southwood, master of the ship the Angell Gabriel in the cause of "Henry Southwood master, and company: owners of the shipp the Angell Gabriell against Richard ffare and whomsoever els coming in by way of reconvention and complaint".

Joseph Southwood remarked that "being one of the sayd shipps company as aforesayd the sayd voyage did take notice as alsoe many others of the sayd shipps company did that the sayd Richard ffare through the whole voyage in question was soe negligent of his duty and unskillfull in the art of piloting a shipp to those parts to which the sayd voyage was made".[2]

Comment on sources

  1. HCA 13/70 f.417v
  2. HCA 13/70 f.419r