Francis Jennings

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Francis Jennings
Person Francis Jennings
Title
First name Francis
Middle name(s)
Last name Jennings
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Occupation Mariner
Secondary shorebased occupation
Mariner occupation Common man
Associated with ship(s) Agreement (Master: John Hall)
Training Not apprentice
Is apprentice of
Was apprentice of
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Citizen Unknown
Literacy Marke
Has opening text Francis Jennings
Has signoff text J
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Language skills English language
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Res street Shadwell
Res parish Stepney
Res town
Res county Middlesex
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Res country England
Birth year 1640
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First deposition age 19
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Deposition start page(s) HCA 13/73 f.32v Annotate
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Deposition date(s) Jan 27 1659
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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 Coal ship
Silver Ship litigation in 1650s
Role in Silver Ship litigation None


Biographical synthesis

Francis Jennings (b. ca. 1640; d. ?). Mariner.

"A comon man of the ... ship the Agreement John Hall Master the voyage in question"[1]

Resided in 1659 in Shadwell.

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Nineteen year old Francis Jennings deposed on January 27th 1659 in the High Court of Admiralty.[2] He was examined on an allegation in the case of "Sorrell and others against Hall and others".[3]

The case concerned the coming fouyl of the ship the Abigail with the Agreement as theey sailed from Newcastle to London. Both ships were coal ships.

Comment on sources

  1. HCA 13/73 f.32v
  2. HCA 13/73 f.32v
  3. HCA 13/73 f.31v