John Cozens
| John Cozens | |
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| Person | John Cozens |
| Title | |
| First name | John |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Cozens |
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| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | One of the Company, Presumably common man |
| Associated with ship(s) | Anne Pearcey (Master: Captaine James Cade) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Marke |
| Has opening text | John Cozens |
| Has signoff text | Verticla marke with crossbars |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Res street | |
| Res parish | Saint Botolph Algate |
| Res town | London |
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| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1630 |
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| First deposition age | 27 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/72 f.205r Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Dec 29 1657 |
| 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 | Not clear if had commission |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
John Cozens (b. ca. 1630; d. ?). Mariner.
One of the company of the ship the Anne Pearcie. Presumably a common man.
Resident in 1657 in the parish of Saint Botolphs Algate London.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Twenty-seven year old John Cozens deposed on December 29th 1657 in the High Court of Admiralty.[1] He was examined on an allegation dated December 24th 1657 on behalf of John Smithier and John Rivett and company in "A busines of examination of witnesses for perpetuall remembrance of the matter touching the seizure of the shipp called the Eastland Merchant of which Captaine Richard Payne was Commander and the goods and merchandizes therein seized by a pinke and pittash of Leghorne under the command of Captaine Cardis and others etcetera promoted by John Smithier John Rivett Thomas Taylor and company the owners of the sayd shipp the Eastland Merchant and the severall goods and merchandizes seized therein against the sayd Cardis and all others that will take upon them the defence of the seizure of the sayd shipp and goods".[2]
John Cozens stated that he "was one of the ompany of the shipp Anne Pearcie of London wherof Captaine Hare was commander which shipp went out from England in company of the arlate shipp the Eastland Merchant the voyage in question and continued company with her till the fifteenth day of March last on which day being in company together they were both sett upon by fower spanish men of warr with whome they both continued feight till at length the Anne Pearcie was fiered and by that meanes shee and her company all but eightenne whereof this deponent and his precontest Peter Woollcock were two) perished, which eighteene were kept prisoners aboard the Spanish men of warr, and the Eastland Merchant and her company escaped and gott safe to the port of Bickery arlate where shee continued untill shee was there surprized by the same Spanish men of warr and one Cardis a captaine of a pinke and potash of Ligorne in the moneth of June last (the certayne day hee remembreth not but saith it was about the 5th or 6th day thereof)
