John Dare
| John Dare | |
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| Person | John Dare |
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| First name | John |
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| Last name | Dare |
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| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | One of the Company |
| Associated with ship(s) | Elizabeth of Plymouth (Master: Christofer Rebons) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Marke |
| Has opening text | John Dare |
| Has signoff text | Vertical line with three crossbars |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Res town | Torkey |
| Res county | Devon |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
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| First deposition age | 54 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/71 f.130r Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Apr 3 1656 |
| 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 | Barque |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
John Dare (b. ca. 1602; d. ?). Mariner.
One of the company of the ship the Elizabeth of Plymouth (described as a barque) on her voyage from Plymouth to London.
Resident in 1656 in Torkey (alt. Torquay) iin the county of Devon.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Fifty-four year old John Dare deposed on April 3rd 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty.[1] He was examined on interrogatories in the cause of the "Lord Protector against the shipp the Elizabeth of Plimouth, Christofer Rebons (or Trebons) master, and goods".[2]
John Dare stated that he kad known the ship the Elizabeth for the last three years and that he believed it had been built at Plymouth, the port to which she belonged. The ship was owned by three inhabitants of Plymouth - Mr Samuel Mansell, John Downing, and Mr Trenine. Goods were laden into the ship at Plymouth for transportation to London, consisting of "six bales and two packs of peece goods belonging to Mr Thoroughgood and company, foure and twenty chests or thereabouts of sugar, six hundred peeces of fruite, about tenn barrells of goods and a hogshead of goods (the contents hee knoweth not) and. about 60 slobs of tynne, all belonging to Mr Goodier and others of this citie (where the said Mr Thoroughgood alsoe dwelleth)".[3]
En route for London the ship was seized by an Ostend man of war, but then recaptured by Captaine Saunders in the Tyger frigot. Lost as a result of the original seizure was a pack containing thirty pieces of fruit and, bizarrely, the master of the Elizabeth, who had been taken out of the barque by the Ostenders.[4]
