John Davies
| John Davies | |
|---|---|
| Person | John Davies |
| Title | |
| First name | John |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Davies |
| Suffix | |
| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Labourer |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | |
| Associated with ship(s) | |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Not citizen |
| Literacy | Marke |
| Has opening text | John Davies |
| Has signoff text | Simple marke, like an S |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
| Birth street | |
| Birth parish | |
| Birth town | |
| Birth county | |
| Birth province | |
| Birth country | |
| Res street | Wapping |
| Res parish | Stepney |
| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1621 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | |
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| Primary sources | |
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| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/71 f.562r Annotate |
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| Act book date(s) | |
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| Allegation date(s) | |
| Interrogatories date(s) | |
| Deposition date(s) | Feb 21 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 | Riverside work |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
John Davies (b. ca. 1621; d. ?). Labourer.
Resident in 1657 in Wapping in the parish of Stepney.
"Was a labourer aboard the lighter the Ellen and Anne the tyme Interrate".[1]
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Thirty-six year old John Davies deposed on February 21st 1657 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on a libel in the case of "Matson against Naylor".[2]
John Davies stated that "upon the tenth of May last the shipp the Mary of Ipswich arlate rode at anchor with River of Thames against New Crane to take in Ballast and rode in a convenient place where shipps use to ride to take in ballast And the lighter arlate was then and there fast moored to the sayd shipps side, and the labourers on board her (whereof this deponent was one) were heaving ballast out of her into the sayd shipp the Mary".[3]
John Davies stated that "the dammage predeposed of was done neere New Crane which is a great way off of Billingsgate, and that the tyde was but newly turned of ebb and thereby but very weake tyde of ebb, and saith it was in Mackerell tyme but there was roome sufficient for the Thomasine and Alice to have passed by and missed the sayd lighter if the sayd Thomasine and Alice her company had pleased to doe as they were desyres".[4]
Davies had received 5 shillings "toward his losse of tyme and hinderance of his labour attending to be sworne and examined and expecteth what further charges hee shall bee at about this his attendance".[5]
