John Lewis
| John Lewis | |
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| Person | John Lewis |
| Title | |
| First name | John |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Lewis |
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| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Merchant |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | |
| Associated with ship(s) | |
| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | John Lewis |
| Has signoff text | Jo: Lewis |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language, Italian language |
| Has interpreter | |
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| Res street | |
| Res parish | Saint Dunstans in the East |
| Res town | London |
| Res county | |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1612 |
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| First deposition age | 47 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/73 f.57v Annotate, HCA 13/73 f.58r Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Jan 29 1659, Jan 29 1659 |
| 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 | N/A |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
John Lewis (b. ca. 1612; d. ?). Merchant.
Resident in 1659 in the parish of Saint Dunstans in the East.
Formerly resident in Genua in Italy, from 1644 to 1656, where he had kept a house and traded.
To be distinguished from John Lewis (b. ca. 1615; d. 1671), later Sir John Lewis, who made his initial fortune in the East Indies between 1643 and 1653.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Forty-seven year old John Lewis deposed on January 29th 1659. He was examined on an allegation in the case of "The claime of Stephen Pallavicio of Genoa for sixe barrs of silver in the Saint Laurence Peter Bough{?XXX) master taken by the Coventry frigot".[1]
John Lewis stated that "dwelling in the citie of Genua (the place of the said producents birth and residence) and keeping house there and trading ther as a merchant from the yeere 1644 to the yeere 1656, during which tyme hee was well acquainted with the said producent Stephen Pallavacino and knew his the said Stephens father living in the said citie".[2]
John Lewis made a second deposition in the same Court on the same day, in the related case of "The claime of the said Peter Maria and Cesar Gentilis".[3]
