Joseph Southwood
| Joseph Southwood | |
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| Person | Joseph Southwood |
| Title | |
| First name | Joseph |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Southwood |
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| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Gunner, One of the Company |
| Associated with ship(s) | Angell Gabriell (Master: Henry Southwood) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Joseph Southwood |
| Has signoff text | Joseph Southwood |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Res street | |
| Res parish | Saint Magnus the Martyr |
| Res town | London |
| Res county | |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1635 |
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| First deposition age | 20 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.417v Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Jun 15 1655 |
| 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 | Merchant ship |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
Joseph Southwood (b. ca. 1635; d. ?). Mariner
Went gunner of the ship the Angell Gabriell (Master: Henry Southwood).
Resident in 1655 in the parish of Saint Magnus the Martyr.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Twenty year old Joseph Southwood deposed on June 15th 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty.[1] He was examined on a libel on behalf of Henry Southwood, master of the ship the Angell Gabriel in the cause of "Henry Southwood master, and company: owners of the shipp the Angell Gabriell against Richard ffare and whomsoever els coming in by way of reconvention and complaint".
Joseph Southwood remarked that "being one of the sayd shipps company as aforesayd the sayd voyage did take notice as alsoe many others of the sayd shipps company did that the sayd Richard ffare through the whole voyage in question was soe negligent of his duty and unskillfull in the art of piloting a shipp to those parts to which the sayd voyage was made".[2]
