Josias Harrison

Josias Harrison

Josias Harrison
Person	Josias Harrison
Title
First name	Josias
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Last name	Harrison
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Occupation	Servant
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Mariner occupation
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Training	Not apprentice
Is apprentice of	John Cooke
Was apprentice of
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Citizen	Unknown
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Has opening text	Josias Harrison
Has signoff text	Josias Harrison
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Language skills	English language
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Res parish	Saint Michael Crooked Lane
Res town	London
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Res country	England
Birth year	1629
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Deposition start page(s)	HCA 13/70 f.184r Annotate, HCA 13/70 f.669r Annotate, HCA 13/71 f.412v Annotate
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Deposition date(s)	Dec 11 1654, Jan 18 1656, Nov 19 1656
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Has infobox completed	Yes
Has synthesis completed	No
Has HCA evidence completed	No
Has source comment completed	No
Ship classification
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Silver Ship litigation in 1650s
Role in Silver Ship litigation	None

Biographical synthesis

Josias Harrison (alt. Jonas Harrison) (b. ca. 1629-1630; d. ?). Apprentice to John Cooke, fishmonger of Thames Street, in 1648 and servant to the same John Cooke in 1656.

Resident in the parish of Saint Michael Crooked Lane in 1654 and 1656 at the house of John Cooke. John Cooke's house was known as the "Three Pigeons (alt. Pigens) and was located in Thames Street. This was John Cooke's residence in 1648 and was still John Cooke's residence in September 1662, when he wrote his last will and testament.

Peter Wilson Coldham (1987) identifies a "Jonas Harrison, citizen and fishmonger of London, aged 25" in 1654 in connection with the signing of a financial obligation to a John Cooke. This is clearly the same man as Josias Harrison.

John Cooke, according to evidence from a court deposition provided by Peter Wilson Coldham (1987), was aged sixty in 1654. There is a will for John Cooke, fishmonger of London, proved on February 19th 1663.

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Twenty-five year old Josias Harrison deposed on December 11th 1654 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation and schedule regarding events in 1648 concerning the delivery of goods to the ship the Expectation (Master: John Ramsey) by the fishmonger John Cooke. The case was "Beale and Company against the shipp Expectation and Birdsey and others." Harrison stated that in 1648 he was the apprentice of John Cooke, fishmonger, whose shop was "at the signe of the three Pidgeons in Thames street." Harrison stated that fish was provided from Cooke's shop worth £30-00-10, broken down as follows: "a half hundred of North Sea codd the best at 5 li per C amounting to 2 li 10 s Three hundred of new North Sea codd dry at 5 li per C amounting to 15 li ffive hundred and a halfe of stockfish at 44 s per Cent: amounting to 12 li 2 s for matts and porters and other charges about the conveying of the said provisions aboard the said shipp Expectation amounting to 8 s 10 d making in all to the said summe of 30 li 10 d.

Twenty-six year old Josias Harrison deposed on January 18th 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on a libel in the case of "Cooke against the Chase and against Bathorne." He stated that he had known Beniamin Guinson, master of the Chase. for the last seven years and that his master, John Cooke, had delivered goods to Gunson's ship. The goods consisted of "a hundred of drie fish, a hundred more of fish, fower hundred Northsea codd, foure hundred and a halfe of drie fish more, a barrell of redd herrings, and of the emptie caske arlate."

Twenty-six year old Josias Harrison deposed on Nov 19 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on a libel concerning the ship the Stamboline (Master: John Case) and goods which were delivered to it. Harrison stated that fish and goods worth £15-13-04 were delivered from the Thames Street shop of his master the fishmonger John Cooke to the Stamboline in April 1653. Harrison had entered the details of the goods in his master's shop book, which he had recently checked regarding the quantities and prices.

Comment on sources

1654

"9 December (1654). Richard Bacon aged 21, servant to William Lewindon of London, scriverner, and Jonas Harrison, citizen and fishmonger of London, aged 25, depose that Thomas Applethwaite of London, merchant, on 2 November 1652 signed a financial obligation to John Cooke who has appointed John Miller of Ratcliffe, Middlesex, mariner, his attorney to recover his debts in Barbados. (MCS 5)."

"14 December (1654) John Cooke, citizen and fishmonger of London aged 60, deposes that on 2 November 1652 Thomas Applewhaite of London, merchant..."

1663

PROB 11/310/288 Will of John Cooke, Fishmonger of London 19 February 1663

- born in parish of Sheringham Upper Towne in county of Norfolk
- states he now dwells in the parish of Saint Michael Crooked Lane, London
- son Jonathan Cooke
- refers to house wherein he now dwells as the building "called by the name of three Piggens scituate and being in Thamestreete London", and bequeaths the lease to his wife
- wife, still living, named ffrancis Cooke
- names son-in-law Thomas Goffe, who owes him £900 upon bond
- gifts £2000 to his wife, ffrancis Cooke, which is in the Chamber of London, as well as the £900 owing by Thomas Goffe
- Rest of estate to go to his son Jonathan Cooke, when he reaches the age of twenty-four years
- appoints his sons-in-law Thomas Goffe and Thomas Williams as overseers of his last will and testament

- appoints his wife as executrix