Roger Knights
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| Person | Roger Knights |
| Title | |
| First name | Roger |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Knights |
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| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Boatswain |
| Associated with ship(s) | Bonadventure (Master: John Greeneleafe) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Marke |
| Has opening text | Roger Knights |
| Has signoff text | R |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
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| Res street | |
| Res parish | Saint Saviour Southwark |
| Res town | Southwark |
| Res county | Surrey |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1628 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | |
| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 26 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/68 f.406r Annotate |
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| Act book date(s) | |
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| Allegation date(s) | |
| Interrogatories date(s) | |
| Deposition date(s) | Jan 12 1654 |
| 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 | Private man of war |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
Roger Knights (b. ca. 1628; d. ?). Mariner.
Boatswaine of the ship the Bonadventure on a private man of war voyage.
Resident in 1654 in the parish of Saint Saviou in Southwark.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Twenty-six yera old Roger Knights deposed on January 12th 1654 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Daniel Lever and company in the cause of "Daniel Lever and companie imployers of the ship the Bonadventure whereof John Greeneleafe is captaine against the ship the Patienece whereof Heitman Laderein is master and her lading".[1]
