Roger Middleton

Roger Middleton

Roger Middleton
Person	Roger Middleton
Title
First name	Roger
Middle name(s)
Last name	Middleton
Suffix
Spouse of
Widow of
Occupation	Merchant
Secondary shorebased occupation
Mariner occupation
Associated with ship(s)
Training	Not apprentice
Is apprentice of
Was apprentice of
Had apprentice(s)
Citizen	Unknown
Literacy	Signature
Has opening text	Roger Middleton
Has signoff text	Roger Middleton
Signoff image	(Invalid transcription image)
Language skills	English language
Has interpreter
Birth street
Birth parish
Birth town	Wrexam
Birth county	Denbighshire
Birth province
Birth country	England
Res street
Res parish	Saint Margaret Lothbury
Res town	London
Res county
Res province
Res country	England
Birth year	1625
Marriage year
Death year
Probate date
First deposition age	30
Primary sources
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Deposition start page(s)	HCA 13/70 f.390v Annotate
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Deposition date(s)	Jul 2 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	N/A
Silver Ship litigation in 1650s
Role in Silver Ship litigation	None

Biographical synthesis

Roger Middleton (b.ca.1625; d.?). Merchant.

Resident in the parish of Saint Margaret Lothbury in 1655.

Born in Wrexham (alt. Wrexam) in Denbighshire in Wales.

Son of Roger Middleton (d.ca.1642-1643) of Wrexham in Denbighshire. Nephew of Richard Middleton, of Leadenhall Street (d.ca.1653), merchant.

His brother, Richard Middleton, was English consul at the Morea. As he lay dying in 1653, Richard Middleton made his brother Roger "his assigne and consull after his death".

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Thirty year old Roger Middleton deposed in the High Court of Admiralty on July 2nd 1655. He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Tayler and Company in the case of "John Tayler and Company against 15 Tonns of Currance brought to this Port of London from Morea in Turkey in the Castle ffriggott, wherof John Wall was master, laden by William ffowke against the said John Hall and William ffowke and all others et cetera".

Comment on sources

PROB 11/190/307 Will of Roger Middleton of Wrexham, Denbighshire 12 October 1642
- Written on August 3rd 1642
- Roger Middleton of Cadwgan in the parish of Wrexham in the dioses of Saint Assape in the county of Denbigh Esquire
- "finding myselfe aged and weake"
- Mentions Sir Thomas Sallisbury Barronet, Sir Thomas Middleton knight, Richard Middleton of London gentleman (meaning my brother Richard Middleton of Leadenhall streete in London Marchant), Samuell ?Mastangen and John Lloyd ap Richard gentleman, to whom Roger Middelton had settled his lands
- His daughters Elizabeth, Mary, Christian and Esther
- His sons Andrew, George, John and Peter
- Sisters Luce, Ales and Katherine
- Cousin Sir Thomas Middleton
- Cousin Thomas Middleton Esquire (son of Sir Thomas Middleton)
- Daughter Anne Meredieth
- Son-in-law Humphrey Lloyd
- Son-in-law ffoulke Middleton
- Son Richard Middleton (sole and only executor)
- Sons John, George, Andrew and Roger

PROB 11/229/659 Will of Richard Middleton of London 28 September 1653
- This is Richard Middleton the elder, uncle of Richard Middleton, merchant and consul in Morea
- Richard Middleton the elder was brother of Roger Middleton of Wrexham, Denbighshire (d.ca.1643)

PROB 11/247/668 Will of Richard Middleton, Gentleman of City of London 01 March 1655
- Does not appear to be related to Middletons of Wrexam, Denbighshire
- Mentions kin in Cogshill, Essex

"MIDDLETON, John

Co Co Bridge, 1663-8, 1672-82 Upper Prec, New Fish Street, 1659, St Margaret New Fish Street, 1660-1, Grace Church Street, 1681, pre-1686, St Benet Gracechurch, 1663, 1681, Blackwell Hall, St Michael Bassishaw, 1686 (1) GR, appr, 1633, to Robert Newton or to Daniel Croften, W, 1666 (2) Will PCC 26 Foot pr, 2 Feb 1686/7 f Roger Middleton of Cadowgan, Denbigh, arm, or Thomas Middleton of Garthkynan, Denbigh, gent (3) Grocer (4) City property, land Denbigh, Essex (5) Tory ("good", 1682) (6)

Notes (1) WMBk, Bridge, VBk, St Margaret New Fish Street, VBk, St Benet Gracechurch, will (2) Will, GR, Appr Reg, 1629-66, ff 34d, 64d, Boyd Index (3) GR, Appr Reg, 1629-66, ff 34d, 64d (4) SP/29/418/199"