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 |Language skills=English language,
 |Res town=Middleburg
 |Res country=United Provinces
 |Birth year=1620

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 '''April 1650'''
-"Arnold Beake Peter et Baldwin Mathewes interes indra Nave the Lucretia alias the ''Elizabeth'' et bonis".<ref>[[HCA 13/63 f.20v Annotate|HCA 13/63 f.20v AnnotatHCA 13/63 f.20v]]</ref>
+"Arnold Beake Peter et Baldwin Mathewes interes indra nave the ''Lucretia'' alias the ''Elizabeth'' et bonis".<ref>[[HCA 13/63 f.20v Annotate|HCA 13/63 f.20v AnnotatHCA 13/63 f.20v]]</ref>
 '''January 1655'''

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	Baldwin Matthews, born at Midleburgh in Zealand, son of Baldwin Matthews. (See C. J. IX., 326.)"<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/lettersofdenizat01shaw#page/110/mode/2up William A. Shaw (ed.), Letters of denization and acts of naturalization for aliens in England and Ireland, 1603-1700 (Lymington, 1911), p.111]</ref>		Baldwin Matthews, born at Midleburgh in Zealand, son of Baldwin Matthews. (See C. J. IX., 326.)"<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/lettersofdenizat01shaw#page/110/mode/2up William A. Shaw (ed.), Letters of denization and acts of naturalization for aliens in England and Ireland, 1603-1700 (Lymington, 1911), p.111]</ref>
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		+	'''1692-1714'''
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		+	Toon Franken and Anneke van Waarden of the Zeeuws Archief (Zeeland Archives) note that a Baudoin Mattheeus became elector (voter) by paying recognition in 1689. They add that Boudoin Mattheeus was member of the city council of Middelburg in 1713 as ‘raad’ (counsellor) and 1714 as ‘schepen’ (alderman). Baldwin Matheuson was elder in the English Church in Middelburg in 1692 and was member of the church in September 14 in
		+	1698.<ref>Communication of Toon Franken and Anneke van Waarden of the Zeeuws Archief (Zeeland Archives) wurg the MarineLives editorial team, citing H. Kesteloo's printed city accounts of the city of Middelburg</ref>

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 ==Biographical synthesis==
-Baldwin Mathews (b. ca. 1620; d. ?). Merchant.
+Baldwin Mathews (alt. Mathewes) (b. ca. 1620; d. ?). Merchant.
-Brother of London merchant Peter Mathews.<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.171v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.171v]]</ref>
+Brother of London merchant [[Peter Mathews]].<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.171v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.171v]]</ref> Peter Mathews appears to have been married to Maria Vanbrugh, the sister of Anna Vanbrugh, who married London merchant [[Simon Delboe]] (b. ?; d. ca. 1676).<ref>ADD REFERENCE</ref>
-Resident in 1657 in Middleburh (alt. Middleborowe).
+Resident in 1657 in Middleburg (alt. Middleborowe).
-Living at Ghent in Flanders, later in London; claimant with Peter de Cock for silver in the ''Saint John Baptist'' (sic); The London merchant Peter Mathewes, brother to Baldwin Mathewes, stated in January 1654 that "Baldwin Mathewes hath for most of the time interrate been a traveller and hath remained in severall parts beyond the seas, and now liveth in this City of London<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.172r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.172r]]</ref> Baldwin Mathewes may have been in partnership with, and related in marriage to, Peter de Cock [alt de Coecke], a merchant of Ghent. Peter Mathewes describes "letters of advise from the said Baldwin Mathewes from Gant intimating and importing that severall parcells of fflanders linnen were by his and his said copartners order sent from fflanders to Spaine for their accompt, and beleeveth the silver in question to be the proceed thereof"<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.172r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.172r]]</ref>
+Living at Ghent in Flanders, later in London, and then in Middleburg; claimant with Peter de Cock for silver in the ''Saint John Baptist'' (sic); The London merchant Peter Mathews, brother to Baldwin Mathews, stated in January 1654 that "Baldwin Mathewes hath for most of the time interrate been a traveller and hath remained in severall parts beyond the seas, and now liveth in this City of London<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.172r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.172r]]</ref>
 ==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==

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 Thirty-seven year old Baldwin Mathews deposed on October 6th 1657 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on a libel in the cause of "Vanbroughs and Nicholas against the ''Abrahams Offering'' and Rois".<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.125v Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.125v]]</ref>
-The case concerned a fatt of black thread laded onto the ship the ''Abrahams Offering'' (Master: ffrancis Rpis) at Flushing of  Middleburg. The thread was for transportation to London for the account of William Vanbrugh (alt. Vanbrough). Baldwin Mathews handled the lading of the thread onto the ship, but stated that he did not see the thread itself "the same comming to this deponent from Sluce in fflanders readie made up in the said fatt".<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.126r Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.126r]]</ref>
+The case concerned a fatt of black thread laded onto the ship the ''Abrahams Offering'' (Master: ffrancis Rois) at Flushing of  Middleburg. The thread was for transportation to London for the account of William Vanbrugh (alt. Vanbrough). Baldwin Mathews handled the lading of the thread onto the ship, but stated that he did not see the thread itself "the same comming to this deponent from Sluce in fflanders readie made up in the said fatt".<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.126r Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.126r]]</ref>
 The thread received water damage whilst on the ship. Mathews noted that "the port of fflushing is a drie port, soe as shipps when the tide is out, alwaies lie drie, and rest upon the ground; by meanes whereof shipps there doe many times mark or crush and their goods receive dammage; soe that (as hee taketh it) it is the use and custome there amongst merchants and masters to [XXXX] any dammage there received from beneath, to casualtie".<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.126r Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.126r]]</ref>

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 ==Comment on sources==
 '''1653'''
 In her will, written on July 20th 1653, but only proved in 1676, Anne Delboe, wife of London merchant Simon Delboe, made reference to "my brother William Vanbrugh" and to "my sister Susan Vanbrugh". Prior to her marriage, an agreement had been made in 1652 "Whereunto the said Simon Delboe I the said Anne [[Timothie Crusoe|Timothy Crusoe]] my Brother William Vanbrugh Peter Mathewes and Peter Mathewes Baldwin are parties".<ref>[http://www.marinelives.org/wiki/MRP:_Anne_Delboe_will PROB 11/352/515 Will of Anne Delboe, Wife of London 23 December 1676]</ref>

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	Resident in 1657 in Middleburh (alt. Middleborowe).		Resident in 1657 in Middleburh (alt. Middleborowe).
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		+	Living at Ghent in Flanders, later in London; claimant with Peter de Cock for silver in the ''Saint John Baptist'' (sic); The London merchant Peter Mathewes, brother to Baldwin Mathewes, stated in January 1654 that "Baldwin Mathewes hath for most of the time interrate been a traveller and hath remained in severall parts beyond the seas, and now liveth in this City of London<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.172r Annotate\|HCA 13/70 f.172r]]</ref> Baldwin Mathewes may have been in partnership with, and related in marriage to, Peter de Cock [alt de Coecke], a merchant of Ghent. Peter Mathewes describes "letters of advise from the said Baldwin Mathewes from Gant intimating and importing that severall parcells of fflanders linnen were by his and his said copartners order sent from fflanders to Spaine for their accompt, and beleeveth the silver in question to be the proceed thereof"<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.172r Annotate\|HCA 13/70 f.172r]]</ref>

	==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==		==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==

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	==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==		==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
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		+	"Arnold Beake Peter et Baldwin Mathewes interes indra Nave the Lucretia alias the ''Elizabeth'' et bonis".<ref>[[HCA 13/63 f.20v Annotate\|HCA 13/63 f.20v AnnotatHCA 13/63 f.20v]]</ref>
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−	In her will, written on July 20th 1653, but only proved in 1676, Anne Delboe, wife of London merchant Simon Delboe, made reference to "my brother William Vanbrugh" and to "my sister Susan Vanbrugh". Prior to her marriage, an agreement had been made in 1652 "Whereunto the said Simon Delboe I the said Anne Timothy Crusoe my Brother William Vanbrugh Peter Mathewes and Peter Mathewes Baldwin are parties".<ref>[http://www.marinelives.org/wiki/MRP:_Anne_Delboe_will PROB 11/352/515 Will of Anne Delboe, Wife of London 23 December 1676]</ref>	+	In her will, written on July 20th 1653, but only proved in 1676, Anne Delboe, wife of London merchant Simon Delboe, made reference to "my brother William Vanbrugh" and to "my sister Susan Vanbrugh". Prior to her marriage, an agreement had been made in 1652 "Whereunto the said Simon Delboe I the said Anne [[Timothie Crusoe\|Timothy Crusoe]] my Brother William Vanbrugh Peter Mathewes and Peter Mathewes Baldwin are parties".<ref>[http://www.marinelives.org/wiki/MRP:_Anne_Delboe_will PROB 11/352/515 Will of Anne Delboe, Wife of London 23 December 1676]</ref>