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<p>Created page with &quot;{{Banner}} {{SemBioLongInfoBoxThree |Person=George Crane |First name=George |Last name=Crane |Occupation=Mariner |Mariner occupation=Master&#039;s mate |Training=Not apprentice |Ci...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Banner}}<br /> {{SemBioLongInfoBoxThree<br /> |Person=George Crane<br /> |First name=George<br /> |Last name=Crane<br /> |Occupation=Mariner<br /> |Mariner occupation=Master's mate<br /> |Training=Not apprentice<br /> |Citizen=Unknown<br /> |Literacy=Signature<br /> |Has opening text=Georgius Crane<br /> |Has signoff text=George Crane<br /> |Transcription image={{#transcription-image: }}<br /> |Language skills=English language,<br /> |Res parish=Saint Mary Magdalen<br /> |Res town=Bermondsey<br /> |Res county=Surrey<br /> |Res country=England<br /> |Birth year=1625<br /> |First deposition age=25<br /> |Deposition start page(s)=HCA 13/63 f.393v Annotate,<br /> |Deposition date(s)=Sep 11 1650<br /> |Has infobox completed=Yes<br /> |Has synthesis completed=No<br /> |Has HCA evidence completed=No<br /> |Has source comment completed=No<br /> |Type of ship=Merchant ship<br /> |Role in Silver Ship litigation=None<br /> }}<br /> ==Biographical synthesis==<br /> George Crane (alt. Georgius Crane) (b. ca. 1625; d. ?). Mariner.<br /> <br /> Master's mate on various ships.<br /> <br /> &quot;Hath gonne as a mariner six or seaven severall voyages from hence to the Canarie Islands, and for foure or five voyages hee hath gone masters mate thither in three severall shipps&quot;.&lt;ref&gt;[[HCA 13/63 f.393v Annotate|HCA 13/63 f.393v]]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Resident in 1650 in the parish of Saint Mary Magdalen Bermondsey in the county of Surrey.<br /> <br /> ==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==<br /> Twenty-five year old George Crane deposed on September 11th 1650 in the High Court of Admiralty.&lt;ref&gt;[[HCA 13/63 f.393v Annotate|HCA 13/63 f.393v]]&lt;/ref&gt; He was examined on an allegation on behalf of ffernandez in the cause &quot;Rodriguez et ffernadez con Claes Peters&quot;.&lt;ref&gt;[[HCA 13/63 f.393r Annotate|HCA 13/63 f.393r]]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> George Crane was asked specifically about weights and measures in the Canary Island trade. He stated from this knowledge of the trade that he &quot;is acquainted with the tonnage of the goods and merchandizes arlate, and saith that two pipes and noe lesse of Canary wine doe make and are accompted to a tonne and noe more; and that hides are of severall computations as they are bigger or lesser, but they have bin and are usually accompted and reckoned after 42 or 43 hides to a tonn, but if they are smaller then ordinary, then 45 are often accompted to a tonne. And saith that fourteene quintalls of ginger and noe lesse are usually accompted to and doe make a tonne and noe more, three chests and noe lesse of sugar doe make and are commonly accompted to a tonne and noe more; and 20 kintalls and noe less of campecha loggs and doe make and are usually accompted to a tonne and noe more, and eight pottacoes and noe lesse of tobaccoes are (as hee hath often heard and beleeveth) estimated and commonly accompted to make a tonne&quot;.&lt;ref&gt;[[HCA 13/63 f.393v Annotate|HCA 13/63 f.393v]]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Comment on sources==</div>

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