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|Res street=Limehouse
|Res parish=Stepney
|Res county=Middlesex
|Res country=England
|Birth year=1608
|Deposition start page(s)=HCA 13/70 f.674v Annotate,
|Deposition date(s)=Jan 29 1656
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|Has source comment completed=No
|Type of ship=Shore based trade
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==Biographical synthesis==
Henry Goffe (b. ca. 1608; d. ?). Shipwright.

Resident in 1656 in Limehouse.

==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
Forty-eight year old Henry Goffe deposed on January 29th 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined in the case of "Warren against Horner".<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.674v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.674v]]</ref>

Henry Goffe stated he ws resoinsible for working on the ship the ''White Angell'' for five weeks before her departure from the port of London on a voyage. He "being a shippwright and hired to oversight the worke of fitting her for the said space (saving Sundayes)". He described her as a "strong tight and stauncg shipp" and by his estimation "well and sufficiently tackled apparelled and furnished fit for such a voyage". As evidence of her physical integrity he stated that the ship "was not pumped nor needed pumpeing but twice in the space of a moneth of the said five weekes time".<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.674v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.674v]]</ref>

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 Forty-eight year old Henry Goffe deposed on January 29th 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined in the case of "Warren against Horner".<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.674v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.674v]]</ref>
-Henry Goffe stated he ws resoinsible for working on the ship the ''White Angell'' for five weeks before her departure from the port of London on a voyage. He "being a shippwright and hired to oversight the worke of fitting her for the said space (saving Sundayes)". He described her as a "strong tight and stauncg shipp" and by his estimation "well and sufficiently tackled apparelled and furnished fit for such a voyage". As evidence of her physical integrity he stated that the ship "was not pumped nor needed pumpeing but twice in the space of a moneth of the said five weekes time".<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.674v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.674v]]</ref>
+Henry Goffe stated he was responsible for working on the ship the ''White Angell'' for five weeks before her departure from the port of London on a voyage. He "being a shippwright and hired to oversight the worke of fitting her for the said space (saving Sundayes)". He described her as a "strong tight and staunch shipp" and by his estimation "well and sufficiently tackled apparelled and furnished fit for such a voyage". As evidence of her physical integrity he stated that the ship "was not pumped nor needed pumpeing but twice in the space of a moneth of the said five weekes time".<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.674v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.674v]]</ref>
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 |Language skills=English language,
 |Res street=Limehouse
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 |Res country=England
 |Birth year=1608
 |Deposition start page(s)=HCA 13/70 f.674v Annotate,
 |Deposition date(s)=Jan 29 1656