John Barrell - Revision history

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|Training=Not apprentice
|Citizen=Unknown
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|Has opening text=Johannes Barrell
|Has signoff text=John Barrell
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|Language skills=English language,
|Res town=Yarmouth
|Res county=Norfolk
|Res country=England
|Birth year=1594
|Deposition start page(s)=HCA 13/63 f.274r Annotate,
|Deposition date(s)=Jul 27 1650
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|Has source comment completed=No
|Type of ship=Merchant ship
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==Biographical synthesis==
John Barrell (alt. Johannes Barrell) (b. ca. 1594; d. ?). Shipwright ("naupegus").

Carpenter on the ship the ''Mayflower'' (Master; William Jacket) on a voyage from London to Guinea from there to the Spanish West Indies and back to London. The ''Mayflower'' sailed in company with the frigate the ''Benjamin'' and the pink the ''Peter'', all under the command of William Jacket.<ref>[[HCA 13/63 f.274r Annotate|HCA 13/63 f.274r]]</ref>

Resident in Yarmouth in the county of Norfolk in 1650.

==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
Fifty-six year old John Barrell deposed on July 16th 1650 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on a libel in the case of "Mr Vassall and others against Jacket".<ref>[[HCA 13/63 f.274r Annotate|HCA 13/63 f.274r]]</ref>

The case concerned an ambitious (and failed) trading venture by English merchants carrying slaves into the Spanish West Indies from Guinea without licence, using three English ships.

==Comment on sources==

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 John Barrell (alt. Johannes Barrell) (b. ca. 1594; d. ?). Shipwright ("naupegus").
-Carpenter on the ship the ''Mayflower'' (Master; William Jacket) on a voyage from London to Guinea from there to the Spanish West Indies and back to London. The ''Mayflower'' sailed in company with the frigate the ''Benjamin'' and the pink the ''Peter'', all under the command of William Jacket.<ref>[[HCA 13/63 f.274r Annotate|HCA 13/63 f.274r]]</ref>
+Carpenter on the ship the ''Mayflower'' (Master: William Jacket) on a voyage from London to Guinea from there to the Spanish West Indies and back to London. The ''Mayflower'' sailed in company with the frigate the ''Benjamin'' and the pink the ''Peter'', all under the command of William Jacket.<ref>[[HCA 13/63 f.274r Annotate|HCA 13/63 f.274r]]</ref>
 Resident in Yarmouth in the county of Norfolk in 1650.