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==Biographical synthesis==
John Buckworth (b. ca. 1622; d. Dec.1687). Merchant.

Resident in parish of Saint Andrew Undershaft in 1655.

Knighted in XXXX. Resident in the parish of Saint Peter le Poer when he made his will, which was proved in 1688. Funeral in the parish church of Saint Peter le Power in December 1687.<ref>[[MRP: Sir John Buckworth will|PROB 11/390/17 Will of Sir John Buckworth of Saint Peter Le Poer, City of London 03 January 1688]]</ref>

==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
Thirty-three year old John Buckworth deposed on January 15th 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on a second allegation of seventeen articles on behalf of Alderman Freferick and company, and also on an allehation of forty-five articles on behalf of the same.<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.68r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.68r]]</ref>

Buckworth gave very detailed answers concerning the price of cotton wools and galls in London, various factors for converting weights at different ports. especially Ligorno.<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.69r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.69r]]</ref>

==Comment on sources==
PROB 11/390/17 Will of Sir John Buckworth of Saint Peter Le Poer, City of London 03 January 1688<ref>[[MRP: Sir John Buckworth will|PROB 11/390/17 Will of Sir John Buckworth of Saint Peter Le Poer, City of London 03 January 1688]]</ref>

A sermon preach'd at the funeral of Sir John Buckworth, at the parish-church of St. Peter's le Poor in Broadstreet, December 29, 1687 by John Scott.<ref>[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A58818.0001.001?view=toc A sermon preach'd at the funeral of Sir John Buckworth, at the parish-church of St. Peter's le Poor in Broadstreet, December 29, 1687 by John Scott. London: Printed for Walter Kettilby ..., and Thomas Horne ..., 1688.]</ref>

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 John Buckworth (alt. Buckeworth) (b. ca. 1622; m. (1) Elizabeth Dennis, 1654 (2) Hester Goodyear, widow of Moses Goodyear, 1662; d. Dec.1687). Merchant. Knighted in 1681.
-Active in the Levant trade and in the Levant Company. Beaven (1908) states that John Buckworth was Court Assistant of the Levant Company, 1655-61 and 1662-72,Treasurer of the same, 1661-3, and Deputy-Governor of the same, 1672-87.<ref>Alfred P Beaven, 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1651-1700', in The Aldermen of the City of London Temp. Henry III - 1912 (London, 1908), pp. 75-119. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-aldermen/hen3-1912/pp75-119 [accessed 20 August 2016].</ref>
+Active in the Levant trade and in the Levant Company. Beaven (1908) states that John Buckworth was Court Assistant of the Levant Company, 1655-61 and 1662-72, Treasurer of the same, 1661-3, and Deputy-Governor of the same, 1672-87.<ref>Alfred P Beaven, 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1651-1700', in The Aldermen of the City of London Temp. Henry III - 1912 (London, 1908), pp. 75-119. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-aldermen/hen3-1912/pp75-119 [accessed 20 August 2016].</ref>
-Buckworth's Admiralty Court deposition reveals that he had been a "Turkie merchant" for the last twelve years (so since about the age of 21) and "hath dwelt at Aleppo about 9 yeares of that time."<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.68r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.68r]]</ref>
+Buckworth's Admiralty Court deposition reveals that he had been a "Turkie merchant" for the last twelve years (so since about the age of 21) and "hath dwelt at Aleppo about 9 yeares of that time."<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.68r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.68r]]</ref> From several comments in Buckworth's deposition, he appears to have been back in London from Aleppo for the last two or three years, so from ca. 1652.<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.70r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.70r]]</ref> In his deposition, Buckworth acknowledged having been at Cyprus and Scanderoone in the course of trade.<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.70v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.70v]]</ref>
 Latham & Mathews give Buckworth's birth year as ca. 1622, which is consistent with the age of thirty-three in John Buckworth's 1655 High Court of Admiralty deposition. An alternative (and incorrect) birth date of ca. 1602 appears in some genealogical sources.

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 John Buckworth (alt. Buckeworth) (b. ca. 1622; m. (1) Elizabeth Dennis, 1654 (2) Hester Goodyear, widow of Moses Goodyear, 1662; d. Dec.1687). Merchant. Knighted in 1681.
-Actve in the Levant trade and in the Levant Company. Beaven (1908) states that John Buckworth was Court Assistant of the Levant Company, 1655-61 and 1662-72,Treasurer of the same, 1661-3, and Deputy-Governor of the same, 1672-87.<ref>Alfred P Beaven, 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1651-1700', in The Aldermen of the City of London Temp. Henry III - 1912 (London, 1908), pp. 75-119. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-aldermen/hen3-1912/pp75-119 [accessed 20 August 2016].</ref>
+Active in the Levant trade and in the Levant Company. Beaven (1908) states that John Buckworth was Court Assistant of the Levant Company, 1655-61 and 1662-72,Treasurer of the same, 1661-3, and Deputy-Governor of the same, 1672-87.<ref>Alfred P Beaven, 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1651-1700', in The Aldermen of the City of London Temp. Henry III - 1912 (London, 1908), pp. 75-119. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-aldermen/hen3-1912/pp75-119 [accessed 20 August 2016].</ref>
 Latham & Mathews give Buckworth's birth year as ca. 1622, which is consistent with the age of thirty-three in John Buckworth's 1655 High Court of Admiralty deposition. An alternative (and incorrect) birth date of ca. 1602 appears in some genealogical sources.
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 Latham & Mathews states that John Buckworth was alderman of London, 1683-6; commissioner of the Customs, 1684-5, and 1685-7; and Deputy-Governor of the Levant Company, 1672-87.<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UHMO8YWg3hYC&pg=PA146&lpg=PA146#v=onepage&q&f=false Robert Latham and William Mathews, The Diary of Samuel Pepys, vol. 6: 1665 (London, 1971), p.146,  fn.1]</ref>
-Woodhead (1966) states that John Buckworth was a member of the Fishmonger's company, citing Beaven (1908).<ref>[Alfred P Beaven, 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1651-1700', in The Aldermen of the City of London Temp. Henry III - 1912 (London, 1908), pp. 75-119. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-aldermen/hen3-1912/pp75-119 1683, Oct 13 (18), Sir John Buckworth, Fishmonger, alderman for Coleman Street, 1683-6, vice Frederick], viewed 03/09/2016</ref> However, it is unclear what primary source was used by Beaven. Beaven also lists Sir John Buckworth as 'vice' for Thomas Hartopp, fishmonger, when alderman of Coleman Ward. Thomas Hartopp was one of Sir John Buckworth's son-in-laws, having married Elizabeth Buckworth, as evidenced by Sir John Buckworth's will. Thomas Hartopp, like Sir John Buckworth, was active in the Levant Company, with Hartopp serving as Levant Company Court Assistant in 1675-83, 1684-90, and 1691-7, as well as being Prime Warden of the Fishmongers in 1686.<ref>Alfred P Beaven, 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1651-1700', in The Aldermen of the City of London Temp. Henry III - 1912 (London, 1908), pp. 75-119. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-aldermen/hen3-1912/pp75-119 [accessed 20 August 2016].</ref> Strype records Sir John Buckworth, the son of Sir John Buckworth, as a fishmonger, when appointed London sherrif in 1704.<ref>[https://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/TransformServlet?page=book5_152&display=print The TEMPORAL GOVERNMENT. (Maiors and Sheriffs, Strype, Survey of London(1720), (hriOnline, Sheffield))]</ref>
+Woodhead (1966) states that John Buckworth was a member of the Fishmonger's company, citing Beaven (1908).<ref>Alfred P Beaven, 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1651-1700', in The Aldermen of the City of London Temp. Henry III - 1912 (London, 1908), pp. 75-119. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-aldermen/hen3-1912/pp75-119 1683, Oct 13 (18), Sir John Buckworth, Fishmonger, alderman for Coleman Street, 1683-6, vice Frederick], viewed 03/09/2016</ref> However, it is unclear what primary source was used by Beaven. Beaven also lists Sir John Buckworth as 'vice' for Thomas Hartopp, fishmonger, when alderman of Coleman Ward. Thomas Hartopp was one of Sir John Buckworth's son-in-laws, having married Elizabeth Buckworth, as evidenced by Sir John Buckworth's will. Thomas Hartopp, like Sir John Buckworth, was active in the Levant Company, with Hartopp serving as Levant Company Court Assistant in 1675-83, 1684-90, and 1691-7, as well as being Prime Warden of the Fishmongers in 1686.<ref>Alfred P Beaven, 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1651-1700', in The Aldermen of the City of London Temp. Henry III - 1912 (London, 1908), pp. 75-119. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-aldermen/hen3-1912/pp75-119 [accessed 20 August 2016].</ref> Strype records Sir John Buckworth, the son of Sir John Buckworth, as a fishmonger, when appointed London sherrif in 1704.<ref>[https://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/TransformServlet?page=book5_152&display=print The TEMPORAL GOVERNMENT. (Maiors and Sheriffs, Strype, Survey of London(1720), (hriOnline, Sheffield))]</ref>
 Resident in parish of Saint Andrew Undershaft in 1655.

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 ==Biographical synthesis==
-John Buckworth (b. ca. 1622; d. Dec.1687). Merchant. Knighted in XXXX.
+[[File:Sir John Buckworth By John Riley 1663.PNG|350px|thumb|left|John Buckworth, created 1663, attributed to John Riley. [http://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Portrait-of-Sir-John-Buckworth---c-1602-/BA0D104F8344883A Image from Art Appraisal by MutualArt.com]]]
 Resident in parish of Saint Andrew Undershaft in 1655.
-Listed in 1666 London hearth tex returns at 'Cruchett Fryers north side' in parish of Saint Olave Hart Street in a building with twelve hearths.<ref>'Cruchett Fryers north side', 'Hearth Tax: City of London 1666, St Olave Hart Street ', in London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011), British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-hearth-tax/london-mddx/1666/st-olave-hart-street</ref>
+Listed in 1666 London hearth tax returns at 'Cruchett Fryers north side' in parish of Saint Olave Hart Street in a building with twelve hearths.<ref>'Cruchett Fryers north side', 'Hearth Tax: City of London 1666, St Olave Hart Street ', in London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011), British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-hearth-tax/london-mddx/1666/st-olave-hart-street</ref>
 Listed as resident in "Crutchet Fryars" in 1677 London Directory.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/littlelondondire00lond#page/n45/mode/2up John Camden Hotten (ed.), The little London directory of 1677 (London, 1863), unpag.], viewed 03/09/2016</ref>  The northern part of Crutched Friars was in the parish of Saint Olave Hart Street and the southern side in the parish of Saint Catherine Coleman.<ref>[http://www.clothworkersproperty.org/properties/crutched-friars See article on Crutched Friars in 'People Property and Charity, The Clothworkers Company 1500-1688]</ref>
 Resident in the parish of [[Saint Peter le Poer]] when he made his will, which was proved in 1688.<ref>[[MRP: Sir John Buckworth will|PROB 11/390/17 Will of Sir John Buckworth of Saint Peter Le Poer, City of London 03 January 1688]]</ref> Funeral in the parish church of Saint Peter le Poer in December 1687.<ref>[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A58818.0001.001?view=toc A sermon preach'd at the funeral of Sir John Buckworth, at the parish-church of St. Peter's le Poor in Broadstreet, December 29, 1687 by John Scott. London: Printed for Walter Kettilby ..., and Thomas Horne ..., 1688.]</ref> The church of Saint Peter Le Poer was on the west side of Broad Street in London and survived the fire of 1666.
 ==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
-Thirty-three year old John Buckworth deposed on January 15th 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on a second allegation of seventeen articles on behalf of Alderman Freferick and company, and also on an allehation of forty-five articles on behalf of the same.<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.68r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.68r]]</ref>
+Thirty-three year old John Buckworth deposed on January 15th 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on a second allegation of seventeen articles on behalf of Alderman Frederick and company, and also on an allehation of forty-five articles on behalf of the same.<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.68r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.68r]]</ref>
 Buckworth gave very detailed answers concerning the price of cotton wools and galls in London, various factors for converting weights at different ports. especially Ligorno.<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.69r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.69r]]</ref>
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 A sermon preach'd at the funeral of Sir John Buckworth, at the parish-church of St. Peter's le Poor in Broadstreet, December 29, 1687 by John Scott.<ref>[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A58818.0001.001?view=toc A sermon preach'd at the funeral of Sir John Buckworth, at the parish-church of St. Peter's le Poor in Broadstreet, December 29, 1687 by John Scott. London: Printed for Walter Kettilby ..., and Thomas Horne ..., 1688.]</ref>

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 Resident in parish of Saint Andrew Undershaft in 1655.
-Listed in 1666 London hearth tex returns at 'Cruchett Fryers north side' in parish of Saint Olave Hart Street in a building with twelve hearths.<ref>['Cruchett Fryers north side', 'Hearth Tax: City of London 1666, St Olave Hart Street ', in London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011), British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-hearth-tax/london-mddx/1666/st-olave-hart-street</ref>
+Listed in 1666 London hearth tex returns at 'Cruchett Fryers north side' in parish of Saint Olave Hart Street in a building with twelve hearths.<ref>'Cruchett Fryers north side', 'Hearth Tax: City of London 1666, St Olave Hart Street ', in London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011), British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-hearth-tax/london-mddx/1666/st-olave-hart-street</ref>
 Listed as resident in "Crutchet Fryars" in 1677 London Directory.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/littlelondondire00lond#page/n45/mode/2up John Camden Hotten (ed.), The little London directory of 1677 (London, 1863), unpag.], viewed 03/09/2016</ref>  The northern part of Crutched Friars was in the parish of Saint Olave Hart Street and the southern side in the parish of Saint Catherine Coleman.<ref>[http://www.clothworkersproperty.org/properties/crutched-friars See article on Crutched Friars in 'People Property and Charity, The Clothworkers Company 1500-1688]</ref>
-Resident in the parish of [[Saint Peter le Poer]] when he made his will, which was proved in 1688. Funeral in the parish church of Saint Peter le Poer in December 1687.<ref>[[MRP: Sir John Buckworth will|PROB 11/390/17 Will of Sir John Buckworth of Saint Peter Le Poer, City of London 03 January 1688]]</ref>  The church of Saint Peter Le Poer was on the west side of Broad Street in London and survived the fire of 1666.
+Resident in the parish of [[Saint Peter le Poer]] when he made his will, which was proved in 1688.<ref>[[MRP: Sir John Buckworth will|PROB 11/390/17 Will of Sir John Buckworth of Saint Peter Le Poer, City of London 03 January 1688]]</ref> Funeral in the parish church of Saint Peter le Poer in December 1687.<ref>[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A58818.0001.001?view=toc A sermon preach'd at the funeral of Sir John Buckworth, at the parish-church of St. Peter's le Poor in Broadstreet, December 29, 1687 by John Scott. London: Printed for Walter Kettilby ..., and Thomas Horne ..., 1688.]</ref> The church of Saint Peter Le Poer was on the west side of Broad Street in London and survived the fire of 1666.
 ==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==

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 |Birth year=1622
 |Probate date=January 3, 1688
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 ==Biographical synthesis==
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 ==Comment on sources==
-PROB 11/390/17 Will of Sir John Buckworth of Saint Peter Le Poer, City of London 03 January 1688<ref>[[MRP: Sir John Buckworth will|PROB 11/390/17 Will of Sir John Buckworth of Saint Peter Le Poer, City of London 03 January 1688]]</ref>
+'''1664'''
 A sermon preach'd at the funeral of Sir John Buckworth, at the parish-church of St. Peter's le Poor in Broadstreet, December 29, 1687 by John Scott.<ref>[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A58818.0001.001?view=toc A sermon preach'd at the funeral of Sir John Buckworth, at the parish-church of St. Peter's le Poor in Broadstreet, December 29, 1687 by John Scott. London: Printed for Walter Kettilby ..., and Thomas Horne ..., 1688.]</ref>
 "BUCKWORTH, John
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 NOTES: (1) Beaven, I, p 111 (2) Directory, 1677, Boyd 12350, 5442, will, LVP, 1664, p 164 (3) Boyd 12350 (4) Boyd 12350, 28206, 38432 (5) Directory, 1677, Beaven, II, p 110, K G Davies, Index, Cal SP Dom, 1661-2, p 67 (6) PRO, T 70/100 (7) Will of Richard HASSELL, will Le Neve, p 353 (8) Beaven, II, p 110, K G Davies, p 69 (9) Will, Boyd 12350, 5442, 11738, will of Edwin BROWN, Beaven, I, p 291"<ref>J R Woodhead, 'Backwell - Byfield', in The Rulers of London 1660-1689 A Biographical Record of the Aldermen and Common Councilment of the City of London (London, 1966), pp. 21-42. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-rulers/1660-89/pp21-42 </ref>

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 ==Biographical synthesis==
-John Buckworth (b. ca. 1622; d. Dec.1687). Merchant.
+John Buckworth (b. ca. 1622; d. Dec.1687). Merchant. Knighted in XXXX.
 Resident in parish of Saint Andrew Undershaft in 1655.
-Knighted in XXXX. Resident in the parish of Saint Peter le Poer when he made his will, which was proved in 1688. Funeral in the parish church of Saint Peter le Power in December 1687.<ref>[[MRP: Sir John Buckworth will|PROB 11/390/17 Will of Sir John Buckworth of Saint Peter Le Poer, City of London 03 January 1688]]</ref>
+Listed in 1666 London hearth tex returns at 'Cruchett Fryers north side' in parish of Saint Olave Hart Street in a building with twelve hearths.<ref>['Cruchett Fryers north side', 'Hearth Tax: City of London 1666, St Olave Hart Street ', in London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011), British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-hearth-tax/london-mddx/1666/st-olave-hart-street</ref>
 ==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==