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 ==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
-'''JUly 10 1650'''
+'''July 1650'''
 Thirty-six year old John Willis deposed on July 10th 1650 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation in the case of "Garland against Searchfeild".<ref>[[HCA 13/63 f.298v Annotate|HCA 13/63 f.298v]]</ref>
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 Willis stated he was "a wine cooper by trade" and was thereby "often imployed both by merchants and masters of shipps for the taking up of such wines and oyles as are brought from fforraigne partes to this port of London in severall ships and vessells". He stated that oils brought from Leghorne or nearby to London in any ship of vessell "will very much leake out and wast in theire passage although the master and companie of the ship they come in bee as carefull as hee possibly can, soe that there is comonlye an allowance for leakeage and wasting thereof after the rate of 20. or sometimes 30. Tonns in a hundred". Willis stated that he had "often seene as much wanting and allowed in each hundred Tonns of oyle". He added that he had been "present at the takeing up of a ninetie five tonns of oyles which were laden abord a ship whereof Mr Isaack Woodgreene was master and brought to this port of London about 3 yeares since of which said 95 tonns of oyles there was leaked and wasted fiftie tonns thereof, albeit the same was well stowed and the casks indifferent good."<ref>[[HCA 13/63 f.298v Annotate|HCA 13/63 f.298v]]; [[HCA 13/63 f.299r Annotate|HCA 13/63 f.299r]]</ref>
-'''JUly 1667'''
+'''July 1667'''
 John Willis appeared again in the High Court of Admiralty in July 1667. In the legal preamble he is described as "Johes Willis" in the parish of Saint Olave Hart Street, "wine cooper", and his age is given as fifty-five.

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 |Death year=1668
 |Probate date=October 17, 1668
 |Deposition start page(s)=HCA 13/63 f.298v Annotate,
 |Deposition date(s)=Jul 10 1650
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 |Has HCA evidence completed=No
 |Has source comment completed=No
 |Role in Silver Ship litigation=None
 }}
 ==Biographical synthesis==
-John Willis (b. ca. 1612-1614; d. ?ca. 1668).<ref>Birth date of 1614 based on HCA deposition in 1650, when aged thirty-six; birth date of 1612 based on HCA deposition in 1667, when aged 55</ref> Describes himself as "a wine cooper by trade", though described as a "cooper" in the legal preamble in his 1650 Admiralty Court deposition. Described as a "wine cooper" in the legal preamble of his 1667 Admiralty Court deposition.
+John Willis (alt. Johes Willis) (b. ca. 1612-1614; d. ?ca. 1668).<ref>Birth date of 1614 based on HCA deposition in 1650, when aged thirty-six; birth date of 1612 based on HCA deposition in 1667, when aged 55</ref> Describes himself as "a wine cooper by trade", though described as a "cooper" in the legal preamble in his 1650 Admiralty Court deposition. Described as a "wine cooper" in the legal preamble of his 1667 Admiralty Court deposition.
 Resident in the parish of Saint Olave Hart Street in 1650 and through to his death ca. 1668.
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 ==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
 Thirty-six year old John Willis deposed on July 10th 1650 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation in the case of "Garland against Searchfeild".<ref>[[HCA 13/63 f.298v Annotate|HCA 13/63 f.298v]]</ref>
 Willis stated he was "a wine cooper by trade" and was thereby "often imployed both by merchants and masters of shipps for the taking up of such wines and oyles as are brought from fforraigne partes to this port of London in severall ships and vessells". He stated that oils brought from Leghorne or nearby to London in any ship of vessell "will very much leake out and wast in theire passage although the master and companie of the ship they come in bee as carefull as hee possibly can, soe that there is comonlye an allowance for leakeage and wasting thereof after the rate of 20. or sometimes 30. Tonns in a hundred". Willis stated that he had "often seene as much wanting and allowed in each hundred Tonns of oyle". He added that he had been "present at the takeing up of a ninetie five tonns of oyles which were laden abord a ship whereof Mr Isaack Woodgreene was master and brought to this port of London about 3 yeares since of which said 95 tonns of oyles there was leaked and wasted fiftie tonns thereof, albeit the same was well stowed and the casks indifferent good."<ref>[[HCA 13/63 f.298v Annotate|HCA 13/63 f.298v]]; [[HCA 13/63 f.299r Annotate|HCA 13/63 f.299r]]</ref>
 John Willis appeared again in the High Court of Admiralty in July 1667. In the legal preamble he is described as "Johes Willis" in the parish of Saint Olave Hart Street, "wine cooper", and his age is given as fifty-five.

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 |Has HCA evidence completed=No
 |Has source comment completed=No
 }}
 ==Biographical synthesis==
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 ==Comment on sources==
 PROB 4/7902 Willis, John of St. Olave, Hart Street, London 166[?9] 16 Sept. (1668)
 PROB 11/328 Hone 113-166 Will of John Willis 17 October 1668

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 John Willis appeared again in the High Court of Admiralty in July 1667. In the legal preamble he is described as "Johes Willis" in the parish of Saint Olave Hart Street, "wine cooper", and his age is given as fifty-five.
-Willis was examined on a libel and stated that he and a fellow wine cooper named Henry Marsh had viewed and apprised a "parcel of wynes and vinigar laying in a cellar belonging to the Artillery Hoyse upon Horsey-down". There he found 73 tuns of french wine and three tuns, one and a half hogsheads of vinegar. Both the wine and the vingear were "much decayed and damnified". He duely valued the goods.<ref>[http://www.marinelives.org/wiki/MRP:_HCA_13/76_Part_Two#Case:_XXXX:_Deposition:_13_Johes_Willis.2C_of_St_Olave_Hartstreet.2C_London.2C_wine_cooper HCA 13/76, deposition of Johes Willis, of St Olave Hartstreet, London, wine cooper]</ref>
+Willis was examined on a libel and stated that he and a fellow wine cooper named [[Henry Marsh]] had viewed and apprised a "parcel of wynes and vinigar laying in a cellar belonging to the Artillery Hoyse upon Horsey-down". There he found 73 tuns of french wine and three tuns, one and a half hogsheads of vinegar. Both the wine and the vingear were "much decayed and damnified". He duely valued the goods.<ref>[http://www.marinelives.org/wiki/MRP:_HCA_13/76_Part_Two#Case:_XXXX:_Deposition:_13_Johes_Willis.2C_of_St_Olave_Hartstreet.2C_London.2C_wine_cooper HCA 13/76, deposition of Johes Willis, of St Olave Hartstreet, London, wine cooper]</ref>
 The London merchant Isaack Stockman added that the wine and vinegar "were carryed on shore by this deponent and stored by his order and stowed in a cellar hyred for that purpose under the Artillery house upon Horsey-downe, and were there viewed and appreized by his contests John Willis and Mr Marsh wynecowpers".<ref>[http://www.marinelives.org/wiki/MRP:_HCA_13/76_Part_Two HCA 13/76 P1100440]</ref> Earlier, Stockman refers to John Willia and Henry Marsh as "two substantiall wyne cowpers".<ref>[http://www.marinelives.org/wiki/MRP:_HCA_13/76_Part_Two HCA 13/76 P1100440]</ref>

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 |Has opening text=Johannes Willis
 |Has signoff text=John Willis
-|Transcription image={{#transcription-image: John_Willis.PNG}}
+|Transcription image={{#transcription-image: John_Willis.PNG|width=230}}
 |Language skills=English language,
 |Res parish=Saint Olave Hart Street

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	Willis was examined on a libel and stated that he and a fellow wine cooper named Henry Marsh had viewed and apprised a "parcel of wynes and vinigar laying in a cellar belonging to the Artillery Hoyse upon Horsey-down". There he found 73 tuns of french wine and three tuns, one and a half hogsheads of vinegar. Both the wine and the vingear were "much decayed and damnified". He duely valued the goods.<ref>[http://www.marinelives.org/wiki/MRP:_HCA_13/76_Part_Two#Case:_XXXX:_Deposition:_13_Johes_Willis.2C_of_St_Olave_Hartstreet.2C_London.2C_wine_cooper HCA 13/76, deposition of Johes Willis, of St Olave Hartstreet, London, wine cooper]</ref>		Willis was examined on a libel and stated that he and a fellow wine cooper named Henry Marsh had viewed and apprised a "parcel of wynes and vinigar laying in a cellar belonging to the Artillery Hoyse upon Horsey-down". There he found 73 tuns of french wine and three tuns, one and a half hogsheads of vinegar. Both the wine and the vingear were "much decayed and damnified". He duely valued the goods.<ref>[http://www.marinelives.org/wiki/MRP:_HCA_13/76_Part_Two#Case:_XXXX:_Deposition:_13_Johes_Willis.2C_of_St_Olave_Hartstreet.2C_London.2C_wine_cooper HCA 13/76, deposition of Johes Willis, of St Olave Hartstreet, London, wine cooper]</ref>
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		+	The London merchant Isaack Stockman added that the wine and vinegar "were carryed on shore by this deponent and stored by his order and stowed in a cellar hyred for that purpose under the Artillery house upon Horsey-downe, and were there viewed and appreized by his contests John Willis and Mr Marsh wynecowpers".<ref>[http://www.marinelives.org/wiki/MRP:_HCA_13/76_Part_Two HCA 13/76 P1100440]</ref>

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 There is a 1666 hearth tax record for "John Willes 8 hearths" in Mark Lane East in the parish of Saint Olave Hart Street<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-hearth-tax/london-mddx/1666/st-olave-hart-street#h2-0011 'Mark Lane East' in '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, viewed 15/08/2016</ref>
-There is a post mortem inventory for John Willis of Saint Olave Hart Street dated 1668<ref>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5607044 PROB 4/7902 Willis, John of St. Olave, Hart Street, London 166[?9] 16 Sept. (1668)]</ref> This appears to match a will proven in October 1668 for a John Willia.<ref>PROB 11/328 Hone 113-166 Will of John Willis 17 October 1668</ref>
+There is a post mortem inventory for John Willis of Saint Olave Hart Street dated 1668<ref>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5607044 PROB 4/7902 Willis, John of St. Olave, Hart Street, London 166[?9] 16 Sept. (1668)]</ref> This appears to match a will proven in October 1668 for a John Willis.<ref>PROB 11/328 Hone 113-166 Will of John Willis 17 October 1668</ref>
 ==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==